The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-03-01

| than scotch prices at the mouth OF
the furnace. Columbus, Atlanta,
Montgomery, Birmingham, and
even Charleston, are now real man.
ufacturing centers. New Orleans
is taking rank as a great manufac-
turing city. The manufactures OF
Louisiana, (Which may be said to
be those Of New Orleans, reached
in 1882 a total of nearly S32, 200, =
600. The amount seems small to
those credited to Boston, New
York and Philadelphia, but they
are put on a restricted market, pre-
viously fully occupied, and If ne
cessary at prices with which the
Northern manufacturer cannot com
pete. And the reason of this last
is very simple. In the cotton
trade, the material is at hand. The
Southern mill saves freight, insur
aAce, commissions, packing, and
mill picking-a matter Of 2 to q
cents per h., no small profit in it.
self. The tanner obtains cheaper
hides, cheaper bark, and cheaper
power, and all the trades have la
Dor, not only cheaper, but more
reliable. 1t is more reliable, be-
cause it is almost exclusively (whe
ther black or white American,
with American ideas, and love of
regularity and order. The most
valuable of our foreign born citi-
zens are to be found upon the
farms, or in the camps of the west
The least frugal and sober, and
most hot Drained are to be found
in the work shops and factories of
the great Eastern centres Of indus
try, where the native born have
become, we regret to say, too gen
teel to compete with them, and the
northern employer is here under
disadvantage. And the Southern
trades have cheaper labor Nor do
we wish to be misunderstood here.
The manufacturing operative class
es of the South appear to be con-
tented, and seem to be paid enough
to compass all the comforts, and
some Of the luXunes of life. And
as a class we are informed that
they are making considerable saw
ings.
But the Southern laborer can do
all this on a rate Of wages upon
which the northern worker can
hardly live. He has cheap TODD.
cheap house rent, and little eX-
pense for clothing. The difference
between the expenditure of two
intelligent, well dressed laborers,
with families, one in New York
and one in New Orleans, in the
items of fuel, house rent and cloth
ing only, will amount to a very
considerable annual sum. The
New Orleans man will have a
whole house to himself, which, if
small, is neat and comfortable, for
one half the amount paid by the
northern man for room and bed
room up three flights of stairs. -
The winter supply Of clothing is
not needed, and the supply of fu-
ell for 10 months IN the year ex-
ceed that needed for cooking. His
food Is cheaper, and more varied,
his amusements are cheaper, and
wages which will starve his New
York competitor will make the
thrifty creole property owner in
a few years. The southern capi-
talist is now ready with abundant
capital for any well considered
manufacturing enterprise. All
classes find wealth in manufactur-
ing ventures and a diversified in
dustry. The pressure from this
source will grow heavier year by
year The industries Of the north
have to face the problem of south
ern competition in a wide and ever
widening field. What are they 60
ing to do about itl
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