Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-09-07

COTTON MANUFACTURERS NORTH AND
SOUTH.-As compared with cotton mautactu-
rers of New England, the Southern Mills
show a wonderful difference in earnings. Mr..
Russell, Massachusetts, member Of Congress,
said in recent speech in the House OF Rep
resentatives II have from official sources
statement showing that fifty of the leading
corporations in Lowell, Lawrence, Chicopee
and Salem, Mass Manchester, Nashua and
Newmarket, n. H, Lewiston and other points
in Maine, representing capital OF S5O, ,OOO,0O
engaged in manufacturing the various grades
of cotton and wooden fabrics, have paid their
stockholders in the past five years an average
dividend of little less than per cent. per
annum only" The 1radesntan, of Chattanoo-
GA, Tenn, makes the following comments on
this subject:
Here is an authoritative statement that the
manufacture of cotton goods in New England
is not one half so profitable as in the South.
On this $50, 900, 900 invested in Northern mills
the profits for the past five years have been
less than S17, 500, COO; while the same amount
of capital in Southern mills, basing our calcu-
lations upon what other mills now pay, would
have been from $40, 100000 to $50, 1000, 900, or
possibly more Such a difference as this is
bound to tell. The Southern Mills save from
81 to So bale in the matter of freights alone
as compared with what the Northern mills
pay They have lighter expenses for heating,
cheaper raw material, an abundance of water
power, cheap labor cheap living, and other
advantages which enable them to pay more
than double the profits that Northern mills
can possibly earn, and these things are al
ready working out a mighty material develop
ment of the South. With natural advantages
for combining agricultural pursuits and man.
ufactures, unsurpassed by any country, the
Southern States WILL ere many years have
passed, rank as one of the richest countries in
the world. The march ofprogreSs has already
begun, and in the next Is or 20 years the re-
suit will be seen in vast manufacturing indus
tries, in mining for gold, silver, iron and coal,
in stock raising, in cotton, in breadstufts anf
in tropical fruits, to an extent that is Scarcely
dreamed of now.
How INDIANS FARM.-A gentleman just
up from Standing Rock agency said that the
Indians were engaged in planting. In answer
to an inquiry as to how the reds were progress
sing in the peaceful way of grangering, he
smiled and said their manner was odd. Every
year they seemed to know less about how to
farm. This is attributable to the fact that
they are learning the ways of the whites too
rapidly. They begntO understand that as soon
as they can grow crops their rations will be
cut off and hence their growing ignorance OF
agriculture. If they are given bushel OF
beans to plant, they will eat nine-tenths OF the
amount and plant one-tenth, and the One-tenth
will be dumped into three or four holes IN
the ground. Last spring they were furnished
with five bushels of onion seeds. They couldn't
eat them, and consequently planted the entire
five bushels on piece of ground fifty by one
hundred feet. They were too lazy to prepare
larger patch besides it would have been
contrary to their policy of maintaining the IA
tion system. When the onions came up it
was a curious sight to see the young bulbs
crowd each other. The whole dry naked sur
face of ground was raised up Oh top OF the
sprouting plants. tits our informant opinion
| that the present generation of Indians will not
make successful grangers.-Bismark Tribune
HINT TO CAND1DATEs.-A citizen who
lately built himself residence, was the other
day showing friend through it, and, when
everything had been noticed and discussed,
he asked "Well, do you see any place where
you could improve it 20 eyes, noticed a
bad error right at the start,'' was the reply.
Being asked to explain, he continued: "You
have no balcony in 'front.'" "But | didn't
want one" ''Well, perhaps not but when
you are running for office and the band comes
up to serenade you, and the populace calls for
a speech, you will either have to 60 TO the
roof or come down to the ground to respond.
A balcony is sort of middle ground-just high
enough to escape making pledges, and too high
to promise all sorts of reform. Ought to have
a balcony, sir-regret it if you don't. ."-1eras
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