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Wilhelm Weber's (Nachflger. Max Coulon), in Feldmtihle; white 

 and brown. 



Carl Weiss, in Klein-Morau ; white. 



J. Weissenbock, in Waldstein; white. 



Carl Wolff, in Duel; brown. 



K. Wuhrer, in Hefeld; white. 



The duty on importations of wood pulp into Austria-Hungary is 

 i crown gold for each 100 kilograms (23.5 cents for 220 pounds). 



CARL BAILEY HURST, 



VIENNA, December 12, 1898. Consul- General. 



PRAGUE. 



The manufacture of wood pulp in Bohemia, which used to be an 

 important industry, has almost entirely ceased since enough wood 

 pulp has been manufactured in the United States for home use. 



The following statistics will clearly demonstrate the fall in the 

 export trade from here to the United States, viz: 



Export of wood pulp from Prague. 



At the present date, only a quantity that may be readily consumed 

 for paper is manufactured. I understand that wood pulp is also 

 used to some extent in other portions of Austria-Hungary in the 

 manufacture of buckets, dishes, and toilet articles; but I can report 

 only in regard to conditions in my consular district. 



The wood of which pulp is manufactured is pine, which is cut 

 into small pieces by a circular saw. Each piece is run through a 

 contrivance to remove the bark, and is further cleaned either by 

 hand or, in some factories, by a rotary brush run by steam or water 

 power. Knots are removed by a borer made especially for that pur- 

 pose. While the timber is being sawed, any decayed portion is at 

 once thrown aside. The pulping machine consists of a large grind- 

 stone, which makes from 700 to 1,500 revolutions a minute. Directly 

 over the grindstone are four or five cast-iron boxes, into which the 

 wood to be pulped is put. These cover about one-third of the sur- 

 face of the grindstone, and are so connected with the motive power 

 that the pieces of wood are always pressed against the grindstone, 

 which gradually transforms the wood into a fibrous mass. The 

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