Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-03-25


products Of the labor Of ~ronvicts under the
contracts in mechanical departments.
The Sewing silk produced ia %supefinr to
the imported article IN strength ind sofi
IT texture, and equal in snoothaess aud IN
color and is preferred wherever both have
been iaitly compared.
Tie opnflt'on was begun merely M an ex-
pertinent . neither HE agent nor the o,art-
lives had any practical ar1uain anre with the
manufacture. The chief part If the machine
~ has been not only constructed bnt invented
here, consequently there has been hindrances,
delays. expenses and losses which rould mt
occur IN a business conducted with the adj
vantage Of skill and experience,
The cost Of the material has tesn far rreat-
er than it would have been had there bacn
any general attention 10 silk culture in The
country. The products encountered ptsjudi-
ces ia the market. and The market value "
such products has been depracisiing while
the cost Of the material has moi diminished
When these facts are considered, in eonnfz-
ion with the machinery provided. The mate
rial and products on hand, and The condition
If the business and The 6scal condition "f
the prison, The Agent has no hesitation ~ de.
clarlng That the business may DO convenient
y enlarged during the present year, so as 4"
increase the force EMPLOYED to a hundred
men with an increase Of profits exceeding
fifty per cent, and that it may he so extended
as ultimately 10 employ all The convict labor
which can he assigned TO it consistently with
p proper conduct and management Of the
prison.
The Agent therefore feels himself author.
lied to congratulate thr inspectors m the
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ing and most useful department of industry.
which can be rendered Mt least as profitable
as other modes Of employing the convicfss
while it in exempt from objections On tvert
side. The financial advantages thus secured
could SCARCELY te exaggerated, sinre the re-
cults fortunately arnesr a' n time when more
than hundred # the ~conyicfs are left tnen-
plbyea by the operation OF the law Of 1s42,
designed 10 protect tho mechanical labor OF our
fellow citizens againa, romprti'ien iii the
penitentiaries. But thsss advantages are
ineonsiderable compared VS. h the general and
lasting benefits which mpM f~sult from the
successful establishment n The elk culture
and manufacture in the United States. a de4
p~artnneht Of industry that has enriched and
aggrandizeh everv country by which it has
been adopted, The mandiact6r7 here will
give The necessary impulse 10 The silk culture,
while il will presf nj n model and furnish in
s'ruetion to our fellow citizens who may de-
sire TO eneape in the manufacture, and by its
successful results encourage the employment
Of capital il, the production Of fabrics which
Though more generally used by the %op1len'
are still regarded as among the most indis.
p~ensable articles consumed in every civilized
country. The agent ia bound t. arknowt
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to ths inspectors fnr their liberal and apliaht.
nned encouragement, 70 Mr. Aretas A. Sahin.
whose inventive mechanical penius and de.
votien to the enterprise hss largely tohfrl'
bn'ed TO iis success. To Robert Crok, Esq
the keeper. and Abraham Gridlsv. Esq, the
clerk Of The prison, for their effective co-ops.
ration. To Mr.. John Morrison for his usefu
services az superintendent, and TO Mr. Rober
Gordon for the important scientific Information
which hn hae communicated
HENRY POLHEMUS, Agent.
State Prison, Auburn, January lst. ls43.
Statement exhibiting the amonnt Of material
purchased, in Res1ed Silk, Cocoons, DYE
Stuff, &c. and amount paid for Dying AM
superiniending the Manufacture Of Sill
in the State Prison Al Auburn. from 'h'
aOth of Nav. 1s41, to the 1st Of February
1sa3, fogntber with The amount Of Silk man
ufartnrea, profts nDon convict labor, &c.
Disbursements far Rae Materials. Services
9c, during the abope period .
1862 lbs. resled silk S5.126 OF
gs4 bushels cecooas 3,2sD o.
Paid John MorrisoH for supefin~
tending manufacture of silk 462 81
Paid Robert Gordon for diving silk 2s7 g
" T,acius Hendy for do 67 N
u, G. Derby e. Co for paper
for envelopes, &c. ~ q
" Freight on silk and cocoons 32 i
DYE stuffs and freight on Same 800 o
" II. Fl, Cooley, printing fcop-
per plate) bills for envelopes 80 q
40 cords Of wood used in dye
house and silk shop 100 D
1862 DAYS convict labor during tho
above period, at3f cents @ pills 2,9o6 7
Total si2,7ss Q
MANUFACTURED sehing Sith, Twia.
dc and RAN materials on
hand Isl Fsbruarn, lsf3.
With Messrs. Stone, Swan 81 Co.
N. Y, on sale :
500 lbs. black and blue black
sewing silk, at S7, $4,000
I5 lbs. fancy do. at 81 81
IL TBS. twist at 80 90
-94,3s7
. With Messrs. Samuel J. BoaIs
81 Coz NJ. FORK, on sale ,
500 lbs. black and blue sewing
silk at 81. $500
{ II lbs. twist, $S 90
--S3,506
With I. Frothjnghan4 Il Co.
Boston; on gaze
II lbs. sewing silk at ~ Sl10
| ID. twist, q .
8 -s127
Silk cold al tie Prison for cash,
in small parcels IA 60
town e3s SO
On hand. follows:
2Ss ibs, black and blae black
s~ewinrJat 81 1866 CT
81 lbs fancy colors, do. at 81 3s 80
: IS lhs. 5 Oh. twis', at 81, 1856 so
10J lbr. filing and warp for webb,
!, at $40 los 90
5 1ba. fancy silk cord, at Sc, 40 90
, 30 silk ~cravats, at 50, 40 90
40 yds, wide black ii k, at 81 - 50 90
j, LABOR i'll manufacturing web for
Mrs. Carter Is 90
Raw materials on hand:
1 40 bushels cocoons, 1925 I36 80
5Olbs country reeied silk at a4 30 225 90
IS lbs Tennessee do. $50 III 90
, 40 lbs foreign do 5 1850 90
go lbs. silk taste, at 81 ets. PSI q