The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-07-23
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The estimates Of waste in the manufacture va
riea aom 124 to 20 per cent. upon the gross VT,
the LMe. For crop Of four millions Of bales
this would amount to six hundred thousand
bales at fifteen per Gently weighing two hum
dred and seventy millions OF pounds, or one hum
bred and thirty-five thonsand tons, on which
the American manufacturer would certainly
avoid the expenee of marine freight and insur-
ance, besides other charges.
= He would pay freight ON his goods if ship
ps Il across the ocean, but it would be even if at
the same rate per pound as the new material
certainly Of one half the per centageso Of value
1t would be somewhat like a shipment of hair
springs for watches, instead OF the same weight
OF crude iron. go -. 81 ~.
"A constant objection made to the introduc-
ton Of the cotton manufactare into new local-
ties, especially new Southern localities, is the
. want OF skilled labor.
+ There is great mystifcation. made in this
matter *. ef 80 ..rss'z''..s
!. A thread of cotton yarn is only cylinder of
cotton fibres, combined by a, certain twist,
which varies for different grades of cotton, and
for different species Of yarn. {,
In its perfect condition, it must have the
qualities Of strength, elasticity, cleanliness,
good color, evenness and a proper twist.
It can have nothing more, and when it has
all these qualities, it is simply perfect.
T There is truly required great degree OF
skill in order to insure all these qualities, but
the skill demanded is that of the maker of the
machinery and of the foremen and directors of
the manufacturing processes. The persons
employed are principally young children, whose
years would not allow them to have acquired
any very marvellous degree of skill in the coar-
ser grades of the manufacture.
If the machinery is Of first-class, and if the
experts who have charge Of it, are really COM
petent and faithful in their performance Of their
duties, the operatives, SO called, will in a few
months acquire, under discreet and wise SUI
pervision, all the necessary skill.
There has been great deal of good honest
breath, wasted in this cutlery about skilled la
bor..e There is really nothing sound in the OBJ
lection so constantly reiterated.
! The modern American Ring spindle is now be-
ing successfully operated at speed Of 5000
| revolutions per minute, on No. 80 and No. 81
yarn. e4
The highest spindle speed We find stated in
Tie Manchester works upon spinning, is 1000
| revolutions per minute in the se1f-acting mule,
which is the favorite mode of spinning in Eng
land.+s~ 49,
I This machine has an intermittent action. It
spins rapidly while the spindles are receding
4 from the frame of the machine. At the end OF
its course, every thing comes to dead STOP
The spindles are then turned backwards, a few
/ revolutions, and the carriage approaches the
frame again, winding up the yarn already
spun, upon the spindle itself.
r. With the American Ring frame, there is none
Of this ,stoppage. With spindle speed equal
I to that of the mule SPINDLE say 1000 per min
ute, its operation is continuous from morning
until night except for 1.-The time necessary to
I remove the full bobbins and to replace them
with others which are empty.
@This requires about q minutes for frame
Of 1eo Ari'nlas- about four or five times daily on
No. "A yarn, ten to fifteen minutes per day
It's production must necessarily be much grea-
ter than that Of the mule.
In addition to this, more frame spindles can
1 be placed upon Hoor space, than Of the mule
spindles. They require some more power, but
the consumption Of power has been rapidly di-
minished in the last few years.
For very fine numbers the mule seems to be
indispensably necessary; but forsuc numbers
as suggested. to "a, the modern American
Ring frame is incomparably superior to the
mule. - ~
:. The day is surely coming, and rapidly, wleE
the American spinner, with his modern high
speed spindle, will compete successfully with the
English Mule spun yarn in the markets Of Eu-
rope and OF the far East. -.
Why not in Virginia? Why not at Staun-
ton? She has all the necessary requisites ex-
cept population and wealth to become second
Manchester.
She may possess both in time.
| . So mote it be-
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