The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-05-05

the returns have from sixteen frames OF the
same machinery In Georgia for the last Blk months
have been SIS, 600 clear profit. Our company has
determined to sell out their machinery"
1.-THE South enjoys the advantage OF not less than
twenty per cent. over the North In manufactur-
ing"
The writer OF this letter has since moved South,
and his cotton mill OF the North is permanently
closed.
A large number of Northern cotton mills are
lille, many OF those In operation have recently re-
dueed the wages OF their hands and some are run n
Ring on short time; machinery Is being trans.
ferred to the South, and skilled labor and capital
is beginning to follow. England is losing her
monopoly. France and Germany are yearly i'm.
porting less OF her yarns and manufactured
goods. Her manufacturers are becoming alarm
ed, and her operatives are turning their eyes In
this direction. There con be no doubt that we
will before long supply the North, and to some
America and Mexico, with manufactured goods.
and export yarns to the Continent OF Europe and
ultimately to England.
Few realize how rapidly manufacturing mas In
creased in the United States
The first cotton factory on the Arkwright prln-
cipe was erected in Rhode Island, In 1870.
In 1872 there were SO mills in Rhode Island
and 20 mills in Massachusetts,, turning In all 49, e0O
spindles-an average OF about 900 TO the mill.
In 1850. there were In the United States 2 $780,
600 splndles; in 1868, over Six millions, showing
an increase OF over three and half millions in
eighteen years-alm0st exclusively In the North
the South having In the latter year only about
The wages paid to factory operatives In 1888
was over thirteen millions. In 1913, over twenty
seven mllllons-an increase Of 100 per cent. IN
ten years.
The increase in the South must, hereafter, be
far more rapid than 1t has been North
Attention is already directed 10 our country US
the proper field for the cotton manufacturer: In
deed, we believe no astute business man Will en-.
gage in iC elsewhere, and within few years most
Of those already employed at the North IN tnls
branch OF industry will, as some are doing now.
djsmante their mills and either move South, OF
engage in other branches OF manufacturing
il cannot be long before machinery for WORK
ing long staple Will be introduced, and Sayan-
nall Charleston and Wilmington, with their faci-
llties for procuring cheap coal, win vie with each
other in The manufaXure of our sea Island cotton;
and soon the buSyShhm OF the splndle WIN ne
heard on every water-course, from virginia 20
Texas.
ers may, with profit to themselves, aid In pr0duc-
Ing this result, by combining together In Joint stocK
associations, and erecting cotton mills OF suIn-
Client capacity to- work up their COTTON crops:
These mills should be managed, not by the planters
themselves, but by experienced and capable
business men, who will give them their undivl-
led attention, with experts In charge Of the
mechanical departments. Manufacturing COM
prs'es So TsnTss many dg.as tha Succession PROSE
management. with all our advantages, matten.
tlon to details and careless management canHot
but produce less.
From two and one.half to three millions OF del.
lars would be added to the value OF our cotton
crop II we were to manufacture 1t into yarns and
woven goods. or this, large amount would be
paid OFT for wages, and that to class that Is now
not only unemployed In adding to the wealth Of
the country, DIT for the most part burden
upon their parent o. the public. lc.
The enormous increase IN tne amount OF money
received by the South would be the direct advan-
tage derived from manufacturing. me mefchant,
the mechanic the agrlculturist, tho oanker, the
real estate owner, and In fact every citizen sl onr
country, would be incidentally benefited. Busl-
ness generally would be stimulated, and property
OF all kinds enhanced In value.
What has manufacturing not done for Eng.
land? To come nearer home-what has II not
done for New England? Take the town Of Lowell,
for instance. Situated In cold, bleak, unpro-
ductlve country, with every drawback and no
advantages except Its water power, and the IN
domltable energy Of its Inhabitants, IL mas grown,
within few years. from mere hamlet with one
manufacturing company the Merrmack, or
ganize1 in 1927 into an active, thriving city,
with so mills turning over 49, 900 splndles, rum
mag over $1,000 looms, gyiag employment 70
banks, with on aggregate capital OF $1,000.
and four savings banks, with On aggregate de.
posit OF about s5,ooo,oOO, principally savings OF
operatives.
ported to foreign countries the South has at times
contributed as high as 55 per cent-double and
treble the value OF our products by manuIactur.
Ing before expectation, and we cause foW OF
wealth from the North and from abroad that must
produce almost unparalleled prosperity.
II we desire to fully participate IN that prosper
ity and hasten its consummation, there must oe
no folding OF the arms on our part. We cannot
afford to stand idly by while foreign capital and
energy, attracted as 1t will be-indeed as II is-by
the wonderful a,,vautagcs VIC n,sseSs grnnnniy ntaai
would the sceptre have departed from Israel. But
rather let US, while heartily welcoming the North
ern business man and capitalist, join IN generous
rivalry In the great work OF developing our re-
sources.
new era Is upon US. The policies attending
the institutions OF the past no longer control our
actions. The industrial pursuits to which we
were wont to devote our energies no longer clalm
our undivided attention.
No COUNTRY EXCLUSIVELY AGRICULTURAL EVER
GREW PERMANENTLY RICH,
We have shown the world that we could per
form the full measure OF our duty to our country
during long, bloody and dsastro9s, var. Prop
erty and life were freely SURRENDERED. No sacrl-
flee was too great TO be cheerfully offered. Faith
ers and sons, mothers and daughters, vied WIN
each other, early and late, In season and OUT OF
season, In acts of selfa6negatlon. Let the same
spirit actuate us now. Let each one of US rise to
the mission before us. Let there be no tdlers Ii
our streets. Let honest, manly labor be clothed
with its proper dignity. Let agriculture, manu-.
featuring. mining and commere alike command
our efforts. Let energy, method and careful,
close management attcRd US In our various pur-
suits.
In building up our waste places. and in secur-
Ing that prosperity bcnefcent Providence has
placed within our reach, we ore rrmly convinced
that the cotton manufacturer will perform
prominent part: and we express the hope that
the Southern people will give this matter their
serious attention, and do what they can to foster
and advance this branch Of Industry.
We append detailed statements III support Of
the propositions advanced.
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN 3. PALMER,
or Columbia S. G..
JAMES HOPE,
or Augusta, Ga.
julius C. SMITH,
or Greenve, q C.
member OF the Committee on the Hygiene OF
South Carolina stated that al able and elaborate
report OIL thar subject had been prepared by the
distinguished chairman OF the committee, DR..
Eli Geddings, but that owing to Its length, and
the physical inGrmty OF that gentleman, he
would move TO dispense with the reading, and
that 1t be published in the proceedings OF the
convention
The motion was agreed TO.
The Committee on Scientific Education, by their
chairman, Hon. Russell Middleton, made the fol-
lowing report which was read and ordered tenn
porarily to lie upon the table:
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE eN SCIENTIFIC EDUcA-
TI0N.
Production, we all know, is the chief element
OF national prosperity; food and ralment are
essential to human comfort and, OF course, the