Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1895 — Ramie Fibre. [ARTICLE]

Ramie Fibre.

A process has been invented at Singapore of extracting ramie fibre by simple chemical means and heat. The inventor of the process took a quantity of ramie plants, stripped off the bark and then immersed them in his mixture. After boiling therein for about 40 minutes a mass of fibre was produced seemingly free from gum or other deleterious Ingredients, and when it had been washed In cold water, dried for a few minutes in the sun, and pulled out with the fingers, the fibre, it is stated appeared in proper shape for spinning.