Show PAPER RAGS onoe ONCE MORE moru Noth withstanding all that had been said and done in lation relation rr rc to saving baving providing and gathering rags ragi and other material for the manufacture of paper and the prolongation of the ribe time after the first rag sermon bermon was preached before they were needed in consequence of the unavoidable delay in getting the mill in operation for several conlis beyond the time indicated and expected there bad been bo so so 99 little attention given to the matter and so few ra rags ras 0 s collected that it was waa vie vee ith the greatest difficulty that the mill was started ani ant the manufacture of paper commenced after everything pertaining to the tte mill was put in as good order as was possible and it has required the utmost exertion and deter mir ed perseverance on an the part of those immediately concerned to I 1 obtain material and accomplish what has been done in the papermaking paper making business up to lo vh present time with but litta prospect of thin things 7 is assum assuming ingo very soon boon a more favorable wo rable rabie appearance many mally obstacles aces have been abeen presented and surmounted as quickly as the nature of the several impediments would permit but one of the most perplexing and difficult d things to lo h has ben been and andyes yet Js is the procurement of rags or material for pa per p pcr r in sufficient quantities to supply the mill and bad not a man been spec ally employed as an itinerant rag gatherer there would not have been as much paper made by one h hilf dlf as there has been and all printing business would have been sis bis suspended bonhs ago with nith all the exertions that have been made it has been impossible to do more than tha just to keep the concern in motion and nake make a of paper to keep the NEWS establishment lish ment meni arm closing up but no where near as much as has bas been needed and would have bebe used it it could have been manufactured or in anywise obtained an aa soon as it became apparent that with out ut some ome extraordinary exertion there would woold not be material enough obtained to keep the mill at work more than one day in a month mr george goddard than a more energetic and suitable person could not jot have hare lien li en found for the business was empl to visit every town and ana belu selU ement in jik this thia and adjoining counties for the purpose of gathering 0 up whatever might be obtained convert be into printing paper ile he entered at once upon his bis calling and after passing passin through the several wards of this city elty he visited every town in davis davia and weber counties and some of the settlements with but poor success at first as the people generally deemed the matter of trivial importance ol and an looked upon rag gathering as the lowest vocation that could be followed but abut after awhile the business was considered oro ore important and the dail dall daily y gleanings b of the ragman rag man began to increase wih wi vi h hadair a fair tair prospect of bis big doing doln doin a good business when in consequence of tha the tb continued storms the coads beame impassable and the business was wab as nece bamily suspended till a more favor abie abib bu state of things should exist the dawning in c ot which abich bigins begins to appear the stock of ra ga e on hand having been worked tip up it bec bee became ame feces ne cesary ay some two web wee since to recommence commence re the catherino cathering 1 operation but it has not been possible to do much at it yet in consequence of high hl h water I 1 al a l the lin impassable passable state of the roads roads and it I 1 Js Is feared that the mill w 11 have to stop again for the want of material if some new scheme schemes be tot rot riot devised and put into operation subsidiary to the gathe gatherers rePs arrangements arrange mens for I 1 tibie and until he can get them operation on again which will be as soon as the spring floada il subside T to or f as bilat libat his business mr nir go goddard dard it d that he he W ready roady a lf 11 tini tint ato oto to receive rag ra q at ha his red reg df nce nc a ir the inh ward an 1 awishes mote mole lif ailt arlt ity having any on hand band to send tend or bring them there and receive the pay the first opportunity and those rey rep reiding iding in the country particularly ticul arly in places not easy of access having cotton or linen rags worn out fabrics of alito lint or anything that can catl be converted into paper which was never more needed than it is now are especially requested to forward or bring the same to him the first time an opportunity pres rits f fr r wh ch they will receive the highest price they are rated at according to quality and kind lie ile says there are many in this county loc in by place where he cannot well get with his vehicle and he solicits persons thus situated when they come to the city to bring along whatever maer lal of the kind they may have ime saved and take it to his hib residence reside nc or bring it to the NEWS OFFICE should they prefer for which aich they can receive pay or credit herer hever they desire some may th it beneath their dignity to do an act of 0 that kind but until the citizens generally understand the importance of the matter and care cart carefully fully save ati ali their cotton and linen rags and everything that can be converted into paper of some kind and then consider it not too small email a matter for their consideration to market them the manufacture of paper in this inland state in clen cien t quantities to supply the he demand will be an uphill up hill hlll business and it will be a hard matter to produce nough bough to supply one printing establishment with paper whereas there here will soon be te i times as much used as there now I 1 1 la it it can be made here and obtained w with hh out Imp importing 11 the machinery was imported and the he mill put in operation at a great expense and it should now be kept in motion otherwise it will be a rul rui ruinous notis concern and the means invested in it will have been beel expended measurably for naught there are other material materials or substances and cotton that can be converted intal int printing paper in this as well as other countries and will be ere long but there is 13 no necessity for lor it now or would i not noe be it if people w auld uld save their worn out articles fabricated from cotton flax and hemp and not rot throw them away as valueless as they generally do in this ibis country there are but few countries in the word where printing is carried on extensively which do not have to import material for raper paper making from countries where books and newspapers are not in general use nut dut importation is out of the question here and there ther is and will continue to be a great demand for printing and all other kinds of piper and it can be made in any desirable quantities as well in iri deseret as elsewhere and will be as soon as everything suitable for its manufacture ls is saved and appropriated for that purpose I 1 |