THE STORY OF ARTIFICIAL SILK 
see what they are buying. It can be made 
thick enough for soap and confectionery 
boxes. It has a thousand uses. 
We have, within the last few years, 
awakened to the immense possibilities of this 
wood-pulp industry. More and more uses 
will be found for it, now that Artificial Silk 
has led the way. 
Wood has never been studied until recently. 
The fact is that it is a textile, woven into 
marvellous strength by Nature. The micro- 
scope shows that it is made of fibres. Nature 
has made the strength of an oak tree and the 
fineness of mahogany. 
First, we made paper. Then we made 
synthetic leather. Now we are making Arti- 
ficial Silk. What shall we not be making in 
the next 10 years ? 
If we can make a filament, why not a 
BoARD ? May there not be a revolution in 
the lumber trade ? May we not eventually 
abolish our crude saw-mills, which waste so 
much of the wood ? May we not be able to 
use crooked trees to make straight boards? 
May we not be able to use the branches as 
well as the trunk of a tree? Shall we not 
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