UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 FOREST SERVICE 



{From the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture 



San Francisco Office.) 



F-8 

 Wood Waste Used 



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For Pulp 



Washington, June 26: The use of a steadily in- 

 creasing amount of wood waste in the manufacture of pulp 

 is indicated by figures compiled by the Forest Service. Al- 

 though the pulp industry showed a decline in the last year 

 for which complete figures are available (1914) on account 

 of the increasing cost of raw material and general "busi- 

 ness conditions, ,more wood waste v/as used than in any pre- 

 vious year. 



Approximately 330,000 cords of waste with a value 

 of $}.,400,000 were utilized by 35 of the 200 pulp and paper 

 mills of the United States. It is thought that as the 

 price of cordwood goes up the amount of wood waste used will 

 become greater* 



The Canadian pulp industry has, it is stated, had 

 a vigorous growth during the last few years and the greater 

 portion of its product is marketed in the United States. 

 An average cost of about 6.50 per cord, as compared with 

 the $10 to 016 per cord which many manufacturers in this 

 country are paying ior pulpwoocl, is the reason given for 

 the growth. 



It is pointed out that the development of the 

 supplies of spruce, and white and red fir in the National 

 Forests of the West and in Alaska, together with the 

 ance of cheap water power , will eventually attract the 

 paper industry to locate in those regions. Suitable pulp 

 timber can be delivered to desirable mill sites for the 

 next twenty to forty years at prices of about $2.50 to 

 $4 per cord, say experts of the Forest Service. 

 thought that the low price of material end power will more 

 than offset the higher freight rates on the product to the 

 eastern markets. 



