St. Landry democrat., 1880-01-17
.4enRcEae attachment Again.

ASskAcsee -atsssC.isss2ssd a I.EsallEs
New Orleans Uetnocratl
Inc Clement attachment continues [
5ttfact aJjchtlon II t!lf South, especial
: III Georgia and the Car0Iinas I'll
news OF an InVentlon having been mad
tllat Dr0mlSed to add to the Dr1uucliy
power and moncyeG wealth Of the Got
tOlls States naturally anDralrti rtx th
interests and ambitions Of ,h.g y0ltoI
Eaantln% community Reading "iI,
IhlhkInS Dl@n il every quarter 8untyt
n TO know more about lhIs Clement at
eacllment, tor which SUCH gieat result
We're claimed. Would it. rs staiph
enable Che South TO do its own spinning
ANA, instead oi Scndln& It's crop K Harka
III thC cid form Of bttled liui, with al
Cile cuhIllat'u& charges f0rfueighs draw.
age, compress, brokage, ETC. uucomu it,
9Nli spinner, anG so Keep The millions ni
OoliArS new resigned to Manciitsterard
/ New tnGiandR Would it epaiatr IN,
cotton growing districts to grOli,. tiicng-
selves &ntO central mill nel4hlJ0rbr,u,;
"nG thus retain 10 themselves The ad
Ndntagt& accTuIug t. that ui.djt;0i,2l
lnaustly-and all this az i; protit tu fhe
producer as well as to the spinDr. 2
leae We're OF courage. Important and
StiillS Questions among Southern DeuDie
10 whom the problem Of prosperity is by
; nc means Easy Of solution. II Sritnra
and progress had indeed brought stlt,1.
an opportunity within our reach. then
IL were We'll to assure ourselves Of the
tacts ana 10 make suc1l effort as might
| De possible to apply it to Dur service
! ana enrichment
!'lucn has been saiG and written on
tiis topic within the past few months.
10 1as enSaSeu tile attention OF the
.,s"oihS Eastern papers, notably of the
1"e" oIk dimes, Which paper has
come 20 Sle concluslolis after 4raretui
inquiry, that the day cannot be far
distant when the cotton laisef in thn
South Will be spun there also. beyond
all hope Of competition by the spl1uers
OF hhode Island and Connecticut. This
IS, of course patent lt is reasonable
20 suppose that cotton can be more
cheaply and advantageouSly manufac-
tured on the ground where it iA grown.
than by sending 1t long distances in its
cfude state AND at the great and innu-
ineraDle expenses which attend the
handling OF that staple an the planta-
tlon pale. Hence ii there be an ap-
peratuS within the means of to larger
planters ana capable 3f being worked
prolltably III connection with che ore
dlnary gin, it follows ine itabIy that !
the South will reap enormous adyane
tages by adopting it.
AN Interesting commentary upon thss
phase OF the question is now In print I
from the Commissioner OF Agriculture
Tor the State of Georgia, who has. ir
pursuit OF his official duty, taken the
trouble to examine personally into the
character and merits OF the Clement
He has visited two or
three places where the attachment is in
practlcai operation among others that
OF MI. j. Strlbllng, OF Westminster, 5.
u, and mere he has taken notes of all
maternal facts hearlng upon the tnan-
cial aspect oil the matter. He finds tiIats
a pound OF Int cotton costing ten cents
Is converted by this little machine into /
a pound OF yarn which sells readily at
seventeen cents. This is not theoly,
out the plain TACT, as he saw it exeln-
pilileu with his own eyes, and upon this
tact he bases a simple little calculation,
the factors OF which he obtained from
actual observation. He finds in the firsf
place that the attachment used by Mr.. t.
represents a permanent in
gestment Of 5000. He finds in the next
place that it has capacity of 150, 600 !
pounds OF seed cotton, or 81, 900 pounds /.
IT lint. He next estimates q hoaany
;apltal OF $4,000, invested in the purchase ,
IT this amount of cotton, upon vhichy !
however, he calculates interest for onjv ;
'lX mouths, since the product Of the !
machine Is being constantly converted !,
nto money. 70 this he adds the nee :
'ssaiy estimate for labor and contingent !
expenses, with the following result
interest six months on floating capital OF !
SoGoO StT5 l.
interest year on pern.tnent invest 90
labor, eight hands, coo days, at 50 cea,s :
py per uay :--....---,..----..-.-, 12G0
contingent expenses. s.---.-........-.. $50 Q
.... zl575 t
ASainst which set profit of cents per =
pound on $4,000 poutlds lint cotton.-... $500 =
'eaVlng Balance in favor Of the ATTACH !
Iueiit Or 1925 {
Alr. Henderson states that his esti- h
mates for labor and contingent expenses f
re sliglaly in advance OF the figures f
ctually incurred BY Mr.. Siribling, but b
e employs them as being applicable TO p
he prevailing rates in Georgia. His $
cry logical and temperate conclusion @
rom all this is that there is profit D
nough involved tosatisfy any reasona- Il
ie man, but 1t Is positively startling to Il
olloW him in the extension OF the cal :,
ulation SO as TO include the entire cot Al
)n crop Of Georgia, and to set down in L
cures che amount of money that would
9 added to the wealth of the. State if q
le adoption OF the Clement Attach-
lent. either on a large OF {. small scale,
louId become universal. Nj. Hender- n
)n does not counsel any one to invest e,
pom the strength Of his statement. He
Ierely tells what he himself saw, gives d
'me naked statistics and draws con- Il
uslons satisfactory to himself. He Inn
tVlses Others to do likewise, but mean f
hite II IS evident that Mr. Henderson, te
ke every one else who has any practi- s.
i knowledge in the premises, is CON Il
need that for the Soutiis there are Sc
1lllons in it. Elsewhere we publish OF
+. HendeTsp's letter in full. OF
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