The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-12-27

1-nner fr0m Indian Corn Leaves
Tho London Daily Telegraph gives

Tho London Daily Telegraph gives
lle { lowing account of paper making
rom Ialian Corn leaves, which rromis-
4 ii effect a revolution in the paper
..l.iuees, if only half is true that is stat
|, anl we do not sec any reason to
snuht lis correctness:
Recent experiments have proved
tH ian cor to possess not only all the
] ,~alitics necessary to make a good ar
ta but to be in many respects superb
i. 70 rags. The discovery TO which
- allude is a complete success, and
" be expected to exerise the greatest
.insace upon the price Of paper. In
a,sa corn, in countries Of a certain de-
< ~ Of temperature, can be easily cult
tied TO a degree more than sufficient
= satisfy the utmost demands ofthe pa
- market. Besides, as rags are likely
. fall in price, owing to the extensive
apply resulting from this new clement.
she world Of writer's and readers would.
A..e = brighter future before it than
10 hollest fancy could have imagined
. short tine ago. This is not the first
me that paper has been manufactured
tromthe blade ofIndian corn;but, strange
TO say, the art was lost, and required
to be discovered anew. As early as
the seventeenth century an Indian corn
paper mandatory was in full Opera
ton at the town Of Rievi in Italy, and
enjoyed a worldwide reputation at the
time; but with the death of its propric-
tor the secret seems to have lapsed into
oblivion. Attempts subsequently made
to continue manufacture, were bafied
py..the difficulty Of removing the flint
and resinous and glutinous matter con
tanned in the blade. The recovery Of
the process has at last been effected.
and it is due to the cieverness of one
Herr Moritz Diamant, aJewish writing
master III Austria, and the trial Of his
method on a grand scale, which was
made at the Imperial factory Of Schlo-
gelmuhle, Glognitz, Lower Austria. has
completely::demonstrated the certainty
o. inc invention. Although the ma
ehif'ery, arranged as it was for the
manufacture Of rag paper could not, of
course, fully answer the'rcqnirements Of
Herr -Diamant, the results Of the ESSAY
are wonderfully favorable. The article
produced was of a purity Of texture
and Wilderness Of color that left nothing
to be desired; and this is all the more
valuable from the difficulty usually ex-
perienced i'll the removal Of impurities
from rags. The proprietor Of the en-
vention is Count Zul Lippe Wesscn-
held, and several experiments give the
following results:
!. It IS not only possible to produce
every variety Of paper from the blades
OF indian Corn, but the product is equal,
and in some respects even superior, to
the article manufactured from rags.
2. The paper requires but very little
SIZE to render it fit for writing purposes.
as the pulp naturally contains a large
proportion Of that necessary ingredient
winch can at the same time be easily
eliminated if desirable.
s. The bleaching is effected Nv IN
extraordinary rapid and facile process,
and, indeed, for the common light col
ored packingpaper theprocess becomes
entirely unnecessary.
4. The Indian Corn paper possesses
greater strength and t~enacity than RAG
paper, without the drawback Of brittle.
ness SO conspicuous in the ommon
straw products.
s. No machinery being required in
the manufacture Of this paper for the
purpose OF tearing up the raw material
and reducing it to pulp, the expense.
10Th in point Of power and time is far
less than is necessary for the production
Of rag paper.
Count Lippe having put himself in
communication with the Austrian gov
eminent, an Imperial manufactory for
Indian corn paper ,(maishalm pap;er as
the inventor calls it, is now in course
OF consideration at Pesth, the capital
OF the greatest Indian corn GROWING
country in Europe. Another manufac,
tory IS already in full operation in swift
zerland; and preparations are beina
made on the coast Of the Mediterran,
can, tor the production.and cxpor alton
on a large scale Of the pulp of this new
material.
The liabilities Of the various firms
temporarily embarrassed, in New
Orleans, amount to nearly $25, 600, 900.