The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-09-07
COTTON MANUFACTURES.

An unusual butmOst significant expression
Of public opinion has been lately made at the
North. The conviction is at length forced
upon manufacturers Of cotton fabrics that the
South possesses advantages for this species
Of industry that the North can never secure |;
and the desire is openly expressed to see
cotton factories in the neisbborhOod Of the
cotton fields.
The Pennsylvania SAYS: " We know Of
no single measure which we should more like
to see carried iato effect than the domestica-
ton of the spindle aud the loom in the South
ern States"
THE advantages here presented are patent
to all who will examine the question, and
must be admitted even by those whose inter
80 ."isht DC oPFesSd 20 any rivalry IA this
species Of enterprise. The cotton growers
now pay from the proinet Of their own acres,
so far as they consume foreign made cotton
fabrics, the cost Of tau voyages TO the East
or 10 Europe, lsetorage, commissions and
profits TO all through whose hands the arti-
! cles during the process ef their change Of
character pass. The expense that can be
saved to the plaaiers sRd cutton factories in
/ the neighborhoyd OF cotton fields would Of
/ necessity, IS soon as competition was estab.
lishet, reduce the price Of the manufactured
article. The sasiag effected by cutting OF
these charges, enhances the profits Of the cat.
ton factories at the Sssth as long as the pro-
dactipn falls FAR below tile consumption.
The following remarks on this subject
irou the Penn.Yitanian are true TO the lei
ter, ani they cannot fail 70 have a greater
weight, c0miHg from a source that cannot be
suspected VI pattl'lity TO Southern inter-
ests:
"GroaiHg the cotton on his own lands. the
Soatherner, with slight cnst and trouble,
m,ght transfer IL directly from the cleaning
/ mil to the factory where Il was 10 be wrought
into cloths. And then water p0wer--stesm
p8wei--fasl, whether wood or cnal--buiId.
log materials and al requisite appliances be.
sides--sre just a. plenty and ri a. fne quail.
" 10 Tie Sun,h as ia the North. ur il any 9th.
er section ni the country. Asd should IL be
urged tbst Tie machinery and operative.
Betdi1l to the business, ate not now 60 BE-
found 10 the South, what thenf Capita
does efist there, aud capital al any time aud
10 any place, can command we'll nigh in.
simultaneously whatever il wanted or wish
ed"
This is navel admission IRON such q
! source, but true a. u Is new. Additional al
. ssntsge never presented by Southern press
! 10 furnished % by tie article 10 which alu
sioa has been made:
"In q NOrthsrB climate, the winter col
. j. reported 10 10 at upon tie fibre 81 hi
] cotton a. 70 rrndef 4 difficult of working
. rifcBm.tsncs likely 10 Interfere with ",
] perfection ~ The ieS8lt--whils the compare
: tive mildness, equality II the lurmer Iarnisl
the pfesiss e6ndilipn. under whirh this sub
: stance i wrought rn.l easily and to the hes
! effect"
/ I'hi. sgijeei Is VI importance 10 the south
ern States. Manufacturing enterprise vii
Z sperdil, dDBbls and treble her population
and wealth This, ~ rruf.e, viii incfess
iher political power anI tie influence Ill
j. wields 10 'hr connects of the Republir.
: The extensive engagement % the South
!. in manufactures, will do much TO csre ID
1 slicnstoa that has been fpr years GROWN
! between her and the Moth.
2 Increase pgr pppulatiOn and wealth, an
. no cause ipf Jealousy ~ tie North cu5ld ~
. ist. ahile the spgtli srqbifes a power whic
. commands respect.
. We know 81 no change II industry tha
i woald serve inDts 20 strengthen the domrsti
md social pseslariiies Of The South. Slav
! lsbor wosld beeume the sinsw ~ our fscto
I RES and enable % % compete with the pat
a per labor Of Europe without he creation 0
/. class dangerous 70 the pests a sooiety 0
able 70 control The production u our fseto
: fiss.
The cpinioa which he saia hss eIpr,s,