State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1831-1836, 1836-05-17
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From tho Connecticut Courant.

following Report will be highly acceptable
10 our readers. Ii will he gratifying to the
public to learn, that the encouragement
afforded by the Legislature to this inpor-
tant department of industry, has been
attended with such beneficial results, aud
to our citizens especially it must be source
of pride and satisfaction, that so useful
and well regulated an establishment as that
described in the Report, is located in our
city.
THE CONNECTICUT SILK FACTO-
RY.
The Committee appointed bv the "Jari-
E5rd Cou,,tv Sir .Soc;ety" to examine into
the present condition and progress of "the
Connecticut silk Manufacturing Company"
have attended TO the duty of said appoint
ment. and submit the following Report.
On going into the Establishment of said
Comuany. rhe Committee could not avoid
EXPRESSING their satisfaction at the rood
order. neatness, and comfort which every
where appeared among its inmates. The
weaving room contains about 100 looms,
about 60 Of which were occupied by neat.
industrious looking Young ladies'. apparent
Nv from 10 TO 20 wears of are. and while
their labor, that of weaving a fabric from
Two ia four inches wide. nnneared exceed
ingly light and pleasant, there was rem
eral contentmenf, and satisfaction exhibited
in their countenances. or by the singing of
some sprighty air.
The charter of the Silk Comrany pro-
vides that the said Company shall instruct
one person to be named by each Of the
County Silk Societies, in the art and mvs-
terry of reeng silk, without expense But
the Committee learned with much salts
faction that the President of the Manulac-
turing Co., Mr. Colt, the present director
of the establishment, is wiling to instruct
every one who offers, not ony gratuitouslv,
but will paw them reasonable compensa
ton for their services. TO the number of
TWO hundred at least. 1t is understood
that all applicants shall bring evidence of
fair moral character, and that their ages
shall not be under fifteen, nor over forty
years.
As the process of Keeling the silk from
the cocoons is performed only during the
summer, those who applv for instruction
in this part of the manufacture only. must
of course come at that season of The vear.
But those who remain through the winter
will also be instructed in the art of wrovinr
Tuscan Straw, and a variety of other f,ncV
articles.
With respect to the time. and labor re-
qured to learn the various arts carried ON
in the establishment, the Committee saw
several Young ladies' who had been only
a day or two at work. and were SURPRISED
at the facility with which thew nroduced
the finest fabrics.
The prices paid per ward for the fabrics
depend upon the ease, or difficulty with
which they arc produced. so that with
eoual industry there 10 bnt lille difiarnnce
in their earnings. On inspecting the day
book, the Committee found, that so cents
per day is nearly the ayerare SIM poid
those who had been in the Factory af
few weeks.
1t is the wish and desire of the Silk
COMPANY that the farmers should mise the
81 Tx, their DAUGHTERS reel if. and sell il in
the raw state TO the manufacturers. Afinr
the art of reelinv has been orn,irod thc
Committee see no difficulty in this arrange
ment, since the reel is yorv simnlc md
cheap instrument, and NAV be had of fine
Company at five dollars each. and requires
no more room, or skill 10 keen il in order
than the common bouschoId reel so mi.
yersnlly in use.
The Committee yould thercforo rocon,.
mend that every farmer who roisrs orlv n
few bushels of cocoons shonld baya ,I,a,n
Ieeled in his own house. This will he
found by far the most nroftoble method
since the difference of price between the
cocoons and the reeled silk will mich
more than nav for the reeling This difIsr.
ence is so considerable, thai even when the
farmer raises only few nounds Of si'l,
the expense of a reel would every venr he /
saved by having the reeling don6 in his
family.
The chief business of tho Silk Gamma
ny at the present time. is the n,onufSctnre
of Tuscan Straw into fairies for hats md
bonnets; and the Conn,ittee tvere nar,;cn
Iarv Interested in somo ost;n,o,osP " ,,tioh
the President Of rho Con,nnmu hod " rnnJn I
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