New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-08
SOUTHERN COTTON MILLS.

THEIR ADVANTAGES WINNING SUCCESS.
STEADY GROWTH OF THE lNDUsrRY-yAvoRISo
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES CAPITAL NEEDED.
frRox AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
WILMINGTON, N. c., July 1.-With the excep-
ton of truck farming there industry contributing
more hopeulness the South than cotton manufacture
ing The two may lie said to be growing with eqral
rapidity for VIII lie the belt from which HewYork and
the West draw their early vegetable supplies Is contin
uay widening and lengthcning. until ut last Mississippi
land produces $1,000 per in early tomatoes and as
much In strawberries the cotton manufacturing boom
spreading nearly 40 widely. The Southern railroads,
which exact per mile for nrst-cass fares, and
for second class are moro generous TO the rucs
farmer 80 much that told by tho track super
fntendcnt Seahoard and Roanoke Railroad that he
was able to place the produce Of his farm along its
line in the market ut the rate that his
brother paid although the latter raised his potatoes and
cabbages, radisnes and peas in New-Jerscy scsrcey
out OF sight Of the metropolis In cotton manufactur"
ing however the South does not havs depend upon
special rates from railroads, the Northern manufao
already do Its advantage lies In Its being able to
take the product almost from the Held nearly in
deed that II needs scarcely any transportation until t
has reached the condensed form Of the manufactured
article tho value Of which freight charges boar
enthusiastically smaller proportion than to that Of the
bulky bales OF the raw cotton
1t exaggeaon to say that the sor tn is full OF
the cotton manufacturing question. II has risen to
such Importance that Southern politician win stop
talking politics for few moments TO speak the Souths
growing prospects In this line.
The advantages CT the South In this industry ap-
parent ut glance to any that visits Southern
cotton factory These the bestbut ednces In tho
ersl ase ia extremely unsgnty looking as though nsdo
of coal DUST these factories present clean, neat
brick; and before the roofs wide circle ten
ement houses forms around each The latest one
single turn enough houses have been erected to
give the place the appearance q thriving Wsss.n
capitalist or attracting so many capitalists from tho
S9n as to s to ion Ss runoas sfs *.
Southern farmer may after ~ little be s S to work his
The factory in this city is not large one employing
day OF the principal advantages here Is that labor
cheap the operatives getting about rs cents or less
North but have been taught by men sent the North
mills to learn the business, which they haye done
for coal to run hs engines am unable to bur hero
Il costs almost nothing as the fuel Is sawdust from the
is usually 50 per day The manufacturer has the fr
Ssn &. M sa
saves enough to pay half his fuel bill IN buynS ms
takes 20 cents bale This business proves 80 proaiSs
to the compress owners at the expense Of the Northern
has just been declared by the compress COMPANIES
here Another advantage TO the southern manufacture
~l
which IL very convenient in doesn't prove
equal TO sample. The Southern farmer occasionally In
dulges In those little plcasantrics that mitigate the
grim severity OF his Northern brother who playfuly
weights drop out Of bale when opened In factory here
the buyer has only cart back and the merchant
gives him another bale OF good quality and equal 70
sample.
Georgia H SctSras has DECLARED dividend Of per
cont When 10 the saving In fnel labor. cost Of raw
material freight the raw cotton y saded frciehs
saved on the manufactured article Il "a ouly kurprsing
that the dividends not higher and the only
they are not must Lie In the fact that the southern man
sufficiently developed to lead him to make his plant
equal to that of his Northern competitor. When he
builds his mill larger that the fixed charges may DO
spread larger surfnce OF product, he Will Do
obliged to declare dividend every mouth
But the chief advantage of the southern
TO the surface after few years Of testing u quail
ty whether tho product OF Southern fnctorcs sQua
10 OF Northern In ncness AMI general cxcolenco
am unable 10 say but IN Its wearing qualities II will BE-
found superior. No man that wears shrt Y ignorant
decrsei il to be- the tale q the shirt to-day much
sooner told than that Of the shrt Of forty or Of
twenty years ago And II will DO os nd that tho dcced
enco OF the quality Of usin dates from the rioe Of he
compress whose ponderous hand squeeses cotton bale
into one-third its natural sisc.
IN the lack sapai Tho South has not suslent cap
ital but no expression u moro common = 9oQeheru
buslnsss oroiees and eunQng 6outhen poue!eane
than that the Northern oApitast 10 net ony veloolnev
put "a eagerly desired And nothing y more certain
a a ss s. s %ss ss s'B ss v:s &
most spSsdiy and SURELY