The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-26
soUrHEIkN COTTON MILLS.

W. have REPEATEDLY and with pleasure,
ndeei, called attention to the rapidly
growing manufacturing enterprises in the
-outh, but it is doubtful if the majority of
sur readers really appreciate the extent
Fhich cotton manufacture has reached, or
pink sufficiently fits importance to our
lcople. Common sense would indeed dc
tie that the best place to work up the cot
In ofthe United States, is in the cotton
. PIT, where the raw material is directly
~ hand, and where goods can be
trned out of the factories for from
II to 30 per cent. less than in
Ftions 600 or 1900 miles away from the
! Pine of the plant. OF course we do not
Edertake to say the south can, at this
i fiting forge ahead of New England in
( Pnufactures, or do cheaper work, but the
1 liicatlons ARE that at no distant day we
lead the country in cotton mills and
+ lton manufacture. An exhibit of what has
\ Pm ana Is even now dong in this particu-
\ cannot but be Of interest to all. Not
hnndredth part of what should be done
/ yet been witnessed, but tho gratifying
IN is known that wherever mills
re been started in the south,
/. lir success has not only been assured, but
shr profits have been immense. From
tabie authority we CLEAN the following
Is, which will give some idea of cotton
s and manufacture in the south:
Pund Petersburg, Virginia, there are six
70 mills; at Graham, North Carolina,
o is one of the largest establishments in
c'nntry; northern company with ff.
millions stock has just organized to
X great mill at Athens, Georgia; the
.9ense exposition buildings Mt Allan Ia
tte been bought for a factory; another
,ep mill Is being built at Charlotte, North
eplina; over S3,OO0,0O0 are invested at
yusta, and nearly as much at
mbus, Georgia. At ASHORE, Wei
"a and other points in the old
VIII state, in various points in Mississippi
~ Alabama, mills are going up rapidly,
ksct it would take columns space sim
sleo note the mills, and it is safe to say
uover $I50Oo,O00, or perhaps a larger
is at present invested in this one
ch OF industry in the south. Intcli-
and business are beginning to recog-
A he fact that the south is the proper
sfor the manufacture of its varied and
VA products. Climate, Cheapness of real
III, proximity to the raw material, all
inc to give our section an immense
tage over all Others in
II manufacture of cotton goods.
1T lille the south is thus developing in
n.factures and millions are being ex-
,dyd and invested IN these splendid enter
pu, 1t is .humiliating to acknowledge
ei'all our sister states are surprising
W. in The enthusiasm and energy with
M they are entering the field. Here,
Yr.l stionably, in time, will be the grand.
fnton producing state of the world, and
Y.,ogress ut this time demands from
kdt a score Of immense cotton mills
our border. It is to be
4i that the glance, merely.
=, we have given to the public
sorxtent of this wonderful industry in
-, ath will excite reflection and create
uso,on the part of capitalists in Texas to
" up with tho march of progress and
co,,me of tho heavy profits enjoyed by
He hlrcady in the field. There is no
Hrs>f this character In the southern
ths,tiut is far above par and paying from
Rhe2O per cent dividends annually.
Lc,facts are truly OF an exceedingly
G,t-.ng nature, although our view Is ex.
Ee, limited and is but pointer OF