The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-01-25
A GREAT SCHOOL.
President karizag writes Of Clemson q
New Bran,h
fn'"mbu Shttr.

tile school "i the South" was p,cr1,,d
recently l,y President !lar,l,,. ;,,, ;h,
American t;inlnr:
On September II. ISIS. The lirsl t,.>-
lie sciI"'l in the ,ultl, opened its
doors I" students III clemson Ayiirnl
tural College. South Catalina.
y brick huildin. ,jxlnn feet. and
tw" .t"ricS high. designed lil,. Il model
cotton tict"r>. has hrcn erected fur
theoretical nn,l practical instruction il,
the textile arts. Ecirinns mill mann.
ia' tlirtrS have contributed Slu.WO
worth at machinery for equipment. \
director has been elected. and tl,.
students have entered upon their
work
Logically. South Carnlin;l is the.
proper State {" so forward us the pin-
nrcr "i textile education in the south.
he little Palmetto State has one
third "f all the looms and spimdlrs of
the south. Her people have, unlimited
confidence i'll cotton mills as Dividend
making institutions. This confidence
IS based upon the experience of the
past. Though, leading all other south
crn States in textile manufactures the
cation mill industry is but in it's in
fancy in South Carolina. With 900,
Oi'o horse power running into waste in
the streams that flow from the buc
Ridge nnlintnims tn the Atlantic ocean,
with :, conservative. Intelligent labor
ing elements; with the raw product at
the doors of the mills: with !. pnr,tlu-
t"n hat has nn instructive genius for
manufacturing. there is no reason WHY
the textile industries should not quad
rt'plr III South Carolina during he
HrNt quarter ui Il century.
Impressed with The present import
ancc and the future possibilities uf
cotton manufacturing. the antIoiiii.
ct The largest state institution in Som
Cai"Ilia have, added Il textile depart
n'rnt I" train Young men in the nin,i,r-
f..cluit. at cotton goods.
We may pause to ask and answer
this question: is il right to use mon, Y
derived from general taxation for the
upbi,ll'iny of Il special Industry Have
not men in other pursuits ns much
right t" demand of Il State II school for
special training ais the cotton mill men?
The government is established for The.
gititcSt Eo"l of the greatest number.
During the last seven years cotton
mills in the south have doubled in
number. There are now 48 mills, rep
resttting Il capital Of $l2O, ,OOO. 600. Fac
tory populations are inflamnblc. Edu-
cation brings conservatism. An cx-
pressed Willingness iii the part of the
State to dignity labor, to provide
means to educate and elevate :mbil
tl"s youths for Il special line of work,
will u" much towards stcm,uirIv fin.
snri'listir tide ami towards preventing
l'b"r strikes. When the State pro.
v'lrS textile sch""lS The factory opera
tiv''S feel that the sympathetic arm, of
he government is thrown around
them.
In" south has lad few, it any, srii-
oi,S labor troubles in the cotton mills.
| he reason is obvious. Our opera
'iNts' az Il class. art. respectable. sober
natives from the farms in the vicinity
"t the mills. Most of them have been
accustomed +" managing labor of their
own nn il small scale. The S,prrintcn
dent Is usually Il native. who under
star'is the peculiar sentiments and
pr'ju,licrs "f the operatives. Abnut
the S;iinc relationship between th,.
superintendent and the operatives as
that found in the country store between
the merchant and his clerk. Common
interests and common feeling prevent
frictmn. We cannot hope, however,
That this happy condition nf mutual
r"itentnlent will continue for coming
years. A factory population will grow
up, alienntetl frrm the farms. having
II" deep rooted sympathy with other
v"cati"ms-;t population that will bo
from the fact"ry. in the factory, and
for the fart"ry. This population will
form IL very influential percentage of
The census "f the south III 1923 a. ID. |
The State. therefore. that takes hold
"f this social aud Industrial ,.l.,blcm IN
time may reasonably hone to find some
solution for tho vex;,tiuls questions
that will arise.
1t should be borne in mind. too. that
The textile schnnl is not established for
tfie mill men alone. y bale uf cotton
weighing 500 pounds will bring the
farmer $50 t" bc distributed between
the rent of the land, labor. fertilizer,
Gust at implements. etc. Now let !; !
cotton mill bc established in the virin- |
liy "f that farm. The mill lmys the |,
>H'nc $40 for the bale of cotton and |
manufactures il int" sInrtimgs II yard J
wide. The slnctimg will sell to the |
j"hh"rs for $3.50. The difference. of !
2>.SO iS paid out in tin. community for !
labor. suprli..s. dividends. taxes. in
1'nancc. etc. ls it not the part of wise
to encourage. by build !
ing textile. schools. if necessary, an in
'lIlHtry that will bring tu the sO,,i n. A:,S
far every bale of cotton. instead of $40,
I" s;ly "ihiny of new nlarkrts created
for truck Turning. of the increased
value of real estate. Of opportunities