Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-02-22
How Mucb Thread is Made in a Year.

How Much Thread is Made in a Year.
.aThe following article under the above
head appeared in ''The Atlanta Constitu-
tion. ~ of December 18th, 1881, and the SUBJ
stance of it has subsequently been issued
and extensively circulated in pamphlet
form by competitor:
"A prominent advertiser of spool cotton
has furnished some figures in advertising
that he makes sufficient thread every day to
90 four times around the world, upon which
to form an estimate. Let us see how much
thread it takes to go four times around the
world.
One dozen of thread of 200 yards con-
tains 2, 400 yards Now, the world at the
equator is $50 degrees of 60 1-5 statute
miles. or "a, 912 miles in circumference,
I, 76O wards to the mile, or 43, 345, 100 yards
1t requires, therefore, 1929 dozens to go
around the world, and daily product of
four times that quantity amounts to 1906
dozens per day, or with three hundred
working days in the year, the prodigious
quantity of u, 922, 800 dozens for one com
pany alone. How they wind it all does not
appear, for the automatic winding machine
ry, of which they boast that they have
to 1000 spools per day, can, at their high
est estimate, turn out As, 500 dozens per
DAY, or IL, $50, 0G0 dozens per annum.
This is one company alone, and not the
largest exhibitor at Atlanta. How much
thread is made in year? Who knows ?"
The manufacturers of Clark's 80. n. l."
Spool Cotton are the appointment adver-
tisers' referred to, and their advertisement
| from which the author reads as follows:
| ''The so. n. T. factories at Newark, New
Jersey, and Palsy, Scotland. employ 200
| operatives.
Make sufficient thread daily to go around
| the world four times.
; Use 5000 horse power.
| Consume 43, 900 tons of coal annually, or
| 140 tons daily.
| The manufacturers of 80. N. T." are the
| largest manufacturers of spool cotton IN the
world
The discrepancy between what is alleged
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. willfully or otherwise, to lead the
public to believe that the statement is with
out foundation in fact by failing to take
! into account the production of the works III
| Paisley, Scotland. Their advertisement dis
tinctly states that the %. n T. factories
at Newark, n j., and Paisley, Scotland,
make sufficient thread daily to go around the
world four times" and though this quantity
may be termed ''prodiglous," it is 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.
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turers of Clark's 30. N. T." are not the
largest exhibitors at the Atlanta Exposition.
If this remark refers exclusively to spool
cotton manufacturers and the magnitude OF
their production, then they would simply
e-atfirm that ''the manufacturers of 80
n. T." are the largest manufacturers o!
spool-cotton in the world"
GEORGE A. CLARK & BROTHER
Sole Agents in America for Clark
so. n. T. spool cotton.
Correspondence between George A. CLARK
& Brother, sole agents for Clark's so. n
T." spool cotton, and III. 1. Kimball, Esq.
Director General.
NOVEMBER 20, 1881.
To Fl. T. KIMBALL, Esq, Director General
DEAR SIR We herewith withdraw al
our entries for competition at the Atlant,
Cotton Exposition, and will continue on
EXHIBITS 1of dlspiay only fIease TO notlf.
the above change in the proper depart
ments, and obhge,
Yours respectfully,
GEORGE A. CLARK & BROTHER,
Sole Agents for Clark's SO N. T." Spoo
Cotton.
REPLY.
NOVEMBER 20, 1881.
To GEORGE A. CLARK & BROTHER,
Clark's 80. n. T." Thread Exhibit.
DEAR SIRs Your favor of Novembe
( goth is received. and will give it the atten
t ton you desire. Trusting that you may fin
full and complete satisfaction in the contir
, uation of your elegant display, am
Y Very respectfully,
1 H. T. KIMBALL, Director-G General