The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-21

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operated to bring Students from every
Southern State. and atreadysthe Legista-
tnre has been asked to- make extensive
| add tons to ths machinery OF ithe school.
ties faculty proinssGngg to meet any sum
| which may be appropriated by like doIla-
tons. from the outside. ,ei taet In nloneySor
supplies.
The textile school was established with
the idea ffIat Southern mills should not
have to o1epend on experts from New Eng
land FOR their opera ton Some Years ago
the plan of erecting and operating small
local mills by popular subscription was set
onfpot, and now factories of varying ca
pacities flourish in nearly every important
town in the State. But many investors are
restrained from increasing their holdings
or participating in new organizations by
the fact that the mill erected by haDle cap
ital docs not offer a full field for the en-
pioyment of the young men at home. 1t is
to meet this need tllnI the textile depart
Inent was founded and already it is begin
ming to make its influence felt.
Within four years at the outside it is
expected that every miei IN Georgia sup
ported by domestic capital will be superin-
tended and operated in all its minor
branches by young men whose fathers
money is bel,ind the mill and who may
have been giuan stock in the enterprise
to increase their zeal and Industry. Inc
mana cement OF textile machinery of every
description is taught at the new depart
ment and the graduate IS fully Guaiheu
to take charge of the manufacture OF any
class of cotton goods even to tha inner
fabrics. If he has gone through the other
departments of the chronological SCHOOL he
will have thorough knowledge of the
machinery, from the engine room to the
smallest spindle. Much enthusiasm. mas
already been created by the successNul
operation OF the textile department and it
is believed that the number Of applicants
next year will be almost doubled
There is no better evidence than this of
the Industrial progress that the South has
been milking and is making, and no surer
promise for the future. We have the raw
materials, we have the climate, we have
in a large measure the capital, and what
we have not we cin easily supply from
other quarters. We have every facility
for manufacturing and many advantages
over other sections, except in the matter
of skilled labor. We have plenty Of lNbor
of a certain class, but when we go to
start up a factory we must usually send
to the North for trained mechanics to
supervise, and so our Southern men fail
10 get the best wages which nre thus paid
to outsiders.
But this is not the worst of 1t. Manu-
featuring industries are most easily start
ed up where all the conditions are favor
able, where all the necessary supplies are
present. That section, for exnrnple. which
has to send away for its raw material is
at a disadvantage, and this is equally true
of That section which has to send away
for its skilled labor, for Skilled labor is as
necessary in the conduct of manufacture
ing establishment as raw material. The
great need of the South to-day Is more
skilled labor. But wherever there is de-
nlard the supply VIII in time be forthcom-
ing. There is a demand in the South, a
pressing demand and a growing demand
for educated worlSmen, for worknen who
understand their business, and the South
is by slow degrees perhaps, but surely,
making the supply.