Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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8 FATHER TEXTII Samuel Slater, the young inn built the first successful cotton United States, has the further c being saluied by a President ol States as the "Father Of Ame facture". Slater received the tribute fro Andrew Jackson. It was one points of Slater's career, which s Slater accepted an offer of abo an hour to fashion the texti which pushed the United States to becoming the richest industri the world. The Slater Mill trig? dustrial revolution in this count] Samuel Slater, born in Bclper. England, in 1768. came to Ame following a six year apprentices English textile manufacturer. Having memorized minute dc textile machines which were s industrial revolution in Englar year-old Slater, upon his arrr York, set out to find financial enable him to construct some chinery here. He was introduced Quaker, Moses Brown, who wa with Slater and offered to financ taking, including a salary of $1 the young machinist. Slater concentrated on the cor carding machines, water-frame s other equipment in a small v Pawtucket, Rhode Island. All o ment had to be built from mem< English laws prohibited anyone the country with any type drawi or other written information on ery. Working, he later told a frien per day during my first 20 years i Slater built the intricate mach couia convert raw cotton into ya weaving. Upon completion of the mac runs proved them successful i three years he and his partne structed a mill in Pawtucket t machines. Slater's mill was America's f i J* t i j 11 I UK Oi l) SI.A I FR MI Textile Talk Some of the most common names in me rmgnsn langu- i age had their origin in the textile industry and describe 1 the work done by the bearers of those names. Safe Employees Are Always In Demand The name Shepard may be traced to the shepherd or sheepherd, who tended the flock while the names Shearer, Sheerman, Shurman and Sherman came from the man who sheared or clipped the sheep. Stapler, Wool, Wooler, Woolman or Wollsey were de- 1 OF AM LE INDU migrant who mill in the listinction of I the United rican Manu- lllllll M I^i^hines ^ to a wealthy is im Dressed " e the underper day for r , ful cotton mi] lstruction of museum and ipinners and mdustry whic workshop in '"J,110 growth f the equip- Slater is a >ry, as strict another "first1 from leav- m'V v ng. sketches, School. Descr the machin- h'^ P'mciple a character-bi d, "16 hours ed for tde sov in America," f,'nm 7 iinery that Since Ameri rn ready for agricultural c< ton mill was a rhinery, test ^me success^ and within Slater and his rs had con- sar>' to cxPan< o house the constructed n< later expande irst success- manaS Island, Connei Hampshire. in his biograj his apprentice ?f the future asked Strutt, i ' dustrialist of 12 HI Jill industry's futi tfl L IMNj "n js not pr IU H2 ways be as go doubt it will ; _ be well man a; Both St roll - ^ 11 tensive textih 'S 0n? *'ie United States 1.1. proximately o rived from the merchant to whom the wool was sold while the carrying it from place to place gave birth to the names of Carter, Packer or Carrier. The wool was turned over Be A Safe Employee I to Carders and Combers, Kempers or Kemsters and then turned over to Spinners and Weavers Weevr>rc Webbs, Webbers or Websters. The Teasers, Tosers, Teaslers or Taylors brought out the nap by "teasing'" and the wool was dyed by the Dyers, Liters, Listers, and I,esters. Special work or skills brought forth other names. THE CLOTHMAK ER ERICAN STRY f I^IShI VML'EL SLATER 11. Today it is preserved as a is a tribute to a man and an h have figured so nrominentlv w L- -J of America. Iso credited with introducing to the American scene at his /as the first American Sunday ibed as a person with verb's, he is said to have felt that hiding organization was needen bovs and two girls, ranging to 12, employed in his factory, ica at that time was mainly an :onomy, the advent of the cotunique undertaking. But it belli?so successful, in fact, that associates soon found it necesrl niAOrol irv?^o ^ 1-* r-v % ? *11? ^ ? ^ upviauuna. mi Wl'I L' ?ar the original mill, and then d to other towns. During his ed and operated mills in Rhode cticut, Massachusetts and New paint America's Textile pioneetermined man. E. H. Cameron )hy entitled, "Samuel Slater", versation between Slater and tt, under whom Slater served ship. Slater wanted to be sure of the textile industry, and i distinguished early textile inEngland. his opinion of the ire. Strutt told him: obable, Samuel, that it will alod as it is now, but I have no always be a fair business if it ged." and Slater later developed exe? properties. And today this ten largest industries in the . providing livelihood for ap in_* million /wiiei leans. The fulling or shrinking process was done by the Fullers, Fullertons or Fullmans, asSafety Is Free ? Use It Generously ? sisted by the Walkers who trod it with their feet, while the fabric was beaten with bats and mallets bv the Beat crs, l eatermans, irSates, a n ci Battcmans. Thus some of the romance and color of the early textile industry will be carried from generation to generation by people bearing these names. Safety Is Thought And Care In Action. BIKE 1/ reliable sow Superior Qua/, nme ^iock < Textile It takes nine minutes to turn Only trouble with that is that of work by a textile employee in terms of profits. Here's wh An examination of official L that the average dollar derive this way: raw materials, 53 cen services, selling, power, supp and profits for modernization, Whotl tl-vncn *: ft ..vtt ciiwo^ OC1II1L jJl l t M I II )l 1 8-hour shift?when we keep a so to speak?the results are ra The first 4 hours and 15 mi hour shift) a textile employee the cotton farmers, ginners, w (if it is a cotton textile planl and millers (for starch), and who delivered the raw materii The next 2 hours and 24 mini the employee works for the w plant pays. During the next 52 minutt his efforts pay for the electric the sales force, accounting am supplies a textile company mu The next 19 minutes (4 working to earn the company local taxes. Then, with 7 hours and 51 ployee works 9 minutes, repre fits .. . and out of these profits zation, expansion, dividends, company and the security of it Lydia Overseers, Complete Safety J W \ Vice President J. B. Templetoj Supervisor, his Certificate on co ference. Sup't. D. H. Roberts look at the February Supervisor's Safe Lydia Overseers and Supervisors recently completed a 10-hour Job Safety Conference. The five, two-hour sessions, were held in the Conference Room. The group reviewed and refreshed themselves on the underlining causes of accidents and on the methods of controlling and curbing them. Considerable thought and FEBRUARY. 1962 TjYYmm* ~ce of supply for ity Print Cloths I >n the Sales Dollar a profit in the textile industry, it takes 7 hours and 51 minutes before a plant can even think A r. S. Government figures shows d from textile sales is spent in ts; wages and salaries, 30 cents; lies, 11 cents; taxes, 4 cents; dividends, 2 cents, s are applied to a textile plant time clock on the sales dollar, ther startling. nutes (53 percent of an eight? works, his efforts are paying arehousemen, cotton merchants of course), the corn farmers the railroadmen and truckers als. nes (or .'JO percent of the shift), ages and salaries that a textile e?s (or 11 percent of the shift), power, gas. water, repair parts, :1 legal expenses and the other st buy in order to operate, percent of the shift) is spent r's share of federal, state and mimito? iilrnurlv (inno tli*? lilt I I I ~ senting the textile plant's promust come funds for modernithe continued growth of the s employees. Supervisors Conference wwm J W m < WifM jj i / / i presents Joe Littlefield, Weaving mpletion of a recent Safety Cons on approvingly. Joe was speaker ty Meeting. discussion was given to the Unsafe Acts and Practices, which account for 88' \ of all our accidents. Vice President J. B. Tcmpleton presented each Overseer and Supervisor with a Certificate of Satisfactory Completion for the Conference. Claude Crocker served as^^ Conference Discussion Lead-^^ er for the sessions.