484 USES OF WOOD PULP. 



Memmingen, in southern Bavaria, at which place there is a wood- 

 pulp factory. A translation of the last page of this firm's price-list 

 circular is as follows: 



My papier-mache products, consisting of pails, etc., have a cylindrical shape 

 and are made of any desired length or size. They are manufactured from straw 

 pulp under great pressure. The covers and bottoms are made of the very best 

 quality of well-seasoned wood, so that shrinkage and warping are impossible. 



There seems to be no doubt that this compressed straw-pulp product is far su- 

 perior to any ware manufactured from wood or tin, and hence these wares have 

 become absolutely essential to druggists, chemists, food and seed dealers, etc. 

 Housekeepers have also found this ware to be the best in which to preserve fruits 

 and foods, such as flour, salt, grain, rice, sugar, coffee, etc. 



E. THEOPHILUS LIEFELD, 

 FREIBURG, March 28, ipp. Consul. 



HAMBURG. 



In reply to the Department's circular instruction of September 

 28 last, I have to state that, so far as I have been able to ascertain, 

 there is no industry of this kind within this consular district, and 

 therefore I have not succeeded in obtaining any satisfactory informa- 

 tion on this subject. 



HUGH PITCAIRN, 



HAMBURG, January 20, 1899. Consul. 



NUREMBERG. 



Wood pulp (in German, "Holzstoff" or " Holzschliff ") is used 

 solely for the manufacture of paper and cardboard in the Kingdom 

 of Bavaria. I understand that it is also used in the manufacture of 

 pressed-wood ornaments for furniture decoration in Germany, but 

 no such use is made in this Kingdom. A leading firm for the manu- 

 facture of such pressed-wood ornaments is said to be that of B. Harras, 

 in Bohlen, Thuringia. 



Wood (not wood pulp) is also used for the manufacture of "cel- 

 lulose," or "Zellstoff. " Of this, the finer grades of paper are made, 

 and also celluloid. 



The Deutsche Celluloidfabrik, in Plagwitz-Leipzig, is said to be 

 the largest celluloid factory in Germany. 



This and others supply the celluloid-ware manufacturers with 

 the raw material, and these manufacturers, in turn, make from this 

 material various articles combs, brushes, toilet cases, bicycle-gear 

 cases, etc. This has become quite an industry of late. There are 

 now four factories of celluloid goods in this consular district, and 



