The evening times., 1911-08-07

same site and would be In fact co
operative inatitution. The pulp plant
takes what the fiber plant leaves, the
woody part Of the straw to which a
small amount Of fiber clings, and
manufactures from 1t paper products,
ranging from the finest bond writing
papers to heavy wrapping paper. It
is the pulp mill that requires large
quantities Of water.
How the Fiber ID Secured.
Inventors have long been at work
upon the problem of producing a ma
chine that will thoroughly and eco
nomtcally separate the fiber from
the common fax straw, clean it, and
make from 1t grades of raw fiber
from which all linen products can be
manufactured. Large sums of money
have been spent in schemes to ac-
complish this end by chemical pro-
cesses. OF course. there are ma
chimes for producing the ordinary
grades Of tow from which the coarses
kinds OF fiber products are made,
such as oakum, used by plumbers and
boat builders, coarse toweling, sacks,
ETC., but this machinery is neither
rapid nor economical.
The machines built and used by
this company do the work in one OPP
GRAFTON. even to separating from the
straw any flaxseed which 1t may con-
tain. The straw Is purchased either
thresher or unthreshed, and one Of
the things that makes this process
both practical and profitable Is the
fact that 1t separates all the seed,
while the ordinary threshing ma
chine leaves in the straw from ten
to twenty per cent of the flaxseed.
II the straw is purchased from the
farmer unthreshed, the seed is turn
ed over to the farmer, or such a price
is paid as will cover it. Flax straw
OF almost any kind or condition can
be used, but long straw Is more val
liable than short, and If the crop
contains many weeds and foreign
plants the price paid for such straw
Is materially lower. Mr.. Datz men,
toned q range OF prices for ordinar-
lily clean, threshed straw of from $3.50
to 50 ton. However, If the straw
was raised exclusively for the fiber
mill and was of extra length and
practically clean Of weeds, as much
ct SIS ton would be paid.
One guarantee Of the value and
success Of the machines to be used
by this company is the purchase Of
the Canadian patents by capitalists
for $1,000,000. in cash and a large
block Of stock in the Canadian COM
pany.
Aside from all that these two
plants would near to Williston and
other cities they would be Of great
est importance to the agricultural in
terests of the fax growing states.
The va'ue of the fax fiber that has
been allowed to go to waste is not
realized. Up to the present time the
principal source Of linen fiber has
been certain countries in Europe,
ireland and Germany being the lead
ing ones. The United States imports
annually $So,0O0.00o worth Of linen
fiber upon which a duty of one cent
a pound is paid. More fax fiber than
the needs of the country is grown
only to be destroyed. The part that
livestock eat is not the valuable
part, as the animals eat only the
chaff. The reason for this remark
able condition is the lack Of machin-
cry to separate and clean the fiber
from the straw of the plant that was
grown for seed.
Opens Great Industrial Field.
In Europe fax. for the most part,
is grown for the fiber, and the work
of separating the fiber from the straw
is done entirely by hand. Were it
not for the cheap labor Of Europe,
linen goods would be almost pro-
hibitive in price. Separation by hand
of the fiber from the ordinary Amer
ican-grown fax would be almost Inn
possible, but Is easily accomplished
with the McAdam machine. With
perfection of the fiber mill-compar-
ed in Importance with the cotton gin
"a great industrial field has been
opened.
Mr.. Datz and, locad business men
took short tour to demonstrate that
Williston has every essential reQuir-
ed by his company great fax
area, abundance of power and fuel,
water and convenient sites. On his
return Mr.. Datz expressed himself
we'll pleased with what he had seen.
A visit to the government irrigation
plant gave him practical demonstra-
ton Of Ignite as steam fuel.
Mr.. Datz says it Is the intention
to start on some Of the plants as
soon as locations are selected.
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