Natchitoches populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1898-1899, 1898-11-18
MOI q Specific.

~, tLC pOllCy OF
e establishing cotton factories in the
cotton-producing region, and es.
pecialIy in Dallas, the center and
metropolis of the greatest cotton
7 producing section in the world.
: This is right as far as it goes. In
all enterprises there must be a De-
Rod of discussion preceding &C,
ton This subject has been pretty
thoroughly discussed, and now we
are anxIously awaiting for the ca
pable and enterprising gentlemen
OF the Dallas Commercial Club TO
put IN practice the principles thew
have so ably preached. Thew have
proved that cotton mills at Dallas
can be proftably operated. Are
they SO far actuated by self-denial
as to forego these profits them.
selves, and ask others to come in
and reap abundant harvest from
the seed sown by the Commercial
Club. '''''
There is cotton mill in Dallas
now, and somebody is proftine by
It, Its early and long-draWn
steam whistle disturbs the Stun
| 6ers OF the tired people for more
than a mile in every direction. I'll
those who live within half a mile
OF the mill, will, when aroused bv
this 5 o'clock whistle, peer out into
the darkness that precedes the
dawn, they will see few men
some women and larger number
OF children hurrying towards the
cotton factory, perhaps through I
mud ankle deep, in rain or sleet.
occasionally CHANGING toward the
east for the first glimpse of tho
early dawn, and quickening their t
pace if the observation indicates a
that they are, NOTWITHSTANDING 3
the tn hour likely to be tardy af '
their work. Then long after dark a
when ordinary laborers are at p
nome enjoying an after-supper @
rest, the same long-drawn whistle n
IAN De heard again. Then. after f.
suitable lapse of time, the same -
procession may be seen moyino
Yearly homeward for a hurried at
upper, a ftful sleep and a hastv OF
islng long before the mornino ~
avn The writer lives a mile y. "
rom the cotton mill, and some To
INES when arising from slumber es
roken by tho 5 o'clock whistle be
ses a procession of little girls ba
taking their way to the mill. and -
ing after dark the same weary az
recession may be seen RETURNING liv
their homes. The conditions fol
AXE 1t necessary, whenever DOS. ter
bic, that the factory laborers live
Ear the mill, otherwise these 90
|! ana comers would be every
here seen. These children ought
be at school, or at play. The J
ry life is being worked ont of cal
en- ., The law ought to step in err
d stop it. r
Something besides cotton facto.
IS is required to make the peo- b h', !
prosperous, if the masses are Guy Guy
be considered at all in the mat SOU
: we want q financial system. '0'
a a. political system flor every C
'stlon affecting the public has to /
'ome politicaD under which those mar,
ploying labor may pay a fair =
CO for a fair days work. This z
not be done when the products seed
labor are depreciating, and says
hing but money appreciating. aou'
crested ,. e. parties tell us it makes M
to the producer, if weel
ducts are low in price if what stitch
'llys IS also low. Let us see VIVA
ut that. In productive indus. Tho,
>, profit or loss is the difference cont ut,
alue between sales and pur- coats
'es and profit is the excess in in 81
le OF sales over purchases. A foot,
, and , .oaIs ~ prices OF both wral