The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-01-15
SHIRTS AND DRAWERS.

| SHIRTS AND DRAWERS.
In the manu- acture OF these two items, as
in that OF the coats and pantaIoons, we come
to contemplation OF the sources from which
mlterials obtained and the great interests
aud numbers Of hands employed in furnish
ing it. The requirements [or shirts is good
quality Of domestic flannel, 81 Of yard
wide. This is supplied bv our wooden mills,
but we can pretend to give no idea OF the
nun ber o f'eces tn farmer has clipped, nor
the amount Of machinery and number oi
hands employed in tie manufacture. Draw
ers made Of canton or cotton flannel the raw
material Of which is supplied bv portion o
i the country farther South, and nv machinery
and labor entirely different from that which
| finishes the wool Each soldier receives
three shirts and two pair Of drawers per
year Consequently, for the clothing Of one
hundred thousand men, he numbers below
would he. in each instance. douhled.
For 100000 shirts 275 600 wards of fan
nnl are required 100000 metal b ttons and
2 5000 skeins white lnnen thread, the last
item being emror'ed.
10 make up 100 900 shirts would give EN-
| plovment to fonr cutters at SIS per week for
three months and 400 women. with Sewing
/
| For 100 00N pairs ofdrawers 250,0O0 Yards
canton h nnel are required. 300 90 metal
Init ons and 700 skeinS white Imam thread
Their mann ac'nre employs 10 cutters, thr
months at $15 per week, and 800 women.
with sewing machines. ~ 81 so pr week.
PANTALooNs.
The regulation requirement for pantaloons
is dark blue kersev, but gnvernmunt is SC
cepting roth light and dark blue, light blne
cadet, brown and black satinets and Sleeps
gray, as the capacity OF the mills is not suf
ficien. to furnish the regulation cloth. To
give an idea Of the extent and importance of
this branch OF industry, we give the sia'iG-
tics of wooden mills in this country, in 1880:
The value oi w0olen manufactures in 1850
was over $40 900 coo; pounds o. wool used
67.792 829; nuutb@r Of yards c'oth made, 81
2O2, COZ In addition 10 this. there IS la
boz employed in the manufacture OF kind cf
cloth called ''sho1dy," the material OF which
will show Whist bee mes o the 'old clothes"
The old clot hes ATE ri ped TO pie, es ard di
vested Of buttons and agoin pick pinto wool
by machinery md r. manufactured into cloth,
to which has le'n gwen the name shoidy. -
A great proper ion OF coarse clothes contain
more or less shoddy material.
One bundled Thousand pairs OF pan'aloons
would require 2500u0 yards Of cloIh, go,
900 yards twnled jeans, 500 COO skeins lin
en- thread. To make up th ma eral would
employ 40 cutters, $40 each per week, for
th,ev months, and 800 women and machines
at S3 per week for the same time.
For cavalry pantaio oons better quality OF
cloth is used. ard the number OF cutters and
makers would be nsiierahly increased from
the addition OF straps and strap buttons.
COATS.
There are several kinds of coats manufic.
tured for the army: infantry uniform, infant
ry overcoa,s, cavalry and artillery jackets and
overcoats. The requirement for inipntry
informs coats is dark blue kersey, one and
one half yards wide. ne hundred thou
sand coals would require 10000 yards OF
cloth. 10000 yards of alpaca III body Inning
as 600 unbea oh muslin for sleeve Innings,
so ufO Yards black twiiled silloia for pockets
100000 large buttens, 100000 small but.
tons, 300 600 hooks and eyes, 300, yards |
blue worsted cord, l25 900 yards bul ton bale |
twist. 10000 skeins silk, 100000 skeins
linen thread, and 1900 yards brown hol-
land Tor stays. To make them up would
give three months employment TO fifty cut