it requested "the fair Daughters of Liberty not to neglect to
serve their country by saving for the Paper Mill all Linen
and Cotton Rags," and remarked, "If the Ladies should not
make a fortune by this piece of Economy, they will at least have
the Satisfaction of knowing they are doing an essential Service
to the Community, which, with the ten Shillings per pound, the
price now given for clean white rags, they must be sensible will
be a sufficient reward." The North Carolina Gazette urged young
ladies to send to the paper-mill "Any old handkerchief no longer
fit to cover their snowy breasts." The Boston Gazette printed a
"Rag Lesson" for children and servants, especially girls, and
respectfully submitted to the consideration of all "Parents,
Masters, and Mistresses, but particularly to the Women of
every House: you all know that Paper is made of Rags. You
will therefore do much good, if you will promote the Manufac-
ture of that useful article by saving all Rags, fine or coarse, of
whatever colour, made of Linen or Cotton Don't sweep them
into the Fire, or out of the House : but be prudent, and attend
to the Direction and Advice of the wisest and best Person that
ever lived 'Gather up the fragments, that nothing be lost.'
Although the Quantity you may save should be but small and
you should think it of little Consequence in itself, consider that
when it is put together with other Savings, it will increase the
heap; and that, as the Scotch Proverb says, 'Many Mickles
Make a Muckle.' " The New-Jersey Gazette expected "Store-
keepers who wish well to their Country to lend their Assistance
in taking Rags in and to whom a Compensation will be made."
An advertisement in The Providence Gazette announced: "Four
Coppers per Pound will be given for fine linen and cotton Rags,
and two Coppers for coarse, by John 0. Waterman, at the
Paper Mills in Providence, and by the Printer of The Gazette: A
cart from the Paper Mills will go through the Town of Providence
once a Month for the Purpose of Collecting Rags." Hugh Gaine
early in the Revolutionary Period experienced such difficulty
in getting paper for his press that he offered prizes to persons
who delivered the most rags to the office of his paper in New
York, The prizes were ten dollars, eight dollars, and five dol-
lars, and were in addition to the regular price paid for rags. On
