The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-08-30

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cordaee To look At, bu, At the fame time did be
lieve that it was ilronger fibre; Gnce then !
have had an opportunity TO S;ve :, trial. by
the Secfetary's directing me To prepare fo;ae
cable yarn of it, I did 81, and in SSptembei
1908, made cables for the frigate Efiex Of the
yarns OF which we boated of our ii,ips riding in
dependent Of Ruiiia, for the cables were 10 neat
IN their appearance is net 70 be eaiv d''iin-
guhed from III ,,ian, and gave great lat isfaclion
TO the captain at the yard, and alto To the Off
GERS who were af:,r appointed to her. From
that time have encouraged Inc hemp, and have
paid from 10 to le dolls. per cwt. for clean
country hemp, when have ry.uietl dolls. for
other American hemp Of inftrior quality, and
could have Bought clean Ruiiia for - dollars
Of which tpinrer could tIrin more in day than
of country; but did in obedience To orders
Yet never vent;rJd 10 make one coil OF run
aing or 4 piece of BANDING rigging of l., only be-
cau!s thought it wo1ll not look 70 neat as the
Ru.'ia. But the reflt o: my experience in the
6u!:neis is this, that for cables. hawfsrs or any
water ropes, il will! silfwsr As well hetta.c
to FAY outwear. as have not had trial, but i,
vii! not make 70 nea: running or Handing rig
ging.
Our Farmers do not und>rRand water roting,
they generally dew iot, Of courfe do not make
70 clean but when ii is well cleaned it is fropg-
er. There are comfortable objections to the
manufacturer purchaiing this hemp. 1t gens-
rally needs 10 much cleaning in which il Ioies
conhisrablv, 70 much 80, that il is not eaiy to
aCcertain its lofts. And again, no fpinnor can
fpin as much yarn in the fame time from orr
countryside canfrom;he Ruliiahemp. The par
titular colour of Rufiia is an advantage to its
looks, while our hemp at beft has dark look,
and when II i,rbihes the tai, is not TO nea, in its
appearance tothe eve, though the yarn be other
wife equal or preferable.
aim at nothing in this bat plain truth, which
mua fuppOrt itfelf,
md remain roEr k9mLh Jfr7,aaf,
JOHN CHALMERS, jun.
Mr. SMITH,
HAVING feen a piece in the Federal
Gazette Of Baltimore, caic ulated to imorefs the
public mind with belief that the preient ad-
mintration is not friendly 10 the produce ard
manufactures of or country, and that the naval
department has been wanting in their duty in
not making experiments of, or giving proper en-
couraGement to American hemp; and having
been employed a!moh wholly h. that depart
nent for five years, th.ls it my duty to fate
what has come to my knowledge on that iub-
jet.
Soon after Mr.. Smith came into Office, he
try and price of conntry hemp TO be procured
at this market, and particularly requeited that
the hieheit price ihoud be given tor the beit
clean country hemp, and that i. was his with
that fair experiment i..ouiI be made; and if
1t was found equal in quality, though the ap-
pearance might not be 70 good, it ought to he
brought into uie. ] well remember that in the
ipring of 1908, the Secretary appeared defirous
that lhould purchale hemp or warn f,om Ken
lucky, as large fapplies of excellent qualify are
To be had there. In fitting out the EiIex about
two years ago, the experiment was made: Der
cables were of country heap and highly ap-
proved, and IN fitting out the Mediterranean
fleet iait hummer, Mr.. Chalmers & my!elf made
the cables and water ropes mcitiy of country
hemp; and have undertook that thofe officers
who have returned, have faid .sthe cables were
more approved of than the cordagc,'' which
was made of Ruf'ia hemp. Indeed thoia ac-
quaiated with THAI article cannot queiton the
fuperloGisy of the lin; of the country hemp tol
thai OF Rufiia; and the i'm provement made
within few years i'll rotting and cleaning it ),
has exceeded all expectation. have received
hemp ot Col. Douglas OF Loud3n county FOR two
years paft, as properly rotted and cleanied Isl
the imported; and latt fummer purchaGst a
quantity Of Mr.. BcalI, which WAS fsut by a
MIR. Willis, of Bsrk.ey county, and which had
been water rotted, which in celour and other
refPeets 70 reftmbl,d the RuiIia, that my ipin-
neis did not know the difference. With en-
courdge'nents 70 liberal and effective, and expe-
riments 10 fi.t.eTing TO our agriculture, ought
not our citizens to be well pleaftd.
RICHARD PARROTT.
Georgetown, Auguit II, 1905.