The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-02-29
THE CLEANSING OF wAsTE-PIPEs

THE CLEANSING OF WASTE-PIPEs.
1t often happens that the waste-pipe from
the kitchen sink, or of the bath becomes OBJ
structed so much as to prevent water from
flowing away rapidly. The accumulation OF
refuse-rags, paper, scraps of bones, meat
and other things-sometimes stops the pipes
altogether. Then the plumber must be called
in and expenses incurred. A leading Amerl-
can journal describes simple cheap, and ef-
fectual method of clearing the pipe. Before
retiring at night the servant should pour into
the pipe enough liquid potash I've, of SO deg.
strength to fill the trap" or bent part OF the
pipe just below the outlet. About one quart
will suffice for the bath or sink. See that no
matter is allowed to run in until the next
morning. During the night the I've will turn
all the refuse matter into soft soap, which will
be entirely washed away by the first current
of water the next morning. The I've should
be kept in heavy glass bottles, covered with
wicker-work and locked up when not in use
It does not act upon metals, and does not
therefore eat the pipe like strong acids. The
gentleman who describes this interesting and
useful means of cleansing waste-pipes states
that, in an experience of thirty years, he has
never had occasion to make more than two
applications in any one case.
IT is a probable fact that the present in
dustrial depression in New England is due in
great measure to the great progress made
in the south of late years in the textile manu-
features. The great natural advantages OF
this region have attracted northern capital
and enterprise, and these are now fast de-
veloping its resources. The only industry
pursued hitherto has been agriculture. The
raw materials of manufacture only have been
produced and then sent north and abroad to
undergo the changes by which they received
their chief value through the application OF
skilled labor and machinery. But this system
is about to give way to better one, and mills
are being erected throughout all the south and
southwest and fitted up with the newest and
best approved machinery for working up their
cotton into cloth on the spot where it is grown.
Such manufactures can of course be much
more economically produced than like grades
in the north, for they are free from the ad-
ditional cost of transportation. Labor can
also be obtained at least as cheap and probably
much more SO.
In the manufacture of cotton yarns and
many grades of cloth the southern mills now
rival those of New England. The policy of
bringing the mills to the cotton is proving
eminently successful, as is evidenced by the
number of factories springing up all over the
south. This section was once one of the most
profitable customers of the New England
mills but all this is changed now. The new
south is manufacturing much for herself.
These mills are running short time.
The south, too, is becoming the seat of
many of the minor manufactures which were
heretofore unknown to her, and all of which
are proving successful and profitable. In a
few years more she will be dependent on the
north and east only for certain classes of
goods, and for fine machinery The south
and southwest will become the great manu-
featuring centres. Climate, abundance of
raw material, and other advantages render
this inevitable.