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number of tanneries, the best and largest equipped of which 

 is the one at ]\Iorganton, constructed and conducted on the 

 most advanced scientific application of theory to intelli- 

 gent practice. 



''In connection with paper manufacture it may be said 

 that originally using only the w^aste of textile fabrics, the 

 immensely increased consumption of paper demanded other 

 raw material, for the supply of which human ingenuity 

 was heavily taxed. The additional material has been found 

 in wood-pulp, mechanically or chemically prepared. The 

 abundance in North Carolina of soft woods suitable for 

 such purposes has led largely to the combination of wood- 

 pulp with cotton, flaxen and hempen fiber; and the facto- 

 ries now in operation in the State are able to supply as good 

 a material for book, printing and wrapping paper as can be 

 made elsewhere. There are three principal paper-mills in 

 North Carolina — that at Salem, in Forsyth county, at Falls 

 of the Neuse, in Wake county, and at Long Shoals, in 

 Lincoln. The product of these mills is bristol-board, 

 writing paper, book and newspaper, and wrapping paper 

 of all kinds." 



XoTE. — On page 6, six lines from the bottom, •approximate" should read approxi- 

 mates. And on page ii, eleven lines from the top, '•50,000.000" should be 500,000,000. 



