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Show Newspapers. If all the p.ipei that was used last ije.ti in thedallj papeis ol tho United States vveie to bo made Into one enoi-inoiis enoi-inoiis loll, It would beneailj twocltj blocks in length and as high as a llf-teeii-stoiy skvseiapei. It would weigh 4."l,.172 tons. The Statue or Liberty In New York hai-boi, hai-boi, fiom the Toot of its pedestal to the top of Its toich, would como with-Ineightj with-Ineightj reel of the top or the huge toll. This Is the amount or paper used jeailj by the iVU dally papeis. The smaller papeis use paper In sheets, amounting I" il K" ,0 one-qiiaiter as much as that used by the dally papeis. If the sheet paper vveie piled up, 18" feet long by U.I feet wide.it would tower 100 feet above tlio highest building build-ing In Chicago. The total amount of paper of all kinds used In the United States last j ear was over a million and a half tons. Its value, according to the Selentltlc Amcilcan, Is over SIUT.OOO,-000. SIUT.OOO,-000. ' |