New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-08
SIGHTS NEVER SEEN BEFORE
INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES INSPECT NEW
ENGLAND'S GREAT INDUSTRIES.
AMAZED AND DELIGHTED WITH WHAT THEY
SAW AT LAWRENCE AND LowELL-MAR-
VELS OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY.
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NhLS Of INDUSTRY.
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beSton Oct. by this time the members OF the
american Congress have had an opportunity TO SEQ
considerable portion Of New-England and some Of
's manufacturing cities. They have visited waltham
south Framngham, West Newton. Lawrence and
Lo"eu. They have seen the processes Of building
up watch, have looked upon raw hides being con
Ver'ed Into Shoes have followed the different methods
=! "h'eh inda-rubber Is converted into objects Of
uaiy use. have watched the wool from Chilli from the
argentine Republic. and other countries in south
America, secured, cared and spun into hosiery into
eioths Of every variety and into carpets They have
seen all this and noticed with more than ordinary IN
est ue operatives In front Of thousands of spndies
ana LOOMS class of people, contented happy healthy
anu intelligent beyond anything they probably ex-
Peced to find. The sight cannot have helped con-
Neylng to them lessons and will prove productive of
Ienection and comparisons in more than one rcspec
euch things, however, not acquired without some
sacrince and even travelling in Pullman coaches with
e'ery comfort that the ingenuity of man at the pres
Gnu uay can devise is trhe tlring especially when f.
IL accompanied by too generous a hospitality Such
mauers, though, will regulate Themselves and after
~? governments guests have settled down moro thor
oughy to the work In hand they Will economzs their
energies and husband their strength
II was an early start which the delegates made
ns morning. Breakfast at the Vendome was served
N $50, and in less than an hour after that the
special train was its way to Lawrence Ii was
the last night that the delegates were to spend for
some days TO IN hotel bed and the prospect OF
uving on the until saturday, when they viii
reach Niagara Falls, had to of the delegates all
the elements and charms Of novelty. Lawrence was
reached shortly after o'clock. The Mayor Of the
CITY and committee in waiting to receive the
guests The principal object of interest Of course.
was the Pacific Mills, probably the largest establish
nient OF the kind In the world. Under the guidance
OF officers Of the corporation the delegates shown
through the various departments of the mills They
sd" Inc raw cotton In bales; they saw it spun and
woven into fabrics they the designs drawn and
copied on copper rollers, the rollers etched and the
designs printed in many colors on miles after miles OF
cloth they saw the finishing the drying the pack
lhg' and, finally, they Of the many store.
Uoms In which IS piled the finished product-the
caoes the veveteens, the sateens the lawns and the
dress goods
AHr Inspecting other features OF these mills lunch
was served In a large public hall nearby the host OF,
'he occasion being Henry Saltonstall. He told the
congress that II would require days, not hours to
inspect this mill alone, and he might have added
mat comparison OF its product with that of STINT
Tar mills abroad would not only result in showing
'hH u was cheaper, as rule. than the foreign
product but also better and more honestly made
incidentally he was able to state that there fifty
acres of floor covered with machinery in these mills
would make a pathway which a man might
tread for two days and nights before he reached
the end. over 100000 cotton spndles are con-
tanned In the buildings, and nearly fifth Of iha.
Number Of woolen spndles. About 5000 looms
are constantly kept busy and the payroll IS nearly
$4,000 week. Last year the mills manufactured
I0O0O0.OOO Of yards. As far a, competition with
ntlcr nations in cotton goods was concerned Mr.
salonslaI declared that this country had little to
fear. The average price of all the cotton goods
hrncd out by the mills last year but SIX cents
yard, ard even at that low rate reasonable profit
vas yielded to the manufacturer.
The time now remaining devoted to in.
spccton Of Congressman Russelrs paper-mill. where
the delegates huge logs cleaned OF the bark split
and cut up, mashed and reduced pulp. and the ina
product tho most beautiful white paper. emerge from
manifested by the delegates in the manufacture of tn.
paper used In the printing OF newspapers for which
there exists IN South America large demand and tho
supply Of which IS almost exclusively furnished by
England France and Germany.
Half an hours journey brought the delegates TO
Lowell, the great manufacturing centre of Massa-
chusetts. Here they at once driven in num-
ber of omnibuses. that in waiting at the station.
TO the Lawrence Mills and were conducted over one
Of It's departments devoted the manufacture of knit
goods Here they thousands Of knitting machines
In fun operation, tended mostly by women They
grow : It were. under their eyes. They saw thom
cut stretched. shaped, trimmed, faced and button holes
made. all with tho aid of machinery, and when they
told that many OF the operatives were gradual es
Of the high school, that they received nom s. TO *l5
week that the mills turned out yearly 30 600 dozens
Of pairs OF stockings, many hundred thousands OF
shirts and drawers that the payroll footed up In this
department alone nearly 10000 a week. thor OK
rrcsslons of wonder astoniShment and praise were
many and apprecative.
The celebrated Lowell Garrett Manufactory was was
next visited. Here what seemed to interest the
delegates most the treatment to which the raw
material furnished by their own countries. the WOOL
from Valparaiso. from BuenOs Ayrss from caracas;
vas subjected previous to rs c0nver ion into the thIea
for weaving the carpets. The beautiful designs were
also admired As they deserved to be short ana
necessarily hurried visit TO the MiddeseN COMPANY
Mills completed the serious business of the day
Enough time only remained 70 visit the immense
and then 10 nsrect some Of the finished product OF
the mills. Dinner was eaten on hoard the tram
the wav back to Boston, and tonight the d!egdteo
are enjoying the performance Of " The Brtgands al
the Hollis Street Theatre