The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-08-29
Cotton Factories in the South.

on the subject OF the manufacture OF |
cotton in the south, from which we make |
the following extract:
There is no doubt that in the man |
ufacture of cotton in the south fortunes
may be made. The extensive develop
ment of this industry would effect the
regeneration of the south. In every
section there are numbers of persons
who, but for large establishments such
as cottSn mills, would live a life of en-
forced idleness. The employment of
all these persons throughout the coun-
try, the making them producers instead
of merely eaters, must have a great and
salutary effect. It does seem from all
indications that apart from the ferr1fe-
rous attractions of Alabama and Tennes-
see, that have of late brought many cap
italists into those regions, new manu-
featuring schemes of all sorts are much
talked of, there being evidently a fair
prospect of a revival of industry. It
appears, too, that this renewing will
place the south in a condition far in
advance of that " u1ate-6eILatn1" times,
because it was said that the districts
which before the war were destitute of
the slightest trace of manufacturing en-
terprise are those which promise to be
the very cotton centers of the south
The great and paramount necessity is OF
course capital, and it is the absence of
this that retards operations. There is,
however, an evident eagerness to set in
motion this machinery, which, creeping
on to large and larger proportions, shall
reVolutionize the cotton trade, and
bring the south up to the magnificent
standard prescribed for her by lavish
nature, and her happy situation on the
earth's surface. 1t is said that all those
mills IN operation not only pay, but alb
solutely pay dividends beyond belief,
even up to twenty and twenty-five per
cent. per annum, while the last figure
is far lower than the highest mentioned
The south will always have undoubted
advantage over the north in these mat
tiers /; indeed, the south should by
rights be the home of the cotton plant,
its growth and its manufacture also
Here the cotton can be used fresh from
the field, the cost of bagging and hoop
ing, and transportation is saved, while
the development of the coal fields, with
which the south abOunds, will make
fuel cheap and diminish the expense of
motive power. There is no doubt that
the establishment of such an industry
as cotton manufacture, beside being a
local benefit in regard to the popuIa-
ton, secures the prosperity and perma-
nence of place in a way that only SINH
lar enterprises do. Many places, owing
their very existence to a railroad, are
fluttered by every projected scheme.
The making of some new line that may
give birth to another city, may give the
death blow to the former not 50, how
ever, with the place where great indus
tries like cotton manufacture are car
ried on. Here the railroad is reduced
to its true place in the scale, and be
comes the minister and servant of tn,
city, not it's creator and sustainer. Here
the road is made to the city, not thu
city built against the road. We find IL
many portions of the cotton growing
states a cheering activity manifesting
itself in regard to the manufacture o
cotton"
The United States Cotton and Woo
Reporter copies the above, and com
ments as follows
"Of course any saving that can b
effected in turning our cotton int
goods is to be hailed as a boon to tn
whole country; and, therefore, no mat
ter where our cotton manufactures nov
center, it would be a welcome move
ment to see that industry transferred t
the south, if a great economy would b
thereby achieved. There is no questiO
about the ability of the south to com
pete with New England in manufactu
ring heavy yarns or the coarser brow
fabrics; hut, when it comes to the pre-
duction of fine goods, and even man
varieties of heavy fabrics, then ther
are requisites of climate, markets, IL
Dor, social condition and proximity t
financial centers, which the south doe
not and cannot meet. The success c
the south in manufacturing already re
allied is very gratifying. It shows thG
there are certain things in that branc
of industry which it can accomplish
and it is the true policy of that sectiO
to push its advantages as far as poss
BILE; but to assume the broad positio
is to pave the way to huge disappoin
ment. Experience has very conclusivel
demonstrated that the climatic and s.
cial conditions that attend the growt
of cotton are widely different fro
those that belong to its manufacture
A DEFENSE OF LUXURY.
nothing else in this world quite SO re-
sonable as luxury. 1t means pure a
and delicate food, and swift and sile1
service at table, which leaves one alb
to listen and free to talk and safe
sparkle. 1t means having our FRIEND
about us when we need them. and II
ability to fly from them to the ends ,
the earth when we need that. as we q
ten do. It means that when we CON
ont of theate or concert, OF fashionab
church even, &" sad from the breath
that diviner mood, that loftier air, {
into the decided neither air of the II
mountain streets, we are not to risk OF
precious and significant lives by breas
ing the bitter north wind and allowir
it to buffet our exhausted lungs, b