The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-05

THE CorrON EXPOSITION.
An Interesting Account OF the j. q y.
Coats Firm, and their Exhibit at
Atlanta


Coats Firm, and their Exhibit at
Atlanta.
ATLANTA, November s.--As the visitor
passes TO the center OF the main building OF
The Cotton Exposition, his attention will
necessarily be- attracted by the immense
sign of the j. & =. Goats spool cotton dis
play. The sign is composed OF over 1000
spools of thread of every tint and shade.
The space off. ~ 7. Coats is at the entrance
from the rotunda TO the east wing, and Is
among the largest and most important
here, and cannot fail to interest the visitor
of every class. 1t covers, properly speak
ing, the space occupied by tie display nom
the Smithsonian Institute sent down by
the State department, to make room ioi
which the agents OF this firm kindly
Welded n considerable area; retaining, how
eyer, enough to make their exhibit one
of the leading features of The Exposition.
No OH, sees this wcll-known name without
being reminded of auld lang syne; for, Us o
very old lady remarked few days. since,
II have always used this thread, as did my
mother and grandmother before me, ana
every lady who gets sample spool, when
is given to all who come, takes to her work
basket an already familiar visitor. The
question is daily asked the representatives
of this house: why have you come here
at such great expense to show as some
thing we here in the South already know
US much about as any household article we
use?" The answer is made: "We have re-
,ceived many millions of dollars from our
Southern customers, who have always
bought this thread in years gone by; we
have also expended millions in the purchase
of your staple, and our feelings OF friendli-
ness toward the great distinctively South
ern enterprise have been so warm since we
first saw its prospectus that we were deter
mined to be among the earliest and most
extensive of its patrons. Another reason
for coming is that since the erection of our
American mills at Pawtucket, Rhode
Island, we are enabled, by closely watching
the markets, to supply thread and match
colors for the ever-changing hues OF fashion
that each season brings in dress fabrics.
This we can now do more promptly than
we possibly could have done in former
times, when we were exclusively importing
from our mills in Paisley, Scotland, as you
may see from these many 'ombre' shades
brought down to correspond with the re-
quirements ofthe day, up to the very OPEN
ing of this Exposition. We have not come
here for any purpose OF
RIVALRY OR COMPETITION
with thread makers, having q reputation,
which is fully evidenced by the gold medals
taken at the Worlds Fairs ut London, Phila-
delphia, Vienna and Paris; but our display
is for exhibition only. 1t is for the people
to see what we have, and for them 10 learn
our methods of preparing our threads for
use.
SHORT SKETCH OF THE FIRM.
This great house, now in its third genera
ton, is not like other thread manufacturing
concerns, stock company. but 1t has
always been. and is now, firm composed
of members of the same family, the present
head of which is Sir Peter Coats, of Paisley,
Scotland. who was 'knighted many years
ago by Queen Victoria in recognition OF his
public spirit in giving to his native
city fine public library. There
are at Pawtucket five mills belonging
to this firm, the fifth Of which was
built this year, and is five hundred feet in
length, containing four floors besides the
basement, and having larger area of floor
space than any other thread mill in the
world. The name Of the original firm,
which was established under the name Of
J. 4 p. Coats, has never been changed, and
they are by far the most extensive spool
cotton manufacturers onthc globe. Besides
supplying about one-half of all the six
cord spool cotton sold in the United States,
they have large agencies in London, Paris,
Vienna, st. Petersburg Cape Of Good Hope,
China and various South American ports.
The winding and ticketing machines cx,
hibited at Atlanta are the inventions OF
Hezekiah Conant, OF Pawtucket, II. L., who
is directly connected with the management
of the American mills.-[C Correspondence OF
the Courier-Journal.