Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-02-19
How Much Thread is Made in a Year.

1.-The following article under the above
head appeared in ''The Atlanta Constitu-
tion," of December 18th, 1881, and the sub
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
go 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 50 LIS statute
miles, or "a, 912 miles in circumference
1,760 yards to the mile or 43, 345, l20 yards
1t requires, therefore, 1929 dozens to go
around the world, and daily product of
four times that quantity amounts to 3,076
dozens per day, or with three hundred
working days in the year, the prodigious
quantity of q, 922, 500 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
seventy eight machines, turning out 5000
to 1000 spools per day, can, at their high
est estimate, turn out As, 500 dozens per
day, or Ii, CSC, 900 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 so. N. T."
Spool Cotton are the prominent adver-
tisers' referred to, aud their advertisement
from which the author reads as follows:
''The so. N. r." factories at Newark, New
Jersey, and Palsy, Scotland, employ 5000
operatives.
Make sufficient thread daily to go around
the world four times.
Use 1000 horse power.
Consume 43, 900 tons of coal annually, or
140 tons daily.
The manufacturers of 30. N. T." are the
largest manufacturers of spool cotton in the
world,
The discrepancy between what is alleged
as their production, and the 1905 dozens
per day necessary to go around the world
four times, is easily accounted for.
The author of the article in question has
tried, willfuily or otherwise, to lead the
public to believe that the statement is with
out foundation III fact by failing to take
into account the production of the works in
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 "prodigIous, 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.
The article also states that the manufac-
turers of Clark's 80. 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
re affirm that ''the manufacturers of 80.
N. I" are the largest manufacturers of
spool-cotton in the world"
GEORGE A. CLARK & BROTHER,
Sole Agents in America for Clark's
go. N. 7. spool cotton.
| Correspondence between George A. Clark
i Brother, sole agents for Clark's so. N.
t." spool cotton, and FL. l. Kimball, ESQ.,,
Djrec, Or General.
NOVEMBER 20, 1881.
| To FL. I. KIMBALL, ESQ.,, Director-General.
DEAR SIR:-We herewith withdraw all
our entries for competition at the Atlanta
Cotton Exposition, and will continue oul
exhibits for display only. Please to notify
the above change in the proper depart
ments, and obEge,
Yours respectfully,
GEORGE A CLARK & BROTHER,
Sole Agents for Clark's 60 N. t." Spool
CottoH. 81