The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-03-23
ARDHOlt MAQDfNl5 LAST hdHT
COTTON INDUSTRY IN THE SOUTH
PROVED A BROAD SUBJECT.
Mr.. Harerove Addresses Ardmore's Rusb
ness Men at the Opera House and
Tells Them Facts and Quotes Fla
ures Which are Surprising.

According to previous announce
ment, Mr.. Ri. H. Hargrove, the
New Orleans cotton mill expert,
delivered an address to the citizens
of Ardmore at the opera house last
night under the auspices of the
Ardmore Commercial Club.
The audience was large and
representative one and very ap-
preciative. To those who were
uninformed the lecture was revel-
alton. The speaker was introduced
by DIR. A. j. Wolverton, president
of the Commercial Club, and from
the very beginning he caught the
attention of his audience which he
held undivided to the close.
As he delved deeper into his sub
ject and began to unfold and
ramify all of the correlated inter-
ests which surround the cotton and
cotton mill industry his thorough
knowledge of the subject became
more and more apparent. He
dealt with facts and figures, but
handled them in such way that
they were intensely interesting to
his hearers, all of whom went there
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He showed the comparative pro-
duction of cotton since 1870, also
the increase in mills, and while the
former had more than quintupled
the latter had only increased one
half. He called attention to the
constantly decreasing price of cot
ton during those years and con
trasted it with the constantly in
creasing profit on fabrics. He
showed how AZ cent cotton was
made to yield 800, 900 per bale
when woven into cotton lace and
other advances in values equally
startling.
Addressing himself to local con-
ditions he said that a cotton mill
in Ardmore would enhance the
value of property more than al
most any other enterprise that
could be established and that it
would result within FIVE or ten
years i'll doubling our population.
: He thought it would take year or
more to get one in Operation here,
but that in this length of time the
capital stock could be fully paid
and the mill start on a sound
basis from the first. 1t was his
: opinion that Ardmore should have
at least a $65, 900 mill. In closing
l Mr.. Hargrove proposed that any
of those present that wished infor-
nation on any subject german to
the question under consideration
| and which he had failed to touch
{ upon should ask him questions,
, and for a time an interesting col
loquy was carried on between the
speaker and individuals in the
audience.
The lecture created a good i'm
preston and the ARDMoREITE
hopes that the seeds sOwn will
bring forth abundantly in the
near future. We are heartily in
favor of a cotton mill and every
other industry which promises to
aid in the up-building and devel-
> opment of Ardmore and her tribu-
tary territory. Several months
ago the ARDMOREITE sent to New
Orleans and secured several of
} Mr.. Hargrove's books on the cot
: ton mill industry and distributed
/ them gratis among our merchants
and business men in the hope that
| they would become interested in
this class of investment. Last
nights lecture and the representa-
tive audience which greeted the
speaker are a justification of the
course pursued. Let the good
work 60 forward now and Ard
more will be beyond all question
the industrial and commercial GEN.
ter of sthe Territory. We have
made an advance; let us not turn
back.
Red Gross Ball Blue is the Best
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