The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-08-09
INTEREST AROUSED.
ABOUT THE COTTON FACTORY.
BY Concert Of Action it Can be Built.

NAL, have put several prominent,
intelligent, moneyed men to think
ing about building cotton factory
IN Marietta, They say It can be
done, ought to be done and must be
done. That has the ring of the
right metal about it. If our town
and county people will come togeth-
er, they can devise ways and means
to build it and have it in operation
before another twelve months rolls
around.
1t would pay the farmers of Cobb
to unite with our townlpeople in this
enterprise, as it would give them a
better market for the consumption
OF their cotton and besides they
would be building up their county.
A factory to work six thousand
bales of cotton per year would cost
one hundred thousand dollars. One
thousand farmers, each producing
six bales of cotton, would raise the
six thousand bales. Now one thous-
and farmers, subscribing one hum
dred dollars each could raise the
money to build the mill to manufac-
ture the cotton, and from this in
vestment get the profit on the man
ufacture of their cotton. Besides
such mill would give employment
to numerous hands who would buy
their living and spend their money
in the vicinity. The cost of trans
portation for thousands of miles
would go into the pockets of farm
ers as dividends. 1t would also
make our town better market for
the sale of their produce.
This is the cooperative system it
is true, but there is nothing accom-
plished hardly any other way.
Every farmer, every class of bust
ness, would be helped by the build
ing of such a factory here.
There is no better place or time
in which to put the ball in motion,
and we earnestly urge our town and
county people to immediate action
in the consummation of an enterprise
that would be Of such incalculable
benefit to all. 1t would make agri-
culture prosper because it would de-
velop diversified agriculture to sup
ply the wants of the employees.
The Manufacturers Record has
lost no opportunity Of urging upon
the South the Importance of diver
sifed agriculture: but this, it has
over and over again said, could only
be secured by furnishing a home
market for the farmers produce,
and this home market will only be
obtained through the development
of manufacturers. The South must
have prosperous mechanics to con-
sumo what the farmers raise ere
there is necessary inducement to
greatly diversity agriculture. With
a good home market for their pro-
duce southern farmers would soon
turn their attention to the raising
of fruits and vegetables, to dairy
ing and similar work, which yield
far larger results than cotton cult
walton. This point is enforced by
the Charlotte On. c. Chronicle,
which says:
''The building of three cotton fac
tories simultaneously in our city is
a cause for thanksgiving, by not one,
but by all classes of our people,
both in the city and in the country
around. One of the many helpful
results which may be expected to
flow from thier establishment will
be their great influence in making
our section more self-sustaining.
The great need of the country is to
be found in this consummation. We
have gotten into state of depend
ency which is enervating and most
deplorable. This is particularly
true of the farming classes of our
population. The farmers as class,
are poor. One of the causes which
is operating against them is the lack
of Investigation of crops. This APP
pears to be generally conceded.
WITHOUT going into an analysis of
the reasons therefor, history, both
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