The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-03-08

great good could be secured to the South.
/ find that fuel Is cheap enough 10 be
entirely encouraging 10 che successful
operation of all lines of manufacturing
plants. and with Texas liguite you have
unexoelled opportunities.
! estimate that It would require about
1000 cotton factories OF 5000 bales capac-
ity each to manufacture the cotton or
Texas-such plants would be of about
$4,000 capital and 5000 spindles and 100
looms each to spin and weave the present
average crop. This would theref.. rep
resent SlO0,000,000 capital, 5,Sl0, 900
spndles aud 10000 looms and all TO start
on coarsest gray goods, such as shirtlngs,
sheetings drills and ducks. If, therefore,
Texas was to buy the entire capacity OF
the cotton mill machinery builders OF the
United States, II would require about
three years to equip such plants.
Many will inquire, can the work be
oyerdone? The answer is plain that il
your people manufacture all their cot
ton the other fellow across the briny dsep
will not have any cotton to manufacture,
and hence, you will sell to the other
fellows customers because he can not
sell them what he has not. There a
many other places seeking at your hands
a continuation of this business campaign
for the development of your State. Should
you desire 1t after the first of April | will
aid you In another tour. ! understand
that Henderson, Corslcana, Bolton, Mount
Vernon and Pilot Point will be able 10
erect their factories without any out
side help, which is a splendid testimony
to their local spirit and sefreliance
The following places are In the pre-
llminary throes OF the effort Longvlew,
Tyler, Texarkana, Paris, Bonham, Green
vile, Mckinney. Sherman, Denison, Den
ton, Abilene, Georgetown. Whitney.
Weatherford, McGregor, Morgan, San
Antonio, Caldwell, Navasots, Beeville,
San Marcos. making twenty one places in
embryatic stages and combined with the
thirteen points addressed and Ave points
organizing without aid would indicate
thlrty-nine mill companies possible IN
1900, aud II all should organize pIar,,s
the size indicated in this letter, would
represent 100000 and would use 124 500
bales OF home cotton, or about per
cent of the States crop. Spartanburg
S. c., uses $4,000 bales annually.
There are several calculations which
would enable the people OF the State -
see the importance OF the cotton mill In
dustry to their State For Instance. I
am Informed that one firm sold for the
past twelve months 81 25000U worth OF
meal and flour sacks In that State 10 case
the product of their roller mills This
sale should have been from Texas cotton
mill output,
7 am told that there are forty-iive roller
mills In Texas. The wheat crop Of the
State Is probably not exceeding IL. non 0ob
bushels, which, at 65 cents per bgshel,
would have total value OF SO. 500. 900
while the cotton crop Is worth over siOo.
00n,0oo, though there are practically only.
three cotton mills in actual operation N
the State. The manufacture OF wheat does
not bring a large addition 10 tho S,e,,,e
cash resources while that OF cotton would
at Its lowest increase the cash by double
and put IL into domestics and Il Is in
creased nearly three times and gives en-
ployment to women and children now
idle and helpless.
The business men OF every community
should begin to study the Value ard Inn
pnrianoe OF this industry TO their Imme-
dia'e welfare and ultiriete prosperity.
The State SHOULD build one hundred
cotton factories In 1900 aud annually
duplicate the number and in hfteen years
great change will have been wrought.
desire to thank you and your asso-