A new industry at Mobile, Ala., is the manufacturing of cardboard from the swamp grass found in quantities near Mobile. The grass is similar to the esparto grass of Africa, large quantities of which are used for paper manufacture in Europe. The plant will be built by a company now. being organised, with a capital stock of l(fo,000dol,; Careful experiments with the swamp' gras* hare been made during the past year.-/ ,r' ■
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1851, 28 August 1907, Page 49
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72Untitled New Zealand Mail, Issue 1851, 28 August 1907, Page 49
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