200 PRACTICAL FORESTRY 
ground into a pulp and then pressed into paper. In 
the case of cellulose, the wood is disintegrated and 
the fibers released by means of chemicals. 
This material is extensively used in the manufac- 
ture of pails and other useful articles. It may be 
pressed into durable boards; in fact, even into solid 
doors. 
The pulp manufacturer is in a position from 
which he can not easily escape. His plant represents 
the investment of perhaps a million dollars, while the 
plant of the Iumberman is worth only about ten or 
twenty thousand dollars. In consequence of the great 
amount of capital invested, he must remain in the 
business for a long period of time or suffer a serious 
loss when the wood supply is exhausted. The lumber- 
man owns the land not for the land’s sake, nor for 
the amount and quality of timber the land is capable 
of producing, but for the crop which covers it. He 
buys it, uses it, and then abandons it. He pays taxes 
on it only during the process of reduction. The pulp- 
man, on the other hand, is tied to the soil. His heavy 
investment makes him fearful as to future supplies. 
For this reason, with commendable foresight, some of 
the pulpmen are buying the land with the timber, and 
are beginning to work the woods in such a way that 
future supplies may be assured. The demands of the 
future are bound to increase. Cheap paper means 
