The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-05-12

| o'S uVttUcI VI S)luulcs IHOutu W
required. The calculation will
vary, according to tho kind of
spinning done and machines used.
1,494,2 spindles would give en-
I ployment to 249.951 Handspring
cipally females, from ten years Of
age up, and small boys. a ,
The averege wages Of the opera.
tives (hig aud ,littlo) in our mill
is Sl42.82 cach per annum, which
would give as the gross. amount
paid for wages perannum, ,S3b. .798,-
>90l.82. And that, too,i paid for
labor that would nearly all Of it
not only be otherwise unemployed
in adding to the wealth of tho
country, but DO positive burthen
!! upon tho country. t..
It must not 30 supposed that,
because these figures show that it
would require about twice the
number of spindles now run in tho
North to spin up our entire cotton
crop at home, that tho amount Of
capital required would be double
that invested in cotton manutac.
lures in the North, and-thcrctore
to DO beyond cur reach for but II
comparatively small amount Of
Northern capital is invested in
spinning. The most Of it is in
weaving, dyeing, printing, bleach
ing. &c. Spinning is comparative
ly simple, md complications com
mcncc when weaving begins.
1t must DO evident to every
business man, that all our cotton
must, sooner or later, be manuf.c-
turcd here, at tho place Of its pro-
duciion. II done now, by associ-
ations Of planters and other South
ern people, additional wealth is
secured to ourselves and to our
children; If deferred, Northern
capital and energy will inevitably
occupy the field.
1t Seems to mo entirely practi
cable that the planters Of cotton.
growing districts all ovcrthe South
should comi,inc together in joint
stock associations, and erect cot.
ton mills OF sufficient capacity tc
spin up their crops. No doubt i
this suggestion wero acted upor
at once, and all our cotton made
INTO yarn, and thrown upon TIC
Northern market, the suppl !
would exceed the demand, ant
loss, Mt first, would ensue. My
proposition is to ship direct to the
continent Of Europe, as well as the
North. 1t would take us but lit
Ito time to drive other yarns from
tho market. The process Of ap
preaching the spinning Of our cn
tire crop wonld be gradual, ant
would keep pace with the gradual
withdrawal OF our competitors.
TO show the practicnbility o.
this plan, | submit an estimate tol
n cotton mill with 1880 spindlcs
ring travelling frames
Number Of square feet of floor
ing, 10000; amount ofNo. 20 yarns
manufactured for spindlo, 81
pounds. Total amount of No. q
yarns manufactured in mill, 354,
! 0G0 pounds. Cost Of tirst.class ma
chinery, with all the latest i'm
provements, viz: One large cylin
der cotton opener, (jiglish J one
3 cylinder cotton opener, with
beatcr, QGnglish j l double lar
machine, (lInglish J 10 self:strir
ping, 3G inch cords, with 2 r. w
heads, troughs and belts: 2 draw
ing frames and cans; EnglisI
sIubbcr, 60 spindlcs; 2 Englisl
jack rowing frames, 1870 spindle:
each 20 ring traveller spinning
frames, 204 spind!cs each ii reels
traverse grinder, slide reel. care
clothing. governor, turbine wheel
cotton scales, bundle and bal,
presses, shafting, betting, bobbina
transportation, putting M ma
chinery, findings to commence
with, &C., &C., s43, 900 building, in
cluding houses for operatives, Cos
timatcd by an experienced con
tractor,) $1,000; total, $4,000
Such a mill will give en- ploymon
to 81 operatives, and will consum
887 bales cotton, weighing 45
, pounds each. Estimated net pro
fits on productions, if sold at cos
; Of Northern production, S17,74s
. No estimate is made Of tho cost q
wator-powcr, as that would dcpen'
upon location, size and nature Q
; stream. '..
! Finally with great difidoncc
! but with equal carncstness, I urg
upon tho Convention, and upol
, tho Southern people generally
, careful consideration Of tho fact
and figures submitted; and clos
, with tho suggestion, that house
Of correction for juvonilo dolir
J quonts who abound in our mids
| and pcnitcntiaries for females'db B
: established, and that their inmate,
as woll rs those Of orphan asylums
10 employed in cotton manutat
: turing. | may state that, by th
: wiso forctbought Of tho ,projocto,
( ofour State Penitentiary, this WA
D to u limited oXtent provided 70,