THE PAPER AGE 



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plains why a page taken from a book will not burn 

 so rapidly as a newspaper. 



Then, there are the fine writing papers. Many 

 of them used to be manufactured almost entirely 

 from linen rags, but of recent years the cost of such 





Every day in the year several thousand trees find their way into our 

 wastcbaskets. 



material has been so high that it has been necessary 

 to introduce in all the cheaper grades a very large 

 admixture of wood pulp. Tissue papers are also 

 made from rags or trimmings of high grade paper 

 combined with varying quantities of new wood pulp. 

 Every little store in the country has its roll of 



