The Red Cloud chief., 1877-03-22
CliRkS o. n. 7. SPOOL COTTON

Ioi6cSt WuIhS Jul t"6 Nc" "V''"
Acres Of Splendid Buildings
Forests Of Wonderful Machinery
THE PROCESS OF MANUFACTURE
Down in the Cotton Fields
THE EMPLOYEES SOCIETIES
The Clark Hose Company
A GRAND RELIEF SOCIETY
The Renowned Eureka Club
AND THE THIsTLE BAND
The New York House
MANY INTERESTING PARTICULARS
At the foot Of Clark street, in tn,
Eighth ward Of the city of Newark, or
the banks of the Passaic, occupying sew
eral acres OF ground, upon which ART
buildings the flooring Of which meas
ures nearly eight acres, are situated the
largest thread works in the New World
employing about fifteen hundred hand:
and paying out every two weeks from
sixteen to twenty thousand dollars in
wages, to be distributed by the EN-.
plOyees among different classes and &C.
equations in the city, and from fifteen
to twenty thousand per month to Other
parties here, who, in various ways, are
connected with this vast establishment
Although having the largest pay roll OF
any establishment in New Jersey and
contributing more to the welfare and
prosperity Of the city than all its finan-
cial institutions combined, We hear less
in the newspapers Of this world OF
wealth makers than of some second.
class money lending shop on Broad
street. 1t would be useless for any one
to attempt to trace to their source all
the varied industries which have en-
tered into the production Of a spool of
Clark's o. n. T. thread, which is sole
for six cents and contains two hundred
yards of that indispensable article,
strong. smooth and beautiful. 1t is
made up of
NEARLY AZ MILLIONS DoUBLINGs,
and yet is 30 fine as to he hardly visible
a few inches from the naked eye. The
immense capital invested in The Clark
Thread COmpany's Works and the vast
volume of business, amounting to sev-
eral millions per annum, extending to
every part of the United States, is one
of the principal sources. of Newark's
prosperity. What it is and the bles-
sings which flow from it, are not re-
allied by one in a thousand of the people
who dwell within the sound of its tower
bell. Notwithstanding the large amount
<f vpAnn0r u,hsnh tho ocfnh1tohnnAn uync
to pour into the hands of every mer-
chant and trader in the city, as events
have shown. the first thing which the
City Fathers did when these works
were being erected was to tax the bricks
and material not yet shaped into build
ings. 1t was on a par with the intelli-
rpnce and appreciation of the
REAL SOURCES OF WEALTH,
sually exhibited by the average pOliti-
ian. Had it been some trust company
or curbstone broker that asked exemp-
ton, it would probably have been gran
ted. Some idea of the value of these
to the community may be had by
an illustration of a thing which might
really happen at any time. The Clark
Thread Company employ as stated,
about fifteen hundred persons. paying
out sixteen to twenty thousand dollars
every two weeks. These hundreds of
hands pay out that money to the butcher,
the baker, the grocer, the clOtheir. the
dry goods merchant, and all who have
anything to sell get q part Of it in some
way, either directly or indirectly. From
heir hands it goes to pay debts. meet
and fill the currents of trade
the circulating medium called
and which il to business what
blood is to the human system, giving it
life, animation and power. Suppose to-
night th0se works were
DESTROYED BY FIRE.
They are fully insured. The Clark
Thread Company receive their insur-
ance in cash from their underwriters.
They say to themselves: Business is
1ull, sales r uncertain, profits are
small, the future is unknown, and our
are heavy. The vast business re-
close attention and persistent en-
,rgy. We will not take this money and
the works. but adopt the plan
pursued by most mOneyed men, viz: 90
20 Washington, buy government bonds,
BRING them home. put them in a tin
BOX, pay no taxes, and sit down to take
ease, eat, drink and be merry, with
10 thought of care, supported in luxury
without risk by the interest on our
bonds, paid by taxation of the pro-
classes. Can any man calculate
he wide spread ruin which would fol-
Ow such a calamity and course of &C
ion by The Clark Thread Company d?
It would be incalculable. All those
who earned money to purchase
what they wanted to buy, would be ad-
led to the list OF paupers who to-day
;lamOr for work or bread. Misery, want,
STARVATION AND CRIME
would be the fruit of such a course.
But this is exactly what has been done
the country, and explains
Why one in twelve in Newark are to-
supported by the city. The pro-
capital of the country, which
employed III now idle millions, has
,een put into Government bonds. and
appalling restitution and want are on
very hand, and increasing at a fearful
ate. Labor is the source of all wealth |
md prosperity, and there is no loss |
quail to that which follows enforced
dleness of the producing classes. |
There is no music SO full of JOY and
'eace and good will to men as the song
f labor and the music of machinery.
Better far that all other songs be hush
d and every note be stilled. rather than
hose, and to them we now introduce
he reader.
ON THE DOCK
1 the Clark Thread Company. which !
five hundred feet long, is a mountain
+ two or three thousand tons of coal,
rawn out of boats at the wharf by q
onkey engine, and the bales of cotton
nd their way from the same wharf
D the brick house, for the storage of
hat precious material, one pound of
Thich will make one hundred miles of
bread, containing about fOrty.twO
d0ublings. The mind cannot
rasp the numerical fact. But four
rades of cotton are ordinarily used in