The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-16
Cotton MILLS In tho south

Weclip the following from the Boston
Journal Of Commerce:
10 another column will be found an item
which amounts simply to the fact that par
ties in southern cities who have had an eve
to the manufacturing of cotton put one
oftheir young men into the Lowell machine
shops as an apprentice for three years. Her,
no has been taught TO fit and erect the differ
ent machinery employ I'd in the various pro
cesses. After he became proticien,
In that, he was then sent out with the men,
whose cuisines 1t was to erect and adjust the
machinery at tue different mills, and to soc
it properlypa In working condition with the
cotton in the machine.
Having served his three years time faith.
fully and successfully, the people mt home
have now organized company and are 10
build mill, Of which be il 20 have tho
practical management. If this is tho way
our southern friends are taking hold of the
business, Is 10 high time that some of our
northern people looked sharply after their
laurels. Professional nincompoops, the
favored sons Of some wealthy stOckholder, or
some other relative, who, In times past, has
had too much to do with the active manage :
ment Of tho mills, will not now stand 30 good
chance.
If land tho case we have cited is not an
isolated one) this Ia TO be the practice of the
southern people, Il will relieve them en-
tirely and forever from depending upon the
so-called practical mon, for whom they have
heretofore been compelled to look to the
north, and If they arc to make their own sons
practical manufacturers by al apprentice.
ship of several years in the machine shop,
aud In erecting and managing machlner,
they will certsinly have made the best
practical talent available for their own
benefit.
But this Is not the only matter that II
progressing at tho south. W. can count a,
the moment more than twenty differen,
mill. which are projected and fully thai
number which arc now being built. Recently
several northern mon or capitalists, ethel
individually or collectively, have made
propositions for tho erection of cotton mill:
at various poia,s 10 the south. We have
during the present week had interview,
with two parties who are Just from
tho south, and we believe they dc
not overstate the thing when they ga,
that tho subject Of making cotton yarns ant
cotton goods 10 quite NJ fever heat In various
portions Of the southern states. And this il
not from anything except legitimate causes
A large majority Of the cotton mills of th,
south have been very prosperous, and will
an increased population there Is no reason
why much more cotton shall not be manu-
featured 10 tho south, and q great many o
the various kinds Of cosrser and medium
goods can be made thore at q positive advan
tAge.
Tho establishment Of mill Ia the south
means the estAblishment Of many other in
dustres which must ne ,essarily follow ant
DO with the mill. II q school upon q larr
scale. II is an actual producer Of wealth, /,
10 culttvAtor Of all that 10 or can be mad
acute. and tho one disgrace about Il IL, Il h
honest work; Il 10 productive, respectable,
and wherever established and properly care,
for II elevstes the community 10 contao
with and In communion with Il In ever,
particular instance. 1t has nothing 10 d,
with politics, Il 10 an industrial and com
mercial interest, and there Ia no reAso,
why tho southern states should not advanc,
rapidly In tho accumulation of weslth ant
better tho condition OF its citizens, and Will
II will raise oil the cotton that both tho north
ern and southern states can use, II can max
= portion OF The goods for the Who'll
country and furnish England with all the
can uss besides. Their action In giving thei
own sons practical and thorough educatio
= certainly oommsndabls, and could DO iml
saled With profit 70 The stockholders BY com
aof shs old manassrs Of New England.