Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-06-04
WEDNESDAY, JUNE /, 1870.
COttsn Manufactures al the
south.
In vIew OF the great lmportnnce

In view Of the great importance
which the subject Of cotton manu-.
facturers OF the South Il
assuming, the following arti.
Gle from the 81. Louis
Republican, is Of interest 10 our
readers. We intend shortly 10 All.
tate this subject, for the purpose, II
possible, Of having a factory erected
at this point.
A report made to the recent
South Carolina Agricultural aud
Immigration Convention at Charles.
ton, in the subject Of cotton manu-
features, demonstrates not only the
need of such manufactures In the
South, but the pre-eminent induce.
ments forthem that the South pos.
sesses. First among the peculiar
advantages that the South boasts,
and that other States cannot, Is
that the Southern States produce
the raw material for such manufac.
lures at would be no more un.
natural" says the report, ITO trans
port the crude ores OF Pennsylvania
to distant States for manufacture,
than 1t Is for us TO continue
to send abroad our lint cot.
ton" If this cotton were manu-.
featured at home there would be
saved to the South the frcights and
the cost of bagging aud rope, which
1t is estimated amount to One-eighth
of the value OF each bale. Add to
this the saving Of waste, the mild
ness Of tho Southern climate, which
dispenses in a large measure with
the expensive item Of fuel, and Gu.
ables operatives to work for lower
wages, the cheapness Of land and
cumberland there are all the essen
tial conditions required for manu-
featuring more cheaply than IN the
North. The committee have pre-
pared for their use careful esti.
mates showing the comparative
cost Of manufacturing cotton at
the North aud at the South.
The estimates, the report states,
show that arms can be made at the
South, sent to the North, pay u
commission of five per cent. for
selling, be sold at the cost OF
Northern production and yield a
net profit Of five cents per pound,
and that certain classes of colOred
goods can be made there aud sold
in the North at the cost OF North
ern production, aud yield q profit
of ten cents per pound. In Apil,
1869, the Saluda factory of South
Carolina, to test the value Of their
yarns in the English market. sent
some packages OF their No. 20 yarn
TO Manchester, where they sold for
10 pence per pound, equal, at the
then price Of gold, to ~ cents in
currency. The total cost of the
yarns, including frcights, CON-
missions, aud other charges,
was 39IS cents per pound,
SO that the profit to the manu-
facturers was Il9c. per pound, or
about II per cent. That Southern
manufacturers should thus sue
~cessfully compete with the Brit
ish in their own markets, while
Northernern manufacturers de-
mand protection against British
competition, is q fact which teaches
its own lesson. There are factories
for making plain goods at Augusta,
Ca, and Granitcville, S. c., and
others at Columbus, and AlamaDce
for making colored goods. All
these establishments were operated
profitably at n time when the de-
preston of trade caused the
working of the Northern mills to
result in loss. A Northern manu-
facturer, writing on the condition
of his interests TO q friend, said:
While l have only met expenses
in the north IN running twenty
frames about 5000 spindles- thu
returnes l have from sixteen frameI
of the same machinery in Georgia
for the last six months have btel
$1,000 clear profit. Our compan!
mas determined to sell out lhci
machinery. Tn
south enjoys the advantage Of no
less than twenty per cent, over thu
north in manufacturing.
The writer Of this letter Is nov
manufacturing at the South. Tn
constantly increasing demand TO.
cotton fabrics in the world create
an increasing demand for cottOI
mills, aud intelligent men in tn,
Southern States perceive the i'm
pOrtance Of diverting a share of the
additional manufacturing facilitie
70 their region, where labor is chea,
fuel abundant, The climate milo
and the raw material right at tn
doors. Commissioner Wells show
ed, In his last report, that even pi
Iron is made cheaper In the Sout
than In the North, East or Yves;
that while the cost Of making il
S27 9S at P~ittsburg, and S2j {
Carondelet, it is only so GU {
Nashville, and only $40 on tn
Nashville and Chattanooga raj
road. These figures, together wit
the result of the test made by Il
Saluda factory, prove that fabric
of such Southern materials as co
ton, wool, wood aud iron, can
made ten to twenty per cent, cheal
err in the Southern States than
the North. ALI that the Sou
needs is capital and skilled labo
and these 1t will surely have.
time. e
LATER returns OF the New 70
election make the Democratic m
jorIty over e5,0O0l Outside
New York city the majority I