American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-01-23
COTTON AND WOOL FACTORY.

COTTON AND WOOL FACTORY.
There have been several meetings
held at the courthouse in this place
within the past five weeks for the
purpose Of ergaeiEiRg cott@n aud
wool manufacturing company; but,
although due notice was given by
means of posters en- the streets and
through the -eluMus of the city pa
,pers, of the time and place of gather.
sing, not one of these calls hes been
property answered. IT'S trae, sore
al0zen o. alere cof our mast enter
prising citizens have assembled and
.eudeaWored to pusG' the thing Aor-
ward, but they need pOrt-active,
~earnest, energetic support, and with.
ont it., their undertaking cannet at.
tain that success which it merits,
But this support it is the duty no
less than the il teIest OF every citizen
having capital for time, which is the
aHe in industrious persons,) to give
'sNse dozen or two dozen men
% small can ital are not sufficient for
Intersection pd establishment of a
largo'fartory like the one proposed.
The whole commdRitv should take
an interest in this matter and go
zealoESly to work to effect its sue
cess. The enemy is at the gates
of Paris" said Napoleon to the i'll
Aiabitants of that city, "and we have
mot risen en- Masse to meet him. The
whole people should go forth as one
man." How applicable Is this Ian
;guage to our own case. The deSOlat-
Sing enemy of all communications
erty-has Numbered at the gates of
every town aud village of our coun-
try, and has grimly stalked, with
deSolating tread, across the fair
p'alns of the sunny South, "and we
have not risen on masse to meet him.
On the line of the n. o, j. & G..
n II. r., there are several factories,
and there is marked difference in
the appearance of the settlements in
which they are located and those sta
tons in which there are no institu-
tions Of this kind--the fol mer always
presenting heater and more thrifty
appearance. But there is no loca-
ton in the State of Mississippi So
ayell adapted for the site of cotton
factory as our town and vicinity.
Madison and the counties adjoining
her, raise thousands of bales of the
best cotton that can he made, and
there are thousands Of fertile acres
Llow lying waste, which are capable
of producing more. All this cotton
finds a market here in Canton. New,
would it not be f,a better, instead Of
shipping nh stare off N its raw
state, to kIAf il at home until it is
manufactured, and then ship it in
the cloth. or sell it ct home for three
times the value of the unwOrked ma
terial !? Thus we should enhance the
value of the product, get home
made cloth cheaper than we can i'm
ported, give employment to humid
reds of good Southern operatives,
who are now idle and Improbable for
want of work, and Draw to our midst
stGrdy. thrifty immigrants who
would Guy up and settle OH much of
the land that is now barren for want
of tillage, and put money into the
lands of all parties-the stOcIihold'
..r rscJustrnorer, the landSeller and the
.,..,7. Arkansas all be benefited. For
y Sour merchants sending
-o--- = : to puEhase staple dry
.q,ru = ,Sey could purchase at home,
"a 5, feight, aud retain their capital
- circulating mediumR Ibur avn
x Jnntry. Besides, neigh ling com,
munitles would prefer IL purchase
South, and thus. instead Of sending
IL; off thousands of dollars yearly to
! pay the operatives of Massachusetts
and Rhode Island, we should keeT
7 it in our midst to enrich the people
of our own poverty stricken land
.'' The enemy is at the gates" Lei
the whole people go forth as one maj
ID to meet the emergency.