Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 246, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1913 — NEW SOURCE OF PAPER-PULP [ARTICLE]

NEW SOURCE OF PAPER-PULP

Diseovery May Put End to Problam That Haa Been Worrying Newspaper Publlahers. Several promising sources of. pa-per-pulp ware recently noted in these eolumns. Another may now be added to the list —'the wide-spread and lutrdjr plant, broom corn. Successful experiment* with this have been made in Italy. In Prometheus (Berlin) we read*

“The fibrous twigs are broken in a sort of flax-breaker, then treated for a considerable length bf time with caustic soda lye, and afterward put through the breaking machine a second time. The mass is freed of moisture by means of hydraulic presses, after which it is separated into fibers, washed and bleached. The material thus obtained sdlls for about a cent a pound, and is of excellent quality, suitable for making the best grades of paper. The liquid pressed out from the pulp Is a valuable by-

product, since its high content of hikali makes it useful in the soap industry.”—Translation made for > The Literary Digest.