Show i 11 Wood Pulp Substitute 11 j o oP P p im h ving lomm I I 1 1 fp I n i t of ot Marseilles ti to tu o obtain Information In legor regard to a n North African called caled esparto grass Krass from which paper iPer I Is made and such uch details s as may mu l tw hi available f with urith a view to thou their thel report port C field l. l the tho supplies tIm th As s m my correspondents ts 1 are aro r a 1 II Interested in a low lost grade gnade cit or I pr suitable for tor tho the manufacture of bags hags and wrapping paper they douht doubtless In Intend intend In- In tend to describe alfa nUn grass for fOl whiton whit whit- on an ln Increasing demand Is iN now noticeable notice notice- able ablo ilO anti and not esparto grass or in tin the th French sparta which la is a form o n jute juto antI and Is used uel In the lie cordage am and woven o bag lag Industry North Africa and particularly AI Algeria lla Is SUI supplying an an- Increasing quantities of alft aUn grass grasI and aloes both botin of which are In time the of or paper Ira Alfa Ita grass rSS Is Ss now quoted at at about abou t 6 G fra francs ns per jOL loo kilos kios per por I pound I 1 Io o 0 at Oran while aloes ar are quoted quoted ed cd at from 75 to SO francs per kilos 1105 1 1117 J to 1511 per pel O pounds 11 I nil I Marseilles Alfa Aia grass 1 is used in rane IIan for rOI tine the the manufacture of oC a coars' coars 11 gri grai In for or Wrapping paper anti and mil En England tl time manufacture of oC print paper paler while aloes alos seven or 01 eight Ight t times limes more expensive tn sire sive aro tire absorbed b by manufacturers o oj of high grade rdo papers Alfa lu grass lOW grows grow more moro or 01 less throughout tho time d desert frt region anti and I Is an annual animal cut cult anti ami harl harvested ted like lc hn hay It I Is said sall that thal practically unlimited Is available an nn supply a and that It I Is expected to the print paper of or the time future In tl France A leading London dally daily it I is said sall has hns for fOI been alfa or sonic some years ealS printed on paper There Is an nn extensive anti and in hl increasing creasing exportation of or this material from froni Algeria to England Oran dealers deal deal- rs ers In alfa aHn are arc able to ship from Crom rota to tons por ime annum and anti all al other Algerian ports cn con can furnish considerable con con- quantities Tine The business Is IsI Isnow Isnow I now carried on most extensively at al 0 Oran ran En English manufacturers haq have been en the time fr first t to Interest themselves in tints this ar article artcle ar- ar tide and amid ant have made mado r advances In converting It i Into paper Inper Time The Tie French Frencho government o i is also alMo interesting ln itself In iii Inthe Inthe the subject h because cn BO of or the time present elt hl high h price o of wood pulp 1111 and ant there Is 18 tal talk of or establishing a tho sources S of If In iii Il Algeria and amid pos possibly run Is mills mill mis forthe for forthe the HIe manufacture of pulp k |