Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-05-13
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TIE FACTORIES AND THE sPEooLAroks'

TgE FACTORIES AND THE sPEoULAroks'
w. = n Holt proprietor Of factory IN Aia-
,.nc. called on US of Monday and assured us 'nat
n.-a,ranh in tho Milton Chronicle, copiea INTO inc
pro0rsss. does him great injustice he mas mao no
sen detailed out OF the army 70 Tork " l's Iafors
-ha has one with him that had been there oeIor0
The war commenced and with whose service ne can
not dispense without serious detrment 70 us
hneiness Some of Mr.. Hollis sons promptly entet'
Cd the service as did some of his factory hands, IN
the commencement of the war
Mr.. Holt assures US that he has been selling ouncn
cotton for s. for some time, and now sells At tnat
price, lie thinks however. he will have 70 aoVan Se
It to S. at an early day. Of course if it is orousas
here and sold for $40 and $l2 the Spectator mas
heavy margin Sheeting he sells at the factory .;
40 cents and osnaburgs at 40 He says ne nus nau
To give manufactured goods for supplies IN soa'e
cases because he could not buy them Win tne
money. Mr. Holt expresses willingness 10 ope"
his books to any one who desires to examine tnem,
and that be can thus show that he has conducteo
his business strictly in accordance with the rules
established by the meeting of the manufacturers
held at Greensboro, and that he has never gone De-
yond the rs per cent profit allowed BY law .
We make these statements in justice to Mr.. Hoit'
being unwilling to do any one injustice.
We are satisfied that the profits OF the factors are
large but in many instances those spectators VINO
buy their goods make two, three and four nunoreo
per cent-Rah Progress, 15M.
and If this paper does any man injustice us cor
nnns are always open to the aggrieved party 70
Mice himself rectus in curia, and no man surpasses
rs in willingness to make the amende honOraole-
We did not say that Edwin NJ. Holt was the man
we referred to nor shall We say that he was not;
we remarked that the factory was not far rom L.
NJ. HIS. But as the shoe Pinches the gentleman,
Mr.. "Holmes" desires us to call him to the witness
stand and PROFOUND few questions which he WILL
please answer.
Come forward, Mr. Holt, and be sworn.
You saw that you have had no SOC detailed to
work in your factory. Now, sir, we ask you II his
SON whose services you say you cannot dispense
with, did not join Capt Wilson's company called
the "Hawfeld Boys" in the beginning OF the war
and did you not subsequently have hum detalied,
first by Gov Ellis, and then by taking the conscrpe
oath, which oath, if We mistake not, required you
to swear that you needed his services as an opera
tire in your factory? Crhe relevancy of this ques,
ton will be demonstrated by question number b }
Question End. When, where, and to whom did
YOU sell bunch cotton at Stand in what kind OF
currency, OF bs ter were you paid?
Question erd. You think that you will have to
advance to $5"-may we be so bold as to ask why
you think So and what your cotton and labor cost
yous Recollect, two years ago, before the people
felt dependent on you "cotton lords" you were
mostrous glad to sell bunch of cotton yarn at 81
cents Admit that you pay higher for cotton, high
er for labor dhigher for every thing else you can
afford your yarns at 81.
Question 4th. Mr. Holt, you say that you sell
your sheeting at 40 cents and oznaburgs at 45.-
Be so good, sir, as to inform the Jury" when and
to whom you sold at these prices-and also state
what kind Of money or barter you e1scted?
Question 5th You say that you have never gone
DrOfit-now sir he
guard, to whom do you sell at this profit? Is It
not almost entirely disposed of to your exempt son
or sons and in nine out of ten, do you not tell
Caswell men that you have neither yarns or cloth
To spare, and will not have any soon-that the en-
gagements are far ahead, &C., and are not these en-
gagements made with your son or sons, and do they
not sell their yarns and cloths bought of you Tor
more than double the conscript price? Please ex-
plain hew it is that your son James Holt at Thom-
asve, gets and is selling SO many of your goods at
high prices, and why it is that Caswell man can
rarely buy bunch Of yarn yard of cloth direct
ly from you for any amount of Confederate or State
paper.
Question 9Th. You admit b.rtering manufac-
lures for "supplies," now tell whether or not you
ever sold any Of said "supplies," also their nature
and al what price you sold them?
Question 7th. Can you tell whether or not T.
NJ H1lt at Haw River, took the oath to exempt
his hands, and are not you aud his brother William
selling his yarns at from s. 80 to s. per bunch !!
Question 9Th. Please state to the Jury" wheth.
er you have not refused to sell North Carolinians
yarns and cloths in order to send supplies Of
ufactured articles to Virginia, where you could
realize larger profits?
Question 9th. You say that you sell yarns at
81; will you please state If you never refused to
let poor soldiers wife have bunch of yarn at
that price, or even S. or ST in Confederate money
md 6Na1l H., Df hos
Factories in your county pursuing similar course
Please speak out sufficiently loud for the conscrpt
oificer to hear you, it is his duty to enforce the
Law.
Having propounded these questions, permit us te
say tat We do it more for the benefit Of the Messrs
Holt than ourselE They are gentlemen who stand
high in our estimation as men, and who we have
always respected as good, clever citizens-non,
more 50. But this war is developing strange thins
if not "strange bed-fellows." So many Of oS
countymen have visited these factories and bee,
sent back home as they went, that the clamo
against them is great and the charges lisped.by
thousaIA tongues worthy of "cearing up." tn
character of these charges is typifed BY the cues
lions above, and Mr.. E. M. Holt ought to give us
half dozen punches of his yarn for calling his at
teni'on to them if they be untrue-otherwise, h.
will probably not even thank u.s.
But to test the fact that Mr. E. NJ Holt ael,e h;
yarns at 81, his sheetings at 40 cents and his .,
naburss at 45 cents, he will be waited on in a fe,
days ~ many citizens of this town, who must nc
be put Oft with thereby mot bunch to snare
all engaged" nor must Virginia wagons drive q
Immediately afterwards and buy just as much var
ana cloth as they want. Nor viii it do to reoud
ate the JeH Davis money, and exact corn, whea
aaur, bacon, cotton and turpentne, or the gold ar
s'lyer Or their equivaent-the JEFF Davis pap
and all such as will pay taxes must bring the var,
ana cloths, or we may conclude that there is mo
truth than poetry in the allegations. Our reade
Shall be advised Of the result-Milton Chronic
sAssArRAs.-An exchange paper is under the i
preston that in the colonial times sassalras was
ar ar'isIe o. commerce. This is true; it was so iare
tas .nd h % TIN hagaad That it was bscomng rS
pany an act was passed putting stou to tbs ~. ~
The blooms, or tender buds, were gathered -
q red for expectation, and these are said to NAL.