Transactions of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, Issue 59 |
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ARTHUR H Association Atlanta average number bale bale of cotton Bedford belt BESSONNETTE better Board of Government bobbin boilers Boston Carolina cent Charles Charlotte cloth colored compress condensed Conn cost Cotton Co cotton fibre Cotton Mills cotton seed crop cylinder D. A. TOMPKINS EDWARD ATKINSON engine England Cotton Manufacturers Exposition Fall River filling fire Fitchburg French beater George George W Georgia GOODALE H. S. CHADWICK Hopedale hopper improvement inches interest invention Jewett City John JOHN ECCLES KNIGHT labor Lawrence Lewiston lint Lowell machine Manchester Manufg Mason Machine Mass meeting method Northrop loom number of yarn October operatives picker picking plant present President production Providence question rolls sample saving sea island cotton Secretary shuttle South southern speed spindles steam stop motion supply Supt Taftville tare Taunton tion Treas warper water-wheel weaver weaving weight Whitin Whitinsville William Woonsocket yards per pound
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Page 3 - ... and have complied with the provisions of the statutes of this commonwealth in such case made and provided, as appears from the certificate of the president, treasurer and directors of said corporation, duly approved by the commissioner of corporations and recorded in this office: now, therefore...
Page 3 - Massachusetts, do hereby certify that said [the names of the subscribers to the agreement of association], their associates and successors, are legally organized and established as, and are hereby made, an existing corporation under the name of [name of the corporation], with the powers, rights and privileges, and subject to the limitations, duties and restrictions, which by law appertain thereto.
Page 6 - The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Association and of the Board of Government, and keep accurate records of their doings.
Page 194 - The four southernmost States make a great deal of cotton. Their poor are almost entirely clothed in it in winter and summer.
Page 3 - Treasurer and Directors of said corporation, duly approved by the Commissioner of Corporations, and recorded in this office. Now, Therefore, I, WILLIAM M. OLIN, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that said EDWARD W.
Page 36 - NEW ENGLAND COTTON MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION TO HOLD ITS MEETINGS WITHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH. Be it enacted, etc., as follows : SECTION i. The New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association is hereby authorized to hold its meetings in any state or territory of the United States and in the District of Columbia ; provided, however, that its annual meeting shall be held in this Commonwealth at least once in five years.
Page 210 - Even as late as 1810, according to the United States census for that year, the manufactured products of Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia exceeded in variety and value those of all New England. While the production of cotton remained profitable, the growth of slavery stifled manufactures, and that interest steadily declined.
Page 5 - It shall be the duty of all members of the Association to make returns to the Secretary of such statistics as may be called for by him, under the direction of any committee duly appointed for the collection of statistics, when not incompatible with private interests. OFFICERS. ARTICLE 6.
Page 193 - He even became himself a manufacturer in the household way, and employed two spinning jennies, a carding machine, and loom with flying-shuttle, by which he made more than two thousand yards of Cloth which his family and servants required yearly. Previous to this, however, we find him, in 1788, writing to Mr. Digges, that "in general it is impossible for manufactures to succeed in America from the high price of labor...
Page 6 - Special meetings may be called by the president, at such time and place as he shall designate, upon request in writing from the secretary of the board.