The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-02
GENIUS HELPS
COTTON TRADE.
Local Invention Expected to
Earn Millions.
GREATEST DISCOVERY In 100 YEARS
Large Increase Of Comm srcial
Value Of Products, Coupled
With Celebrity in Preparing
Raw Material for Market.


Raw Material for Market.
private demonstration was made here
yesterday of an invention which has been
pronounced by authorized on cotton and
by eminent chemists throughout the coun-
try 20 be the greatest stride forward in
the cotton industry since Eli Whitney in
vented the cotton gin in the early part
Of the nineteenth century. The invention
relates entirely to the cotton seed and
covers all steps in its treatment from the
time the seed leaves The gin after the
cotton has been removed to its production
into refined oil
The feature Of the new process is the
great stmplihcation Of the method Of
treatin- cotton seed which makes pos
sjble he abandonment OF six separate
operations requiring the use Of a like
number Of intricate machines: the com
plete and perfect delinting and the hull
ing of cotton seed by a secret chemical
process in twenty minutes as compared
with the mechanical means and the hours
required under the old process; the re-
Coyery OF ali the lint and hulls OF the
seed in perfect condition for paper stock
OF high quality worth about two cents a
pound. as compared with the recovery OF
only small percentage in poor condition
and worthless as paper stock. under the
old process the production Of refined oil
from the seed in three steps occupying
one hour and twenty minutes as compared
with ten separate operations occupying
many hours under the old method. The
new process not only shortens the time
required under the old process 1000 per
cent. but reduces the cost Of producing
the product in its final state. 90 per
cent.
Representative Livingstone of Georgia
a member Of the House Appropriations
Committee. has an interest in the inven-
tion, and is most enthusiastic over what
he claims it viii do for the Southern cot
ton growers. All the details Of the i'm
proved methods nave been kept a pro-
found secret by the inventors. John Nc
Farlane and David c. Rein0hl. OF this
city. and the private demonstration was
arranged only after all patents applied
for had been granted and all necessary
preliminaries arranged for the protection
OF the patent rights and the discoveries
Of the inventors
Method of Treatment.
Cotton seed, as it proceeds from the
gin encased in huils and lint. is treated
IN a chemical solution which opens tn,
hulls and releases the kernels in twent,
minutes. The kernels are then dried. II
the process Of separation product Of thu
South is used which reduces the cost o.
the cheu--sl solution one half. There hal
heretofore been no feasible process FOL
separating the cotton ami kernels from
the hulls and lint, IL being possible. how.
ever. to clean the seed partially after gin
ming leaving tufts OF cotton cIinging Il
the hulls and the bulls themselves intact
The rate OF insurance on such seed wher
shipped abroad is very high owing to In,
danger Of spontaneous combustion in 2
cargo OF cotton seed in the state men.
toned The recently discovered process
u IS claimed, removes the bulls entirely
and dries the kernel or meat Of the seed
which can then be shipDel as ordinary
freight. the danger from combustion hav.
ing been eliminated by the removal OF III,
hulls and attached lint and the drying o,
the seed.
Commercial Value Increased
Cotton seed imDerfectly cleaned by tho
method now in use and eucased in lis
hull brings 80 a ton in European mar
kets while under the new treatment il is
expected that not only will seed bring q
much higher Irice because Of the greater
net per cent Of meat but the shipments
OF The product abroad VIII be greatly in-
creased owing 70 the absence Of a hfrE
rate OF marine insurance and the greater
facility with which the seed can be han.
died and shipped. The process Of Tho
separation OF the kernels from the Ifnt
and hulls reduces the weight Of the see,
0ue-half and its bulk tWo-thirds fol
transportation 10 oil mills while the cos
Of denudIng the kernels Is reduced 50 pei
cent as compared with the present pre-
vaiiing methods Of treating the seed by de
limiting and hulllng by mechanical means
The huils and lint in addition are Ief
in condition for paper stock Of very higl
quality worth from / to cents a pound
while the kernels are in condition for re
ductiOn 10 meal for extracting oil II
both Of these processes the chemical soIr.
fi0n may be repeatedly used
By another step the small percentagt
o. kernels which adhere 10 the hulIs afte
they have been opened and the kernel
which become entangIed in the lint OF
dried and rendered FUZZY.
Present Machines suppIunted.
by the new method the following ma
chimes now in common use are rendere,
unnecessary ]. a machine for removini
b0IIs, pieces Of wood, etc, 2. O. nlachfn,
for cleaning seed Of sand. 3. a uagnetl
machine for removing metallic sub
stances I. lelIutng machine. j. a hull
ing machine. and 6, a reel for separation.
kernel from the hull. Instead q vat i
used for denuding the seed. the chemira
solution taking the place of and dofu
the work Of the machines mentioned.
When the Kernels are dried they ar
ready 10 be transported any distance @
"a oil mill When the oil is 10 be O.,
traCted Immediately the seeds are take
directly from the vat 10 the Crushfu
rolls and the oil is extracted in the usua
way and ready 10 be refined or shipped a
crude oil. The crushing rolls now IN us
are adapted for cru ming the s ICED Tn
entire process, from the introduction d
the cotton seed into the vat as IL come
from the ginnery in IT'S hard hull covere
with lint TO the production Of the refine
oil. embraces a period OF only one hou
and thirty minutes.
A saving OF Millions Of Dollars.
IN the transportation Of cotton see,
treated by the foregoing processes .onI
the kernal or meat Of the seed is sbiDpe
from the ginncry. thus reducing tn
weight 10 be carried one half and IN,
bulk more than two thirds. The hull
and lint removed from a ton Of seed D,
the new process comprise ] 900 pounds a,
compared with less than 900 pounds re
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