, 1880-03-09
aI aIENlENT ATTACHMENT.
~. Maohine Destined to Revolution.
" lie tho Cotton Business In
the South.
t,.,,on, and answtn as 10 The Practical Opera.
lion, cost, and 0t1tr rartItu'ars-
And AL bbaul Il.

W., w., and history Of tho Clement Attachment,
~ ~ sl,tcl lie IL tho mntn proprietor. This
,a,,sr ~ was copied throughout thu country,
~. ~ Afr. whitfield l,as lntcfy hail 1t rcpllt,-
s I.had In tie form of q circular, 10 which ie
~. nni,e tie following atlticnda OF questions
md answers:
~, IN answer to tho many inquiries relative to
I'M clement Attachment which are pro-
sorndc,l to me through lcttcrs, sometimes Mt
sSs rntc Of 100 per week, I submit tho follow
W. W. wl;ct I l,nvc compiled as covering NIL
.sn' mn 'tmnnrtatlt points III relation thereto. III
~. an 'connectt0u It will not be improper for
nn tn stpte that the many newspaper articles
rhIct hnre appeared md arc now appearing
ssyc hccu solicited by saftl newspapers, and
1haye never patl fnr tho insertion Of any Of
ihenl.-nor have my agents, To my knowl-
edge. r.... ...,,
,she,i to manufacture these machines? II
so At what place and Mt wllat price,
Answer-1 made arrangements with II.
II Avery, q Et1t-stnnd maker in Memphis,
Tsnn,. to make attachments. 1Io died Of
,elow.feycr III 1873. Tho 1 got tho Car
ycr din antt Machine Company Of tho same
,Ity 10 mike them. Had few nao III
Eor.!, Alabamn, but hive lately matle mr.
mnroplcnts with tho Brltlesburg Ainrufact-
nring Company (ofllco No. 05 North Front
,trcct, philatlelphia), to make complete sets
of new process machinery, with NIL the latest
improvements. The first entire now set
u,ade by them was for r. A. Bar1lcs, Seno'a,
ia, who writes ne his mill will be l1s opora-
lion by tho 1st OF Afarcil next. Mr.. John 5.
sttjbllng. Il. Westminster, $. c., has
nrolnlbch TIC to have a Shop started lnSoutli
Carolina ur Georgla especially for making
attachments and changes OIL the card, a1iu,
ultimately, the cards, drnwlng,iraincs,
speeler aild spinning-f,nnss' etc: Tie ,,s cost
burg would bn about 81 900, and, II bought
nart new a1ld balance good secutfh.llnntl llia-
rriinery, 1t can bo llall for nbout ST. FOO or
$1,000. Two or more sets bought NJ once
"SccoRd-Iiow ,ni,ny splndlesto ono attach
: us'ls As'nls,-Four hundred spIndlcs for, yarns
numbering from eight to fourteen, ana 40 to
too for yarns numbering from fourteen to
!, %Ehi' %Thif'l.-Iiow many pounds Of cotton used
IN n tc11-l,u,tr run?
. Ans,-From b5O to 700 pounds, rs to quality
Of machinery atld thread; H., .nooo ao.o ~,
p'fI Ans'D0no etitire set of machinery requires
400 square feet OF steady Il0or, and an atttc
room for feed table, cleanser, and temporary
''EiHfl 'FEiHftlh@Wlat stcanl-power will drive one
Ar,s.-Seyen to eight horsepower fs ample
for one set Of machinery; and, oil other
spss sfpg o4 sas y cesper esDi tan sfea We
wool IS worth Sits per cord.
SixtA-lIOW many hands, and what Kind,
md tho duty OF each, to tend one Of tho ma
Xns.-scyen to eight operatives nre nec-
essaly to attend one cntiro set OF inach!nery,
ali women and girls oyer 10 years old, and
would be distributed about US folloWS: Uno
upstairs to attend cleanser and feed table;
with half hor time to .spare); two tho spin.
ming frames, aud two tho reels and thread
seyenth-uow many sizes Of yarn will 1t
Xt,s.-1 havc seen 1t make the first quality
qt yarns Of Al! slZcs, from three md one
hatf (carpet filling, to No. 2a md hnve no
doubtit will make No. @o, or finer than can
Eishti,"1s S " isSf tIlis Clements Attachmcut any
Thing moro than tie old hand.spinning ginlly
Ans.3Tho Clements Attachment Of now
process Of converting sset'-cntton directly
into, perfect yarns, Is q cotton factory, re-
Quirlng BteAni or water power, skilled labor,
an expert superintendent two.story bll!id-
lnX. nEu 1,00 6NNnre 1Get or lloor !or Inc
spinning glnny only required fifteen square
feet of floor and negro girl to run It, They
arc rs tlfssiinilar rs tho ordinary cotton MILL
is to tho hand cards and spinning wheel Of
Ninth-Do you consider the model Of this
spinning arrangement quite perfect aud not
susceptible Of great improvements and COIL
scQucntly great cllangcs2
,Ans;-1 iiaye. partly answered. tliis question
elsewhere In this circular. 1t will be OK
traordinary it some additional improvements
are not made. It will do all represent Ill
Its present condition.
ntIs t yor exps5s1fs ,5e e 1na 1rSm os aen
pound Of cotton by spinning into yarn?
] Ans.-rhts depends OH ctrculnstnncea.
Ordinarily, Mlo cntton, when converted into
yaEns. from Nos. to u, is doubled n value.
added aay Is per cent by the conversion. ny
tho now process tic enhanced value should
bo something moro than by the old, for tho
thread Is more stlccny md Mucl, stronger.
than tliat spun from glnned cotton? -
Ans-Yes,, yes. zee foregoIng S circular. i l
am informed that there aro Is ,om looms III
Philadelphia whose groprietoTs DO not ; owl. J
lar1s; and ii Europe the spinning Is done BY
one set Of mills am! the weaving by another,
TWsIfth3po yo% y have 70, to garchassS M cotton
itein, "Tho Ono Objection" An eight
monte' supply OF seell-cott9n must bo held
on tie 1st Of each January: Tho yarns spun
~ 1.9 i9ur mouths will refund tic cost OF the
=, ThiHecnth-Is It your opinion tl!at when
Eaese machines become thoroughly tested
They will suparsetlo gins, and nlake grcat
revolution fr Southern Industries
AN1-Foo. tnynUH the f1nf1Rw DY tnl1ht.