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The Early Bird

CHAPTER II
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"It is not the tariff, but the future scarcity of wood-pulp material." "That's just what I was starting to explain to you," said Mr.Turner, wheeling eagerly to Mr.Princeman, entirely unaware, in his intensity of interest, of his utter rudeness to both groups.

"My kid brother and myself are working on a scheme which, if we are on the right track, ought to bring about a revolution in the paper business.

I can not give you the exact details of it now, because we're waiting for letters patent on it, but the fundamental point is this: that the wood-pulp manufacturers within a few years will have to grow their raw material, since wood is becoming so scarce and so high priced.

Well, there is any quantity of swamp land available, and we have experimented like mad with reeds and rushes.

We've found one particular variety which grows very rapidly, has a strong, woody fiber, and makes the finest pulp in the world.


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