. The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed. er elevenyears old. We had the cotton brought to our house by thebale to pick to pieces and get out the seeds and dirt. Wechildren had to pick so many pounds per day as a had a whipping machine made four feet square, andabout three feet from the floor was a bedcord running acrossfrom knob to knob near together, on which we put a parcelof cotton, and with two whip sticks we tightened it upand got out the dirt and made it ready for the card. Mymother was
. The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed. er elevenyears old. We had the cotton brought to our house by thebale to pick to pieces and get out the seeds and dirt. Wechildren had to pick so many pounds per day as a had a whipping machine made four feet square, andabout three feet from the floor was a bedcord running acrossfrom knob to knob near together, on which we put a parcelof cotton, and with two whip sticks we tightened it upand got out the dirt and made it ready for the card. Mymother was carrying on the bleaching business at the was no chemical process. The bright sun, dryingup the water, did its bleaching. This was the mode ofbleaching at this time. STARTING OF FIRST MILLS The first sale made by the Locks and Canals Companyafter its reorganization by the promoters of the MerrimacManufacturing Company was to the Hamilton Manufact-uring Company in 1825, which started with a capital of sixhundred thousand dollars. The mill made twilled and fancygoods, and the first cotton mill drill which played such a. THE STORY OF TEXTILES 209 part in the trade with the East was made in this mill. TheAppleton Company and the Lowell Company were startedin 1828, and the Suffolk, Tremont, and Lawrence Compa-nies began work in 1830 through the efforts of Amos andAbbott Lawrence, to whom the Locks and Canals Com-pany gave reduced terms because of the stringent businessconditions of 1829. The Boott Company began operations in 1835, and theMassachusetts Company in 1839. Further improvementsin the construction of a canal along the bank of the riverand the rights to control the outlets of Winnepesaukeewere established. Then, too, changes in the water powerrights were effected, by which the corporations instead ofbeing lessees of the water power became part proprietors,and from then on Lowells development was continuousand rapid. In 1911 there were 871,900 spindles, 20,303loo
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