The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-05

attention to the fact that the mater
ials for thousands OF miles of paper
annually go to waste in America.
A practical paper maker recently
called attention to rev of the
sources of enormous waste, when
speaking of the number of materials
in Americas refuse heap which are
worth while considering as promising
substitutes for wood pulp.
The Northwest annually produces
million Fand half tons OF FLAX
stalks which are no; now used for
anything. That amount or waste re
mains after the twine mnkers take
all they want 1t makes excellent
paper
The farmers in the South burn or
plow under 13 million tons OF cotton
stalks every year. That which IS
plowed under is not wholly lost, for
It enriches the soil to some extent,
but not so with what goes up in
smoke.
Five hundred thousand tons of
fiber have been adhering to cotton
seed every year. 1t lns been fed to
farm stock along with the seed and
has done the stock no good. Cattle
and sheep do not like the fiber and
the seed cake Is better without Il
A machine has been invented, which.
1t is claimed will separate the lint
from the seed. Piper makers think
they can use It,
Nobody knows how many million
tons Of cornstocks go TO waste; but
in quality they are far ahead of cot
ton stalks, and II Is believed they
can be made into paper, although It
has not yet been done on a CONNER
clal scale.
Thousands of acres OF wild hemp
grow in the southwestern part of
the country, particularly along the
Colombo River. It's only use now Is
to shelter Jack Rabbits and coyotes,
| but II has splendid nDer ana tests
on small scale show that excellent
paper can be made from II, :
Paper making from straw Is a well
established industry. Bookbinders
use thousands of tons of strawboard.
The straw which goes 10 waste in
western wheat fields would bring for
tunes II made into papc
Lists of fbrous or woody plants
suitable for paper am almost with
out limit, but only a few may be
had In quantity sufficiently large to
be worth ccnsiderlne.
The time has not yet come when
tutes for wood pulp be found but II is
tutes for wod pulp be found but Il Is
coming. The forests are still able -
furnish moterials FOR paper. bm they
cannot continue 10 do 80 for a great
many years 10 come. at the present
rate OF cutting all growth. Makers OF
narrr anti"inatp sn'rritv of pulp
wood and II is this which prompts tn,
active search now going on for sub
stifutes.
Shakespea~o's t~ita little inte~-
"oPation. UfWho''s in nomn?'
may he an"ient and hackeneyed but
'ts arrlic1ticn is inst as anropos
WNW ~ " WIS WI Nlt udlS OI the
courtier. For instance over in Spain
thev cultivate chick-peas, On the
face Of 1t, mat sounds like q fat
tening staple for Spring iriers, but
no, in the land OF the Dons. tho
people themselves fatten mp on it
Consul General Ridgely tells the
Department OF Commerce and Labor
that chick-peas enter into the daily
dietary OF nearly every household
In Spain, forming the chief ingredi-
ent in the Spanish national dish
"cocido." 'Tlhey are the delight OF
the rich as we'll as the poor in
Spain, says Mr.. Ridgely, "anu, next
TO bread, the staff OF life."
In the 10 Castilian provinces l43,-
992 acres OF land, irrigated and
nonIrrigated, were sown 10 chick
peas, in 1907. Even then the Ca
pacious Spanish national stomach
is not satisfied, and surprisingly
large quantities have to be imported
from Mexico.