The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-05
WITH THEA & M. COLLEGE
81 RSTITTTE BILL COMBINING
FEATURES OF THE THREE
BILLS.
Mr.. ToMpKlNs CHAIRMAN OF DIRECTORS
The Committee Unanimously Reported the Bill
FavorabIy. $4,000 for Buildings,
Mill Men will Give Machine.
ry for tho School.


North Carolina is keeping abreast
with the times. Ii is now evident that
a textile school will be established In
connection with the A. and NJ. College
near this city. a textile school is
just and proper recognition to the srea:
cotton milling interest of the State, and
il is at this time an absolute necessity.
North Carolina has made great strides
in the cotton mill industry for The past
several years and the industry is rapid
ly ON the increase. The State is max
ing as much progress along this line as
any State in the South ana it is but fit
ting that textile school should be es-
tablished to meet the demands of the
milling interest.
There are over S2Q000.000 invested in
cotton mills in tins State and it is not
saying too much to predict that in seven
years more NOT less than $30.000000
will be invested in this industry. These
mills give employment to about 10000
Operatives and the wages paid out go up
into the millions in the course of 4
year.
Three other Southern States
Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama
have already established these textile
schools and in connection with the
schools in the Northern States illustrate
their practical benefit.
1t is necessary that the cotton mills
have trained superintendent. forcmen
and operatives. At present many of tho
cotton mills OF this State have surcr1n-
tcndents and foremcn from Northern
States. These mills are forced II get
these men from other States from the
fact that this State offers no facilities
for education along this line. With this
school the young men Of the Sta1c can
become trained superintendent, fore
men and operatives. They will I'M
crease the efficiency of the service. slim
ulatc the industry and increase lis de-
velopment. The establishment OF the
school will he wise and important Sep
to the industrial and general interest Of
the State.
The South is already cunning tho
Northern mills out of the field on inc
coarser fabrics and it will now take up
the manufacture Of the finer fabrics and
this makes it absolutely necessary hat
the State have Il school 10 turn out
skilled operatives.
The textile school movement was
started in this State abont two years ago
by the alumni Of the 4. and N. College,
This reused the mill men and the
friends of industrial, education OF the
State and the movement received great
encouragement from them. The estab-
lishment of the hool was ta&cl ZIP hy
Mr. ID. A. Tompkins. who IS largely IN
tercsted in milling. and other members
OF the Vantage club and warm.y es-
pouscd
There were three bills Introduced ID
the legislature for the establishment Of
textile school One by Mr.. AlevaH.
der, of Rutherford, another by Mr..
GARRISON, of Meckenburg and still an
other by Mr.. Boushall, of Wake.
These three were all before the edu-
cational committee of the House yester-
day and as result Il substitute bill
was adopted. The name Vance textile
school was taken from Mr.. AleXander's
bill, the board of directors from MIR.
Clarkson'S bill and the location at TIL
A. and NJ. College from Mr.. BoushalPs
BILL
The matter was taken up at the re-
quest OF Mr.. Clarkson. Hc stated that
after he had had a favorable report on
his bill he had considered the matter
and thought he had come to the concur
sion that the hest interests Of the State
and school would be secured by making
it a department of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College He had consult
cd with Prof. ID. IL. Hill and other
members of the faculty Of the y. and NJ.
College and they had stated that they
could. without increasing the present
appropriation have funds necessary to
run the Textile school. He therefore
offered substitute to his former bill
which provides for directory of ff-
teen mill men with ID. \. Tompkl2s,
chairman and the appropriation to be
$4,000 to buid the buildings neces.
sary. The committee unanimously re-
ported the substitute fayorabiy.
The committee has made no mistake
in unanimously deciding TO establish the
school in connection with the A. and NJ.
College and it will greatly increase the
efficiency of the college along all fines.
While Charlotte, Raleigh. Durham,
Concord and Rocky Mount have take,5
the lead in this matter. yet other towns
in thcl State are equally interested rs
they are looking forward to manufac-
turing interests to build them up.