Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-04-09

H. SOUTHERN MArurAcruxks.-The proeress
of manufactures at the. South is SO rapid, th,t
it requires a frequent ~allusion to the subject
to keep the public posted in regard to tbe;,
growth. Capitalists begin to appreciate II.
safety of Investment in these home enter.
prises, and in every State new establishment,
are yearly put in operation. The circle ~
manufacturing industry is also increasing
until. it can no longer be said that the peoni.
Of the cotton States are depe ndent for ev.,v
article Of utility or luxury upon the indus.
try Of free communities
A new factory was established last v..,
The neighborhood Of sav1Anah, and II.
result has been so favorable that the RI.
publican, Of a late date, says, forcibly enough.
that We might as well drive our hog. q Gin.
c%innatt to have them slaughtered, and tn.
bring backthe pork, a to send cotton 70 Il.
North to be manufactured and then br;,,
the cloth back to be used where the cote.
originally grew. ~
But three years since = cotton factory 49, u,
erected. in Prattsville, Ala, by Mr.. Daniel
Pratt, who gives the name to the VILLAGE in
which TIE factory was erected. The last
year the total amount of business doue In
that place was FIVE hundred ard eiKhty-,even
thousand two hundred and n,nety-one dollar,
of which four hundred and twenty-thre.
thousand four hundred and fifty dollars wer.
in the cotton manufactures.
But it is not only in the establishment ii.
cotton, woollen, and. other factories, that Ii,
South shows real progress. Her planter
begin to produce what they consume. Fifteen
years since it was generally believed that tho
meat for plantation use could not be cured in
the South, and every planter depended for ]
supply upon the West. Now a large amount
is cured at home. For stock we all looked
to Kentucky and the Ohio valley: now We
raise aalarge proportion Of what is demanded,
q This change has mainly been the result Of
facts spread abroad among our. planters BY
agricultural associations. The communic,.
ton of the knowledge and experience Of
hundreds of enlightened men to the public.
has comm need a revolution in Southern
industry and given impetus to ! movemept;
that will. ultimately make the South self
reliant and dependent only on herself.
Agricultural associations, not commercial /,
conventions, have proved the means Of Soatlhs.g
eTn development. Without a singleAsehd
influencing the political conditiioon q he
slave States, these unions have don6asf1dE are
doing more to give the South A3saseTt Of "a.
ton to produces nsds pendence,
naallIathsEgsathei ~ - " pfsoliticiansinaf-
nuai cs1asentioas ever dreamed Of accom-
plishins. Could we gather and present the
statistics Of the increase in cotton mianufac-
tories alone, in the present year in the South,
the result would encourage US and startlethe
manufacturers in other sections. Withfthe
production, the South is sure to hold a. i'm
portant influence as a manufacturing people. !,
Her. position-her labor-he accumulation Of
capitalize solvency Of her merchants-the
of her markets-and t%he.regularity
Of prices Of ~labor-concur to make manufae.
lures as natural 10 the South a the raising Of
the raw product-New Orleans Piieayune.