New-York tribune., 1881-11-07
THE ATLANTA EXPOSITION
ADDRESS BY EDWARD ATKINSON


| PROGRESS OF INDUS TRIAL EDUCATION IN TIRE so. e
| SUCCESS OF SOUTHERN COTTON FAcrorss
| THE DEMAND FOR COTTON INCREASING w,r s.
| THE INCREASE OF POPULATIoN-THE sorru :.
| SHARE IN THE GENERAL ADVANCE OF EArIo. !, +
PROSPERITY.
| IFRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT oFTaE rRrsus,
| ATLANTA, Ca, Nov. 3.-The principa soa'
| ture to-day" Manufacturers Day "at the Cotton p
position, address by Mr.. Edward Atkinson. a.
Brookne Mass, in the Judges Hall Some Of Its mcs,
| salient passages were as folows
The State or Nation which possesses the greatest skl
in the use of machinery will gain the greatest wealth
and her people will enjoy the highest welfare. u has
been said that man is tool-uHtng animals
and the earth responds with its abundant
productions In exact measure 10 the skin
applied Those who can the tools BEST render the
most service and gain the greatest material reward
Material prosperity is purely question Of quantities
The only question is how rapidly can you the
forces Of nature to the service OF man Here yat
OF land here vast mines OF minerals Only one
seventh part Of the arabic lands OF the Nation
under the plough; less than that proportion In your
southern section. Is the land goodl Are the mines
rich Is the timber abundant Here in this
Exposition IL the testimony almost boundess capacity
for wealth aud welfare Are the people poori DO they
call for capital The capital OF the richest state or
Nation exceeds one two, possibly three years
production Welfare is in the knowledge how TO use tho
capital not in its possession Unless the school
house precedcs or goes with It, capital is
almost worthless The schoOlbouse ~ here, the
capital here, here and all that you
now to to go and prosper; and with each
step your prosperity you will add more power 10 adj
vance yet further What this capal Is 1t anything
but tOOlsi Surely II is not money in any largo
measure; for the only OF money is 10
spend. Capital consists OF machinery and engines;
OF new and better plOughs and hoes; Of and
bettp GIN sDindlps
looms Here they In endless variety and abundance
The North sends you here tho only capital which can
you permanently and to its contribution you have
added much that promises well for the future Inc %
North and Europe bufld your railroads, but
OF what VIII they be, unless yon can place
Gn aBGndant tpS producs which win from your own use
OF these tools The condition which alone can render
have been trained together its AS have said,
unless the schOohOuse goes with the tools the Dest
VIII be wasted Mills and works will follow, but cannot
On every hand see evidences that the true nsrge-
demand and in the mere fact that hundreds OF ex-
bandry OF every kind is TO be found the proof your
progress You yourselves bear testimony that your
use Of some OF the finest agricultural Implements
in that great hail. and your own ,, well III bred
make cotton with these new tools, for cents a
pound. find then that we have sent You the best e1.
amples OF Northern capital too and find In
the examples Of Southern capital with which you have
supplemented theu, the most adequate testimony that
the method Of instruction has begun, and has pro-
ceeded much further than we Of the North had sup
In some Of your best mills you economcaly
at the North do but isolated mills scattered al dis
tanees disadvantage any where. so far as you
undertake cotton manufacturing with TO any.
thing than local demand, concentrate your mi
and let all the appliances and subsidiary employment
grow up around them; have never taken The ground
that there were any climatic dihcutes IN many paris
South The real difficulty is that the margin OF profit
is small on very large capital ana unless you ca1
work. In the long run, OF very small margln you can.
not succeed Let this be borne In mh1; lhe warn on
which tho standard sheetng or drill II made No
fSln tSi "et5"' of When summer lawn is made, No.
so, weighs onequartcr OF grain to the yard These
substantially the limits OF the useful cotton nanu
facture Our range T., therefore, within the limits OF
one-ha grain 70 the yard OF yarns OF wbich coth
loss We must every precaution and save at every
point else we fail May say that the true prepare
On for success in cotton manufacturing must Dc in
knowing bow save the fractions Of cent? We must
tive
a field for profit in which we cannot share, In tho
preparation OF cotton for the spinner which Offers bet
ter opportunity for profits on small investments Of esp
ta than other branch OF cotton manufacturing that
you aud e engage in.
have often tried account for the attraction which
is presented by cotton growing and cotton spinning
The dairy products OF the country greater in value
the cotton crop Our shoe factories In massachusetts
employ more persons, at higher wages, tnan
Sf life are much better in towns where
there are 80 great factories, than Ia those Whlel
are filed with them. small capital can be used today
10 be Ter advantage in making clothing than in making
cloth What then Is the secretf think II is THIS;
anywhere; they need no Legal Tender Acts to make
them pass current They drafts AT sight fOs
we want We can buy with cotton
cotton cloth. We have now a little over 100000
spndles in the United states and have at my office
list OF mills which either insure how or expect u
insure, all OF them north OF the Potomac which viii con-
tain nearly 100000 more spndles when competed.
Some are built already Others viii be 6nl,t u o nsn
600 spindles.. The production OF about 100000
Was exported, and the export Is bsa Me5rss 3so
sPadles ."' to '' each Gu million Tne spRdles added
or projected for next season, must sufhce iof
increase large do not think It is yet excessive
II we do not have a panic or some other tempo
rary check to our prosperity In the three years
iation viii be not lar from 100000, TO which
Immigration will add 100000 more 6OOO,OOO In All
The normal increase of spndes required would therefore
be 100000. without counting Oh new uses Tor cotton
factories, increase OF exports. such number wll
requisite auxiliary buildings and they will require
about 900 bales of cotou in each at the present
average That you VIII share la TINS increase Is the win
OF every mnn; but that you can share, even
in measure that win much more than
compensate for the Increase OF population.
in section is not much To be expected taking
the whole Of three into account but prospect
will be vastly better In the next three years when the
normal increase must be 100000 spindies There Is
for all, and no need be fearful about finding
a market you increase and improve your crop aud
Why do we stndy this Exhibition so carefully, out
side OF all that pertains to cotton Because We hnd n
exhibits of ore mineral timber and products OF
agriculture other than cotton, the evidence OF such
opportunities for occupation ana sach an
assurance OF wealth. that sure we shall find more
customers than shall ever lind competitors among
your; and only need to look outside the Exhibition,
and 10 take of the activity the enterprise and the
prosperity OF Atlanta to confirm our Judgment.
LAST WEEK THE MOST SUCCESSFUL.
ATLANTA, Ca, Nov. 6.--Last week was the
most successful far OF the Exposition here the
Der of visitors having been 40 per cent greater than
dnriny any preyious week This the cheap