The Hawaiian gazette., 1894-07-17

with favor wherever used This COM
pauy clai - to have procured letters
patent for a certsIn process OF manu-
fs-turIng an extract from canaigre-
ExpeFim-nts mad with this process
are laid to have determined the fact
that an extract can be msde from cut
tivated cauaigre at a cost with which
extracts If oak aud hemlock can not
compete.
Mr. r J. Ker Of Demiug, \. NJ,
who is engaged in gathering md ship
ming cana gre, has kindly furnished
th, following inform ton. de says;
II >hIpptd the first car load ever
shipped from Tuc-on in February,
1881, to Martin & Miller, Glasgow,
Scotland Ii was shipped in the green
state and arrived there in good order.
After the t1ial they told me, while in
Glasgow, that they alone could tse
ten thousand tons annually if il were
possible to get it at sS $40 O0) per
Ton in sliced and dried state. In
January, 1890, shipped the first car
load, sliced and dried, from here TO
Liverpool. In some unaccountable
manner il got wet, and with the eX
ception OF four or five sacks, was all
ruined. / then made continuous ship
ments for the balance of the year with
but slight loss. Last July / shipped
twenty tons green to Virginia, the
whole being fermented on arrival.
This car, for some reason, dld not
reach the consignee until several
weeks after shipment. L made one
shipment to J. & 7 Grant, tanners,
Woodstock, Ontario, Canada, and
they were more than pleased with the
results. Owing, however, TO high
freight rates, il was impossible to sup
ply them at any price they could af-
ford TO pay. / found it hard TO intro
duce in the United States"
Among the articles which have ap-
peared is one that deserves more than
passing notice: "Canaigre, New
Tanning Material" by Prof. W. Eit-
ner. Prof Either is at the head OF
the Vienna Research Station for
Leather Industry, and a recognized
authority IL Europe on such matters.
He has tested canaigre from the stand
point of q practical tanner. In that
article he especially recommends it
for its uuickness in tanning, its filling
qualities and its beautiful color. He
saws: 81 consider this article espec-
tally adapted for tanning uppers, fine
saddlery and fancy leathsrs. 1t can
be used alone or in connection with
other materials He also states that
at the price laid down in Vienna-lS
fiorin per 100 kilo (about S65 per tom
il is quite reasonable. Iu fact he has
everything 10 say in its favor, and
nOfbiuy AGAINST IL
The European tanners are awake 70
the value Of this material. The Ger
man Tanning School at Freiburg,
Saxony, me ntions cauaigre as one OF
the materials with which they are
working and experimenting.
In 1856 q tannery was erected al
Tucson for tanning hides with canal
gre, but owing to lack of proper man
agement, and disagreement among
stockholders the business was rever
fairly started. A considerable number
of cattle hides and other skins were
tanned and sent to leather dealers in
this country, all of whom rated the
materi=l produced as of first quality.
Tha; canaigre is an efficient and val
liable tanning agent is no longer a
question. 1t has passed the expert
mental stage, and would no doubt be
adopted al once by the trade if il
were not for the fact that the present
supply is limited and uncertain.