Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-04

/ y gentleman who is in a position to know
aftirms that q government agent is now
in For; Worth looking into the matter
and adds that all communications sent
to Washington will be sent here to this
| agen. for inspection. 1t is said the
agent does not make his presence known
because he does not wish 10 be worried E.
On the other hand it is said that when
I the government agent does come all will
know it. Nothing has been heard from
/ Washington.
TIE HOTEL.
/ The committee soliciting for subscri p
tons to the fund to purchase the hotel
site were maufully at work again yester-
day, aud when they ceased their labors +,
all but about SD 900 had been cub
scribed. They will renew their efforts
| and try to get Che balance, but II is up
! hill work. If there are those who wish
! to give TO the fund to secure the hotel
and they have not been called on, the
committee would be pleased to be noti-
/ fed. II the hotel matter could be
! closed to-day, it would be u great thing
for the city.
! MATHODIST COLLEGE.
/ A committee OF Methodists appointed
| by the Northwest Texas conference has
been in Fort Worth looking over the
| field with view of establishing a college
near the city. Several propositions have
| been made and are under consideration.
/ college maintained by this church
| would add greatly TO the educational
! advantages of Fort Worth and should If
| possible be secured. II is intimated that
tract of land on which 10 build has
! been secured.
THE PAPER MILL.
4 late copy of the Paper Mill and
Wood Pulp News of New York comments
! favorably on the proposed establishment
of II large paper mill at Fort Worth
The following is a clipping from their
pages and is of more than usual interest:
a NEW INDUSTRY FOR THE SOUTH.
Whenever new enterprise is started
/ that enhances the value of the South's
great staple, il can we'll be a matter OF
congratulations to her people. ANY in
dustrv which will raise the price of cot
ton and SO give better remuneration TO
the planter for his labor, must prove OF
greater interest to this agricultural sec
ton of the Union than even the develop
ment of the mineral wealth which lies
beneath her soil.
Such a project is on foot-one that will
bring to the South millions of dollars,
and will result directly in favor of her
farming population. The idea grew out
of the trip which was made through
Texas by the staff of Frank Leslie g
Illustrated Newspaper, and the estab-
lishment of this enterprise IN our midst
will be entirely due to the proprietors of
that journal. 1t is nothing less than the
erection of mills throughout this entire
section for the manufacture of paper
periments have been most satisfactory.
They have at their New York office the
pulp and all grades of paper which
they have made therefrom, the finest
being smooth, satiuy and of exquisite
whi,eness and texture. This pulp was
from their first trial of thirteen tons,
which they passed through their digester.
1t took much thought and many efforts
to bring the paper to its state of perfec-
ton and get rid of the yellow cast with
out lessening its strength.
At last the process was perfected and
in the early months of the coming year
the American Fibre association will erect
the first mill at Huntsville, Ala. From
there chain of them will be extended
over the entire South, pulp mill being
put up wherever there are oil mills, 30 as |
to utilize their refuse of bulls. This |
hitherto has been used as fuel at the rate |
of at least four tons TO take the place of |
one of coal and has been OF but nominal |
value. This enterprise will imm ediately |
give 1t a fixed price in the mercantile |
world, adding just so much to the worth |
of every pound of cotton produced. |
With the number of oil mills already !
established these hulis amount to 500 GOO !
tons yearly; 1t is this which is to be |
made profitable to producer and manu-
facturer.
AS the paper industry stands now, the |
United States are largely dependent on !
the importation Of pulp made from wood /
chiefly by chemical processes. The sui
phite, which is the principal of these,
always retains traces of the sulphur |
used-so much so that chemical action
soon begins, continues and at last ends in !
complete deterioration and such brittle
ness that, IN comparatively few years,
there is nothing left of 1t. Yet of this
inferior stuff this country imports for its
paper mills 800 tons daily. II Is to sup
ply this demand that the pulp mills will /
be built and the money, which has been
paid to Europe, will flow into the Golfers
of the South and help enrich her farmers
while the paper mills will turn out a bet
ter product than ever before.
Cotton has ever been recognized as the
best material for paper. The hull is the
strongest part Of the plant; it is the con-
centrated essence of the sunshine and
the climate which brings it to perfec-
ton, and from this Is to be made paper,
as white as the cotton itself, which a
hundred years from now will be of the
came color and came strength as when
first manufactured-for the process
which it passes does not weaken
the natural fibre.
The South Is largely at q disadvantage
IN the present condition OF things. The
North and East import the pulp; their
mills convert it into paper which the
South must buy, and not only pay the
and jobbers' profits, but
the freights as we'll. Soon all that will
be changed; the South will supply the
pulp and keep the first great profits in
her own hands, and as the pulp mills
multiply, paper mills will be- established
side by eide with them, thus saving
freiRhts to the manufacturer and the
Southern consumer. So shall the mills
be brought to the cotton, which will in
crease in value, though not in cost of
and the great agricultural
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