The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-22
FROM SOUTHERN MILLS
COTTON GOODS COMING TO INDIANA
FROM DOWN IN DIXIE.
tories-How Local Trade with south
America lis Hnmpercd.

Meridian street says but few persons are
aware of the inroads the Southern cotton
mills are making on the manufactures of
cotton goods in the New England States.
The wholesale dry goods houses of this city
are handling large quantities of the brown
cottons of Southern mills production and
many of their colored cottons. but the
Southern mills have not made the advance
in the manufacture of cciored cotton goods
which they have in plain cotton goods.
Still it is true that while the Southern mills
ere making heavier weight goods, these
goods are not as smoothly woven and fine
ly finished, but in time they will probably
overcome the difference in quality which
is now in favor OF the New England mills
With each year the goods the Southern
mills turn out come nearer to the standard
of the New England mills. The local man.
ufacturers of shirts, pants, overalls, etc..
are using large quantities of the Southern
cotton goods and find they give perfect
satisfaction. The Southern manufactures
deliver goods free of freight to all Gus
toners in the North, which is important
item, as the New England mills do not and
never have delivered the goods freight pre-
paid. Most of the cotton goods of Southern
manufacture come from the Carolinas Vir-
ginia Georgia., Alabama and Tennessee,
with some from Texas. In speaking of this
matter one of the largest of the manu-
facturers of shirts, pants and overalls said:
I'VE are all using large quantities of these
goods. They are shipped in bales of one
thousand yards or cases of two thousand
yards, and one thousand cases of these
goods is now used in Indianapolis where
ten were five years ago. and where hun
bred cases or bales were used three years
ago. We are still buying many cotton goods
4Nayr IN o. Ia nd a. he
do not offer the variety that the New
England mills do The manufacturer then
exhibited Amoskeag cotton goods of New
England manufac ture and an imitation of
the Amoskeag goods made in Tennessee,
and only an expert could tell which was
the best make. He said the Southern mills
had the advantage in the way of labor.
They were employing the lower classes of
such wages as the employees in the New
England mills get He thought that with
eacn year the Southern product would cut
into the business of the New England
mills more and more. Then he had learned
that New England manufacturers were
more or less interested in the Southern
mills, and all over cotton states mills
are now going up built with New Eng
s lana t capital rng aulfs neand If
she is to keep her cotton manufactures
running must turn out better goods than
do the Southern mills and enter new
of cotton goods in the Southern states viii,
the New England mills
England Reaps the Benefit.
This is the season to which the Nordyke
e Marmon Company has looked forward
with no little solicitude as the condition
of trade now forms basis for outlining the
coming years trade As compared with the
two preceding years, the present shows
marked Improvement but not up to the old
time standard Orders have been closed for
a number of new mills, among them the
rebuilding of the one-hundred-b barrel mill
recently burned at Rushville, Ind These
new jobs will not necessitate an increase in
the working force in the shops. Some for
eign orders coming in but the vigorous
efforts and expense which heretofore could
be counted on to get foreign business is
not now so sure to bring returns. There is
as much mill machinery ever going into
the countries that were formerly supplied
from here, but on account of lack of direct
shipping facilities and the absence of an
international banking SYSTEM foreign buy
cannot buy to advantage here. Direct
shipment by reliable lines would stimulate
trade by reduction in freights and at the
same time facilitate delivery. The compli-
cations involved in making remittance to
Indianapolis, in fact to any city in the
United States, aside probably from New
York city, is bewiloering to the foreign buy
extensive importer and although he is
satisfied in price and quality of goods. he
hesftates when the question of remittance
presents itself. He cannot comprehend why
it should be necessary to make remittance
in IN English exchange II the United states
been pictured to him. England is now
reaping the harvest planted by efforts made
here in indianapolis to introduce improved
milling machinery in South America, At
RIGA and Australia because of that coun-
try's ability to make direct shipment and
prompt delivery, backed up by. a system of
exchange that is as simple as it is mex
pensive and effective Tribute is paid to
England in the way of exchange in almost
every shipment of mill machinery ever made
from this to foreign country, except in
rare instances to Mexico.
gentleman writing Nordyke Marmon
Company from a country whose monetary
ardent advocate of silver says in his letter
covering remittance English exchange of
silver money 10 buy exehanse for one on de
lar of our good money and goes to say
that he can see no hope. for any relief there
from the adoption of free coinage in the
United states as the machinery he buys
will be paid on a gold basis so long as it
is paid for in English exchange whether it
is quoted to him on the basis of many
gold dollars worth two of his or at twice
as many silver dollars equal in value to his.
The fact is, he says. he realizes that he pays
in gold whether or not the United States
is added to his country on the silver tail of
The Indianapolis Wool Trade.
become a larger wool-buying point num-
Der of large dealers, well as the two
wooden mills. doing good deal of business
George Merritt, & Co. have just sent out
their annual circular in answer to the ques-
ton: What will be the price of wool at
shearing time? The firm says it is a aues-
ton often asked, and a safe answer cannot
be given yet. Farmers should be advised of
the Importance of putting their wool on the
market in better shape than ever before in
order to compete with the corefuly-pre-
pared wool of Australia and South America
which comes on the market sorted and
very carefully graded, making it very profit
able to the manufacturer. This wool is tied
up with small smooth. hard Irvine whose
fibers cannot become loosened and mixed
with the wool The firm has the following
letter written by a large Eastern manufac-
turer:
I'VE have been very much troubled this
season with the sisal twne with which the
fieeces are tied; we have had to throw aside
thousands of pounds of wool on this ac-
count. This causes us loss and damage to
goods, and it is our intention now to
hereafter avoid all woods tied with this
Irvine that will damage our goods. / write
this timely note that YOU may notify your
Western correspondents. The fiber mixes
with the wool and greatly Injuries its value