The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-03-24
MANY INTERESTING PARTICULARS.


ward OF the city Of Newark, on the banks
Of the passaic, occupying several acres OF
ground, upon which are buildings the floor
ing Of which measures nearly eight acres,
arc situated the largest thread works in The
New World, employing. about fifteen hun
tlred hands and paying ont every two weeks
from sixteen to twenty thousand dollars in
wages, to be distributed by the employees
among different classes and occupations in
the city, and from fifteen to twenty thou
sand per month to other parties here who,
in various ways, arc connected with this
vast establishment. Although having the
largest pay roll OF any employers in New
Jersey, and contributing more to the vel.
fare and prosperity Of the city than all its
financial institutions combined, NC hear lcss
in the newspapers Of this world of wealth
makers than OF ZONE secohd-class money
lending shop on Broad street. 1t would be
useless for my one TO. attempt to trace to
their source al the varied industries which
have entered into the production OF Clark's'
20. \. T." Spool Cotton, which is sold by
every merchant dealing in dry goods, fancy
goods, hosiery, notions, etc, In the United
States, and contains two hundred yards Of
that indispensable article, strong, smooth
and beautiful. tits madeup OF IN asTfa
NEARLY FoRrY-rwo MILLION poUBLISGs,
and yet is 80 fine ms TO be hardly visible. a
few inches from the naked eye. The i'm
mense capital invested in The Clark Thread
Compauys, Works and the vast volume Of
business, amounting to several millions per
annum, extending to every part Of the
United States, is one ofthe principal SOURCES
Of Newark's prosperity. What it is
and the blessings which flow from II, are
not realized by one in thousand Of the
people who dwell within the sound Of their
tower bell. Notwithstanding the large
amount Of money which the establishment
was 10 pour into the hang s Of every, mer-
chant and trader in the city, as events have
shown, the first thing which the City Faith
ers did when these works were being erect
cd was TO tax the bricks and material not
vet shaped into buildings. It was on n
par with the intelligence and appreciation
Of the ..iiF.n ..F '''7,' '''
- REAL SOURCES OF WEALTH, " 90
usually exhibited blythe average politician.
Had il been some trust company or curb
stone broker that asked exemption, it would
probably have been granted. Some idea Of
| The value OF these works to the community
may be had by an illustration Of n thing
which might really happen at any time,
The Clark Thread Company employ, as
stated, about fifteen hundred persons, pay
ing out 10 them sixteen to twenty thou
sand dollars every two weeks. These hun
drcds Of hands pay out that money to the
butcher, the baker, the grocer, the clothier,
the dry goods merchant, and all who have
\ anything to sell get part Of it in some
way, either directly or indirectly. From
! their hands Il goes to pay debts, meet OBJ
? legations and fin the channels oil trade with
7 the circulating mediAm called money, and
which is to business what bloOdis to the
human system, giving it lie, animation
and power. Suppose tonight those works
!, were 49, ...
They are fully insured. The Clark Thread
: Company receive their insurance in cash
4 from their underwriters. They say to
! themselves: Business is dull, sales are
! uncertain, profits are small, the future is
( unknown, and our taxes arc heavy. The
vast business requires close attention aid
persistent energy. We will not take this
money and rebuild the works, but adopt
tho plan pursued by most, moncyel men,
viz: 20 10 Washington, buy government
bonds, bring them home, put them in tin
box, pay no taxes, and sit down Il take our
casc, cat, drink uhd be merry, with no
Thought Of care, supported in luxury with.
out risk by The interest OH our bonds, paid
by taxation OF the producing classes" Can
any man calculate the wide spread ruin
which would i1llVw such n calamity and
course Of action by The Clark Thread
Company? II would lie incNlculable. All
those people who earned money to purchase
what they wanted 10 buy, would &c added
to the list Of pauperS who tn-,lny clamor for
work or bread. Misery, want, -.
STARVATION AND CRIME a.
would DO the fruit Of such n course. But
this is exactly what has been done through
out the country, and explains Why One in
twelve in Newark arc to-day supported by
the city. The productive capital Of the
country, which employed our now idle mil
lions, has been put into government bOndS
! and appalling destitntion and want are or
every hand, and increasing at fearful rate
Labor Is the source Of all wealth and pros
perity, md there is no loss equal to that
which follows enforced idleneSs Of the pro
ducing classes. There ~ no music 70 full Of
Joy and peace and good will to lncn rs the
song Of labor and The miisic OF machinery
Better. far that all other songs be hlishcd
and every note he Stilled, rather than those,
and 10 them we now introduce the reader.
ON THE DOCK
Of The Clark Thread Company, which Ia
five hundred feet long, is mountain Of two
or three thousand tons OF coal, drawn OIL
Of boats nj the wharf by donkey engine
aud the bales Of cotton find their way from
tho same wharf to the brick house, for the
storage OF that precious material, one pound
Of which will make one hundred miles OIL
thread, containing about fOrty.two million
dOublings. The mind cannot grasp the
numerical fact. But four grades OF cotton
are ordinarily used in the manufacture ni
Clark's 10. n. IT, Spool Cotton, and known
rs "sca Island Cotton" This comes prin,
cipally from South Carolina md is grown
OH the small islands along the coaSt. Con,
siderable Is raised on the peninSulus and
around the bays and inlrts, but il IL not
/ equal 10 that OF the EeR islands, which il
tie finest In the world. The first bag oil
this sea island cotton Of the crop OF 1870
was purchased by the Clark Thread Com
pany dt fifty cents per pound. The inland
cotton is not used in the manufacture Of
thread, being too short in the fLer. On
these sea islands were the richest planters
I OF the South In .T-N