The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-20

Cotton Manufactures I'm the south.
Following is an extract from letter from
New York 10 the Atlanta Constitution, on
the manufacturing Of cotton in tho south.
Speaking of the favorable condition of goods
manufactured in the sonth, Mr.. Grant, one
of the most extensive of manufacturers of
ma mill chinery and supplies said that
the English mills cannot compete with
American mills. American made goods arc
outselling English goods every day in Man.
chester and Liverpool. In the first place
American mill men are smarter and more
progressive. and 10 the next place they have
the reputation Of furnishing more reliable
goods. We have not yet learned over here
tho secret of weaving white dirt or kaoin
into our cotton fabrics In England tho
manufacture of cotton employs three classes
tho spinners, sizers and weavors. The siz.
o,s charge nothing for their work beyond
the weight they add to the yarns by sizing.
They buy the yarns by weight-woik in lot
of kaolin and tho increase In weight from
the clay gives them their profit When you
buy American goods, however, you got pure
cotton goods. This fact, added to the
shrewdness Of our people, has enabled them
10 sell In English markets probably"
"ls there no possibility OF over production
In cotton goodss"
"Not the slightest. The statistics show
that over three.q quarters Of the people of this
globe are to-day clothed In hand. made
fabrics. 1t 10 impossible for US TO conceive
of such productions as will oversupply the
legitimate demand that will arise as our goods
are pushed into foreign markets, and into
those countries whore handmade clothes are
still used. Why, tho Piedmont mills Of
South Carolina have jus. made through
Woodward, Bslwin II Co., u contract for 4
large amount of goods ordered for Africa"
And the Massachusetts mills, of L,woll,''
said Mr.. Parham, Of tho Kllsin machine
works, who had boon an interested listener
"has just closed contract for eight months
supply Of their entire mills for shipment Ia
China. This is their third order from China
aud each one 10 larger than the former
They sell 10 China at u handsome profit. and
mill men generally believe tina, In China and
Japan 10 found IN inexhaustible and reliable
market.
There Is no uso talking about American
mills OVERRIDING the thing, for they have The
world for their market. They have pren,
advantage over English mills In mschIeery
American machinery will do the same worn
just ~ efficiently, aud weighs thirty 10 fort,
per cent. less, takes much less room, and I
much less oomplicat::d than Eogl Oh ma.
ohinery. II The Atlanta mill was A,tod Or
with English machinery II would have |.
have walls double the thickness and riyo ono
fIufth more room than Il now occup,es. I
may safely DO said that cotton manulAc,ur,
In America, already an enormous indu,try
ID on the dawn Of 4 stimulation and develop.
mont not dreamed off few year, ago."
Where will this development DO mos
marked ~
| "Uaqusstionably In the south. Beyon,
The fact that new mills are springing up /,
that section rapidly, and that those estsb
lished are earning big dividends, the logic o
things proves that the south h destined 70 b
the great cotton manufacturing sscti Of