The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-01-24
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Eastern Manufactures and Southern
Competition.


In the :Ssoo@= So@ YORK .Sar Of The l2'h inst
We find the following explanation OF the
causes of the great dePressions among
Eastern manufacturers. 1t verify seems
that the day that SO many OF US have
dreamed OF, when the South would be 40
longer dependent on New England for
its manufactured goods, is at last actual
ly at hand:
zone of the leading and most intclli.
gent manufacturers of Missouri, now in
the city on business visit, was seen
yesterday by Star reporter:
"It is surprising to Western business
men, said he, TO find the tariff agitation
30 general in the East. Those who look
to q protective tariff to revive the droop.
ing Industries look in the wrong direc.
tion. They should look Southwark to
find the real cause Of the trouble.
Within ten years the Southwest has de:
yeloped tremendous energies in It's man
ufactures, and is now its own producer,
manufacturer and consumer. Instead Of
sending our cotton and leather to New
England and bringing it back again in
the shape of manufactured goods and
shoes, We make it up ourselves and save
the difference. New England has lost
nearly all its Southern trade in this re.
spect Theronfy prestige it now retains
is in the manufacture of machinery, and
even that has suffered In ten years
more there will not be single cotton
mill or shoe factory running in the New
England States that will boast Of sending
thousand dollars worth Of goods 70 the
South
"a careful perusal Of the statistics OF
manufacture compiled for the census Of
1880 and glance at the reports Of the
Committees Of the Industrial Exhibitions
held during the past year at Louisville
and Atlanta will show that there can be
no doubt about the marvellous increase in
the manufacturing industries Of the South
and Southwest. At the same time there
is corresponding decrease in the bust
ness done at the great centres Of manu-.
facture in New England and the North.
1t is true that tho depression Of trade 10
New England is:yery great. and in New
York the falling Of, although not 80
marked, is still the cause of much com
ment and discomfort This depreciation
is attributed, however, in great measure
to general dullness In all trades during
1888 ss veil CO 70 onr oyerptocked mar.
ket.
This principal manufactures ,I the
South are cotton and woolen stuLs, and
all statements 60 to prove that since 1880
considerable progress has been made in
both branches Of industry. In 1880, the
South had $50 mills, with 713,987 spin
dies and 1922 loomr. Now there are
1874 mills, 1875, ,422 spindles and 24,873
looms. The value Of the production for
the year increased from $21, 100000 in
1880 to 5000, 900 10 1883.
"Is iB reported that in view of the
great facilities lately developed in tho
South for manufacturing cotton and stuff
goods, New York dry goods firm has
decided TO erect mill ut the South with
$4,000 spindles, at en- outlay Of 81, ,500,-
600. and that another enterprise Of simi.
lar magnitude 10 on foot, which eminently
proves the great faith placed in the
future manufacturing Possibilities of the
South. The originators Of theae schemes
are well. known throughout the cotton
manufacturing world, their credit 10 un.
bounded, and their judgment matured,
and, above all, they are New England
capitalists. Ali these facts 60 to show
that the great centre Of manufactures
and tho staple industries of the country
are gradually veering from North to
South, and according 10 the present
outlook the only future resource Of the
New Englsnders will be in their
machinery, in which branch of industry
they still remain justly pre- emineut."