Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-02-12

WelgnC anu LracClilty, duu CauotnS az w "ofh
up with less waste whilst baled cotton, stand
ing the same length of time, deteriorates in
market value from one to one anda half cents
per pound, becoming dry, seasoned and brit
tie, losing on the average bale, from eighteen
to twenty-five pounds from dryage, and loses
much from waste in being worked up. The
International Cotton Exchange Of London. in
1876 or 1877, resolved that 'cotton standing
in compressed state for sixty days was in.
iured more than one class or grade"
tits we'll l.known fact that the conversion
of cotton into yarns, numbers 8sto 12s, in
creases its value 100 per cent, and into high
numbers and textiles many hundreds more.
It is also fact, that the South not only pos
sesses all the advantages of the North for
manufacturing cotton, but also has cheaper
land,l food, labor, fuel, building material,
shorter and milder winters, more reliable wa;
ter,power, exemption from strikes, direct re-
clamation for falsely packed cotton; and more.
important than all, an abundant home supply
of seed cotton, that, will not bear long trans
portation, but, can, by the Clement Attach
ment, be converted into better and stronger
yarns than can be made Of baled cotton, anu
at about one-h half the, cost, thus cutting off
and saving all the twenty-seven items of ex-
pense loss, waste, dryage, perquisites, pecnla,
tion, speculation, &C., on cotton in transit from
the field to the factory, amounting as above,
including speculation, to nearly Slot, ,0OO, 600
on the crop of 1875 She would. also reap
the profits Of 100 per cent, for the simple con-
version of the crop into yarns. a r,ss..g
k,,uo nd IN hc
Clement Attachment" says: -, +. 3. e.,
perhaps there are some erroneous opinions
that have taken hold of our people in regard
to this attachment Now and then it is said
that the large manufacturers are opposed to
this machinery. inasmuch as it will work
against them. There was never. a greater
mistake If there were: attachments enough
running to spin up three.fourths Of the cotton
Of the State, the price Of spun yarns would not
be reduced thereby. There is no sort Of
competition between the large factories and
the small ones. ALI sell at good prices every
bunch of yarn, that is made.
"Another erroneous opinion is: that each
farm, or several contiguous farms, may spin
up the cotton after the crop is made, and be-
fore preparations for the next one begin.
This will never be done successfully. Every
machinist will tell you that the way to pre-
serve machinery is to keep it going. Every
successful farmer will tell you that farmers
hands are required every day in the year at
regular farm work. Every cotton manufac-
turer will tell you that skilled and constant
hands are necessary in spinning cotton. Then
if you, wish a Clement mill, let enough far
mers combine to furnish cotton for full work
the whole year round. Managed in this way,
with skilled and careful superintendent, the
Clement machinery will prove a source of
profit wherever established. We would like
to see fifty in Spartanburg. The larger fac.
tories would not object in the least to this for
there is room enough for all, and the demand
fortspun yarns would consume every bunch
made" 5sggtaa .aist- hsirigftf5 ,5s'i Z W,
g6 aiia,ANorHRR ENDORSEMENT. ais!atf
rMraJ.. w. Moore, superintendent Of the
Bluff City Miss Mills, il letter to the ed
itor Of The Patron Of .Husbandry, the organ
of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechan-
ioalt Society, says: @3s2 ~. oRf ohe <1s,4..i
"You. know we have been running only
about two months and q half that5we had no
skilled labor to commence with, except the
gentleman who put up the machine, and is
still connected with the mill, NIB. Smith,
of Nashville, Tenn. and that to organize an
entire force out Of rawyundisciptined material,
to operate cotton factory, it requires time
and patience However, the amount Of pro-
duct of the mill is being increased every day,
and we will soon be able to get full quota OF
work from every department. of the mill. ri
The Clement attachment (Which you know
is the only difference between our mill and
any other, though it supercedes q great deal
of machinery used in the old process mills is
all that its great advocate and owner, Col. F..
E. White6eld, Sr., claims for it. lt,s ..Ag
IF today we had skilled operatives at the
spindles, to spin up the rovings as fast as fur
nished by the three cards and attachments,
we would be making 1S0 to 200 pounds per
day, according to size or number OF yarn.
Three cards, with the attachments, are suffi.
cient for 1000 spindles. Under the old pro.
cess, ten cards would be considered insufficient
by many. ~5f1. &
Our yarn, made from very low cotton, (hav-
ing purchased it late, we got only the last
picking) has been sold in Eastern markets at
full prices. ~. - 900
Our factory has been visited by q great
many owners and managers of other mills,
and the work, especially that of the cards and
attachments, has been scrutinized and exam
ined by them, and pronounced good and SUI
perior. .'.~.. ..... 49,,
can and do say that, after thorough
trial, the Clement Attachment is a success,
without doubt, and so far, have found no
reason whyit should not be universally adopt
ed in the South.
The cost of the machinery and engine go
horse.power) Of this mill did not reach ST., 900,
which also includes pulleys, freights, &c.
THE STRENGTH OF THE YARN.
Mr.. Reese of the Edgefsld Advertiser, who
has recently visited the Westminster mill,
says, 60, ...,, u. ,,.s., ..,.
yarn are truly admirable Entire pieces of
cloth are made of it without breaking a
thread saw single thread of number six,
made here, sustain the weight Of a bunch Of
yarn weighing Eve pounds. 1t is no wonder
then that the company now have orders for
yarn three months ahead, with quotations in
Philadelphia at twenty-five and half cents
per pound. The superintendent AYERS that it
is impossible to glut the market "Loom
shops" are numerous, and they will increase
as fast as the Clement Attachments can be
put into operation" n t5.'t" sE'
The DISTRESS IN IRELAND-All accounts
of Ireland agree that the situation in the dis,
tressed districts is becoming extremely critic
al. A Cork correspondent says that sixty
able-bodied men, with; their families, were, on
Wednesday, admitted to Killarney Work.
house. A woman applied for admission on