The age-herald., 1901-10-20
From the Macon Telegraph.

From the Macon Telegraph.
 @ OPTION seed is becoming more n~ and more important as an arti- N A cle of commerce. and indeed, O there are people who predict that In a few years it will be more profit able in the markets than the lint cotton. A s3O00.OOo corporation has just been or panized and incorporated under the laws of New Jersey. the object being to make paper out of cotton seed hull fibre and flax fibre combined. The principal place of manufacture is to be Niagara Falls, N. Y.
 Already cotton seed Is in such great demand that some farmers do not keep enough on hand for planting purposes, selling out all they have in the fall at 20 cents or 25 cents a bushel and buying 1t back in the spring. at planting time, for s1 Q bushel. This has been done in only few cases but 1t shows that the demand for the seed is good not only in the fall, but also in the spring For this demand the oil mills of the country are principally responsible, and now that a new use has been found for the hulls, the prospect Is that their consumption will be increased, and the matter is worth watching.
 Last week three patents were issued to Thomas Newsome of Roslindale, Mass. They were assigned to the American By Products Company of New Jersey These throw much light on this subject, as by means of them much profit is expected to be made out of the oil. coloring mat ter and the fibre contained in cotton seed hulls.
 For the purpose of extracting the diff ferent ingredients of the hulls the Amer ican By-Products Company mas been in- corporated The company, it Is under stood will, in addition to its other work, extract the fibre for use in the paper mill of the National Paper Company at Niagara Falls. Pants located at advan- tageous points in tile South will do the extracting. The flax to be used in the manufacture of the company's paper will be reduced to tow at plants located in Iowa and Dakota. Some Is also expected to be gathered in northern New York The National Paper Company is to make high grade papers.
 The basic idea of this new enterprise
 that it is practicable to make good
 per cheaply out of the flores of raw
 .on and raw flax. since 1t is possible
 To so with those flores when found
 Id cotton and old men rags. In
 words, the promoters of the plan
 in substance, Let us get down to
 principles and use the two flores in
 virgin states" This they will now
 eavor to do, as they are perfectly sat- .sned that they have, at last, the inven- lions and processes that will enable them To make out of these combined flores pa per at profit.
 The officers of the American By-Pro- ducts Company are as follows. Archibald B. White president; B. F. French. vice m, T. Hunter treasurer; Tyndale Palmer, secretary. Boardman, Pratt & Soley arc counsel for the company.
 In the specifications of his patent on the process of manufacturing cellulose stock from cotton seed hulls he says;
 .The short fibre or fuzz remaining upon cotton seed after the ginning process co1f fnercially known as 'linters,' while too short in staple for use in the manu- factltre of textiles. Is well adapted for paper making and for use where length Of staple is unimportant. provided 1t can | be freed from the seed shells and ali N dirt and other matter except pure fibre eliminated.
 "The cotton fibre or hair in its ripe or mature state Is in form a collapsed tube more or less twisted and otherwise distorted. It carries in It's interior and also as an outside covering or membrane certain waxes of refractory character, being insoluble in water an donly partial ly soluble by the use Of caustics. These Waxes render the fibre to considerable degree non-absorbent and are highly del- eterfous, as are other waxy or resinous substances in paper making and other arts where pure cellulose is demanded, although they are not specially objection able in textile manufacture In reducing Buch material to fibre 1t is essential that whatever agencies are relied upon the fibre shall not become oxidized or other wise impaired as is liable to result from treatment with caustic liquors l have discovered that volatile hydrocarbon, such as naphtha, will completely dissolve the waxes contained in and deposited upon the fibre. as well as the cementi- tious material of the seed shells and the oils and gums present in the hulls, with out attacking or injuring the fibre. The seed shells after such treatment are so broken down that for their complete dis 5 solving and elimination 9 .caur.'T .'7--7-