New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-03
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When reading and writing became common, and
paper WAS demanded in such large quantities, the
consequent increased intelligence of tile people
taught them more and more the value of economy,
and it was feared that in time rags would become so
scarce that the price of paper would rise enormously
This actually happened three years ago, and the
price of paper from two to three cents pound
all over the world. The London Times offered very
large premium for any substitute which will make
the same quality of paper at less price this set
fresh men at work and stimulated those who were
already in the field of discovery and this newspaper
is now printed on paper made from cotton and beet
residue, but we are not aware that they have been so
fully satisfied as to pay the premium, DR.. COllYer
of London, discovered that the refuse of the beet
sugar manufactures mixed with cotton could be made
into excellent paper and believe that the general
impression is that paper has been made from the re-
fuse alone. There is an abundance of this material
in Europe.
In France, Belgium and Germany there are 5000
beet sugar manufactures, which give an annual
refuse OF 100000 tnns, and there is about 100 0Oe
to be obtained from the refuse of distieres so
that the supply may be regarded for the present as
almost ilimitabe. Very little change is required in
the machinery for manufacturing paper from it, and
1t obVlates the use of size 1t is said to contain about
Sc per cent of FIBRE so parts of albumen and CeIlu-
lose and 10 parts of fixed salts We are inclined to
think, however that in estimating the saving which
the Introduction of beet residue will cause some inn
pOrtant considerations have been omitted by the dis
coverer and his friends. In our opinion from an
tured from it and cotton Mixed the fibre of the beet
plays but very small part and it is the mucilage
which does the business.
We have not seen any paper made of beet residue
alone; the samples which have come under our
notice all containing more or less cotton and ia nro-
portion to the amount of cotton is the superior quality
of the paper The beet residue therefore, seems to
us to play the part of mucilagnons medium instead
of an aqueous one the tendency of which is to bind
the cotton flores better together to produce sizing
and face and save material By preventing the escape
Of the small and finer cotton fbres from the pulp and
by filling up the interstces between the fbres but
the amount of fiber which it contributes we are
convinced, is small. 1t is for all this great dis
coYery, and produces an excellent paper which can
be printed dry /; and by varying the proportions of
beet and cotton, any quality of paper can be obtained
The printing paper for newspapers is made from
equal quantities of each, and is worth about thirteen
cents per pound in this market, Mr.. Winchester, of
I'll Center street. this city, is introducing it into this
country
Another material that we wish to notice is reeds
We have seen some most excellent wrapping paper
made from CarOlinan reeds by a manufacturer in the
neighborhOod of this city. 1t was strong and when
unbleached had pleasant brown color. The experi-
ments are not yet concluded, and we have many
doubts whether any fine paper can be made from
them; but If good wrapping paper and the coarser
varieties can be made, it will leave quantity of rags
to be better employed and therefore we wish sue.
cess to the experimenter. We are not by any means
sangnine, however respecting the ultimatum of any
OF the new materials which are proposed for paper.
making; but as cotton and hemp can be eheaply
cultivated, the proper method Of cheapening paper
will be to pay attention to the cultivation Of cotton,
and spread its geological distribution SO that the
material will cost SO little that it can be used di-
rectly to make pulp without having to be passed
through other manufacturing processes as well as in
manufactured state This seems to us to be the idea
which should be propagated, as it would not only re-
duce the price of the best material known, but would
also save the labor and expense of reducing the rags
Washing and bleaching, and simplify the process OF
paper-makng by about one,third.