The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-16
THE SoUTH'S POSSIBILITIES.
DISCUSSED AT SOUTHERN INDUS
TRIAL CONVENTION.


Chattn nOOga--AttentiOn Called to
the Fact That the south Has the
Materials and the Market - The
Great Need Therefore Is for Manu-
factories - A Textile University
Wanted.
Chattanooga, Tenn, May 15.-The sec
ond session OF the Southern Industrial
Convention met at 10 o'clock to-day in
the Auditorium, with an encouraging num-
Der of delegates present. In the absence
of President MacCorkle, Vice President
kiliebrew of Tennessee, presided. The
proceedings were opened by prayer.
A. S. Glover, president of the chatta-
nooga Chamber of Commerce. and Mayor
WassTnan, welcomed the delegates and
their addresses were responded to on be
half of the convention, by Vice President
Coffin of Florida, and Edward Brobston,
vice president for Georgia.
Vice President Killebrew followed, tell
ing OF the wonderful industrial growth of
Chattanooga, saying in part:
You are surrounded here practically ny
coal, iron and timber, with cotton fields
within sight of your border. and what is
to prevent your going on and making
yourselves a Manchester or a double Bil-
mingham for that matter, if you use che
material that is around you? Think how
much better you are situated than any
portion of England. England ransackS
the world for material and for a market.
You have the raw material and the mar
kets at your door, and what is to prevent
Chattanooga from being one of the great
oct fF11f ~ ii - A1aDt
The various commi tees Appointed are:
Educational Interests-V. w. Grubbs
Texas, chairman.
Railroad and immigration. - Edward
Brcbston, Georgia, chairman.
Industrial Interests-John P. Coffin,
Florida, chairman.
Commerce-W. p. Wilson, Philadelphia
observation-disclosures Hill, Arkansas
chairman
The secretary read letter from Col A.
K. Mcclure Of Philadelphia, which was re-
ceived with great applause.
The delegates from the Business Mems
Club of Cincinnati, and the delegates from
New Orleans, want the next session.
Possibilities an Cotton.
The afternoon session was mainly de-
voted to a discussion of the needs of a tex
tile university. The subject was opened
who presented the matter In a most mas
terly manner. The following are extracts
from his speech:
''The South grows so per cent. of the
worlds cotton, has 65 per cent. of the
American timber, and So per cent. of the
rational coal area and 425 per cent.
greater coal area than England, France,
and Germany, and a large share of iron
and wool, which makes conspicuous the
fact that in cotton production we occupy
responsibility 60 the human race
throughout the world as its supplier of
clothing. This one supply can increase to
much larger proporti ms, while in all 9TH
er raw material. coal, iron and timber
the supply must decrease.
Then what is our plain duty? 1t is I'M
questionatly to raise all the cotton the
world needs and manufacture 1t into every
grade and finish as the true source of
national and domestic wealth, and in COM
petition with Germany, France and Eng
land and ship 1t in our own merchant
marine to all parts of the world, prac-
dcally without competition.
1T is estimated that the capitalization
of the cotton manufacturing industry is
$500, 100000. OF this amount, our own
country in 1890, had about $4,000 900,
while the South is estimated to have had
in 1898, Sl20,000,000 This is the capitalism
ton while the real value would possibly
exceed 50 eco, 900 900.
THE value of manufactured pound of
cotton ranges to-day from 16c to 500.
which l will discuss more in detail later,
while the average l am sure was in 1899,
| 30c per pound, or $3.50 per bale
Unfortunately there are not many tex
tile schools In the United States This
work should have an inception in the
lower grades of school work, and rise TO
a finished state in the archaeological col
leges. Out of the ninety industrial schools
reported in the National Educa tional Re
port for 1895 and 1897, there are only two
mentioned as giving textile education.
Value of Mnnufactories.
MIR. William Entwhistle of Rocking
ham, stated year since, in a speech made
before the North Carolina Legislative
Committee on Educat ton that the average
value of the manufactured products from
North Carolina cotton mills, was already
in his estimation, 20 cents per pound or
upwards. On this basis of present accom-
plishment, If the whole crop could be
worked, the value would be about $4,000 =
CO., as against $4,000, 900 sold in raw
state. The highest limit figured on in
the above estimates are by no means the
highest possible figures. Mr. John GILL;
gan superintendent of the ReldsviNe Cot
ton Mill, told me that he had woven cot
ton veiveteens in Providence, r. l.. thar
yielded more than 50 per pound. Also.
tndt most OF THIS KIM or stuff used in
this country, even yet came from Eu-
rope the foreigners taking our cotton at
6 cents, and selling 1t back to us al 50 and
81 per pound. Why not spend a little
money to found an institution. the purpose
of which shall be to find out how this
thing IS done, and then teach 1t to home
people? We have splendid establishments
to promote the more economical production
of cotton. Might we not make a begin
ming towards finding out how to make s.
cent cotton worth 81 per pound, before it
leave the borders of the state?
THE editor Of trade journal, com
menting on these addresses, said: We
must rear the technical school besides the
factory, mill and furnace, or we viii rel
atively fall back In the race, and later
our retrocession will be positive The
object should not he'to let pound of ma
terial be sold beyond our borders that
can be mode more valuable by those who
buy IL? Sell no pig iron. no raw cotton
no rough lumber to the North or Europe.
should be the motto OF every Southernar
who is anxious TO develop his country's
capacity 70 the utmost"
MIR. HarSrove introduced resolution
asking the support of the convention for
an appropriation by the general govern