Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-30
I'm NAsHyILLE-
TIE LOGIC OF FIGUREG.


MANUFACTURES IN NAsHyELLE-
THE LOGIC OF FIGuRfGs
In former articles we have demonstrated
by facts and figures, from the United States
census report Of 1860, that the eleven central
States have the decided advantage over the
nine cis-Alleghany States, in corn, wheat,
hogs, cattle, sheep, iron, copper, lead, zinc
and stone coal, and that the former States
grow nine-testks Of the whole cotton crop OF
the country, whilst the latter States growmsae
whatsoever Moreover, the same facts and
figures show the great truth that the cen
trail States, instead Of making themselves
rich, pcpulous aud prosperous, by increas-
ing the value Of the natural products three
fold by manufacturing, they allow these
articles to be transported at heavy expense
to the Allegheny States, which absolutely
do niscfy per cent of the manufacturing of
the United States.
Let us take the statistics of the Cotton
mills Of Massachusetts, as published by the
Boston papers, for the year ending May
lib, 1865, and then see what the same
facts would do for us in Tennessee:
Number Of spindles. gl5.I56
Pounds Of Cotton consumed 90 20
Gross value Of Cotton manufactured .---sio'oo4'vi
Now these manufacturers pay you Accents
per pound for cotton, and sell you the same
for one dollar per pound, thereby making for
their manufacturing district one hundred
and fifty per cent profit of Of you.
Now let US see what the same number Of
spindIes would DO for ushere. The 46,6S6,-
$50 pounds consumed as above, when re-
duced to 400 pound bales make 1850
This, the estimated crop Of this year for our
State, valuing Il at 40 cents per pound, is
worth in the raw state S1S,564, 500, bat in
the manufactured, SAG, 554, 04l. showing that
we actually sustain lossof 500, ,750 But
this enormous amount Of money is, unfor-
tunately for us, not all the loss we sustain.
We pay all the insurance commissions, stor-
age, exchange and transportation and profits
from the mill to the consumer; we lose all
the, wealth of increased valuation of pro-
perry; all the employment of artisans in
building houses, railroads, dc, de-; and be-
sides, we transport provisions to the els
Allegheny States to support their operatives
which should be upon our soil as consumers.
In order to simplify the matter, let us
bring it directly home 10 us here in Nash
vile.
If we had two millions spindles located
here let us see the benefits that would flow
70 us. 1t is a safe rule to say that every ten
thousand spindles gives a livelihood directly
and indirectly to one thousand persons, and
by this we mean, they will necessarily gather
around them other, but smaller manufacto-
ries which are as essential TO them as their
own propeIling power. Hence two millions
linen spindles would give us an addition to
our population Of two hundred thousand
people Their products would give us add
tionoi busisess of not only SAC, 554, 500, but
also the price Of the raw material of $751;
654, 500, the pay Of operatives safely 81 ,0OO,-
0O0, and the profits besides. But let ms for
the mesnent discard the latter element and
we have grand total annually Of commerce |
from this one source of $72, s,541. Then |
indeed we would be prosperous eommu-
nifty. But the matter does not stop here |
The census report of 1860 shows that one
eighth Of the wealth of the United States
for that year, was the produce ofs&ines and
manufacQoF. As that report shows there
were tlldIE 100000 cotton spindles alto
gether in the United States around which all
other manufactures clustered producing al
together ninteen hundred million dollars,
OF course two millions of these would be
two-tifths of the whole amount and therefore
directly and indirectly they would yield us
s76,OOOOOO
Then we would have in our State our great
iron ore and copper ore and stone coal
veins developed. Our rich harvests with
full priced and Immediate purchasers. All
our bricknasons, carpenters, painters and
every other kind Of artisan fully employed.
Our store housesincreased, our hotelsfull, and
life and vigor and prosperity, coursing
healthfnlly through all the channels of life.
Does the capitalist desire any better in
vestment than this fourfold increase of
would bring him?
Does the merchant want any more trade
than these two millions of cotton spindles
would bring him?
Instead Of doing business in hundreds of
dollars, they will do itin thousands of dollars.
Does the brickmason, carpenter and
other artisans desire anything better, than
TO have to build houses by the thousands.
In fact from the humblest laborer, who
tolls for his daily bread to the capitalist, it
will increase the stores Of all alike.