The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-13
COTTON STALLS
 FOR MAK|N( PAPER New Source of Rev hue for the
 Southern Elmer DESTROY THE BILL WEEVIL seweIl Haggard Repts '' :. circun,- stances of Distrid Attorney le- rome's Exoneratn of the Re
 cent Charge ocorruption.
By SEWELL4 4AGGARD.

New York, Septeber 12.-Discarded cotton stalks. whichhave hitherto been thrown away or bned, will, in the future, be an impohnt source or reVe- nue to She southeI farmer IL reports ,eeardinp an invelion to reduce the stalks to A suitableform for the manl- facture of paper ke true. For many xears exnerts haJ been at work on this invention andlt IS now annouEeeo that success is d hand.
 Besides establishing new lndustly' which will add ntny thousands of dol lars to the produfs of the cotton plant the new inventia, 1t Is said, Will go far toward remoYg the poll weeVh pest Heretofore the pint has been burned to destroy the weev-a remedy not always efficacious becate of the difficulty of destroying the Wole plant. In ths man ufacture of paf the whole plane wlil be used the lekes and unopened bolls passing through the mill
 It is declared that 1t has been dem onstrated that by the new process the heretofore wasb product cau be made into pulp and pper of good commercial quality. In colpariny the cost or pro- duction of cottn stalk paper with that ~ difference of $10 in fayo: Of the cotton stalks. It is etimated that cotton stalk paper costs S1i a ton, straw paper S1..2o, while ground wood s stock io~ rap;r manufacture osts from SIS to $20 a ion, and bleached sulfite costs from $50 to S6O for the domestic and considerably more for foeign stock. According 10 these figuresthe' cost of the finished cot ton stalk pper is less than the price 4a oIo nf wood pulp.
 In telling of the invsatio1 the Literary Digest quotd from the Farm and Ranch as follows
 'It is cdtended that the fiber in the stalk and limb of the cotton plant js considerably stronger than spruce wood fiber, and that 1t Is almost as strong as the ibe of the flax plant, thus making it possible to produce from cotton stalks a paper Aperior in strength and texture to that O ordinary wood pulp paper, and nearly S strong as high-grade linen paper.
 ''The otton stalk paper can be made on any regular paper roa,hiae, which demonstrates beyond question the feasi- bility Q using the stalks in the rnaru- facture of all grades of paper, from the light, himsy qualities to those of the
 
 Tt las been estimated by experts that the stpply of wood fiber for the making of paper will last bu. Q few years .nore, and experiments have been and are be- ing carried on every day for a substi- tute for wood pulp.
 with the cotton stalks at hand, the paptr manufacturer should investigate this matter thoroughly so that when his supply of wood fibre becomes ex- la ITF1 n c which Is at hand.
 From a compilation of statistics re- garding the best flores for paper making 1t has developed that cotton stalks make the finest paper for book work, and that paper so made is more lasting and durable than paper made from any other material"
 It is a little late to announce that District Attorney Jerome of New York county has been exonerated by the commissioner who heard the charges of corruption made against him. but for fear some may have missed the item in the days news, it may be well to go over the case again. As every one knows, the charges were inspired by the large number of irregularities in high finance in New York city that have gone unpunished in the last few years. MT. JerOIneS accuSeTS SdlO, III effect, that while he had been diligent in prosecuting the poor criminals, he had allowed the rich to escape.
 The two yellow newspapers that were responsible for the charges lamented day after day that Sing Sing had not been provided with a group of high fnanciers. MT. Jerome replied that these financiers with the aid of shrewd lawyers had so cleverly planned their transactions that they had kept out of reach of the law. The "yellows" scoffed and pressed tn cir charges. Here