The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1854-03-18
Statistics Of Cotton.

The following brief items Of the history of
cotton for about hundred ycars--1730 to
iS3G--wil be read and referred 10 with in
terest:
1880. Mr. Wyatt spins the first cotton yarn
in England by machinery.
17S5. The Dutch first export cotton from
Surinam.
l742. First mill for spinning cotton erected
at birmingham, moved by mules or horses !;
but not successful in its operations.
174o. The fly shuttle generally used In
England.
1866. Cotton velvets and quiltings made in
England for the first time.
1761. Arkwright obtained tho first patent
for the spinning frame, which he further i'm
1868. The stocking frame applied by Ham
mond to making of lace.
1878. A bill passed TO prevent the export
Of machinery used in cotton factories.
1879. Mule spinning invented by Haf.
grave.
1882. First import Of raw cotton from Bra
zil into England
1882. Watt took out his patent for the
steam engine.
1888. 4 bounty granted in England on the
expert G! certain cotton goods.
1886. Power looms invented by DR.. Cart.
wrisht-steam engines used in cotton factories.
1885. Cotton imported into England from
the United States
1885. Bleaching first performed by the
agency OF the oxymuriatic acid.
1887. First machinery to spin cotton put
in operation in France
1889. Sea island cotton FIRST planted in the
United States; and upland cotton first cult
waited for use and export about this nme.
1870. Slater, an Englishman, built the
first American cotton factory at Pawtucket,
r. T..
1892 Eli Whitney, an American, inyents
the cotton gin, which he patents. HgHr
1898. First mill and machinery for cotton
erected in Switzerland.
1899. Spinning by machinery introduced
into Saxony this year.
1903 First cotton factory built In New
Hampshire. ~ e5e r
1905 Power looms successfully and widely
introduced into England.
1907 The revolution in Spanish America
begins to furnish new markets for cotton man.
ufactures. 4aadsaH u
1910. Digest Of cotton manufactures in
tho United States by Mr.. Gallatin, and another
by Mr.. Tenche Cox, Of Philadelphia.
1911. Machinery TO make bobbin lace pat.
ented by by John Burn.
1918. The India trade more free, snd more
British manufactures sent thither.
1914. The power loom first introduced in.
to tine United States; first At Waltham.
1918. Average price Of cotton 81 cents
higher than since 1910. New method Of pre-
pairing sewing cotton by Mr. Holt
1919. Extraordinary price for Alabama
cotton lands atipf ne'an
1920. Steam power first applied with sue.
cess extensively TO lace manufactures.
1872. First cotton factory in Lowell erec-
ted.
1898. First export of raw cotton from
Egypt into Great britain.
1925. In New Orleans cotton at from % to
20 cents per pound. p
1925. Selfacting mule spiuner patented In
England by Roberts.
1927. American cotton manufactures first
exported TO any considerable extent.
1929. Highest duty In tho United States
on foreign cotton manufactures.
1880 About this time Mr. Dyer introduced
a machine from the United States into Eng.
land for the purpose Of making.
1882. Duty on cotton goods imported into
the United States reduced and In England II
Is forbid to employ minors in cotton mills, 10
work moro than ten hours per day, OF nine
hours on Saturday; In consequences they work
at something else. ~
1884. Cotton at III cents. so 0aat
1886 Extensive purchases made made Of
cotton lands by spectators and Others.
1885. Cotton from 1s to 90 cent?
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