In 1899 our consumption amounted to 569,000 tons. 

 In 1918 it had reached 1,760,000 tons, an increase 

 of approximately 200 per cent. Per capita consump- 

 tion of 3 pounds per person in the United States in 

 1880 had increased to 33 pounds per person in 1919. 

 With an increase of 11 times in 40 years, rapidly 

 increasing requirements between 1909 and 1919, and 

 very little increase in production, imports were ob- 

 viously necessary. 



Before taking up the extent to which the United 

 States is supplying its domestic requirements, the 

 importance of the country's being on an independent 

 basis so far as newsprint production and the necessary 

 raw materials are concerned should be briefly con- 

 sidered. Dependence upon foreign sources for pulp 

 wood or pulp newsprint exposes the American con- 

 sumer to the danger of price control. He must 

 also reckon with the possibility of embargo, which 

 even now is far from being a theoretical menace. 

 All exports of pulp wood are prohibited from the 

 colony of Newfoundland. The Canadian Provinces, 

 have prohibited the export of pulp wood from 

 crown lands, which form a very considerable extent 

 of the timberlands both in eastern and western 

 Canada. For a year or more American manufacturers 

 have been apprehensive concerning the possibility 

 of embargo on all pulp-wood exports from Canada. 

 It would unquestionably be desirable to make the 

 United States as nearly self-supporting as possible. 



In lumber the United States is still an exporting 

 country, but in pulp wood, pulp, and newsprint we 

 have become large importers. From being self- 



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