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\JEuropean War CausingShortage ot Did RagsMATERIAL NEEDED BY PAPER AND POWDER MAKERS.942)31115m92192191501610602603002904241338:theso!*the116,Washington, July 21.—“Rags, paper, not for powder.”This is the slogan of the paper manufacturers of the United States, who are facing the most serious situation that ever has lt;*onfrented the industry in the country, a situation that is daily becoming more and more actue.The great war has served to cut off imports from Europe of rags which are essential in the manufacture of the best grades of paper. For years the United States has depended on Europe for a large proportion of the lags which go in*o the manufacture of paper in this country.This already serious situation is made all the more serious 'by the action of the powder manufacturers inmihf\o\years . given com pa a pom pany \they was a\ to buy“ Wi tity blt;price.mepaperj buying up a!1 the available supplies of Wm ii rags in this country for use in making; to ask powder to fill the munitions contracts | for the belligerent powers. It has ; been found that rags are practically ! as good for the manufacture of pow-ider as raw cotton and cost much less.The powder manufacturers are buyingprohib off. i his gr price he halt; *aid t#18.etyup rags at prices which are prohibi- \ purclu five from »he standpoint of the manu- to be facturer of paper. • j in a fiShortage of Wood Pulp. i Rut tiBut the rag shortage is not the only pockei one which is confronting the paper signal manufacturers. There also is a serious one in chemicals which are essentials in paper manufacture. The same chemicals which are used as bleaching agents are also used in m: ing the gases us»d in the deadly gas bombs being employed in the great war. Shipments of dyestuffe have been cut oft and the shortage which has resulted has advanced the price for materia* whWi formerly sold for about 20 emits a pound to as high as $4*1.But the shortage of raw materials, dyes and ohemicels has so crippled the paper industry that no manufacturers are entering into contracts for supplying paner and arc only accepting | orders with the understanding that I they may never be able to fill them.Prices for .all kinds of paper are climb-ing by leaps and bounds daily and there is no telling when the advance w ill stop.Waste of Rags Serious.The prevention of waste on the part rags i of the general public wHl do much to ! ‘*Ev relieve the situation it is stated This j*used.‘ especially true in the case of the I kindPont out fc He gc 250.00 Virgin “An a vain soiled “If th fact a tng tb sation time i uattor turers its olr sellim try fa In th about vans tin ut •State* in thlt; ToduOld ;pounc been to 6cwaste of material® which go into the manufacture of paper, particularly rags.In speaking of the paper situation and of the port the general public can i will c do in relieving the shortage of ra^s, j shirtsR. P. Andrews, of this city, president excepof the Retail Merchants’ association,. Old c a dealer in large quantities of all class a poiof pap*»r and also interested in the I Mr.r*s
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Logansport Daily Tribune
Logansport, Indiana, US
Sun, Jul 23, 1916
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