The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-19

! the home Of William Strange. one Of The pioneer
/ manufacturers Of Paterson. the tendency 90 go
elsewhere TO escape such truub' es was accentu-
ate', and then began the slk making boom ~
over tat sm. they found II offered many al.
yuntagc1. six and It's products are light and
fToights therefore. are not OF the importance
that they are with cotton or wool mills. while
throughout Pennsyynnin were found scores
Of towns whore the cost o. coal was less
on the ml properties and, where there
Which III is pI necessity Of Tie SIX Industry To.
SHy q the sl y the S9I pnnS
aylvanin ~. but in The list of looms and spin
dG' rG9uItsd for The e9uIr@ I'M w q n.y
dies out ~ a total OF $4,000. and there arc
six factories, in more than my pennssylyania
Avoca, Bethchsm. bath. Bloomsbury Carlisle.
Catasapapa. Columbia. Carbondalee, Darby:
Greenville. Fleetwood. freesnl. Harrisburg.
Hawley. .Honestale. Hanover. Hallstead, Ian
Hdnms bae''h SSsTh ehqRS
mouth. Pottstown, pottsville. Rcpdin Rock
| ledge. scrn ton, ,Sunbury. stronh.hurg; Tay;
Another ii-ld whore silk manufacturing may
exploited hy New York house. within a
month or tw1 ami has heen rut IN op'prntiinn
| Manufacturing COMPANY. in which II ia their
| Intention to use Young negro labor exclusively;
and nir ul~"y "m to y o hnmis arc
/ nj work. 10! Ivy tn" first puril. q young negro
| pr;ach"r Iho rrninr,or- OF ~ sntetprIce
| are well adapted to acquiring the mnnual
| dcN'crfy needed for six handling. and II this
! mills "a hands become available The present
| mill will employ 800 hands and will do spin
Il ~ s ptona6a Tia, W in n" future at cns, un
! III some great revolution Is maj" IN mnrhiucry
n f,YV ~ ~ gil n pf re-
| county vii, ho served 10y scat 'crng the mills
| about In many places. rather than conccntrat:
! inr the Industry. IN this way employment
will he given TO the surplus labor of the
! community ami "sr'cia,lr TO- lads aud
! because Il their dcitnrss o. touch,aul even tho
/ lew vases whlrh silS mnfin9 rhys WI hr a
| ing to- atahie IN recent report on "a, ministry
| In Pennsylvania ar" nm average NJ Sl3l ,lay
| for macs md 40 cents u day for females III
| lis' which shows the earnings o' operatives IN
! all occupations tH IN" Sta'e-in which She hlgh.
est waEe. are for steam pump makers ~ 50 ~
! n LAY ard the lowest are for tho female six
| silk. from the f,>, branch oiits production s
iuvury H. is declared ~ an cxr"rt TIA, It
| tnkc+ more time 70 build poi o. SUR twisi
! during much q thlS tim" some one. hands
| mus' h" employed in the operations II is 'he
! amount tine used In raising md ending
/ ui ~" cocoa. trat has defeated each attrrlt
t" iro'uni -i-S r!isi1S ~ an lmdus',y y ,h.
/
! it, successful irt PRODUCTION
| Every once III u while stories describing tho
! enormous profits to re- derived from Six
worm fai~'ne gain currencr. one has re-
Gently beer going IT." ROUNDS about planter
Come 90 OF t. sSGoS from tSis source aourc" and
has instiUct-' his nrighhors In the art. sud
I now number 81 these nrirhhors mr." adding
| $50 or $1,000 wear 70 their income hy si,s
| raising without interfering IN any way with
their regular plantation work.
Lest his shuud start new SIX worm craze.
" may % Wei 70 cal attention To tns eNtsrl-
n"n's in this direction that were undcrtak"n
cheaper than they are today and the arr Of
SIX worm raising was Just as II is now. SIX
So Ta, s",nT" ~, To' G"spn in yirE,pts as say
SSonai Ii.rEt. S S% Q: los -bts . Bounty d
pound Of reH'cd, silk produced In 1851 the
Virginia Co'onial Assembly passed an net i'm.
rarter who hal not at least ten rnn barry tree.
on his plartG'-on 10 each one bundled acres &
o F IN was Sef. S any :" onn V sxSoSs iG
worth o. raw SIX. hut there IA no record o'nny
cne having Gained y In Gsorsia and in the
/ courar" -t'L rnsirG al through the eighteenth
/ century. N win 70 FRACTION result. although
L. teach III" nr, - sik rer'inr, The greatest
/ amount ~ raw silk ,hst there l. any record ~
! being ra's""i was IN lI5'. when 10000 pounds
w,"re produce 10 the c,4conni eIua TO .bout
As h rh as Is .! pound Tor cocoons. or two
! o. thr." t.m.- their martet value. hu' the in
duty - ~ rsrid,y VIII H. II dih,rrSnr"d
had was stnrr-i ~ 1871 Nv n manual 81 silk
culture ;sgag. 70, ''s Mss"sGchu:",ts Lssls:
: torrc a.. over IN" country to raise and manu-
/ fac'ure SILK. MULBERRY trees wer' ylart".t IN
] In which some silk worrns were not Matched
aud led IN" Price o. mulberry -iiTS rose and
/ Of rooted Sipa 'welyr inches or moro long held
A. Germnntown, Pa on Sen, ~. 1850, 2nnOoO
ShT WEE sod ,1T $H.:+,tS 90 ana '"t o. ~
, IorG was calculate 10 he worth Si5Oi6.
Or AZ n; rat" q -. cents t-r each nud on
| nnd In 1sli Night which, 'ell uron the null
/ h"rrg 'r""E ended IN" craze entirely, hut ht
thi, day mu' harry trees may be found in every
Part 81 the older states. remnants Of that time.
| Efforts have hH"r mn'e to revive the N iustry
! IN 49, a silk dres, made from the product ~
tlri-Gn states va. presented to President
aaras w,loT Y NJ Wsmsms SIX CuItuLe
has again fallen into d"suetudc.
The form in which the raw silk reaches this
GT"rm,ry Is IN hanks Or twists 81 n" a.nmen, as
| thread NJ these sk"lna IL composed NJ five oi
the or innI hlaments cemented into one by
! nlaments after these l"nva the basins Of warm
water in, which the cocoons are put to he I'M
| wound Th"rr"parnron o, this ST X for the loom
Is called throwing. nnl this consists o. about
dozen distinct one,,at.Nns The first OF these
Of" uy"n sp6o turn turk by tarn TSnn
comes The mbinine AMI twisting Il the ma
mont into threads OF various kinds. known as
"si9rles." tran" and "organzine An idea
NJ III" ntricacy and labor Invoked in Just this
part o. the operation NAV h" gathered from the
fact that thread NJ ord nary sewing silk con-
tains about two hundred hlam"n's o'the six as
the worm spnn :. Every part ofthes" op"rat ons
must either he done rs land or watched con-
tinuOnslv, for the silL thread Is built up en-
TREY OF continuous hlam"ntS.
Although the silk throwing. aplnnInR and
weaving m Ills form the foundation Of the in
dustry IN this count V and their products for
the year will probably amount 20 100000
600 or more. this II by no means the whole ~
the benefit which the country derives from
them nor the extent 10 which they give ocru-
patton to workmcn or capltal. Around this
central industry cluster those OF the dyer,
printer and lnisher. the makers Of machinery
tn" dealers IN raw silk md In the manu-
featured goods and many cognntc businesses,
How much these all represent In capital and
hands employed II would h. difficult 10 estI-
mate hut in tho various direct industries Of
reducing ribbons. hrNni goods, sewing silks
md twist tie silks, hat bands. knit goods and
laccs. trrges. braAs and trimmings. some
thing lik" Sl2O.OOl 900 is now invested and
close to one hundred thousand hands are en-
pOyca, Roughly speaking. about so per cent.
u value oi the silk product Is in broad goods.
% per cent, in ribbons and perhaps 10 per
cent, In sewing machine silks AMI twists, lcav-
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