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Show FIFTEEN MILLIONS A WEEK. How Maine Trees Are Turned Into United States Postal Cards. The enllie t'nlte I Hiales Is dependent depen-dent for Its supil) of 1 til cards upon llumforil 1 all- Me from this .Maine town me shipped on on average troOOIXW instil inid" ei ll vv rK .Mil ever) (ard frnm Hu llm whin It was part of nne of the stunt) trer-i n the lotmtry of the imlnt. d tlrs until It Is a mulling enrd ready rm m ssages nf lire or death, of business or Pleasure, of soiiow or Jo, Is cntlnly a Maine A stuiinih tnniianh of the forest la leveled nnd .mnlng fiom up Andro-siogglu Andro-siogglu Is theinliull) transformed nt the Oxforl mill Thul )ellow illlp. looking so Ilk. Hu Inst of It rl.li (hurnlng und filling the big digester vat Is the body in snlutlnn of the postal enrd Here In solution are ull the cards that shall Inn be used tn herald the lomniel.lal liuvelers np-lesrnnre np-lesrnnre or to tarrv tilt inefsiiees of bus) folks, who have no surels lo write their friends The wood pulp Is flowed out on a screen of such fine inish that the paper Is long In gathering nnd lhc re suit of n more tlnn ordlnnrv thorough slinking Is a firm smooth mrd of the fainllar cream velloM free from Inequalities of texttlic and free from nil flakes of rhudoiv when hill to the light In the big dean finishing loom of the Oxford mill" when tin floor Is lltleied with n delli'ius duller of elegant book psptr sit u s. or or more nentl) gowned young vv mien hue) und happ) smoothing th great she-ts or book nnd oslul sti. k li In pll s The leist dtttd In tin surfue Is de tected at ome by their super sensl tlve Hncer lips and sheet uHer heet la lejeited for u blemish Invisible sine to louih tlreut trucks (onve) Hie i ostal piper tn the printing establishment Hacb sheet of stotk fed lino the printing press Is registered nutoniatlcnll) ro tint an exm t Hill) mn he kept of nil cirds rrlntcd The two preses have a united tapadt) of 3 000 000 cards ilnll) rrom Rumfotd Fulls which Is the agenc) shipments ore mule to the sub-ugendes ivhlih urn Wnshlngton, I) C Clndnnntl O St Louis Mo, ond Iro) .N All smuller orriies In thel'nlted Stutw must moke u requisition requi-sition tn these sub ugencles for enrds unless thev me In Ihe list of cltlci I whose business le so extensive In pos-tnls pos-tnls as to require lurloud shl mints These h) thi wu) are llaltlmo t I'ltlshurg Huff ito Kinsasflt) Ilrook l)li Ihliagii r levebind Detroit, hnn rrnnclsio llnston and New ork The aveiuge amount nf messages written on postnls in these cities Is stidi that two tar lots u month nre tcqulre! nnd Xeiv totk hv crimes larger Detroit l'rei Press |
