Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-05-11
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and more partieuarlg since the anti slavery crusade
of the North against their Southern neghbOrs =
Before that, the Southern people willingly paid
their money whether earned by free or slave labor,
20 their Northern brethren for the products Of their
manufactures and Workshops which they as viii
lngly received thus becoming partakers Of what
ever wrongs the system Of slavery involves. The
south instantly perceiviDg the inconsistency and
hypocrisy OF aooitionisis who did not refose to
make money out Of the price Of slave labor when
ever they able and to the extent Of their ability,
became disguised and offened, and has from that
day been acting on the denfensivs UnEilhngly to
pay large profits to those who were abusing them,
aud for the very system that they themselves have
ali their lives been aiding and abetting the South
ern people have recently quilt factories and manned
them quite extensively, and the work Is going on
with constantly increasing vigor. The subject has
been discussed ia various Southern commercial con-
ventions, convened in all portions of the South, at
New Orleans at Memphis, OF Charleston, at Rich
moud, and at various other places.
Il is true that up to this day the South Is more
dependent upon the factories of the North than 1t
wishes to be, unless Northern sentiment and con-
duct shall become materially changed But the
signs Of the times now clearly indicate that her
we'll begun system Of manufactures will be con-
tinued Improved and widely extended, so IS 70 be-
come independent or nearly so, of the north.
According to the latest returns, official and IN
official there were in the United States, in 1880,
1871 go manufacturing establishments, OF which
lOS 932 we're in she free States anG p 125,
siderably more than one fifth Of the whole sit
uated in the slave States The entire capital invest
ed in all these establishments amounted in round
numbers to the great sum Of $3.50 O00,O0O. The
value OF raw material used and consumed yearly
amounted 10 $3.50 000 600; amount paid for labor
S24O, 900 600 value of articles manufactrsd ST.
O20, 800 900; number Of persons employed 1880
OOO
The State with the largest number of manufac-
tories is New York with %, 553 ; next in rank is
Pennsylvania, with p ,595; while Ohio comes next
with 10 $50; and Massachusetts, is fourth, number
ing her $3.50 Virginia stands first among the
Southern States, or fifty among all, numbering A.
Sal. The other States in the South having the
greater number are Maryland. Kentucky, Missouri,
Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, GeOr-
gia Alabama, Louisiana, that rank next to Virgin
ia in the order mentioned, and that have from g.
708 to l,0l6 establishments.
If we look at manufactures Of cotton goods We
End there are 1904 establishments in the whole
country, Of which 892 are in the free States, and
2O2 or not quite one fifth Of the whole, are in the
slave States The State having the greatest number
Of cotton mills in operation in MASSACHUSETTS, that
counts up 2l3 while Pennsylvania has 2Oo, and
next rank Rhode Island with l58, aud Connecticut
with l28 OF the Southern States, Georgia is at the
head with IS mills; next in order are Tennessee
with 80, North CarOlina with %, Virginia with p,
MARYLAND "a South Carolina Is, Alabama and Del
aware y each, Kentucky 8, Arkansas 3, and Mis-
sissippi 2 Louisiana, Texas and Florida, at the
last accounts had no mills of the kind The amount
of cspital invested in all these cotton factories
S74 sol ,03I, and the number of bales Of cotton
consumed year is GAL 240. The value Of the entire
product yearly is Sc 1863 1874, and the number Of
hands employed is 80, 2S6 more than two thirds of
whom are females. OF all the hands employed IL,
GAS find WORK in the Southern States. The number
Of yards of sheeting, ETC., made annually is 1885,
678 ,4O7.
The number of establishments for the mauufac-
ture Of Woollen goods in the country is 1903, with
capital Of S2S l1S, ESQ., and consuming ~, S62S 29
pounds of wool per year The number of hands
employed is 80 252 the largest proportion Of whom
are males The annual value Of the products IS
S43 287 $685. and the number of yards IS 81 2O6 COZ
Pennsylvania ranks first in the number OF her
wollen mills, having $50. Next comes New York,
With 249 Then follow Connecticut, with l49, and
Ohio with 100. The first Southern State in this
department is Virginia, having l2i mills, or two
more than Massachusetts, fact, that We think Will
be surprising to most readers The other slave
States have wooden mills as follows: Maryland 49,
Kentucky %, Delaware s, Tennessee 4, Georgia 3,
North Carolina, Missouri, and Texas, each, South
Carolina, Florida, Alabama Mississippi Louisiana,
and Arkansas had no mills Of the kind in 1850
The entire number of Woollen factories in the slave
States is 202, or not quite as many IN proportion,
as we found in the same section Of cotton mills.
ments for the manufacture Of pig iron in the United
States. About half of the whole number are found
10 the State of Pennsylvania, nearly twice as
many as are scattered through the South. Next to
Pennsylvania ranks Ohio aud third In rank Is FIr-
ginia with % manufacture. Tennessee has %,
Kentucky q, Maryland is, Missouri 8, Georgia and
Alabama 3, esch, and North Carolina 2. About
one fourth all the capital of the business is invest
ed in the Southern States Maryland and Tennessee
having more than twice as many dollars invested
each than Virginia. The value Of the annual pro-
ducts is SI2,74 ~.
For the manufacture Of iron castings there are
1891 establishments in the United States Of which
out a small proportion, OF 1853, in the South.
New York has The largest number Of establishments,
323, and the largest amount of capital invested IN
them. Pennsylvania has nearly as many manufac-
tories, but upwards Of million dollars less capital
Ohio is doing about half much business in this
department as New York OF he Southern States
virginia takes the lead, with 81 establishments
Kentuck has 20, Tenneseee nd Maryland l6 'ach
Delaware IL, Alabama 10 Mississippi and Louisiana
each, Missouri and South Carolina each, North |
Carolina 3, Georgia T. and Texas 2. The entire !
capital invested is Sl7 4l6 $751; and the annual pre-
ducts are valued at SIS lO8 l55.
There are but 422 manufactures of WrOugh ironin |
he land, I29 Of which are in the South, and l3l in
Pennsylvania. Tennessee has A establishments, |
Virginia &c. North CAROLINA 10, Maryland II, |
Georgia 8, Delaware and Missouri each, and Ala |
oama /. The entire capital invested in the business
is Sl4, 495, 22O.
Most of the malt and sprituous liquors manu-
acured in the Northern States, since Of the So 324,
l54 invested in the manufacture, but 1928 400 is |
hus used in the South. Above fourth part Of all |
he capital is invested in New York and there is
more in each Of the States Of Pennsylvania and Ohio
han in the entire Southern States. The annual
products is as follows: Barrels of ale, LIZ 924;
gallons ofwhisky sndhigh wines, AZ 1873 1885, gallons
# rum $500. 500
There are 6 263 tanneries in the United States of
which the South has nearly onethird part, 2 005
alone has nearly sixth part of the
7hole number, or 1889. The Southern States rank
q the following order: Tennessee has 394, Virginia
I4. Kentucky 275 North Carolina 1jl AlabamG
40. Missouri AS, Georgia 140, Maryland 1l6,
Mississippi 81, South Carolina 81, Arkansas 81, and
he other Southern States a less number each. The
,ntire capital invested in all the taRneries in the
and is SIS SOC, 557 the number Of skins in them
,eing 65S $685. and the number Of sides OF leather
counting up II 25I,94O.
PARTICULAR MANUPACTORIEs OF THE SOUTH.
In Georgia the Roswell Company has been very
uccsssful paying regularly from len to fourteen per
tent dividends annually, besides extending their
works. There are a number Of establishments in
North Alabama and West Tennessee that have been
,aying large profits from the manufacture ofvarious
finds Of piaids, cheeks tickings, ETC., which com
nand a higher pgiee in the market where they sell
ives are negroes, owned by the companies. One
establishment is worth $500, COO Martin Weakly
Co., near Florence, Alabama, have succeeded
uuaIy we'll. They commenced about ten years ago;
nth one small factory; in a few years they built
econi larger than the first, and during the summer
f 1867 they completed third and very extensive
ne. Lexington, Kentucky, is q market for hemp,
here it is manufactured in a rough way into bag
ing for cotton bales.
South Carolina is capable of becoming impor
ant manufacturing State, and Columbia, its capital
well situated to become great manufacturing
ty The Saluda and COngaree rivers afford plenty
water power; and then, the high lands afford
iher privileges. At present. most manufactured
rticles imported into the State: recently, how
yer, cotton manufactures have sprung up, and {
ford good profit Most Of the paper used by the
swspaper press as we'll as letter and cap paper {
sed in South Carolina and neighb0ring States, is
reduced within the State Engines and locomotives
re now turned OFT of the Charleston machine shops
I'd there are, besides some foundres in the centre
the State. Formerly, South Carolina procured
PIT carriages from New York, New Jersey and Con-
ecticut; now they are manufactured within the
.sre. There is a carriage mandatory at Green {
lie, employing fifty hands, and that turns out q
IS 900 worth Of carriages annually. The village {
Grauitevle IN the same State, reminds one Ofthe t
Mailer manufacturing villages Of the NOsth. LIS q
tton factory built Of granite, and contains S400
,indles, and 800 looms Of the improved patterns.