Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-29
COST OF COTTON CLOTH
Advantages ef the S0uth as The LEGALITY
Ter Cotioh Mllls-A C0itse Bales
Expenses CO ltS Travels.

e5.-,e time $40 we asked cotton sellers
81 I'm verH OF the city 70 give Us she eL-
-et fr.st G. { transferring cotton bale OF
.FGn mounds from the ueld 70 LoWeli or
Roston. and 10 Liverpool or Mancnes-et'
r7ffz involved rl6 cost Of picking ginning,
--Lei-iDg transfer isay one hundred mlles)
= arer1-,bie tben al the costs that attach
~ tfe Deraseutsd bale in tins city, anG
fbau fts fare over the several routes 70 It's
frsl destination, and the cost o. ll5 20
turn in goods 20 this city. The l9il9"lns
A. "a r,arfisI answer 70 these inquiries, lOf
--vbi1h Neaars. B. F. B. & Co. have Ouf
thsrkz. we hope the statement viii be
v,erfeet-d. Many people in the interior
5l-,r[--sa III manufacture their own cotton
zBd 10 ship it ia the shape Of
thread. Therefore the inquiry We made:
FEu7rp ADpeat-The average cost Of
-buving and shipping cotton, including
.,lrsvags and c0mpressiugs Is about u 80
per bale here.
exchange q per cent. on 5-Ob l2o.s .s9s per bale
Insurance = per Cent.-..-,.--.--- per Ds-ie
weight % New England iacJorys
81 Sc per 100 Jh..-..----.-------..so9y 9y per D---e
Making s. 90 per bale cost to lay down
at Boston, Providence, Lowell or any
New England factory. The cost 20 lay
down at the mills in New York IS the
sane. except ln the items OF freight
which is usually abOut 10 cents less per
400 Mounds. or say about s. 50 per bale,
manufacturing capacity equal 70 the con-
sumption Of one million bales annually,
We would save eight 90 ten million dOl-
lars every year, TO say nothing Of what
would be saved by the planter by being
vlfae-a In direct contact With the manu-
fseture7 in the sale OF his product or the
.sdvautages 70 the country growing out
or a. enlarged aud an industrious popu-
FD ell cases where cotton mills have
9lssu run bv skilled operatives, IN the
Middle ana Southern States, much larger
Elrohts have been realized on cspltal IN
vested than bv those OF the same capacity
located fu the Eastern or y 0rthern States
This s. q fact Of history, Notwithstanding
the great want of well organized ay5-
Jeua O. iabor in al branches Of industry
throughout the cotton growing b5as5s,
This, however, i5 explained BY the iaet
that our factories obtain tho raw mateLlal
difbeou to twenty per cent. cheaper st
shsir nails thEn those Of Lowell or FrOFl-
,delee can do. Or, iu other words less COM
missions, freight, insurance exchange l
.oft6a considerable loss in weight, etc, IL
viii. therefore, be seen that the difference I
dn cost OF putting the raw material down 81 !
the mills, would or does constitute 8
nzud soUae profit of itself, if nothing more /
could be realized. But when we add the /
net Profits realized by Eastern mills. as /
sell as the cost Of spOrtstion in re-
farming their fabrics 20 our markets for /
80 ard consumption. we 81 once account |
foF' 'the enormous dividends annually re-
7,ortef bv most Of our man uiacturlnE 6s-
5shIishrrents. It may be added that there
az 10 aspect in which this subject can be
Viewed. which does not offer the highest
Incentives % capital enterprise ana IN
dustrY.
Cost Of picking 1850 lbs, or bale, 81
ger 100 ....--.. Fl6 W
s25ygfsso RS and lsb0rfn ginning 8 %
Some az msIket..''s. q et-, -s9' -. -.' 80. %
f5lorags, Insurance and commissions
sverage..s....... ......-...................- 80
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