The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09
THE SOUTH
Prominent New England Manufacturer
in North Carolina.

In North Carolina.
CHARLOTTE, N. c., April 4.-The New
England cotton manufacturers who
are travelling through the South, &C
companied by D. A. Tompkins, of
Charlotte, and r r.. Edmonds, of Bal
timore, for the purpose of studying the
cotton manufacturing advantages of
the South, have passed the last few
days investigating a dozen or more
mills in North Carolina. To day they
will visit the largest mills in South
Carolina and from that State go into
Georgia.
The members of this party are among
the largts5 cotton manufacturers of
the world. They Individually repre-
sent nearly 1900, 900 spindles and an
invested capital in cotton manufactur-
ing of probably $50, 600, 900. They are
mostly members of the Arkwright Club,
of Boston, which is made up of cotton
manufacturers and makers of textile
machinery in New England. This is,
in fact, practically a committee from
the club asked by the other members
to study the South and report their
conclusion to the club.
Mr. William O. Loving. President of
the Arkwright Club, is " tn the party.
Mr.. Lowering has intert SITS in various
mills of more than 100, 600 spindles He
is a careful student of industrial inter
ests. He comes South to learn what is
really going to be the ultimate outcome
of cotton manufacturing interests Of
this section. Mr.. Thomas Motley, an
other of the party, represents the Chico
pee, Saratoga and Vickory Mills. Mr.
@. w. Amory, another of the travellers,
is treasurer of the Amory Mills, Man
chester, New Hampshire, and is also a
director in the Amoskeag Mills, the
largest cotton mill in the world. Mr..
Henry 9. Howe, who is also along, is a
partner of Lawrence 6 o., who handle
all the goods of the Pacific Mills, Law
renee and other large mills. Mr.. Arthur
Amory, another of the party, sells all
the goods of the Jackson Mills and
Nashua Mills, in Nashua, N. which
mills have just got permission to go out
of the State and build mills in other
States to manufacture their own brand
of goods. Mr.. Amory is also the agent
of the Lancaster Bingham Mills, at
Clinton, Mass, and the Appleton Mill,
at Lowell. Mr.. Henry B. Coke, Jr.,
represents Coke Bros, of Pennsylvania,
who mine 5000 tons a day of anthra-
cite coal.
There were two other members of the
Arkwright Club engaged to come on
this committee who were detained by
pressing business at the last moment.
These were Mr.. T. Jefferson Coolidge,
treasurer of the Amoskeag Mill and
Minister to France during Pre- sident
HarrisOn's administration, and Mr..
Howard Stockton, treasurer of the
Merrimac Mile, Lowell.
The Influence of favorable report
from men of such pre- eminence in New
England financial and manufacturing
circles will be very widespread. This
trip will no doubt prove one of the best
advertisement Is that the South has had
for some time and the ultimate result
will doubtless be the investment of a
good many millions of dollars of New
England money in Southern cotton
mills and other industries of this sec
tion. After a careful study of the
dozen or more mills visited these gen.
tlemen have been greatly impressed
with the South's advantages for cotton
manufacturing They are especially
strong in their commentator of the
character of the operatives in Southern
cotton mills.
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