New-York daily tribune., 1862-11-07

factory for making balfstuff" In district vb.,.
Indian corn was grown on the largest scale. Tn.
happily for him, however, this venture brought in
no better returns than ts predecessors; co. afts,
wasting nearly year, and spending sbou. 30, Voe
Aorins. tho Government decided that It had hal
enough Of the Herr Diamant and bis corn -stsIL
paper.
Bat, in each Of the trials, good writing, priptip,
and wrapping paper had been made, and Counssloe
Auer had become 90 much Interested in tho cub.
ject that he decided 10 continue the experimsn..
on his own account. Diamsnts efforts had been ..
produce paper from the Gber Of the whole corn.
stalk, and much Of bis trouble had come from the e.
pensve process Of separating and bleaching sucA
cosrse material. The coating Of the stalk wa Ia
great part composed Of Glsx. which had 70 b.
made soluble silicstes by means Of slkalis and ~
moved before the 6ber could bs used at all. Cooa.
ssor Auer saw at once that oil this iught be avoided
BY using the husks alone the 6ber Of which was 6ns
of good length, and easy 70 work, and that If paper
were to DO made at oil from tho plant Il must b
from the husk He worked at bic vsts. his beatsrs
ant. bis boilers until hs hit upon simple cheap and
Elective way to separate, and bleach the fbsrs, aud
made ream after ream of paper, Of almost all the w.
rieties known in commerce. While his experiments
were in progress be bethought him that the fiber u
corn.husks might be twisted into yarn, and spun and
woven into textile fabrics, as well as that Of fax,
hemp or cotton, and after some trouble succeeded il
the attempt In tho process OF extracting the fber.
large quantity OF farinaceous matter was precip.
80 xraI.
rweet, palatable bread. The new fabric wa
patented in Europe, and the Inventor k
now applying a, Washington for similar protecsisa.
Accompanying Dis application Gre historical sketches
of his inyeution and an argument setting forth tto
reasonsbleness Of his claims The document s fort.
fed with specimens Of the various products wbioA
the plant has yielded in the c1prse Of bis exped.
ments. Among then sheets Il paper Of various
quail les, some Of the fiber prepared fJr the spin
ner, some yam and bit of coarse bsge1ng cloth.
Herr Auer lays ost stress upon his application e(
the hrsk-fb.r 70 the maIufacture Of textile tabrics
but badly a. we are off for substitute for c,.tos.
il ia psiu that his invention has little Interest for US
except as . reans of reducing the cost Of paper II
il WI! do tha it will be public benefit; If not u
will share the fate Of its predecessors. The IN ntc'
argues thus: The basis of papcr Is ve9etab' fbef'
rays are oaly faS hemp, co: IN hb:re which have
been worn "a garments and sold to the psper.nsAss
At very small price # those fJer had seen used
direct from the plant and not woven into clot-, The
pap.r world ave been much better bet vas y moo
eNpensiye. The wearer Of tie fabrics has paid inc
heaviest cost OF preparn the plant iiber Tor The p-
per-mill, and sells bis tstters for mere song Rsgs
therefore, must be the cheapest nd best material 90
ms king pauer and the manufactures cannot afford 70
make bi. finer sorts Of paper from anything but sI.
hemp. or cotton rags, or VASE until new material
is introduced which be spun and woven into gar
ments, and sold to them in tas fora Of rass.
So far 40 good: bat Mr.. Amer will never be able.
we Judge, to produce from the siikiest corn-nusk
Uer az smooth, strong, and tender ss those OF hax
or cotton. The pulp Of the finest specimen IN the
collection kindly sent &c Us BY ID. 2. Holloway,
United States Commissioner OF Patents, is coarses
than that VI paper made from the usual plants Is
can hardly ever come into general use for the pro-
duction Of fine papers, but may take precedence d
straw and basswood .or the coaiser varieties. Ills
tl1Ie that the invertor's application for patent
engrossed Oh blue ruled paper made from eor-husk,
and that the catalogue OF the Austrisn contributions
To this years Worlds Fair is printed half on paper
made from pure corn-Ausk fiber, aud half on that
which contains certain proportion Of RAGS, but this
would hardly waran, our giving unqualified IN
dor.ement The inventor has one thing IL his favor,
in the simplicity and cheaPnes' Of his process '@
the 6ber He claims tha. " the hrnibo"
horer can learn the process when be has been oncs
instructed verbally or in writing. and can Obtain the
ptcducts on The corn-Ged itself wi,hou. expense
Owners of large farms or manufacturers can produce
hundreds OF cwts. daily in steam-bciiers" Anstua
viii first endeayor," says DR.. Auer, " to produce
enough Tor home consumption, and then reanze
large foreign export We hope sh- may, and rs
we have TO use rather mole than a half million shee"
Of papera week, we will gladly assist in she INTRO
daction Of a substitute for rags which would mae
paper as chssply ss this eminent Austrian thinks hS
psOcess will.