SAVE OLD RAGS
AND OLD PAPERS
FEARED THAT AMERICAN SUPPLY
OF PAPER WILL BE CURTAILED
Department of Commerce Appeals to
Housewives to Help In the Saving
Alarming Shortage
The Department of Commerce at
Washington has notified the local
Chamber of Commerce that the short
age of paper material has become so
acute that every effort should he made
to induce individuals and firms to save
refuse rags and papers.
The Department will furnish inquir
ers with the name of the leading
wholesalers of paper stock, hut does
not have records of the smaller local
firms which assemble rags and paper
and sell them in minor quantities.
Something like in,non tons of differ
ent kinds of paper and paper board
are manufactured every day in the
TTnited States. A large proportion of
this, after it has served its purpose,
could he used over again in some
'■lasses of paper. A large part of it,
however, is either burned or otherwise
wasted. This, of course, has to he re
placed hv new materials.
Housewives are especially appealed
to in order that every scrap of paper
and rags may he saved. It is feared
that American manufacturers will
have to curtail the produc'ion of their
mills.
All sincere believers in preservation
should take an interest in this subject,
as intelligent ;■ tion .■• ’ll diminish the
enormous drain upon our sources of
supply for new materials.
Copies of a bulletin on this subject
may he had from the local Chamber
of Commerce.
H. F. DRIGGS ILL
Herman P. Briggs, principal of the
Israel Putnam school, suffered an
acute attack of indigestion during the
session Tuesday afternoon. Superin
tendent Piles took him to his own
home; this morning Mr. Driggs was
much better.
