The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-21
PAPER INDUSTRY
EXPANDS FAST IN
i. S. SINCE 1870
N. Y, State Forestry College
Offers Courses for
Specialists.

BIZ Times Special
NEW YORK, July 21.-The pulp
and paper industry has made de-
mands for trained men. These de-
MINDS have been created by the di-
-vsrsity of problems involved in the
industry. It would be difficult to al
locate the problems to any particu-
lar field of endeavOr. since they oc-
cur ell the way from the location
and design of an individual unit to
the manufacture and marketing OF
a product without which many pres
ent-day businesses could not even
exist
1t $ estimated that the market for
newsLIint in the United States and
Canada covers approximately p 900
newspapers, with about 10000 Of
this number considered as the So
called English language dailies. The
record for this year of one Sunday
edition of a leading newspaper was
ST tons of newsprint paper. This
figure. when converted back to the
quantity of raw material necessary
for its production, shows that more
than 100 acres of timber land as
found in our -Adirondacks would be
cut over to supply the needs of the
reading public for a Sunday edition
of one of their newspapers. Anoth-
er prominent paper uses about 24O
tons daily Estimate the amount of
timber land cut over to supply the
needs of only these two newspapers
for a period of forty. fifty or sixty
years. the length of time required for
the growth of a spruce crop to pulp
wood size.
SOL Mills in Z. s.
AT the present time there are in
the United States approximately S61
paper mills and 1886 pulp mills. Many
of the pulp mills are connected with
the paper mills. while some are sep
arateIy operated. This industry is
now largely dependent upon wood
for its existence. The annual con-
sumption of pulpwood in the United
States has increased from approx
mateIy , 900 cords in 1870 to more
than 5000. 600 cords in 1920. 1t is
estimated that more than 100,000,000
cords of wood have gone into the
manufacture Of paper in the United
States since wood pulp was first in
troduced in this country.
The present paper industry. sub
sisting on a few woods like spruce.
hemlock and balsam. is largely con-
centrated in the coniferous forest
belts OF New England. New York or
in the regions of the Great Lakes
and the Northern Alleghanies. Ac-
cording to the latest available statis-
tics. there are 10 paper mills and
ninety-seven pulp mills within the
boundaries Of New York State.
What the Industry Faces
To maintain such an industry. pa
per manufacturers assert, new fields
of raw materials must be drawn OH
or old fields redevelOped. If new
fields are preferred it will mean the
migration OF the industry away from
existing markets and the facing of
technical problems in the use of IN
familiar species.
With such difficulties confronting
the pulp and paper industry, and in
view Of the opportunities for trained
men in this business, the New York
State College Of Forestry at SYRIA
cuse University has broadened its
scope of instruction by including in
its Interpretation Of forestry not
only the repeated raising Of crops
of timber on soils unsuited for agri-
culture, but also the marketing and
utilization of the forest crops.