The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-05-02

embarrs ssed, that the mill received but
little Of his attention, and being one OF the
kind, as before stated, which requires the
stre,esi attention, i, could not be expected
10 flourish. It's size forbids lis being brough,
under the same system, and producing
similar results, as the Massachusetts, mills,
and however profitable ii may be to its
present owners, II can never DO considered
a fair test Of what cotton manufacturing
will BE-, when properly introduced in this
State.
Now, when we take all things into con
slderalion, it is really matter Of surprise,
that we have not long since made cotton
manufacturing one of our leading occupa.
,ions. When the Boston merchants EN-.
barked in II, they we're as ignorant of il as
VIC now are, while the Rhode Island people
were eminen,ly skilled in 1t; but this did
not deter the former, when driven from
their favoriie Occupation, from engaging
IN il. These gentlemen, not unlike our
merchants and capitalists, and very similar
TO our intelligent cotton planters, embarked
Immediately IN manufactures, which have
indeed yielded them golden harves,s.-
They ala not the men to take off their
gloves and perform manual manipulations,
but they look on with their hands 10 their
pockets, precisely as cotton planter would
do, and depend on the skill Of an ntell.
gent oyeIsecr, 10 produce good, practical
results. II certainly has not been their
ba IN sS
great wealth. Their agents at tho mills,
or oyerseers, as we would call them, reside
10 fac houses and wear silk gloves. Their
situations are similar TO those of our Bank
Presidents in Charleston they have fine
offices, and clerks 10 attend 10 their book
keeping; and let ire here inform you, that
10 the ten corporations in Lowell, not one OF
The agents is practical manufacturer, that
is, a man brought up behind the spinning
machine. SIX out Of The ten are lawyers ;
they are, however, shrewd, business men,
who look well to hiring good subalierns,
and see that the results Of the factory show,
that they not only understand, but perform
their business. They pay immense sums
for water power. Ii would seem lha, eco.
nomy was no part Of the system Of Boston
manufactures, for 90 where YOU may, yor
will find tina, they have INDUCED their fan
cy, BY laying oot Immense sums OF money
10 the erection Of elegant and ornamentet
edlices for the machinery, and in arranging
their grounds. They have actually bull
palaces for ;hei: overseers; and the board
ing houses for the accommodation of thei
operatives, are what we in Charleston Uoult
call fine houses, not inferior in quality nn(
appearance 10 the bes, buildings, in To,
ucsly built portions of our city. | do TO
certainly eSaggera.e, when | say, that tbs
most indifferent oSerseer's house 10 Lowell
a; least such as | saw, cost more than lht
whole village Of Nauclose, containing up
wards of 200 inhabitants, including a com
Portable dwelling recently built as RESI-
de0ce FOR one of lis owners; and NOR
money than al the houses shlch serve I
accommodate the operatives Of the Salud
Factory.
When We view all these facts, and recol
lect that We have water power IN any guam
htys iu NSa'sfg Poitiois VI ouf otdtCt WHICH
can be purchased Tor trihs-that we hay,
the cheapest county On the face OF th,
globe 10 live in, flor provisions are ss chea,
10 South Carolina az 10 Prussia, The cheap
est portion Of Europe,) adding to this on
mid climate, making il even cheaper 10 liv'
here than is Prussa-thst the raw materia
can be had from to / cents cheaper il
The interior OF this State than in the manu-
featuring towns Of the North hand that "
possess The cheapest, s,esdfsst, and mos
easily controlled labor to be found in III
Unl,ed Sia,es-vhat, let me ask, is 10 pre-
rent our success In addition TO all thest
facts, when II is borne in mind that ;ht
Cotton manufacturers pay their operative:
So - per week, (this ls the average wage.
paid IN Lowell, which governs all the olhei
places 10 Massachusetis,) and that while
paying these high wages. they convert
cotton Ihto cloth at cost Of from 81 to 3
cents per pound, turning gu, in coarse fab.
Tics 24s bales to the hand, (!hers 10 no nc.
ton about this, and il would seem that our
conclusions must be irresistible. In nv
next chapter shall consider the sublec, Of
the manufacturing Of Cotton Bagging as O
part Of the system Of Domestic Industry in
South Carolina.