The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-01-18

j, lt ~ an axiom h manufacturing tbaI
.ne nearer TO tho factory The FaT ma. ma
seslaa can De procured, other thinc.
poihg equal, the cheaper tke fb;sbeee;
product cam ho Made. The owner n
s'p iron mlne would not think of ahin.
pihg ms ore q Thousand miles If h
could and, IN his vicinity, the needed
resolVents. by which Go convert la:u npnu
INTO pigs ready for the FiaRnfaeture,
oi ala iron articles ii fonndrv and ma.
chine shops. The lumber dealer wonId
not think Of shipping his logs from the
iong-leaf pine forests OF the South "a
the Northern merchant; on the contarv
ne cuts It into proper dimensions. moi
omltting to dress, aud even "a toHoue
and groove It, ready for the builders
use, Hence the ihnunerable inmber
mills Of the South and our immense ex-
port OF lumber. Why is il that the
oiq open kettle process of our sugar
making neighbors Of Louisiana is dis.
carded, and millions Of money invested
to improve the quality of our domestic
sngarss The question promptly snR-
gests It's own answer! To add TO the
value of engah which added value 80
cures to the planter a areaAet Het profit
on bis labor AID CAPITAL expended III
growing, harvesting, grinding and pre-
paring It for market This seems to
me a clear illustration of what may be
done lay the cotton planter If these
things are true and applicable as tug-
gested in sugar planting and other 10
dustries, then why cannot the cotton.
growers, by cooperative effort, estab-
hsh in every city, town, village OF haln-
let, IN all the cotton growing States,
factories for the Manufacture of their
raw cotton into the m0revaluable com
modities before final export or sale,
thus saving to the grower, the merchant
the laborer and the capitalist in their
own midst, the difference between the
value Of raw, ragged and condemned
bales Of cotton, and the same cotton
spun into yarn at least, if not woven
into fabrics.
This Is altogether practicable, feast
bic, can easily be done If determined
upon, and believe may safely pre-
dict that it viii be done in the near
future. AS st. Paul, Minneapolis and
other Western cities ship fonr TO us in
stead of wheat, so we will soon be driv-
en- to shipping yarns TO Fall River,
Manchester and other manufacturing
cities.
/ do not wish to be understood as
advocating the
ERECTION or LARGE CENTRAL FACTORIES,
involving the investment Of immense
sums Of money, within the reach only
Of capitalists Of large means; but rath-
er the establishment of small mills at
convenient localities for utilizing cotton
grown in their vicinity, and numerous
enough TO spin all the cotton, and SO
convenient and close together as to be
able even to handle seed cotton and |
gin it in the factory as it is spun, thus
saving the bagging and ties to the
farmer, which is clear loss under the
Liverpool rules, and runs into millions
Of dollars every season. liz would also /
save the great waste incident to the /
present method OF handling, sampling.
etc, with all of which the grower Of |
the cotton is charged; but in his inno-
cence he is ignorant Of the fact, and
could not help it if he knew it, In the
of these small spinneries
every cotton grower in the vicinity
could subscribe stock payable in cotton
for putting the factory in operation,
and others not growing cotton could
furnish capital for the plant.
Let the shares be small and within
the reach Of everyone, however small
his means. These small factories, dot
ting the face of the country would af-
ford employment to millions of men,
women and children, now without
means of support, though willing and
anxious to work. The Joint interest Of
each grower would entitle him to bis
share of whatever profit might arise
from the product of the factory. Thus
would be built up cooperative spirit
which would adjust itself TO the chang
ID conditions. The stockholder would.
o0k to the management of his mill for
counsel and advice, and if it were com
as all such managements should
De, hewould always be informed and
Keep pace with his neighboring enter
)riaes. These small factories, from
rood business reasoning, would natu-
ally gravitate toward co-operotion
Imong ourselves; all having common
nd and purpose This would led to
by States into interstate
which would DE lead by
he purpose and aim Of all to national
" Southern spinners' association,
through which the markets OF the
world could be reached, statistics gath
red and compared, which would re-
Iect light back to the farmers, afford
ny intelligence and enlightenment
Vhere now prevail darkness and ign0-
ance, the source of all our agricuitn-
al woes. If we are suffering from
ver-p production, believe this win
tay in; nothing else can
M With the free use Of fertilizers i'm
roved methods Of cultivation and
bundance Of labor, large crops have
ome 40 stay, diversity as yon may.
hey should stay, and ii is our duty to =
lake the most of them and control
hem as far as possible.
BY this small factory scheme the Y
oti ON Oh trust can be wiped from the \
aco of the earth; for what Is TO pre- 4
emit each factory from utilizing All the \
sud raised in the vicinity by nhnufac-
irina ia into oil, meal. feedstufiH nnd /,