Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-20
Makes Pure Blood Remember We Say, but What SarpHla Does
 HOODS

when thry N1Uid lose money elsewhere.
 .Nld t.,'>o mills ury QrrNV looking s;rtlc. ,llN~ tn Ttr'.:!" s:rCu~tun"d to sewing the -r,.l; e,v,,n aud eight story piles of brick md et"t.H arAttr"vd along th" rivers and ,rp'lS from Long Island sound tn tho 'AA,> ut Maine. Few ar, morn than two .;"Ti,'~ hish cXcri; in the southern cities, }ud many n"' only one. Land iS cheap, lnd il costs l,'~> to build in this WAY tlan ;u gu higher in the uj", whjlr tr' will do less damage. and elevators and other hoist ,nE a'n'ar.iUS ar,' uuu,rv>>,lry. Many n mill c,.,ujg,uy in tho CLr,liua> and G,urEia never IS.id a cent for the sites of their buildings and ulrrltr fnS' frHn taxes. ~,luvtjIn,~ Ihr tr,lNvl,r l:rnu -h the Pied rHnut >,~tiun of the ~,,u;h ~'r>~ a liz brick ,tH,h :!;pAnntly i'll thr midst "t lur,'>t. Du u,%ln'r Ippru,iI h. finds H c,;t,n fac lory running tn its full capacity ina clear Ing ill thr Hiur M,NHl> with nn other huild ing within Il mile ut il. Ona railr,ad switch artor' one of it's Go,.r> arc several freight 'ars lrad,d with cuar>r or tinr shrviing ready to gu tu New York, On the other side of the lnng low building nrt q half lo:ru rl},lr c:!rt> each with q bale uf cot ton. picked perhaps within two miles uf the mill, literally white ;lS snow. IL gu,'s int" lho rNvriNrrS prS>,'S, CIrtlrrS, iS taken up by the spindlr~, wound on tho rapidly r'- vNlVinG sI,nuls. P;I>~,'S tu the looms and perhaps in 3i hours iS ready for shipment aS cloth.
 Sometimes one finds clusters of mills i'll sCrtiUnS perhaps l6 miles square, such as Gaston couuty. N (. In the northwest Crn CurErr of south Carolina Is what Is called a cotton mill belt, ;" which iuci,!drs | about 70 of the best plants in the south. The many water power sites and tho fine If If companies to this point Tho prlZrr, the llrS,>t plant in the south, k in this group | II comprises two mills with about lO5. GOO | spiudl,,S The first mill va- h;IiIt in lSN3 1 and has 55,tWU >l.i:.,l,'~. Thr srtund WAS | built almost ruirr iy :r,'rl the. profits made | out Vl the first r!t,', n .'%llr earned from l 2u Ia - per cent rrt t'.,.. >>'ri,'> uf years, l which furnished tnr ~:~l Jus tn build the mill mruIi"u,~l \',,Ei.rr vf th,.~,' com
 pani,>-thr pi,L,.t,.:.t started with 500, | uUu capital. lu slN >,>lg~ il clvaryyi 500. run fora >urplu. tr,''l1r,p' is capacity. ht-
 .iu,.~ lrtvjuE >I,y .',l,l,.r~ G lar cent ,livi-
 Lrnu yearly ln lhl~ hvl; $r',1"U wDn cap
 it,l hu~ r,'yn iu>v~l.Sl. rrI'.viiHIly Ivy >'uth-
 rrn mltn. iu t|tr u'l.',. Mn;, Il lt;NV earned di> ltrud~ rtiuti}, !r,in \ tn .!! Ter cent,
 al;Itou-,h tls. r Il> ,l,'r.I> ar>' u"t d>Iar,'d. part ui Ihr uu'm,l hylnrS usrd fn: a fund 1 for Improvements, etc.
 Every southern cotton mill k operated | by white labor rrincipally. Thcrr tr' no; l lUu n,.-iu ~iiui.,r~ "r XClvrrS in these |:
 sta;v~. N,,I> l"ua!lv one finds a nrgrr
 tir,..;. iIt '.r engineer, hut "nly occasionally
 Th,' N h!,,'~ l'.' ~ii> u.' lN,- of the south
 lr~~ thlp r'lc-,,':' h,in- tor'i&n barn
 In l'o. country ii .:'.t- tln, u-ually lA>,
 IT., hn3l~r iN ,~" !: t.mil,. with Rlrdrr I"'"h and T,'~~i'i. A,.'W They are intel
 lis"ur. ~r'tr ar' fairly well ,zlurAttN. ant
 thu writer rAn >ly after a tour which in
 cludrd th" principal milling sections O
 the south that they have anything but tn,
 haggard. uncanny appearance sn common
 with operatives ill large cities. Purc air
 good food and htalthful surrounding
 mako their lives worth living and hrins
 about that satisfaction with their employ
 mCnt thar cauStS labor troubles to br un
 known in southern mills
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