The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-09-15
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tan. fast black and other colors. 2
lnitters were used. He bought hi
warn from some point in North Caro-
lima.
The 'ttnd ,rd Knitter is preferred
cost of which is $50 delivered. Th'
mill m ,kes about 100 dozen pair pc
day. The labor is composed principally
of women. little girls and boys. TIL
price paid f,r this labor was 8 cts. pei
dozen, not counting the Supt's wages,
Mr.. Nelson exhibited a pair OF black
..alf nose which he said. material and
manu- facturug cost 90 cts. per doz. pr.
He sold these at IS cts per doz, lie
made OF ,er grades which gave great
er profit, but basing his profit on this
YOU see he would make net gain OF
s45O. counting 800 working DAYS to
tie year. IF you allow $4,000, superviS-
ion and personal attention you still
have a net gain Of $500 on an invest
men! of$75OO, or 333 per cent.
Next we visited the Aniston Cotton
Mill. This mill has 10000 ring spindles
a ia o looms, each OF which makes 81
yds erd,y. 1t makes drillings and
~, g. $50 sheeting; employs 10
hands, good portion of which are
romen and children. They have A
lar e surplus of goo1s on hand refus-
IA. H. Seal on account OF decline IN
m. rket OF cotton goods. 1t has been
IN operation for 20 years and has been
an entire success. Capital S2J5,OUO.
cost Ut coal ~ per ton.
From Aniston, we went to Atlanta,
Gu. here we visited the Fulton Bag e
Cotton Co., owned by Elsas May & Co.
The buldin. is a SIX story brick build
ing. Their power plant is composed OF
a2D00 horse compound engine witt,
ample boiler capacity. Spindle capac-
ity 5000, 1000 looms CAPITAL stock
500, 900, but surplus and added ir-
prOvements h We run the value Of the
plant TO 81 900 900. The labor was paid
alb )ut the same as other factories give
aud numbered from 400 to l7oO.
Their looms made so yds. per day and
was mostly four yard sheeting. Cost OF
coal 81 30 per ton.
We rext visited Marietta, Ca, where
we found most interesting knitting
mill. Mr.. Northcote the president was
exceedingly kind in giving us all the
goods was first class in manufacture
and finish. They also made low
grade of 20 ds, but are going TO dis
continue their manufacture, being un-
able to get any profit out Of them.
This mill claims to have the best dye
plant il the south. 1t seems to be per-
feet doing its work without flaw We
saw other plants much larger and
seemed to do their work equally well.
They have system of water works
which are highly recommended; New
England Insurance Co. taxing the
risk on mills that have it at 4 per cent
when the regular rate is 2 per Cent. The
cost of these water works is $1,000.
This mil! bought its yarn in Mobile.
We mex visited GAINESVILLE, Ga.
where there are three underwear knit
ting mills. The first mill we visited
vas the Oxford mills. Tne garments
that they turn out are simply perfect.
They make women's fleece lined un-
derwear. The knitting is very, similar
to the knitting Of the hose. 1t begins
at the neck and knits uniform size
until the girdle is approached, then
with kind OF ribbed and narrowing
stitch, after the girdle Is passed the
machine enlarges its stitch and makes
the lower portion of the garment Of
the necessary size. The operation goes
on continuously thus making an un-
limited number OF garments joined to.
gether as in the knitting of hose. they
are then taken to the f1.ece-lining ma
chine which has been described IN the
manufacture of the hose. they are
then cut in separate garments by one
cutter; another cutter opens them ~
front the proper distance and cuts
holes for the arms. Then they are
taken to the sewing machines where
the facing is sewed on the front and
around the neck, button holes are cut
and buttons sewed on with mnchine
After these processes lace is put on the
facing. All these sewing machines are
run by steam. The arms and wrist
bands are knit Just like the body of
the shirt a smaller machine being
used.
The next mill visited IN Barnesyille
was the Georgia knitting mills These
are precisely similar to the Oxford.
We found here the son of the pro.
prletor managing the knitting de-
partment proper, who had been in
the mill only one year. We regret
mat we did not gain admittanceI
TO the Hanson, Crawley Knitting
mills, but do not in any way feel
nnklnd toward the management.
we happened there OH Sept LIST.
IN the middle of the day when the
entire office force was very busy
preparing to pay off the hands Of
two large mills for the month. This
oelng Saturday they invited us to
remain ONAI until Mondnu ond fl,o.,