The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-08

larges its trade with Other countries
In almost every industry the HON,
markets are Oversupplied. Ii we ar,
TO lind employment for the workin,
classes OF this country there must bt
an increase in tbis direction.
" To secure this extension OF trade
/ is one OF the chief objects OF the Ma
tlonal Association of Manufacturers
1t has a membership of nine hundred
including the representative manu-
iacturers of the country. The belief
Is that we cannot increase our export
| trade without the aid OF the National
Government. England'S strength in
this respect is due to the subsidies
/ granted to steamship lines and the
active measures OF the Government to
promote trade with other countries.
LOOK at our immense imports from
Brazil, whose coffee and other products
we use In large quantities, yet Eng.
land sends to Braz 80 per cent of its
supplies. Let the National Govern
ment subsidize steamship lines to the
south American Republics and the
bulk OF the trade will cone toy7
Equally important, however, Is it
TO remove the consular service from
politics. Send abroad trained bust
ness men, who can grasp the oppor-
tunities for developing trade and un-
derstand the pecuiarlties of the mar
kets of other countries. This ability
Is seldom found in II politician, who
gets foreign berth as reward for
political services. The lack of this
knowledge and the absence of direct
lines OF steamers are the o stacles to
the development of our foreign trade.
The National Association Of Manu-
facturers is pushing the movement for
department Of the National Govern
ment devoted to the commercial Inter
ests OF the country, with it's head q
member OF the Cabinet. This would
bring into close relations with the Gov
ernment the vast interests which the
commerce and manufacturers of the
country represent.
The South controls the markets on
coarse cotton goods. This is recognized
In the establish hment of mills for the
manufacture OF such products lC the
South by Nsw England men. Southern
capital and Southern men, however,
brought at out this development, and
the chief growth in the industries Of
the South Is due to these causes. There
Is an evolution in progress in the op.
eratlves OF the Southern mills. New
England operatives for generations
have been accustomed 10 work in the
ni'o ehu GuS pTouuCl IN Ol noe COJIOn
goods Is instructive with them. Tue
climate of the South is qually as favor
able as that New England for the
production OF fine goods, but the opera
lives have not as yet reached that
expert stage where thev can produce
the results obtained in Naw England
1t Is coming. however, aud new mills
built in the South Of recent years are
for finer goods.
Cotton mills in the South have been,
Instrumental In reducing litter acy and
enabling people to live better aud more
comfortably. The operatives Origi-
naliy came from the farms, and cash
payments for work was move ty.
schools are maintained for their chill
dren, and our company supports
school with an attendance of seven
hundred children. We also maintain
a library with 3 500 volumes. In the
ev ming the men can go to the library
and in u room set apart tor them read
aud smoke. For the women we reserve
another room, supple d with literature
that Is entertaining and be pful. 1t is
such communities ns these in he cotton
mill sections that are working the evo-
luton toward a better educated class
OF people, and with it the production of
finer goods"