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V THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, icr3. ' ' PAPER SCARCITY CAUSE GIVEN IN FOREST REPORT Over Development Of Pulp 'and Paper Industry Given as Chief Reason for the Present Need. Washington, Au, 4. L N S.) Tha fundamental cause for tha pres cut shprtasa of .newsprint paper la ' the aerloua depletion of the forest " of the Northeastern and Lake etateB, where there is an overdevelopment of the pulp and paper Industrie, a cording to a report to the senate by the forest service. United State de Apartment of agriculture. In response to a request for Information on tlm- ber depletion, -prices, exports -and ownership. The report, which : ha ' Just been made public, Is one of the m-st comprehensive ever prepared dealing; with the lumber resource of the nation. , rouE srzcres used v f "Since the requirements of paper mak ing restrict Jtbs kinds of wood that esq ',. be advantageously used In making news print, four species spruce, hemlock, bal shv and poplar supplied 14 per cent 'of the total , amount manufactured -In 117. The occurrence of these specie chiefly in the Lake states and New Eng land has led to the overcsntrallaUij of the paper making Industry there. j "Until recently, when ' abnormal de mands, short supplies and resulting high prices led to: increased utilisation of plants designed for and formerly used in making other kinds of paper, there has been no expansion, in the newsprint Industry in the United atates since 1001 and we have had to Import large quan- ' titles of pulpwood and paper. The de mand, however, has greatly Increased and, because of excessive depletion of , our own resources, this country now is dependent .upon foreign sources-for two thirds of its newsprint, or raw material. "Kven with the imports, the supply has been far short of the needs of the news i papers of the country in the past two ; years. The contract price has increased more than 10G per cent, while spot mar 'ket prices are 500 per cent more than In f 1915. Prior to the war the larger news - papers secured practically all of their supplies1 under contract, and a relatively small percentage of the total newsprint consumption was handled on a spot mar ket basis. During the last ye, the ' larger newspapers have found it in creasingly difficult to secure all of their ' supplies under contract and have been forced to secure the remainder In the . open market, f :a j OK THE SPOT MARKET ; Unfortunately It Is upon the spot market that the smaller newspapers, least able to Increase returns by increts- tng advertising and raising their rates, must depend.: The result has been that many of these small papers have been forced to curtail their Issues and have had the greatest difficulty in securing enough newsprint to continue publica tion. , " - 'It has been possible for the lumber Industry to remove to more remote tim ber lands as forests have been cut away, but the heavy investment required for paper plants has made it Impossible for the paper industry to do. this. The re sult is that existing mills are finding it : necessary to secure their supplies cf wood trom : increasing distances. -. 'The timber Is going fast. - la - New York, where nearly 60 per cent of our newsprint Is produced. s0 per cent Of the pulp and paper mills have absolutely no Umber supplies of their own- For these mills there seems to be no other prospect than to close in a comparatively few years. Jn New Hampshire the conif erous pulpwood has been cut heavily and 10 or 12 years will see the end of the supply.! i , "Aside from the state preserve in New vY-rk. in which no cutting Is allowed, the bulk of the coniferous pulpwood In the East is located in Maine. One company there has enough timber for iO to 0 years cut. Others are estimated to have enough to last 15 to 20 years, but there are about 15 companies which have no lands and which will have difficulty in purchastngmaterial within 10 years. "la general the pulp and paper mills of the Northeast are becoming more and more dependent , upon Canadian wood, guch dependence, the report points out, is extremely dangerous. All exports of pulpwood are prohibited from Newfound land, t The Canadian provinces have pro hibited the export of pulpwood from crown lands, -which form a very consid erable part of the timberlands in East ern and Western Canada. SITUATION TJHFATOBABLB "On ' the whole, the situation Of the newsprint industry In the Eastern United State 1 very unfavorable and there is little chance of it becoming better, the report state. : The only thing that can assure production of even approximate domestic requirements are concerted ef fort to increase the production of pulp woods in the Northeast and the develop ment of the newsprint Industry in the West and In Alaska, a Tha timber on the Tonaass national forest Jn Alaska.-is said by the report to be of particular importance In connec tion With the newsprint situation. It 1 estimated that there are about 70,000. 000.000 board feet -of Sitka spruce and Western hemlock, well suited for paper making. " . ; -. '-i?v. "It is estimated that the cut from this region alone will "Insure a perpetual sup ply large enough to meet one-half of the present newsprint requirements of the United States. Alaska Is one of the cen ters to which the newsprint Industry of the United States should look for a large future development. July Had 325 Hours Of Sunshine and Its Bain Averaged High Three thunderstorms, three solar halos. nearly twice the amount of average rainfall and 125 hours -of sunshine are among statistics which stand , out in the July meteorological summary com piled by Edward L. Wells, weather fore caster. July 7 was the hottest day, the ther mometer reaching 97 and the evening of July 4 was the coolest, the mercury dropping to SO , degrees. The greatest dally rang was also on July 7. when the extremes were 33 degrees apart. . Twelve absolutely cloudless days are recorded ; for the month. The heaviest rainfall waa en July 12, when .75 of an inch fell. The tetal for the month was 1.1 inches. . This amount has been ex ceeded only"4 six times In July since 1871. The average July precipitation is .M of an Inch, The prevailing winds were from the northwest. The report also shows but one-tenth of an inch difftrence in height of the river from July 2 to 17. The difference for the entire month is but a trifle over two lnche. - j ' Children's Homes To Admit Tots on Doctor's Approval An outcome of the recent unsavory sit uation developed in connection with the healing of children by a woman In whose care they had been placed and the re fusal of children's homes in Portland to admit these youngsters until a lot of red tape had been unwound, is an agree ment whereby such delays will' be voided hereafter. Judge Kanzler of the court of domestic relations announces that arrangements have been made whereby, in emergency cases, children Wia be promptly admit ted '.to the children horae after, hav ing been examined by a physician to de termine that they, are free from con tagious disease. . - Train. Accidents on S.V P. & S, Show Slight Increases . i r i , " - " ' ''KoiV; Although a 25 per cent reduction in accidents bad been made on the 8., P. & S."for the first four month of this year as compared with the same period last year, there has been a Blight in crease for the first six months of this year as compared with the first six months last year. I This Increase amounts to six accidents or t.9 per cent increase over the first six month of last year. Railroad official ur Hi If difficult to explain this In crease unless it is due to the number of new and Inexperienced employes, who have not been educated, In .safety first work. Boy Suspects. Are' , Caught Following : Chase Near. Salem ' After a. chase through an orchard near Salem Tuesday night Harry Samuel son, 19. of Hillsdale, and Elbert Bowman, 17, of Portland, were captured by the sheriff of Salem on a charge of driving a stolen automobile. j? ; The Salem police were on the look- out 'for the machine after receipt of a telegram from Lieutenant Thatcher that the car belonging to H. W. Krussow of Hood RiVer had been taken at Broadway and Main street Tuesday. Spokane Laborites Want Third Party Spokane, .Wash., Aug. 1 4. The Central Labor council last night .donated f 2p0 to ward the political campaign fund for the triple alliance for the purpose of obtain ing a third party ticket Jn this county, t Increased salaried for city, employes In certain departments will be provided when the city's 1921 budget is made up. At a meeting of city commissioners this afternoon the salary - increase question met with the approval 'of the officials, but no formal action was taken. Builder of Chicago Drainage Canal Dies (By United New) . Chicago, Aug. 4. Isham Randolph, builder of the Chicago drainage canal, 1 dead of pneumonia, aged 72, To unobtrusively remove crumbs from dining tables a device has been invented that automatically closes as It is lifted. Republic of -Soviets . ; Coming Government : Form, Sayf Barthou " ' l - 1 1 ' -i ? J- -- . Parts, Aug. 4. ft. K. -) "It Is. Im possible to deny the fact that the repub lic of soviet 1 the coming form of gov- ernment declared Louis Barthou, for mer premier of : France, Tuesday. .' M. Barthou I chairman of the foreign" af fair committee of the chamber of depu ties and a leader of the French Socialist party.' ' . ' : His prophecy was made In the eoura of comment upon the Russian situation. "When Russia signs peace with Poland she will be near general peace with all other countries. continued the former premier. "Premier MlUerand still Op. poses recognition ef the Moscow govern ment, but it will come lnevl tab!. I can not say, however, . whether U will come at the hour when M. MlUerand la able to dictate thK term of recognition, or at tbe hour when events shall impose recog nition upon AL Millirand. v. "Japanese government expert are rais ins; tobacco in Korea from American Informatioiv i i Many kinds of financial informa tion are collected by a big bank. " A large part of this information is about business conditions which only, those in constant touch with all the varied industries of a large; community can know." . ... ' ' ; ' " ' " , ; - . . . 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