Paphos
in ancient geography, the name of two towns in the Isle of Cyprus.
The older city, Palaipaphos (now Kuklos, or Kouklia), was situated in the W part of the island, about 14 miles from the coast. It was probably founded by the Phœnicians, and was famous for a temple of Venus, who was said to have risen the sea close by, whence Aphrodite, "foam-sprung," and who was designated the Paphian goddess. The other Paphos, called Neopaphos (now Baffa), was on the sea coast, about 7 or 8 miles N. W. of the older city, and the the United States great progress has place in which the apostle Paul probeen made in paper manufacture. The first mill was established in 1600 on ground now included within Philadelphia.
In 1770 there were 40 paper mills in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, and only three or four in New England. In Great Britain and Europe there are over 3,000 mills; Canada has, in recent years become a chief producer of pulp for paper. In 1918 the product in that country was valued at $119,309,434. In 1919 nearly 150,000 tons were exported.
The United States leads all nations in paper production, between 9 and 10 million tons annually. In 1909 newsprint paper was included in the free tariff list. Much of the wood pulp was obtained from Canada until the war when shortage of help made it necessary to obtain the material from Scandinavia. The blockade cut off this supply and paper prices in the United States rose to prohibitive figures. In 1919 and 1920 the United States Government warned great users of paper that they must reduce their demands on the market supply.
The production of newsprint paper in 1919 was over 1,000,000 tons.