The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-30
A SCHEME WITH MILLIONS
A SUBSTITUTE FOR RUBBER DIS
COVERED BY A SAvANNAHMAN.

1 Wv hhnO a oA " AN ~ - n AN,
A Site Purchased and an Experimental
Manufe Glory TO Be Established-An
Invention that Puts Cotton Seed Oil
to New Use-The Factory to Be
Located Near Thunderbolt.
A quiet real estate deas was mode last
week which, If present indications hold
good, will prove Of great interest to Savau-
nah.
1t is no less than the establishment of an
immense mandatory of an entirely new
article Of commerce. a substitute for india
rubber from cotton seed OIL
The scheme is not visionary one, but
an established fact, the process having
been thoroughly investigated by lead
ing rubber manufacturers at the north
and Endorsed by them, with the offer
| to put any amount Of capital needed into
the manufacture Of the article
Capt ID. g. Purse has sold to j. g. Car
| ter of this city, through Jones e. Woodfln,
a tract of 9716 acres of land fronting on the
river, adjoining Greenwich park on the
south. The price paid, 1t is understood,
was very fair and mutually satisfactory 10
| both buyer and seller.
Mr.. Carter is an artist with studio at
I
about two years ago for his health.
THE RESULT OF LONG EXPERIMENT
For over year he has been experimenting
| with cotton seed oil, with the OBJECT OF re-
duoing or converting it into solid which
| could be used as substitute for
india rubber. He appears TO have sue
oeeded In discovering a process by which
| this can be quickly aud cheaply done and in
| large quantities. and il the samples exhlb-
fa6 ~ fa{r
he has fortune within his grasp which
may exceed that Of Goodyear when he per-
| feoted his process for vulcanizing rubber.
| MIR. Carriers invention comes at a most
| opportune time when the demand for crude
rubber is rapidly increasing while the sup
ply is as rapidly diminishing, and at the
same time deterlorating in quality. Rubber
| In Its first stage Of manufacture is now
worth 81 per pound, or by the ton 81 cents.
There is practically an unlimited demand
for cheap and reliable substitute.
MR. CARTER TALKS.
Mr.. Carter was seen at his home on
| Liberty street yesterday afternoon. He
talked readily of his discovery and his in
tentions, though evidently not specially
DESTROYS of notoriety., He is just back from
Boston, where he exhibited samples of his
urers OF rubber goods OF that city.
| to them TO certain extent
without giving away his secret They were
so we'll satisfied that they Immediately
offered to put up all the money necessary
for its manufacture and to take all that he
could produce at remunerative prices. Mr..
Carter produced several specimens Of his
| manufacture One was a small disk about
| IL inches in diameter and one quarter of
an inch in thickness. To all appearances it
| was as genuine rubber as was ever
manufactured. 1t was only so per cent
pure rubber, Mr.. Carter said, and the other
so per cent. was originally cotton seed oil.
This specimen was soft and pliable. He pro-
| duced another specimen several times
larger than the first. very hard and tough
having the appearance Of quality Of rub
| Der largely used for commercial purposes.
| This, MIR. Carter said, contained only per
cent of pure rubber. 1t would have taken
an expert to have declared that either SAM
pie was not genuine rubber.
| BIG PROFIT IN 1T.
As the pure rubber costs 81 cents pound
by the ton and the substitute can be manu-
featured for less than 20 cents pound it
| would seem that there is room for consider
able profit. The character Of the process
Mr.. Carter said, is a secret known to him
| only, and which he will continue to keep
He arrived at it after twenty
years Of experiment with various
oils for the purpose of reducing them to
| solids and to ascertain their value for
| varnish and other products. He first
discovered process after beginning his
experiments by which cotton seed oil could
be made available for high class varnish,
a use TO which manufacturers have
as yet been unable to put 1t to any extent.
His first trip to Boston was with the idea Of
establishing a varnish factory at Savan-
nah, but discovering the great demand for
| a hfna md wi, 10 fdoa
already in view. he returned and perfected
1t. he is now satisfied Of his ability to pro-
duce this substitute in any quantities
| AN EXPERIMENTAL FACTORY.
Mr.. Carter has not the least doubt of the
immediate success of his enterprise He
has secured large site for manufacturing
purposes and will Immediately invest about
*Io, goo In preparations to begin the manu-
facture OF his article. This is more in the
nature of an experiment and
to enable him to control its manufacture.
| Next fall he expects to bring down the Boston
| manufacturers interested, and, after having
thoroughly satisfying them Of the practical
hility OF the enterprise, to begin at once
putting in an immense manuf acturing
plant. costing several hundred
thousand dollars. The entire
capital will be furnished by Boston capi-
talists, and not dollar will be enlisted In
| Savannah.
Mr.. Carriers express stipulation is that
the plant with all the factories and ware-
houses, is to be located at Savannah and all
the work is to be done here. 1t viii be seen
what this means for Savannah if the
enterprise IS successful The cotton seed
| oil will be purchased from the Southern Oil
| Company at Savannah. Should the enter
prise reach the magnitude expected its con-
sumption Of oil would have very percept-
| IDLE effectupon the market.
Mr.. Carter claims for his invention that
it makes cotton seed oil available for
varnish and lard.