The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-12
1IIIE TIE HOME FOR MILLS.
y.r F1glnd Unable 70 Compete With
The South Any Longer.

ci,-,stio Advantages Also a Big Fac
..,7 ths novement-Pr Proximity to
81. Cotton Fields Also Results in
s- Saving in FrziEhts.
r.r,r Mass. Jan. I-With the an
--s~e-. that the Nerrimac. the
. cotton manufacturing company
-,.lI. lu addition to other concerns
.s have been mentioned. is TO have
.,g.1a-n plant. the interest in this
in th. southern movement has
4 .-s4 a high pitch. This makes three
4 , II. largest mills in the city to join
4 ,ss movement. and besides the fact
me capitalists are following it with
.y he labor element is inclined 10
anxious The elements in the problem
aas Sc. forth by Elliott Clarke, treas
a. 6. Culnock Of the Bott mills.
-ss fact IS ." said Mr., Clarke. "that we
no longer manufacture plain sheet
s sal drills at profit ip the north.
ms. g per ton for coal in the south
erasr pay 81 10 $3.50. The climate down
81. Is ml3er. and 1t does not require
mach coal to heat the mills. The
-g.seurers there can buy their cot
oa the market wagon. Here we
1lsy freight and brokerage, giving
.n an advantage Of cent per pound
IN the raw cotton, which by itself. is
Fl fair profit for a mill making coarse
i1 goods. The labor, too. costs 60 per
.ll Of what il does here. and down
+. s. The taxation is not quite one half
d. il is n Lowell.
N These are some Of the main reasons
- ay we cannot manufacture the sheet
ana drilling in the north in compe-
ID aa with the south. Along with the
= gsht and Massachusetts companies.
\ aye compelled TO seek a more favora-
n location for making these goods.
" we have label trade marks on these
B frrass and sheetings, and it would be a
n y fo- Us 90 abandon that kind Of work
y 2 can make the goods for. say, about
cs-ts yard. and in the market we
SCI sly 81. cents per yard. In the
n t5. with its superior natural advan-
we could produce similar goods
fs31t 3 cents per yard, yielding an
a .ent rrolt
iHa 9i the labor element, Mr.. Cul-
4 TX siiI; About five years ago, the
tme we compared our Weavers'
n is7- with those on similar work in the
"A -.A' found there We're many important
discriminating against Us. Our
a worked ten hours a day or sixty
Us week ana averaged about $1.l5 a
wages. ln The south they worked Y
per week and got about 60 TO 20
cay In other words, the southern
.l'a-. .9ier paid D to cents per hour,
t-ia 70 H. l believe that they are
tli.- 1s s.Sty-nine hours a week
our tlty-eight hours
oL Let these inequalities. we have
a'= over about one-half of our plant
l production of a finer class of
-S''1 with fancy weaves, in which
o- raw cotton does not enter so
- tAe cost Of production that it
Il me price. These fine goods sell
~ and enough higher for US TO pay
y 2e same subject he said: "The la
--I- While cheap, is of very fine
~ '-e female help in the mills
Fe are farmers daughters, who
9N -' work for small wages, which
'---r To them, as they are not so ac-
20 money as we are here. As
7-e"a TO not work in the cotton
Gown there, the white people are
a wv ""AAs TO take up that form of
IA ,I7ae southern girls are strong, quick
ana glad TO be in the way OF
some money.
.t4tis OF production from good south
n a snow that the machinery, as
run little faster than in the
ana The goods are of excellent
".leh is the best proof of the
Inc labor in the south"
-a'Ie Was inclined to qualify
eonFlctions of immediate mill
The Bott Company, and said
.-ncs to the petition now be-
slslature: I'VE ask the legis-
give Us the right to do business
state; that if we should feel
- any future time to make a
a we should be in condition to do
ID s-. DONG business under a special
q We're We organized under the
N m We could do business any
Il - 4aage our scene for the making
ii tax 7A2ort soods-the kind of goods
II III Ks Of which are of such val
n am" men at present we must make
i loss and which can be made
n N, r profit in the south
n 1s.9-s added that he thought New
n s-.r -o' seen its best days as a man
II rer center Lowell had water
n ..t, mat is all, but the mills are
81 ~ steam power. All the addi-
n - 'l-eIy put in, Mr. Culnock said,
II sa+ wafer power was exhausted,
a-s +, run by coal which is brought
# f vessels from Pennsylvania
n VII 'A3 and with the freight to
as the fuel very expensive.
n -Ae cheap cotton and cheap
N q south, turns the tide in IA
Fl Ioss south on plain goods.
a rI. ludlow, agent of the Merri-
a 5'4 Today: We have as yet no
T. Il out we want to be in a posi-
+ u, 4i sort Of thing if we find we
are at great disadvantage
a OBJ department., but especially
"a los. "9fA' IN consequence of the
-'4l. san River and New Bed
wing with steam mills because
t coal for more than 81 less
laan we do. we are
-s naaufacturing only The
.l Of cloth in our mills
l.. ~. Is cheaper in the south be-
,gs- st.lPply is greater, and the hours
there is an immense ca
The manufacture of coarse
tea States Cord Company.
II vii here were recently burn
1sss a-oiy also go south with its
n .on nm locate with the Whittier