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There should be added to the above pulp mill estimates for a complete 

 plant for paper making: 



One Fourdrinier machine complete $50,000.00 



Building, capital, etc .' 50,000.00 



Miscellaneous paper making machinery, not included 

 in pulp mill equipment, including refining engines, 

 cutters, calenders, dryers, molds, presses, etc 20,000.00 



120,000.00 



The following is a summary : 



A 10-ton sulphite wood pulp and paper plant complete.... $163,841:25 



A 10-ton soda wood pulp and paper plant complete 153,491.25 



A 10-ton soda pulp and paper plant for manufacture of 



grass, straw and bamboo paper 140,000.00 



GENERAL CONCLUSIONS. 



Although the process of paper making is distinctly technical, yet it 

 can not be said that the industry as a whole is operated on a strictly 

 scientific basis. The establishments which employ trained chemists, men 

 thoroughly grounded in the fundamental principles of the science and 

 able to handle new problems, are comparatively few in number. A man 

 capable of assaying bleach liquor or other chemicals used, is all that is 

 required at the present time. However, I firmly believe that in a com- 

 paratively short time the lines of competition in this industry will be so 

 closely drawn that the services of a chemical technologist will be neces- 

 sary. The capacity of the average analyst employed in paper mills to 

 handle technical problems is limited to work of a routine nature, 

 although this is not always what is expected of him at times when 

 unforseen difficulties arise. The most abstruse investigation may become 

 the source of important practical progress. 



We have prepared in this laboratory pulp boards and handlaid 

 bleached and unbleached paper from the various raw materials, treated 

 by both chemical processes, and samples are on hand for distribution 

 to those who may be interested. 



