The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-01-07
splnalns Cotton a. Homo.

tween the different ciassrs Of our popu.
lstiohgthe satisfactory settlement oi
our political difficulties and the return
OF intelligence, probity. honor and cha.
racter to their proper functions OF
control, than the use, by neighbor
hoods acting in concert of machinery,
to turn the cotton raised in them
into yarn and cloth. By this means.
if the object could be accom- plished at
rate not higher than that of our best
manufacturing establishments, cotton
would leave the producers hands
charged with oost very little above
that it now bears, and having its vulue
nearly doubled, besides being in such
shape as to largely diminish the
charges for freight, hauling, go. One
twelfth the weight of bale of cotton
Is dirt and refuse stuff. and the freight
has to be paid on it. The great de-
sideratum has been machinery of
moderate cost, capable of being
worked on simple plan by the use Of
small water powers, and in close con.
nection with the gin.houses, whore the
lint is separated from the seed. We
know very we'll that manufacturing.
planting. merchandising, &C., are all DIS
tinot things, and oun be more euccess,
fully followed where each is au exclasiv We
pursuit. Had We the manufacturing
interest developed as it should be, it
might be we'll for tlllers of the soil to
keep strictly to their own business.
But they have to consider the many
peouliarities of their situation and the
disabilities under which they labor as
to manufacturing facilities. The le.
gitimate profits on cotton are cnrtailed
from this cause az we'll as from impedi-
mente in its production. Besides. the
conversion of the staple into yarn is a
simple process. only step beyond
that of its preparation for market by
ginning and packing. Itcan be done,
OF course. much moro economically
before the lint is put up into bales.
In connection with this subject, we
have noticed statement of q new in
vsntion, called elements Attach
ment." from which great advantages
OF the kind we have been describing,
are expected. A committee from one
of the County Oranges Of Mississippi
has made a report upon it's merits.
The author OF this report, Mr.. B. F.
Archer, as we learn from the Rural
CdrOlinian, has published in the
Farmers Vindicator some particulars
and explanations concerning it, which.
if not extravagant. justify the hope OF
a complete revolution in cotton manu-
faoture. The report itself we have not
seen. Mr.. Archer says:
1.-THE Clements attachment is used
upon the ordinary card stand, but no
use can be made Of it unless there il
other machinery in connection with il.
But 1t can be used profitably aud euc-
cessfully with very small outlay. For
instance. suppose man had ten
horse power, of any kind, with good,
comfortable honse that would exclude
the wind. sufficiently large to hold the
spinning apparatus, he could work one
card stand, one double. headed draw
ing frnme. one spider, and about 400
spindles. which, carefully arranged,
would give employment to five or six
children and one or two hands, and
would be quite q nice business. It
cannot be run In an ordinary GIN
house. as some suppose. for where you
manufacture cotton you must exclude
both wind and coi6. hope that our
people will not be over.sighted, but
study this great improvement, with it's
many advantages. carefully, aud en-.
deavor to get at correct understand
ing of it. We set out to destroy, if
possible, the inexorabls middle man,
and bring producer and consumer to-
gether. Here the finest opportunity
presents itself in the one great staple
ever known to any people on earth.
Moro, and better still, all the improved
machinery ever known to man for the
Manufacture Of cotton sinks into in.
signi6oapce when compared to this
one little machine. Nothing. however
good. can compete in safety or quality
Of goods; and venture the assertion,
that the revolution in the manufaotur-
inc Of 'cOtton Oooda pyfll he mora a;opol