The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-04-07
to raising thesstaple.

w '"aSto6 Slosbtaple.
Wihnsboro> should have a cotton
factory in successful operation, Civ.
ing empIoymsnt to scores of worthy
persons ;settori6g market for alafge>
amount of cotton (which IS now ship.
cd to distant ,naiuto bringing money
to ourstown@ to .Kelps'thenmsrohants
and other branches of business aud
filling the5purtsso of ,ktoSkBoldsfa2 ~
tho heavy profit derived from the sale
of the yarn and cloth.
Bat It may be said, We hive no
wator power near US. Then use
steam wood is cheaper hero FOR fuel
than coal is in many tplnccs where
manufactures are successfully CAR
rlcd on by steam and the supply Of.
wood IS in"xhaustible. .,
Suppose We had a cotton f,ctory' run
ming by steam in this town, the so me
power employed to drive spindles and
looms could also drive one or more
cottoH'g gins. Now if cotton was
brought directly from the field to the
factory, it could bo bought at cheap.
er rato, because the planter would
be saved oil the expense of ginning,
baling, bagging, ties, &c., and he
would be glad to. hauli it to the vii.
lage in the seed, and sell it for cash,
Mt very low rate. Here tho factory
would derive its FIRST profit. The
noxt thing to do would bs, to run it
through ths gin, and III, fow hours
tho lint would be ready for tho
spindle
The demand for yarn alone, t. sup
ply the country around, would aim ost
be sufficient to consume tho en- iro
product Of tho mill, which would be
bought and paid for on tho spot. Or
if otherwise, the demand from abroad
will always be in excess Of tho supply
providing t he very best articles arc
produced. Or'if looms were added.
and the latest and best IN achin ery
alono secured, th.re would always be
steady demand for, the cloth, at tho
door Of the factory. Skilled labon
can easily be secured, as thcro arc:
thousands Of spiuncrs and weavers
now without employment in this
o'untry and in Europe, who would
oaly DO too glad to secure the posi-.
tions. These would soon instruct
those of our own People who might
bo engaged, aud ero long wo would
havo all the labor wo could possibly
use. do. g ..I nlrvs. : ,.. u
But the mann diAiodlty in tie way
Is Tho want Of capital, at loast We are
apt to think so, We, usually ,expect'
that all such enterprises .oommeuce
with paid in cash capital of certain.
ly not loss than one hundred thous.
aud dollars, and if this amount can
not be secured VIC think it useless to
commence. But in this we make q
great mistake. One tenth of that
amount, or even less, would be amply.
sufficient to start the enterprise. Let
any man mako the calculation for
himself of the cost Of a lot of land
on the line of rnilroad, in or vcry
near the town limits the expense
of erecting plain, but. substantial
frame building, one story high, but
extending in length as far as required
Tor the purpose orc thirty horse
power steam engine and two or thr, O
frames of spindles' to commence
with, and he will find that ten
thousand dollars would cover the
entire outlay and put the factory
IN ranning condition, and ready
to earn money at onoo. Ii ull
the profits for term of years were
put back into tho enterprise, in tho
way of more buildings and machine. y,
it would not be very long before tho
one hundred til Gus md dollars would
be raised and actually invested in the
enterprise.
The following article from tho
Missouri Republican expresses the
same idea- Substitute the State of
South Carolina for Missouri, and it
will apply exactly to our State.
cit takes far less capital to start n
manufacture in q favorable pluce
than Is imagined ; tho business re-
qulres labor moro than it requires
capital, and sthoro is not q oounty in
Missouri out Of fifty that can be
names that does not possess unem.
ploycd labor enough to stock n DOZEN