Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-08-05

some OF you here are Socialists or Nom
Partisans, you have got to remember
that if you allow radical legislation
against merchants and manufactur-
ers, you are going to lose advertising
from the mechants and your paper
from the manufacturer is going to cost
you more.
Technical Points On Paper Making
Now, as to my other subject. No
doubt most of you today spent some
time in our paper and pulp mills, and
you possibly learned something about
paper-making and appreciated what
troubles we have in making paper
suitable for your requirements. We
are more than pleased to have this
opportunity and we feel that the more
you know about the manufacture of
paper the better we can make it for
you and at a less price and the more
pleased you will be. Oftentimes Il
job printer does not suit his custom
er because there is something lack
ing and which the printer cannot anal
we although he himself knows there
is something that is needed to tone
up the job. Consequently, a little
knowledge of the contents of paper
will help him. For instance, a sheet
| of paper with large percentage OF
white clay will make the sheet whittier
| in color, make it softer and take the
ink better, provided that this same
sheet does not have too much size in
| it. Size, as used in news, is generally
made from powdered rOsin boiled in
| soda ash, and is used for the purpose
of making the sheet durable against
dampness and it also hardenS the
| sheet. If it were not for the size, you
| could not use pen and ink on writ
| ing paper. Often times, the mill is
| careless about dissOlving the size, with
the result that size spots appear i'll
the sheet. One objection to clay is the
fact that it Injuries the strength of
sheet. Also, it has tendency to
make the sheet "twO-sided' as we call
it, or a different shade, on one side
than the other
"Alum is used to harden the sheet
and to set the color. Alum, if not dis
solved properly will also cause spots
in the paper. Some mills will use
silicate of soda instead of size because
it is cheaper. 1t will give the sheet
!, hard surface or finish but it does
not retain the finish, especially if in
a damp place.
GOTTEN times you see a sheet that
appears dark in spots, and this is gen
orally due to drying it too hard and
burning it or because the paper is wet
and has not been dried enough. II
brittle, then it is too dry. The more
moisture you can retain in a sheet of
] newspaper the higher the finish and
the stronger it will be.
Finish on a sheet is regulated by
the amount Of calendering you give
and by the quality of the material you
use. You can make your sulphite and
groundwork pulps better.
Il Electricity In Paper
IF you get a sheet of paper that
has lot of electricity to it, you can
figure that it originated at the calen-
ders where the paper is finished and
which is caused by the hot, dry paper
running through the rolls has created
such friction as to set up this cleo
tricity, and which can be kept from
the paper when re-wound
paper manufacturers are begin
ming to use a small percentage of old
printed newspapers in with the pulp.
This lowers the cost of making the
paper, but too much of it will make
the finished sheet too soft or fiabby
Pulp from poplar is about the cheap
est that can be used in Wisconsin and
it helps the color in a sheet but only
a limited amount can be used for it
will also soften the sheet and injure
the strength but it is fine if you want
the sheet to take the ink.
Jack pine and balsam is now begin
ming to be used more than formerly.
| Balsam helps the color, while pine
Injuries it and neither has the strong
fibre that is in spruce-the one wood
that everyone likes to use in every
thing, but which is becoming so scarce.
Last winter a half million cords Of
spruce were taken out OF Minnesota,
a lot of it being shipped by boat from
Duluth to Erie, Pa, and used in Ham
mermill bond.
'Those of you who use roll print,
must bear in mind that rolls stored III
damp places will absorb so much
moisture as to eventually crack the
edges and destroy a lot of the roll.
| O,,r avnnriancn taachnS gIS that most
of the damaged paper reaching the
printer is caused by the trucking and
handling from the car to the printing
office. Loading rules pertaining to
transportation are very strict ana
practical and the railroads are not at
fault &C much as the draVmen."