The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-05-12
Our Industrial Resources.
The MANUFACTURE or CorToN-
PEcuL1An ADVANTAGE OF TIE
SOUTHERN AS COMPARED. WITH
THE NORTHERN STATES.

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During tho first days session
Of the Agricultural Convention at
Columbia, on motion of Coy. Orr,
Colonel J. B.:Palmer was. request
cd to give somo Inform ation to
tho Convention relative to manu-
featuring at the South. In 10
SPONGE, Colonel Palmer read tho
following very interesting paper
which he had prepared on the
subject. Upon the conclusion of
which, resolution Of thanks was
adopted:
.Mr. President aud, Gentlemen of
the Conuention-With, I trust, a
proper appreciation Of the courte.
sy OF the convention, in atfording
mo an opportunity to submit the
following paper for thoir con
sidcration and with painful
sense of my inability to do justice
to 30 important subject, fraught,
as l believe it TO be, with such
vital interest to tho South, but
with recognition Of :hc fact that
it is the duty Of every citizen to
40 what he can to advance the
prosperity Of TIC country. l pro.
ceed to read what l have hastily,
and | fear very impcrtect!y, pre-
! pared.
The advantages possessed hy
the South over the North, in man
u'acturing cotton may be stated
briefly TO be:
/. An abundance of nnoccupicd
watcr-powcr in every Southern
| State.
2. y mild climate. Fire, for
heating purposes, is only neccssa-
~ for from ono to three months
in the year. Rcsinous heart pine
wood can Inc procured at very low
rates. The pay for such wood de-
livcrci within one mile Of the
factory, is only 81 per cord, and
our total expense for fuel for, SAY
two and onc-hnlf months in the
year, is but one.lcnth ct one cent
per pound, when charged to The
manufactures OF those months,
white in the North it is about one
c>nt per pound on the manuiac.
t :rcs OF at least five months in tho
year.
3. Wages are, and must contin-,
ue to be, comparatively low. The
mildncss OF the climate, the abun.
dance oflumbcr and the cheap.
ness Of land, enables manufacture.
ers to provide their operatives
with Inexpensive hut comfortable
houses aud large garden plnts.
Tho country being an agricultural
one, we must soon be able to pro
duce our provisions, while the
manufacturing districts Of til c
North must always depend upon
the distant West, and, to some cx-
tent, upon the South for theirs.
4. Operatives, Northern mon,
acting aS suporintcndcnls oiSouth-
crn mills, admit the superiority ot
our factory hands, who arc re-
markab|y frugal and industrious,
and who arc easily controlled.
S. Frcights are lower on yarns
and cloths than OIL lint cotton,
There has been time, within the
last three years, when n bale OF
cotton Of $50 pounds, worth say
800, paid u freight from Charles
ton to Now York or philadelphia
Of 81 SO per bale, which would b,
2.77 per cent. on value, while tha,
cotton, made into u bale Of 40t
pounds Of No. 20 yarn, worth say
sl36, paid only 90 cents por bale
or l-40) per cent. on value,
difference in favor Of yarns Of 2!
per cent. The Southern manu-
tncturer saves the freight on bag
ging, rope and other waste. This
waste can be manufactured intt
paper at tho South more chcaply
than ut the North, and is, conse
quently, moro valuable here thar
thcrn. Reclamation on false pack
cd or damaged cotton is cnsy ant
direct, and we save the burden
s'.me Northern charges for stor
age, brokerage, &c.
support thcso positions by th'
following statement of, actual cos
OF manufacturing ut Saluda Cottor
Mills, as shown BY our books. I
must be recollected that we have
employed in the manufacture ofNo
yarn, only 1000 spindles, (Jcnlia
: ring travollcrs). OF course, {
greater number Of spindles, orth'
productions Of yarns Of n lowe
number, would! ensure q less cos
> per pound. '. IT.. ''t .
tahar-S Superintendent 81 cardng,
56i apinIng, 76; rcclug, rs ".., So 4
Repair-Lahor and matcrinl machinery
! Packing, bundtng. &C.. labor and
4 mntegHii8s .,.....: .......O
o General expcnSra--Watch 10; hauling, -,
FL 80; .fndings, 80; oil, Isl salaries, 81;
9 miscellaneous, 56. neutrality-suspicious.. @
u add-ILovs BY 3as,s. i45o pounds GOV, =,
ton. costing 406,' n1bktns bt6 400
pounds 0f; 'yafn) ~. !. .!l!yA. q