The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-05-11

mlldnceS OF the climate, the abun-
dance Of lumber, and the cheapness
Of land, enables manufacturers to
provide operatives with expensive but
comfortable houses and large garden
plats. Tho expense Of living must
always be less here than OF the North.
The winters being mild and open, wo
must ever be able to produce our pro-
visions more cheaply than they can
be produced in a country whore q
great part Of the six working mouths
arc appropriated to raising supplies
for man and beast for the remaining
portions of the year.
Our operatives are admitted to be
remarkably frugal, industrious, easily
taught and controlled, and we have
an unemployed class Of many thou.
sands from which to draw in the fu-
ture. The North and Europe will
contribute largely in operatives when
ever there is demand for them, and
thus manufacturing will advance i'm
migration.
Tho English, in manufacturing,
mix India and OTHER inferior cottons
With the American, while we use the
best staple the world produces. The
consequence is that where our goods
have been introduced abroad they are
preferred to the English. Tho for.
eign manufacturer has been known to
brand his goods-drills, for instance
AS American. ' =" $50
Your Committee have had before
them carefully compiled statements,
showing the cost Of manufacturing
cotton North and South. They are
fully satisfied that yarns can be manu-
factured here, transported to the
North, pay commission of Eve per
cent. for selling, be sold at the cost of
Northern production, and yet yield a
net profit Of Ave. cents per lb. And
that certain classes of colorcd goods
can be Produced here and sold in the
North, at the cost of production of
similar goods there, and yet yield
profit of over ten cents per, ID. ~
English manufacturers have admit
ted, after inspecting the books of
some Of our Southern factories, that
we produced yarns more cheaply than
they did. To test this admission the
Salnda Factory Of this State. sent in
April, 1859, through the house of w.
G.. Courtney & Co, of Charleston,
some packages of their No. 20 yarn,
to Manchester England. These yarns
sold at l6d., which, at the theu rate
of gold and exchange, was equal to
4sa cents currency here. The total
cost Of the yarns, including freight,
insurance, commission on sales, &C.,
wac 393 cents, leaving net profit Of
At cents per lb. at@' ~
In support of the positions assumed
your Committee directs attention to
the great success of the Augusta,
Graniteville and other factories 10
manufacturing plain goods, of the
Columbus, Alamance and other faoto-
ries in making colored goods, and the
Saluda, Roswell and other factories in
spinning and warping fine' yarns with
profit nt a time when manufacturing
at the North aud in Europe has beer
languisbing and nnpro6table. In fur
tber confirmation the following ex.
tracts from d letter written by pro.
minent m manafacturer at the North is
submitted :'s h@19 "a' 41 :.
"While l have only met expenses in
the North in running twenty ftames--
about 5000 spindles--she return
have from sixteen frames Of the Same
machinery in Georgia for the last six
months have been SIS, 900 clear pro-
fit. Our company has determined to
sell out their machinery" n y
"The South enjoys tho advantage Of
not less than twenty per cent over the
North in manufacturing"
! The writer of this letter has since
moved South, and his cotton mill at
the North is permanently closed. ~
A large number Of Northern cotton
mills are .idle. Many of those in
operation have recently reduced the
wages Of their hands, and some are
running on short time machinery is
being transferred to the South, aud
skilled labor. and capital is beginning
TO- follow. England is losing her
q, ,onopoly. France and Germany are
yearly importing less Of her yarns and
manufa ettred ggooda. Her manufao-
tnrers are becoming alarmed, aud her
operatives are turning their oyes in
this direction, There can be no doubb
that we will before, long supply the
North, and to. some extent Che West
and East fpdfes, China, South An,eri-