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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1929
Page
7
The article chronicles W Jule Day and partners who pioneered cornstalk pulp and paper. From Guilford College to New York, they built a research team, overcame setbacks after engineer Scott Evans’s death, and produced the first 29 tons of cornstalk paper on October 19, 1927, in Danville.
In 1926 a syndicate organized to buy European bond issues pivoted to corn fiber paper after Frank K Gardner, an Indiana chemist, met Dr Bela Dorner in Budapest. Gardner canceled his train to Paris to meet Dorner and the Danube valley cornstalks inspired a U S option on process rights and an American survey. Mr Day funded early experiments in Elizabeth New Jersey.
Agricultural experts from state colleges assess cornstalks as a fertilizer. Ohio State University notes that while papermaking from cornstalks is practical, it remains unclear what farmer returns will be.
The article chronicles the Cornstalk Products company and its leaders Dr Bela Dorner Dr John E Jackson and Elton R Darling as they develop cellulose from cornstalks. It traces Dorner 1926 breakthrough progress Jacksons shift to by products and Darling growth from a piano box lab to a 130 foot Danville complex. It notes university opinions on cornstalks and the scientists pursuit of commercial rayon grade cellulose.
The text argues that cornstalks as fertilizer will fetch prices higher than any value to farmers. It notes growing concern among prominent scientists about the fertilizer value of cornstalks and questions the promoters of this practice.
In 1927 US corn acreage reached 98 914 000 with an estimated 1.5 tons of stalks per acre. Cornstalk and wood pulp mix could cut wood pulp demand by over a third for print paper, with higher limits in other grades. A hypothetical $6.00 a ton field price would yield about $890 226 000 annually, less gathering and transport costs. Danville Illinois farmer P N Valentino praises cornstalk paper as transformative, noting higher corn yields per acre after selling stalks and farmers gaining income from stalks rather than burning them.
The developers have spent 1 500 000 dollars on experimental work patent purchases and the Danville Illinois pulp plant. They have proven cornstalk paper is practical and plan rapid nationwide expansion with the first heavy corn states mill to feed American paper mills and meet demand.
An inventor from Des Moines Iowa introduces Re Sole a new sole repair product that reshapes like butter covers holes and creates a leather like waterproof durable surface for shoes. Mrs Mothershead offers a free full size sample to resole 20 shoes and agents can earn 10 to 15 dollars daily by selling it.
Commander Richard E. Byrd lauded aviation advances at a New York banquet. He cautioned that improvement remains, noting a Norfolk girl’s remark about preferring a driver who can operate with one hand.
A humorous exchange reveals a newly married couple debating tradition and youth. The groom notes his wife is young and has not heard an old tale, while the bride teases about knowing the matter herself as time passes.
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