Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-22
How Much Thread is Made iu a
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The following article under the above
heading appeared in the Atlanta Constitution
of December 18th, 1881, and the substance
Of it hiss subsequently been issued snd ex-
tensively circulated in pamphlet form by
competitor:
ga prominent advertiser of spool cotton
has furnished some figures in advertising
that he makes sufficient thread every day TO
go four times around the world, upon which
TO form an estimate. Let us see how much
thread 1t takes to go four times around the
world.
"O1e dozen Of thread OF 200 Yards con
tains 2, 400 yards. Now, the world at the
equator is $50 degrees of so l 5 statute
mites or "a 9l2 miles in circumference,
l,760 yards TO the mile, or AZ 345, l20 Yards.
It requires, therefore, 1929 d, zens to go
around the world, ard a daily product If
four times that quantity amounts to % O16
dozens per day, or with three hundred
working days in the year, the prodigious
quantity of 81, 1922, SEQ dozens for one com
psny alone. How they wind It all does not
appear, for the autom attic winding machine
ry, of which they boast that thew have
seventY-eight machines, turning out 900 TO
1000 spools per day. can, at their highest
estimate. turn out As 500 dozens per day, or
I0, OOU, OOU uJ Zei per 6Dnum.
This is one company alone. aud not the
largest exhibitor at Atlanta. How much
thread is made in year? Who knows?"
The manufacturers of Clark's 30. n. T."
Spool Cotton are the "prominent sdverti-
ser" referred to, an1 their advertisement
from which the author quoted reads as fol-
lows:
1.-THE %. n. t. factories at Newark, New
Jersey, snd Paisley, Scotland, employ ), 200
operatives.
"Make suficleutthread daily to go around
the world four times.
"Use coo horse power.
"Cou sumo IS. 0C0 tons Of coal annually, or
40 tons daily.
The manufacturers Of %. n. t. are the
largest manufacturers Of spool cotton in the
world.n
as their production, and the 1906 dozens
per day necessary TO GO around the world
four times, is easily accounted for.
The author of the article in question has
tried, wilfully or otherwise, TO lead the pub
lie To believe that this statement is without
foundation in fact ~ falling to take into
account the produc ion OF the works in
Paisley, Sco,lsnd. Their advertisement dis
timely states that SHE % n. T. factories
at Newark, N J., and Paisley, Scotland,
make sufficient tbresd daily go around the
world four times" aud though this guam
tity may be termed "prodigious, )" It's never
theless correct.
Even had their advertisement read "more
than sufficient thread to go around the
world four times daily" they would still
have been stating the literal truth.
The article also states that the manufac-
turers OF Clark's 80. n. T" are not the
largest exhibitors at the Atlanta Exposition.
II this remark refers exclusively to spool
cotton manufacturers and tie magnitude OF
their production, then they would simply
resffirm that "the manufacturers Of o n.
t. are the largest manufacturers OF spool
cotton in the woTld.n
GEORGE a. CLARK & BROTHER,
Sole Agents in America for Clark's 30. n.
T." spool cotton.
Correspondence between George A Clark
& Brother, sole agents for Clark's 30 n.
T." Spool Cotton, and H. /. Kimball, ESQ,
Director General.
NOVEMBER g. 1881.
"T0 Fl. I Hin6dH. Esq Director General:
DEAR SIR-We herewith withdraw all
our entries for competition at the Atlanta
Cotton Exposition, and will continue our
exhibits for display only. Please to notify
the above change in the proper depart
ments, and obliRe, yours respectfully,
GEORGE A. CLARK s. BROTHER,
"Sole Agents for Clsrk's 20. N. IT, Spool
Cotton"