The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-11-08
COLUMBIA.
Thursday Morning, Novembere. 1855
increase in nInnuractures.

IshIuS 1eSSOuS from. ner NOItuGlH
neighbors in enterprise. We should
learn from our enemies, and III every
step in progress which they make, we
should not be too stilted and proud
to reap any profit or advantage which
their superior skill or energy may
develop During the war, the manu-
facturers Of the East did thriving
business, and the clothing of the vast
armies of the Union gave stimulus
to the factories which every person
thought would die out; that the
mills, after making fortunes fer their
proprietors, would be abandoned, the
machinery thrown away, and the
capital accumulated by the war prices
for the products Of the loom and
spindle, turned in some other chan
mel, to increase and multiply.
But quite the contrary results are
now being made patent to the public
The old mills and machinery have
continued their operations with large
profits, and the prospective demand
is thought to be so promising, that
instead of abandoning the business,
extensive preparations are being
made in New England for increased
manufacturing facilities; and with
the prospect OF still higher protect
i've tariff, they are spreading the area
of their looms and spindlcs to quite
an unexpected extent.
We learn from our exchanges that
every one who has passed through
the Eastern States, during the last
summer, did not fail to observe that,
everywhere, new factories were in
process of erection, and old ones of
enlargement. Now, all this is being
done with the prospect of an active
competition with the South and the
West in manufacturing enterprises;
and capital, ever watchful and sensi-
tive, especially in Yankee manufac-
turing districts, IS being embarked in
larger proportion than for many
years back, in new manufacturing en-
terprises. The case Of the Messrs.
Sprague, Of Rhode Island, for in
stance, well-known manufacturers
throughout the country, is cited as
one of the principal evidences that .
new spring or start has been taken in
the East in this respect. These gen
tlemen have made arrangements to
erect five cotton mills, with 100000
splndles each, at Augusta, Maine,
which will give employment, directly
and indirectly, to so, ,OO0people. The
town of Augusta, with q spirit of en-
terprise and forethought worthy of
emulation, here and elsewhere in the
South, offered these enterprising gen
tlemen some facilities, which were
accepted At Fall River, Massachu
setts, place already crowded with
factories and work shops Of every de-
scription, new companies, with large
capitals, for the manufacture of
printed cloths and other cotton goods.
Again, we perceive that new and ex-
tensive establishments for the manu-
facture OF steam engines are being
started all over New England
Now, it is only common sense to
ask the Southern States to consider
these matters. In every instance we
have referred to above, New England
capital and enterprise are rewarded
by single article Of raw material.
Cotton she has to get from the South,
with heavy freight, commissions and
other charges superadded. Iron and
coal she has to obtain from other
States; and in addition to all this. at
this time, they have to import their
new machinery from England, in
stead of making it at home, from the
simple fact that, on account of the
high price of labor and material on
this side, it can be produced in Eng
land at two-t thirds the cost at home.
People OF the South! can you not
learn some lessons of profit from
these foctco Tho ,,o,nfoo+,,,o e