The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-02-08
rLAN AGAINsr CMrON.


Aenl deal of mDcrr-, and no litlc c>.
cifomon' now c,i.r in 'hc manufacturing aud
ouumrnill world, relative to the recent in.
,elton iu Europe ia lhc manufacture ofilax.
The invention B. destined, according to pres
cnt appearances, 10 work an.Imporant rcvo.
luti.n iu lhc labor anil capital Of the luitcl
Smtrs, 'rlo Southern aud savcholdiDe por-
ton Of thc tuiou now Suppl, almost the cu.
hrrro'f1u W1nula.mr,ugm world with lic raw
material The invention is tor preparing
d.. hy Operating the fibre from the stalk
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state IVA which it can hc spun a,,+ woyrn los
cotton machinery. The process, It. Is said
SECURE. The solncv ofcottou with The dura.
hil'y Of linen. This rpoyic5 discovery, 10.
gothcr with the reported li,ct of tho compdr.
o'ivc chcnpnc.s Of The 0ay Manufacture has
tIrowu. our southern cotton growing broth.
rem into q -artof Consideration.
iIrr- tt1i'7wruE article copied from the
Springfield, Macs, Republican /, worthy of
attention.
Nmonr the many proicrt, aud prospect.
~ liN da,, there is none more full of prom.
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the country tlln that arising from the rcccu,
rrput"l Improvements ina the preparation II
ittS-'rr'' ur1"tiucrv, Md rs elaboration into "A
great variety ot useful iihrirs
~ IL litl.-lL- Of iLl 4uLiGlt has cnllel ont
a.ie,tcr rom "a gentleman ia IrumbuII Co,
Ouu,. 4" hp states in the NOM York Iribjtuc,
-owo facts worthy OF notice. Tho gentleman
is manufacturer 81 paper, mud buy, the ilaN
which hr consumes in this m9nu,neLurc.-
a.. Al.
und who NOV it aud cure it ~ they do hay.
The farmers consider the fibre of no value
--lrhatcyry, and think themselves sufficiently
pad hy q full crop of seed. aud vet, such i
the value of the hhrr for the manufacture Of
pnprr alone, that it will warrant paying for it
from 40 to per ton. The farmers cou;os,
thot with ihc seed at s I per hushcl, and SO
per ton lsr the flax, IL is the hest crou they
can raisr The claim of NJ, lie Chcyaliar i.
Claus-en the gentleman now experimenting
IN England, is that the "flnN cotton" which
hc proluars, Gud which il capable of bciuu
worked hv rottou nwrhilpry. can hc pirpar-
CT from the Original material for less than
hut 4 penny pound. ltthis be the fart now
IN the infancy OF this art, tits certainly lrgiti-
mate to suppose that such mpro, emcnts in
thc process will bee made n will bring the
cost down to half a coat a pound, or $40 a
ION lhiA added To the original cost Of rude
M see. ''ffTt ~ INC UdN cotton
this country, 5 2U ton, or On, cent u B0ui,5 ,
Raw cotton j. now sold for ton times
r'idt sum and II wcarc 10 believe the repre-
sensations in regard to the former article. il.
Is m every way superior 10 cotton in the
strength and lustrc ot is fibre, and in its "A.
dlptauon to the production OF widely varied
STYLES ofiahrirs
Tho superiority of linen to cotton goods. ia
beauty ADD durability, may hc Judged from
the fact that the ilaN, prepared for lranulac.
inre ~ the present modes, readily sells al
from Sl25 10 lao per ton. Reduce th, cost
o' ITS preparation 90 per cent, and cotton
must De anuihilatcd Az q fillow for wheat
tax Is considered hy the Western farmers tho
'rst crop thcv can raise. Every acre of land
throughout the west, designed for wheat will
proiucc ililuw crop ct HaN. and Ohio alone
hiho"t diminishing her crop of wheat at all.
cai, grow more iloN than Georgia can cotton.
ia Wow of facts like these, we deem il a
matter 0i special wonder that 30 few invent
urS arc III this most promising of all the fields
nt improvement. Iho'm who would adart
the lliN fibre To the common ,tvlG of ma /
tmneIS and reduce, cNcn.o one half the cost
OF preparing the raw material, would add I'M I
told millions of wealth TO the country. and
would work r., olutior. nrrdlGsy 10 b6 nam
ed. which neither political nor moral mower
foull ever accomplish. -----,|