The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-05-12
Our Industrial Resources.
TuE MANUFACTURE OF CoTToN-
PECULIAR ADVANTAGE OF THE
SOUTHERN AS COMPARED WITH
THE NoRrHERN STATES.

THE NORTHERN STATES.
). During the first days session
Aofthe Agricultural Convention at
tCelumbia, on motion Of Gov. Orr,
Colonel J. B. Palmer was request
,edto give some information to
the Convention relative to manu-
featuring at the South. In re.
SPONGE, Colonel Palmer read the
! following very interesting paper
| which he had prepared on the
subject. Upon the conclusion of
which, a resolution Of thanks was
adopted: -. 80
Mr. President ana Gentlemen of
tie: Conoention-With, I trust, a
proper appreciation Of the courte
sy Of, the. convention, in affording
mean opportunity to submit the
following paper for their con-
.sideration ; and with o painful
| sense Of my inability to do justice
| Ito so important a subject: fraught,
| as I believe it to be, with such
| vital interest to the South, but
! with a7recognition of the fact that
| it is the duty of every citizen to
do what he can to advance the
prosperity Of tie country. pro
ceed TO read what I have hastily,
and l fear very imperfectly, pre-
pared. ~~ z.--. ... -...
The advantages possessed by
the South over the North, in man
ufacturing cotton may be stated
briefly to be:
| I. An abundance Of unoccupied
water.power in every Southern
State. .......:.--..,.- @~~
2. 4 mild climate. Fire, for
heating purposes, is only necessa-
ry for from one to three months
in the year. Rcsinous heart pine
wood can he procured at very low
rates. The pay forsspch wood de-
Iiverea within one mile OF. the.
factory, is only 81 per cord, aud
our total expense for fuel for, say
two and oue-half months in the
year, is but one.tenth Of one cent
per pound, when charged TO the
manufactures of those months.
while in the North it is about one
eat perapound on the manufac
tires ot at least FIVE months in the
year.
3. Wages are, and must centin-
ue to be, comparatively low. The
mildness of the climate, the abun.
dance ofiunlber and the cheap
ness of land, enables manufacture
ers to provide taeir operatives
with inexpensive hut comfortable
houses and large garden platS:
The country being an agricultural
one, we must soon be able to pro
duce our provisions, while the
manufacturing districts Of I'll G
North must always depend upon
the distant West, and, TO some ex-
tent, upon the South for theirs.
4. Operatives. Northern men,
ac,iag as suporintendents ofSouth-
crn7 mills, aumit the superiority o:
our factory hands, who are re,
markably frugal and industrious,
and who are easily controlled.
5. Freights are lower ON yarns
and cloths than on lint cotton.
There has been a time, within the
last three years, when a bale OF
cotton of $50 pounds, worth say
$50, paid q freight from Charles
ton to New York or Philadelphia,
of So SO per bale, which would be
2.77 per cent. on value, while that
cotton, made into q bale of 400
| pounds Of No. 20 yarn, worth say
1885, paid only so cents per bale,
or 44-.0J per cent. on value-a
difference in favor Of yarns of 23
per cent. The Southern manu-
facturer saves the freight on bag
| sing, rope and other waste. This
waste can be manufactured into
paper ut the South more cheaply
| than at the North, and is, conse-
qnently, more valuable here than
j there. Reclamation on false pack
ed OF damaged cotton is easy and
direct, and we save the burden
SINE Northern chargesfor stor-
age, brokerage, &c. ..~.
I support these positions by the
following statement Of actual cost
ot manufacturing at Saluda Cotton
| Mills, as shown by our books. 1t
must be recolected that we have
employedin the manufacture ofNo.
20yarn, only 40O0spindles, (Jenks'
ring travellers. Of course,
greater number Of 2spindles, or the
productions of yarns of a lower
number, would ensure q less cost
per pound. g z. 80 ! :. .-...:'. .--......
Lab ,r-Superintendsnt, 81: earding,
S.; spinning, 76; reeling, IS ...S2 A
Repsir-Laber and material machinery
Paeklns, ssars psHsi saadiing, &C.. labor and