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the paper industry.
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Wooden Shoes are made either entirely of wood, by preference of alder,
being then a very warm, dry, and also cheap footwear, or else of leather in the
form of half-slippers on a wooden sole. The last named are more readily made
in factories than the former. The manufacture of wooden shoes is carried on
chiefly in the Jönköping and Kronoberg Läns. In 1900, there were altogether 20
wooden shoe and last-factories, employing 275 hands and with a turnout valued
at 519,000 kronor.
Chip-boxes are made by the million for match-factories. In 1900, there
were 9 chip-box factories, employing 462 hands, with a turnout of 1,073,000
kronor in value.
6. THE PAPER INDUSTRY.
In 1900, there were 63 factories belonging to this head, making
paper and pasteboard, and 96 engaged in other allied manufactures.
The number of hands was 6,353 and 2,137 respectively, with a turnout
value of 24,228,000 and 6,111,000 kronor. Both imports and exports of
paper are considerable, for which see below. In 1900, there were imports
of wares of this class for 4-41 million kronor and exports for 14-39
millions. This industry is consequently one of those that contribute
towards the improvement of our balance of trade.
Paper-mills.
The first papermill is reputed to have been started in the time of
King Gustavus Vasa (1523/60). During the last few decades, the paper
industry has developed very considerably in conjunction with the growth
of the wood-pulp industry. The varieties of paper most extensively
manufactured are: letter-paper, writing, printing, and wrapping-paper,
as well as coarse and fine cardboard or pasteboard. The raw materials
are: for the finer qualities of paper, rags mixed to some extent with
chemical pulp; for newspapers, rags mixed to a percentage of 50 or 70
with grinding pulp; for other kinds, chemical pulp or rags. For superior
kinds of wrappering, termed leather-paper, a semi-chemical pulp is used
prepared from boiled wood; for inferior kinds, which are generally
coloured, for match-box and other packets, a pulp prepared chemically
out of straw is used with advantage. The last-mentioned kind of
paper is principally manufactured at Katrinefors (Mariestad), a factory
established, like the Jönköping factory of Munksjö, by J. E. Lundström,
the famous founder of the matchmaking industry at Jönköping.
Pasteboard is prepared from different materials, according to the
purposes to which it is to be put. In this industry the manufacture of
■heathing-paper, used as a lining of walls and roofs, plays an important
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