The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-05-22
OBJ :telitiana ltmotrat.
SOUTHERN MANUFACTURES.

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able article on the subject
The introduction of manufacturing estnb.
lishments into the southern states is even more
recent than their rise in the north. Aud even
now their number is comparatively sm,ll.-
Every state south of Mason and Dxon's line
is strictly neither commercial nor mnnnfacur.
ing in its character but agricultural. And
whatever attention has been given to the in.
PRODUCTION of manufactures on any cousiderl.
bic scale, has happened within few years
and more particularly since the nnti.slavcry
crusade of the north against their sonthcrl,
neighbors. Before that, the southern people
willingly paid their money whether earned hy
free or slave labor TO their northern brethren
for the products Of their manuf,ctories aud
workshops, which they us willingly received,
thus becoming pnrtnkers Of whatever wrongs
the system Of slavery involves The south,
instantly pcrcciving the inconsistency and l,y.
pocrisy Of the ubolionsts, who did not refuse
to make money ont Of the price of slave labor
whenever they were able, aud to the extent of
their ability, became disgustcd aud offended
and has from that day been acting Oh the de-
fensive. Unwilling to pay large profits 10
those who were abusing ilcm aud for the very
system they themselves have nll their lives
been aiding and nbctting the southern people
have recently built factories and manned them
quite extensively. and the work is going on
with constantly increasing vigor. The subject
has been discussed in various Southern Com.
mercal Conventions, convened in all portions
Of the south--at New Orleans, ut Memphis.
at Charleston, at Richmond, and ut various
other places.
II is true that up to this day the south is
more dependant upon the factories of the north
than it wishes to be, unless northern sentiment
and conduct shall become materially changed
But the signs Of the times now clearly ind
cate that her wcll-bcgum system Of manufilc-
lures will be continued, improved and widely
eXtendcd,so as TO become independent, or near.
ly so, Of the north
According to the latest returns, official and
Unofficial, there were in the United States, in
1850, 1916 manufacturing establishments.
OF which lO3, 932 were in the free States, and
y, 725, or considerably more than one fifth Of
the whole were situated in the slave States. -
The entire capital invested IN all these cstnb.
lishmens amounted in round numbers TO the
great sum of of $3.50, 900. 600 The value of
raw material used and consumed yearly amour.
ted to $3.50 900, 900 amount paid for labor
$24O, 600, 600 value Of articles manufacture
ed $l,02O,300. 900 number of persons EN-
ployed l,O5O,OOO.
The State with the largest number of man.
is New York, with 1858 next in
rank is Pennsylvania, w,h 1885 while
Ohio comes next with l0,55O and Mnssa
chusetts is fourth, numbering her $3.50 Vir
glna stands first among tie southern states,
or fifth among ALL numbering 4.S4l. The
0t hpr stofn in tha contl h,, II,
number are Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri
Tennessee, NortI, Carolina Sonth Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana that rank next
to virginia in the order mentioned, and that
have from 3.70S to l,0l6 establishments
II we look ut manufactures of cotton goods
we lind there are ! ,094 establishments in the
whole country, Of which s92 are in the free
states, and 2O2, or not quite onp.iifth of the
whole. are in the slave states. The St ne hay
ing The greater number Of cotton mills in Oh
Grafton is Massachusetts. that counts up ol3
while Pennsylvania has 2Os and next in rank
$ Rhode Island with 1873, and C,nnectcu,
with l2S. Or the southern states Georgia is
IT the head, with 80 m lis next in order nre
lennessee. with 33 ; North Carolina with % ::
Virginia with q, Maryland "a, South Carroll
IA ls, Alabama and Delaware ii each, Ken.
ucky 8. Arkansas 3, and Mississippi 2. Lon.
siana, Texas and Florida, at the last accounts
lnd no mills of the kind The amount of ca
'ita invested in all these cotton factories is
S74, Sol ,O3l, and the nnmbcr of bales of cot.
on consumed n year is Gal 24O. Tl," value
If the entire product yearly is SCI .sG9. 1874,
md the number Of hands employed % 2s6
more than two-thr,ls of whom are females -
)f all the hands employed 1895 find work
n the southern states. The number of Yards
'f sheeting, &c, made annually is 763,67s,.
|07.
The number of establishments for the man.
llnctnre of wooen goods in the country is ,
loo9' with capital of $2s, Is, $50, and con.
'um'ng 7os62s s29 pounds of wool per wear :
The number of hands employed is 80, the lar.
sest proportion of whom are males. The an
nual value of the products is s43,2s7555
md the number of yards is 2,2O6 65o
uuPennsyvania rahks first in the numb, of bor
Yoran mills, having $50 Next comes Nav ;
with with 249. Then follows Conncctcut
theru statsud Ohio with 1870 The first son,
WING 12I mibthis department is Virginia hn.
setts, fact thar two more than Massachu
sing to most rendcfst t1jTh ink. wi" d,, be most snrpr