Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-03-01
uestion. What kinds of cloth do you usu-

toned.
Question. What quantity Of wool is required
to make one yard Of each Of the descriptions of
cloth made at your factory, and what is the
width, in the flannel, of each description Of
cloth?
Answer. We estimate 2 1-2 pounds of wool
(in the state we purchase it) for yard OF
broadcloth. One half the quantity is estimated
for the yard Of cashmere. II would be more
likely 10 require less for the cashmere than 60
over that estimate. When the broadcloth
comes from the loom il varies in width from
10 l-3 to IL e. quarters. The casairneres from
the loom, average from l-2io quarters. The
broadcloths, when finished, are usually from G
TO 7 quarters. The cassimeres from 8 10 8 l-2
quarters.
Question. What is the cost Of weaving each
yard Of each description Of cloth manufacture
at the works referredto?
Answer. We hire weavers by the yard, and
pay according 10 the quality: broadcloths from
9 to Is cents, cassineres from to IL cents
per yard; the weaver finding himself, and his
duty is to attend exclusively 10 the loom. Our
broadcloths are wove partly by the hand, and
partly by the power loom. The cassimeres are
all wove in the hand loom.
And then the committee adjourned until to-
morrow morning ten o'clock.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1928.
The Hon. Mr.. Tufts az ain admitted, and fur
ther examined.
Question. What is the cost, per yard, ofscour-
ing. flllng, dying, dressing, and otherwise
preparing for the market, each yard for zach
description of cloth before described!
Answer. l cannot answer this question for
the reason heretofore assigned.
Question. What is, and have been, for the
last three years, the value, per yard, at the fac
ofo of loth en adj
Answer. We never sell any Of consequence
al the factory. and there are no settled prices at
that place. Our sales are generally made in
Boston at private sale. The goods we sold in
1925, were from 25 to 80 per cent. higher thnn
the sales at any time since. | speak from
memory entirely. My impression is that our
broadclo'h1 sold, on the average, in 1925, at
hree doIla.s per yard, nett, after dcducting the
commissions on the sales. The cassmeres, in
the same wear, sold, after the same deductions,
at from 81 26 to 81 80 per yard. From lst
June, 1926, to lst July 1927, the broadcloths
| average about two dollars, nett sales, and the
csssimeres about 80 cents, nett sales. The
qualities and colors did no, vary materially from
the cloths sold in 1925. The sales spoken Of,
were at the wholesale prices.
Question. Are there different patents or de-
scriptions Of machinery for spinning wool? If
yea. what patent or description is used in the
factory Of which you speak, and what patent
or description is considered preferable?
Answer. These are different 's'nds Of ma
| chinery used in spinning wool. One is called
| Brewsier's, the other are jennes. We use the
| latter, and they are generally considered pre-
| ferable. We have never used the Brewster, and
they have been laid aside by many as inferior 10
| the other.
Question. What officers, agents, clerks, and
superintendents, are employed in the factory of
which you speak, and what wages or salaries
to each?
Answer. We employ clerk whose wages,
beside his board, in 1925, were $500, and, in
1926. we're $3.50. have acted as agent my
self, and shall charge the company $1,000,
annually, for my services. The three other
proprietors are constantly employed in+he busi-
ness, and should, in my opinion, charge the
Company, each, $500 annually No adjustment
has actually taken place, but this in my opn-
ION, would be the just rate Of compensation.
Question What number of hands are employ
ed in the same factory; what area Meir descrp-
tions-as men, women, boys, and girls, and
what wages are paid for heir services?
Answer. The number has varied from SO to
sixty. At this time, there are 81 able bodied
men, including the three proprietors, 10 women,
and children, from IL to Is years Of age.
Most of the men work by the piece, and there
is some difficulty in fixing their daily wages; but,
in estimating their monthly wages, l find that
the average of their daily wages is not far from
73 cents, and they find themselves. In the same
! way come to the conclusion, that the women
and children receive for their labor So 33 l-3
per week, and they board themselves.
Question. What are the usual working hours
Of the hands in your factory!
Answer. In the Summer, they usually work
from sunrise until sundown, except when at their
meals, which consume about l-2 hours. This
continues about six months. During the other
six months, they usually work from sunrise in
the morning until O'Clock in the evening, al
lowing the same time as before for meals.
Question. Have there been any dividends
made upon the stock Of your Manufacturing
Company al any time! If yea, at what times,
and to what amount!
Answer. We have made no dividends, nor
has any thing been withdrawn as profits; but, in
| bringing up our accounts of manufacturing 20
| lst July 1927, wa found we had sustained loss
of a little rising $1,000, without any allowance
| for interes. upon the capital. The factory does
some custom business, which is not taken into
the manufacturing account. This business done
by the factory, would diminish, to some extent
the loss before stated, but TO what extent nave
no means Of ascertaining. The above Joss is
ascert aimed from the balance Of the accounts Of
wool purchased by the company, and manu-
factured on their own account, and the whole
loss think occurred during the year 1926, and
that part Of 1927 up to lt July. think no
loss was sustained prior TO lst January, 1926
| The custom business we do is a fair business
| The interest upon that part Of the capital bor-
rowed by tho company, is paid on, OF the bus'-
ness, and is brought into the account TO make
the sum before stated. The factory is kept in
| sured, which we charge: and there was loss