Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-13

Fanciful Frank Stockton, a gen.
eration ago, made his escape from
the famous lady and the tiger-the
success which rendered 1t nearly Inn
possible for him TO sell what he wrote
tmmediatel y afterward--by telling
the story of the penurious pinmaker
who slept under a blanket of news
papers-uot because the newspapers
of today put you TO sleep, but be-
cause newspapers at night were
warmer than wooden blankets.
It was a story that was all the
more amusing for being so true,
and not the least truthful of
tts features was the decla-
ration that newspaper is one
of the warmest things-quitc
apart from the big type and colorei
scare head of today-that humanity
can put Itself next to.
Street car conductors, on cold and
Fslushy days, often risk a quarrel at
6he car barn or a suspension by the
superintendent by laying thickness
Uf newspaper on the rear platform.
Any number of workers exposed
TO long hours of cold find a news
paper between coat and vest n better
iprotection than chamois or woolen
chest protector--as warm, In fact, as
n rubber coat, without Inducing the
weakening persplration of caout-
'chouc.
Perhaps Stocktons story inspired
the eYer-lnventlye Germans to try
Eheir hands at obtaining practical re-
suits; perhaps II didn't. But the re.
suits are here. anyway.
Process after process, patent after
patent, have conspred TO make pa
per-common, ordinary paper-ayail-
able for yarn. The strange thing
about the outcome OF twenty years OF
experiment Is that the material made
OF paper loses all It's heating prop
erlies. and In the last analysis, adapts
itself best TO articles OF appeared In
which warmth Is not to be desired.
Spun from Paper Bands.
The manufacture Is not very intrl-
cate. Rags, wood--almost anything
that will make good paper-are
ground up into pulp. The pulp,
drawn on on wlre-cloth drums. forms
narrow bands of paper. which are
partly dried and then spun into yarn.
The yarn can be beautifully dyed, and
treatment with chemicals gives Il
strength. elasticity and glistenlng
smoothness.
One variety OF the paper yarn Is
being used for the making OF glrdles,
suspenders. edgings and similar ma
terials. Another makes tablecloths.
towels. buokrams, Innings. sacking.
hangings. upholstery goods and even
rugs. II comes into service as an
ally of its predestlned enemy. cotton,
for Il Is cotton that will be most af-
fected aud most helped by the new
article of commerce.
Wood pulp costs only one-third
as much as cotton. and excellent rugs
and portleros are woven with the
warp of cotton and the woof of the
paper yarn.
SO n Is likely To cut down the sale
OF cotton To an appreclable degree. al
though the world Is growing bigger
every day, Southern planters need
not begin hunting mortgage money
Tor long time yet,
The probability Is that they will
welcome the new material eagerly.
Tor II Is now conceded 90 solve tho
already desperate problem OF jute
bagging for the increasing cotton
crop. II Is amply strong enough and
II lasts as long as Jute ever dares
last.
Not only has cord made OF the pa
per been used extensively for tylng
mp packages. but sacks made OF WOW
en- paper have been found TO give
good service as mail sacks.
Fish geiatine has lent TO the fab
rics made of paper property which
constitutes the tlnal test of practical
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