Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-10-03
ILLINOIS CONCERN SAYS 1T CAN BE
MADE AT PROFIT.
PLANT NOW IN OPERATION
sHIvE OF THE CORNsTALK Is THE
PORTION UTILIZED.
Ceiiuiose Made From the Pith and the
Outside Then Turned Over to the
Papernaker-The Process
Is Kept n Strict
Secret.

ROCKFORD. ILL, Oct. 2.-After months
Of experimentiS and investigation, entail
ing the expenditure OF many thousands of
dollars. A. e. Winter. superintendent and
chemist of the darsden Development Com
pany, whose min plant is in this city, says
he has solved te problem of the cornstalk
as a commerc3 and manufacturing COM
modify.
As a result his searches and expa:i-
ments paper ad cardboard of the finest
quality are nov being manufactured from
corn shives, an the discovery is expected
to revolutionize the paper manufacturing
business of thecountry
The departmet of agriculture at Wash
inston has earthly watched the expert
ments Of the Mrsden company, and Pro-
fessor W. II. viley, chief chemist of the
department OF griculture, is expected in
Rockford On Snday for the purpose of
carefully isokic into the new industry.
Heretofore heshive, or outside of the
cornstalk, las len regarded as absolutely
useless, but byMr. Winters experiments
| the shive prouses to become the most
| valuable part ofthe stalk from a CONNER
| cial standpoint.
The cornsob hs been adopted for pipe
| purposes aid tn pith has long been used
| in the mantfactre of cellulose. The Mars
| den Develpmen Company. of which the
Cramps, tie Janus shipbuilders, are the
chief ocholdeb was the first to bring
| to the frqt celilose manufactured from
cornstalks as auImportant component of
the moderf battship. The company has
| several plmts, te Rockford plant being
the most mportnt.
| Accordin to r. Winter the Marsden
company hs spet thousands in the pur-
| chase or prnstaxs for the manufacture
| of celiuloS. built was not until a few
months ap thaithe company's experts
began expfimenug along the line of pa
per manufacture
The shivt OF theornstalk had heretofore
been discatied asuseless by the superin-
tendents \ the several manufacturing
| plants OF te con.rn. but last November.
upon the avice Mr.. Winter the plant
at Owensbfo. h. was selected to accr-
muiate shifs, an experiments began un-
der the p4onal direction OF several ex-
perts Th4resul of these investigations
ana eapsrifnts THAT early last week an
OLD Roek1f PAR mill was purchased
by the Mafen dnpany, special machin-
cry installd andfhe Manufacture of pa
per ,n from INST en shes begun.
Ine theo1 OF lie chemist and experts
employed btthe ,mpany was satisfactor-
as well. al a lperior cardboard were
easily and tccesully manufactured. Mr..
Winter saidhst ght:
I'VE are t on making a superior pa
per and sendiGardboard but we hone
within fetweei to be able to turn ont
something theline OF fancy products
superior to lythg on the market
The pitht thGornstalk Is easily man
fractured ID amber Of products The
cob Is aiwa cnmodity, but what has
puzzled US iore than anything else is
what to do 18th lie shive. We think we
have solvedle pblem. and feel certain
that before tny eeks we will be able 20
place on thmaret an article not only
cheaper. butt mny particulars superior
to anything tn line Of paper that is
now offered
"Of coursae scret is ours, and while
1t Is not suet seret after all. all / have
to say Is IN no company in the world
can manuface pper from cornstaIks un-
less they mtfacure cellulose from the
pith. and wi the do this they infringe
on our pate, an consequently we are
perfectly satin sying that nobody else
} will ever mapapr from shives.''