The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-17

Factory. Atlanta, va. Naucluse
Cotton Factory, Graniteville, :. C.
(commeneed,l besides some smaller
| ones. These enterprises As IA rule
are of the most substantial and SOLID
character. their machinery of the
latest and most advanced patterns.
and built with the certain knowl-
edge that the Sonth In mannfac-
lures must complete with the skill
and experience of the East and OF
England.
II is common for Eastern a II
facturers 10 suppose that the South
il content with secondhand ma
chinery. that her mills manufacture
only heavy, ~unbleached domestlcs,
rough In appearance and poor IN
workmanship. This is an error and
while the majority of the Southern
mills do manufacture heavy goods
and as "A rule brown domestics, still
there are exceptions, and the near
future must see the rule materially
altered. The mills of the South
have been generally successful, and
the errors and want of experience
of the past will doubtless be correc-
ted in the future.
The largest of the Southern mills
are. Eagle 4 Phoenix Mfg. Co.,
Columbus, Ga, Graniteville Mills,
S. c., Wesson Mills, Miss. These
have been uniformly successful and
are dividend paying institutions.
Eagle 4 Phoenix has three Cotton
and one Wooden Mill. They man
ufacture colored cotton goods, and
run 1000 looms, and will consume
As bales of cotton daily as soon as
their last mill, now nearly all IN
running order, is completed. The
Wesson Mills, of Miss, also make
colored goods.
Some of the advantages claimed
for the South arc its prodigal and
remarkable water-powers, their alb
solute cheapness and the cas- with
which they "a be controlled, the
the regularity and splendor Of the
climate, the cheapness of labor, the
accessibility to the raw material,
the saving in transportation, COM
missions, and loss in weight upon
the same, the saving on the return
of the goods, the exemption from
taxation guaranteed for a series of
years by several states.
The labor employed is white la
Dor. 1t is a common error IN the
East to suppose that Southern mills
employ negro help. The tastes
and adaptibility of the negro unfit
him for this work. Their fingers
lack the dizziness, their brain the
wakefulness necessary to a mill
operator. The department bosses
are as a rule selected either from
Europe or the East. The rivers
never give out-no use Of reser
voirs, no fear of floods or freezes.
It Is a common argument with
New Englanders who hare merer
been South to say III climate is too
warm, and unfit for this style of
industry.
The argument has no foundation
either in reason or fact. The the
DRY is exploded by the indisputable
fact that as fine and as beautiful
yarns with as many ounce to the
spindle have been and can be spun
in the South as in any place IN the
world. 1t should be remembered
that Southern Cotton Spindles gen
orally use an immense amount OF
cotton to the loom or spindle. This
because they make the heavy class
of goods. Eastern Mills are often
dubious at the reported Southern
consumption per spindle, simply
because they forget that No. IA is,
IN most Southern mills, the finest
number and that SIS and 6's are
often spun. The margin primarily
being the difference of freights IL
raw material, it follows as a sequence
that Southern mills, until the de
mand for heavier goods is satisfied.
naturally manufacture that class o.
goods using most cotton. Severa
Southern mills buy much cottor
direct from the fields, gin it, ano
consume it; thus saving all commits
sions and freights, all losses in tart
: for bagging and ties. 1t is an cas-,
matter to see the difference in cos
, of cotton, say at Columbus, Ga.
and Fall River, Mass.
Nov IA Quotations, Middling.
Uplands, (Fan River M'fr.) cts.
n. Y. IL L
Middling Uplands, (Colum-
bus Mfr 81