Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-05-20
MORNlNGLEADER.
MONDAY MORNING, MAY 90, 1s0ls
From ths.N. Z. Evening Post.

MONDAY MORNING, MAY 90, 1sol.
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-- From ths.N 7. Evening Post.
King Cotton DethrOnesl--A New American
Article in she Marhst.-l
The cotton States have founded al their po.
litieal and commercial operations upon one
idea that cotton Is king, and that il rules the
world. IN particular have they imagined
that Francs and Groaf Britain could not dc
without, it end that this necessity would
compel them sooner OF later % raooaniEs Ii,
Southern Ooafederacy. They have hooted
et The idea ot any hostile competition in the
production of this article elsewnere in suf.
acieni Quantity and Of adequate quality tc
superseda theif own. But We imeRina they
Are about 70 Be undeesiVed, and chat, too, Ia
q most interpreted manRer
We have seen q the Chamber Of Com-
meree tie most beanillel spe imens Of fax
cotton Ee have ever examined, which is
aotualig the prodnst oi cur northwestern
States and Whese it grows In boundless
szteFS indigenous, cheap, and to be had
aim st for the taking. We have seen it in
the rough we have seen it alter The 6rst pro-
Fcsss, oRFpfH few minRteSh Iime after ths
second, when Is was carded; In the 1hird,
ssfleE i1 was spun; and ia the fonrth, when it
assumed the form Of cloth of the most beau
tiful texture, woven into the f&brics now
usually manufactured OF the Southern cotton,
After the third process Il cannot be dis
tinguished In its appearances from the finest
cotton. Dg GaCgE-fa TtgT .o lrgETTT
b Il has long been suspected that there were
other yegetebie fbres which might be made
as valuable Is those OF the cotton plant and
many are in use In various parts ofthe world
such as the vegetable silk or dfVors de PGaa
ofSouth America, resembling cotton wool,
bus net having noughness enough In the
ebre 10 permit is being woven The pulp OF
vegetable silk Of Owbyee; the sunnee Of
India, or brown hemp the jetee from Madras;
the borasSus fbfe from tie palm tree coun-
tries the iute from Bengal nov rival of
hax snd hemp, but limited IN its use because
Is viii not stand being wet RariOus kinda Of
hemp and fax 6bres-those Of Manila, the
aloe, eoirs pinespplsi China grazs, Para grass,
bast, SC. -,.'i. .'-. - ,-yIs75.., Il,
All these have their uses and thsiR ealue,
but the Woolly covering Of the seeds Of Che
or cotton plant has supplanied
them all in quantity, quality and general
ada3tabiiity TO the wants and comforts Of the
human race. ...-., y, ,.5r-i Of
None ot the 6bres OF the other vegetable
substances above mentioned, with the exeep-
ton Of fax, hsve ever been turned 30 easily
aud sohsaply to use. This, which the bOtsu-
lsts call liEani asitatiS5inuaa, has been the
chief compstitor of cotton; 6nt its preparation
and manufacture are effected BY g process 30
tedious and Operose that very great efforts
have been made TO shorten and simplify it.
As long ago Is 1928 a patent was granted
BY act of Parliament TO q Mr. Lee for O.
method of separating the fibre in two or
.hree hours. Inls52 3 q, 9r. Schenck in
rented method for preparing the. Ebre in
iixty hours, and The GheSalier Glaussena IN
inodueed, still later process By which the 6bre
soaked in solution Of the carbonate OF soda
and afterwards dipped ina weak acid solu-
ion, came out broken up into its minutest
divisions and in the form Of fax cotton, and
when manufactured proved 70 have stronger
md fner texture than the best cotton. For
lome reason unknown the discovery was not
proceeded with; cotton still remained king
but, we bt lieVe, its downfall is at hand.
Q On cur great western pTairiess aadsin q
large part Of Western Canada, thefe Is q 5pss
-ies OF Wild fax =ankn0Wn 70 Botanists for
merly, which is indigenous, perennial, her
Daceous and inexhaustible il quantity. Il
was put TO no use by the early settlers, -ex-
cept to make straw Of It for litter Recently
The seed has been considerably collected for
The manufacture of oil, but still later its fibre
has been found 70 be very valuable, and now
i has assumed a momentens Importance
through the means of a very simple inyen-
.ions The stalks are placed in cylinder
and subject 70 an enormous pressure Of high
steam-250 pounds 70 the inch. In less than,
six minutes the contents are blown out OF ex-
lloded, and the fax Genes forth With the f.
0re divided up and the husk or covering
Jcatterel into infnitesimal parts. Il then
resembles Oodilla or tow. Il is next passed
through cylinders armed with teeth, which
lackle il and smooth out the fbress Il is
hen washed with nitric acid, and comes out
Is white as snow. It is then carded, drawn
put into yarn, and is spun into thread pre-
,isely like cotton, and is ready for the loom.
Thus the old tedious and unhealthy process
Of water-rotting Is done sway with, and so is
that Of bleaching, to perfect which chemistry
has exhausted itself and large fields or lawn
have been Indispensable -.-.ss..
This article, when ready for pinninR, can
be afforded at a uniform price Of six cents
per pound, and enough Of it can be gathered
it will be much improved by
our own prairies, to el0fhe the
DorId gifk fabric Of che finest Gnd most DIR
I6k quality. The experiments already made,
and tbe mills already constructed to manufae-
lure it, have furnished the most conclusive
evidence of the truth OF this magnificent dis
sovery. Samples of the article, and all It's
processes, have been forwarded to Msnches-
Ter, snd PGrties are ready to furnish a. many
5GIes Of Il as al ths niills IN EsglaHd may de-
BQnd.
This Providenes seems 70 step in ct critical
moment 70 destroy the False of the staples on
which secession hss placed its greatest reli-
.nee for Its means Of support and for the at
'sinment of foreign alliances. Let cotton
1e superseded By this better snd cheaper ar
icle, and the Confederate States which grow
his material viii lose wealth, power and
and be reduced to the greatest
extremities. And, even if they should draw
back from their present unjustihabls and un-
tenable position, in all human probability
their repentance viii come too late.
Stevens Submerged Steam Irou Battery.
We take the following description of
5tevenS submerged steam battery, in course
Of construction at HObOken, N. J., from the