Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-29
en-. FROM WOOD PULP NOW.
on II Commerciai scare
in France.
Gondon Times)

Gondon Times)
There will shortly be started IN Ian
o..s,t-e a new industry Of character ~
novel that the mention OF 1t may appe''
n be suggestive of an absuruity r@'nsi
thon NJ sober truth. II will be one loi
,o,hi,g less than the manufacture Oh
at ont of wood pulp. QuiXotic as inc
idea seems. it has already been estao''S'
ed that silk. or rather artificial siIh' ca"
he so made; that it can be used LOT '"e
many purposes for which natural si'A -
,,sod and others besides; that it Is espe-
o,oI,,, suitable for working up with ha'u-
,o1 silk cotton, or wool for dress nia'o
rial ribands. trimmings, church ueco'"
tiors vestments, &c; That the dl''ii0''''
elk can scarcely be distinguishes rum
n, for which we have hitherto depenoeo
-, the sill,worm. and that 1t can be sou
~ rrices very much lower and sun leave
q substantial profit. Dress anu o'"e'
fahr,cs made from this wood SILK are
indeed. already being sold extensively III
rordor az among the leading features OF
- .oosop,s Paris novelties: though inc
er,oarance of them is so close TO that q
~ ordinary silks, and so little mas peo"
said Of the new discovery, that hei'he'
~ ladies who have bought tnem' hol,
indeed the shopkeepers VINO nave soiu
.Lero have realized the change tnat mas
heor brought about in the process OF man
ufacture. IN. ,,r.es. from
r-ra,,os large works having been estaD-
I,shed at Besancon under patents sran.'
90 count HaIaire de Chardohhe'' o
Iier OF the Legion or Honor VINO 49, 49,,
cred the process, ana mrs. 20 -.
In 1893 the fact that II might De MAJ
,n,o a commercial success. Since 'hen
-. -. sa,,ard for the new commodity hai
e.. s,,rnassed the existing powers or man
,'s,ctrro. and some months <So the laed
- nooted Of adding TO the NUMBER VI
80 ov,n industries by arranging 10 MAKE
~ .rti6c,al silk In England, as Wen
srso nroiect seemed 20 be especially de-
atrohia in the interests or Lancashire
,,,hoea commercial prosperity mas peeh
'a,io,,si, threatened OF late, whlle IL was
.,o,r,ed ont that Lancashire weavers are
lp,,,,oh more skilful than the trencn III
.,,,s,.,I,rs, ar those textile combinations lor
which the artificial silk is partieuiiiiy'
thouqh not exclusively, audpteu.
number Of silk ana cottOi i'''u' go.
mel 10 discuss the question ana hnaiIy
sor, out 10 Besancon deputatioh, cor
s,stino Of some OF their own NUMBER an
angireer a chemist. and lawyer, 10
,nyestioate the subject thoroughly. ms
v,as sone. and the outlook was 1ound 10
he so promising that certain CONCESSIONS
49, haen secured. and company Is now
=" ,rocess Of formation; and, TO begin
LEI factory. which will cost tU,uv0
=, 80 no h,1,lt near Manchester for the
,n,,,ac,ure az artificial silk yarn from
,,'o,d min for sale TO weavers, who VIII
80, =. ~, nv means OF their existing
ah,rarv Inasmuch az six weaving
firws have already arranged TO take the
,otal output Of the factory, even before
-, stnola brick has been laid, and. as
others are proposing TO put down plants
- ,ho,r own 10 be worked on the royalty
system there Is evidently good reason
Tor the expectation that Lancashire Is
an tho eve OF some important expansions
In her textile trades.
Tha vav in which wood pulp can be
converted into silk yarn will be best ex-
nlained by a brief account OF the process.
as Il Is already at work at Besancon. A
certain economy OF labor Is practiced by
ohtainiue the wood when II Is in It's
..nsner'' or cardboard" condition Though
waste cotton may also be used). and the
nrst operation Is TO macerate II In soiu-
ton OF nitric and sulphuric acid. After
this, the acids are squeezed out by a
hydraulic press, and the stun Is thorough
ly cIeansed In large watts Of water. II
Is then partially dried, and afterward