The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-08-25
OUR WORLDS FAIR LEFTEB
CnIoAeo, II.L., Aug. 17. fs!

Inc Agricultural Department contains
the raw materials of manufacture, cot
ton, wool, silk, aud the fibres, as we'll as
the dyeing stuffs; Machinery Hall con-
tains the mechanism of tho latest in
ventions for manufacturing, while the
Manufacturers and Liberal Arts Build
ing has the goods in finished form, ready
for market. The exhibits are varied
and afford Of opportunities for allclasses
to study the advar cement in mechanics,
arts aud sciences.
disappointment 10 at once felt by
Southern visitors at the absence of ma
chinery for the manufacture of cotton
goods. Cotton is the South's dgricul-
tural king, though only three frmsmake
exhibits Of machinery for cotton man
ufacture, and these are irou ~ Eng.
land, by tho Potter s. Atherton Machine
Co., of Pawtucket, r. L., the Kitson
Machine Co., and Lowell Machine Co.,
of Lowell, Mass.
However, as practical New England
remarked the other day, there has been
no time in the history of the textile in
dustr:cs of this country when We have
been obliged to depend upon devices of
foreign make, as being superiorto our
own, for weaving. The best principles
that have hc:n introduced into the
weaving of fabrics on power looms have
bccn the INVENTIONS of American me.
chspics. Tae loom perhaps, is the only
machine used in our textile mills which
has never been obliged to call upon
foreign ingenuity for Improvement. On
the other hand, our looms have been i'm
itated extensively by foreigners, and to-
day the best looms in England. and on
the continent are those patterned after
American inventions. "a
Cotton, in its varied forms, drops out
on all hands at the Exposition. Near
the central section IN the Agricultural
Department, the seed of cotton shows
its importance In connection with the
advancement of cookery. Science
struck the kitchen and added another
merit to cotton seed. The exhibit re.
ferred to is that of cottolene, by N. X.
Fairbank & Co., of Chicago. SCettolene
in the simple preparation of cotton seed
oil and beef fat.is pale yellow material,
of the consistency, texture and substance
of lard, approximating ct times the
color of natural butter, havinga neutral
flavor to the taste, and endorsed by
French chefs and skilled teachers of
cookery everywhere. Eresyl aas at this
exhibit half dozen merry and pretty
maids serve free to the vast and eager
mulitudes delicious hot cakesccoked on
the spot with cottoloeno, asserting to all
another instance of tho increasing and
practical utility of the cotton plant.
The Associated exhibit of American
wool manufacturers shows the products
Of 105 mills situated in 81 states. This
Is noteworthy exhibit of enterprise on
the part OF the woolen mills, which dis
play fairly the products of the wooden
textile industry. Thee Southern mills
are represented, the Mississippi Mills,
Wesson, Miss, Alden Knitting Mills,
New Orleans, and the Charlottesville
Woolen Mills, Charlottesville, Va. The
Mississippi Mills exhibit wooden and
cotton fabrics -cassimeres, cheviots,
meltons. fine jeans, fancy shirtings,
dress goods, checks, plaids, cottonades
and hosiery. The Alden Mills exhibit
cotton, cassimeres, wool, and silk seam
less half hose, fiuest gauge and richest
stock. Tie Charlottesville Mills display
dark and sky-bluc and cadet grey mel
tons and doe skins, fine kersey aud Ven
etian overcoa'ings. The goods covered
by the exhibit of The American wool
manufacturers represent every consider
able branch of the domestic wool man.
ufacture, showing the products of the
smaller mills as well as the very largest
Massachusetts leads with 28 mills, then
comes New York with IS, Connecticut
IL, Rhode Island II, Pennsylvania 10. OF
the 105 mills fifteen are manufacturers of
hosiery and knit goods, utilizing wool,
cotton and silk. The mills Include many
which have been in existence almost
from the opening OF the century, and
Others which have begun operation with
in comparatively few years. OF the
present exhibitors 33 were ais, exhib
itors at the Centennial Exposition IN
1876. w. S HENRY.