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Then, in 1927, a sulfite pulp mill opened near Shelton, pumping out toxic effluent that spread throughout South Puget Sound.

The company has since reversed its decision, but several other marginal plants, including three West Coast sulfite pulp mills owned by Crown-Zellerbach, have been closed down.

The price of unbleached sulfite pulp in the U. S. jumped $6.60 a ton.

For the South, proud of industrial growth, it was also a first: today Fernandina is the only producer of bleached sulfite pulp from southern pine.