Richland beacon., 1880-01-17

hereafter, said tare be deducted at the
first purchase Of the cott'n in the
country where grown" This, OF
course, was objected TO by our Ma
tional and City Cotton Exchanges;
but the writer has yet to see the
farmer who does not believe he gets
nure for his baggiDg aud ties than
they cost him.
AZ proof of the superiority OF the
warns. | would state. that the Cen.
teunial Exhibition awarded premiums
to three citizens Of the State OF Mis-
) sissippi, one Of which was a medal OF
honor and diploma of merit, to Whit ,
field Manufacturing Company, OF
Corin,h. Miss, for their new pro-
cess" warns. Awards were also made
at the State Fairs Of South Carolina
and Georgia 1.-TWO States more ad-
vanced in cotton manufacturing than
any in the South. to the late F. +.
Harrison. of Andersonville, S. C., for
similar yarns made by him. See in
closed circular for opinion OF Buck
ham & PaulsOn. yarn commission :
merchants of New York. Of the new
process yarns. They find ready sale
10 all uar kets at highest prices.
Lest | tire you of the new process,
: will write O few lines about the
natural advantages Of the South over
New England and Europe. in manu-
featuring our great staple.
consider the South "a having
eyery facility CT the North and Europe
in the manufacture of our cotton and
10 addition, cheaper land, food. feed.
labor, building material. shorter and
miIder winters, more reliable water
power; direct reclamation for false
packing. exemption from strikes /; and
more than all these combined. an
abundant supply of undamsged COT
ton on every farm.
: With these natural advantages. no
wonder We see our papers crowded
with such notices as these: Augusta
Factory, Of Georgia. paid dividend
Of % per cent last year; Mississippi
Mills, Wesson. state by authority. that
no stock Of this factory is on the mar
ket at any price. 1t cannot be touch
!, ed for 200 cents on the dollar" 10
, speaking of the Eagle and Phoenix
, Mills the same paper states. during
!, the last thirty days their sales have
= been a quarter of million dollars"
! whilst English mills four thousand
, miles away from the cotton fields are
i. suspended or running on short time.
and our New England mills doing bu,
, little, If any better.
!. Cotton textiles are used by, and are
}, indispensable to. every enlightened.
D civilized. balfcivilized, aud many Of
e the savage nations Of the world. Ten
d Southern States produce two-tbirds of
;, the cotton OF tbe commercial world.
and of the finest staple known. Of
y which they only manufacture about
one twentieth. The conversion Of her
3 last years crop into yarns. would have
= increased its value over $500. OOO. 900.
y and into textile fabrics many fold
5 more. Her last years crop of cotton
r at 8 cents. did not more than pay the
}. cost Of production. by hired labor. A
d two-thirds crop of cotton sells for as
much money as full crop. Cotton
q grown, only as surplus crop. always
n pays. Every article Of prime neces.
II sity, both of food and rainent, can be-
d produced in the South. Every pro.
D. duct of the soil, mime and forest
q should be manufactured to its u,mos,
J. value before it is put GU the world.
D. market. Cotton, | believe, is the true
'e key to the prosperity of :bo South
ls The Whitney gin gave this key to the
o. capitalist of the North aud Europe. bu,
u The "Clement Attachment" restores i
d. to the South. for when she diversi6es
Of not only Der soil products, but her la
c. Dor, in utilizing her immense water
10 power 10 manufacturing the product.
IL Of her soil. mines and forests, par
" ticularly her great cotton crop. ther
q. il natiers not about Bourbon or Rad
er ical. Democrat or Republican. Green
hacker or Resumptionist, q solid Soutl
re or solid North. = nation or tn,
" United States. they all dwindle int,
y, insiguifcance. for 80 long as she rro
y duces all the Decessaries Of life (whicl
III she can and should do) grows. manu-
IN features and controls the indispenss
es ble cotton fabrics Of the world, sb
d. will be self.sustainiug, prosperous an
Is independent.
ne Respectfully. your obedient servant,
be F. + WHITFIELD. 81