St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-02
SOUTHERN sPINNERs.
Meeting objection Manufacturers
at Augusta, Ga.

Meeting objection Manufacturers
at Augusta, Ga.
AUGUSTA, Ga, May lin pursuance
of the call eff President Hickman, the
Southern manufacturers met here to-
day to take into consideration the con-
dition of cotton in the South, to discuss
the ACCESSIBILITY of a permanent Or
ganiZation of the cotton man.
ufacturers of the Southern states
and also whether cotton bagging
could be substituted for jute bagging.
Manufacturers were present from
lima, Alabama, Tennessee and LOuiSi-
ana. President Hickman, in address
ing the convention, said: 1.-THE ques-
ton of bulldog new mills should be
freely discussed. We make a serious
mistake to build mills and put them in
operation without having the CONNER
cial capital to protect our interests.
The result of this policy is that we
ship our goods to agents for the purpose
OF raising money to keep our mills in
motion. Once out of our control, they
are often forced upon the markets and
and sold without reserve and without
profit. A good agent is good thing to
have if you can control him, but if he
controls you the danger line will soon be
reached. Competition is too sharp to make
money on such business principles. We
have had some success In making brown
cotton goods. but we are in danger of
losing our advantage. We are making
very low prices now. We are making
the same mistake in manufacturing
cotton that the planters make in grow
ing it. All cotton and no corn is bad
policy. All brown goods, without di-
versifying our interests, is equally
bad. We have large stocks Oh hand
in this country, and on March
81 Shanghai was loaded down with
1850 bales of drills and $4,000 bales Of
sheetings with prices very low. Con-
venient and cheap outlets for goods de-
served careful consideration. We shOuld
control the markets of South America
and Mexico and to accomplish this de-
sired end we should invoke government
aid. Our flag should float over every
shipywhich leaves our ports. The British
government, taking advantage of some
supposed trouble between China and our
government, with the hope of preju-
dicing that country against our goods,
of goods manufactured in this country
and passing through England to China
to be branded Manufactured III the
United States of America We would
like to have our goods reach China
without passing through England, and
without the use of English bottoms.
Give us American ships; let China
see the American flag. If our gov
eminent would lend helping hand in
placing our products in foreign coun-
tries it would not be long before you
would see Manufactured in the United
States of America on the goods made in
Manchester, Eng. One other important
thing: We have invited our cotton
growing friends and consumers of our
goods to meet with us to discuss the
great and absorbing question of manu-
featuring cotton bagging from cotton. l
able to fall upon some plan that will
give them substantial aid and comfort"
In accordance with President Hick-
mans suggestions, resolutions were
adopted providing for permanent Or
ganizatiOn, with headquarters at Au-
gusta, Ga, where shall be stationed a
secretary whose duty it shall be to col
lect and keep on record statistics show
ing the number of mills in the South.
looms, spindles. quality and quantity of
product, and all information of value
to Southern manufactures. Resolutions
were adopted to memorabilia congress to
grant subsidies to steamships from our
ports to Central and South America.
A resolution was adopted pledging the
Southern manufacturers to pay 10 cents
per hundred pounds more for cotton
baled in cotton or other light bagging
than for cotton baled in jute bagging.
The impression of the convention
seemed to be that the baling of the
cotton crop in cotton bagging
is not altogether practical, but
the spirit of the manufacturers
is to do all in their power to aid the
planters. Representatives from the
Georgia Farmers Alliance and the
South Carolina Grange and Alliance
were present by invitation, and took
part in the cotton bagging discussion.
One mill in New Orleans and three in
Georgia are now making cotton bag
ging, and it is probable that others will
be put on it. The annual meeting of
the Southern manufacturers will take
place in Augusta in October.