Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-08-15
Vol. XVII.
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One Sort of Sectional Patriotism that is
Well Enough, That of Patronizing
Home Institutions.
Bridgeport (Ala.) News.
A great deal is said about con-
spiracy among Northern capital
lists to keep down the price of
cotton and the like and various
legislation is proposed as rem
edy It is a question whether
any legislation, even if it were
desirable on other grounds could
effect the desired end of prevent
ing manipulation Of cotton values
ii such manipulation does reality
exist, But in any case whether
tie low price of cotton be dead to
artificial or natural causes any
increase in the demand totally
independent of capitalist inau-
ence or interference will tend to
increase the price. And the
bringing of the mills into the
cotton fields will place produc-
ton more fully in the hands of
the people most interested. It's
coming to be generally admitted
that it is both desirable and prac-
ticable to locate most of the cot
ton mills in the cotton mills in
the South. We have already
quoted largely fl ON our exchange
on this point and we shall not
stop to discuss it now.
We wish to awaken thought if
possible on the question of how
we may increase the demand for
cotton, while we save price Of
transportation and other extra
costs Of Northern production.
The South is most interested
in this question and from the
South the solution of it must
come.
All countries, all sections of
the country must use more or
less cotton goods; in southern
latitudes the amount used could
be greatly increased. And an in
crease in the use of cotton fab
RIGS is the remedy we would sug
gest for the present low price of
cotton. We do not mean of
course that this is to supercede
the suggestion of Gov. Stone and
others as to the reduction of
acreage. That is the most OBJ
vious and speediest method of
reducing the over-supply which
we believe to be the principal if
OF the only cause Of the low
price Of cotton. The introduce
ton of cotton goods to more
general use in the South must
be a matter of slower develop
ment, but in the end it would
have its share in remedying the
evil and would perhaps be more
advantageous to the South than
any thing else. For in the South
there are lare areas where cotton
is the natural growth-can be
grown to a better advantage
than any other crop if only the
demang for cotton be at all equal
to the supply.
The possibilities of cotton in
working up into fabrics Of suit
able fineness and beauty for all
kinds of clothing have not been
nearly exhausted.
The mills now located and to
be located in the South ought to
turn their attention to the pro-
daction of fine cotton fabrics and
use various means to call the at
tention of our people to the
adaptability to all the require
ments of dress for men and wo-
men.
One means of doing this would
be an exposition of cotton fab
RIGS in all the principal South
ern citjes-making this at least
the chief feature Of the exposi
ticn- There will it is hoped be
exhibits Of this kind at Atlanta
in Ne fall, but the matter ought
not 70 stop there.
If beautiful fabrics were exhi-
bited and the matter kept before
the people by means of the news
papers and by the thoughtful
public men more or less ex~
tensive use Of these goods fol
which other goods are now de-
manded, would follow gradually
perceptibly increased demand
with a permanently raised price.
We would be glad to see sec
tional patriotism since it does
exist and manifest itself in vari-
Gus ways, exhibit itself for
the practical advantage of the
South. We have no war to
wage with any other section Oh
our own country, nor have we a
prejudice against trading with
foreign nations, if we can do Sc
to our advantage, but we believe
we will benefit ourselves without
seriously harming others by thus
using our own product and that
we would be neither less beauti=
fully nor less comfortably
dressed.