New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-10
spbect Az an illustration Of this. let one instance

cheaper by penny yard. TIE merchant could make
more by his inferior article and passes that on bis
cgsious;s. The manufacturer then turns TO "CeoIeh
Stripes" and 10 counterfeit rms 1t out; tfen 70
Georgia plIin." snd ont comes tie Yankee ariice,
and his merchant Informs him that be wishes 10 more
of his dear goods. An examination was made and The
Yankee article was found. instead OF hGu wool ana
LaH cotton be made Of cotton waste. aud Old hemp
rope and acgine fit only for coarse brown paper or
sboddy blankets.
That CON petition with the power ofrnderseling and
Of the market and not slavery was the chei
enemy Of Souihern manufactures Is shown by the act
that tie III factories were In the most slave
ocrntic portions If the Sonh factories which. possess
ing large capital sold their goods for years under COST
Of production, in order to gain footh"d. In Sou'o
Carolina few miles from Charleston In ierue
valley is the village Of Granitev. e. Here Thousand
persons are gathered abon one cotton factory WHEN
buys 90 bales Of cotton, and manufactures 4OcooW
wards of CLOTH better than English or Northern goods
haying taken premium at worlds fair. II employs
go operatives who before the war had many thousHha
dollars on deposit with the corporation Inc history
of one family In this village will be more Instructive
than volumes Of political economy ~ to the ELECTS anu
necessity of manufactures Previous to gong 70 Hr"h'
ye tho habits of the father and the cons we're very
bad while the mother and daughters W"TRed IN l"e
field, cultvaing little crop OF corn Tor pare snpsls'
ence But upon entering the factory nndcr inc 'h"u
ence Of steady remnIcratve work. the men reformed
hacame erect healthy and manly. The women taking
te home began 10 II with flowers, and cover
I. win vines fact suggestive enough II their improve
ment The small, children attended the schools supported
bv the corporations in brief ono would have thought
himself in New England family. Two factories In
Augusta Georgia had. before the war. $50 operatives
about 60 OF their children attending the day schoo ana
30 the Sunday Schools sso supported by the corpora
ton At Macon Georgia some gentlemen erected IL
fcory In 1850 the basement Of which was devoted to
religious services At first iu the Sabbath School the
desparcd at the disorder radeness ard
dirt but since then hundreds have been taught and
about twenty converted annually hy this factory scho"
rbs factory is again operation since the war; turning
out some yards Of sheeiing per month amounting
| 20 about $50 600.
Such are the beneficial effects OF the manufactures
which have been successfully established In tie South
IN the light Of these examples II Is hardly necessary to
dill tie upon the general principle that those countries
alone are wealthy and tend toward freedom IN which
MANI fractures 90 hand In hand with agriculture. In
fact attribute the material evils under when the
South Iabors as wei as the late Rebellion. to he
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The rationale Of this discussed in article in TAs
Norh Amuican Reriev for Janu,ry. too lon: for even
summary OF its contents In o letter.
The great practical question nov IT, what are the
chances here for manufacturing industry IN the fuure'
One thing is certain. the South has not the capital to
eugnge In pursuits II must come from the NorIh
But there arc great obstacles 70 be encountered oil
though think different from those generally repre-
scented. The fav orable circumstances hrsL great
natural advantages weicrpower, coc. iron. cotton,
and laying side by side. general growing desire on
the part OF the people for their establishment. and
abundance Of labor although unsklled. On the other
aide is want Of large towns as markets. unskulness
OF labor. and competition both from abroad and from
the North. Yet as ~ market. since finished fabrics
be carried at cheaper rates In proportion their
value than the raw material. manufactures would pay
even II sent North to be purchased there by Southern
merchants. a circuitous process, however which would
last Only until the goods became known a. OF southern
make and until towns grew up under their Influence
sufficiently large to enable the merchants to purchase
general stock OF goods without rcsorng to the large
Northern cities Besides, manufactures would encour
age commerce which necessary to the production Of
great cmporams.
As TO the want Of skilled labor ills can he conquered
Iby time other circumstances being favorable.
II the necessary capital could be enlisted tie worl.
men could soon be- educated. and the Influx
Of Northern mechanics and factory hands would
greatly old the work Yet do not place great de.
pendence npon the Immigration OF Sorhcrn workmen.
few years ago q considerable number Of Northern
eils were hired and taken TO Columbus Georgia to
work in cotton factory. but (being New Eng land glib
became 70 dsg1stcd wtL!the fly habits Il the South.
ern workwomen that they all left. At another time
some TWENTY-FIVE wen, TO Tal1poosa. Alabama bat they
took well among the people that they all mar.
ried of Tho great reliance must be upon the native IL.
borer and the education Of this class VIII probably take
time. And hare let say that think that many
persons will be surprised % the development Of tho
negroes manufacturing class Some fics which have
come to my notice persuade mo Of the probability OF
this; whch II consumated. will solve the problem Of
bis elevation for manufacturing labor and in,ellec.
tual advancement always so together. In fact
the fitness Of the negro for manufacturing and mecan-
ical pursuits has been successfully proved At Licking
ton in Western Missouri there before the war
steam factory for making hemp rope owned by three
brothers from the North. The spinning jennies were
tended By boys about IL years DID, abou, half Of whom
were black. and in work reqoiring the labor Of men,
negroes always were employed. BY the way. to show
tAe proabeuess Of Southern manufacturer this es,ab
ishment paid about 2j per cent profit while beDeftiog
tho farmers by raising the price of hemp third
large court house In Mississippi built entirely by
pure blooded negroes whose labor mechanics was
more profitable to their owners than that Of white
men.
Another Instance Is a sbingle factory In Wilmington.
the Of which has Ginassed Oh enormous fortune