Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-16
LINEN INDUSTRY
MOVING ON SMYRNA
New Corporation Preparing to
Take Advantage OF Fa-
cilities There.

With Delaware's agricultural advan-
tagCs. the town of smyrna ~ miles
sruth az Wilmington. will he represent
cd by one Of the largest flax and linen
Industries in the country. confirming a
ranort current several weeks ago. The
Ch.sapeake Flax and Linen Corpora Z
t;op which controls the Robinson pro
ccss. and which carries the only license
given i'm America on these processes. is
now planning to utilize 1.4o0 acres of
land in and around Smyrna in raising
flax This territory will also include
six large buildings other than the special
buildings set aside for the sorting and
driving of the flax. In the six main
buildings approximately 1600 workers
will ultimately he employed according
to the promoters. In the miscellaneous
de,.artmcnts il is expected a force of
COO proficient workers will bring the
total employment up 10 2,l00 men and
women.
The chesapeake Flax and Linen Cor
uoration has already located on the
Snvrna river. with some of its build
tugs leading direct 10 the docks From
th,s,s decks. with seven feet Of water.
tr. corpauv will be enabled TO bring
~, nax on flat-buttom Scows up from
IN. Peninsula and direct to tho driving
nud sorting fields.
R,,olisc of the rainfall soil and at
r,o~phcrc. il is claimed conditions N
ard around smyrna are equal % those
oi lrcIlnd Rclgium. Holland and France
fsr naN raising In these countries inc
hest HaN has been grown The lei
Ni.rvia pcriuslila can easily htcolnr as
..,.ntial in the naN business as any
usar country The promoters hcliov".
,,,.,s- AiNt,V-1
,ordltions are considered equally good
a.riul, thc hot summer months ~
,.at4 riaim and il has beer proven,
fha~., fnt,.re Stcd say. that t'a> Crowh
o,1v a short distance from N'wnCtoi'
Uill have even greater strength than
chat ~ ireland
Tho Robinson prntrS~ il Is said. &C
,otnplShcd in two hours what y mas
r,.r.toforc taken Ii hours 70 accomplish
usual results Under this new process
i saving II % per cent IN labor has
l,,,n noted they SaN.
Ih faN and linen business Is s3id
=. II, the biggest business IN The World
,,f.-h has not hccu influenced ~ th9
t.....- sf Invention. Thc methods used
tfZ t1r tho extraction IF f2N fnfF
r..r, HaN straw IS Identical with ih3t
Il Z Ia 'hy EEyptia"s teoo Years aFa-
NNhat th, d,v,1urm u II this indus-
All moan II pgavai, need not
t.> th, ims1lratiar. Russia crew -
ut III ail th, tlaN lu the world -
eomnul~of> tax rttP. winch vas
.t-i.t.ljv l,romuigat.d hy Ivan. sine.
III, r,volut..n .;1ssia has ceased I"
v aaN Nt ur,stnt th.rc Is n"'
m.h a,...,a, t,rri,ory III IL,
/. su~h i~l,~ ~ immediate the thaH-
-
.,l.r .. t.uai advantages y PSI
= 1 ~h,...d -.s. Nu.1.,a i larsc eN-
r- crop liaw,>sf tho most i'm
t,rtart factor of interest (" Dclaw3r"
Is hat ruuh.r Of tn, lars, aneu mills
=. Northern Ireland ar, 4, SiroHs II
otrg ont and hrincjnc then p,opl"
y ~ ne machin,r, ard settling ~ this
st The machIn,r1 Tor The frrat
ra,,t - The Hax IS uov being shipped
sr,m Elh Mills Nd 10 smyrna anu
CONTRACT have already been made with
farmers 10 utilize 400 acres Of them
farming land Early III spring. io
aAl,cctcd practically III ;hf machinery
rs ireland Will bc disma aHtlrd and With
their operators. Will hc brought into
thiS STATE, Ii j. the intention q the
sompany L. work this years crop into
a.ers FlaN experts from Belgium and
Ireland haV, beer secured As We'll as
vera proncItnt fax growers q Scot
and
n order Il test tho new process a
rrm of New York bankers had grown
IL miles from Wilmington. a Cron of
Tax from imported pedigreed fiaXseed
Under the direction If Day and Zimmer-
man. flax experts Of Philadelphia 4
commercial plant was erected and con
sId.rahl. fax fihr- Was produced from
tht straw This fibre has been spun
lfto - different fax and linen products
sud has been woven into linens which
Ia4c undergone the strict ana thorough
,>amiua,ion of thc United states Bu-
ieau az standards in Washington. ID. q.
2 l. states ~ Delaware. Maryland 9uT
,~peciaHy The Delmarvia Peninsula
have been chosen as the location for
n. first linen plant because Of the simi-
'arlty Of climatic and soil conditions
with that or the foreign countries here
totorc mentioned The certified report
3. the bureau states that the fax fibre
Erovr near Wilmington. and spun and
vater ~ Philadelphia into woven prod
fS. IS higher in quality by actual test
ttar that uf Ireland and other foreign
e. rtfI.s
-, r ware alone III IRE Revolutionary
.t~ produced for Years over 600 600
lis of linen per year The invention
+. the cotton gin by Whitney in 1894.
atd the invention by Awkwright OF the
spinning jenny few years later. com
bined 10 give America and the world
the great cotton industry.