Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-03-22

one Of the principal sources of Newark's pros.
perity. What it is, AID the blessings which
flow from it. are not realized by one in a'thou-
sand Of the people who dwell within tue sound
Of tlIeirtower bell. Notwithstanding the large
amount Of money which the establishment was
to pour into the hands eff every merchant and
trader in the city, IS 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 intelligence and
appreciation Of the
REAL SOURCES OF WEALTH,
usually exhibited BY the average politician.
Had it been some trust company or curb
stone broker that asked exemption, it would
probably have been granted. Some idea
the value of these works to the community
may be had by an illustration Of \ thing which
might really happen at any time. The Clark
Thread Company employ, a. stated, about If
teen hundred persons, paying out to them six-
teen to twenty thousand dollars every two
weeks. These hundreds Of hands pay out
that money to the butcher, the baker, the gro-
Ger, the olothier, 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 it goes to pay debts, meet
obligations and fill the channels of trade with
that circulating medium called money, IN
which is to business, what blood is to the hu.
mansy stem, giving It life, animation and pow.
er. Suppose to. might those works were
DparRoven nv vYRR
They are fully insured. The Clark Thread
Company receive their insurance in eash from
their underwriters. They say to themselves
"Business is dull, sales are uncertain, profits
are small, the future IS unknown, and our
taxes are heavy. The vast business requires
close attention and persistent energy. W. will
not take this money and rebuild these works,
but adopt the plan pursued by most moneyed
men, viz: 90 to Washington, buy government
bonds, bring them home, put them in . tin
box, pay no taxes, and sit down to take our
ease, eat, drink and be merry, with no thought
of care, supported in luxury without risk, by
the interest on our bonds, paid BY taxation Of
the producing classes" Can any man calcu.
late the widespread ruin which would follow
such calamity and course of action by tue
Clark Thread Company It would be meal
culable. All those people who earned money
to purchase what they wanted to buy, would
be added to the list Of paupers who ~ day
elamor for work or bread. Misery. want.
STARVATION AND cRIxE
would be the fruit Of such course. But this
is exactly what has been done throughout the
country, and explains Why Que in twelve in
Newark are to-day supported by the city.
The productive capital Of the country. which
employed our now idle millions. has been put
into government bonds, and appalling destitu-
ton and want are on every hand, and inereas-
ing at fearful rata. Labor Is tho sourceof all
wealth and prosperity, and there ID no loss
equal =, that which follows enforced idleness
Of the producing classes. There Is NO music
50 full Of joy and peace aud good will to men,
a. the song Of labor and the music of machine.
~. Better far that oil other songs be hushed,
and every note be stilled, rather than those
and to them We now introduce the reader.
on THE DOCK
Of The Clark Thread Company, which Is five
hundred feet long, is 4 mountain Of two or
three thousand tous ofcoal, drawn out Of boats
At the wharf by 4 donkey engine, and the
bales Of cotton lind their way from the SAME
wharf to the brick house, for the storage Of
that precious ma'erial, ono pound Of which
will make one hundred miles Of thread, con-
timing about forty-two million doublinSs.
The mind cannot grasp the numerical fact.
But four grades OF cotton are ordinarily used
IN the manufacture Of Clark's 80 N. T."
Spool Cotton, and known ~ I" Sea Island Co..
ton" This comes principally from South
Carolina and Is grown on the small Islands
along the coast. Considerable u raised on the
peninsulas and around the bays and inlets,
but it IL not equal to that Of the ses islands,
which isthe finest in tho world. The arst bag
Of thissea island cotton Of tho crop Of 1876 was
purchased BY the Clark Thread Company At 1T.
" cents per pound. The inland cotton il not
used in the manufacture OF thread, beirg too
short in the fiber. On these ssa Islands were
the richest planters Of the South in
TEE OLD SLAVE oAxs,
many Of them having ~ high - six hundred
slaves, and compared with whom ths fsadal
lords Of England wsrs children IN luxury,
hospitality, and elegance. But to-day al I
changed. Those vast estates ars cut up into
small plantations, many OF them owned By
the negroes, who now call no man master.
They bring In their seasons product. some-
times on mule, and again in large quantities.
Brokers on the ground or q the landings
buy and pay the negroes for their cotton, often