The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-21
THE COTTON MILLS
HON. HENRY CARLTON TELLS
ABOUT HIS RECENT TRIP TO
NEW ENGLAND.
Manufacturing Must Come-The South
Has Many Advantages, but the Peo-
ule Show Their Faith BY Their
Works.
Atlanta Constitution:

Atlanta Constitution:
Atlanta. Ga Feb. 7.-(Special.) Hon.
II II. Carlton has returned from trip
to New England. He went north to CON
fer with cotton mill proprletors and to try
to induce some OF them TO locate IN
Athens. 80,
In an interview on the resulU OF ms trlp'
| Mr.. Carlton says
'IThat the cotton mill business of this
country is, in the future, going to be done
largely in the cotton growing sections OF
| the South there can be no well entertained
Doubt. This fact has already been demon
stratcd by the largely increased growth of
| thn cotton mills in the South within the
mast few years over that of the northern
and easern states. whore heretofore most
| of The cotton mill interests will now re-
| ceiye n greater impetus from une laCL tnat
| during tbe recent unprecedentedfin financial
depression, from which no part of the
! country has escaped, our cotton mills
/ have been, as general rule, running
| steadily and with profit to the business,
while most, if not all, OF the mills north
and east have had to suspend operations
| or RIM at a loss. But all this talk of
bringing the cotton mills of the east to the
cotton fields of the South is q mere delu-
sion and meets with no serious cOnsidera-
| tion ON the part of the cool, calculating
business minds of the country. 1t is simply
idle to talk about inducing the mills OF
the east, with their millions of dollars
invested in their plants, to tear up and
come South, and that at such cost ana
sacrifice as they would have necessarily
To incur by such Il movement. The very
host that could be hoped or expected on
this line would be to convince them that
the use of their surplus capital in estab-
fishing additional plants in the South
would be to their present protection ana
future interest. One or two eastern mills
have concluded to make this venture,
and if the experiment proves advantage
ous or profitable others may do likewise
CLIMATIC ADVANTAGES.
Gust here let me give you some. most
interesting facts as to the climatic adj
vantages of our particular Piedmont sec,
tion of Georgia regarding the growth and
manugacture of cotton. l remember well
when / was a boy and when old fashioned
cotton cards, spinning wheels and weaving
looms were in vogue, to nave seen my
granddaughter in the cool weather hold her
cotton rolls over shovel of hot Goals
before attempting to spin them L dld
not know then why she did it, nor do
suppose she understood the scientific ne
cessity for such trueatment of her
nicely carded rolls, being altogether
content with the knowledge of the fact
| that il made them spin softer and better.
| I know now why she did it, Cotton is pos
| sessed very highly of repulsive electricity,
| which in cool weather, and especially in
the colder climates, requires the appllca-
ton of heat to so drive off this electricity
as to cause it to spin and work softly ana
| adyantageousy. In the mills up north
and east they have to maintain q heat OF
from 60 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit in their
summing, carding and loom rooms in order
TO drive off this repulsive electricity so as
TO obtain n soft, plable and durable man,
ufacture of cotton. 0ftentimes when the
weather is quite severe they are forced
to use heated spray to obtain this result
Such conditions do not obtain in our ell
mate and what is still more remarkable
| cotton grown in our particular northeast
ern section of Georgia possesses less OF
this repusiye electricity, consequently
make n softer, more pliable durable and
desirable fabric. This doubtless is the
reason why cotton grown i'll this section
is worth more and more salable in the
markets than cotton grown elsewhere IL
the south. An important fact is tha'
| this cotton manufactured here in the
south will make a more desirable fabric
than the same cotton will if manufactures
in the northern or colder climates, not
withstanding their heat and spray ap
pliances. Another very important al
vantage our section has is in the fact thai
| it is Il freestone region, giving us the pes
of freestone water Limestone waters
are quite injurious to machinery and tur
thermore the limestone regions are more
subject to epidemic and endemic diseases
especially of a choeratic character, anC
from which our freestOne section gives
us q most comfortable exemption. mus
| might enlarge upon our real ana hlSnl!
valuable natural resources al lnhnltum.
GO FOR THE SURPLUS CAPITAL
"No, if the people of the South are in
tent upon developing and utiliAing oul
great natural resources and advantages
for manufacturing, and thus seek to MAKE
ours the great manufacturing section VI
the country, then it must be done by in
ducing uninvested and surplus capital t(
invest in Southern manufacturers, ana no
depend so great an interest to our people
and our section upon the VAN ana un
certain hope of bringing Eastern mills tt
the South"
''What do you think of the chances OF
inducing surplus or foreign capital IN thl'
directionT
Nothing is easier or more certain II We
only get Mt it right. In the first place oul
people must prove their faith by tnell
works and begin to invest their surplus
capital in manufactures, rather than il
less profitable and more uncertain enter
prises. No more convincing or inductlV'
: movement could be inaugurated or on
which would be so surely and so readil!
supplemented with foreign capital. lhen
with the facts and experience SO easlls
: Mt hand which go to show the goouly PROF
its in manufacturing enterprises, ana VI
, of this based upon our unequaleu naIuru
advantages and resources for all Kinds o
, manufactures, and which facts should b
kept prominently and constantly bef9r
r the business public, no great dlihGult;
would be experienced in inducing DOT
: home and foreign capital into such invest
ments. Capital only needs to be assure
+ of safe and profitable investment anu III
establishment Of such enterprises Is