The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-01-07


running the cotton through the gin as rapidly
as it is now run, IN the necessarily running it
through the picker in the cotton factories to open
and disentangle it, and the continued severe
manipulation it has to undergo in the further
operations Of the extra beating in the lap ma
chine and extra cardng, that. besides the as
certained large amount of waste, some II per
cent, which now flies off in consequence of this
treatment, large quantity of broken, mutila-
ted, and intrinsically destroyed fibre enters into
the yarn, and OF which tits largely composed
And herein stands out in bold relief the great
Improvements, that the waste by Mr.. Henry's
process is diminished at least ten per cent, and
the yarn being made of comparatively unbroken
and unmutiiated fibre, is infinitely stronger, and
finer yards can be made of it with greater case.
We all know the length Of the fibre is what
gives strength to the yarn-and the less its
manipulation the less the fibre breaks, and the
less of the downy substance by which it is SER
rated YOU remove And to this downy sub
stance may be ascribed the adhesion or affinity
of fibre for fibre, which makes the yarn of cot
ton the king oftextes. Then the Improvement:
1st. Presents to the family of man yarn,
all of fifty per cent. better than can be manu-
featured by the present processes, and which
secures W ltSell luc LlHlActS Oi Tic NUilu, uC-
flying all competition.
Cd. The machinery can be conyenignty ar
ranged On the plantation where the cotton is
yinned, and very little additional power to that
which gins will also spin it.
Sd. The machinery working ke7clock work,
with the exception of one skillful carder and
spinner to superintend from one to a half dozen
plantations, the little children on each planta-
ton from eight to twelve years old, and few
of the women not required to work out, will be
fully sufficient to spin up the crop, in addition
to those now employed to manage the gin, and
in weeks time these win learn enough to sue
ceed successfully with it.
4th. The crop can be spun up in season to
withdraw any hands necessary to spring plant
ing, that may aid in spinning.
5th. In effect it will double the exports of the
country, and generate and set in operation new
improvements and enterprises.
We might enumerate, one by one, many 9th
Ell of the numerous improvements resulting from
this invention, but we will simply say, in ad-
dition, that cotton being spun into yarns, is So
compressed that the same number of pounds
that now covers it over a steamboat, exposing
it to wet and fire, can, on the same sized boat,
be slowed and protected nicely under cover
Yarn unlike cotton, is not extra hazardous
and insurance will be lessened on it. The freight
and general charges, being on the pound, as
they will be on an article doubled in value, will
be reduced in the descending ratio one-haIf.-
Sold by numbers in the ports, its frequent sam
pling and turning out for examination, DC, will
be discontinued There is deducted from the
price which the planter receives for his cotton,
wherever he sells, all the losses and charges
on it until it reaches Manchester, and also the
estimated waste on it there, while it is beng
converted into yarns. Hence system which
saves ten per cent of waste, is equivalent to ad-
ding ten bales to every hundred of his crop
Besides the saving of waste to and in the ports.
from damages, sampling, &c, with the saving of
charges, perhaps ten per cent. more, furnishes,
with other stronger considerations, the motive
to determine the planter to the manufacture of
his cotton into varns-and the advantage to con-
sumers is, that the saving of ten per cent of
waste is equivalent to an increase of the Amerl-
can crop of 800, 600 bales per annum.
Commission merchants will rejoice in thclt
commissions on an article double the value,
paying them well to represent the interests OF
their principals.
AS Surat is rendered available in Europe for
yarns, mostly by its mixture with our cotton,
spinning ours up cuts off so much OF the Surat
as is now thus used, from competition with US.
No small advantageSitself. So many valuable
results have already been presented, flowing
Immediately from this improvement, that We
may now allow the minds Of those who under
stand it to pursue its consideration for further
material ones.
Every practical spinner or manufacturer, ac-
quainted with the operations Of the picker, spea-
der and beaters and carders, will at once see
what this new mode accomplishes, and its con-
temptation has been said by those who apprc-
ciate all Of its consequences. to be intoxicating.
! The release Of capital in Europe now en-
ployed in spinning, to be diverted TO the demands
of increasing commerce, and the enormously
increased income of the south per annum, will
far exceed in valuable effects, the discovery of
two CALIFORNIA;.
If the cotton of the south only yinncd, has
set the world in motion, what will 1t achieve
when the planter also manufactures it into yarn?
One word in conclusion, respecting tic con-
sum ptiun of cotton, and its connection with this
Improvement.
It's consumption has been evidently check
ed, by the clear lncompetency OF planters to
produce it. That of last year, when $500, 600
bales of American cotton consumed, be-
sides those of Egypt, B:azils, India, &c, and
without the stocks of manufactured goods on
hand being increased, proves this.
Although England exports about lG0 mil
lions pounds of yarn Il year, she Is eager to
weave up and finish the cloths for consumers,
and hence does not press the yarn trade. The
consumption of cotton yarns in Germany, Rus
sia, south Of Europe, and France, is rapidly on
the increase, and could they command pro-
portion for their consumption equal to what the
British nation or our own consumes to tie head,
if our crops were doubled it would be INSULT
cient to meet it, however, with a yarn superior
to any that can be produced BY any other pro-
cess, ours must distance all competition and meet
ready markets. n. Y. Journal of Commerce.
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WHAT NExr?-By the way in which they
manage matters in the n. York courts, it would
seem that very soon, the only way for man
to commit crime in financial matters, will be
to act honest. The Albany Journal gives an
instance of an attempt tSavoid punishmentfor