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age of the government, and have resulted successfully 

 in rendering the fibre of maize entirely capable of 

 conversion into paper of all kinds, as well as cloth. 



A variety of samples in our possession seem to 

 establish, beyond any doubt, the excellence of this 

 paper, and the fitness of corn-fibre for producing it. 

 It is confidently asserted that the cost of making it 

 from this material is less, compared with the quality, 

 than from any other material known. From the 

 finest tissue to the strongest hardware paper, every 

 intervening grade has been produced by this Austrian 

 process. 



It has been officially stated that, on the authority 

 of artists and literary institutions, it is shown that 

 from no other material, so far known, official, draw- 

 ing, or tracing papers of such durability and tenacity, 

 at equally low prices, have been produced. It is also 

 asserted that the better qualities of post, fancy, and 

 colored papers made of this fibre compete successfully 

 with the finest of the same kind made from rags. 



It is also a remarkable fact that, from the same 

 fibre of corn that is found capable of producing this 

 diversity of papers, various grades and textures of 

 cloth have been made, from the thin fabric used for 

 summer clothing to the strongest oil-cloth. 



It seems a strange and almost incredible thing, 

 that a plant grown in this country to greater extent 

 and perfection than anywhere else, should be first 

 applied to new and valuable uses under a European 

 invention. Yankee ingenuity, so long proverbial 

 throughout the world, has in this instance been 



