The Monticellonian., 1894-10-05
Wages Going Up. Usual Prosperity in FaC-
 tories. MORE WooLEN AND COTTON MILLS THAN
 FOR FOUR YEARS,
Per Cent Wage Advance.

hese are pad tunes, very bad times, for political wool growers and calamity howlers. Not only do prices of domestic wools re- main firm, at an advance of about 10 per cent. above the Mckinley prices of two months ago, but there io ttanal activity in the wool en and cotton mills.
 The IIfool and Cotton Reporter de- votes page every week to a Bulletin of New Enterprises, ," which, however, includes mills shutting down. There used to be more mills shutting down than starting upj but since the passage of "the free trade Wilson bill" which was to "annihilate" the woolen industry, the record has been remarkable one-better than for any two weeks during the four years of McKinleyism.
 For the week ending September 6 the Reporter mentions five new mills, one oi which is cotton mill to cost s150, 900, twenty-eight en- largements and improvements, and twerty mills starting up, one of wbich has been closed nine months and another five years.
 Rawitzer Bros, of Stafford Spings, are mentioned as having settled with their dissatisfied weavers, giving them a 25 per cent. advance in wages. This wage advance Is moro than the American Economist could find in any protected industry during the first two years of McKinloyism.
 The record is a good one, but that for the week ending Septem- Der 13 is better. During this week there were fifteen items unde CT the column headed New Mills. " One of the mills mentioned is to have 5000 spindIes, and to be the largest cotton mlll in the South.
 Another, for making cotton, wool and worsted yarn, is to occupy a building 1l0 by 200 feet, which structure alone k to cost s30,000. "The plans for the new plant" " says the Reporter, have been ready for some time, but 1t is said the construction Of the mill de- pended upon the settlement of the tariff question:" It is located at Philadelphia.
 Another cotton mill, with 25,- 000 spindles, is to be built at Calf ney, s. G., with capital of s250- GOO.
 Another cotton mill, with S400- GOO capital, is proposed for Bath, $. c. Two hundred thousand dol lars have already been subscrib. cd.
 The other new mills are for the manufacture of woolcn. cotton, knit hosiery, and silk goods. Under the column "Enlarge- ments and Improvements" there are eighteen mentions. Under the column Starting Up and Shut ting Down" twenty mills are mentioned as having started are about to start mp. One of these has been closed since April last, another over year, and a third for two years. All three are woolen mills. Only four are men, toned as shutting down-one to make repairs, another tor two weeks, another because of a death, and the last is running on short time on on account of low water.
 If this sort of business goes on until November the result of the election may not be so saticfacto- ry to the Republicans as they have been anticipating. They must either manage to keep the mills closed or keep the back woods voters from knowing that more wheels arc turning than ever before. Can they stave off pros perity until after election? IL the drought had only lasted two months longer Republican pros poets would be brighter.