The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-02-22
HOW Much Thread IL Made IN n
AeIr.

The following Al ticle under the above
beading appeared il the Atlanta Consti-
tuition, of December 18TH, 1881, and the
subs ance Of ii has subsequent y been
iss " d and ex ensively circulated in
pamphlet form 10y ii competitor:
"a prominent adyertis of spool cot
ton has far: lshed $ line figures n adver-
tls'n2 tna he ma rs suiiic eni thread ey
cry day to go four times ar, Ii. d the world,
upon which t. form an stina e. l.
us r. how much Uhr ad il takes o go
four lin $ a:oun t e wo.l ID
One dozen Of thrsSd Is 600 - " IN.
I,f0O yards to the mile, or 433I5 III
yards. 1t requires, therefore. 900
! dozens to go around the world. and -
ually product of four times that nnart;tv
amounts to 1906 dozens per dny nr
Win three hundred working DAYS in tho |
year, the prodigious quantity Of y 90
ooO dozens for one company alone Hnw
they wind 1t all does not appear, for tha
AUTOMATIC winding machinery. of wb ~,
they boast that they have seventv-e;,,ht
HAacLlheS, turning out 6,0O0 to 71O0
spoons per day, can, at their HIGHEST
estimate turn ont 1850 dozens per dsX.
vi do,ooV dozens per annum
Inns Is one company alone. and not
she largest exhibitor at Atlanta. How
! thread Is made in yea? Who
knows?" VINO
{, Inc manufacturers of Clark's CONT,
2pooi Cotton are the "pOminent ud,,or. e
users referred to, and their advertise
nent from which the author ountaJ
reads as follows: ''-'' quoted
Ihe "ONI' factories at Newark Naw
'ers"ey' and Paisley, Scotland, emnlov y
,2Ou operatives. i'i"S
Make sufficient thread daily TO 90
r3udd the world four times. ~ So
use 5000 horse powet.
Consume 1900 tons OF coal on,,,,oI1,.
40 tons daily. '''''l''
Inc manufacturers of CONT" ara
le largest manufacturers of SPOOL omt-
IN III The world" 'i o"'-
me discrepancy between what is al.
g 3 as their production, and tba =,
100 dozens per day necessary to ,,o Iii
ouhd the world four times. is eosi1,,
counted for. 10 e'iSily
&c "9tl' OF the article in cues ion
: led, wllfully rr otherwise IN lo"I
publlc to boiieve that TINS s at m NJ
"lLhout iounGat.o H N ia t by faIIing -
'"k INTO account The prodnction e
",rAS III P.lsley, SEQ lard. Tbair
VeTt' emeHt dist city sta as tbn,
&c ~ n; l. factoIis at Newark. Nj LO
u alSiey, > otland, max. sufIicie,
eau daily to go around the worl
go INES and though this quantity
DC termed "prodigious,' - it is never,
less correct. 'o'ei-
wen had their lvertisemeut rand
ore tnan sufficient thre ID TO "o
u u q me world our times daily" tbey
ia stlll have be II st ting the literal
he article also states that tbe mann
1rers OF Clark's 90. n. r." are NOT No
largest exhibitors at the Atlanta de
-, TINS remark refers exclusively 70
'i-cottona manufacturers and +ho
, OF their produ ton, then tbnv
III simpl reaffirm that "the mann,
lfers OF %. N. T. are the larao"t
' ! !, of spool cotton in tha --
GEORGE A, CLARK & Brother
agent III America for Clark's 90 N g.,
between George
: * =, D,,fother, sole agent for CIark's
" y, l. spool cotton, and Ii. |. Kim
Esq, Directors General.
NOVEMBER %, 1871
! l. hiMBALL. ESQ, Director Gen.
AR SlR:-We herewith Withdraw
+ entries for competition at the
"a exposition, and will continue orr Come
i'S Ior qlSpiay only. Please 70
,ne above change in the proper
,iments, and oblige.
ours respectfully,
GEORGE A. CLARK & Bro
Cotton. w. l.
REPLY.
NOVEMBER %, 1881,
oRGE A. CLARK ( BRoTHER Have
rk rs $ ~ n. L." Thread Exhibit pa:el
~ our favor of November
iecelVed' and will give it the
IN y0n desire. Trusting that Won
u ltill and complete satisfaction
continuation of your ELEGANT -----
L am, Very respectfully.
hLNBALL, Director General
'lng to the above, the agents of Shoe-pol
70. N. L." spool cotton Womb
Ce I.lat, after they went to AT.
icy io'hd That none of the lead
niacturers of spool cotton were
Tor competition; therefore thew
all their entries from compe,
My. iii'i' ior
was, therefore, no competition
cotton, or spool cotton ma
e: :' s e.: :: e: e.; : IS: John
red, and of course any EYe aw nS,is 81 A
lded where there was no com.
re very empty honors indeed.
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