Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-30
0. GREENSTREET
HOME FROM EAST
HIS REPORT is ENCOCR-
AGING TO PEOPLE OF
ZINC FIELD
NEW MARKET FOR ZINC
BY Use of New Soldering Fluid
Metal Can Be Used to Make
Many Articles Never Be-
fore Thought of.

Oliver Greenstreet returned Tues
day from the East where he went on
business connected with the patenting
and utilization of his recently invent
ed soldering fluid which he has named
EZflo. He visited Kansas City, Chi
cago and Washington. The trip, he
declared, was very successful, and he
is now more hopeful than ever not
simply of the success Of his new sold
ering fluid, but, what is still better,
the opening of new and broad mar
ket for the products Of the immense
zinc mines of this territory.
Considerable has been printed in the
papers of the mining field within the
past three months, following the an
nouncement by the Daily Citizen, that
MIR. Greenstreet had invented fluid
with which zinc can be successfully
soldered and thereby made available
for hundreds Of purposes not hther-
TO possible.
MIR. Greenstreet first went to Wash
ington where he had finally settled all
matters pertaining to the patenting
of his invention. He is now fully pro-
tected against infringement and at
liberty to use the fluid in the develop
ment of the same commercially with
out the danger of infringement.
The first thought of Mr.. Greenstreet
was simply to manufacture the fluid
IN manufacturers of metal products;
hui the demonstrations that were
made here and in Joplin, showed how
successfully zinc might be used in the
manufacture of hundreds of metal ar
ticles heretofore made Of tin, iron,
brass and other metals.
This at once opened field OF in
vestigation by people interested in the
enlargement of the market for zinc
ore. 1t presented the possibility OF
establishing right here at home fac-
tories for the manufacture of articles
of general utility out Of zinc. This
would perhaps include oil containers
milk cans ornamental metal products,
household articles and even toys. The
indestructable nature of zinc would
oftentimes make that metal more de-
sirable than tin and sheet iron, VIII c
the lower cost would likely give it an
advantage over brass and copper.
The great obstacle of the past, to
making zinc strong competitor OF
other metals in these uses, it appears
has been the impossibility of solder
ing the metal, due to its liability to
burn under the heat required in sold
ring by the old process. Herein Is
where the new fluid invented by MIR.
Greenstreet steps in and solves the
difficulty. His fluid causes solder TO
flow readily with so little heat that
zinc may be soldered either by hand or
by machinery and the metal is not IN
iured in the least.
With this great difficulty apparent
" successfully overcome, great fu-
ture for this mining district through
the establishment of zinc product
manufactures right here in the field
was suggested, and the matter Of in
vestigation was taken up in earnest
nv the several commercial organiza-
tions of the zinc field.
II was in furtherance Of these plans
that Mr.. Greenstreet also made vlslts
70 Chicago and Kansas City. He visit
ed several manufacturers OF and
wholesale dealers in metal products
and all of the people interviewed IN
these places expressed the belief that
a great field was open for products
made of zinc. He visited and obtained
specifications and prices on metal
working machinery, with view to the
installation of a plant in Baxter
Springs. He found that the industry
might be started in a small way on
not n large amount Of capital; and as
the business developed and the de-
mand grew this might be enlarged,
even TO the extent Of the establish
ment of smelters and rolling mills
right here at home where the metal
Is mined.
Mr.. Gresnstreet will report the re-
sult of his investigations in the East
to local capitalists who are intereste,:
in his invention, and it is not at all
improbable that q company will be