Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1841-02-13

have learned from personal intercourse
with gentleman, long engaged in the bu.
siness Of manufacturing cotton fabrics NJ
the north, that alter furnishing the build
lng, the requisite machinery may be pro.
cured and established AT Vicksbtg, suifi-
clint for working up five hundred pounds
Of cotton per day, 1T a cos; not exceeding
twenty thousand dollars, and mny be works
ed by twenty hands. most Of which may
be children. This estimate is for towels,
not bagging; into bagging, of course,
greater quantity Of cotton could be worked.
The same gentleman, making his estimate
upon the standard Of prices for labor and
provisions at VIcksburg, gives assurance,
that the cost of working cotton into towels
will not exceed six Cents per yard. II
this estimate be correct, and there is eve.
ry reason TO believe it so, factories here
might compete successfully with those ia
the north. The description of cotton
wrought into towels, does not exceed an
average value in this market of more than
SIX cents per pound, and every pound will
make two yards of cloth; hence, il could
be furnished here, for nine or ten cents the
yard. In fact, when we consider the hea-
w charges paid on cotton, in preparing
and transmitting it to the distan, factories
OF The north, and in bringing back the man
ufactured fabrics, the conclusion becomes
almost irresistible, that such fabrics could
be made and supplied here, Of as good quail
i'y and as cheap as those obtained at the
north.
The next question is, could fabrics be
made Of cotton sufficiently strong for bal
ing? Your committee are well satisfied
this inlerrogaiory may he safely answered
in the affirmative. Though the single
twisted cloth might not be strong enough,
yet by weaving it upon a coarse double
and twisted warp, there can be no doubt,
but that strength can be given 10 il, lille
inferior, if any, to the ordinary hemp bagg.
ing. Ii IL known that the cotton rope viii
do, from the experiments which have been
made in The use oil cotton plough lines.
Many of the planters use these; they are
found preferable To hemp 10 this, they do
not rot SO rapidly from exposure 10 rains
and dews. 1t woulI he great end gained
if bagging could be obtained which would
remain sound throughout the year. II cot.
ton bear low price when prepared, and
the planter be inclined 10 wait another
season, he must, il he do so, having hi:
crop put up 10 hemp, bag it anew before il
can be taken TO market; the wet and mois.
,ure Of u year in our climate rols and de.
stroys the hemp. II is ,nfidenly believ-
ed the cotton bagging would endure.
here is another point If view in which
the enterprise should be regarded. The
planters, i'll many counties, are growing
numerous flocks. TIE sheep attain as
great perfection here, as in any Of the
neighboung states, and are reared with
less trouble and expense than in any north
OF US; feeces are as abundant, aud Of as
good quality. The time is at band when
the planters of Mississippi will make all
The linsey snecessary to clo,he their negroes
Coarse cotton yarns will be wanted TO
warp those linse, 8, and it IS surely better
W OV HtOpuiCb W. IuiuIStl titCtH tIOIIl IuLNU-
ries within our own borders, than 10 pay
the price abroad, 10 enrice foreign capital.
lists, and to reward foreign industry. Ia
one case, il is dlversilying the employment
and increasing The wealth of our own CHI
zens; in the other, il is circumscrlbng The
sphere Of skill and industry at home, and
inpoverishing our citizens, to pour riches
into the laps of foreigners.
Let this experiment he once made; lei
il succeed, and it will change the entire
face of domestic affairs. as by the touch Of
the magician's wand. Instantly, as It we're,
will every plantation have its factory on
small scale. You wall then not see slave
children oil twelve years Of aye lettering il
idle nudity about the quarter yards, nor
the feeble aud The convalescent adult, re-
quired to encounter the heat and dangers
ofthe cotton field; these will he engaged MS
operatives in the domestic factory Thus
the planter will be encouraged to produce
hla rope, bagsiug, aud negro clothing, from
that labor which is now lost TO him.
Your committee have no means ofascer.
taioiug the amount which would be added
annually TO the wealth OF the State, by
making within her borders all the clothing
necessary for her slave population, other
than those derived IRON tue data, furnished
by the census returns, as lately made un.
der the direction Of 1.-The general government.
From these, il appears that the slave poPu-
lalion of the State Of Mississippi. in the
year 1910, amounted TO one hundred and
seventy Ave thousand seven hundred and
sixty four.-These, AT the average price OF
five hundred dollars per head. amount 10
value to eighty seven million eight hundred
aud eighty Two thousand four hundred dol
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