Paper and stationery trade of the world

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...the "third quality" is produced by the local mills. America does not offer this hne here. Leather boards.--This grade is used here very largely in the boxmaking industry, and supplies are wholly drawn from the Continent. Millboards.--England supplies practically the whole of this market. Manila boards.--Under this heading can be classed tag manila, lined manila, coated manila, etc. Fair quantities of these boards are used, and in tag manila America practically commands the market. In lined and coated manila the trade is divided between America and the Continent. Carpet felt.--This is manufactured by the local mil's. True vegetable parchment.--This business is exclusively held by the Continent. Although American mills manufacture this grade, their prices are very much higher, quality for quality, than the Continental. DOMESTIC PAPER PRODUCTION. There are four paper mills in Victoria; they produce printing, blottings, cartridges, browns, krafts, strawboards, and pulp boards. The output from these mills amounts to about 250 tons per week. Exports from this district are practically nil. The raw materials used are rags, at about £14 ($68.13) per ton; bagging, at £2 10s. ($12.16) per ton; rope, at £8 ($38.93) per ton; wood pulp, at from £9 ($43.79) to £15 ($72.99) per ton; and straw, from £1 10s. ($7.29) to £2 ($9.73) per ton. With the exception of straw, most of the raw material is foreign to Australia. The qualities of papers and boards manufactured are of fair medium grade. The machinery in use is wholly British, with the exception of the strawboard mill, the machinery for which was supplied from Ohio. The wages of employees are governed by wages boards and range from the laborer at 8s. ($1.94) per day of 8 hours to...