The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-01-16

Continued Rapid Development of New
Industries.

Industries.
The record of industrial progress for
the year that has just closed is one Of
most extensive characters as TO pros
perity and progress.
The south especially has made re-
markable strides in the development Of
it's natural resources for all lines OF IN
dustry, and in these columns the Jour-
nal of Commerce and Commercial Bull
1etin" has called attention each month
during 1893 TO the unprecedented
growth OF cotton manufacturing in the
cotton growing states, which has led
all other lines
The idea that 1.-The wealth of cotton
growing countries lies in their shipping
manufactured cotton at eighteen to
fifty cents per pound instead Cf raw
cotton at five to seven cents per pound
has found permanent Judgment in the
minds of southern business men, man
ufacturers, and investors, and the re-,
suit has been the -nnOunceme OF mil
lions of new Spindles TO be added TO the
solIth's quota No only southern but
also eastern and northern capitalists
nave recognized the vast possibilities
for cotton manufacturing south and
have attested their faith in those pos
sibilfties by supplying millions Of dol
airs for the erection OF new plants.
The production of the finer grades Of
goods is. now attracting the
of mill builders and doubtless the new
year VIII bring announcements of some
important departments in this line.
The talk of the removal of New Eng
land manufactures as u cotton man
ufacture to the south is a far cry and
no one living today viii see such an
indlltrial revolution. The natural in
crease in demand for cotton goods will
go on from year TO year and the pro-
gresS of civilization wifi properly BAH
ance the conditions that arise from time
to time and supply both mill sections.
As to southern cotton m-anufactur-
ing there are several old objections that
have been relegated TO the a OF
oblivion. They are the charges that
competent labor could not be obtained,
that There were no water powers avail
able, and that the very climate militat-
ed against the production Of anything
other than the coarsest kinds of mark
etable goods 1t has been amply prov
en- that these objections do not exist,
and if a possible exception may be not
ed, that of climate, American ingenu-
ity has overcome that and supplied
apparatus for administering urpoS
that is widely used, not only in the
south, but also in New England. As
to waiter powers, there are many now
i'm use and more being developed, the
newer ones to transmit electricity.
New England machinery builders
have proffted largely by the new mill
business of the south, and their shops
have been running overtime in many
instances in order ITO keep up with their
contracts for 'NaS early as possible de-
livery of equipments for new and en-
largfng plants.
The southern mills have been annu-
ally increasing largely their consump-
FT1- ~ IL U-EnrTa nr1 ~ 1000 tnnIx ~
than eleven per cent of the southern
growth, while the record for 1899 viii
exceed this to a good extent. In bales
they used 1,231,S4 in 1898 and 1899. 393
ESTIMATED as to- November and De-
cember) in 1899, an increase of more
than 100, 900 bales. For contrast it may
be noted thai the northern mills used
2,211, 740 bales in 1898 and 2,190, 095 les
Iimated as to November and December)
in 1899. This exhibi is of interest.
This increase of consumption Of cotton
by local mills has been especially not
ed in certain localities n last month
is Was stated in these columns that
Rome, Ga, mad shipped no cotton this
year. whereas it had previously beeh
a good shipping point; this was true,
but since then about $1,000 bales have
passed through that market on their
way to outside points.
The county of S~partanburg, in South
SdTOlIld, CldlIlEJ W Dc ~ IOdNLIHS SCu-
ton mill county in the south. and the
books of the auditor show thai there
are tw-enty-three mills within its con-
fines employing $4,000 hands) and as
sessed at 1892, 995, which is at least
$3.50, 900 below what the mills would
sell for If they were put on the market.
Reverting to h immediate object of
our monthly articles ON this industry
VIE see that for December the new SPIN
dies announced Cloth new and enlarg-
ing millS) amount to 157, 700 and the
looms about 1000 besides which there
are seven other companies particularly
assured with capital of more than So
SOC, 600. Estimating ON a most conServ-
ative basis these equipments viii re-
quire the expenditure of about So, 000.0 600
(not considering h seven companies
mentRoned). The knitting industry re-
ceived some little attention. the new
mills nmbering three, one having capt.
tan Of $50, 600, whites n others do not
state wha their investment Will be.
Our reports show that a mill at
Huntsville, Ala, will expend close to
800, 900 on a duplication of its plant,
which will assist vastly in pushing
Huntsville to the front rank OF mill
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