Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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6 in Pickii in Ginning Eli Whitney's original cc piece. Before Whitney in1 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 concernc Editor's No being made in "there has beer the previous fil progress being m*AUfinn anH ha ing in our plan up. Better ma< has done for ol produce more. It means a bri< It ig... Mechanical oickinc of cotton picking. A mechanical picker can as fifty hand pickers. By invest in the owner can pay the operator earned by the hand pickers. Tin money for less toil. What happer They went into factories manufai more money in the long run. This is ever the cycle. Mechanization never hurts industry or people in the long run. Blacksmiths who fought Henry Ford's horseless carriage because it would put 1 hem nut of business, eventuallv wound up on the assembly lines at the (then) fantastically high wages of $5.00 per day. Our textile industry is learning these facts of life today. It will be a brighter day for all of us when "cotton pickin' hands" is truly only a television comic's gag lino and as much as part of limbo as "tote that bale." A large amount of the cotton used at ClintonLydia is mechanically picked. \ )tton gin is now a museum .jjfflaSS rented this gin it took a k the seeds lrom a pound IBM :ess more cotton in a few could in a day. In the long aeKla ery means a higher living te: All of us are aware of the cha our industry. As one Lydia "Old 1 more real progress in our industr :ty." The feature article of this mo made in the cotton industry; most < irvesting end of our business since > its. All of this progress means that rhinery, methods, and mechanical 1 :her industries. It means we will b Modernization means we will be < jhter future for all of us. THE CLOTHMAKI ^B { L OTT< is fast replacing the toil of han gather as much cotton in one d;i g $7,000 in this mechanical picko mnrn 1h:in Iwirp 1 lit* rhiilv waL'i us. the operator benefits by moi u?d to tiie displaced hand picker: during farm machinery, and eai nges in machinery and methods Timer" summed it up recently, y in the past five years than in nth's CLOTHMAKER shows the of the "contrast" shown is in the we are aware of what is happenour industry is at last catching handling will do for us what it >e able to earn more because we able to compete in our industry. :r One fact stands out in a study of American Industry: The greater the mechanization, the greater the wellbeing of the industry. The cotton textile industry is making giant strides forward as shown in these pictures of contrast in the old and new ways of doing things. Finer dnT id iy r, ?s *p s? n m Bl IVjr? I J This pioneer spin Susie Banks, left, ai is displayed near th< with a total in vest m day to earn a few c vestment of about S more in an hour th< an pioneer women earned in a week. NOVEMBER. 1957 premium cottons and modern machinery for farming. Hari?r\c?4ir\rt onrl m oni i f nnf ii rin ft VCOllll^ CIUU I11UIIU1UWU1 111^ 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 fninninn mmmmmmmmwj www ning wheel forms a fascinating contrast for id Florence Alexander of Lydia Mills as it ;ir modern spinning Irames. Hand spinners, icnt of about $15.00 in equipment, toiled all rents in pay. Modern spinners, with an in515,000 in each spinning frame, easily earn