The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-01-05

lures of the exhibition. No one
sees this well-known name without
being reminded of auld lang syne;
for as a very old lady remarked a
few days since, 81 have always used
this thread. as did my mother and
grandmother before me-" aud every
lady who gets n sample spool, which
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 ct such a
great expense TO show US something
we here in the south already know
as much about as any house.
hold article we use 2" The an
swer is made: "Wo have re-
ceived many millions of dollars
from our southern customers, who
have always bought this thread in
years gone by; we have also eX-
pended millions in the purchase of
your staple, and our feelings OF
friendliness towards this great dis
tinctiyely southern enterprise have
been so warm since we first saw its
prospectus that we were determined
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 i'm
porting from our mills III Paisley,
| Scotland, as you may see from these
many 'OD1bTe' shades brought down
to correspond with the requirements
of the day, up to the very opening
of this Exposition. We have not
come here for any purpose of
RIVALRY OR COMPETITION
with thread makers, having repu-
tation, which is fully evidenced by
the gold medals taken at the worlds
fairs at London, Philadelphia, Vienna
and Paris but our display is for ex-
| hibition only. 1t is for the people
to sec what we have, and for them
to learn our methods of preparing
our threads for USE"
A SHORT SKETCH OF THE FIRM.
This great house, now in its third
generation, is not like any other
thread manufacturing concerns, a
stock company, but it 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 his native city fine
library. There are at Pawtucket
five mills belonging to this firm, the
fifth of which was built this year
and is 500 feet in length, containing
four floors besides the basement
and having q larger area of floor
space than any other thread mill in
the world. The name of the Origi-
nal firm, which was established un.
der the name Of j. &. p. Coats, has
never been changed, and they are
by far the most extensive spool cot.
ton manufacturers on the globe
Besides supplying about one-half Of
all the six-cord spool cotton sold il
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 ma
chimes exhibited al Atlanta are the
inventions of Hezekiah Conant, o.
Pawtucket, Rhode Island, who is
connected with the management Oi
the American mills.