The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-09-15
Cotton Mill
Committee Sent Out to In
vestigate
Reports as Given Be
low,
OF Great Interest A.
Value.


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i We your committeYappointe
+ to investisA Ate cotton YiIls with til
!, idea in view of ARRIVING at a def
, , mite 'concluS sion as E what kind o
manufactured product our Assocj
alton should attempt, and th
means employed Ytc the accomplish
ment of tha ut eIH, beg leave to sub
NIT to you thYfr report aEfv4
AS we llndf fstood it to he TIL
consensus o2opinion of the boar,
of directorsfhat we should engag,
in either Ne manufacture of cloth
or that Of knitted goods, we CAV,
almost exclusive attention to these
two branches Of Manufacture. w,
investigated the general method ol
manufactory what kind Of laboI
employed, cost and management o.
same, kind Of machinery used
general method of supervision and
the manner of disposing of the
manufactured products. We also
investigated cost iofraw material
cost of manufacturing and the net
price received. ! { Il S
Our first mill visited was the
Alden Knitting Mill of n. o. The
spindle capacity of this mill was
2OOO, consisting of two pair mules
of 500 spindles each, and 1000 ring
spindles. With this equipment the
lmlll prepaledall the yarn that
was necessary to keep their knit
ting machines busy. They operated
both night and day.
The first process in the manu-
facture Of hose and half hose is the
femployment Of 4 machine which
knits the leg of the hose and after
knitting the proper length for the
leg itself, without any assistance
from the operator, knits. a kind of
5selvage portion that can be cut
without ravelihg and Throwing it.
self back to the original stitch and
knitting another leg, and then an
other selvage portion, and then an
other leg and SO on indefinitely,
thus making one continuous piece
but many legs. An operator then
clips these legs at the proper place
and conyeys thenrt D the next ma
chine atsfrst kllfts entifely around
the leg, but aftersa certain humber
ofarevolntiOnsi it4 ceases to make
the entire circait and revolves
about I of the way knitting back
and forth using three strans instead
Of two as in the leg; thus knitting
the heel, then the IpaEhiRe makes
the entire Circuit Knitting the foot.
After the foot has been made of
sufficient length the same process
as made the heel is used in making
the toe As the process now stands
the hose is completed with the ex-
ception of the opening: at the toe.
Now y third machine called the
looper takes up the work and by
one row of stitches makes a com
plete union with perfect smooth
ness.
In the Alden mills they make the
fleeced lined goods which adds much
to their appearance, comfort and prof.
drawing the hose over cards revolved
In anloppos1te direction, thus drawing
out some of the fibre which gives it q
fieecy look and feeling. Eighty-five
knitting machines were used in this
factory. part Of them automatic, others
only partially SO. The Standard was
the machine most preferred, and 1t did
it's work beautifully. The building
was three story. One hundred anu
seventy-five hands were, employed.
They gpbtained for their goods from
60 cents TO SIPS per dozen. No fixed
place ut which they sold, hut their
goods were taken in various markets.
They had orders which should have
been filled last December, which were
not filled at the. time OF. our visit. We
did not ascertain exact cost price, but
from what we learned from others,
about 40 cts to so cts. Machinery used
In the picker room Was Of the kltson
make. All u Others preparatory ma
Of the Hetherington make. |
The knitting. machinerya aside from |
the Standard, was of the Nye & Tier
Ick make. After the knitting of the
sock comes the dyeing and finishing
processes. We could not obtain as full
information about dyeing as we wished,
but ascertained positively that there