New-York tribune., 1890-06-01
4 NTBNTITTTE FOR COTTON
WHAT cAN ~ roNr WITH "RNNt'

WHAT cNN ~ IoNr WITH "RNNN'
Providence al patch 20 Tho Boston Herald
Tic ama~ T. p'lnt vMch sro%.. IN IN" oe9',a ,,',-,1
Tr.u.rr and which attain, the height - ni'nt tWrN
inches II ha, . small stalk. With an outer covering
II la.k ard = heart % p.th The ,u' tln'e between
uo nrh nnd in, Kun ,''" .,,ss ,he, ha,
boon hung up 90 dN, and from i|u 'ii' Ir""n
hhrc o." mWuf.otnnr, have Ions ben '.drAFor's
f o tain rii'stifu f,r wool. IN" u"er' apron
10 success which any ono attained vas tH ~ VIZ.
Charles Ilpham. of salem. Mass, wH0 hid nv
secret boiling procss ly which the gumny substance
was extracted fsoul tho @lrr. converted the homcy
brown shrcde into substance - 'mhinr rop'' oi
but any attempt t. spin the rama" into warn re
suited 300 nat failure. This Is how IN" >nl,mte
found r man who was capable ~ meeting TIE problem
In the old cement covered stone mill At 80. ce
,ao'Icn c,rie. Mr. Wb,c,t I'D. Il hay, lad nj,
sort, u men come To- with a kinds ~ propositions
.cguc' tly. when .trau-er came into ms Office few
months ago and sid that DE- .ti - "a. t'ncc. which
ct me a. mruuflctnrcr. sct him down IN my mind
ano,,c ol the visionary pcop'' who ",rc hlmtn-
and said That hc hnd como ~ poc" before me- some
thing which might hc OF importance 10 M. H." thcu
aSc G@ p,n %" 'g' s aon. i%% "Ss ma,g nI PIGGS P%r
saw ~ % clauoc he'd NOT hrcp spun. lie said that
without hesitation fhpt could 10 80. .Nhnt - ,ld
last thrcr months IN visiting the nanri1ctur'rS IN
search ~ some one Who coHd pin tins substance into
was confident of my ability to convert the rama into
. form ~ for cariIne and within hyr minutes from
me iNH' W' Ia''" ,.' I'hrl H'',.lb J, nv hfl''
II was I'm thS condition. Hero Mr. Nabhcu pro
ducrd handful - pure white. light I'm bulk and
shiny wool a; ,l IT lpEcared 70 be- nG & which wa, til,
a. my success, and since then have been producing
uc lni,hcd material at WI Ilavc made any yarn
vet Yes. | have spun 1000 pounds q ii. and
colli have made great deal moro were the supply
u rama l'recr Thus FAR there las not been much
" an importation Of t'c plant. a. the experiment.
made WITH n wcr" 40 W'a factory that no cared
10 give timc and money 20 II
There nr' certain manufacturers who have com
timed ~" rama With cotton. and thu. undc yarn
which thcy have attempted 10 utlyc. lut they havc
not made ~ hcad"aN win u me rama which
pun was Tie first , pnr nnaducraicd rama ocy",
mndc into warm whom The Government official
cnmc here from Washington and saw the warn which
had nad" be was not ony plcaSci bnt os,onishci
h on the secret which ho. bothered everybody clsc
VIII" had souslt 10 use rama"
"Is the proccss secret onc''
don't know that can do So. a the machinery which
ism,' which / SiieiiIy altered far new wors Witch
desired TO do There f. a conponv which intends
10 take mp the business. am Informed. but that is
all ! know about II for the present"
What can be donc with The ncw hhrc'"
there has been made up from that. rs sample ot
What IS gqTi % . for , qn1rty tn S Of furniture ragc
on beautiful colorlnc from tho dyci. and is very
even thr"nFn%n i ia, j. Snpcrior ,rcLc ar, for sa
bnildcr have set Of sail, made Of tho 'rar'a
IT VIII mo- shrink or swell In any weather II wet
ID
lc sci of iign weight sails which, once bent viii
not have 10 be altered The rama
al,o make, yarn witch /, tougher Than hemp cord
aud cannot he broken In the hand The cost OF pro
ductiOn Is little more than wool now because Of the
change which have had 10 make IN the machin
ery hut with good supply OF the plant here we
cOud do we'll II not better than now do with
wool. The yarn which you j. coarSnr than n
ought to 80 for fine fabrics but that Is because Of the
kind Of machines used.
The Manvillc company has taken 100 pounds OF
tho uncatdcd rama 10 the biz mills near Noon
socket whore the material viii BE- put through thc
finest of cotton machinery, and then there will he
produced yarn which VIII astOulsh the most scrp
tlcal Before I enw the : rama | had no theories
about manipulating il. hut being n man who doc NOT
know what can't means. went nj tho undcrio,
ing inst rs 10 everything else md was bound IN
accomplish ~" task. happily hitting npon the secret
on the first trial"
Mr. Mabbc,t IS nny years old n native Of Wiltshire
England. and came e. this country in 1851 The
wool man who wa tho means Of bringing thc suc
cess Of spinning rama" 10 tho attention Of the GOV
rrnmcnt authorities saws the plant can be success
fully raised In the southern part of this conntry and
that three four crops can be obtained every wear
bringing largo returns TO the cuitivntors ''
This small-6oy story is told In THE Boston Ad.
vcrser' lie grandson Of Harriet Uccchcr stowe
and he swinging on a neighbours qate not wbolIv
to the b"ncn OF the gate friend demonstrated with
him. | don't care ab0nt my nelghbor's gate was
the reply No" he went on. the words evidently