New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-11-12
1o1ToN FAcToRY IN MISSISSIPPI.

were pleased to learn from the last Flag OF tine
Union that Messrs. j. I. Green OF JACKSON MISS
have commenced laying the foundations OF "tse
cotton factory building in that place. The site CHOSEN
is on the banks of Pearl River, between the Guy |
and the railroad bridges. The selection is an adra
BILE one in every respect.
In the hands of intelligent and energetic men, such
as We know the Messrs. Green to be- the enterprise
cannot fail to return remunerative profits upon the in
1 yestnent Cotton manufacturing in the South,
rightly prosecuted with adequate skill and capital
| possesses advantages over manufacturing in the
/ North or in Europe, Of fully twenty-five per cent
/ This may appear rather sweeping proposition, but
it is unquestionaby susceptible OF demonstration
The mere mention of few undenabe facts is all tat
is necessary to eucidate the point SO clearly that ne
who runneth may read In the first place, the cotoh
mills are in the cotton fields as it were. lhele ~
market right at home, which affords the owners llie
facilities for making purchases-a great desloef',
tum. Then, railroad fleights are saved see;llooa'
freights saved insurance IS saved commission
merchants charges, drayage storage tosether Win
numerous other little items of expense which swell
into large aggregate are saved and freight across
the ocean, or to the North with the customary tribute
to the insurance Offices are also saved-a Of which
savings tend to the immediate and direct advantage
If the Southern manufacturer over the Northern or
foreign manufacturer. Here we leave the intelligent
reader to determine whether we have sustained our
proposition or not We think we have.
If our premises he we'll founded doubt can exist
but that more money can be realized from the tabrc
ton of cotton than from the culture of cotton. But
as It is impossible for us all to be fabrCatOrs or all
cultivaors, it is the part of wisdom to diversity our
labor and apporton capital so that both pursuits
NAV mutually aid and render lucrative the other
As an evidence of heproGtabeness Of manufacturing,
we have only to cite Massachusetts,. That superla-
lively pious, christian, philantllropic generous, and
charitable commonwealth, tile people of which have
recently voted fora trecsolaboltion candidate for
the Presidency to spite and insult the South, makes
more money by the manufacture of the products OF
y slave abo than does any slave State from the growth
of the MATERIAL Yet these slave grown products
! have to be transported some thousands of miles, i'll
- curing additional expense at every transpmcnt, be
- fore they reach Massachusetts! All ofthcse expenses
are nothing less than premiums held out tt
Southern enterprise and industry, when viewed in
of practical light Under circumstances like these it
f. truly wonderful the Of manufacturing has mad
so little progress comparatively speaking in the slave
Il holding States. The only solvent reason that can b
lie assigned is to be found in the preference the masses
as our people have ever entertained for agricultural
ar cations.
sc. Years ago there was not, perhaps much necesst
lis for dirersifcation of labor. man, then,
treated as an alien Or an enemy in his own Ian
,ss because GoD, in His AWise Providence, had cas-
re- his lot in particular geographical section. Time
Of have sadly changed, and must adapt ourselves
the times as we find them. Or else we will be crushe
"a and overwhelmed Practical wisdom, with uncrrin
finger, points out the only course that leads to saet
er while it guards against danger
,as What is that course? Why, to render the Souther
he States truly and completely independent We Shout
be able to clote ourselves without outside assstanc
To do this we must have cotton and WOODEN manuta
~ tories. We have the cotton, we might have the woo
for possess the choicest sheep rearing regions
No earth and the manufacture of either, we hay
shown, would be profitable while it contributed to
d. relieve from dependence on Others And, aft
i, clothing, must prepare to feed ourselves. To a
M compish this it is only necessary to divert porto
of our labor from the cultivation of two three ma
let staples, into the production of cereals the rearing
hocks and herds, and other indispensable adjuncts
the sustanment of human life. It is to our delice
ch cies in these respects that most of the ourages pt
1us petrated upon by the fanatics Of the North are
we be attributed. Were practically Independent
md could afford to laugh to their rawlings and TIN
Of threats. But we are not.
1t is forreaso similar to these that we hal! wi
lively satisfaction the establishment, or contempt
ear ed establishment, of cotton factories, or ent
rs prises Of a like nature Chivalry is good thi
her in its way, but the most chivalric man in Sou
will Carolina cannot subsist without bread a
meat. Patriotic fire is proscworthy clement in
individual, but the hottest patriot that breath
les must have corn dodgers and bacon else hims
sse and patriotism will right speedily sarve out. De
lece ton to ones section is magnificent theme to dill
I'm uponwe sometimes "spread' ourselves on that to
Of and feel as strongly as any one else--but the
voices must have something to eat, clothes to VT
shoes and stockings for their feet, and blankets
NJ. keep them warm when they lay down to sleep, or
any, the evotees and devotion will quickly disappear,
ini's All this may be very unpoctcal, It doubtless
But it is, nevertheless, true and practical and
deem it worthy the attention of comnonscnse III,
pho- BuSinesS-~COttOn.