The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-08-18
SOUTHERN ooTrOx MILLS.
4 Manufacturer Shows Why the South il
n better Field for Cotton Mills Than
the North.

the North.
The Atlanta Constitution prints ~
nopsis II the address OF II. p. Ham nett
president Of the Piedmont cotton facto
~. recently delivered before the state
Agricultural Society Of South Caroline
which is regarded a. a complete answer
to EIward Atkinson's criticisms on cot
ton mauufac uring in the south. The
chief value Of Mr. Hammett's statements
i due to he fact that they are the for
aal and daliberte views OF gentleman
VINO BIZ. had "A large and successful ex-
perience as q cotton manufacturer.
Mr. Hammctt says thai the natural
advantage for manufacturing many Of
the heavier varieties Of cotton goods AT
the Syuthare admitted by all intelligent
and practical manufacturers at the North
who have investigated the subject i'm
partially. and become sufficiently famil
lar wi it in all IT. relations to form an
intelligent and reliable opinion. None
Of them that Mr.. Hammett is aware OF
estimate the advantages at less than 10
per cent and many of them a. compar-
ed with Northern mills IN making the
same class IF goods.
Mr.. Hammett alludcs to fact that
has never been sufficiently advertised
He points out that there Is in the whole
Sou b a population Of natives, peculiar
" suited by nature, character. morals
and Intelligence to make a. efficient
industrious and -killful operatives a. are
10 be found anywhere Many Of them
gladly embrace the opportunity Of going
into the mills and making that THEN
bushes aud home for life. 4 better
class Of people seek the mills than form
erly. and they are capable OF being edu- /
Gated to a. high an order Of skill "a any /
operatives in America Native North |
erIi people are rarely found in their COT /
ton mills; they are for The most par |
Canadian French and Irish, with a few |
English, frueh and Germans amongst /
them. with whom orr material for OPT
eratives compare most iavorablv. LIv- /
ing being cheap necessarily makes labor /
cheap, and whilst our operatives live |
pleutifuIlv and comfortably, the wages
paid them are less than is absolutely /
necessary for the subsistence Of those III
colder climates, where rents of such +
houses a. will protect them against the /
cold in winter are necessarily high, AND
fuel and clothing expensive.
The waters arc located in the midst
Of the cotton fields, from which a large
part Of cotton consumed may he pur-
chased direct from the producer ano
delivered AT the mills often weighed
in the openin--roOms. or stored IN the
warehouse, for future use, or II may be
purchased at markets at short distances
from the mills, where transportation Is
incoDsidcrable. 4 very material ad
vantage is that it comes direct from tn
gins. Is clean, has not been compressed
for shipment, which l. often done to the
Of a stick of white oak tim
Der and rs consequence works here
better, and easier, makes ,
much less waste and better goods, anC +
with less preparatory machinery, ~ all q
miil-owners are aware and appreciate a +
one Of the important advantages Of 10
cation.
The demand for the styles Of good.
made ut the South is at presen.
sufficient - take all tuat are made, ano
he demand is cons family increasing
Mr.. Hammett doubts if there Is a first r
lass mill at The South to-day that ha: :
nv accumulation Of goods. % that coulc r
lot have sold twice their product toI
he last SIX months. That is not Away d,
he case Manufacturers, like other
business, have their duIl seasons anG :,
hose that are more active, but Their, :,
as been 40 time recently to our knowl i
dpe when goods have had 10 be forceC d,
n the market "a concessions To realize. =.
kept it may have been by some corpo- =
alton that was compelled from the wan :
f capital or credit 20 sell their goods :.
Besides the demand for distribution III j
he United States, "A demand for South ~,
rn-made goods for export is constantly y,
lcreasing. principally for China, Africa, nj
he East Indies and South America, ana r
, to-day sufficient to reduce any larg h,
uantitY that may accumulate. 10 give ii
ONE idea Of the export demand and the Il
apiditv with which it l. increasing tor N
american goods, Mr.. Hammett states -,
nat for the first six months Of 1870. Il
rom January TO June 30, The ship m
rents from The ports Of New York and -
'oston were II. 4S6 packages, whilst for 4,
he corresponding months of 1891 il nj
! ,lS4 packages. Ofcourse, these were ii
ot all of Southern manufacture, but -,
lrge proportion OF them We're. Added Il,
, these the 40, 900 to 80 coo emigrantS n,
IRVING weekly in the United States are :
, he clothed, aud largely SO in heavy 4,
GODS made in the South =,