Washington telegraph., 1849-09-19
COTTON MANUFACTURES IN NEW
ENGLAND.


ENGLAND.
A Boston correspondent Of the New York H..
aid, gives some inter esting statistics in relation "a
the manufacture of cotton in New Enpland,
which though derived from imperfect data, -.
doubtless an approximation to the facts. From
this statement we compile the following
Massachusetts, takes the lead in the manufac.
ture of this staple. The writer says:
"From recent tour through the New England
States, we have found out the secret of Yanke,
prosperity 1t is universal, incessant, perseverinu
calculated well-drected labor. Work has don. =
all. With natural capital of rocks, and harbor,
and forests, and waterfalls, industry has lined N,
valleys with factories, the hills with cottages and
schools, the plains and pelinsulas with cities and
villages, has pc netrated the country in every d.
rection with railroads, and has whitened ali IN.
seas with the sails of Yankee ships, frieghted with
Yankee notions.
With view of exhibiting feature of the in.
dustry of Massachusetts, the pride of all the Ysn.
kee States, we submit some statistics Of her cor.
ton manufactures. And, first as to most impo,.
tant particular--the amount Of cotton consumed
annually within the limits of that State:
The following is account Of the annual con-
sumption of cotton:
BY the forty mills of Lowell $4,000 bale,
From the reports and estimates Of
other factories in the State, at
Newburyport, Salem, Fall River,
Nantucket, Pawtucket, Fitch
burg, Taunton, Lancaster, and
hundred other localities $4,000 bales.
Total 12S. 900 bale,
AS the consumption Of the material of Cot
ton, annually in Massachusetts, The Lowell mil.
are of the largest extent-those of the Merrimsck
Company employing 1000 females, 6I5 males
using up rs, ,0U0 pounds Of raw cotton weekly and
turning out dyed and printed, 100000 yards Of
cotton goods. The working up OF these l2S,OOO
bales, directly employs in the mills an aggregate
force of 10000 operatives, and gives incidental
employment, in machinery, oil, wood, glue, starch,
dye-sluffs. soap. provisions, transportatlons, etc
etc., perhaps 30, 900 more, in other branches of
industry-so that, independently Of the force en-
ployed i'm the cotton culture, the mills of Massa
chusetts, in the cotton manufacture, gives employ
ment to at least 60 900 people.
Assuming that the cotton delivered at the mills
costs an average of ten cents pound, We have
an expenditure Of the raw material, of $500, ,0OO
Allowing the manufactured article Of pound Of
cotton to bring twenty cents, as delivered from
the mills, we have doubled the value of the raw
material, by labor, Or advanced its value 10
S. ,520.00
The cotton goods manufactured in the Massa-
chusetts mills are, sheetings, shrtings, calicoes
checks, drillings ginghams, counterpalnes, cotton
flannel, candlewick, thread, cotton carpelng, elc
The gingham manufactory Of Lancaster EN-.
ploys capital of Sl000,000, 10000 spindles,
and $50 looms, turning out S50,0O0 yards per
anuunl.
The cotton duck factory at Rockport consumes
1000 bales of raw cotton, and turns out ,253,O0O
yards of duck per annum.
The Suffolk company, at Lowell. turns ou,
$3.50, 900 yards of drl!lings per annum.
In Connecticut there 1856 mills, consuming
yearly l3,3l0,l70 pounds Of cotton, and manu-.
featuring 80, ,43l 1853 yards of cloth, l,S72,S63
pounds of yarn, 70, 900 dozen spools of thread
COS, SAT pounds of batting, 80 900 dozen sheets
pelsse wadding, AZ ,Sl7 yards cotton flannel. The
amount Of capital invested is SS,3l2,l50 Th-W
1872 males and $3.50 females employed in
this business
In Vermont the capital employed in the cotton
business does not probably exceed Sl50,OO0. Her
manufactures confined chiefly 10 woolen and
mixed woollen goods, a large portion of the raw
material being furnished by the farmers Of the
State,
Rhode Island is heavy manufacturing State,
She has within her limited territory los cotton
mills, consuming annually equal to 56,000 bales Of
cotton, aud manufacturing equal TO 7O,OOO,0OO
yards Of cloth.
New Hu umpshire has of late years entered large.
ly INTO tne cotton business, anu consumes prooa-
bly, not far from 10000 bales Of cotton per annum
In Maine, there are but dozen of factories, hav.
ing an aggregate capital of about S2,5O0 600
The annual consumption of cotton is about l70O
bales.
The aggregate consumption of cotton in New
England, is estimated ut about 237 800 bales
nualy. This is about cne- ninth of the entire cot
ton crop of the South. We have reason to believe
that the business is yet in its infancy The time
may yet come when nearly the entire cotton crop
will be required 10y the manufactures ofthe United
States.