Fourdrinier-- | | | Number | 804 | 752 | 663 Capacity per 24 | | | hours, tons | 10,508 | 8,569 | [3] Cylinder-- | | | Number | 676 | 617 | 569 Capacity per 24 | | | hours, tons | 6,316 | 4,740 | [3] Pulp: | | | Grinders, number | 1,435 | 1,362 | 1,168 Digesters, total number | 542 | 517 | 426 Sulphite fiber, | | | number | 348 | 309 | [2] Soda fiber, number | 194 | 208 | [2] Capacity, yearly, tons | | | of pulp | 3,405,621 | 2,644,753 | 1,536,431 Ground, tons | 1,809,685 | 1,515,088 | [2] Sulphite, tons | 1,250,983 | 885,092 | [2] Soda, tons | 344,953 | 244,573 | [2] ---------------------------+--------------+--------------+------------- Table from United States Statistics of Manufacture for 1909, Showing Rapid Growth of Paper Industry. The comparative statement follows: ==================+================================================ | QUANTITY, IN CORDS, OF PULPWOOD CONSUMED KIND OF WOOD. +-----------+-----------+------------+----------- | 1911 | 1910 | 1909 | 1908 ------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+----------- Total | 4,328,052 | 4,094,306 | 4,001,607 | 3,346,953 |-----------+-----------+------------+----------- Spruce, domestic | 1,612,355 | 1,473,542 | 1,653,249 | 1,487,356 Spruce, imported | 903,375 | 902,407 | 768,332 | 672,483 Hemlock | 616,663 | 610,478 | 559,657 | 569,173 Poplar, domestic | 333,929 | 315,717 | 302,876 | 279,564 Poplar, imported | 34,295 | 45,359 | 25,622 | 22,653 Balsam fir | 191,779 | 132,362 | [1] 95,366 | [1] 45,309 Pine | 124,019 | 105,882 | 90,885 | 84,189 Beech | 44,320 | 44,265 | 31,390 | [2] Maple | 36,979 | 42,621 | [2] | [2] White fir | 36,493 | 30,845 | 37,176 | [2] Cottonwood | 25,043 | 31,099 | 36,898 | 45,679 All other | 88,268 | 97,092 | 151,179 | 140,547 Slabwood, etc, | 280,534 | 262,637 | 248,977 | [3] ------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+----------- [1] Balsam.