Cotton waste is a singularexample of
the successful application of scientific
utilization, it is the collected sweep
ings of the card room, which formly
had no value. Large heaps were suf
fered to accumulate until it fermented,
and it wan then spread over the land.
After that cartridge-paper makers
bought it at if 10 to per ton; then it
rose in price, and means were found to
bleach and tear it np, in order that it
miirbt be respun and woven, and now
there is a trade of 14,njo,ikj hundred
weights, giving employment to 500
dealers. The refuse is sold for engine
cleauing, and finally to the paper
maker. Juteisnext,in w hich an immense
trade has been created. It is a pro
duct of Bengal, and formerly was used
only for gunny bags, to pack rags or
merchandise m it, out now it yields to
processes wiiich tit it for weaving with
silk or cotton, or in the making of
thread, ropes, sail cloth, and with wool
in flannels and carpet, and with coco-
anut fibre lor matting, etc During
twenty-five years the consumption has
risen from H!i,nuu hundredweights to
1,2-0,'kj hundredweights, and the
value from l"0,000 to "l900,UO0, and
the refuse which goes into paper mak
ing now equals the original import of
the raw material.
It is well known that linseed oil.
