The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-04-15
IConcluded next week /
THE SOUTH rs 4 NUFACTRING COUN
TRY.
Columbus (Ga Irquirer.) }

assuming the proper Importance attached +,
H. The attention of capitalists is being di
rncted to the section, where has been demon
5frated the fact that cotton fabrics can be Dro
duoed cheaper than in any section in the world
! This has been shown beyond he possibility al
| doubt. by the practical SUCCESS which has
| attended onr enterprises. OF all the incaliti.s
IN the land. Columbus seemed most ADAPTED to
| manufacture nE. There ia wide valley, sur.
founded by lofty hills, through which f., VIZ the
Chattahoochee river, whose waters fall natn.
rally one hundred and twenty feet in three
| miles. Its bottom aud banks are lined with a
granite easily qusrried. Land is cheap, houses
and sites at low figures. Health is euual to
Gne place Of least mortality in the country.
The dam at the foot of the falls is of 3, 900
horse power; above, the capacity is unlimited.
columbus contains Is 600 Inhabitants. iucln
dtng the snbnrbs. Our river from this point
to the Gulf of Mexico is piled by steamers the
year round. Railroads connect us with ali nor
tions OF the country. The manufactured al
ready here run some 40 900 spindles aud 500
l1ome; % Another large mill is now nearly com
pleted which will increase the operative Ca
pscity to 60 600 spindles aud 500 looms. The
stock OF ell our mills is owned by Soutbernara
and mostly Georgians. They paid last year,
the season that tried the souls of manu- fac.
turers, from four to eight per cent dtvidends
l6 hes been matter of surprise that more
Northern capital has not been direct ed to the
south. for the latter's advantages are wonder
manufacturing 400 pound bale of cotton in
New England and in Columbus H. ia an eati
mate of actual Sures by one who is n epooess
fnl manufacturer and has shown his faith by
woI k,. The comparison demonstrates that 49O
pound bale of cotton IN Nav Enclaud has oosr
when 1t beoomes cloth, S55 12; in Columbua
Sis H. diff renee of 50 per bale. This aft ,rds
very handsome profit: On l2 600 bales, the
amount consumed in Columbus per year. the
difference ia Sl27 3p2 per annum 1t will he
noted that the table embraces two pounds in
Gne oat loss in sampling, wsstage aud stealing
Ihla ls too large for the South, Exuerincsd
thnk in
ing NORTH, the loss to cotton in samplinR waste
an ana stealing. averages iVe dollars to- the bale
mis- alone constitutes a vast difference in favor
of Columbus.
We give the practical result in the FOLLOWING
quirer. ' SN
Comparative ad vantages in the cost of cotton
bet ween mill in Colu III bus Ga and n mill in
the interior of New England maunfacturipg
(each) say forty bales of cotton per day.
COST OF THE NEw ENGLAND MILLS
say oHie n OF cotton ave'Age " eight 40. sav
Delivery from warehouse i5o, comPini's 'E' oO
clA.,ns, Ssr1inE and drayir1 $50 discount "
FreiShs 10 Boston - q s., S. is, average %
ln'"Tn"So an1 S,.,. to Boston 800 les, in ping
Los, in waste ia the oct,on and bag nni SO-' IL
Don1s. Don1s say 491 pounds Is per cent-7'A
pounds; SO that 4laI of pounds % SoodS saS
cost Ss IL OF 10 9s4 CeltS por pound
Cosr OF TUE COLUMBUS MILL
say bale o. cotton average weight 49o
:, ponhdS at 100 per pound ......".-.. Rto IN
Brokers commission 5Ue, warehou,o do " '"
iiSoFS zSc.----...--- 7;
ss ss R Ras.ss
o,. hv ,..,.,,m. 1910
s;S SS y" Te'Gnt e. !, n !S S"Sds 4ita p"HnoS cst
lumbus mill, 65 csuts per pounds
So on one bale of 400 nounjs tba o,I,-,,