Show GERMANS NOW NO TRYING FOR FAT SUBSTITUTES By Associated Press STOCKHOLM I May Ia 18 The The great shortage of oC fats tats in Germany and the resulting necessity of using more of all edible fats for human consumption I have driven the the empires empires empire's scientific men mento mento mento to extensive c experimentation with so called mineral Wax wax The result has been both a more varied use of ot this product and a greatly improved method method meth meth- od ol of or securing it Mineral 1 wax is a substance extracted from brown coal with the aid of oC benzine benzine ben ben- I zine or other technical solvents is now used exclusively In Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- I many for tor this purpose Old methods I have been unable to extract all aU the he wax I from the coal treated but the tho Kaiser Wilhelm institute for experimentation with coal coil j is now winning nearly the entire quantity in the coal treat treated d. d The main features feature of its improved system consist in extracting the wax under a hl high h pressure as ns much as six atmospheres and at a high tempera tempera- ture A brown coal which had pro produced I only 11 per cent of ot wax under the old I system gives up 25 per cent under the I new treatment Mineral wax was used in peace peacetimes peacetimes times mainly for tor the fabrication of I shoe polish phonograph records and anel the insulation of ot electric c cables bles Its high percentage of acid acid about about 60 per cent of Its entire content content has has been turned to account In the making of oC consistent fats Cats It Is also being used I Ir I r extensively In time the paper industry as asI I I sizing taking the place of or a ilium ium Experiments are now being Conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted to find a method of oC refining tImex the tIme wax x anc and in I It a lichter color |