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Show 4 PAPERMAKIN IN INDO-CHIN the sun and are once more tied into bales thatare secure by beingwrapped around with thongs of the tough oute bark. The bundles are transported to the roadside pape mills in two-wheeled carts drawn and pushed by coolie who derive their livelihood through hauling the bark t the papermakers and delivering the finished packages o paper to the dealers. During my visits to the Villages d Papier, the paper mill operators were paying the equivalent of from two tosix centsa pound forthe cleansed bark the variation of the price depending not only upon th quality of the bark itself, but to considerable extentupo the manner in which it had been prepared; the worker were not always careful in removingall of the dark oute bark that caused the paper workers additional labou before the material was ready for the primary treatment No finer papermaking material exists than the longfibered bark of the Daphne and with the mild treatmen required in the separation of the glutinous matter fro the pure cellulose, as well as the moderate beating, th bark remains unimpaired. Papers made from bark, an from bamboo, have endured for centuries and remain today in manuscripts and printed books as mute testimon of superior materials honestly formed into paper The Lime Treatmen Upon arrival of the clean, dry bark at the paper mill the material is at once started on its tedious and length course into usable sheets of paper; the papermakers d Digital mage © 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rights reserved |