Bingham News | 1924-02-09 | Page 4 | Americans Waste Pencils

American Waste Pencils. Open-hnnded Americans are the most lavish users of pencils In the world, the United States alone usln twice as many as all Europe, said Lothar W. Fnher, the "I'encil Kln." "The European uses n pencil until there Is barely anything for him to hold In his flnfters," said Mr. Taber, "while the American throws It awny when It Is hardly more than half used. America uses about a million and a half gross a year, nine or ton pencils per eaplta. Europe uses only about half that amount."