Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-04
SOUTHERN COTTON MILLS.
AUGUSTUS MEETING REPRE-
SENTATIVE AND IMPORTANT.

Millions of Dollars and Hundreds of
Thousands of Spindles and Looms
Represented-'The Southern and Wes-
tern Manufacturers Association'' to be
Organized-The Ohio Tariff Plank the
Favorite.
AUGUSTA, GA, April "A meeting of
the owners of the cotton mills throughout
the South was held here to-day for the
purpose of discussing the question of the
supply of and demand for cotton goods.
1t was stated in a circular, issued by the
Augusta mill men who originated the
call for the convention, that it was their
belief that the purchasing power is not
equal to the supply, and that for the BEN
eft of all concerned it was of the great
est Importance that some plan should be
agreed upon to reduce the produc-
tion of cotton goods. President Hickman,
OF the Graniteville Manufacturing Com
pany, called the convention to order and
welcomed the manufacturers to Augusta
j. K. Hanson, of Macon, was elected
President and A. Fl. Twitchell, of Clifton,
S. c., Secretary. Mr.. Hanson said that
manufacturing interests just now were
In anything but satisfactory condition,
and he hoped that united action would
result in favor of the manufacturers of
the South.
THE MEN PRESENT.
The following mills were represented:
A. Il. Hutchinson, President of the Rock
Hill Factory, 1904 spindles, capital S116,-
900; .. ). Porter, proprietor of the cotton
mills at Covington, Ga, 1900 spindles;
A. F. Pope, proprietor of PowelPs
Mills in Georgia, 5000 spindles, capital
$4,000; II: T. Inman. President of
the Exposition Cotton Mills at Atlanta,
10000 spindles, 4S0 looms, capital $3.50, 600:
f. II. Barber, of the Fishing Creek Mill,
South Carolina, 1000 spindles, capital
$l2O,OOO; 0. Barber, of Cedar Shoals, S.
O., SIG spindles, capital $22, 600: r. l..
Bloomfield, President of the Athens Man
ufacturing Company, 1900 spindles
O.. T. Cawthon, President of
the StOnewall Manufacturing Company
at Enterprise, Mississippi. 6,0O0 spindles,
$50 looms, capital $l69, 900; r. B. Bullock,
President of the Atlanta cotton mills.
1920 spiudles, $50 looms, capital $500, 900:
Louis Hamburger, of the WAYNE Manu-
factory of Georgia, $500 spindles and As
looms, capital $250,0O0; II. p. Hammet.
President of the Piedmont mills,
23,O24 spindles, 30 looms, capital
$50O,O00; ID. L. Converse, President
and A. II. Twitchell, Secretary of the Cliff
ton Manufacturing Company of South
Carolina. 20,224 spindles and 456 looms.
capital S5O0,OOO; Mr.. Converse also repre-
sents ID. Il. Converse & Co.'s Glendale
Mills Of South Carolina. 5000 spindles
and l36 looms; Charles T. BOehm, repre-
senting the Union Manufacturing Com
pany OF Maryland, $4,000 spindles
and 325 looms, capital $4OO, 900: he
also represents the PheniX Mills of
Maryland, with 5000 spindles and |
15O looms; w. G. Sibley, President of the |
Sibley Manufacturing Company, of Aa-
~,
tai Sl,0OO,0OO; he is also President of
the Langley Manufacturing Company. of
South Carolina. 10,SS0 spindles and 329
looms, capital 100000; George T. Jack
son, President of the Enterprise Manu-
featuring Company. of Augusta, 2S,5
spindles and 652 looms, capital
$jOO,OO0; n. W. Armstrong, Treasurer
OF the Fairmount Manufacturing Com
pany. or WllllstOn, ). C., 1000 spindles |
and 60 looms, capital 5000; John B. |
Connolly, proprietor of the Sterling Mills, |
of Augusta, $500 spindles; G. W. Felker, |
President of the New High Shoals Com |
pany, in Walton county. Ga, 5000 |
spindles and so looms; c. II. Phinizy, |
President of the Augusta Factory, of |
Augusta, 26,0OO spindIes and 7s6 looms,
capital $6OO,0OO; w. G. Mccoy,
President of the Riverside Mills
of Augusta, 2,400 spindles for yarns,
capital 100000; William l. Russell,
agent Princeton Factory, Athens. Ga. s.
$50 spindles and 100 looms, capital S93.-
600; j. II. Montgomery, Picolet Manufac-
turing Company of South Carolina, 1,OSO
spindles and 341 looms, capital $500, 900;
II. II. Hickman, President Of theiGrani.e- |
vile and Vaucluse Manufacturing Com
panies OF South Carolina, 80, 400 spindles |
and $50 looms, capital stock 5000, 700; J. |
+. Hanson, representing the Wilcox |
Manufacturing Company of Newman,
Ga; Mr.. Hanson is also agent of the |
Bibb Manufa cturing Company of Macon, |
l6,5O0 spindles and 40 looms. capital |
100000; j. o. Mathewson, representing |
the Randall Manufacturing Company of |
North Carolina, $4,000 spindles and 800 |
looms, capital 800, 900; he also represents |
the Naomi Mills of North Carolina 1000 |
spindles and $50 looms, capital $3.50, 900: |
Charles Estes, President of the John p. |
King Manufacturing Company of Au-
gusta, 26, AGA spindies and $50 looms, capi- |
tai 81, 1,00O,O0O and President Walker, of |
the Charleston Manufacturing Company.
$4,000 spindles and 312 looms, capital |
$500, 200.
LETTERS OF SYMPATHY.
Letters were received from the man.
ayers of the following mills expressing |
sympathy with the object of the conven- |
ton: Beaver Creek and Bluff Mills and |
Admission Manufacturing Company,
through A. l.. Tyler; Wehadken Manu- |
featuring Company; L. p. Randall, Presi- |
dent of the MorotOck Mills at Danville, |
Va; w. II. Hill, Treasurer of the Mat |
thew's Cotton Mill at Selma, Ala; II. A. |
Haralson. Secretary and Treasurer of the !
Fulton Cotton Spinning Company at At |
lanta, Ga; j. Elsas, President of the
BellemOnt Manufacturing Company at
Sumter, 5. c.; d. J. Winn. President of
the Battersea, Etrick and Matoaca Manu-
featuring Companies; ID. Calendar, agent
OF the Pulaski Cotton and WOOlen Mills |
in Tennessee; Gordon & McCOrd, the Ivy
Shoals Factory in North Carolina;
Phyfer and Allison. of the NatcheZ cotton |
mills, in Mississippi; r. f. Learned, Pres |
ident. President Young. of the Eagle and |
Phoenix Mills at Columbus, Ca, sent |
letter expressing regret that he could not |
attend. He thought that the surplus COM |
planned of was more apparent than real, |
and that the jObbers were now buying |
and trading from hand to mouth and com |
pelling the factories to carry goods for |
merly bought in bulk. He thought that |
limiting the production would hurt needy |
operatives and engender strikes.
A COMMITTEE REPORT.
The Committee on Business, through |
Chairman Hickman, made the following |
report:
Your committee has the honor TO report for |
the immediate action OF the convention the |
organization OF an association, TO be known as |
the Southern and Western Manufacturers |
Association, the object and purpose of said |
association to be of the same general charac- |
ter as those OF the New England Manufactu-
rers' Association. To effect this object we re- |
commend the election by this convention Of /
an executive committee consisting of fifteen /
members, Of which the Chairman of this |
convention shall be ex-oficio Chairman bv |
whom said organization shall be furnished. |
with printed copies of said plan Of OrganiZa- |
tion to be mailed to each spinner and manu- |
facturer south of the Potomac and Ohio riv- |
ers, and membership of this organization |
shall be obtained by written reply accepting l
the proposed plan. In view of the short cot |
ton crop OF last year we recommend the adOp- |
ton Of the following resolution:
ResotUed, That we recommend that our spin |
ners and manufacturers reduce their prOduc- |
tion in proportion to the reduced quantity Of |
raw material now in the country.
The plan for the organization Of the |
Southern Manufacturers Association was |
unanimously adopted. The resolution
looking to the reduction of production was
discussed at length bv Messrs. PhiniZy,
Hickman, Bullock, Jackson, Hammet
Bloomfield, Hanson, Sibley, Estes, Caw-
th0n, and others, all the speakers agree
ing as to the necessity for a curtailment
of the production of yarns and cloth, the
only difference being as to the manner of
accomplishing the result. After several
hours of discussion ex-(iov. Bullock. of
the AtlaDtasCottOn Mills, offered the fol-
lowing resolution, which was unani-
mously adopted:
Res0lUed, That it is the unanimous sense of
this meeting that the production Of yarns and
cloth be eurtailed pending definite action by
our committee.
The committee of fifteen to whom was
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