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preservative, and into many other 

 forms. The cedar is commonly 

 manufactured into shingles and 

 fence posts; the pine at our plant 

 goes to a sash and door mill exclu- 

 sively; the ground wood goes into 

 newspaper; chips are converted by 

 the sulphite cooking process into 

 pulp, chiefly distinguished by its 

 long and strong fibre, and this sul- 

 phite pulp in turn is sold as a raw 

 product to form an integral part in 

 newspaper making, at the ratio of 

 about one part of sulphite to two 

 parts of ground wood. Sulphite also 

 goes to form the principal ingredient 

 of writing, wrapping or book papers. 

 All of the sulphite pulp which we 

 manufacture is bleached, and this 

 calls for a large electrical bleaching 

 plant to manufacture the necessary 

 chlorine liquor. As a by-product 

 from this bleaching plant caustic 

 soda is manufactured in consider- 

 able quantities and sold principally 

 to soap manufacturers. From the 

 chemicals set free in the caustic pro- 

 cess, chloroform and muriatic acid 

 are obtained. We are also able to 

 hydrogenate vegetable oils and 

 manufacture a cooking fat which we 

 are now placing on the market, 

 called Kream Krisp and Vream, 

 which IS purer in composition, su- 

 perior to, and more economical than 

 pure lard. From the pulpwood 

 chips also, through a soda ash pro- 

 cess, called the sulphate process, 

 sulphate pulp is produced, which is 

 characterized by its long and strong 

 fibre, and this in turn is manufac- 

 tured into a strong wrapping paper 

 which is known as Kraft paper, dark 

 brown in color, and most commonly 

 wrapped around magazines, papers 

 or bundles. Many new and useful 

 articles are being manufactured out 

 of this paper which may interest you 

 on account of their unusual charac- 

 ter, as they represent reduction in 

 the cost of living and the close utili- 

 zation of forest product. 



iV^zf Uses of Kraft. 



Large quantities of Kraft paper 



Slash well piled for burning along new 

 government road, Fort George, B.C. — A 

 good example to settlers. 



are used in department stores, par- 

 ticularly in large mail order houses 

 in the West who ship by Parcel 

 Post. It is especially suited for en- 

 velopes such as are manufactured 

 for heavy documents and money, in 

 place of leather containers. Strips 

 of Kraft paper are used in binding 

 corners of cardboard boxes, particu- 

 larly shoe boxes. Strips of gummed 

 Kraft paper are used in the same 

 manner as twine about boxes and 

 packages and are much stronger and 

 do not slip off. Even coal is now be- 

 ing delivered in bags made of Kraft 

 paper in place of canvas bags, which 

 had to be emptied and returned, the 

 paper bags being merely burned up 

 with the coal. With a light backing 

 of cloth fibre and a filler to protect 

 against dampness, Kraft paper, call- 

 ed "watershed," is used for covering 

 automobile tires in the place of bur- 

 lap. "Watershed" paper is also used 



