Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-01-28
Inc Future Of cornstaIks.

Mr. Tramp, the great shlpbullden
some days ago, made certain state
ments with reference to the utiliza-
ton of cornstalks.' Much interest,"
was aroused in what he said and
fuller reports have been made. Ac-
cording to Mr.. CrOmp there viii,
come time in the future when the
condition of the farmer who raises
corn, will be much improved, and
corn lands will be worth $5 more al
acre than they are now, He said
that in bis business, as a maker OF
warships, and as what would hsv,
been called in the olden times ali
"armorer," he had spent much tim,
in examining into the best and cheap
est way Of making smokeless gun'
powder. He had in his employ thu
best chemists that could be had in the
world, and they had been devotlnp
thensssyes to ascertalping that whlcI
he desired to know about the manu-,
facture Of smokeless gunpowder. H.
had found out the way to make /,
cheaply.
But in their Investigations, biz
chemists had found out many Other
things Ia the first place they had
found that the best powder Of tbit
kind could he made from cornstalke
or rather from the pith Of the corn
stalks Then again they had found
that the best alcohol for the arts war
to be made from the stalk, He ex
planned that alcohol made from wooc
had about it some characteristics
which were expensive to eliminate
and that alcohol made from the corn
stalk did not have this, and wa,
therefore cheaper and better in the
making.
They also found that the very best
cow food could DO made from thu
stalks In fact, Oramp insists thu
food produced this way is even better
than the cotton seed cake.
In the construction of war vessels
there are two hulls. The outside one
is u steel one above the water line,
aud the inside one Is of wood, Fol-
years the nations Of the earth have
been trying TO ind some substance
that Ii OF The spongy nature, which,
when ball passes through 1t, Will
close up the aperture made by tn
missile 10 the extent at least OF pre-
venting rush Of water into the
vessel which might sink it before re-
palrs could be made. All sorts OF
substances have been experimental
on to get the right material, and
finally it was ascertained that cellu
lose was the best for the purpose de
sired. Now it is sscertalned that thu
cornstalk makes the best cellulose. II
was further ascertained by the chem
lists alluded to that carpets, paper
and dozens of other things en- every
day use could be made out OF the
sltaks.
Mar. Cramp intends to put capital
into the manufacture of various ar
tlcles OF common use from cornstelks
1t is said be will put $150,000 IN one
factory, and is planning for others.
One factory would consume the stalks
for thirty miles square, aud that with
profit, for, il the stalks bad to come
further than that, the profit would be
Knocked of. He said further that the
cost of the stalks would be about 81 a
ton aud that the average corn land
would raise about three tons to the
acre. He estimated that when facto-
ries get to work and articles were
turned out. to convince the world
what could be- made from them, farm
lands, good for The production Of
corn, would BIZ worth SIS sn acre more
than they now are. There would be
as great revolution IN the matter Of
corn AZ thare WAS when cotton aeed
was fonnd to he susceptible to being
manufactured into meal and oil -
LeGUenUOrth Times.