Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-05-18

l'uiSC ihAtlonS ana u nalf OF dollars
4 And as the establishments have In,
creased 10 number, some OK them have
declined IN business. Ii is beiieyeG
that 1t drawback, equivalent to the
duty paid on the importation Of the
brown sugar used in the refined suga,
exported, was again allo we'd, the To-
reign demand, particularly of Russia,
would give a great extension 10 this
branch. A special report has been
made on that subject to the committee
OF commerce and manufactures.
ICoTTON wool AND FLAX.
|. Spinning Mills and Manufac-
turing Estabiiaaments.
The first cotton mill was erected In
the State Of Rhode Island, in the wear
ll79. another in the same state inthe
wear 1895, & two more in the STATE OF
Massachusetts, in the wears 1864.
During the three succeeding years ten
more were erected or commenced in
Rhode-Isiaad, ard one ia Connecticut.
making altogether fifteen mills erected
before the Year 1909, working at ,hst
time about eight thousand spmdses,
and producing abqnr three hundred
thousand sounds OF yafa year.
Returns have been received of eieh-
ty-sevcr mills which were erected a.
the end OF che year 1909 sixty-two O
~ilich As water and II horse mills !
were III operation, and worked at tb ~
time thirty-one thousand spindles.
The ether twenty-fve will al be in q.
Perat'on IN the course OF this year, and
together with the former ones (almost
ali OF which are increasing their MA.
chinery) will by the estimaIe received
work more than eighty thousand spin,
dies. at the commence ment OF the year
1911.
The capital required to carry on the
nanaiac,urc on the Best terms, is esti-
mated at the rate of one hundred dol
Ears TOR each spindle inciudir,, both
inc fixed capital applied TO the pur.
chase of the mill-seats, and to the con-
straction OF the mills and machie-ry,
snd that employed in wages, rsp.irs,
raw materials, goods on hand and con.
nrgerejes. Bur lis believed thai no
more than at the rate OF 60 dollars for
each spindle 10 generate actually en-
played. Forty-hse pounds of cotton,
worth abouttwenty cents pound, are
on an average annually used for each
spindle and thsse produce about thir-
sy-six Pounds q yarn oi dIfferent quail
tues, worth Oh an average one dollar
and IL IA cents a pound. Eight
hundrsa spindles employ forty pea.
sons, viz. i've men and thirty.6ye
women and children. On those da.
ia, the general results for the year
fsifs are thus estimated:
Number OF Mills, 81 No. Of Spin.
dies, so 900; Capital employed, d, 500,
COO oollars Coiton used, $500 900
lbs. value S52o,ooo; Quantity oil yarn
spun 2 1880, 900 lbs. valoe S s,24o, 900.
Number OF persons employed SEQ
men, $500 women and children; To-
tai OF persons employed, 1900.
The increase ofcarding & spinning
of cotton by machinery, ia establish
ments Tor that purpose, and exclusiye-
ly Of that done in private families, has
therefore BEEN fourfold duf.pg ID,
two last years and will have been ten
told In three years Ihe table (I5l
shews the situation and extert of those
several mills, and that although the
greater number is IN the vicinity of
Providence, IN Rhode Island, they are
scattered and extending ihreugheu,
all the states. Those sitdased within
thirty miles Of Providence, are sxhi-
bited in the table Co AID The state
ment marked d. gives ihe details o.
one OF the Embellishments, as furnished
by the proPrietors.
The seventeen mills in the state oil
Rhode-island, included in the table
10 which we're in operation, aad
worked 1920 sPindles in tie year
1909, arc albo stated TO have used
during THAI year $4,000 pounds OF,
cotton, which produced $4,000 lbs.
of yarn; Of which $4,000 lbs. were
sod for thread and knitting 200, OOC
lbs sseIe uss d in msnuf.siures Al
tached to, or IN me vicinitg Of The
mills; aud the residue was eifhe,
cold Tor wick, and Tor the use of FAM.
iy manufactures, or exuOgted 40 olhtrl