Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-06-18

field is convertible into beautiful.
perfectly retted linen fibreo ready for
spinning, in the space OF twenty y-four
hours.
Isn't this astonishing
4 But, extraordinary as it seems at
first glance, it is absolutely true,
Waste turned to profit makes
wealth.
In Europe fax is raised for the
fibre alone, and is pulled before the
seed is ripe, which necessitates the
sacrifice Of the seed. In this coun-
try fax is raised almost wholly for
the seed, and the straw Is burned
by the millions OF tons, in spite OF the
fact that it is better for fibre than
the average Russian fax from which.
most of the world linen is made, as
the government experts declare.
This is the way it is done: The
fax straw as 1t comes from the:
threshing machine Is fed into self
fed machine which evenly distributes
lit to a decorticating machine "a new
and patented devise) owned by the
Watertown Flax Products company,
which separates the shive from the
fibre, takes away all shivess and for
leign substances and leaves a beauti-
ful clear fibre ready for the retting
process. These processes require but
a few hours to produce results that
llby the old European methods are
llobtained only after three to six
months of tedious preparation.
The Watertown Flax. Products com
pany can now spin and weave from
Itfbre prepared by the twentyfour
hour process.
!; A Boon to Man and Woman
| An American has come to the front
with am Invention for obtaining The
full vaIue Of the flax crop in seed and
| in fibre, and at the same time reduc-
ling from months to hours the oper
3ations Of preparing the fibre TO Mr.
Jonas Brolin, of Watertown. we
are Indebted for this great inven
tion for the country, to make linen al
cheap as cotton. VI 4. 4 s. ss9
Complete Utilization
a Heretofore America, which raises
\ NEXT to the largest amount of IA,
Of any country In the world. has nsei
4 the product mostly for the seed, ou
of which oil is made. BY Mr. Brolin',
processes every bit OF the flax straw
can be utilized. even the shive, out o
which is made a most Y nourishin,
stock food. Mr.. BroTin expects tha
America, on account of the cheap
ness with which the product can b'
manufactured, will in time lead tn,
world in linen manufacture.
All these things add greatly to tn,
general earning power of the mill
and swell the profits OF the share
i holders. IA 5s
4 We emphasize the fact that ther,
j is no waste. Every particle of tn
plant is utilized. Every particle ha
d a distinct money value.
j When Ell Whitney invented hi
]. saw-toothed cotton gin he enhanced
the value Of the cotton industry /
i good many hundred fold and mad'
great fortunes for himself and others
i But that service was commercially in
4 significant compared with the bene
il fits to follow the application of thes,
new inventions to the linen industry
Linen is to cotton what wheat is tt
corn, what gold is to silver and wht
will be content with the inferior ar
ticle when he can get the superior al
4 lcheaplY? s.s
I Millions OF spindles in this countr.
are now humming the praise of cot
4 ton that in a few years time will BIZ
seconding the nobIer melody Of the
4 linen spinners.
4 At anything like the present prices
for linen the mills operating under
the Brolin processes can earn enor
nous profits.
And where dimes are made in cot
\ ton, dollars win be made IN linen.
4 Compare the costs of the raw ma.
Iterials. Raw cotton in the bale, ac
cording to recent quotations, is worth
twelve and one-fourth cents a pound
Flax straw can be purchased free on
board cars at s4 90 to s12.0o per ton
according to grade, from which 4
/ per cent 600 pounds Sof fibre will bs
obtained, making the cost Of fbre
4 corresponding to cotton in the bals
only to 8 cents per pound. an ad
vantage Of approximately SO per cen,
lover cotton at the very start. The
cost of spinning the raw materials fol
weaving is practically the same 4
both cases.
The United States Department d
agriculture Farmers Bulletin Ne. 274