The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-10-23

Onitou states and OF the same in
Great Britain appears TO be worthy Of
more than passing notice. Trade ro-
ports from Boston indicate = general
revival Of activity among Eastern mills.
According to recsnt press statement,
the Amosksag company has let CON-
tract for large new mill. The old
Washington mills at Lawrence are about
to start up with 800 hands, and the
Atlantic Mills are already running with
full force and on full time. All The
leading cotton towns Of New England
alike present this picture Of sudden
resuscitation, and the manufacturing
industries other than cotton share the
"bocm." Paper mills, shoe factories,
clock factories and ell the varied pro-
ductive Interests of the East are In &c.
tive operation once more. Wages have
increased and, for the 6rst time In ssv-
sral years, lively demand for labor %
reported from nearly the whole list Of
New England manufacturing districts.
Some such state Of affairs ~ this
The Times- Democrat has seen impend-
ing for the past year, and has steadily
held II up TO the people of she South -
q beacon light Of encouragement ard
confidence in the immediate future Ct
the country. Money and enterprise
havs been lowering around the confines
Of financial confidence for swalve-
month, and 1t needed only the glorious
Southern crops Of this season to make
them cross it--with such results As We
hear Of from Massachusetts. The state
ments we have quoted are doubtless
true, and, that being the fact, they con-
tain great cause for eougratulasion. II
there IL such return Of activity ard
prosperity In that portion Of shs Union
where ths conditions have been most
unfavorAbls TO prosperity, then Ne may
confidently expect that the South will
very shortly experience such . reviva.
Of business as we have never seen. This
god day cannot be postponed much
beyond the time when the cotton crop
begins to reach market freely, and its
advent Is already forsahadowed in the
remarkable activity in Southern indas-
tries reported from ell Of the States in
che section.
How different is the situation Of the
once dominant ootton-spinning interest
Of England to that Of Sc rival on this
side OF the water. While The Ameri-
can industry is bulldog new mills, en-
larging old ones, and taking on new
life, the English apinners are suffering
under one Of the most disastrous, and
seemingly quito the most hopeless, de-
pressions in the history Of their trade.
The great traffic with the fast.incrsas-
ing millions Of the Uaitsd States, which
for long years was the safe and chief
Dependence Of British cotton manniae.
tursrs, has dwindled in the face Of con-
stantIy increasing home production and
competilion until 1t has eli bat disap-
pesred. Statistics prove that during
the first seven months Of 1885 tha
English trade In cotton goods with
every European country except Turkey,
showed q telling oil. only In exports
TO China and Egypt were thers any
increase over the corresponding period
in 1884, and in the case Of China the
enhanced demand was abnormal, being
occasioued by fears Of blockade or an
effective embargo In connection with .
probable war with France. The pro-
duction for the same time was by no
means excessive, judged by old stand.
ards; but considering present eOndi.
tions, il must be held to have amounted |
to heavy overproduction. Not only |
has large volume Of foreign trade been |
taken, and perhaps permanently, from
the English milIs, but, owing 70 hard
times, the purchasing power Of the
British people has been wefully dimin-
ished. Should the United States sue
ceed in making any important inroads
upon the English commerce in cotton
goods with Mexico, Central and South
America,as now seems highly probable,
the plight Of British spinners will be an
unenviable one indeed.
The Chicago Inter Ocean relates that
many Of the English mills have shut
down altogether, while most of the re-
mainder are running on short time.
At Oldham, the principal cotton manu-
featuring centre of Great Britain, the
mill owners stopped work eight weeks
ago on tho failure Of their employees,
over $4,000, 10 accept To-
per cent reduction in wages. At Boil
ton 1000 operatives are out. Through
out the cotton country there are proba-
big 10000 on strike,and quite as many
more working on short time. The
condition Of the mill owners appears
10 be a. bad as that of the hands. It
Is stated that the spinning gcompanieS of
Oldham lost Sl76,S7o during the two