The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-03-03
.sGod bless you.' More of expresse
CLEMENT MILLS.
FIGURES.

Mr.. j. B. Derby, of Atlanta, has
made very interesting compilation Of
facts and figures relative to the Glenn
ent Attachment. 1t includes letters
from different persons who have pnr-
chased and are working tile Clement
system of machinery, statements from
the owners of the patent giving prices,
etc. A significant and Interesting fea-
iure of the matter is that the prices of
as given by the owners In
thei, statements correspond with the
figures which the purchasers say they
puisl for the material. Mr.. Derby has
had the f,rethonght to contrast the es-
Inmates furnished by the owners with
the prices actually paid by bona tde
purchasers. The reader may, there
tore. see for himself and escape all
those dangers of characterization which
notoriously attend the attempt to car.
ry theory into practice. The publica-
ition begins with a series Vt letters to
1.-THE Atlanta Consultation, inclnles in
| ttryiews with Messrs. Stribling, Of
Westminster, South Carolina, e. F.
Harden. of Windsor, North Carolina;
Gricl & Son. of Matthew'S Depot,
North Carolina, and others, who are
! practical men, engaged in the opera
ton of the machinery, and competent
to testify as to any and all details in
connection with it.. In addition to sll
this, we have the views Of such men as
Judge, Henderson, Commissioner Of
| Agriculture, for the State of Georgia,
tending to confirm and corroborate
the statements of. other partiesAthn,
making altogether a concurrence o
testimony which is entitled to the be-
lief of the pnblie. a., aha Is Jss. -.
i The main facts Of interest as regards
the Clement machine are: ...a =.
i First-That it costs less than the or
binary spinning machinery now use g
in New England. -. .
I ,Secondly-That it produces a ia
better and more marketable article u!
reason of its using cotton direct from
the seed, instead IF cotton that ba
been ginned and pressed. - Sa.Aeai
Thirdly-That it can be operate,
j without zekilled labor--is .perfectl,
strong and simple-andi il. therefor
cheap.
Fourtlily-That it will make tn
! South a producer Of manufacture,
goods, and furnish employment t
thousands who are now idlers an
consumers. - s4ag o4 ~, :.
3 Fifthly--That it retains to the pro
) ducers of cotton at least 80 per cen
of the money which now goes to mid
: die men, aud therefore to that exten
! enriches the section. = .'';,'-. q.
B1 Of course we cannot, in the space Z
newspaper article, give even a con
= siderable part, of the, information con
a tanned in this excellent pamphlet. w
{. shall try to give. the. salient points
: aud for all further matter refer on
readers to Mr.. Derby. who has .th
pamphlet for sale at Is cents. Muc
Fcnriosity has been expressed regardin
s the cost Of these machines-the tot.
cost-in, different capacities rangin
upward from the smallest to the lal
: gest. Planters in Louisiana, as q rul'
would have little use for an apparatu
2 capable of manufacturing no mol
than 100 bales year, and at ii
same time, they would not feel wiliin
to pay three, four, or ten times tt
price Of a single machine to get thre'
, four, or ten. times the capacity. :.
= has. therefore, been our. detirs. to g,
authentic figures on these points, SO {
to set at rest all further uncertaint
and controversy, and these figure
!. happily, are furnished by Mr.. Derb,
Let us begin, therefore, with the fs
{ ures on QUO of tue smaller sizes owne
and operated by MIR. G. F. Harden, ,