GERMANY. 

 The market value was as follows: 



473 



* ioo kilograms=22o.46 pounds. 



Total estimate: In 1891, about 30,000,000 marks ($7,140,000); in 

 1893-1896, 33,000,000 marks ($7,854,000). The quantity of wood 

 used is estimated at about 685,000 cubic meters (24,191,871 cubic 

 feet), of which three-fourths is pine wood. The requisite power to 

 produce this quantity is estimated at 70,000 horsepower, of which 

 8,500 horsepower was produced by steam. 



The working of the syndicates has proven to be entirely satis- 

 factory, and there is no reason to believe that any change will be 

 made for the present. 



As to the uses of mechanical wood pulp for manufactures other 

 than paper, it might be briefly said that it is very limited, although 

 the most extensive efforts have been made in this direction, and 

 hardly represents i per cent of the quantity of wood pulp which is 

 thrown on the market every year. Such other articles are: Vases, 

 tubs, jars, barrels, and all kinds of vessels to keep liquids, provided 

 they are free from acids ; imitation of stucco for decoration of ceil- 

 ings, curtain poles, and a number of similar manufactures of little or 

 no industrial importance. 



The use of wood pulp for the manufacture of chairs and furniture 

 is absolutely unknown in this district, nor has the president of the 

 Saxon syndicate, whom I consulted personally on this special subject, 

 ever heard of the material having been used for such purpose. 



A few years ago, a prize of 2,000 marks ($476) was offered by 

 the union of the German Woop-Pulp Industry to ascertain whether 

 wood pulp could possibly be used to any extent in manufacturing 

 articles other than paper, but the result was a complete failure. At 

 one time, an attempt was successfully made in manufacturing houses 

 for tropical countries, with the special object of making them proof 

 against the attack of the "termites" (tropical ant). To accomplish 

 this, cement and magnesite were mixed with the pulp, but the sale 

 of such dwellings amounts to almost nothing. 



Mechanical wood pulp is not imported into Germany, as there is 

 rather an overproduction within the country; only in exceptional 

 cases especially in very dry years is it imported in small quanti- 

 ties from Canada or Sweden. It has been found impossible for the 



