IQO PAPER IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



Tariff on paper and paper material imported into Italy Continued. 



GENERAL INFORMATION. 



My efforts to obtain information not found in any of the statistics 

 have not been very successful, and the following are the only answers 

 to the many letters I sent out. The information they contain is 

 sadly indefinite, although my interrogatories were full and explicit. 



G. Bagarelli & Co. say: 



Our raw materials consist chiefly of rags and paper waste bought in this coun- 

 try. We generally employ TOO laborers, and our production is packing paper, 

 pasteboards of various qualities, with an increasing production of special ones for 

 weaving establishments. Up to the present time, we have not exported to any ex- 

 tent. Our motor is steam and water, and our machinery was purchased in Eng- 

 land, Switzerland, and Italy. Our production is increasing; it is now about 1,560 

 tons yearly. We use Cardiff coal. The price varies, but is usually 4 lire per quintal 

 ($7.72 per ton). 



Francesco Ferrario writes: 



I use only rags obtained in Lombardy, Piedmont, and Veneto and manufacture 

 only handmade paper for ledgers, documents, letters, and checks for national use 

 and some for export. My motor is steam and water. I employ about 60 laborers and 

 produce about 150 tons yearly. I use mineral coal, costing on the average 32 lire 

 ($6. 1 7) per ton. 



