The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-09-26

Railroad Meeting.
The SOUTHERN STATES AND Co.opERA-
TIVE INDUsTRY.-We are glad to learn
movement is on foot to organize a cot.
ton factory in Georgia on the co-opera-
tive principle. The plan is to build o
factory and stock it with the most i'm
proved machinery. Attached to the
factory will be lands upon which to
erect the cottages for the laborers, with
few acres attached to each home. The
church and school-house will not be
omitted, and the principle of temper
ance, which hos worked so we'll at Vine
land, New Jersey, will be engrafted in
the little cooperative society in Georgia.
correspondence has already been opened
with experienced parties in that State
with the view of securing desirable
location. So soon as this, with other
preliminary steps are taken, company
will be formed under the general incor-
poration laws of either New York, Geor-
gia or Massachusetts. The capital stock
Will be fixed at a figure sufficient to
carry the enterprise through thoroughly,
and certain leading men in the North,
interested in the subject, will undertake
the work of having the stock subscribed
for.
The new company will engraft on the
enterprise the three leading ideas of CO.
operative distribution of profte, the
eight hour principle of labor, and tenn
perance. Families will be selected from
among the manufacturing districts of the
North, and the most skillful supervision
and experienced management secured.
1t is also proposed to associate with this
factory enterprise colony of Northern
agTiculturists. 80 as to have settlement
Of small farms adjacent to the village.
This will give society for the settlers,
and command first class church and
educational advantages.
We regard this as the beginning of a
revolution in the South. Factories and
small farms are what we want, and CO.
operative settlements will lead to this.
The industrial problem which England
is trying to solve, which has for centu.
ries agitated Germany and France, and
is now engaging the attention of the
laboriDg classes in the manufacturing
districts OF the North, is destined to find
Its final solution in the Southern States
OF America. In these States is to be
found all the necessary conditions for
the success OF cooperative industries.
Coal, iron and water-power and cotton
are in close juxtaposition. The climate
is favorable to health and mild in its
temperature, without being enervating.
The soil produces in prolific abundance
grain, vegetables and fruit. Living is.
therefore, cheap. These considerations,
with cheap land and sparse population,
naturally invite associated labor to seek
for homes and independence in this fer
tile and beautiful garden of the Union.
A glance at the geographical position
OF the South, with its natural and artifi-
cial lines of communication, will show
that ready accessibility to a choice of
markets will add greatly to its other ad-
vantages as q manufacturing district.
All we need is organized and associated
skilled labor, supported by capital, to
enable us to cover the Southern States
with factories. One or two practical
successes, even on small scale, will i'm
part suoh an impetus to the cooperative
idea TINT capital in abundance will be
found to assist in its complete develop
ment.-Nep York South.