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Show A nig Paper Contract. One of the largest contracts for furnishing fur-nishing paper for . the use of the census office is the one for manilla tubulating cards. The number of cards that will be used is estimated to be 100,000,000, and it is said that it will require 260 tons of manilla paper to furnish these cards. Under a former contract 20,000,000 sheets for the population schedule will be furnished, which is said to be the largest single order for writing paper ever given. No single mill in this country coun-try could meet the demand, and the order or-der is now being filled by two of the largest paper mills in the country. Already Al-ready orders have been Bent out for 14,-600 14,-600 reams of paper, which will weigh 584,000 pounds, and at the contract price, 9 cents per pound, will cost $52,-G60. $52,-G60. New York Commercial Advertiser. |