Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-03-12
souTiaEsx MANUFACTURES.

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,,""." "re e"couraeeu ny honest
Nortbern JOURNALS and conscientious
ly advised to 20 to work and grasp
the snlend;d annortu,;tiaa. tba,, ms
s'", ',pN'' .y 70
'e''' 'or oscothinB h"hu"cturers o'
the raw materials they produce In
such vast Quantities. Referring To-
the s,,,,,oo, ~ Wi, ,,,,,s,, .s
Wy s,.VeV'' '''e ssew orh i-coioiiii''
u 81 a'e ua'e says si,s s,s'., ~.
THE South, as we have seen, has.
made gratifying progress In the man,
ufacttire Of cotton, Is wen as In its
culture, during the last few years.
And In yiewlof the probability Of On
early recovery from, the wastes of n
war, propositions for the southern
States to work I'm their fine long cot
ton into warns Tor the, EngIish and,
otl,er foreian markets. instead of ex-
porting, the bulk of tie raw STAPLE. ma
hi times rome by. have been revived.
and are ,meetiny with great Ia yor.-.
Such AN Industrial deyelopment. II il
seen, would DC eul,iyalenti to a I nosj-
tive increase Of the active labor en- file
pluntations. since 1t would utilize n
class of the pop,Ilatiop not avilul,le
for the field. hut which Ia ut nresent
meas,rrably useless. and TO anne de-
urce. a. positive dr, :, on SOCIETY -.
The South. N r. well known. has
important advantages In the ,nauu-
iacture of cotton. II has the raw
materiui ut hand. and abnndance of
food within easy access. an unlimited
winter bower. an iinsnrnassed climate
in many sections. plenty OF timber
and coal. Together with extended and
extending facilities far con,munica,
ton. Tie only present dra wfmrl,. or
impediment. of INV imnortance Ia
the az adeu,yafe canjfal. but)as
this Is already SUPPLIED. there Womb
seem TO belno good reason whv man.
once take deep rot, since It has been
dem onstrat I'd that the relative cost of
con vertinEacotton. into yarn. as he.
tween ,E,iglatid and the south, Is in
favor of the latter, iaa VI 3aaw snl rs
The SUPERINTENDENT Of the Salafla
! Cotton Mills, at Columbia, South
Carylina. has furnished Some inter.
esting facts and figures on this point,
He assumes, by, .conpafisin, the
price OF eOtton at Columbia to be %
cents per pound; ut. New York, "a
cents, which lie assum es are fair pro-
PORTIONS On this basis, the cost ni
! making /, pound of cotton. into warn
ut Columbia would he 8 cents, while
in New York it would be 10 81 cents,
and In Manchester IL IS cents. TAX.
4 ing into account the freight and in-
surance from Columbia to New York,
and the carriage, commission and
other charges here, the cost. OF manu-
/ featuring yarn Il found to be fully 5
cents per pound cheaper at Column.
bia than in New York, assuming
that the article Is worked up here.
A similar calculation having been
entered into, as between Columbia
and Manchester, shows that the
manufacture of cotton yarns can be
done cheaper III the South than III
England, by about the differences in
the value Of curreacy and gold. y The
figures of u manufacturer of yarn in
Manchester show the cost of q pound
ofiyain there taking ~ cents per
pot,ird as the cost of the coitan, and
| ii IS as the cost Of conversion--7at
1928 cents The cost of the transfer