Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-11-18
WHO win Follow Nerts

Who will Follow hextt
1t is with unfsigned pleasure that we insert the
following resolutions, passed at late meeting of
the Stockholders of the Rockfsh Cotton Manufac-
turing COMPANY near Fayetteville. We believe
that our friend, Maj T. D. Hogg of this City, took
the initiative in this noble movement and it was
warmly seconded by Messrs. Hale, Haigh, and other
Stockholders OF Fayetteville, and BY Hon. j. II.
Bryan, of this City. Indeed, we are grati6ed to
learn that the movement met with no strong oppo-
stion from any quarter, and it is understood that
the Mills generally will agree to the plan.r pesJ -
We hope every Factory in the State win follow
this noble example forthwith 1t must be done.
Our army and our people must have cotton goods
and other necessaries Of life at lower prices. Plen-
tful as paper money is, there thousands of our
people who get no more than they did before the
war; They must have enough to sustain life and
for the necessities of their families. If those who
have will not dispose Of them at more liberal prices,
they may get ready to meet the demands of starv-
ing people, whose cry will be "6read or blood"
OF course we should deprecate such resort most
deeply. We mean simply to express our fears and
give warning to the guilty. But to the resolutions
and will abide by the terms prescribed by the Elk
empton Act of the Confederate Congress- and will so
regulate the prices Of its manufactured goods as to
bring the profits within the per cent upon the cost
of manufacture prescribed by the said act
Resolred, That this Company propose to the pro-
pretors of manufacturing establishments generally
in North Carolina to meet by delegates in conven-
ton at Greensborough, on Wednesday, the 3daay
Of December next for the purpose of consulting as
to tho best means of giving the desired effect to
the provision Of the Exemption Act by securing to
the consumers the goods at reasonable prices.
ResOLced That in the meantime the officers Of
this Company be instructed so to dispose of their
goods as to get them into the hands of the con-
sumers, ard TO prevent their being made the object
of speculation, by requiring from purchasers salts
factory guarantees that when rhsold by the piece,
they shall be sold at an advance not exceeding five
cents per yard which is to include the cest of trans
portation.
Resolusd That preference shall always be given
to purchasers who are citizens of this State"
In noticing these resolutions, the Fayetteville
Observer very properly remarks:
Whether other manufacturing companies in the
State and in the Conlederacy have or will come to
the same conclusion; we know not We can only
hope that they will. Much anxious thought be-
slowed upon the subject has satisfied US that the
law is reasonable one, which it will be good
policy in the long run to conform to. 1t is true
that substitutes could probably be obtained for the
operatives who liable to conscriptions, or that
factories might be worked to a greater extent with
out such operatives whereby larger profits might be
made. But the objections attaching to such course
are not lightly to be regarded by men who have
an interest in maintaining the supremacy Of the
\ laws of the land The present price of almost all
species of manufactures and other necessaries from
the product Of the handlo0m to that of the factory
and the salt pan, are altogether too high, such as
reasonable Godfearing men and patriots should not
desire. These prices, as We have heretofore SAID
have been forced up without the active aid and,
we know against the wishes of some at least of the
manufacturers themselves.