Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-06-06

COTTON FACTORY. - The New York
Herald. IN a recent editorial, argued that no
industrial enterprises Of the South had
been so uniformly successful since the war
as Cotton Factories. The Herald is correct,
and the fact deserves the most thoughtful
attention. IL is a sound principle Of do.
nestle economy that the nearer the product
and the factory can be brought together
the better Tor the producer and the con
sumner. The people of the South arc both
producers and consumers. We raise the
raw material, which, after making as it
were, The circuit OF the world, enriching
States &ad nations, comes back to US in
variety Of fabrics which we must have and
for which We pay the profits Of production.
Now, if the South would work into goods
the raw material her rich fields so gener-
ously yield, and thus concentrate at home
both the prodts of production and manu-
featuring, how rich and powerful she
would become. Georgia Is doing This and
the result i her strides towards wealth and
power i unparalleled in the history Of the
South. Capital from the older States and
from Europe, population industrious and
thrifty, are pouring into that State annual
" with increased volume. AS a State she
Is becoming rich and powerful, and all be-
cause she is more and more every year,
manufacturing AS well as producing what
she consumes. Tennessee has all the natu-
raj advantages possessed BY Georgia; in
deed, Tennessee has many and consider
able advantages in soil, climate, produc-
tiuns, water power, mines, etc, over that
state, and there is no reason why she
should not lead IN this great matter. Aud
we are encouraged to believe that our
State is at last awake TO the Importance Of
the question. and we note with pride and
pleasure tEs efforts being made in various
towns to encourage and deyelope our man
ufaetGrng interests. Especially are we
gratifed at the efforts now being made in
jackson, by some of our most enterprising
citizens, TO establish here a first class cotton
factory. Our monied men will be very
much in their own light if they do not take
hold of the matter and push it to success
full solution. We have the building already
aud much OF the necessary machinery, and
with a capital of twenty-five or thirty
thousand dollars, large and tiOuriShing
factory could be put in operation by the
coming fall. The benefits Of such an enter
prise TO jackson and the county are almost
incalculAble. We learn from those engaged
in working up the interest, that they will
run one hundred looms and two thousand
spindles. This amount OF machinery will
give employment 70 two hundred opera
tive>. all Of whom must be fed, clothed,
and housed in Jackson. Thirty-fye or fifty
families will locate here Immediately after
the question Of establishing the factory is
settled. This we have from Hndoubted au-
thority. Let our monied men think OF this
and put their shoulders 10 the wheel. 1t is
our ambition TO make Jackson rich and
powerful aud great, and hence we urge
upon our people wise aud liberal action
upon this and other matters now pressing
upon US. We hope by next week to an
nounee that all the stock necessary to the
Inauguration OF this great enterprise has
been taken.