davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Abendblatt., 1895-01-08
Gin Sureht9emiefener KohIen=
bGnoIer.

Somes 30. Sones BON Mo, 81 8eet6obsn
ploce, Elm Mann bpn 70 SSabren, bat ge1terr
in Ht9ter l1nberpoobS @ert9t einen inter
%eiianten Steg errungen, sSyoues fam aug
8eit4eier GOuntp, q, g., tpp, ipte er fQqt,
ale Nenf4en ebrIi6 finb, na9 Chicago.
0ter taufte er feline &p6len Bel benz &oblenz
bdnOler Sobn @leber, 356 6. OiptiionItr
Elm, unb babel ma9te er bic @ntoedltnq,
baB Die iRm gelteferten 8o6len ni9t bas Sc
mt4t reprdfenttrten, fir baS er be3ublen
muBte, ST rebnete beraus, baB er UNI ITO
Pfunb &o9len gu f1r3 gefommen lei, unb er
berlan9te Oon @Ieber Gr1oB, Ser leBtere
noQte BACON ni6ts ptiien, unb eSone5 SER
tlagte i'm Dor 8i3ter ltnberpoob auf Giidz
9abe BON so Gents, Sones mar feines Sic
ges 10 gefptB, bdB er cine SurD ~perlangte unb
bic Soften fir bte1el6e, Sc, germ ausIegte.
8etern g~elangte Der San CUR @~er6uno(Inq
uno Die Surb entf6ieb 3u feinen @unften.
Gleber fpuroe CUR 8e3ablung Der so Gents
unD duBerbem Der Soften gum 8etrage bon
SO DerDDnnert.
9err SOnes ertldrte na96er, es Tei inn
nt4t foDiel an ben so Gents al8 barun oez
legen getpefen, Elm @gempel CUR @arnunq 6es
PublttumS Dor Iol9en &oblen6Gnblern All
1tdtuiren.
Abendblatt., 1895-01-08
Oopie's BELL 7nftttute.

nOr," Sobn Mlsranber Oopie's, beg be-
rI3ttgten @laubenSz@ Sell 3ntnDIers TO-
genannte 9eilzSnititute, y}o,6O22 @o9erton
@De,, go, 253 81. @traBe unb 6O34 @bqerz
ton Nbe, tDurben geitern BON feds ftG0tt=
I4en 8auinipeftDren elmer SynIpettton unz
ter3ogen, auf @runb Der gegen ben v0of=
tor" BON berf9te0enen Setten er6obenen Sc
f3ulbigungen,
Sn 8egleitung bes 2teutenants Melani=
pip bon Der Wooblapnz9 Station unb 3tpeier
8e6eimpoLi3iften begoben fi3 Die eSynfpefz
toren 2enfe, 9Obertp, 2augblin, @enunq,
5lpnn unb 9apes 5und9it nab benz 6auIe
$50 6O22 @bgerton Npe, sic trafen bort
gera0e Elm, ulS Der WlOrgengottesoienIt a6=
ge4alten Durbe, 10 baB fe Die &ranfenz
3immer unget0rt in Nugenf9etn ne6men
t0nnten. Nn ben &ranten3immern fanben
Die Sn1peftOren taum ettpas gu taDeln, OBJ
geieben baOOn, baB man4e g3immer isbr
Helm tparen. SIM 9roBsn unb 8an5en fam
ben Die Sn1peftoren an Dem gan3en Sell
Sn1tttute nur Den einen umitono 3u riiqen,
baB 0owte'S Nnftalt gegen bic 8etimz
mungen Der Seftion 48 Der 7tGbti13en 8Qu=
~Drbinan3, pet9e Die 8eItimmunqen iiber
ben 8etrieb Don 6oipttGlern ent6Glt, ber=
it0Bt,
@e6dube= Snfpeftor McNnbreps niro bic
gauge 0ngelegen6eit benz Gorpprationsan=
malt Yalmer CUR 8equta4tung unter6reiten.
Sis babin tpirb OOrlGufig gegen Oppte ni6i
tpeiter bOrgegQngen per0en.
Abendblatt., 1895-01-08
Oeoen 0orrnption.

Der ReO, Carlos Martpn begann qeiern
fetnen i6on borber angefinot9ten &reu3>
aug gegen Die politti9e MaI6ine in ei1er
Ian geren Gebe, St mics barauf bin, DuB
bic Electromagnetic a67olut ni6ts init Der
Werpaltung Der County unb tGotiIden
@ngelegenbetten gu tbun babe, ba es etn5iq
nnb aQetn auf etne ebrlt9e @erpaltunq an
fomme. @r DerDa6rte fi9 buqe9en, DaB in
Der Pplt3ei unD in fa1t alien 8erpultunQ5z
~5tpetgen Die Srldnber ba5 groBe Wort fiji
rem, unO beDauerte e8, baB unter Dem qez
.9enpGrttgen SDitem es fir einen Inn 6a5
Dffentli6e Mobt be{orgten 8Irqer unm6Qz
lt9 lei, IN 8e3ug auf bic Nu5tpQ6l Der
Ganotoaten Elm Wort mit3ufpre6en, 0u bic
8orpa3len DoQftdnbig BON Der W}a16ine
be9erri4t tDiirDen. Die Ma6len 6Gttea 11ur
Die 8eoeutung zines Samples UNI Die Nemz
ter. Sn 8e3ug auf ben gegenpGrtiqen rtz
publttanti6en @ountDrat6 Iagte er, DaB pie
8erGnoerung in ben Derf9ieDenen @pultbz
@nftalten nun gema9t niirben, UNI ben
peri0nli9en ober politif6en Treunben Der
GountQbdter gefdQtg 81 fem, pd6renb bon
elmer 8eriidfi4ti9ung be5 0ffentli6en
Wobls ME Die &epe mar. @r fH6rte 0allll
aus, baB Elm Heue5 GDitem nit nelen
2euten brtn9en0 n0t6ig fet, DergaB a6er,
ba5 neue Spitem ndber gu beI6rei6en.
Abendblatt., 1895-01-08
un6dnfbare 0orpordtionen.

&lbermen unb Ge6eimpoGi3iften MAIDEN
fein 9ebeimniB baraus, OoB ite iebr un3uz
frieben barii6er itnb, baB bic Gifenbqbnz
9eTeGI6aften ibnen niGt me6r nit berfelz
ben 8ereittptIigteit nie frii6er @i1enbabnz
freipdfie our @erfiigung iteuen, 8iS jebt
BADEN nur Drei 8a6nen, Die NortbtpeItern
Die Nlton unb bic Chicago, MiGnautee &c
ct, Baul 8a6n ben Ntbermen S~obreSpdTe
3ugeIteQt. Die SIinois Central bat beretts
perlauten Ioiien, boB tie Die 5retIifte gdn3z
lt6 b i9affen perbe.
Oen 9etectipes 1tanben bis6er q~eniigen0
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES fir bic StraBenz
bdbnsn Der Gprbfette CUR 8~erfiigunq. eSeBt
aber eiebt Die NOrbIeite=@ g rQBenbabnge=
cIti0aft iol9e 8iQets ni9t mebr aus, unb
bager muB ieber biirqerlib getleibete Yoliz
3iit,a tpenn er cine StroBenbabn auf Der
Norbieite benlBt, ebenfp out Ieinen Nidel
be3ablen, tpie iebes anbere MenI9enfinb.
MlDerulen unb Oetectipes tommen in Der
2[nit6t therein, DAP Die Gifenbabn= unb
StraBen6u6n@ GorpOrationen eben febr unz
banfbar Iin0.
Abendblatt., 1895-01-08
GountYsA n9eIe9enbeiten,
Phil. KnOpf drserli6. 8eridt oes Gr=
G~ountYanwaIts 5uoo. = metrere Neus
bauten beihIonen. Deridteoenes.

GpuntDclert &nppf mar geItern febr bOfe,
neil Die GountD@G ommifGre in ibrer geft@
rigen SiBung es berabIGumten, Ietnem Sc
JUDI un 8epiIigung Der 3ur 8e3a6lung
Ieiner NngeiteQten fir ben Monat DECEMBER
n0tbtgen @eloer 81 entipre3en. !0err &nopf
brD6te nit Wie0erbergeltung, tpenn tie fetn
@efu9 ni9t be%riidfi9tigen tDirDen. @r
piirbe it6 einfa9 netgern, Die NnpetIungen
auf Die @e6Glter Der GountDcommtRdre 31
unter3ei4nen, 10 baB Die leBteren auf tbr
@e6dlt e6enfa1S gu lparten BADEN pirben,
gerd6e tpie feline @lngeiteQten.
8on benz e6emaltgen GountDantpalt Subj
lag ben @ountpbdtern geftern Elm 8eri9t
iiber feline Sbdttgteit pd6renb be8 lebten
Sa6res por. Na3 bieIem 8eri9t fanb 6err
Subj Bel 1etnem Mmtsantrttt 3ip0If TO-
genannte 8ubelpro3e1Ie in Der S9tpe6c Dor.
gteun BON bteien pro5eTlen, in benen es fi9
INN Sorberun9en bon 3ufammen $35,250
6anbelte, purben erlebigt, Die ben Slid
germ beDiQtgte Summe felt fi9 auf 1864,
9rei PrO3efe ftnb nod in Der S9ipebe,
Ser 8ert9t bes 0errn Subj entbGlt Die
@mpfeblung, baB bas Suitt3z0 Department
beS @ountps reorganiiirt merbe, Dab bas
0eHu@I UeS 0pultlDu44ua4l9 Upll 44UOO Qu
$4,000 erbD6t tperbe, unb DaB Der @ountp@
anmalt bas Re9t erbalten 1oqe, feline NIitz
tenten Ielbt du83unGblen.
Sine 3uf9rtft Oes Or, q, S, 8ouffGeur,
0es 8rdfibenten bes reguG6ren mebt3inii9en
@tabes bes GountpbOfpttols, cine Nn5ahl
@mpfe3lungen fir cine Reorganization Oes
Ner5teoientes i'm 6ospital ent6aGtenb,
tpurbe an bas YlenarzG omite perpte1eh,
Ser 8eriht bes plenarzg Counties, pel9er
unter Nnberem bic Grri9tung eines Din
haues gum @ountpgefGngniB, IOpie Die @rz
rj3tung zines befonOeren @ebGubes auf
benz @runbitiid bes GountpbospttaIs CUR
Inter iu9ung berPatienten empfteblt, tpurbe
%gut9ebeiben,
&us benz eriten Monatsberi9t bes 9os=
pitolberpulters Gb. S. 9appeG gebt berpor,
DaB pd6renb bes Monatg DECEMBER 1893
Pdtienten Nufnabme Inn GOuntpbospital
fanoen, BON benen 1916 e%ntlaiien nurben
unb 65 itarben. 9urb19nittli3 befanben
fi3 tGgli9 1873 Patienten i'm 9o5pitat,
Abendblatt., 1895-01-08

SurG Elm b~elOnoeres NbtOntmen nit ser gSeltausftel=
fn19sbeb0rOe itanOen ben @erle9ern GammtRi&e Ofi5ieGen
phOtOgraphii&en AufaaRmen, etpa $4,000 an Der 3abl, aur
gerfi9un9, unO Die Nastuobl tpie Die GeproOuftion OieIer
photographer erfOl9te nit 9r0Bter @or9falt unO unter
Inpenon19 Der aaerneueten Wtet6oOeu, 10 baB
Abendblatt., 1895-01-08
Gin drr1er alderman.

alderman 8et Imeiftete getern i'm Na@z
!aBgeri3t ben Observation-Disclosures unO be-
14lDor, baB er nt6t bic geniigenben Mittel
beftBe, UNI Die Soften Der @r8te6ung ieiner
2odter Gertrude u. Set gu beftreiten.
5rau Wtar9uerite u. 8eit, bic Mutter Ser
t%ruoe'5. fn4te i'm N~a9loBgeri9t I'm bic Grz
ldubntB na9, auf cine Ner1iberunqSpolice
fur $1,000 cine 4nleibe bon $500 aufne6men
81 %fOnnen, nnb bamtt bic Soften Der @r3t.z
9un9 0eS Wtdo3enS beitreiten gu fonren.
0as @eIu3 Der Srau Set pur6e oetpQ6rt,
na@oem Der @lbermon bef6poren hattie. Bar
er arm tpie cine &ir9enmou8 lei.
Abendblatt., 1895-01-08
3rnet nette 9enbettRn

bin3u9east-Gin 1~1attbemO aus Dem pei6fen unO feinfen
Gambric @1uslin-@qaore yOfe-berrli6 nit tueiBer @eioe be-
itidt -i6mere &rauien NIT 5ierltder stepperei = offene N3an=
i6etten nit 1duereu &rau1 er-egtra poQe Nermel uuO Sod uno
bon ~belOn0erer 2dn9e, Ge anOere lit Elm Gorfet= ~Ileber;uo,
funitOOQ beebt O0er eiufaf, nit Taihe unter Dem Nrm fir
r9reB SHIELDS" ..... 8eioe g}eubeiten iino nur BET us 5u
finben un0
5e6r p~retstDur0iQ.
Abendblatt., 1895-01-08

Tro8t Guren @rocer nab vEbe 5eiBIer
& Sungc Cos" vGuafer 8ro6", 6a8
i6madbafteite some Wtabe 8roo1, bas
ie bon elmer 8Gderei a"eLiefert uur6e.
Abendblatt., 1895-01-08
235 Wabash Ave., ECke Jackson Str,

GerabIefuta9en lit 3ianos Dor Der SnSentur:
@nfmaUEte! Mir baben cine @ns0bl Suftrlts
nlente, bic nur iebr lDeniQ ge6rou1t mur6sn-8iouos,
0olt lpeidben bic meiiten tbatiGGliG 10 gut lpte ueW iim0.
gslr %ofertret ~Dieielben gu ben f~olgeH6en 9erabieBunsen,
IN! NIT %oenielben Dor Der idbrli6eH Observation-Disclosures
Gufur1umeu.
Abendblatt., 1895-01-08

9oO6's 8iGIen beiGeu 8ertopfuus.
Abendblatt., 1895-01-08

Ollie itd6tii9en, inz un6 ausLdn6iI9en
Neui9fciten I'M Qbeu6bIatt fir l Sent per
Drummer, o0et 6 Gents per @obe.
Abendblatt., 1895-01-08
lin sic Dabrbeit III erfobreu

in 8e5u9 auf 6OO6's SarIoporiGa, frage udall
Oteient9elt, bic Diele Webi5iu brau9eG, ober
lele Die oft i'll oielem Slatt ob9eorudter
3eu9niile; iie merben Sud I~ber3eH9eu. Dap
0oOO'S furirt.
Abendblatt., 1895-01-08

Cutler arnHsr aabrea-grrkaoef ppn
NcuSli1t>
UnferfleiOer1t,

tpe(der jebt i'm @an9e III, beitdti9t tdgltb u~niere-lebten saitt=
tuoJ 9eut0dtt- gebanptun9 DaB Oieie8 BET gSeitem Der gr0Bte
uno bette v@erfauf" 1einer Nrt ien pirOe, Ben Chicago ie Iab.
--%leabren0 oer lekten (eds Gage lit Ourd Oteie 9~rOBarti9e Nrs=
1teQung bon MltS1iu=llnter5eu9 tpie0er pOn gteuem ~Oargetban
t%pOroen, 6aB OieieS 9epartennent in jeOer 9inii6t u~uerreidt Oa=
itebt. SIS bat ib Obne 3 IN e fel 9e5eigt oaB mir
,,Die 9r0Bte Ausuuabl babeu.
,,NaB Die 9ebraudten gaateriale Die befen fn0.
,,DaB nit ole rdJ0nten ganfer baben uno
,,An(ere Dreile %0nrdrpe9 gan, beoeuten0 uteorioer fno
ais 1n0erstu0.
@r boben nns 10 HubG4 fir Oer@ Gembet por9eNh bB Mr unr Der 8rbBhn lie in bpr
graute in Gbhugoe nMbtn@ T9ahsHah9tdt uurs Eager INNER nod cine nQe6pbeueq routb pt
fbmao ntdWHte Smtn murbH bfdnbqm aus uRrH 8agHb6uFrn uabgWM g. unun bAHbuhu
ppaG rgMokSO@r bm mir me
3tret ttette 51~e11t1ettRt1
hinannnfHnt G;A 24nh4hAn.A up So. .m;Aaoa .AS c.:.cl..
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28

quired in cotton manufacturing; they are
docile, not given to strikes, and as a
class are anxious to find work and will
ing to accept much lower wages than
Northern operatives are compelled to have
in order to live On this point it must be
remembered that nature has made it pos.
sible to live in the South at very much
lower cost than in the North, because OF
the lower cost of fuel and Clothes, the
cheapness with which food can be pro
duced and the abundance and cheapness
of building materials. These are perma-
nent advantages; no possible change of
conditions can alter them. They forever
guarantee a lower labor cost in the
South than elsewhere What it means
to have the cotton mills in the cotton
fields, with cheap and abundant fuel and
water-power, the ability 0 secure as
sites for mills at nominal cost large
tract of land on which to establish a mill
community entirely under the control
of the mill management, you can appre
ciate.
In order, however, to fully understan I
the Souch's strong position as cotton
manufacturing area, it is necessary to
take a com rehensive view of the gener-
al trend of the worlds business Every
where manufacturing Is tending to the
source Of law material, provided the ia
cilities for production can be secured. In
former years the profits in manufactur-
ing were sufficiently large to justify the
transportation of raw material New
England could haul its cotton 1000
miles, ard its coal almost an equal dis
tance, and find profitable market for
the production of its goods. Great Brit
ain could import is cotton fr m Amer
lea, operate its 1000, 900 spindles aud
market the product of its mills through
ont the world. But with the decreas-
ing margin of profit in manufacturing,
it is in cotton, as in iron, timber
and other lines Of industry, ne
cessary for the mill to seek the source
of supply In the fullness of time the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28

sary TO present some figures to show the
actual progress which the South has
made in this industry. The census OF
1880 reported that there were in the
South 100 cotton mills, with an aggre-
gate capital amounting to $21, 976, 000
and having 667, 900 spindles By 1890
this had nearly trebled, and we had 254
miles, SOL. 124, 900 of capital and i, 7L2,-
900 spindles. No one would have dared
in 1890, though, to predict that the
figures Of that year would treble in
another decade, but this we can now see
will be 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. 600
spindles. Add to this number 800, 900 for
mills under construction, and by the end
of The current crop year this section
would have 3. 800, 600 spindles in opera
ton. 1t will then only require an aver
age increase of 300, 900 spindles a year
to give the South a total Of 5 900, 010
spiodies by 1900. It is now safe to pre-
dict considerably larger number than
that
The relative growth of the consump
ton of cotton in Northern and Southern
mills of late years, as reported by the
New Orleans Cotton Exchange, has been
as follows
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28

South's opportunity has come. It's own
people have demonstrated their unusual
ability in cotton manufacturing. The
profits in this industry throughout the
South have been sufficiently large to
turn the attention Of this entire section
very largely to this industry. The ablest
fnanciers in the South, the most con-
sentative bankers, the general merchants
and the farmers are all now investing
freely in cotton mills. The 100000
spindles which the South now has in
operation is scarcely per cent. of the
number of spinales in the world, latest
reports giving the total as 5000, 900,
although the Sou.h produces over go
per cent. of the worlds cotton crop.
There are abundant reasons, easily UNI
derstood by any man who will
take the time to investigate, why the
South was unable after the disastrous
losses of the war to take up indus
trial pursuits until about 1880 1t
is mainly during the last five or six years
that the greatest progress has been made,
and every year is adding increased mo-
mentum TO this movement. Looking to
Central and South America and to Asia
and Japan, by the cutting of the Nicaragua
Canal, for market for America cotton
goods, the South's position is impregna-
BILE. 1t has every possible advantage
that can be asked for the production of
cotton goods at the lowest possible cost.
It's advantage for distribution are but
little inferior to those of the North, and
whatever disadvantages it has in this
way will be eliminated under the gen
eraI progress which is being made.
No one can possibly any longer
question the South's future posi-
ton in the cotton manufacturing world.
The rapid development of the textile in
dustry in the South does not necessarily
involve its decrease in New England or
Great Britain. Even should these hold
their present business and continue to
operatea many spindles as they do to-
day, the natural increase which the ever
growing demands of the world require
must be met by the South. 1t is possible
that China and Japan may become fac
tors in this industry, but if they do the
reduced cost at which they will produce
goods will simply be an additional force
to drive the capital in New England and
British mills to the South as the only
place which can hope to meet competi-
ton from mills in Japan and China,
provided this industry should develop
largely in those countries.
The Souths position is safe. 1t is only
question as to whether the mill owners
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28

the demand FOR cotton aud the profta-
bleness OF its cultivation caused a con-
ceatration of the energy and capital of
the South in cottoE-plant-
ing, aud as a consequence manufac.
lures which hal been furnishing
declined. From a crop of about 400,-
900 bales in 1920 the production rapidly
incrta ed. The growth of this industry
probably surpassed in extent and wide
reaching Importance any other crop in
Europe or America. The energy of the
South was turned into cotton raising,
and the production really increased fas-
ter than the worlds consumptiye re-
quirements. Other agricultural interests
were not, however, neglected. Diversi-
fed farming prevailed, and the South
was more nearly self supporting in the
way of foodstuffs, corn, bacon, etc.,
than it has ever been since the war
In 1901 the average New York price
was forty-four cents pound, and from
this it slowly declined, often with an up
ward squirt for year or two, to thirteen
and one half cents in 1889, averaging for
this period a fraction over seventeen
cents pound. With cotton selling at
these prices, the cultivation was so profit
able that the disp osition of the people of
the South to concentrate their efforts
more and more on cotton cultivation, to
the exclusion of manufactures, cannot be
wondered at. Beginning with 1910,
there was period of extremely low
prices, and the Gotten States suffered
very much from this decline. In that
year the average New York prices drop
ped to nine cents-a fall of four
as low as the lowest price that has been
reached during the present period of de-
preston and much talked of low cotton
prices. Moreover, in 1916 the seed was
without value, while at present the sale
of seed adds from one half to cent a
pound to the value of the crop; and
transportation is very much cheaper
than in 1916 In 1S47 the crop was
short, and prices advanced sharply,
only to drop back to eight and then
to seven and one quarter cents, making
the average for the decade from 1910
to 1849 the lowest 10-year average ever
known. With 1850 a period OF much
higher prices for cotton was ushered in,
and for the succeeding ten years the
average was about twelve cents. Then
came the war, with its accompanying
short supply of cotton, and prices rapid
ly advancing, until 1863-64, when the
New York average was 10t 2 cents.
When the war ended the world was bare
of cotton, the demand was pressing and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28
ACTUAL CONSUMPTION.

According to these figures the actual
consumption In Northern mills, W! lie
larger, of course, than during the panic
year 1884, was less than for any
year since 1890-91, having been IS, 000
bales smaller than in the latter year, and
1856, 0sO bales smaller than in 1891 90.
Southern mills, on the contrary, gained
nearly 100000 bales compared with
1890 81, and 172, coo bales compared
with 1891 o. In 1890 81 the South com
sumed less than one-third as much cot
ton as Northern mills; last year Southern
consumption was nearly one-half as
much as Northern, and is steadily gain
ing. For the present year 1t will be at
least 900, 900 bales, which is more than
half as much as Northern mills will CON
sumo.
Of the advantages of the South for
this industry it is almost needless to
speak. Probably the most important
consideration 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 will convince
the most skeptical. A New England mill
owner lately stated that to say that New
England mill help was in any way super
ior to Southern was simply to say that
the lower classes of foreigners are super
ior to the native Anglo Saxon Ameri.
cans. Half century ago New England
mills were operated by native Americans
daughters of the small farmers in the
neighborhood of the mills -but the in
coming of French Canadians and
others drove the American girls
out of the mills. There is nc
danger of this in the South, at least
tor many years to come. The supply OF
possible operatives, eager for the oppor-
tunity to earn living by working in cot
ton mills, is TO day sufficient to equip
three or four times as many mills as we
have, provided these mills are not clns
tered too closely in any one locality. The
increase in the help supply will be al
most as great as the increase in mills
for many years. These people are capa-
Bile of acquiring the highest skill re-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28

AS the South built its first cotton mill
about the same year in which Samuel
Slater laid the foundation of New Eng
lands textile industry, it mag be of in
terest to briefly look into the reasons
why the former section until recently
failed to develop its cotton manufactures
except to limited extent, while the
latter was making such great progress
This is essential to a right understand
ing of the conditions prevailing at pres
ent in the two sections, and will pro-
vide an answer to the oft-repeated ques-
ton. If the South has the great adj
yantages for cotton manufacturing
claimed for it, why has it not fully de-
veloped this industry before this2 The
spinning and weaving Of cotton for do
mestic use, or, as it was called in olden
times, the making of "homespun" goods,
was almost universal throughout the
South. is related of Jefferson that In
his own household he employed two
spinning iennies, a carding machine and
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prices continued very high. But the
South was bankrupt, and had no capital
on which to operate. It's planters were
burdened with debt, their houses and
fences in many instances destroyed, their
labor system disorganized, aud in this
condition they were in no position to buy
foodstuffs, live stock and agricultural
implements. Money lenders were ready,
however, to advance money secured by
mortgages on cotton to be grown. Most
of them were factors or commission
merchants who would agree to advance
certain sum of money, or, rather, to al
low certain amount of credit at their
stores for merchandise of all kinds
for every acre planted in cotton.
After 1880, although the Southern
farmers were still heavily in debt, they
commenced to give increased attention
to the cultivation Of grain and to the
raising of early fruits and vegetables.
The progress since has been very remark
able, bat despite this increase the pro-
duction of corn in the central cotton
States is not yet up to the yield of 1860.
The low prices Of cotton of late years
have caused factors and bankers to re-
duce their credits to farmers on cotton,
and this has materially strengthened the
tendency to diversified agriculture. For
two years the central cotton States have
produced almost enough corn and bacon
to meet their own wants, making cotton
more nearly surplus crop than at any
time since 1860 In this way low prices
are proving a blessing in disguise, In
meantime the cotton cropsincreasad rap
idly, rising from 5,456, 900 bales in
1881 SO to 9,035, 900 bales in 1891 92-
the highest point reached until the crop
year 1894 "a, when the yield was 8, 300,
900 bales
The following table shows the crop.
the consumption in the United States,
the exports and the average price at In
tervals of ten years, beginning with
1910, and for 1898 "a and for 1894-95: