Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1916-06-09 | Page 6 | Cotton Stalks have Value

COTTON STALKS HAVE VALUE Hitherto Regarded as Waste, Thsy Are to Be Turned Into a Marfcst-abte Marfcst-abte Commodity. Considering the fart thst In the neighborhood of 75.000.000 tons of cotton stalks have N-en destroyed annually an-nually as worthless and only In the way, the possibilities of a plant capable capa-ble of converting them Into pnpor and artificial silk are readily comprehended. comprehend-ed. A riant Is now nolng erected at Greenwood. Miss., which will be devoted de-voted to the preparation of pulp from cotton stalks, nnd It Is snld that owing to the stronger fller of tho cotton stalk pulp, pnper manufactured from It la considerably stronger in proportion propor-tion to Its thickness and weight than thnt produced from thn usunl wood pulp. It bsa been the custom to cut and burn the stalks, after tho cotton-plcklng cotton-plcklng season ha ended, nt a cost of nbowl a dollar a ton. The usn of cotton cot-ton pulp Is not limited to the making of pnper. The stalk fillers have boon found capable of withstanding tho nitrating ni-trating process Involved In the making mak-ing of gun-cotton. The libera also produce an artificial silk, motion plo-ture plo-ture films, and such chemicals as pr-roxilene, pr-roxilene, alcohol and acetone.