NOVEL USES OF PAPER

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 256, 4 December 1909, Page 4

NOVEL USES OF PAPER

s Germany manufactures annually 425,000 tons of paper; England, 200,000 tpns; France, 100,000 tons; Austria, 155,000 tons; and Italy, 120,000 lons. But the United States makes and uses more paper than all Europe, the annual production amounting to 1,300,000 to is. A French journal mentions the following npvel uses of paper in America:— Roofs of paper and compressed woo,l pulp have proved successful. A Chicago firm makes aper garments which arc *o light, flexible, and convenient that tlicy are largely used in the hospitals. The paper is made of the bark of llic paper mulberry tree, and isi tubsized and finely scraped. Several sheets are superiyj:;eil and sewn together. The garments have narrow woollen bindings, buttons, buttonholes, and other fastenings, l'aper cigars are made by steeping paper pulp for ten days ill a decoction of cigar clippings, passing it between cylinders and rolling the shcotsf into the form ot a cigar.

Paper bottles and grain bags are made in Philadelphia. A recent invention is the paper horseshoe, which, according to the inventor, is more durable as well as lighter than the iron shoe, and eliminates all danger to the hoof, as it it attached not by nails but oy cement. Two German engineers have invented a sort of reinforced paper, composed of paper pulp, canvas, linen, and raw silk, reinforced with steel wire. The new material is light, waterproof, fireproof, and suitable for the construction .of vessels, including warships, motor-cars, and other vehicles, for railways, street pavements, and many other uses'.