The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-01-17

- S~~~NS HSSssAD'p ~ ~
IN various lines OF manufactures. 1t
is the lack of information on these
subjects that makes Southern men
with capital averse to eml ARK ng it
Ia industries of which they are Who'll
ly ignorant.
What The south needs to supply
this most serious want is schools
for technical instruction in all sorts
of spinning aud weaving, and of the
making aud handling OF machinery
for such purposes. After many
years of neglect, Louisiana has been
able to create good schools for in
s;Iuction In the line of chemical
and mechanical processes required
for the production of sugar, and
not few competent experts have
been turned out TO take prominent
positions III the manufacture sugar
in the State and elsewhere. Ia like
manner instruction in the theory
and pratice of producing and man.
ipulatlng electricity for economic
uses has brought good results. The
necessity for proper instruction in
all that pertains TO the manufacture
of textiles is so manifest that 1t
ought not to require demonstrations
1t is a self-evldent proposition.
In view Of the prospect that the
Southern States, on account OF
their nearness to the worlds Cot
ton fields, are to become the scene
of vast spinning and weaving in
dustry, the most careful provision
ought to be made for the education
of our own men.and women in all
that pertains to the business in all
Its branches. Then the nearness of |
the Southwestern States to the wool
supply of Texas, New Mexico and
Old Mexico, will in time bring
about large wool spinning and
weaving, and there will be. IN all
probability, more or less develop
ment IN silk produ ction, since the
The climate Is favorable to 1t.
In textile manufacturing there Is
the previous preparation of the fiber;
then comes the dyeing; the spinning
The weaving, the bleaching, sizing
and other processes of flushing the
woy en- fabrics. Then there is the
which is varied aud
aud after that there Is
he designing IT patterns aud styles.
1t is true that some of this lnfor-
nation can only be got from practi-
al work in factories; but much
hat Is Of great value is to be attain
ID III schools specially pr vlded.
That such scho Dis are not me- e
|rcams or creations of e imacin-
ltion Is proved by the fact Tat they
xist IN France, Germany, Belgium
switzerland and England. The
q achinlst, the chemist and the de-
igner are all spec ally taught in
hose institutions. Then the .conc.
MICS OF such manufacturing are, 10
,e learned.
4 While no merely technical educa-
ion will take the place of actual
experience, gained in the
Mill, the posscssor Of such tschnial
has great advantage,
md is able in comparatively brief
.eriod OF actual work to take his h er
md more responsible positions al
orrespondingly better wages.
A northern authority states that
he salaries paid 10 overseers Of
apartments, boss weavers designers
uperiniendents and others engaged
d textile mills compare favorahly
With those IN other industries, s2O]
, $40 per week not being uncom-
ION for responsible overseers; while
igber officials. such as superlntend
nts, agents and treasurers, range
rom 50, $50 to $4,000 per year.
'hese positions are largely held by
len who have risen from the ranks
{ the ordinary workmen. How
as,ly would their progress have ,
zen FASTENED if they had pos essed ,
roper Technical education. /.
It should be possible to connect
it'll Tulane, or with the State Uni !
,rsitY of Baton Rouge, depart
ent Of textiles, in cotton as a
Der. and the srlnn,ng aud weaving