The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-08


to the story of making bags. 1t might labeled
propriaely, 1.-The Wonders of Bagand, for is
territory in ITSELF abounds with things novel
curious to the privileged visitor
trying to look Stories nearly always begin
with sort of explanation
ne starts and where ne is going is excep
ton, tho it is written in cloth thread funny
machines Indeed, this particular the
cent easygong elevator rising from the threshold Of
land to the surprising and attractive
hardly be complete without it.
The Story Begins in India.
Strangely the story begins India Looking over
the nearest the clouds with huge
and oblong, each compact be hard as
at ALL then he would have
chapter told by the seventh weird jungle
home of tigers and the birthplace only
home OF the ute plant from which the
obtained The plant is stocky almost five
feet high When the fbers have been they
sent to the jue mills and ute
The best grades make pretty glossy golden
brown silky even if trife harsh touch black
specks cngns TO It, These specks are really bits of bark
tho they do not impair quality any, Burlap
is frequently mistaken for different goods it
jue cloth of inferior being
jue and burlap rolled bolts packed bales of from
1000 to $500 pounds enclosed in wrapping burap
banded with three thin heart of
the faithful retainer in the old fairy Weaving jute
growing industry in Calcutta tho Dundee Scotland is as
noted Tor Its Jute mills Minneapolis is
bought by the weight sugar. being estimated at
SO many ounces to the yard the weight
seven to twelve ounces the heavier being better.
From the Old World to he New.
Then the making jute bags takes great lean
and lands upon the fourth floor called sewing Two
power sewing machlnes hundred workers.
and stacks of bags in different and
fine lint flying around thru air. to make what at
first be startling chaos Bv and nv the
mixture resolves component parts and the sewing
then to interest First holt of
jute is placed roller machine Then
the end of the bolt framework like tent and
fastened at the other side of the an in
genous arrangement carries the CLOTH all unrong
back and FORTH time Of teeth at
each end holds it down fast and alternating up
to wait hungry for the fold to IS bolts are
no yofth
$50 yards long About pass thru the
folder per day. When the finally stops the in
genious midway between the folds: it re-
sembles narrow steel bar with slit middle
The Man Knife
After sharpening long rather 1ookine no
IN truly formidable manner the at the runs
thru the slit cutting layers into halves .cb
half is then pile of sacks folded ready to he
sewed Along side are the power ma cbinn
which suddenly laundering one minute every half hon.
to be oiled The folded sacks distributed sewers:
the end seam is first sewed then with single the
is rounded the under the needle
Without stopping to cut the thread sends the fin
shed bag ylng and places another under Each
machine has before it bearing figures from
one to ten When twenty-five bags been made the
hand on the dial is moved by the time
it reaches ten again $50 made This is done
because the girls work by the hand has been
around little ring slipped slender steel rod
to register that fact Three thousand the dav
Of each girl
The String Cutters.
At intervals before machines stand girls whose ,,,
1T IS to cut the strings which hold the together
them in lots of rs and them turning machines
turning machine is sort with pair Of
TALL horn-ke posts at each end unlike straight feel
ers Of a butterfly. Two girls work machine They
seize the bags and by clever pull them over
the horns, turning them wrongsde out
By this time the bags ready return to the sixtb
floor and pick up the broken thread
the baingroo giant is monarch all it survevs
notably great assembage of packed into baes
From distance the press looks queer little srn
mer-house than anything else has no walls of
any kind-not even a lattice is great +rio1.
rectangular block of wood another inst li
for ceiling stout iron corner for the CEILING
to slide down and things atom IN,
in lots of wheeled close to The -
er house. Three strands Of laid
the snort way ana piece OF burap spread like
carpet Then 500 bags Garnet
the lots to make an even bundle Another burlap
spread over them and on that three rope
The Ceiling Comes Down.
Finally the ceiling of summer-house comes down with
mighty of 1000 pounds poor bags are
crushed into about quarter of
in