The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-11-08

1850 reported that there were In the south $50
cotton mills with an aggregate capital
omountfng to $21 ,976, 900, and having co.
600 spindles. BY 1880 this had nearly ire
bled. and we had 254 mills SCI, ,124. 900 of cap-
ital and / 1,712 900 spindles. No one would
have dared in 1890 though to predict that
the figures OF that year would treble in an
other decade, bat this We can now see will
be done. Five years have passed and the
south has in mills now in operation and
those which will be at work within sixty
days 5000, 900 spindles. Add to this num-
Der 500 600 for mills under construction and
by the end of the current crop year this sec
tion would have $500. 900 spindles in opera
tion. 1t will then only require an average
increase of 800 900 SpIndles year to give the
south total of s, ,OO0.Oo spindles by 1900 1t
Is now safe 10 predict much larger number
iE"r that.
ADVANTAGES OF THE SOUTH.
Lettering to the special advantages offered
ty the south for the operation OF cotton
mills, Mr.. Edmonds said:
Probably the msst important considera-
tlon In the estimation OF mill men Is the labor
The south has an abundant supply of the
very best help from which to secure mill
operatives. An investigation on this point
VIII convince the most skeptical. New
England mill owner lately stated that. to say
that New England mill help was in any way
superior to southern was simply to say that
me lower classes of foreigners are superior
10 the native Anglo-SaXon Americans. Halt
century ago New England mills were oper-
ated by native eAmericans-daughters of the
small farmers in the neiGhborhood of the
mills; but the incoming of French Canadians
and others drove the American girls out OF
'he IGiiis. There is no danger of this in the
south, "a; least for many wears to come The
supply of possible operatives. eager for the
opportunity 10 earn living by working in
cotton mills j. to-day efficient to equip
Three or four times aS many mills u we have
provided these mills are not clustered too
A. 4 ~ a.
tie help supply vii! be almost as great as tie
II .rease III mills for many years. These
people are capable OF acquiring the highest
aEiiI required i'll cotton manufacturing: they
are d0clie, net given TO strikes, and as a
class are anxious to find work and wlling;o
accept much lower wages than northern
operatives are compelled to have in order to
i've. ON this point il must be remembered
ma; nature mas made it possible to live NTH"
s"'th =! u very much lower cost than in the
north. because Oi til" lower cost Of fuel and
t.Nih'~. ~" cEoai hess with which food can
%" iruIV ed. ani the abundance and chear- .
h">> @! LI:ldirE materials. These are per
n!"n"l; advantages: no possible change O:
conditions can alter them. They forever
SHarantee "a lower labor cost i'll the so2th
:ld:: elsewhere.
I!!LS sEovLD EE LOCATED HERE.
Nr. Edmonds insisted that 10y natura, Sc
."'i"n the South was the proper location for
cotton mills. Said he, III closing:
'ENerywherc manufacturing is tending 70
TIE source OF raw material, provided trS,.
!..'i!liies fer rrodu ction can be secured. In
former years the profits in manufacturing
were sufficiently large TO justify the trans
rortatjon Of raw material. New England
could haul its cotton a thousand miles. and
its coal almost an equal distance and lind Il
profitable market for the production os it,
goods. Great Britain could import its cotton
from America, operate its 40. 600, 600 sp.ndles
hnu market the product OF its mills through
oGc tie world. But with the decreasing
margin OF profit in manufacturing, it is III
'o:'on. ~ IL iron. timber and other lines "t
industry. necessary for the mil! to seek the
soar" cf supply. Ia the fullncsS Of tine
iH" S"1:h'S opportunity has came. Its own
=. .'' E"v" demonstrated their unusual
""!..iy III '"it"n marufa 'taring. The profits
- ;!.:> ln!H>try throughout the South have. |
i"'. differently large I" turn the attention !
-! Us vnt:" =" "'t:,:. very largely 10 tins in
=. .>'rE II" ah.">r tinancicrs il the South. |
III" mos: coL>"-T".t!N" bankers. the Gcue-a. |
lac r"E,.L:s aCd the farmers az" all now in |
N">l "a -"' - .".a"fi"yu!liiiS. The 3.C0J. .oV
;!un j. scarcely '"r ccn,. ..-".:s--..,,.. -
sp.udl.- in IN" wurld-latcst reports giving |
n" to;a! as 5000, 900. although IN" South |
prod Ices over 10 i,.- cent. OF the wr:I.:>
.u;;,u crop. There ar" abundant r"u>o:.-.
easily understood ~ any man VII" WA. ,..,'
II" time 10 investigate, why III" S'!ih W">
unable after the disastrous ios-cs 81 ~" w"c
I" take up Industrial pursuits unit! "hrG:
1880. !. is mainly daring the last I've y";:T~
ana every ycUr j. adding increased monet
tuII. u this movement
the rU.vEL or THE sou.H.
Loo king - CcGtra! and South Amcr.c.
;.ni 20 Asia ;.nG japan, by the cutting q:
Ni".r.1cI!a canal. Tor II market for Aalcri 'aiI
cotton goods. the SoUth's position i imrrec-
I.atie. II haS every possible advantage tha:
ran be "skc! :Cr III" production .; cotton
foods Il: the lowest possible cost. Its adVan-
;a:.rs fer distribution are but little inferior
- those OF the north. and whatever d!sad.
v"Htag"s il c;s il this way viii he eliminated
under III" general progress which l. hciaS
made. No one can possibly any longer qu"--
zion the sCNthS !Utu-e position III IL" cotton
nauUfG, ,;urinG world. The rapid develop
.rrnt II the textile Industry In ;ne sU!.h
H0cs not necessarily Involve lis decrease u!
New England or Great Britain. LvcE should
:hc-" mold ,h"!r present business and "cL-
t;rVc 10 operate as many Spindl"S hs t"e"
dc ;U,;av. Tie naturaIlncr"asn whitn u" "r"'
growing ir:!!Gu!S Q: :he world require rap>.
Ice met : ;!c ev'.:h. 1t j. possible t!.at CI!-
Ia. ..u,l Japan n.HV h"'om" factors il tbs
ministry. tat :! :hcy do IL" rrdN""'. ""~: ~
witch tn,y viii proi,i-" goods VII simply
l." an additional fore" to drIv" the Tp..Gi il
N,w England aLi British mills 70 IL" ,c'.;h
a. the only place which can hop" 20 meet
"o.I Ipo.;ion from mills in Japan aud Chi:.n.
Iro viGcI tbs industry should develC? large
~ IL those countries.
In" soG,n's position i safe. II j. cL.v
question a. - whether the mil! owner Oi
other sections shall leave the so1th 70 d"N"l-
cI tins industry with it, own capital an "y
1t, own labor. or join III the work and mus
secure Il part Of the profits and al s"''ion"
i- mutually benefited by an Interchange q
Investments.
LOCHHt.N'S PENSION REPORT.