Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-17
waste. Not SO with baled cotton which de-
teriorates in value the longer it is kept"
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waste. Not so with baled cotton which de-
teriorates in value the longer it is kept"
"Well, now, how about the quality Of your
yarn? Most of the factory men say it is of
an inferior grade" I inquired. Mr.. Strib-
ling replied 81 don't care to puff our own
goods, but think the endorsements we have
received are sufficient to answer that question.
Our yarns actually command premium in
the market. The staple being preserved in
this process perfectly straight, naturally makes
better class Of goods, and works up with
less waste. Mr.. 81. I. Kimball of the Allan
ia Factory, has expressed himself as being
astonished at the quality of our yarns. Yarns
manufactured by this process in Mississippi
received a diploma and medal of honor at
the Centennial Exhibition. State fairs of
Georgia and South Carolina have awarded
premiums to F. E. Harrison, Of Anderson.
vile, s. c., for similar yarns made by him.
Buckingham & Paulsen Of New York, in a
letter to US in December, 1878, state that
they had seen some Of our yarns in Philadel.
phia, and that they were the handsomest
goods they had seen. Again they say, un.
ueE udte VI Ouue, 1C60. 4ueIc dIe uo oette1
yarns made, and they are put up in excellent
shape" Again, under date Of October II,
1879, they say we wish you would make
ns olhipment of yarns to Philadelphia, as we
have an outside trade for it there, and for
superior quality Of yarn, such as you make
US, we can find ready market These are
some of the endorsements we have received,
and the fact that we get % cents for our
yarns is a practical evidence of its standing
in the market"
"But the factory men say you can't make
any of the finer yarns" / said.
"We can make any kinds of yarn" Mr..
Stribling replied. "The spinning machin-
cry is entirely separate from the Clement At.
tachment and we can make any class ofyarns
we please" :. a., :,
Clement Attachment at Andersonville has
stopped, if this is such bonanza ?"
THAT mill has stopped" Mr.. Stribling re-
piled, because Col. Harrison, who ran it, is
dead, and his estate has to be divided and is
not yet settled"
1t is fair to state here that the factory men
who opposed the Clement Attachment all
admitted that they had never seen one.
Upon our return I asked the gentlemen in
the party how they we're impressed. Mr..
Hayes; the gentleman from Texas, said:
II am satisfied with it and am not afraid to
try it, with steam power" Mr.. Osmon Bar.
Der said 81 mean to buy them by june"
Mr., F. E. Barber echoed this sentiment, and
Mr.. Hardin said he was very much pleased,
and after little figuring could tell whether
be would 60 into the enterprise.
My own impression is that if the quality of
the yarn is as good as that manufactured by
the old process, and there is no reason to
doubt that it is, there is at least thirty-6ve
percent net profit in the enterprise after de-
Quoting the cost of production, freights, COM
missions, insurance, drayage and every con.
ceivable expense of sale. think that it will
afford sure and handsome support to one,
two or more farmers who club together and
manufacture their own crops, and for the
very same reasons that large factories pay
better profits than small ones, I don't see
why number of these attachments run to-
gether with the appropriate complement OF
spinning mach aery, should not pay much
more handsome. ? in proportion.
The very dee' interest felt concerning the
new process,is s own by the immense number
of persons who re daily visiting the Wesmin-
ster Mill and riting to the striblings for
information. Mr.. Zimmerman, who keeps
livery stable at Westminster, says he has
during the last few months furnished vehicles
for over FIVE hundred persons to 60 out to
the mill, and has made over $500 from this
source alone. Mr. Stribling told me, as
an evidence of the vast correspondence he
was compelled to carry on in answering
questions, that he had expended in postage
for this purpose alone, $H.
1t will not be many months before the new
process will be thoroughly tested in several
different sections of the country, and the sue
cess or failure of these ventures will definite.
ly settle the question whether or not the Glenn
ent Attachment is to work revolution in
cotton manufacturing interests of the South.
.. ICoNCLUs1oN NEXT WEEK.