Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-04-17

THE SOUTH Is TIE PLACE.
New England Can Not csmpetr 10 the
Manufacture Of Cotton.
Boston. April a. Signed letters from
the presidents and trrasurers OF tho prln-
cipai cotton mills Of New England upon
the dccadenco Of Manufactures Of cotton
In this section OF the country and the
movement OF the great mills South. are
printed by the Journal hero. The subject
ia brought W BY recent step taken BY
the Lawrenec Manufacturing company IN
regard TO going cut q tho business %
manufacturing cotton goods and returning
tho capital used IN that buuiiioss TO Its
stockholders rather than attempting to
change the mill 50 as to avoid Southern
competition or building u mill IN tho
q. IL II an Indication that Ncw Eng
land inenuiaeturins OF cotton goods Is xu-
~ Docs tnls mean competition OF goods
mahufActurcd IN the South IN too severn
for OUT neufactufcrsi
~ What aayantascs hna the South over
New England In such manufacturer
=. Is It longer hours OF labor or lower
WAGES. or boih, or H. II also because of
cns.ssaper MATERIALS ard rnilder clhnateg
Grades OF goods mnnufActursd In New
hnsland alike, or - u likely to do 10 IN
ins hear sq rs Or T. = only e be feared
70. Can our Ncw Engiand mlls profit
ably adapt themselves to making liner
eiuded RON this business by fofeh.n COM
peiltiunY
z. ilays tho laws onsatcd by our state
| LEGISLATURE and congress- mad anything 20
do with theso conditions. and II 30, why,
and IN what way
- win these conditions injuriously af-
foot tho wage-earnere OF Now England or
| throw them out Of employment or chance
| the price OF laborg'
The replies speak for themselves Tho
cnnacna,H OF opinion seems 70 be that
| New England has seen her day aa the
| leader IN cotton goods manufactnre. and
that tho south has arisen es the Now
| Coolidge, treasurer OF tho Afnoakeag Man
| ufnctur'ng company, says.
| n am inclined to think the manufac.
grow very slowly
~. Competition with goods inanufnctur-
Cd at the South, as long as labor Il 20
| per cent below tho labor OF haasa chu-
| Aetty. VIII certainly be very severe one
! almost too severe for Now England manu-,
iaelnrers, unless wages come down here
20 The advantages the South has over
| Now England are; y to % per cent cheap
| or labor, coal at half price and some saw
| Ing on freight OF cotton and on freight OF
| manufactured goods 10 the West; In some
places cheaper cotton,
IA Longer 5hlo,IiEEs os labor IRE an adyan-
| 70. Competition Affects all kinds OF goods
| manufactured N New England. because
y too mang coarse goods arg Tanufaetnr-
| goods. and then too many fine goods VIII
| be made,
| 10 gradually throw wcgc-sarncrs Of New
England ,opt Of employmont. unless the
Arthur Il Lowe. treasurer and agent
q. IN coarser lines, yes.
~, Miider climate. lower taxes, longer
ton. cheaper f,ief and cheaper cotton.
| x. AZ present New nnsiand mills suf-
| excluded from fins goods BY foreign pro-
* YES. TOO many harrssving state
laws and too low tariff TO protect against
foreign competition.
Iiilloft & clarke treasurer Of tho Boot
| cotton mills, says;
ern cotton miils are: Much. cheaper labor
OF excellent quality, longer hours, cheaper
cotton aud fuel. mlider climate, fewer veT-
atiouH legal rnhtriotious. Untll recently
the promotion Of production az The South
has been 10 ANAL the prios q cloths has
been iixed by ~ cost 70 Non.hsrn m q. v
profits. Now the souLhetn production I,
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