The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-01-02
ru,nz RANGR or NoRTa CARO-:
WIZ EINA's RR& OURCES

Nv Governor Dautel %' RuSSsh'
facrurers' Record
T. ,o,r,r ,rIat domain and natural re
aourc4 North Oarolina 10 caPaOle OF
a~npporriag q population many times al
largo "a the TWO milliOnP now Wltnln
Its horderp. lie is six times the slAe OF
Masaachnsetts. les extreme length
wonId reach from its northern Dorder
TO Canada
North Ga -oIina embraces q Great
variety of soits, and nearly ali Iarm
of the temperate z Dne are sue
oeastully grown within It's borders. lie
ia Immensely rich in minerals, possess
InV a greater variety Of these thai Is
n DOE sessed by any ether
in the Union. The western dlVlslon OF
she State, familiarlY~ known as the
"Lsnd of the SKy," abounds in sucn
as coarecterlE' the Appela
chian cnain OF mountains. In Nortn
Carolina 10 the highest land east OF
Pixies Peak. This mountain range III
annually the resting place and play
Ground n, thousands upon thousands
- tirad from the dlf5rentsec-
sions of the country. Toe watering
Mac q of this section are supplied with
oIaqant hotels, and these in turn are
FIRMS led With all the appliances OF
modern COW nienca and elegance.
That portion of this great noun Al
range which is within North Carolina
ia perhaps the most picturesque sc we'll
"a the most exalted Of the entire chain.
The undeveloped water power of the
State "a enormous It ia estimated that
il would oe sufficient to manufacture
seven times as many bales OF cotton as
the entire couutry produces. Late w.
@. K .rr, State geolo 4ist, est'msted the
water power TO equal 3 500 600 horse
DO yer. A Iargeamount Of EnIs Inn ense
force has not been utIliE9d. But lt
soon Will De, bec ause the time mas
come when the skilled operatives in
cotton manufactures OF Old England
and New E gland must come TO The
source of the supply OF the raw matt
rial, thereby obtaioing also the benta
of better climate, cheaper fuel ana
cheaper food
The States greatest need is intelli-
gent, educated and skilled labor. The
want of this, and this only, prevents It
from surpassing New EoglaDd 10 popU.
lati N, wealth and productive power
= 49, A~-~-1- 40
ing with wonderful rapidity. In 1870
the State had thirty three cotton IL HIS,
with 40. 900 epindles, ell Of them, per
haps, rua by water power. and most
OF them so primitive in machinery, de-
fective in Construction aud de6cle. { in
production as Co invite he derl5IOn of
the Ns~ z gland manufacturers who
only smiled in contempt at the suRges
ton that from this quarter there C Iuld
ever come a competition menacing TO
their supremacy. The spind'es have
increased from 40. 600 to 1900 900
Counts the new mills nov IN course
Of C ~n4rrucsion, there are more than
1,2OG 600 spiadles in the State.
The States cotton crop this year ia
estimated at about $50. 900 bales OF
this cotton toe mills In the State will
wlrk 40 alb ut 400 900 bales. This raw
cotton Ia probably four times as much
as the S54'e made in 1870. But the
price then was fifteen cents q pound.
R2can.ly i5 WIS five cents. But hap
PLY It ls five cen 8 only for the $50, 900
bales noE manufactured in the State.
Ine 400. 900 GALES turned into cloth ia
WorEn more Than fifteen cents q pound.
Thus We have it: Fifteen-cenG cotton
In 1870 gave North Carolina 50 22O 600;
i've cent cotton in 1899 yields In raw
cotton $50 600 ORles) 50 900 600, and in
manufactured cotton (-evenCeen cents
a pounC) $32 900 coo Fifteen. cent
cotton yielded t8 900 900; Eve cent C ot-
ton gives us f35 900 900. O. course, it
VIII De rem ArRed that tcese figures
look we'll as comparisons in the aRRre-
gate; 0ui they mean, not prosperity.
out poverty for the producer of the
hVe cant cotton. L. may be cad that.
69 comp re1 with tn cr0p of 1870. the
co'Soo planters expend 400 per cent.
more IN labor and land and material IN
.Fne present or 'P, and get only 40 per
cent. more money. This ia an aDoarent
but not an actual fact. The farmer
makes this DEton with proportionatelv
less labor and less land than he did in
1870. TQecot5oa seed are m ore vaiuable
II he Is close co tne oil mill, and these
are increasing rapidly in the State, he
has for this product a ready cash sale
or al ~exsdanRe into meal and hula