The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-12

JuTE.
Practical Steps Being Taken for the
Manufacture Of This Plant
Into BagEinE.

IfnGtiuRi steps Being THken Tor tho
Manufacture OF This Plant
Into Dagging.
Tho following gentlemen. MeAars. John
OhafYe. Thoa. Warren. A. X. Miller, David
Jumes. II. MeAlliater. Vim. Dillon. l. k. Roberts,
II. Dudley Coleman andJ. w. Kirehofr met Ia
ono Of tho rooms Of tho Cotton Exchange for
the purpose Of considering tho eatnblishment of
II jute bngglng manufaetory In this city.
Mr., Chafre was called to tho chair. mud Mr.
Warren requested 10 not 10 secretary.
An interesting article. which appeared In the
last Issue OF tho Country Ttsttof. on the growth
and manufacture Of jute. was read by the sec-
retnry. and much insiRht obtained upon sub
jeet hitherto comparatively little known In this
section.
Mr.. Jamoa who has ueen tho manufacture In
Dundee. said he hnd been fourteen years In
this city and knows that tho soil is capable or
: Iie snw snoeeaeful experiment IN which jute
WAS manufactured. aud n medium article
entorpriee to fall but mishlnnngement. He did
not think tharo would be my nae to
start IL With smaller capital than 800 900.
This would furnish 100 looms to operate with.
Tho work should not commence with less
than 100 looms and e2rresponding number of
lis appnrtpnancea. exclusive OF the building.
would he Thought cost about s6o. 900
Mr.. MeAlt6ter said no had grown and man
ufnetured into In 1ndia. and ran . number. of
mills--one with 100 looms. ono with 400. and
third with 2bo The jute y grown lor 400 miles
along the banks Of the G1anges. The inferior
make a good article Of paper. Jute can be
used Tor almost anything. and there is q tre-
menaous trade done In this country In articles
Mr. Warren. the secretary said It was tho In
tention to 90 Into the manufacture Of plain cot
ton bale bagging and not the finer fabrics. An
eatimate he had received fixed the cost OF ali
tho machinery necessary to the manufacture OF
this course bngging at s37.boo. but no placed 1t
The freight for tho bagginR received from the
East wac equal to SIX tenths OF a cent. He pro-
eeeded to show tho relative capacity Of the ma
ehnery. together with cost, prices. etc. OF the
various fabrics made out Of Iute. Tho cost of
manufacture here. including the pay Of em-
ployes. the cost OF coal. etc, ne placed at ~
Mr.. Dudley Coleman read letters showing the
cost md capacity OF different kinds OF mills.
Mr.. Coleman offered a resolution that COM
mittee Of three be appointed to open corre-
spondenee with manufacturers and ascertain
the cost. capacity. etc.. OF the machinery. Car
The chair appointed Messrs. Il. D. Coleman.
David James and l. Il. Roberts as the COM
Mr.. coleman suggested that when the COM
pany Ia established 1t will not fall Into the error
Of like companies. which had failed before, by
giving high salaries and erecting handsome
buildings.
determination OF a ul1IerenL character was
expressed. and after some desnltory conversa-
ton the meeting adjourned. subject to the call
Of the chair.
From the paper already alluded to some In.
terestlng facts respecting this plant are gained.
It Is native OF India. and for the past fifty
years has been steadily growing In Importance
rs an article OF commerce. 1t sometimes grows
TO the height OF twenty feet, and In some Of the
Indian provinces an acre will yield between two
and three thousand pounds.
utilized; the ashes and leaves make good ma
nure, the stalks are made into baskets or used
as fuel tho seed for oil or oil cake the roots for
fuel and paper. and the silken floss is made into
hats.
During 1879 Great Britain received upwards
of $50, 900 600 pounds of Indian jute out of TO-
tai expectation of LOCO 100000 pounds. and the
United States received about $50 600 900. When
subj cted to certain chemical operations and
mixed with other textiles 1t ts capable OF pro-
dueinR a very fine article. silken and pleasing
TO the eye and touch
In Scotland where the principal manufacture
ing Is dono. 1t is said that upwards Of 60.0O00G0
gunny bags are made annually. besides 250. .d00.-
600 yards OF manufactured jute. Jute butts are
sections OF the lower end OF the plant, twelve or
fifteen inches long. and are found OF great
value In the manufacture OF baing, baRginG
and paper. and the fibre 1t Is which Is woven
Into the finer fabrics.
Jute butts made In the United States are said
to be produced at two and half cents pound,
an finer fabrics at six or seven 1t is said that
the growth OF the plant does not require one
tenth OF the labor necessary In growing cotton.
white u IL four times ae productive. The RxoWth