, 1889-01-24
HOW TO PROSPER.
Practical Suggestions Concern
ing Home Industries.
Manufactures That Might be
Established Here at Once
Wood Pulp-A Aluminium-Lau,p BuFnsrs
dun BArreis--Beils -Cutlery-Rs-
duotion Works-Whits Lead.

nothinH 10 being done TO promote or build
up industries upon which our future vel.
fare depends. Al present. the laboring
classes derive their subsistence from the
erection OF buildings and the material
s.. sd sn H. anst Eos oa e: es 1ss DsoSs SSs
now living here who directly or indirectly
do not derive their support from this
source. Should halt be called In our
progress, IL 10 easy to discern what the
result must be. Ny motto is, in time Of
peace prepare for war; and, in calling tho
attention OF some of our thinking citizens
to few industries which are both profit.
able and practical, hope eventually 10 be
instrumental in establishing few manu-.
nent source Of employ ment to our laboring
population.
WOOD PULP MANUFACTURE
To-day there is more was te material
thrown over Spokane Falls from the Spo-
kane Manufacturing Company's mill, II
converted into celluluse, than would pay
for the entire output of lumber. The new
process OF manufacturing wood pulp
FROM pine timber by the aid of sulphuric
acid has revolutionized former processes
in Germany, and 10 about 10 be introduced
extensively into the United States. The
sulphuric acid necessary for the works can
beds OF iron pyrites found on both Ceur
d'Alene lake and also on Pend d'Oreille
lake, which can be laid down here at $3
per ton, while the pine scraps thrown over
the falls daily, when converted into pulp,
would furnish employment for q paper mill
with 500 operatives. The plant and ma.
chinery for an industry of this kind, util-
isinG water power, would cost approxi.
mately. O,ooO, while . complete paper
H. nd l.. -
S75. 1000 and $50, 900 more. One half
or one fourth this capacity could be estab-
iished and added to as trade demanded il.
The profit would pay for the entire plant
in two and half years, and directly and
indirectly would support population of
1900 persons.
ALUMINIUM.
CONTIGUOUS to this city there exist ex-
haustiess beds of oxide OF aluminium and
with the investment of few Thousand
dollars in An electric plant aluminium
alloys, now in such great demand, could
be manufactured employing the water
power OF the falls at an enormous profit.
No reason exists why we could not supply
the United States at cheaper rates than
any other city on the continent. In con-
nection with this would be hundred iu-
dustries- manufacturing lamp burners,
lamps, reaectors for locomotives that do
not tarnish, and making gun barrels that
never corrode, also bells that are more
sonorous than silver, table forks, spoons
and th ousands of other articles used in
every day life. Large deposits Of iron ore
exist on every side Of Us, and it Is more
! than probable q steel mill will be erected
in the near future. The greatest need of
the city and country at present is met
sllurRicsll establishment TO furnish home
market for our ores.
Situated az we are in the geographical
center of the greatest mineral country on
earth, there is no tangible reason why the
product should not find market here, as
all the necessary conditions for the cheap
and economical
REDUCTION OF ORES
are here-cheap power. iron ore in abun-
dance on all sides OF us, an abundance of
timber for charcoal, while limestone can
be had in dozen localities. We have
both dry and wet ores in Colvillc valley to
draw from, while the Cpur d Alene coun-
try can supply any kind called for. In
starting q metallurgical industry no one
now days talks about anything having o
capacity of less than a thousand tons of
ore daily, with q magnificent retinue of
officers and clerks, with large salaries and
all the other individuals that contribute so
literally to bankrupt any new enterprise.
What is wanted in Spokane Falls ia neat
little plant, run by water power, with one
stack, having a capacity of fifteen tons Of
ore daily. ~
This is an inexpensive plant, which may
be increased as the business warrants.
In addition 10 this rolls for making sheet
lead and press for making lead pipe
se could be added to the plant. The most
corroding works., The plant for this con-
sists Of earthenware pots holding about
two gallons and grinding mill. The
cad from the refinery is rolled into sheets,
mt into suitable sizes, put into the pots
with small quantity of wood vinegar.
buried in horse manure, and at the end of
four weeks comes out 20 per cent heavier
than 1t went in--ready 70 be ground and
settled and mixed with oil. The corroding
Of six tons Of lead bullion daily would
yield II, ,4S0 pounds Of
WHITE LEAD.
worth at Wholesale cents per pound.
The price Of lead hero in ores Is ~ cents
per pound less than New York quo
taticns, and l cent less than in
San Francisco. At present quotations lead
would cost the smelter less than 81. 60 per
100, while the manufactured product hsv-
ing al the freight discrimination in its
favor would 6ud ready market at cents
per pound. The cost Of delivering and
corroding would not exceed Ia cents per
pound. At present there is ore enough ON
the Eagle dumps at Lewaliah TO run an
institution Of this kind two months. Pend
d'Orielle lake has ore enough in sight to
run il indefinitely. while the output Of the
South Fork would swamp it. Az to huxes
we have an abundance Of iron ore and
lime rock at reasonable cost. and by using
coal kilns can produce charcoal cheaper
than coke. There 10 nothing needed to
run the plant but what we have at home
II we bad a market here for ores the ca
pacity of this plant would be taxed from