Conditions of Success To the Editor of the "Nonru-Ciuxa Dany News"
Sim—_In_ yesterday's issue, the "North-China Daily News" announced that "China is going to make her own per". May T point out that sus cess in China depends on her capacity to supply cheap raw material, the suitable timber. Even if there Is plenty of timber in the mentioned Gistriets, the price will be high, owing to the lack of appropriate means of transportation, and with the huge consumption of timber by the pulp factory. the price will be in the future, higher yet Tnereasing the duty levied on new print will protect the factory's interest at the expense of the paper consumers, the tariff of duty on news print Is kept low in order to favour the use of newsprint paper. Thus we are to face the dilemma: of China will make her own newsprint paper which will be sold at a higher price, or the price of the newsprint. will be kept as 1o@ as possible, favouring use, but it must be imported.
think the solution to this problem wilt be found by using the straw as raw material, which is to be found In nearly every province practically in Ualimited quantities: he only aval-fable process to rake paper Ww! newsprint, printing is "the Pomillo process:
working with this process fare to be found in South America and where the conditions are the in China, Lo, lack of timber, corn raising countries, The new process can find a successful application in China in manti" facturing paper with the national ray, material and underselling the imported paper without increasing the uty levied from the present rate, Shanghai, Oct. 28.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.