Fifty newspaper publishers of Florida are considering establishment of
a plant to manufacture paper from pulp of fibrous trees and bushes in
that state, particularly palmetto. Investigations have shown fibrous
material is of better quality than spruce pulp which is used in
manufacture of newsprint.
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In connection with the advance in paper issues, timber limits, which
normally have a value of about $1,000 a square mile, have risen to
$2,000 a square mile.
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A prominent dealer who returned a few days ago from the Quebec
woodlands reports that the supply of pulpwood this year is but 50 per
cent. of what it was a year ago because of the inability to get labor.