SHORTAGE OF PAPER MATERIAL

Department of Commerce at Washington Advises People to Save Waste Paper and Rags, Instead of Burning Them.

The attention of the Department of Commerce at Washington is called, by the president of a large paper manufacturing company, to the fact that there is a serious shortage of raw material for the manufacture of paper, including rags and old papers. He urges that the Department should make it known that the collecting and saving of rags and old papers would greatly better existing conditions for American manufacturers.

Something like 15,000 tons of different kinds of paper and paper board are manufactured every day in the United States and a large proportion of this, after it has served its purpose, could be used over again in some class of paper. A large part of it, however, is either burned or otherwise wasted. This, of course, has to be replaced by new materials. In the early history of the paper industry publicity was given to the importance of saving rags. It is scarcely less important now. The Department of Commerce is bringing this matter to the attention of the public in the hope that practical results  may flow from it. A little attention to the saving of rags and old papers will mean genuine relief to our paper industry and a diminishing drain upon our sources of supply for new materials.

FARMERS TO BE REIMBURSED

$235,000 Provided to Pay Claims for Diseased Cattle and Horses Slaughtered by the State of New York

Announcement is made by Commissioner of Agriculture Charles S. Wilson that an appropriation of approximately $235,000 is to be provided for payment of claims for diseased cattle and glandered horses slaughtered by the state. All claims submitted and proved in the department up to March 1 will be paid. Governor Whitman was informed by Commissioner Wilson that in some cases the slaughter of diseased cattle or horses worked a hardship on the owner since the funds to pay claims were not immediately available and that as a result the owner is often affected disadvantageously, especially if he is without money to replace the cattle killed.

In order that the cause of agriculture be not retarded in any way, Governor Whitman gave his immediate approval of an appropriation from which the claims will be paid. The Governor was insistent that provision be made for the payment of every proved claim to March 1st.

GUILDERLAND CENTRE

Mr. Mann has been papering the upper rooms in his tenant house, and is also doing some papering in the house in which he lives.

The Reformed church is being wired for electric lights. Mr. Cowarn of Altamont is doing the work. A committee of ladies were in Albany on Tuesday looking after fixtures.
The Griswold Sisters Concert company will give a concert Tuesday evening, April 25, at the Reformed church. The company consists of a pianist, cellist, harpist, and reader. The pianist is also a soprano soloist. They come highly recommended by the press wherever they have appeared, and should draw a large audience here.