Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-03
COTTON MILLS.
What is Being Accomplished Through out the Country in the Way
 of Cotton Manufacturing.

The Textile Excelsior contains the fol- lowing summary in its last issue: The Riverside Cotton Mills, of Dan vile, Va, have declared a semi-annual
 dividend of per cent.
 The 160 additional looms have arrived at the Eagle and Phenix Mills, Columbus Ga, and are being set up. This makes 260 looms added. The new picker ma chinery will arrive in few days, as well as 1900 light incandescent dyna-
 mo. Mill No. will therefore soon re- sume.
 Some Japanese merchants have bought large piece-over 50 mow-of ground at
 Lukahdoo, Pootung, China, for the pur- pose of erecting cotton mills thereon.
  There are in China seven mills, at which the spindles in operation and those to be newly added, total 135,000 and 90,000 re- spectively. There are also seven other mills in course of construction, their spindles aggregating 2350 In this lat ter figure the portion representing Japanese enterprises is only 60,000 the remaining 170,000 being the property of western capitalists. According to 1nfor- nation from most trustworthy sources, the spinning business in China, if free from all taxes, should give net profit of 15 04 per cent which will. therefore, be reduced to 5.04 per cent. after the imposi- tion of 10 per cent. tax Turning to Japan, We find at present fifty-seven mills, with spindles aggregating 1.300,00O, of which only 900 are in operation.
 During the last half year. after adding
 12071 yen to their reserves. these mills de- clared an average profit of 10.5 per cent. However, as various miscellaneous ex- penses must be incurred in shipping yarns to Shanghai, Japanese mill can of fn than q I6 cent. on the sale of its products to China. INDIA.
 Mayor Carus. of Darwen, England, is visiting India and in writing from Bom- bay, says the mills there have received his attention and inspection. He expect ed to find them weaving Mexicans, coarse shirtings, and rough dhooties, but he found them weaving plain goods, fancy towellings, plain and colored drop box work, fancy cloths, imitation Belfast work, and other things. The weft and warp is in all cases under 20's, and manu- factured from native cotton. Each mill he saw had mule and ring spinning, weaving and all preparations, dyeing, bleaching. finishing, and packing, and in addition hosiery frames and sewing ma chimes. Boys run one loom and men two loomss Girls and women are only em- ployed in the rowing and winding depart ments.
 l The news comes that the capacity of the Massachusetts Cotton Mills at Lin dale near Rome, Ga., will be doubled at once. Tae number of spindles will be increased to 60,000 and will necessitate an expenditure of $600000. The original cost of the plant. says the reporter, was $600,- 000 which with these improvements, will now be worth considerably more than a million.
 It is reported at Atlanta, Ga, that the Whittier Cotton mills, at Oakdale, near there, now operating 10000 spindles, will double their capacity now. When estab- fishing the plant they had in view an ex- tension of it, and it is understood that they will now do so. Miss Helen A. Whit tier is president; Nelson Whittier, treas urer, both residing at Lowell, Mass, where the original Whittier mills are located. w. R. B. Whittier Is resident agent.
 The constantly increasing dema nd in South Africa for manufactured goods from the United States has induced the United States Export association, of New York, to send to that country two special agents. A reduction of from 10 to 20 per cent in wages went into effect at the Center vile Manufacturing company's mill, at Manville, R I. The, mill makes plush goods, and the reduction is due to dull ness