The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-02-04
JOB PREV'TEv'gS

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lent. IN the present condition of
things it is cost that is absolute
and inevitable, and to annihilate
it is to add the sum it represents
to the profits Of the cotton crop
This, according to the testimony
OF eye wltnesses,i is what the West
minister mill does. The cotton is
taken from the baskets as it comes
from the field and converted into
marketable yarns, far more val
gable for al! purposes of trade and
commerce than the cotton that
has been ginned, baled and COM
pressed. At a rough estimated,
100 per cent. has been added to
the price it will fetch the farmer,
so that with all the cost Of GIN
houses out Of the way, the vast
cost Of bagging and ties, the loss
in sampling and stealage, the cost
of weighing and storage, and the
thousand and one commissions
annlhilated, the farmer has his
cotton in the shape Of yarns, and,
leaving out of sight all the saving
in the costs that are done away
with: it is worth 100 per cent.
more than the cotton that, is pre-
pared tor market in the old way.
We must confess that we are in
clined to be enthusiastic in regard
to this new process. There can
be no sort Of mistake as to what
it accomplishes, and we believe it
is a solution Of a problem that has
long vexed the South. In our
opinion it revolutionizes the pros
poets 'ot this section and opens up
to US d future Of unexampled
prosperity. Are we too sanguine ?
This depends upon whether the
Westminster mill can accomplish
these results with which it has
been credited by those who
have seen it. We have been
told that some prominent manu-
facturcrs, after looking at the ma
chinery of the mill, have doubted
the accuracy Of the reports that
led them thither. But they were
deceived by the very quality
which gives the mill it's value
namely, It's simplicity. Used to
ponderous machinery, they could
not conceive how such simplicity
could produce such wonderful re-
suits, but they were convinced al
ter witnessing the operations of
the mill.
Howbeit, no one need make a
mistake in this matter. The
Westminister mill and others of
the same kind are ali easy Of ac-
cess. No one who has any thought
Of investing can 90 astray or be
misled by anything that may be
said by enthusiastic newspapers.
The process is open to inspection.
We look forward TO the day when
the bulk of the Southern cotton
crop will be turned into yarns on
the plantations or in the farming
Observation-Disclosures every set
tlement Of planters shall be trans
formed into a manufacturing town
with it's churches and its schools
when the South will be as rich
and as powerful commercially and
intellectually as the North aud
the Eas5-when her thrift shall be
as widespread and er-industries
as numerous as those Of New En-.
gland. Capital is always on the
alert, and It will need no formal
invitation 10 invest in these yarn
mills if the facts are as represent
ed. The most hopeful feature Of
the new process is that it is mex
pensive enough to allow our own,
people to invest in the necessary
machinery, and in every neigh
borhood the smallest farmers can,
by cooperating with each other,
set one Of these little factories in
profitable motion. From every
point of view the matter is we'll
worthy the serious attention Of
the South.
Hardly do we rness ariUht at