Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-09-21
BUILD MORE COTTON MILLS.
TALK ABOUT THE NEW COTTON MILL FOR
HUSTLiNG WESTMINSTER.
THE GREED OF ENGLAND SHOULD
Be Cut Short-The Plan Briefly Outlined in
a Clear and Concise Manner

EDITORS COURIER: Thinking that
the columns of your paper are, at all
times, open for the discussion Of any
thing that tends to better the condi-
tion of the people of Oconce county
and the South, | will ask you to al
low me space to give ,hc public a
few thoughts az to what we need.
First. All will agree there should
be less cotton or better price for it.
So to get a better price directly we
are compelled to plant less and to
set better price indirectly we are
compelled to manufacture it. OF
the two propositions I will say, mas
much rs it looks like we will not
plant and produce less cotton, the
best thing for us to do is for the far
mers, the merchants, bankers, law
yers and manufacturers to get to-
geth"r and go to building more cot
ton mills. Let every farmer that
can spare from fifty dollars to ten
thousand dollars put it into a cotton
factory. The merchants, bankers
and all others should do likewise,
and thus build in our cotton fields
such immense manufacturing cstab-
lishments as to almost consume our
entire cotton crop, instead of con-
sumihg only 100000 bales, as Mr..
Hester puts it in his last annual re-
port, while the North and East
manufacture about 2,250,000 max
ing a total in round numbers of only
3,649,000 bales manufactured il, the
United States of the 1,27LS40 that
were made last year. We export
1925, $40 bales at about 6 cents per
pound, and buy it back in manufac-
tured goods all the way from ten
cents to one dollar per pound. For
example, we will take embroidery,
laces and many other things, and we
pay as high as IS cents per yard and
perhaps it would take 6 or 7 yards
to weigh pound. SO you sec what
those foreigners are making out Of
us. 1t is true there is some import
ant duty to be considered, but, after
all, they arc making a handsome
profit. 1t is no wonder England is
the financial mistress Of the world
and her ships carrying the goods
made from cotton produced right
here in South Carolina to every
quarter of the globe.
Now, are the people OF the United
States, and especially of the South,
to continue to allow England to
amass her colossal fortunes and con-
troll the commerce Of the world ut
our OK &pcnse?
We have every advantage in the
way Of raw matcrial-coal, iron and
brcadstuffs. Let us get together,
from Maine to California, from the
Great Lakes to Florida, and see if We
can't do better than export I 1,0O0,O0O
bales Of our cotton. We should
ship 100000 bales of cloth more
than we have ever done. Until we
do this England will continue to con
troll the commerce of the world, and
grow richer at our expense.
Now, there will soon be opened
books for subscription to the capital
stock Of new cotton mill ut West
minister. In that event | would
advise every farmer, merchant, doc
tor, lawyer and banker to take at
least one share, and thus assist in
'ha 9"!'sir.:ojiun OF that great and
useful enterprise which will be to
the interest of every one in Oconcc,
and, besides, a good paying invest
ment to the stockholders. II will
have behind it men Of business, OK
pcricnco and integrity. Such enter
priscs not only give the farmer a
better price fol his cotton, but a
market for everything he can pro-
ducc on the farm, even a market for
his pine knots, for I have seen farm
crs carrying them to our mill towns
and getting a fair price for them.
With all these facts before us, and,
having at heart the welfare of all
our people, as well as the promoters
Of cotton mills and III other enter
priscs that tend to advance the pub
lic interest, | hope the proposed cot
ton mil! at Westminster will be built
and meet with success. ANoN.
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