The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-11-02

IeuCu tue &Oal We always lSlS COOVlns
ced would be attained and It Is now
the ITEMS pleasure to first make pub
lie the fact that
COMPLETE SUCCESS WAS IN SIGHT!
Ramie can bs decorticated and de-
gummed on merchantable scale,
cheaply and thoroughly!
The disc0verer of the new process Is
il q gentleman than whem none stands
higher in social aud business life In
this city-than whom no one is less IL
able tn jump prematurcly at conclu.
sion, and those who have been taken
into consultation with him are meu of
practical experience, possessing q full
knowledge of what the conditions call
for.
The experiments have been many
and carefully n1ade-repeated over aud
over again; 80 that no doubt could re-
main OF the certainty of the results
shown. The fibre produced
Is SIMPLY SUPERB
In Its length, strength, gloss and silky
fneness. There is no requisite of tex
tile strength In any fabric that this
duct Is not equal to its demand; there
Is no lawn or fieecy web ever woven
that can compare with what may be
produced from this when the fabric il
reduced to Its filmtest threads!
This may sound enthusiastic, but it
is veritable fact.
1t has been demonstrated, too, that
by the new process some of
THE COMMON WILD WEEDS.
the present bane of the farmer, can be
cheaply converted into long, strong
dbre, most excellent substitute for
hemp; thus instead of burdensome
nuisance becoming source OF profit.
But hemp, jute and any other fibre
eau be prepared for market by this
ready and cheap means.
Marvellous, indeed, are the changes
likely to result; for very soon now will
the facts and figures be laid before the
public showing every important detail
of cost of planting ramie, yield of ton.
mage per acre, decorticated bark per
ton, quantity Of cleaned fibre from q
ton of bark and the market price of
this product. Aud the Item will be
the first to furnish this valuable ipfor.
nation.
AS ramie can be successfully. grown
in every part of louisiana, the Item
congratulates the people of the entire
State on being direct sharers In this
great discovery!
ESt. Mary Banner.l
On land not bali as fertile as that Of
st. Mary, Gen. Seweli has raised crop
of ramie that netted him $400 an acre.
With perfect machines for decortica-
ting aud degumming, and with his
wonderfully productive lends, a net
result of $500 an acre is not an impos-
sibility with the ST. Mary planter.
We hail the day when st. Mary shall
be ramie producing parish with each
of her broad and fertile acres yielding
70 their owners what the ploddIpg
sugar planter must now regard as q
sabulous return.
RAMIE FIBRE.
lWade's.Fibre and Fabric.l
The desirable qualities of ramie fibre
for manufacturing purposes have been
long known, but hitherto 1t has been
impossible to secure sufficient guam
tity of the fibre In a suitable condition
for manufacture. We are informed,
however, that this difficulty has been
ASoAOScuS uuu AuoC iulS0 4udulAlleS VI
ramie fibre, adapted for manufacture
on the cotton and wooden machinery
already in use in our mills, may be
easily obtained. Many tons of ramie
ribbon of Chinese production il now on
the way from London to this country
TO be manufactured into great variety
of goods, one mill asking for a supply
equal to 10000 pieces of dress goods.
To bleach the ramie ribbons, separate
and sub-divide them in such a manner
as TO be able to work them on our
present cards, combs, spinning
frames and looms, making a
fine, silky, strong fabric, has at
last been accomplished, affording
ramie fibre ready for the card at
price 70 bring it into strong compe.
tition with cotton of the finest grade.
The future OF the ramic fibre, now that
1t is being brought down to practical
working point, in giving the manu-
facturer q superior fibre at cost that
will allow Of its general Introduction,
is promising. Ramie decortfcated by
many of the machines now in use,
gives excellent results, none, however,
equal to the ramic ribbons imported
from China, which are still decorti-
Gated by hand. The cultivation of
ramie id the South as paying crop is
now only a question OF time. No one
should enter into the manufacture
either ola pure ramie fabric or one
mixed with other fbres, without I'M
dersfaur1iup fhp pecuiiaritins ~ fhis