The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-21
NO PROTECTION NEEDED.
THE ENGLISH WEAVER GETS As
MUCH MONEY As THE AMERICAN.

THE ENGLISH WEAVER GETS As
MUCH MONEY As THE AMERICAN.
What Printed Calicoes Arc Made From.
FAN River and Providence Make s3S,-
900 Pieces OF Print Cloths Every Week.
Tho Massachusetts woaver's Capacity.
Printed calico Is q very well known
fabric. Women make it into house
dresses and morning wrappers. In ito
indigo blue variety it provides Thousands
Of waists for small boys. In coarser W
rieties. bed comforters have one or both
sides made of 1t. In still another variety
it is the material out of which printed
shirts are made for men. In fact, its
uses are endless, and its consumption Is
consequently very large.
Before piece Of printed calico reaches
maturity, as we see it, the raw cotton
has to undergo different processes of
manufacture. First, it must be spun into
yarn. Then this yarn is woven into a
loose, soft, fluffy cloth. At this stage the
fabric is called print cloth.
So far all the cotton travels together.
Before it becomes any variety of printed
cotton goods it must pass through tho
print cloth stage. What raw cotton is
to the print cloth the print cloth Is to
the finished fabric. It Is kind of raw
material for making printed cloths out
of. Also, like most raw materials, the
terms Of payment for it are very prompt.
Net cash within ten days are the almost
invariable ones.
Like many raw materials, too, print
cloths are the subject of good deal Of
speculation in "spots" and futures" {"
1t is not SO many years ago since one
very large manufacturing firm became
bankrupt in attempting to corner the
print cloth market by buying up futures.
Another firm saw the game and held
nearly million pieces Of print cloths in
reserve, which they successfully unload
ed before the cornering firm suspected
there was any such quantity Of goods
concealed in the market.
The headquarters Of the print cloth
market is at Fall River, Mass. Under
ordinary circumstances the print cloth
mills in Fall River turn out 10000
pieces of print cloths every week. Prov.
idence Is also print cloth center, though
q smaller one. Its mills make $4,000
pieces Of print cloths every week.
These 23S, 900 pieces are made for the
open market, and are either sold to some
printer as soon as they are made, or very
often in the busy season are contracted
for by the printers before the cloths
have been actually manufactured.
OF course there must be some standard
In print cloths, otherwise the buyer
and seller would be involved in endless
disputes. So 1t is agreed by the trade
that an ordinary piece Of print cloth
should be twenty-eight inches wide as II
leaves the loom; that seven yards Of thie
width Of cloth should weigh one pound
avoirdupois: that the yarn out Of which
1t is woven should be within two mum.
bers on either side of what is called No.
30 yarn, and, lastly, that one square inch
Of the cloth should have sixty-fou1
threads each way. It is this latter re-
quirement that gives the ordinary print
cloth tho common term of 84-64's-that
Is, sixty-four threads warp crossed by
sixty-four threads filing in each square
inch.
The curious thing about this system Of
measurement is that the same rules arr
followed in England by the Lancashire
cotton weavers. Last year, MI. J. Schoen.
hof, United States consul at Tunstall,
England, took over with him some speci
mems Of American print cloths made q
Lowell, Mass, in order to compare them
In the matter of cost with those made in
Lancashire. After long and very pa,
tient investigation, Mr.. Schosnhof sent
these results home to the state depart
ment, by which they were duly printed
In the consular reports.
Tho first startling conclusion arrived |
at by tho consul was that It cost moro In |
wages to make yard Of print cloth in |
Lancashire than in Massachusetts. To |
make pound Of raw cotton into print
cloth in America and England respect
lively, cost 1851 cents and o.605 cents,
These figures are made up as follows:
America Ensia,A !
Total cost Of spdnning...... %. 1.sea l.10
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