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Show 9 of nearly five hundred miles. According to Mr. Khodke, the only difficult he was experiencing at the school wasin the preparation and maceration o the raw materials from which the paper was fabricate d. He 1d me, with al assurance, that almost any Indian student could within a few weeks' tim be ta 1d" paper at the vat. This branch of the work did no seem to perturb the instructor in the least, but the beating was a proble indeed. I pointed out to him that the paper made in the school was uneve in thickness and lacking in uni[ormi!y, and that if their product was to b used for printing, each sheet of ream would need to have consistent thickness and be of practically the same wei vrhl. Suc told him, i generally, but not always, found in the finest rump e paper but there the workers serve an apprenticeship covering a number of years and T doubted if Mr. Khodke's pupils could form usable printing paper i a shorter period of practice. Yet it was Mr. Khodke's ambition to be a pro ficient teacher, 5o that the young men of his classes could return to their ow districts an establish their own cottage handmade paper mills. This wa the great desire of their leader Mr. Gandhi. EverywhereI went I heard onl praise for the Mahatma; the Indians always stated that only through th ideas and efforts of Mr. Gandhi could the distressed native people hope t b e rom cht present suppressed condition Digital Image © 2006 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rights reserved |
