Washington telegraph., 1849-12-05
CotiO.. Fie. ID $ ystem of Manufacturing.

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..Planter" has given the public some very
able articles upon the manufacture of cot
ton in the South. He is strong advo.
cate of bringing the Cotton Mill to the
cotton field.
We lay before our readers the plan
which he suggests to the planters of the
South, and may refer to his articles again
at some future time.
Spinning may be commenced with any
number OF spildIes. with Or without looms.
There is an ext.nsivo do.ne,id f0r CottoH
warns, aud thread is saleable lnauutac-
rure The mills st Lowell average about
| 1000 spindles for each building.
There is one, however, at Salem, con-
tanning 30. 600 spindles. the largest III the
world uuder one roof. The size of the
quantity of machinery intended to he
worked. A mill for $500, or 5000 spin
dies, for coarse goods, will require perhaps
three rooms, 25 10y 80 feet long, and
plan suitable for The cotton feld system,
which will be in the county, aud where
land costs nothing. and manageable 10y
slave labor. at comparatively M COST. 1t
is for fifteen planters 10 take 4,OUO each
in stock select Il site Tor a mil near their
plantations, detail three men from each,
making Ii building force OF forty-tive men,
besides an over>eer aud general luanag ger,
one of the Stockholders: with tins force.
aud as many :eains as may be necessary,
they will proceed 10 put up three rooms
ot 20 by 90 feet, OF wood, one story high,
ot coarse, strOng, undres>ed lumber. such
as they cal. readily prepare from the forest,
without an outlay OF capital. Add at
convenient distances hfieen To twenty
cabins, and the buildings tor the mil are
up This wooden one story plan, Tor the
cotton tield possesses the advantages VI
co>tluS nothing, ot txing aud running the
Whole machinery upon lhe GROUND, max
ing i. more steady, aud acce>sib'e, and
avoiding wear aud lear, with better Ven
tiation, less noise, and, perhaps, less rlrk
from tlre, because it Is not lie walls OF d
mil, bur the cotton about tie machinery
which is subject lo burn. aa
One story rooms, running III different
directions from the engine, vi WOOD, ana
without much tabor In pfepafatioii, are
offered as a substitute tor the tour story
of New England, which are required TO
he built with thick walls, 10 AVOID motion
in the machinery. ana therefore expensive
costing from $4,000 to SoO,OOO; and
when buildings Tor the operatives are
flushed, the bills are often SlUO OOO III a
site aud buildings. before Wheeli l. turned.
Whilst The manager and Ovefseef are
putting up the wooden mill aud capi"s'
the planters, acting under the charter,
have issued their bonds tor S54O, 900. bear
ing Or 8 per cent. interest payable III
three four aud five years, in equal install
menrs, and secured the payment by mort
ga re on the site and machinery. aud
half section of land each. have sold The
bolid> aud bought the >piiidles and engine.
aud are ready for operation III SIX iilouihs
from the formation Ot the company "A
man and four boys or girls are taken from
the plantation OF each stockholder and
put IN the mill, each getting credit ac-
cordiug 10 the numher furnished. These
with eight or ten trained hands as lnstftic-
tors. furnish mill force which Will spa
and weave 500 bales of cotton; making
million of yards of O>naburSs worth y
cents per yard, equal TO SJO. .OOO gross sales.
The Stockholders being planters aud near
the mill, furnish PROVISIONS, cotton, and
wood for the engine.
Suppose the planters who have put up
this ulll make 1000 pales only of cotton,
winch al $24 are $4,000. Since the
erection of the mil, the same cotton Is
worth $4,000 per amnun. At the end
fi...U
debt for machinery by in-Lal,nents, aud
before this, The hand, are trained to tllelf
new employment, aud the plantlnS ac'
count is raised from 8 TO 10 cents pound
for the field Labor, which had been here
tofore shipped oil, and lost Ihe mort
gage debt is S.. .666 each, being htteen
planters associated to be paid Ill three
iustalments of 1888, with Interest, and
that when they are getting Tor their held
labor 10 cents per pound. What then
would be "a debt of $1,000 year on sub
stantial planters when they have Insured
10 cents pound for their COTTON ny ~
curing the debt.
There are 3 cotton States including len
.iessee, which will averages about oO coun-
ties 10 the State. Two mills IN every county
of 5000 SpindIes each, are suincieii' W
spin the whole crop, and render the South
magniticenlly rich, and gloflou>ly lnde-
pendent. mention these facts 10 show
the immediate capabilliy OF the cotton
growers, To relieve themselves from thls
blishring system of shipping OFT the soll ~
yaao cotton. aud bringing home nothing III
return, comparatively speaking. lhefe
are twenty counties i'll Tennessee South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi
aud Louisiana, aud less number IN
Florida. Arkansas and Texas, which can