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I & 4J~ Pace Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, June 11, 1953 Do you know anything about cel lulose? I'll have to tell a story which "brings in my refreshing and enthusiastic friend, Mr. J. B. phv, known affectionately as “Pat’ | Some years ago "Pal" came before; between rollers gak and stately palm, the grass that lovers the good earth, the lichens that clothe the rocks, even the mi nute algae that flourish in the sea, all are manufacturing cellulose. It is the great primary substance Of the whole vegetable kingdom. Cotton for calico, flax for linen, hemp for rope—our great vegetable fibers—are all composed chiefly of cellulose. Paper is almost pure cel lulose. It is made of the fibrous partof wood cleaned of its sap, its resins, its minerals, and its binding compound called lignin, and then felted and pressed into thin sheets These are old, a farm organisation and spoke with 1 every day uses of cellulose^ as true Hibernian eloquence in favor i commonplace a s a handkerchief and of the plan to organize a National this morning’s newspaper Cotton Council. At the next meet ing came Colonel Murphy again ex tolling the new organization and its probable service to the cotton grow ers, and, therefore, to all the world. My friend Murphy, like a true son of Erin, never does things by halves: when he is for something he relieve stomach ulcers to wall- goes all out, with unquenchable boards and beltirig to drive machin- and irresistable zeal; and when he,ery. Before we could harvest this ^ not for it he says nothing in sev- rich crop of new products for bet- e ral languages, particularly that lin-: ter living for all of us, scores of pa- go spoken in Texas and regarded tient research workers had to learn bv them as Spanish. ’ 1 a lot about cellulose itself. Today cellulose treated with chemicals yields us not only fibers, plastics, lacquers, and films for wrapping and for photographs and motion pictures, but many useful products that range fingernail polish and compounds to Mr. Murphy had spoken and had brought a real vision to the Farm Within the past twenty-six years, thanks to chemical research, man’s Council, when a very prominent ag- oldest material has thus become the riculture specialist in high official i^asis gf ultramodern industries. The position proceeded to throw a lot chemical that grows is now one of sume of both alumninum' and cop Per. ' ^ . The purified cellulose we use in industry takes no acount of the, bil lions of tons of raw cellulose eaten as fodder^ by beef cattle, dairy cows and horses of the billions more tons that we ourselves consume in car rots and beets, apples and peaches. All grasses, all vegetables, all fruits contain more or less cellulose. Fortunate indeed for mankind that this greatest of our raw mate rials is that the economists call a replenishable asset’. Unlike our great mineral raw materials—coal, petroleum, sulfur, phosphorus, pot ash, and all the metals—whose sup ply on earth is fixed, cellulose is a product of al living plants. It is truly a substance- , of dance in nature. Not only is cellulose abundant but, what is most important in , these days, it is widely available, other | Save in the polar regions and in the from deserts, cellulose is at hand for use by all peoples all over the earth. There is probably no have-not-cel lulose nation. Cellulose is the great chemurgic crop—that is, a crop grown for in dustrial use, not for food. The chemical that grows is an ideal raw material out of which to build a global economy of abundance for all mankind.” So, what? * • * r .superabun- oi cold water on the plan. Out of the warm affection of my heart for our most important, most versatile raw materials, so that in 1952 wc my friend Murphy I stepped in to Americans consumed over 85,000,- back him up, bolster-him while he Q00 tons Of cellulose. That is almost was smarting under the cynical re- as man y tons as we use of steel; ten marks of our agricultural leader, times as much cellulose as we con- Mr. Murphy and I are farmers: thatj , , „., r ,,, ,,, ■ ,, v we are lawyers who. talk about farming, though we might not run ** In London my first Sunday there, I heard Dr. Jowett preach. His text, “When the Son of Man cometh shall he find faith on the earth”? And the sermon was a gracious and moving exposition by the great preacher. There was hearty con gregational singing and an atmos phere of quiet, peace and friendli ness. Straingely enough, most of us Americans went to hear Dr. Jowett. I was then at the Washington Inn, a hotel for American casuals, in St. James’ Park, near the home of Lord and Lady Astor. My first three nights I had a cot in Lord Astor’s home. That week, as I recall, someone suggested we go to Buckingham Palace (residence of the King and Queen) to see the change of the guard, the King’s sentinels comnig on duty, while others were being relieved, stepping high, the regu lar goosestep. We were a bit late, but a British offeer, seeing us in uniform, told us that there was to be a ceremony and invited us to at tend. We didn’t know what was to happen but were given good seats near the front in a place arranged in the court yard of the palace. It was a great sight. King George conferred high honors on Lord Haig his Majesty knighted an officer, slapping him on the shoulder with the flat of his sword and saying, “Arise, Sir Knight” Best of alll was the Victoria Cross part, when a Tommy, Britain’s private soldier, stood before his King to receive the Victoria Cross, Britain’s highest award for heroism above and be yond the obligations of the military service. It is like our Congression al Medal. * I must tell something on myself: when the King appeared the band played something and all stood. Knowing his Majesty’s tact and graciousness I thought the band was playing America, as“ a compliment to us. Nay, nay; not so: the band ITS NEW. ITS HERE a straight furrow except in words, jg The point of all this harangue is this: the Agricultural specialist thought he would knock us into a cocked hat by this blast: "Well; af ter Ml, you can’t deny that the basis of cotton is cellulose." That left Mr. Murphy and me almost speech less. If that brother meant to drag us into chemistry we laywer-farm- ers would have to throw down our a mere iota or speck of an idea— guns and run. One little idea—just came to me and in a last gasp I said ‘ Well, I don’t know anything about Cellulose; do you?” Here before me is a book: “Cellu lose: the chemical that grows”. Some years after the agricultural specialist had hurled his atomic bomb at us I told a great chemist about the remark. 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