Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-12-29
DESERT PLANT HAS MUCH
VALUE SAYS SCIENTIST
Herb found IN Twas, New Mcxico and
McxIco HAS Fine Quality ~ Was
That Can fin Extracted.

semlarid rcgion OF the upper Hiol
Orande border OF Texas AZ well as in
considerable scope OF country mi
northern Mexico r. being made the
source Of a large and profitable indus
| Try. Experiments that we're conducts
cd with the view of discovering the
| possible valuable ingredients % thel
cnndcllln plant resulted in proving
/ that Il contains wax substance, which
under the methods that have been
adopted. may be extracted with COM
paratlve ease.
| This wax u pronounced by chem
lists and manufacturers OF articles intol
which II enters as being almost ~ high
grade as the famous carnauba wax.
| which comes from South America.
The test of the plant was made With
a view Of discovering whether u con.
tanned rubber properties, and, much
TO the surprise of Oscar Pnciun. al
chemist. he found that n was compoa-
Cd largely OF wax. which possibly had
great commercial value. since that
time there have been established mi
Mexico several plants for the manufec.
ture OF wax out Of the weed. and " IL
stated that the output of these fac-l
tories nov agErcgatcs about thirty
tons of wax per month. which sells az
prices ranging from 5000 To teo0 gold
per ton. The cost OF producing the
product. including transportation of
the weed to the factory and other ex-
penres. Ia about sseO paf ton.
The discovery Of new source OF a
wax supply has created a stir Ia GER
tain manufacturing circles Of the
world. particularly In European coun-
tries. 20 which most OF the product
tnat Ia manufactured u now shipped.
the demand for the product II far
beyond the present supply. u Il claim
ed.
Tests have shown that this wax may
Oe used succe safully In place OF rub
Der for electrical Insulation. Experi-
mep,n by electrical and ether ron-
Germs have satisfactorily proved this
fact In san Antonio o cable was In
sulated with candelllla wax. another
with rubber OF the best quality, then
laid In the ground for six months. after
which they we.e aiken up, and the
wax Insulation was found 20 be per-
feet, while the rubber had oxldlzed
and was beginning So rot.
Manufacturers OF this wax In Mex
leo and Texas are in rceelpt % many
letters from pers0ns abroad who de-
sire TO make contracts for large sup
plies for use In their respective In
dnstrios. That witch Is now being
marketed IA used chiefly fer electrical
Insulation and In ths manufacture OF
monograph .ceords. wood AMI leather
polishes. floor wax, varnishcs. phafln-
a. niicai article. cnn1is9 and r'iNNcr
oibnonnds oAe eouoern ia uan'Hrs
Germany, writes that II uses annually
iCagnaube wax 10 the amount ~ $780,
900: that Il has given the caadclslia
wax trial. aad u proved 20 satlsfae-
tory that II n IN the msrke. Tor "A sap
" TO take TIE place cf the Dfoiuci
which u has been using
The candciilla wax manufacturing
plants In Texas are situated at Alpine.
: sanderson and near sierra sinuca.
Trans are being made for th' e-ectica
OF other large plants In this section.
The capacity OF The Texas fas' mes
aggregates about six tons OF wax per
day. The raw material IL practically
incxhaustihic.
r. Il. sutton. who investigated the
extent OF the candelllla CROWNS ter
ritory In order to gain an idea OF the
possibilities OF the industry says;
| Accompanied ny MI la1thr w w
gan our FIRST overland trip at sander
son. on this trip we found large
aunrtitses OF candeiiila plant, after
having driven about ten miles south
= from that point The candelilla
, growth begins at the mouth OF the
! recos river and extends 10 sierra
Blanca. covering all Of the southern
mart OF the counties OF Terrell, Brew
al
leouniias are larger than some Of out
, states, and, although II would have
taken months 20 look all OF them ovei
carefully. l was told ty old settlers
lin these Districts that tho candeiila
lpant was growing In great abundance
Ithroughout the above mentioned dis
trics. and We chose the town of Mar
lathon TO make thorough investiEa'
ton from ,s.erc. Taklng an automo'
bile We Travelled about 100 miles u
southerly direction. and In a few
hours we were In the midst of can
y DELLA. For miles and miles we wcr'
never out OF slight OF this plant. u I
y growing very thlckiy and In the dis
Iiance on the mountains appeared a
y shingles on a roof. about one 10 tel
tons growing 20 each acTe or ground
We were told that We could ride over
Hand and for six continuous days woul
never be out OF sight OF the candeilll
- plant"
y II requires on1 an average thir'
y tons of the plant to produce one To-
TO Of wax. and the cost OF cutting. haul
se ing and treating one ton of the RAJ
hs PRODUCE II about ss,7s, The peenlia
VI feature OF this plant Ia that Il grow
v 70 thlckly In some localities that u
I'd nuisance 60 the stockmen, and b
n fore is commercial utility was az
70 covered, ranchmen frequently empio,
Dn ed Mexican iaborers 10 remove an
We destroy the growth In order TO 81,
az the grass a chance 20 spread. NJ
I'd sutton says:
"a safe calculation would be tn
DC. there are at least 100000 tons I
Nv the candeiilia plant In Texas. acce
ID slble to factory locations, which wou
mean an annual revenue OF more tina
- $50 600. zoo. n ali were cut down al
~ manufactured into wax each year"