1S6 Harshberger. — Maize : 



burg, 1772). Moritz Diamant, a Jewish writing master, in 

 1856, called the attention of the Bohemian Minister of 

 Finance, Baron Bruck, to the value of maize fibre in the 

 making of paper-pulp. The imperial paper factory at Schlo- 

 gelmiihle, near Glognitz, was authorized under Diamant' s 

 direction to make a certain amount of maize paper. The 

 paper produced was not of a satisfactory quality, the cost 

 was too great, and the manufacture forthwith stopped. Moritz 

 then tried to interest private parties in his enterprise, but 

 without success. In 1859 he again applied to the govern- 

 ment, and Baron Bruck, at the advice of judicious men, again 

 permitted Diamant to try his hand. It was found that the 

 chief expense lay in the transportation of the crude material 

 to the seat of operations. A half-stuff factory was erected in 

 i860, at Roman-Szt-MIhaly, near Temesvar, where the culti- 

 vation of Indian corn was extensive. The half-stuff was so 

 poor that operations were again suspended. The first period 

 in the manufacture of maize paper closed. These failures led 

 to important results, for it was found upon further experi- 

 mentation that the husks yielded a fibre which could be spun 

 and woven. All the fibre and gluten wastes can be used in 

 the manufacture of paper. Dr. Alois Ritter von Welsbach, 

 Director of the Royal State Printing Establishment, discovered 

 the process. The catalogues of the Austrian exhibition at 

 London (1862), in German, French and English, consists of 

 such paper. The manufacture of paper in Vienna from maize 

 is, at the present time, in extensive operation. The "Allge- 

 meine Zeitung," a scientific paper of importance, is made of 

 maize paper. The yellowish tint is restful to the eyes. 1 The 

 advantages of using Indian corn in the manufacture of paper 

 aremany: (1) Very little sizing is required; (2) it bleaches 

 well; (3) it has greater strength than rag paper; (4) no ma- 

 chinery is necessary for tearing up the leaves. 2 In the 

 manufacture of paper, the leaves are digested in hot water 

 for two days. They are then separable into three parts : (1) 

 The large veins and ribs, which serve for coarse gunny 



1 Intellectual Observer, ill, 468. 



- Amer. Journ. Pharm., 3 ser., ix, 232. 



