Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-24
TRIUMPHANT SOUTHERN PROS.
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That the cotton grown in the South will
ultimately be manufactured in the South is
a fact that is slowly d~awning upon the eyes
of the commercial world. Formerly such a
result was deemed impossible, as the condi-
tions of labor in the South rendered organ
lied manufacture, on an extensive scale, a
thing unlikely TO be carried into practice.
The new condition of things, which has
created a new South, has wholly changed the
aspect OF our section toward manufactures,
while the mild climate, the rivers open all
the year round, and many other circum-
stances, are advanta ges that greatly favor the
South. The supreme advantage, however,
that favors cotton manufactures is the neigh
borhood of the cotton. fields, and to
this advantage no other spot in the
world can offer a permanent 6quiva-
lent. The Eastern and the Manchester
mills do not fail to perceive that, in this re-
spsct, they stand at a point Of inieriority
that is likely to lead to results which arouse
their spprehensions, and that are beginning
to produce very significant proceedings. III
Eastern people have appealed piteously TO
the railroads TO reduce freight upon their
goods, as the only way in which they could
possibly compete With certain cottons OF
Southern make. The manufacturer Of Man
chester are unwilling 10 exhibit their ma
chinery and methods of work at the National
Cotton Fair, to be held at New Orleans next
year. They fear that by doing so the cotton
factories of the South would learn improve
ments and processes by which they would ad-
spinners intuitivsly perceive will, at a fu-
ture day, be loo much for them. AS it COSTS
no more TO send a bale of manufac-
tured cotton to Liverpool than a
bale Of raw cotton they see that
the day may come when, instead OF
sending bales Of raw cotton for manufacture
at their mills, the South will send bales OF
manufactured cotton that will close their
mills. The APPEAL published an article
from a New York paper yesterday which
shows how fully the power of the South TO
become the great manufacturing center Of
the world is becoming recognized. There is
literally a nav South, this Eastern writer
ssys,~ Astounding 10 activity and enterprise as
well RS in resources; ]91 cotton factories sre
II operation there, or in course of erection,
which is half the number Of the factories
possessed by the Eastern States. Is not this
a wonderful fact? Had some prophet an
nounced in 1860 that in less than twenty-five
years the South would have one-half the
number Of cotton mills that the East owns,
who would have believed the improbable
prediction? Not only has the South those
mills, but everybody in the cotton districts
knows that only a beginning is made. The
East acknowledges what is so apparent to
ourselves, that the manufacture of the fneI
fabrics is only a question Of time. The fact
that Southern-made goods are liked by con-
sumers, that its sheeiings and tickipgs are
already selling in Boston and New York,
and going as far os China, where they are
much appreciated, is proof of 'thAt. So
strong and convincing are the evidences OF
what lies before the Southern cotton manu-
facturer, that the New York Bulletin does
not hesitate to say: at would not be sur
prisipg if The cotton goods industry would
finally have TO be adjusted upon the basis oil
Southern advantages, in which case this
country should manufacture for the world"
The same excellent commercial authority
says: at is certain hat the profits of cot
ton-spiuning and the manufacture of cot
ton goods in England, as also in New
England Of late, have become reduced
to q minimum, while, on the other hand,
decided impetus is impaired by these very
conditions 10 the expansion of the same ir-
dustriss in the Southern States" What
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