The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-12-07
OUR MANY ENTERPRISES
We Make $Soo,OOO,oOO a Year
Out of Nothing.
TO ACCOMPLISH THIS

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cohol--We Make Clothing From
Pine Needles-Derive Perfumery
From Street offal and . Heavenly
Azure From Old Hoofs.
The value of products annually
manufactured out of materials which
thirty years ago were thrown away as
waste today amounts to fully $780,
000,000-a sum equal to nearly seven
times the annual production of gold
in the United States.
Sawdust was for years looked upon
as an absolute waste material, says
Moody's Magazine, and was either
dumped into a stream If flowing water
or thrown into heap where it could
be conveniently disposed Of During
the last few years process has been
discovered which has given sawdust
value greater than that of solid lum-
ber
BY the use of hydraulic pressure and
intense heat the particles are formed
into a solid mass capable of being
moulded into any shape and of receiv-.
ing brilliant polish. The only ma
terials used are sawdust, alum and
glue.
Imitation marble can be manufac-
tured from mixture of sawdust with
ivory waste, watergfass and glue. In
Norway acetic acid, wood naphtha, tar
and alcohol are produced on a COM
mercial scale out of sawdust.
Factories have been erected in this
country and in Europe for converting
pine needles into forest wool. This is
used for mattresses and furniture, for
manufacture in hygienic articles and
for such things as undervests and
chest protectors.
The principal use of sawdust seems
destined to be in the production of
sugar and of alcohol. 1t is practically
pure cellulose and easily convertible
into those products.
For many years bituminous coal
operators threw away slack as waste.
Later it sold for five cents ton. To-
day it commands at the mine rs cents
a ton, or within FIVE cents a tom of
the price of run up mine coal
The increase is due to demand COM
ing from makers of cement. Formerly
they bought lump coal and pulverized
it. Finally one of them experimental
with slack and found it satisfactory
and cheaper. He is said to use 140
tons of slack daily.
Each large packing establishment
now has its long list of by-products
The products of the gray brain matter
of calves are employed in affections of
the nervous system, such as nervous
debility, nervous exhaustion, st. Vitus'
dance, mental disorder and insanity.
The blood of the slaughtered ami
mails is CONCEALED and manufactured
into buttons and is also utilized in
the production of albumen for the use
of the calico printer, the sugar
refiner, the tanner and others.
The bones are used for a score of
different purposes, being manufac-
tured into knife and toothbrush nan
dies, chessmen, combs, backs of
brushes, mouthpieces of pipes and
various other articles. Black hoofs
are used in the manufacture of cyan
ide Of potassium for gold extraction,
and are also ground up to make fer
tilizer for florists, grape growers and
others.
Among the other articles manufac-
tured out OF the former waste pro-
ducts of the abattoir are glue, fly
paper, sandpaper, gelatine, isinglass,
curled hair. bristles, wool felt, hair
felt, laundry soap, soap powders, giy-
cerine, ammonia, bone meal, pepsin,
poultry food, meats foot oil and a
score of other products The annual
value OF the by-products of the pack
ing industry, all of which are manu-
factured out of what was considered
a waste material~thirty years ago, is
approximately $200,OOO,OOO.
Prior to 1860 cottonseed was usually
hauled to a remote place to rot or
dumped into a stream OF flowing
water. Out of this product, then
deemed nuisance. there was manu-
factured in 1900 by-products having
value of more than $42. 2.0OO,00
More than a score of products are
today manufactured out of cottonseed,
including butter, paper. fertilizer, cot
ton batting, cattle feed, soap lard.
cottolene, crude oil and salad oils.
John d. Archbold, vice-president of
the Standard Oil company, is author
ity for the statement that for the last
ten years more than one-half of the
profits of the company have been
made out Of the manufacture of by
products. The company could throw
into the ocean every drop OF refined
oil as fast as it was manufactured,
and would still be able to pay hand
some dividends to its stockholders