Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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6 //i PM? w N r fl \ iff I > yj| |j^|aP ]l mBBBSmbB ffl /// Ginning... Eli Whitney's original ec piece. Before Whitney in\ laborer all day to hand pic or so of cotton. A modern gin can proc minutes than Whitney's gin run, more efficient machin standard for those concerni Editor's No being made in "there has beer the previous fit progress being growing and ha ing in our plan up. Better mac has done for ot produce more. It means a brie 1^-, JW^l|Ri Jfl W"' Mechanical picking of cottoi picking. A mechanical picker ci as fifty hand pickers. By invest the owner can pay the operate earned by the hand pickers. T money for less toil. What happ They went into factories inanu more money in the long run. Thi is ever the cycle. Mechanizatio never hurts industry or people i the long run. Blacksmiths wh fought Henry Ford's horseles carriage because it would pi them out of business, eventuall wound up on the assembly lini at the (then) fantastically hig wages of $5.00 per day. Our te> tile industry is learning thes fnr-fc of lifji InHav Tt vv.* ill hp brighter day for all of us vvhe "cotton pickin' hands" is trul only a television comic's gag lir and as much as part of limbo ; "tote that bale." A large amoui of the cotton used at Clintoi Lydia is mechanically picked. r w V*>tton gin >s now a museum raj? /ented this gin it took a k the seeds from a pound ess more cotton in a few mH could in a day. In the long M ery means a higher living 91 te: All of us are aware of the c our industry. As one Lydia "Ol > more real progress in our indu< ty." The feature article of this r maae in ine conon inausiry; mos rvesting end of our business sine* ts. All of this progress means lb :hinery, methods, and mechanica her industries. It means we will Modernization means we will b< jhter future for all of us. THE CLOTHMAKE ] t I c ^OTT< i is fast replacing the toil of han in gather as much cotton in one da ing $7,000 in this mechanical pickei r more than twice the daily wage 'hus, the operator benefits by motioned to the displaced hand pickers factoring farm machinery, and calls n n o ;s . ji iv hanges in machinery and methods Id Timer" summed it up recently, itry in the past five years than in nonth's CLOTHMAKER shows the t of the "contrast" shown is in the i we are aware of what is happen>at our industry is at last catchinq 1 handling will do for us what it be able to earn more because we i able to compete in our industry. R One fact stands out in a itudy of American Industry: The greater the mechanizaion, the greater the welljeing of the industry. The :otton textile industry is naking giant strides forward is shown in these pictures of contrast in the old and new vays of doing things. Finer 3'N3 d y r, s c 9 II - Hffl This pioneer spin Susie Banks, left, at is displayed near the with a total investm day to earn a few c vestment of about S more in an hour the NOVEMBER, 1957 premium cottons and modern machinery for farming. Harvesting and manufacturing all add up to a brighter future for those of us in cotton textiles. Mills that do not keep pace with this modern trend in textiles will soon fail in today's keen competition for the customer's dollar. d C nmninn %f ning wheel forms a fascinating contrast for id Florence Alexander of Lydia Mills as it ir modern spinning frames. Hand spinners, ent of about $15.00 in equipment, toiled all ents in pay. Modern spinners, with an in115,000 in each spinning frame, easily earn in pioneer women earned in a week.