The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-22

NNihS w Tue ldteneSS oil the hour, our re-
porter IS unable to give more extended
and explicit account of the occasion.
How Much Thread Is Made In Year?
The following article under the above
heading appeared in the Atlanta Constitu-
ton, OF December Is, 1881, and the sub
stance of it has subsequently been issued
gnd extensively circulated in pamphlet
form by competition:
y a prominent advertiser of spool cotton
has furnished some figures in advertising
that he makes sufficient thread every day
to go iour times around the world, upon
which to form an estimate Let us see how
much thread it takes to 90 four times around
the world.
One dozen ofthread of 200 yards contains
400 yards. Now, the world at the equator
is $40 degrees of69 10 statute miles or "a
9l2 miles in circumference, go yards to
the mile, or 43,345, 100 yards 1t requires
Therefore. S,269 dozens to 20 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 22,922,-
SUI dozens for one company alone. How
they wind it all does not appear, for the
automatic winding machinery, of which
they boast that they have seventy eight
machines, turning out 60 to 1000 spools
per day, can, at their highest estimate
turn out 10000 dozens per day, or Il, $50 900
dozens per annum,
This is one company alone, and notthe
largest exhibitor at Atlanta How much
thread is made in year? Who knows"
The manufacture OF Clark's 90. n. r."
spool cstton are the prominent advertis-
ers" referred to, and their advertisement
from which the author quoted reads as fol-
lows:
"The %. n. r. factories at Newark,
New Jersey, and Paisley, Scotland employ
! 5000 operatives,
Make sufficient thread daily to go around
the world four times.
Use 6,0O0 horse mower
| Consume 5000 tons of coal annually, or
| li0 tons daily.
/ The manufacturers of 30. n. r." 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, willlully or otherwise, to lead the
| public to believe that this statement is
without foundation in feet by failing to
take into account the production of the
! works in Paisley, Scotland. Their adver-
| tlsement distinctly states that "the %. n.
| To- factories at Newark, n. j., and Paisley,
! Scotland, make sufficient thread daily to 90
around the world four times, and though
this quantity may be termed "prodgious -
it is nevertheless correct
Even mad their advertisement read, more
han 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 go. n. T." are not the
largest exhibitors at the Atlanta exposition
lfths remark refers exclusively TO spool.
cotton manufacturers and the magnitude Of
their production, then they would simply
re-atlirm that "the manufacturers of %. n
! T. are the largest manufacturers Of spool.
cotton in the world
GEO. A. CLARK & BRoTmER,
Sole Agents in America for Clark's 80. N
T." spool.
| Correspondence between George A. Clark
& Brother, solo agents for Clark's 20. n.
! T." spool cotton, and II. !. Kimball, Esq,
director.general.
To II. /, Kimball, Esq, Director. General
| NOVEMBER 20, lSSl.-Dear Sir; We here.
with withdraw all our entries for competi.
tion at the Atlanta Cotton Exposition, and
will continue our exhibits for display only.
| Please notify the above changes in the
| proper departments and oblige,
Yours respectfully,
GEoRGE A. CLARK Il BRoTHER,
Sole Agents for Clark's 80 n. T." Spool
| Cotton.
To George A. Clark ( Brother, ClarEs 20. y.
T." Thread Exhibit,
November %, lSS2-Dear Sirs: Your ia.
vor of November 10Th is received, and will
give il the attention You desire. Trusting
that you may find full and complete salts
faction in the continuation Of your elegant
display, am very respectfully,
III. |. kIMBALL, Director.general.
Referring to the above, the agents o.
Clark's 40. n. r." spool cotton would
here state that after they went ia
Atlanta, they found that none Of
the leading manufacturers of spool c.ttor
were entered for competition; therefor,
they withdrew all their entries from CONNIE
tition, and continued their exhibit for uis
. play only.
There was, therefore, no competition it
spool cotton or spool cotton machinery al
the Atlanta Cotton exposition, there beinI
only one entry left.
The whole thing at Atlanta was reduced
t. a race where only one horse was entered
and of course any awards recommends,
where there was no competition are very
empty hoHors indeed.