The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-07
Number 81.
THE CLEMENT ATTACHMENT


We have ordered from Chicago a ster-
| otype plate of the Clement Attachment,
SO often spoken of in this paper-a little
machine that is destined, in our opinion,
to bring wealth to the south by its manu-
| facture of yarn directly from seed cotton
| We will be able to give our readers the
| benefit of this cut, which we get by pay
| ing for it, in our next issue, and will at
the same time give several articles in re-
| gard to this wonderful machine. We do
| this, because we desire, above almost
| everything else, to see Lamar county
well represented in manufacturing enter
| prises. In order to show that we are not
| moved in our advocacy of new process
cotton factories by the promise of pay,
we will state that we do not even know
who owns the ight for our State, and
| that we do not charge a nickle for what
| we say in favor of the introduction of
new process cotton factories, and even if
| we did, we do not know who would foot
I the bills. We did charge one Col. Cole
man, of Little Rock, Ark, who claimed
to own the right for the State for the
| Clement Attachment, twenty-five dollars
| for six months advertising, for lot of
| job printing and quite number of extra
copies of the paper, but have never been
able'to collect that little bill. What we
| have done, and what we may do in the
future in behalf of this worthy enter
prise, comes of desire to see our people
| take hold of their manufacturing interests
and become independent of other sec
tions that are enjoying a wealth Of profit
that of right belongs to US. We want to
see new process cotton factories in Lamar
| county, we want to see the farmers real
| lze tW enty cents for every pound of cot
ton they make, and the way to do this is
for them to put it into yarns, and the
thing is accomplished. We must grasp
the wealth that is SO easily reached, and
| the sooner we all realize this, the better it
will be for us. Then, read all this paper
| will have to say next week in regard to
the Clement Attachment and New Pro-
cess Cotton Factories. This machine is
SO simple that the stupid labor used in
| the South can manage it without diff
Guilty. The invention enables the planter
to spin at a small expense, the raw cot,
ton into thread. 1t is said to clean the
seed more thoroughly than the old GIN
ming machines, and it is estimated that if
it be generally introduced, it will enable
the planter to net twenty five per cent.
more on his cotton, while the money paid
for spinning, instead of being paid to
| the laborer of the South. This machine
of Clements will no doubt create a revo-
| luton in the industrial interest of the cot
| ton States, greater even than was accom-
| pIlshed by the saw gin patented by Eli
Whitney in 1894. The people of the cot
| ton belt have come out of the desolating
gloom created by great and unsuccess-
full war, which overturned the previous
condition of the two races. They nave
mainly reconciled the colored people to
the existing condition of affairs. They
have reduced the debts of their States
until many of their bonds are at par.
They have rebuilt the homes and fences
destroyed by marching armies and have
replaced the destroyed agricultural capi-
tai of their country. The northern ag;i-
culturists should look with envy on the
land where the owners Of the soil control
the State. 1t is the curse of the South
that she cultivates loosely, produces ir-
regularle and wastes half she produces.
In the one item Of cotton, if she would
only spin it with these Clement mills,
and grind the seed with oil mills she
would duuble the value of the seed, and
give employment to nearly double the
number of people now employed in plant
ing and raising the crop. If our people
would only encourage these two indus
tries-if our capitalists would only go in
to such investments-if our farmers
would only club together and establish
them in their neighborhoods-if our me-
hchanics would form cooperative compa-
nies, and build them-we would soon
regain the enormsus wealth we lost with
our sleeves, and the South would become
richer than her most sanguine son can
hope for--PariS North Texan.