Your Career in the Paper Industry (1952)

a dramatic symbol of The Busy World in which we live Office Buildings manufacturing plants and the people who make them run it's a world geared to satisfying human wants your wants mine and the next fellows for what we do and how we get along in the world is determined largely by what we need what we desire and what we obtain each of us as an individual seeks his own private goal the basis of it all perhaps is the vocation that we choose to follow for to reach our goal we must decide what job what career we want to follow what job or career do you choose as a representative of the American paper and Pulp Association I I'd like to invite you to learn about one of America's great Industries and the future it may hold for [Music] you graduation day probably the most important day in your life for it places you at the Crossroad of a busy world what does the future hold in store it's a big decision and for the most part it's up to you the first step is to select the exact field which you'd like to enter a field which offers you great opportunity and makes best use of your special knowledge these days a sizable number of college students and graduates are learning about their Futures in in the paper industry indoors or outdoors from forest to final distribution there's a wide variety of important jobs jobs that are interesting and satisfying but first let's take a look at today's Pulp and Paper industry do you realize that almost 400 of paper and paperboard are consumed annually for every man woman and child in the United States it takes a huge industry to supply such a demand paper is a huge [Music] industry perhaps you'll be surprised to learn that Pulp and Paper ranks fifth among manufacturing Industries in America in a recent 15-year period value of paper products consumed increased more than four times and it's still growing up and up each year yes the paper industry is a progressive one any of the number of ways you look at it whether you consider gross annual sales total Capital invested cost of raw materials purchased total consumption of power or the quantity of products purchased from other Industries and what about the number of people working in the paper industry if Foresters loggers Transportation employees and other Woodland workers are included the total is well over 1.2 million over half this number are engaged in the primary Pulp and Paper industry the industry payroll is huge about 3 and 1 12 billion dollar annually the paper industry is a dependable and stable industry employment is exceptionally steady on both long-term and seasonal basis and even during the 10 years after the 1929 depression Pulp and Paper output increased more than [Applause] 25% the importance of paper is apparent countless items either made of paper or wrapped in paper are necessities of our Everyday Life wallpaper writing paper rugged wrapping paper paper for every use newspapers with up to thee minute events and yet it's easy very easy to take paper for granted yes today's world is full of paper but this wasn't always true early man recorded His Thoughts by scratching marks in solid material then came the clay tablet a great Improvement in writing material later the Egyptians began to use Papyrus the material which gave its name to our paper it was not until shortly after the death of Christ however that the all-important invention of paper making came in China Saun announced to his emperor that by mashing fibers of mberry bark and hemp pressing and drying the mixture he had produced [Music] paper for more than 400 years the art of paper making remained a well-kept Chinese secret in 610 ad the secret became known in Japan and spread throughout Asia then to Spain in 1151 to England about the time Columbus discovered America and to the rest of Europe finally it reached the United States in 1690 with the establishment of the first Mill by William Rittenhouse near Philadelphia the process of printing with movable type invented by Johannes Gutenberg in the 15th century speeded up paper making efforts as its popularity grew no longer did manuscripts have to be copied laboriously by hand the Revolutionary War brought a change it soon became obvious that paper was essential to the prosecution of the war so new Mills were established to meet the needs by 1800 there were nearly 100 Mills in the country small though their output was paper continued to be hand made until about 1800 when the forer machine and the cylinder machine were invented these machines boosted production forced prices down the modern history of paper had begun today there are six major fields in the industry first the one which produces the raw materials second the pulp Mills third the paper mills fourth the converters those who transform paper into usable products fifth the graphic arts field and sixth then finally research first let's consider pulpwood approximately 90% of paper manufactured in America is now made holy or in part from it millions of Acres of forest land are the source of [Music] Supply managed forests supervised by technically trained Foresters for scientific growing and harvesting assure the raw material for this vast and growing industry today the industry is operated with scientific Precision from forest to final product every step in the growing and Manufacturing process is carefully supervised here with the pulpwood log starts a long extensive process that has been developed and refined Through The Years by the industry's progressive experts first the bark is removed then out of the evolving drums and on into the hungry chippers highspeed machines that reduce the logs to millions of small chips in a fraction of a minute yes paper is an industry of modern mechanical marbles big precise machines operated by men who know their jobs and enjoy doing them it's an industry that invests in people interesting energetic people you'd be proud to call fellow workers it's an industry geared to supplying our growing Nation with the continuing flow of paper and paper products thanks to the constructive investment of hundreds of millions of dollars the very size of this huge investment helps guarantee Pulp and Paper industry employees a bright future opportunity for advancement High salary levels and the Assurance of job security yes each step in the paper making process fits into the total production picture like a piece in a gigantic jigsaw puzzle it's an industry of knowhow an industry that calls for trained Specialists experts in science and management in purchasing and selling all the way along the line from pulpwood to paper products and Beyond paper is a Bright Horizon of unlimited opportunity in exchange for your genuine enthusiasm and desire to learn you can become a part of this great Dynamic industry that supplies the final answer to so many of man's wants for example take boxes the world needs boxes for a million uses and the paper industry keeps an endless supplier ready to meet the demand yes paper's uses are infinite it provides rugged inexpensive weatherproof protection bags for the nation's groceries paper protects the freshly clean suit eye-catching labels help us identify products make it easy to select favorite Brands and from batteries of high-speed presses come the additions that bring the news all made possible by the paper industry's highquality news print actually more than a million and a half tons a year in this country alone this modern publishing Miracle means a well-informed public and a stronger Nation research in Laboratories like this is the key key to the industry's continuing progress here new and better methods are developed for this industry that's always trying to improve itself skilled technicians using the most modern equipment record their data and are ever alert for Clues to improve techniques quality is studied intensively in the search to discover paper with properties that will meet constantly changing requirements today paper chemists receive special ized training in Pulp and Paper courses at various colleges throughout the country in order to maintain the industry's increasingly rigid standards of quality day after day the researchers are at work in Laboratories throughout the nation testing new theories and developing the new ideas that will meet tomorrow's expanding demand for paper products the living standards and progress of a Nation it has been said can be measured by the amount of paper that it [Music] uses to further indicate the bright future of paper many New Uses are now being found for former waste products yes business just can't be done without paper your Assurance the industry will continue to [Music] grow VA producing areas and Pulp Mills are widely distributed throughout the United States today that means steady employment over a large part of the nation Pulp and Paper enjoy a unique position among American Industries in regard to community relations in addition to being of Ideal size many of the towns are model communities charming and [Music] impressive 38 states have pulp or paper mill offering a wide range of locations from which to choose where would you like to live ideally Mills are located near a source of pure water and a supply of Timber do you like good hunting Recreation for everyone real enjoyment in the warm summer [Music] sun [Music] good fishing too made better by the paper industry stream Improvement program here's Recreation that's really fun in the matter of employee relations The Pulp and Paper industry ranks high stability of employment perhaps is one of the most important reasons another reason is the heavy capital investment which the industry has made per employee many plants and Mills are large employ over a thousand people others are small permitting closer contact which do you prefer both offer opportunities the steady stream of payroll and investment money brought to paper making communities by the industry helps to make them Progressive communities flexibility is still another attribute of the paper industry during World War II hundreds of heavy power-driven multiple gun anti-aircraft turrets were produced each month by yes you guessed it a paper company if you're a young man with imagination ambition and energy the paper industry offers you opportunity for the fullest development of your capabilities men of a great variety of skills are required to assure continuous highquality production which paper industry career appeals to you most which one best suits your qualifications and aptitudes let's let's look at some of them these are the positions most commonly found in the pulp paper paperboard and converting companies in the United States for which higher education is necessary or desirable forestry today more than 2500 colleg trained Foresters supervise land purchases and logging operations and are responsible for the efficient handling of wood to the mill Foresters scientifically manage the vast areas of company and privately owned lands growing raw material for the future engineering there is practically unlimited opportunity for engineers in the industry Engineers for construction and maintenance design and development of equipment power plant engineering industrial engineering and process development the Personnel field of the Pulp and Paper industry is another offering wide opportunity there are good jobs in Employee Services employee training employment Labor Relations plant or Mill supervision wage and hours Administration and office [Music] management res Arch as we've seen plays a vital role in the success of the Pulp and Paper industry jobs may be had in chemical research physical research wood technology Tiber lands management forestry and biological [Music] research law has its place in paper too outstanding opportunities await skilled attorneys in the Pulp and Paper industry special legal field include Corporation law patent law real estate law and tax law experienced purchasing Personnel are needed too specialists in the purchasing of equipment and raw [Music] materials important also to the success of the industry are its Financial Specialists there are good finance jobs in auditing budgetary control cost accounting credit and collection General accounting and plant and Mill [Music] accounting manufacturing skills are in demand laying out a plant for example is always an important job models are used to study more efficient control methods or you may be interested in quality control time and motion study traffic product development and industrial engineering promotion of the company's products and Goodwill is the responsibility of sales and advertising personnel with the proper qualifications you'll find a good job in advertising community relations public relations marketing research and statistics sales promotion and planning export sales or field selling there you have them the major fields in the Pulp and Paper industry offering Opportunity Unlimited forestry engineering Personnel research law purchasing Finance Manufacturing traffic management sales and advertising do you want to learn more about your future in the paper industry there are several ways to do it one way is to write to a mill near you or better yet visit a paper mill check the opportunities firsthand see for yourself where your interest can best be applied or if you wish you may write to any of a dozen or more technical schools which offer specialized training in the scientific phases of the industry but be sure to get a copy of this free booklet now write any paper mill any of these technical schools or address American paper and Pulp Association 122 East 42nd Street New York 17 New York yes paper is an industry with a great future growth estimates vary but everyone is pretty much agreed that this growth will will be tremendous plan now for your career in paper the industry of opportunity the decision is up to [Music] you St