The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-06-22
From tho Mercury.
SOUTHERN MANUFACTURES.

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We have frequently alluded to The busi.
ness of manufici al the South, and arc
pleased IN being able TO state that, from rc1
cent inquiries, we are convinced of ito
steady and satisfactory progress. The
manufacture Of cotton O.naburgs has been
for some time monopolIzed by the South
Tor their own trade, having entirely super.
seeded the Northern goods OF similar de.
sctIp,ion formerly imported, aud the sur.
plus enters into very favorable competition
IN Northern markets with the production
of ATTY other section OF the country. Our
yarus are also much approved Of al tho
North, and are certainly unsurpassed BY
any others. More recently, some large
mills have gone into operation in our city
and Safe, for the purpose Of manufacturing
shir,inss and sheetings, and 80 far they
have turned out goods tina. will compare
fsvorably with the products Of any other
establishment in the country. Some Of
these goods have been seat 10 the Norihern
markets, and have been pronounced fully
equal TO the hes, manufactured goods with
which Ihsy come into conpe',,ioa- Our
exports Of osnaburgs, ysins. sh,rtings and
shee,ings TO the North. for The past year.
have amounted to several thousand bales,
and the business is cousianily augmenting,
adding strength aud wealth to the Slate,
and giving new and increased activity 10
capital aud industry.
Georgia, as a Wing State. has had
longer or better established faith 10 the
virtues Of a manufacturing system, and ID
the spirit both Of tie necessity and patriot.
tsm which gave life aud being to the system.
1.-THE Cartwright Manufacturing Com.
pany, whose mills are On the Oconee Ris.
er, Green county, Georgia, is represented
as beln. in The most thriving and prosper.
GUS condition. These mills consume 1000
bales of cotton per annum, and run 5000
spindcs. They have been rather moro
than t.o years IN operation; and. from the
frs, momen, Of starting, have paid good
dividend There are more than fifty cot.
ton manufactures in operation 10 Georgia,
running from 100 to 10000 spindIes each,
and they are increasing nov more rapidly
than ever be'oie."
There is another Southern Wing State
pretty well grounded in the utility of the
system We are defending. We mean Ten.
nessne, which has more than twenty mills
for the manufacture Of yarn, woollen, and
cotton cloths, IN operation, running be.
tween eighteen aud twenty thousand spin.
dice. Several mills are now in the course
of construction in Georgia aud Tennessee,
and the time is not far distant when these
States will rank high as manufacturing
portions Of the Union.
Experience will dcvelope 10 the South
tons: FIRST, that that 10 not wise policy,
and ,ha, they are no, wise men, who con.
fine themselves TO single product, whether
Of cotton, sugar, or nythng else. Second.
| ly, tina, no State and no community ever
entered upon sys.em Of manufacturing
wl,hou, becoming greatly benefited there.
by. Manufactures enrich the farmer, the
merchant, the laboring man, the State aud
The nation and in country like this they
arc essentially necessary TO the public pros.
Peri,y es the breath We breathe is 10 the
health Of the ply seal system.
The policy Of the South has hitherto
been TO send lhreo loads Of cotton to Eng.
land to buy one Of cotton goods; bu, she
seems now to be learning something of the
wisdom of the Greek statesman, who boast.
ed, though he could not play on the fiddle,
tina, he could build up grea. State. We
hope that our friends will forego fiddlinR,
and try, in place Of it, the benef, Of wise
system Of economy resulting from home
labor.