New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-12
AN EXHIBIT OF ALL FIBRE PLANTS sCG"EoTED

70 the EDITOR of The Tribune.
Sir. Seeing an article In your valuable paper on
October l2 relating TO protection on lax anu o'Noi
textile fbrcs permit me TO make rev eussesuons
In regard 70 an enterprise OF National importance
This has been gradually developing ana promises " 'e
,eor future 10 be Of great value 10 U.S. as wen as |"
49, rxbol. world Since the introduction OF ue
cotton GIN. cotton has been consid.red hing IN "
commercial sense but skin and modern ingenuity
now promise 70 dctAFone Il by utilizing ono many
Ghro plants that have heretofore rotted In our heus
,oreets md swamps There IL a sytem which tas
been t.uv demonstrated, and now In practical use
namely process Of disin'egIaang hbfcs "o" al
kinds O; plants. grasses cotton stalks, hemp Tanle
fax bear-crass etc. by the use o. neW ana improved
roe;hodsg which do not break or nlac the hbfe''
Iysls process should attract universal attention.
would suggest that liberal space be allotted
somewhere on TIE grounds selected Tor the "Or.u
Fair where the different plants and woods containing
ya,,,,lc nhre. can be grown and exhibited and the
necessary machinery and devices can be erected 10
bovy the prlcical treatment OF those plants II ui'
* M, in practice it would he Of great value 70 our
country and 10 parties Interested 20 hbI', espcIaH!
arrleultriss ana manufacturers Of textile hDfe7
cordage and paper stock. IL would uncover a so'oe
Of wealth within Our country now unvhiinsy ne
elected and show new field Of labor. Instead Of
sending s4OOOO,OOO yearly 10 foreign countries IN
payment for fhrcs, when We have nneehih' oi 'ne'"
or tbcir substitutes growing around US
r7crida and other states have the climate ana Nir
soil and IL the immense numbers Of Indigenous
Wild Gbrcs yearly goving to waste were uillzd lhef
value would suffice to pay the National debt
In ,be United State over million tons o. hiN
etr,,r t. produced This, Instead Of being utilized. j.
,,,rufd a. we have heretofore been unable to com
rota with Erope's cheap labor system. Throughout
tbo Eastern World LAT year over 100000 tons OIL
e,v fhrn were ,i.ed Now. with oar improved labor
sayjne methods Of rotling The fax hbrea, We can
do II n lower cost than Europe can.
Ts wear we require for binding the cereals OF The
vo,,b,vest over $1,000 tons Of twInc all the fibre
tor which 1, imported. YGcaian ana Mexico last
ro,r eyuori,d l12,OOoO0O pounds OF h"n'qnih hbF'.
,r.r,n,co Mexico also exported oCOOOOO poIhcS o.
ile fibre all purCed by hand ana most oil II came 10
the United states for making irI'h'-'
1hore & now much excitement over The high pric" Of
mporcd late tor cotton billing and paper s'ocH N', 'n
sn,,b.rn states have fibN~ growing within Their
-. ,, ,oi,,, 70 wa &c. more than enough 10 bale
,a crt,nn crou of last years growth over anu o''I
lin II took 80 900 tons To- envelope we , 'o,,pn
crr,g II last year. Namlr, pam, o. wv ., Lam
rim. is Of great practical Vniue. Nel N.9Mh ~ ,,
f.,r n, t,i. country f. is the coming hpf'- ~
once planted iArlres Tor hu'''' r VI l,' cam IT,.
oar southern -,aia rom !ni'" 10 nv ,r tian,ny
shl No nraft Of cotton. The fibre from ilh' pant
can Ln Manufactured into fabrics by HsIi' r'
slk mi@cd wlth 5iIh % n' ,~nIiI"nt anon. a
,,nit,,ucn ~ othcr- in ORDER 20 cal ainnul 10 lr
mine wealth We are THROWING away " "f ir.o
be- utilized ,y improved m'thn' no" L.pN" VI t,no.
moro Of foreign ibrc,. particularly III th",' ~" LII
CROWN! form tIsl spa'' "ir with the
,n9,-litudc 81 The Interests ihN"i'u VIZ ,,.,,'I
MARI, n,or:ant a. tie field !, now ana uhu.V'l"I'l,
,,G ali .'n Ugh, tO.sihr upJn hnch an u!,,l,...'N
,n1, al sal i-, j. earnestly desired FIEhE'
York, i. ~