Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-29
To Utilize Cotton Stalks.

Information comes from New Yorl
to the effect that Mr.. Harvie Jordan
is to quit the Southern Cotton associa'
ton to become the manager OF gian
corporation Of $15,OOO,O0O original cap
ital to manufacture cotton stalks into
paper denatured alcohol and Other
by-products, and which will inciden'
tally look forward to a monopoly of the
ginning and packing Of cotton.
The name Of the new organization
which has already been incorporated
under the laws of Maine, is the "Cottor
Stalks Products Company" Mr.. Jor'
dan Is president and the other officers
are: Vice president, Samuel F. b
Morse, New York; secretary and treas
urer, Arthur F. Kales, New York. Di-
rectors, John P. Allison, Concord, Ga;
w. P. G. Harding, Birmingham Ala
William H. Hassinger, Birmingham
Ala; Harvie Jordan, Atlanta, Ga; Ar
thur F. Kales, New York; Samuel F
B. Morse, New York; William c. Sed-
don, Baltimore; William F. Andiver
Montgomery, Ala, and John D. Walk
er, Sparta, Ga.
Most of the paper now being used /:
made of spruce and pine and the sup
ply of these woods is retreating fal
into Canada with the result that there
Is an annual increase in the cost ol
getting them to the mills, which neces.
sarily have to remain stationary
Practical experiments have demon
strated that cotton stalks may be con-
verted into all kinds of paper Of mucf
better quality than can be made from
wood and since the area required FOL
the production of a bale of cotton Is
good for a ton of stalks, 1t Is estimated
that the supply will not only be easily
sufficient for the entire home con-
sumption but there will be left ovel
an abundance for export both in the
form of pulp and paper.
Along with paper and alcohol Other
by-products to be made from cottor
stalks include acetone, material fol
smokeless gunpowder celluloid, pyr-
oxylin and fertilizers. 1t Is calculated
that the company will be able to pay
from $3.50 to $3.50 a ton for cotton
stalks delivered at its plants, which
are to be eventually scattered
throughout the cotton regions at in
tervals OF only five or six miles apart
Mr.. Jordan is very enthusiastic ovel
ultimate developments. He thinks
that the production of denatured al
cohol at something like 10 cents GAL
lon will result in a tremendous stim-
illus of the use of gas engines and
these will be available for pulling gang
plows, farm wagons, automobiles
freight vehicles, etc. Better roads
will be a natural outcome Of new con-
ditions and transportation by motor
cars will then be cheaper than by rail-
roads which Mr.. Jordan thinks viii
have to go out of business.
With the numerous contemplated
plants of the Cotton Stalks Products
company in full operation. the south
will soon be getting something like one
hundred million dollars a year addi-
tional from products that are now 60
ing to waste and there will be al
most inconceivable stimulus to in
dustries of all kinds.
AS we see it there are wonderful pos
sibilities for the gigantic enterprise
Mr.. Jordan has in view, and If his
plans are successfully carried out, we
may look for a tremendous increase ir
the prosperity of the south; but ther
it is just as well not to allow ourselves
to become too enthusiastic over prom
ises. because at best the promised ben
efits are to be quite a while in coming