The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-20
Does Manufacturer Pay7

OO0o Wouut0OSus4ss0 -
Acontemporary says, by way Of
preface, that the Columbus Ga,
Hmas, pahlishsa a.ia-a-siA5-waisk in
the SoAtAerE Dok aeka slaim some
gbfbniSenesssss SaaiIiiuffaactiSiil Il iilHe cit
!, advances % t6s following argu.
ments ia favor Of the, establishing
Of cotton mills 10 the South. And
the approving. editor wisely adds
that thefacss'pfesentsd are foscible,
and welllworthyof consideration as
pointing Enthusiastically the course
our people should pursue in order
to acquire prosperity and the abili-
'ty to depend upon our own resourc.
es.r Let as add that aour people in
this paragraph should be taken, to
mean the people Of each and every
one of the, SopthernS States Hman.
ufacturipg pays auywhere, IL eisa in
the welI-conductaA essa6lishmsats
which Fa,a.part of the recent 'be-
ginning, of the Southern idsuelop.
ment, especially in Georgia, Mtseu-
ri, Virginiaysud -thc Carolinas., And
|if manufacturing can henceforth
anywhere pay largely, both directly
! ID the dividends Of the mahufactnr.
sers. and indirectly ID stimulating
agriculture, in creating home mar
kets for all products and the conse-
qnent saving iu the cost Of trans
portation, and ina Thousand minor
ways b.. which the South j. n sane
70 its own in agricsltarah sRaau-
featuring and mining pfe4esity
without lilniss;a variety or extent,
it. must pay in the South.
a.Five hundred hands able bod.
led men-arei required to make two
Thousand Daies of cotton Ii one
year, Four bales to- the handiisis
more than the average amount pro-
dnced. One hundred women aud
children can spin this amount Of
cotton into yarns III The same time
| it takes five'hundfed hands to pro-
duce it. It 10 . principle Of poaisic
al economy that all; values added 10
the raw material add as much wealth
jtoialocality where they spin cotton
iuto yarps, asifive hnndreds able bod
| led field hands who produeerothe
raw cotton thus manufactured.
snow, if these conclusions are
correct, and rne caicnlation is made
for the entire cotton crop 81 the
IsSpnth. it is seyident tiat insbnilding
numerous, small man9facto torfesa I'VE
adopt the speediest way TO attain
/ PROSPERITY and al increase 0k lopu-
! htion. sEhereiissnotsS sunalls 4Acto-
rY in the State Limited TO the man.
dfacture Of yarns-that has, not
paid handsomely since the panic Of
lisa. Some haveV tiettea forty per
Eeent., 4 In, al parts Of tho State
where small farms prevail, it is be.
coming customary TO send tho. cot.
ton 10 centrally iocated gin which
i;iglns for the sueighborhood, taking
| toll as ,grist.millss do. Nov, sup
pose a factory is established on
| these centrally located PLANTATIONS,
ltospiu the cottoae into lyarlsy faHd
| the cottou.be pressed into bslesref
yarns and then. shipped, is III, not
Fself evident that the enterprise
lGwohlds spays4 cor 6OdfAe, these lfac-
Etories wilLbe few i'm lamber ohsil
the profit becomes generally kAQwp,
Ibnt Ne believe ia The end, As men
ladrop our sftbe d1proftable ipHr-
lhait0f cultiystins large plaDtdtioqs
on borrowed capital, they, will, zee
Ethat this idea is practical and preg.
bhahe with eF6atsfesults. a 1nste46 Of
one upAaa being the Ownefnf sta1e
acustopn GIN house, l.A gr0pg J0r
J co,operatiye society viii build 3 fac.
tory like that Of Mr.. Rhodes ID %.
lumbus, wirtrstte ~addftiOu. Of the
|hecssairs sisss 1Thsi yAfdswMa be
, I,shiwped aixhasste theoN Nesthihkssr
Europe, opd will command q .peq
ready sale than raw cotton nov
haoes. FHe prOA tn6w PAIL 10 'tht