The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-22

Where Cotton Mills Should Be Built.
The opinion is being quite freely ex-
pressed Dy those who are studying the ques-
ton Of the most available place for the man
ufacturing Of cotton goods that cotton mills
should be built where the cotVou is grown.
In the last number Of Bradstreefs there IS
an interesting aud valuable article on this
| subject 1t is pointed out that New England
manufacturers Of cotton goods now admit
/ that the usual objections to the manUfaotur-
ing Of cotton goods IN the south, viz, INSULT
cheney of capital, uuskilled labor. imperfect
construction and inadequate machinery can
be easily overcome, aud the only OBJ
lection they now raise is that the climate Of
the south has an enervating effect upon la
Dor, and that, therefore. better results can
be obtained from labor in the north than In
the south.
But, as matter Of fact, are operatives
in northern cotton factories capable OF do
ing more in day than those in the sou thi
Those who have Investigated the matter
say they are not 1t may be true that
skilled operatives from the north
or England And tbs climate OF the south
rather facilitating until they become used
to it, but after they have become sccli-
mated they not only have excellent health,
but they can work as rapidly and as effect
lively, and turn out as much work in a day
as they did in colder climate; and the
natives of the south. who are
easily instructed in factory work,
do not find that the climate prevents them
from doing as much as is done by opera
tives in colder climates.
1t is worth noticing that the cotton mills
in the south are In "a very prosperous condi-
tion. They pay large dividends and are
able to accumulate a surplus even in times
of great business depression.
All the intelligently managed cotton mills
in the south are doing remarkably well, aud
the number of them is steadily increasing.
Indeed, the increase in the number OF spin
dies between 1880 and 1890 was SO great as
to attract very general attention.
The best evidence that the conditions in
the south for manufacturing cotton goods
are more favorable than they are elsewhere
is that the southern cotton mills are making
money, while those of England, and very
many in the northern states Of this country,
are not doing as well financially as they
once did.
There is no doubt that ultimately a very
large percentage of the cotton crop Of this
country will be manufactured in the south.
To a greater extent than ever before the
south is attracting the attention Of those in
terested in the manufacture Of cotton
goods The Nicaragua canal also is likely
60 still further increase the attractions Of
the south as the place for cotton mills. The
canal will be built in all probability, and
the south will be nearer than any other cot
ton manufacturing country to China Japan
and India the great markets of the world
for cotton goods.
81 1t is safe TO predict that before many
years the New England manufacturers will
be abandoning their mills in that locality
and will be coming south to build new
mills, and the English manufacturers will
have to do the same thing in order to hold
their trade.
The south is steadily growing more
thrifty and richer. 1t will not be long be-
fore she will have plenty of capital of her
own to put into factories. When cotton
manufacturers of New England and Europe
see what she is doing for herself they
will be all the more anxious to
put their money into southern
cotton mills. Here in Savannah. where it
has been demonstrated that cotton manu-
featuring can be made extremely prohts-
bic, there ought to be several more cotton
mills. And there will be if our citizens
take hold Of cotton manufacturing as ener-
getically as they should All that is lack
ing is the spirit of enterprise.