Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-04
Scientist, Born in Slavery, Holds
SOuth's Salvation Lies i'm Chemistry

! tory by DR.. Carver himself is a red let
ter day In anybody's life. After such an
| experience Will Rogers exclaimed en-
Enthusiastically, Il wish 1t were possible
Tor me to spend at least three weeks
and sit ut your feet as a pupil"
From some ordinary weeds common in
the State Prof. Carver has ma de paper
OF various grades. Experts declare that
some OF 1t which comes from cotton
stalks and from the palmetto, which is
as cloth.
The newspapers Of Alabama. Georgia.
Mississippi, Texas and other Southern
states have We'd with each other in
singing Prof. Carver's praises The At
lanta chapter Of the United Daughters
OF the Confederacy sent the Tuskeegee
teacner written expression Of their
interest and appreciation of you in your
enorts to exhibit the products and pos
slDle industries of our South, and the
chapter wishes you godspeed in any en-
oeaVor looking to the development of
any project In which we are mutually
! interested"
A Mississippi paper enthusiastically
declared that II his methods are fully
carried out he will add SlOO, 600 600 an
nualiy to the South. For instance, take
the blue which Is made from the red
clay OF Georgia by oxidizing 1t inter-
mittently six times. (And this same
blue when oxidized q few more times
becomes royal purple.) It Is described
as being seventy times bluer than the
oluest blue" Nearly Is years ago q
church interior at Tlskegee was paint
ed with this blue pigment made up into
paint form. and In the passing years II
mas lost none Of its sheen and gloss
No evidence OF cracking and drying out
appears. A great scientist has declared
mat DR.. Carver has found the secret of
the Egyptians.
Product Held Cheaper.
II you ask the man who made these
colors II they are really permanent he
will reply Why should they not be
permanent? God made the clays In
the hills. They have been there for
: countless centuries with colors un-
changed. AL I do is to compound
what God has made for mans use and
delight. 1t the handiwork of God,
not mine"
Now this blue which Is seventy times
! richer than any other blue" can be
made for considerably less than any on
the market. There is plenty of red clay
! In Georgia. No fear need be enter
tanned that it will give out very soon.
All that Is necessary to start a pigment
plant is a steam shovel plus a lotion
truck and simple little factory. 1t
has been demonstrated that paint made
| in such factory could easily under
sell any pigment on the market today
Those who know all about paint de-
clare that the one made by DR.. Carver
can be used profitably in water colors
! or oil paints or as pigment in combina-
ton with minerals and plastics, with
very few restrictions.
Here" says DR.. Carver, "is an op-
portunity for some Southern industry
10 go on with the work; to build the
necessary laboratory, find out the prop
critics Of the soils Of Macon County. OF
any OF the Southern counties, and then
learn TO make this pigment or whatever
pigments are required by the paint
manufacturer.
DR.. Carver calls himself a trail
blazer. He has shown the South
wherein lies its wealth He has taken
Southern raw material and has demon
strated a variety of uses for each one
He hes sought and found the mine, then
left it to others to get the gold. DR.
Carver could not be expected to de-
velop his vast researches, said one
Of our greatest thinkers. 1T would
take 10 lifetimes of one man 10 do
that"
Already certain industries are under