New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-06

dustrfes. The workmen who have come over with us
think the same way They have already been to .
Republican meeting, where Mr.. Kaufman spoke on the
benefits Of Protection, and they shouted ont their nte
ton Of voting the Republican ticket as soon as they
could. We have about $780, 900 invested here, IN
Guiding working capital, consequently we want to see
the country continue prosperous, and we know that
HarrisOns election Will insure that. We expect to
start mills about September 81
The process OF lace making Is an Interesting one.
The thread comes In skeins. and it may be mentioned
that Of the advantages Of coming to this country
lies in the superior quality OF thread to be gotten
here. Mr. Celand says that the thread which he buys
in Philadelphia Is much stronger and better than
that which he got In Scotland. These skeins are
wound on bobbins by machinery, and the bobblns
put in the looms. The loom Is an immensely
long machine with a set of harness that runs up to
n jacquard mechanism the ceiling through which
the pattern IS rum The warp runs up and down,
and Is manipulated by several sets Of points and
fingers that have all sorts Of compound motions given
them. From the loom the lace is run In one long
stream to the bleaching department, which occupies
the greater part of the space in the mills. Here the
material is through watts OF boiling water solutions
Of chlorine and soda. About 500 gallons Of water
used every minute in this part Of the work. The
wateis OF the Susquehanna were carefully analysed
TO find out whether they contained any impurities.
such iron which would injure the curtains before
1t decided TO locate at Columbia After bleaching
the material Is through a bath Of starch, then
down a long drying-room where the temperature Is
l4o degrees. The finishing steps consist in running
the material through Guessing machine, cutting 1t
up into proper lengths. scalioping the edges and
binding them.
The factory will be of especial benefit to Columbia
because it Will give employment to so many girls,
few of the other factories in the place requiring that
kind of labor.
An amusing incident occurred In connection with
the putting up of the buildings by the committee OF
lokum, active Republicans. Mr. Kaufman has
srved Severa terms In the PENNSYLVANIA legislature.
ca ner Of the First National Bank. Is an oldstye
Democrat. He is one OF the most active and enter
with getting the lace factory to come here. When
u came to puting on the roof Mr.. Kaufman patriot
Mr. Detweiler strenuously objected on the ground
that American Tin was good for nothing. Samples
gushing marks erased. They then submitted
,, 10 NJ, Detwesr who picked ont one as Of unques
sample and the mill has roof of American tin.
Columbia Is fine example Of an old Pennsylvania
public school and school, Systems at Of
IN the various grades. in the old DAYS Columbia was
the scene of an immense business in lumber. thou-
Is mile and quarter wide at this point. and be
broken mp Ct Columbia. Now the lumber business has
own has 1901 Of its inhabitants employed on the
pennsylvania Railroad alone. seventy freight trains
shorter trains, according they bound East or
West. The Reading and Columbia and several smaller
roads terminate here. The town has three National
hanks and one private bank three rolling mills the
naces and number OF smaller factories. In spite
OF this business activity property and living expenses
are low Comfortable two-siOrv brick houses can be
built and the necessary land purchased for 81 200
row OF three-story brick houses Is going up at
contract price Of 81 800 each.
Columbia has quit an interesting history. As town
Is over hundred years old and Of Its buildings
antedate the Revolution The proud citizens delight
IN tell how the place came being the capital Of
the United States When Congress was discussing fhe
location OF the capital there n strong feeling that
the eastern bank Of the Susquehanna offered the most
central location BENJAMIN Goodhue OF Massachusetts,.
said In debate that the Eastern members, with
the members from NewYork. have agreed n tx q
place upon National principles without regard 10 their
own convenience. and have turned their minds
banks OF the Susquehanna." Wrght's Ferry, as Co
imbia was then called. discussed. and a resolu
no location Of the capital city mt that point The
matter stuck In the Senate. however and al the next
session compromise measure placed the capitni AT
~ present location. The town came equally near ho
being the capital of Pennsylvania hut Harrisburg
robbed II OF the promised honor The longest covered
nruee IN me world crosses tn" susquehanna at this
point ana the burning Of two spans was all that saved
inc town from Invasion during the Rebellion
The cold facts embodied In this little story toach
the moral that the Republican policy of Protection
draws manufacturers from Europe 10 this country and
gives employment to American labor: that In the case
out raising prices that american wages In this indus.
lry represent enormously greater purrhosnu nowor
han the wages paid In Scotland and that fhe benefits
~ the policy are felt in the smaller quiet old towns
nke Columbia, rs well as in the great centres ~
capital ' Vi