The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-30
ICLEMENT ATTACHME ENT.
Statement Of the Commissioner of
Agriculture Of the State OF
Georgia.
How tho South Can Become It's Own
SPINNER, and Sell It's Cotton ut
Seventeen Instead of Ten
Cents q Pound.
Difference Of Sl7b,OOOOO0 on Crop ar'
Our Favor.


From tho ATLANTA Constitution December n. 4
ATLANTA. Daosmbsr 10. 1879.
Col. w. H. etnrman Geneva, Ga.
Denr en. In my etter addressed to you some
lays sinrs. IN rsgnrd to tho Clement attach
msnt. did not answer your inauiries as fully
as desired. owing to % pressure OF business
oncnsionad by somo days ahssnes from my
Office At that time thought Il would bs nee-
essary tp give u detsted description Of the en-
tire machinery. whiea would have involved
both time and auaoe, but apnn reflection I
thlnR gnn cOnfins myself tn a narrower Conn
pass, and meet all the points set forth In your
letter.
The several descriptions ~ this eitachnsnt.
Furnished in tho 9glutlns ~ ths Constitution as
also the ono sRW In the Goyngt Rtttr. were.
IN my opinion. ubstnntiay .rreot have
also snan m article from Mr. Harden Of Wind
sor, N. q and M advartis en- snt from j. V.
pfrbing. Of Westminster. II. o.. n GIpv of
which | herewith inolose. and which think
suming. therefore, that Yna have read Il portion
" not all the articles referred to. / conclude
thut a moro exprassion OF my opinion s about
MI thnt Is desirable.
Although not strictly agricultural rot It Ia 80
neaIly allied to the farming nlerfst / deemed
H. nv duty to look into ths merits 1T this
machine ttlRi might, In ease IT II. osssty. be-
ready 10 give m Intelligent opinion. thought
IT ayerytbinR Gilimed for It was true that IT,
would heGOme II rev vluttDuiZer: that tnstea I'D OF
retuinDg In our midst merely tho ptocssds of
tho etle nf tho raw ton product of tho State,
"" might retain tU our panuls the aupsrsddsd
mil ions from ts maanfholra Into garns. thab
II Night resctIn from tho ssyerer lab prs Of the
faf m thousands of our dol nta women md ehil~
drUn and brag to- them. ST asst. n com psteney,
Il Ia hy bringing iit bt work within aaey each of
the miions thn Franc" IT. to- day one ofthe rlch~
est attons In tho world hvsry one there from
tho smallest nrehins 81 both soxes 10 adults OF
tbreheeOr6 years and ton. ara contributors
10 tho comnonwehlh. ANYTHING that would
An|tn Ian thnt kt,,I AHss
rnr of Northern commercial dsspotism IL .
deeldrratum to my mind. and bsitets In to tho
drvouIy to he hoped for. Anything looking to
thnt ena should ho encouraged by tho nnifsd
support OF nj! Aontherners. Amin tied with
these hopes and entertaining TO some extent
these OK pecta'ione. visited u short tune since
no ttls fmctnry at WestrninAter, &. O. belong
Ing toJ strIbIing I found II iniIsad Il baby
factory. IL ftTaring from other cotton mills, TO the
aye of - eHeual observer. but little save to tho
extert Of ita machinery. Altbough 1t was known
The machinery WE silent. owing To the death OF
one Of tn" operatives. II WIS perhaps ms well.
IA 1t gave leisnrs to examine he entire
| eifair. and to discuss II without tho bustling
tuierferonce Of tho machinery After taking
| notes of everything appertaining to ths
mill then In company with ono OF the
party ondenvored 10 verify tho state
men, of the Messra. strbsng as to the
proDts In ths mnttor of expe,lae could NOT
| aea why tho whole could not So comprlssd into
two hnAds WIS Interest on eapiFa and eost of
lahor, In this. ns IN all other kinds Of manu-
Ing and pNrmnuent. tho 'lating capitnl being
that used In tho pnrrh nsa ~ stock and he per-
n,anant that invested In bni aipgs end futures.
| In the ea&e of y sirgle attaehm"nt. 10000
pounds Of eeed cotton JieldinR 50 go pounds OF
lint. worth $4,000 Mt ton cents per pound. repre-
aents the lloailng ohuitHl A this investment In
stock Is being returned throughout the year
from the eaie Of yarns 1t la ftaemed but fair
that legal rates Of interest abnnTd be allowed
for At < mnnths only. Tho psrmbnent capital or
Investment. suppose, will approx mate 5000,
and on this allow per cont Tor tho full period
about rs follows:
Interest on $4,000 Of floating catital. six
months Ai75
Labor Of eight hands for 400 days. at 80
cents par day --.....t.. .ss-..-.- ......... 1900
Contingent expenses per day, 30 cents $50
Showing totnl expenae psr annum OF sfs75
Tho price OF labor md contingent eXpenses
ls y little in excess Of those incurred by Mr..
StrtbliUg.
Now the gross profit of the mill is the differ
anea between the amount pnid for the raw and
thut received for the manufactured material.
| Mr.. SrbIng informed me that he paid at the
| ratio Of ten cents per pound Tor lint cotton and
sold gnrnS at seventeen eFnta pnr pound. thus
| increasing the value ot tho cotton seven cents
| per pound by tho p:ocess of manufacturing.
We'll. 5000 pounds of lint cotton at
sevsn cents per pound amounts to $500
| From thie deduct the amount OF expense
above glyon and we have u net profit of sls25.
| 1t will be seen that n esnts per pound for cot
ton is the bAsis OF my calculation, but the same
| proportion should follow tho chang which
have occurred In the prtces nf the raw material.
| If nm correct In these estimates, IL seems TO
| us tho profits should be satisfactory to any
reasonnble man, Although have written to q
| yet tnere Is ono other point to which shall In
| vito your attention. Should this little inven-
general employment In the manufacture Of
| Georgla's staple. the result to tho State will
greatly aurpasg, anything first conceived. OF.
Estimatlng tho cotton crop OF Geo
millions Of pounds md the annual capacity Of
one attachment nt fifty thousand pounds. it
/ would require five thousand mills and forty
| thousand women and chiIdrsn to operate them.
| Counting tho labor at si2UO on each ypaehinan
We 500 H. 900. 600 would br produced by a class OF
! Hnr peobie VINO are HI pr hent non producers:
| Going etill further. We see that siG25 OF
net profl.e ar, aro annually produced by each
| fMturers Rud to create to the State an
annuai Increase In her ,WeA N OF ts.o0o.125.
/ Thus Ws soc mt more than $4,000 900 would
be shged annually to our impoverished
people Wherehs we now quietly permit
thot, sum 70 be added uuto him who al
| rsAdy bath nm abundance. In conclusion.
am aware that much anxiety exists In the
public mind touching this attachment It ts
natural because 1t touches the public pulse
hardly thought to exist before. The Southern
mind has 80 lol & dwelt upon the cotton field as
2 means Of escape from their thrahom that IL
seemed to have closed to the fact that any other
means OF egrsas was lett to thea. There is
: scarcely doubt now but what tn $50 hopps will
be tested fully In the Doar fntuge Let those
who ar, able to endure Losses begin IT, and. IL
successful, let those with lass lnoney out more
nerve follow. | would advise to Investigate
Thoroughly before embarking Ia new enter
) prises.
Il the machine good have the means I am
! qualified to run machinery are questions oil
i the highest importance. / would not have any
one 10 make the venture on any opinion oi
) mine. Had I the inclination to-day 70 Dur.
3 chase an attachment. | would resuryey the
! ground many times beGore doing 30. and woUld
t advigs similar caution on the part OF others
or TQae al wary fFYIl
8 J. T. HENDERSON.
Commissioner OF Agriculture.
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