The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-24
POTENTIAIITIES OF THE
FLEECY STAPLE.

A company has either been, or is
about TO be Incorporated in the State
of New Jersey, with a capital Of s5,00O,-
600, for the manufacture Of white pa
per, such as is used in newspapers,
from the hull Of the cotton-seed.
The discovery, made we may say
| eppassant in Florida, that the hull OF
the cotton-seed can be converted into
paper OF quite a good quality and at a
small expense, is one that will mean
much not only to the newspapers Of
the country, but far more also to the
South. The newspapers will certainly
profit greatly from the discovery, II
| all the claims made for 1t turn out to
be well founded. One OF the claims
made is that the paper manufactured
from the cotton-seed hulls is superior
to the paper manufactured either from
rice or from wood-pulp; and a still
more promising claim is that, from
cotton-seed hulls paper can be manu-
featured at one-half the cost at which
it can be manufactured from wood
pulp. And our readers will easily see
that If white paper of an equally good
quality can be made from cotton-seed
hulls at one cent and a quarter per
pound as from wood-pulp at two cents
and a half per pound, the saving OF
expense to the newspapers will be
great.
The Times-Democrat, some time ago
when the Paper Trust threatened ruin
to most Of the newspapers of the couu-
try with the exorbitant price which it
charged for its monopolized product,
expressed a desire to Join with other
newspapers in giving a bonus to the
person who should discover some ma
terial from which white paper could
be as cbeaply and satisfactorily. manu-
featured as wood pulp; and, albeit the
proposition did not materialize, the
discovery to which we have been re-
ferring supplies the very desideratum
of which we were in quest. The sup
ply OF cOtton-seed hulls being practi-
cally in~eXhaustible, and the cost being
only nominal, paper should soon be
forthcoming in unlimited quantity
and at a a price lower than ever it has
been known heretofore.
But while the newspapers can con-
graduate themselves prospectively on
the results of this discovery, it is not
the newspapers alone which will reap
benefit from it; the entire South will
find in it an appreciable accretion to
its wealth.
For many years the cotton itself was
the only part Of the staple which was
considered available for use aud which
heretofore had any money value, the
stalk and the seed being thrown away
as so much valueless rubbish. But
the stalk, known as bagasse, was later
used as fuel and as a fertilizer OF po-
tent properties, and so became Of
value. Then the coton-seed was taken
hold OF, and the juice expressed from
it became a most valuable product. and
it is in general use all over the world
at the present time both in the shape
of oil for innumerable purposes, and in
the shape of oilcake for feeding cattle.
The lint OF cotton-fbre was the next
part Of the staple 10 have attention
paid to it: and the value of the lint
may be estimated from a well-krown
statement made by the late Henry W.
Grady OF Atlanta: This years crop,
1900, 000H bales, will furnish 5000, 000,-
600 pounds OF lint, which would clothe
in a cotton suit every human being on
EARTH
And, now another valuable product
OF the ieecy staple is to be added to the
cotton itself, the stalk, the lint, and
the cotton-seed oil, to enhance the
value of the crop, the hull of the cot
ton-seed, hitherto despised as waste,
will now be in request for the manu-
facture OF paper, and will, as we said,
make a ~perceptible accretion to the
wealth of the South.-New Orleans
Times Democrat.