The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-12-09
MORE COTTON MILLS
Mr.. John A. DOnaVan Talks Of the SOuth'S
ADVANTAGES in That Line.
THE CONSTITUTION APPROVED
The Able Southern Manager of Dun's
Agency Talks of the Cotton In
dustry in the South.

Mr.. John A. Donavan. the enterprisins
southern manager of Dun's business aFen-
cy, is a hearty advocate of what The Con-
stitution has been supporting all along
the increase OF the cotton milling industry
In the south.
The peculiar work Of Mr.. Donavan gives
him exceptional opportunities 10 oD7ti'S
the movements IN this line and the result o.
his studies IL highly encouraging 10 tl'e
growth OF the industry i'm the southern
states. Speaking OF the matter yester-
day he said to Tho Constitution;
The efforts OF The Constitution 70 arouse
a lively interest In cotton milling should he
supnorted and approved by every one inter
ested IN the up-building of our section
.'The economic laws Of business are often
likened to those Of tsravit-- There Is not
the least suggestion of hypcrbcle IN tne
comparison.
THE south must inevitably become the
center Of cotton manufacturing thr
growth Of the worlds population has an IN
creasing momentum like 10 EeomeTical
progression. Cotton cloth IS universally
used in every part OF the terrestrial sphere.
The demand. notwithstanding temporary
checks. will possibly double IN another TWEEN
tv years a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES crop OF
cotton viii be reached before the expiration
of the first quarter of the twentieth centu-
IT, Lancashire mills well as New ing
land mills may continue 10 hold their own
and make q profit but for every ne" MIL
built in either of these localities during the
next twenty years there VIII be a hundred
mills i'm the southern states on the edge OF
the cotton fields.
ANY one familiar with the financial rec
ord Of southern mills cannot help being pro-
fouudly impressed with the wonderful re-
suits of what might be termed compare
lively crude methods. as contr2sted with
the almost scientific perfection Of the older
e,-rf4ri.real ] IT,
however he borne in mind tnat the days
of crudity are passing and The Constitution
would not be true To its highest aims OF
southern DEVELOPMENT if Ii failed to notice
the great Importance or Thoroughly correct
up-to-date methods OF min operating.
There have been maav mills built that
brought nothing but loss 90 the public
spirited projectors. The older merchants OF
Atlanta have tucked away in their leaEers
OF twenty years ago thousands or doitaf-
charged to profit and loss that were invest
ed i'm q cotton mill.
within the past twenty years several
sections Of tine south have produced cotton
mill managers Of rhe highest order of aoil-
ftv To mention names would he invldlous.
but it would be easy 10 recall the names of
half a hundred of such men, 20 whom We
owe MS much for successful cotton milling
as to our remarkable natural advantages
These men are. rs a rule. rhe product or
their own environments and oNH their sue
cess to thorough study and application +
IS from these men mat sotC notes OF warn
ing are occasionally ne1rot Wtfiif& tl-
neople 10 be careful and 40 slow. IT is not
n case of dog in the manager as IS some
times limited. on the contrary these men
of brains know that even with ali OF our
a3vant9ecs disaster and possibly damage
10 the future OF the industry is probable by
what might be termed q panic for mill
building. Fools rush is where angels fear
u fn IL
cable.
Nothing I'm these warnings need deter
any community IN Georgia. within the Feaei
OF the natural advantages of cotton at hFsL
hands. coal at cos. of fraction above
mining and intelligent white labor from
building mills. provided always that the
executive or managing element is selected
solely because OF ability and without REFER
ence 20 local interest.
I'm the history Of New England cotton
manufacturing Il is shown that I'm the days
OF small mills, and even in these days OF