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effort required. Possibly our psychology is such 

 that nothing short of absolute want and destitution 

 will arouse it. 



In that case we shall have no choice but to continue 

 still further to economize our meagre supplies per- 

 haps by discriminating between the different uses 

 to which paper is put. 



After the war the conditions will change. As 

 labour is set free, tonnage rather than labour will 

 become the limiting factor. And while they last 

 these conditions should prove more favourable to 

 the adoption of new raw materials drawn from our 

 unexploited home resources. 



But even in the case of a new raw material which 

 gives full satisfaction in a technical sense, and serves 

 a useful purpose under war conditions, ultimate adop- 

 tion will depend on whether it can hold its own in 

 competition with existing staples. If paper substan- 

 tially as good can be prepared from cheaper materials, 

 there will be no chance of the new proposals being 



entertained. 



F. W. O. 



