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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Rags 
  were 
  used 
  to 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  17,899 
  tons, 
  which 
  cost 
  $420,- 
  

   870, 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  $23.51 
  per 
  ton; 
  37,244 
  tons 
  of 
  old 
  waste 
  

   paper 
  were 
  used, 
  costing 
  $428,531, 
  and 
  13,947 
  tons 
  of 
  Manila 
  

   stock, 
  including 
  jute, 
  bagging, 
  rope, 
  waste, 
  thread, 
  etc. 
  which 
  

   cost 
  $646,776; 
  17,644 
  tons 
  of 
  straw 
  were 
  used. 
  In 
  addition, 
  93,- 
  

   749 
  tons 
  of 
  ground 
  wood 
  pulp 
  were 
  purchased 
  at 
  a 
  cost 
  of 
  

   $1,485,176, 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  $15.81 
  per 
  ton; 
  20,447 
  tons 
  of 
  soda 
  

   wood 
  fiber 
  were 
  purchased 
  and 
  66,769 
  tons 
  of 
  sulphite 
  wood 
  

   fiber. 
  In 
  addition, 
  other 
  chemical 
  fiber 
  was 
  purchased 
  to 
  the 
  

   extent 
  of 
  8,554 
  tons. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  value 
  at 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  manufacture 
  of 
  the 
  paper 
  prod- 
  

   uct 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  in 
  1900 
  was 
  $26,715,628, 
  of 
  which 
  newspaper 
  

   amounted 
  to 
  162,153 
  tons, 
  valued 
  at 
  $5,405,452, 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  

   $33.33 
  per 
  ton. 
  There 
  were 
  27,611 
  tons 
  of 
  bookpaper 
  made, 
  

   worth 
  $1,706,565, 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  $61.81 
  per 
  ton. 
  In 
  addition, 
  

   a 
  considerable 
  quantity 
  of 
  lithographic 
  plate 
  paper, 
  cardboard, 
  

   bristolboard, 
  fine 
  writing 
  paper, 
  etc. 
  was 
  made. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  establishments 
  making 
  paper 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  in 
  

   1900 
  was 
  179, 
  of 
  which 
  39 
  were 
  owned 
  by 
  individuals, 
  44 
  by 
  firms 
  

   and 
  limited 
  partnerships 
  and 
  96 
  by 
  incorporated 
  companies. 
  

  

  In 
  1890 
  the 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  exports 
  of 
  paper 
  from 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  amounted 
  to 
  $1,226,686, 
  while 
  in 
  1900 
  this 
  had 
  in- 
  

   creased 
  to 
  $6,215,833. 
  These 
  figures 
  do 
  not 
  include 
  the 
  value 
  

   of 
  82,441 
  tons 
  of 
  wood 
  pulp. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  show 
  relative 
  figures, 
  we 
  will 
  briefly 
  compare 
  New 
  

   York 
  with 
  Massachusetts. 
  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  paper 
  estab- 
  

   lishments 
  in 
  Massachusetts 
  in 
  1900 
  was 
  93, 
  of 
  which 
  13 
  were 
  

   owned 
  by 
  individuals, 
  13 
  by 
  firms 
  and 
  limited 
  partnerships 
  and 
  

   67 
  by 
  incorporated 
  companies. 
  The 
  total 
  capital 
  invested 
  in 
  

   Massachusetts 
  was 
  $26,692,922. 
  The 
  total 
  cost 
  of 
  materials 
  

   used 
  was 
  $11,918,802, 
  while 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  it 
  was 
  $14,563,222. 
  We 
  

   learn, 
  therefore, 
  that 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  the 
  total 
  cost 
  of 
  materials 
  

   used 
  was 
  $2,644,420 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  Massachusetts, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  

   total 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  product 
  in 
  Massachusetts 
  was 
  $22,141,461 
  as 
  

   against 
  $26,715,628 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  or 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  product 
  in 
  

   New 
  York 
  was 
  $4,574,167 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  Massachusetts. 
  

  

  A 
  reason 
  for 
  these 
  differences 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  

   there 
  are 
  more 
  mills 
  in 
  Massachusetts 
  than 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  which 
  

  

  