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3. The real reason most of these Mills closed was this,

Fri Jun 15, 2018, 11:04 PM

Jun 2018

all the cheap Pulp wood is gone as well as the Workers. Just like the soft wood Lumber business,the cheap harvest-able trees are gone.

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Newsprint was once made in the US and was plentiful and cheap. Kilgore Jun 2018 #1

Control the message also. Union jobs, a no go. Iliyah Jun 2018 #2

The real reason most of these Mills closed was this, Wellstone ruled Jun 2018 #3

Well Iliyah Jun 2018 #4

So true,seems our Wellstone ruled Jun 2018 #5

Good feedback! summer_in_TX Jun 2018 #6