New-York tribune., 1899-07-23
MARTINS TANNING PROCESS
STRAP LEATHER MADE WITHOUT TAN
BARK IN KANSAS CITY.
From The Kansas City Star.

From The Kansas City Star.
After many years leather has actually been macs
II II is pable and strong and the experts in Kansas
City and Chicago to whom the samples nave Dsen pen
sRoTa m S say II oas s abak process besides
the usual tests showing more strength. Inc Kansas
annns known ONLY TO Peter Martin who has
been working on 1t for nearly twenty years a,v nsr
fected this formula which is expected to 90 mucA
for Kansas City. - .,s o,,, b,, .he
Martin process is the kind that Is used for matters
and harnesses and although the promoters g ' 10
tan ali kinds OF leather they insist that they have
been successful beyond their expectations anu ~
the finer grades OF leather the same success WIZ
follow. ,
MAKES VERY DURABLE LEATHER
Peter Martin. the inventor OF the new process
femeS fafSeT srandfaher and father ali followed the
trade. and he himself learned IL IN C%open1se.eb % .sb
iished a little plant at Bowling Green, Mo; There
he concluded he had made success 1t MS asc, hss
was sold TO harness makers then and has osen
used ever since. II is apparently as good 'o-us'
se day Hae put Of I" Topeka saw the
tannery and securing the inventors periisSSS T., ,Ss
70 kansas cg 0 from he vey
Joseph J. Helm realizing II Was and inter
ested others in H. The agreement was that Martin
should come TO Kansas city ana; win an eAps'Sss 80
paid. demonstrate that he cOulu
promises with Kansas City water as Wei AS W. VIZ.
that at Bowling Green Martin came ana 'e.is 's
porary plant was established in part Of the s o.s
desiccating works in Armourdale; This was ~: Nv
weeks ago and as n result OF his efforts ne ma
about ffty sides OF leather.
TANNERIES WILL FOLLOW.
I'VE do not wish II understood" said Mt HUE" Hn
Yesterday that we are going 10 establish "a. a..
merry here which is TO revolutoniZe the emu
leather business OF the country. All we contehu
that so far as have gone. we nave Deeh 80
cessfuL We intend 10 build tannery Ia'sys -
enough TO accommodate the immediate denia.us. s.st
the local strap leather trade. and II we ma snsr -
our new process IS successful with the n.e, 49,
grades OF leather as II has been with the eOais"
There is the great advantage we have over ~ ~
old process BY the tanbark method, practlsssus "a
hundreds OF years, II takes about six month, s,a,
turn out piece OF leather. whereas oy Mt Sars
tins method Il requires only about fourteen s,s
This seems almost beyond belief and the od, h,s
will probably doubtfully shake their heads, sssd "a
nearly every new invention changing tme-hon0''s
customs has had It's knockers. 4, 90.
II am told" continued Mr.. Hulett, "tha .nn,hsr "a
can two cents a foot In the price OF 'ss,n
straps II will be sufficient 10 attract the Dig NAV
facturers In that line 10 the place where they
get that advantage. That we can save this a'"'
and more too | am confident"
Mr.. Huett said that another point IN the Az
processes favor that leather made py, nfss
not show any bad effects from contact Win na ~
He said II had not been decided where tne ,r ~
plant would be erected but probably In the nesn,
borhood Of the large packing houses Inc pae,sS p s,sS
quarters will be vacated just as soon as ne" ''
is selected and a suitable building erected