The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-01

| Many Establishments Enlarged.
! COLUMBIA, 5. C, Jan 1-So1ne con
/ seryadve persons expressed the lear more
th-sa year ago that South Carolina might
he OVERRIDING the cotton manufacturing
/ business. The progress in That direction
mace in 1858 was considered remarkable.
While that Of the succeeding year far sur
. passed the hopes Of the most enthusiastic
advocates Of manufacturing The people
| OF this heretofore strictly agricultural
State are being educated to figure IN mil
! lions Since the civil war certainly they
{ have had nothing 10 do with enterprises in
which Sl.GG0.UG0 were employed. Only the
railroads running through the state had
sGca great capitals and the money for their
building could come from nowhere but the
wealthy North. Oh this money some Of
;ae counties and townships were pleased to
/ pay interest The idea OF South CaroIin-
/ I&ns investing millions IN manufacturing
or anything else would. five years age.
have been considered chjmericaI Yet for
The year Just closed the cotton mill build
ing IS calculated by the millions. where
two years ago it was figured by the fifty
thousands Two of thirty-one mills buill
the past year employ as much capital as
TO the capital OF ore mill in 1900 required
; one and half times the investment in the
six mills built two years ago.
Because the policy has been 10 build
/ large mills in this State, while in North
Carolina and Georgia mUca smaller ones
are constructed, erroneous reports have
been made by usually wen-informed lex
tile authorities to the relative position
or the Southern States in manufacturing
With many more mills N North Carolina
this State is so far ahead in capital invest
ed. looms, spindles, and OPERATIVES en-
ployed that there Is no danger Of her title
IF Queen Manufacturing State Of the South
icing taken from her for many years 10
c5IBe.
Charters we're granted to 81 new mills
IN 1890, with an aggregate capital OF
$4.S5e. Geo The capital OF p OF these
mills ranged from s1G0,0 eco to $50, Geo Il
OF them being $500 coo and upward Dur
ing the year Il established mills inc1 eased
their capitals, the increases running from
4 minimum of $4,000 to $3.50. eco. and the
aggregate being s.. 945 zoe, making the to-
tai investment in mills the past year
$I,I.5,G50 In 1888 six mills we're char
tered with a total equalization of $50
Coo. in 1883 the number chartered was Il I
with $32I5. 600 capital This included the
Olympia at Columbia. with 81 $50 500 cauf-
tai. Twelve mills with combined capital
OF 81 $4,000 were commissioned IL 1900.
but have not get applied for charters. A
number OF them viii begin building in the
early spring, as it is certain they viii s
soon qualify for charters
To sum up the cotton manufacturing I
situation: In the past p months y new ,
mills have been chartered and 80 have 2
been enlarged. and the capital thus rep +
resented : Sl3 A95. 0ge-a greater amount /
than was invested in all the enterprises I
chartered by the State during the pre- .
ceding u years. No other State Il the
Union has such record. The achieve /
ments the past year assure &c Palmetto .
State passing Rhode Island n 1891. and
taking her place next 70 the Bay State in .
cotton manufacturing
II is notable that both in 1883 and 1900
the increase TO the capital Of established
mills was large. They we're in almost
every instance made TO build additions
or entirely new mills adjoining the old
ones. OF the Il mills to Increase their
capital The past year one was for $50 Qua
another for $4,000. the other L for 800 -
UOo or mere. Tie most notable Increase
was u the Lancaster mill, which had q
capital of Sl5G,009 and Increased il 10 {
A-eGo,eU0 The extensions are made to
almost all old mills out of the surplus
No additional stock is issued, and the
stockholders pay ont nothing
While foreign" capital is largely in
vested in South Carolina mills II IS not
now as much necessity TO the starting
OF an enterprise as il was a few wears
ago. nor IS it hard TO get. The mattress
are much more largely interested in mills
recently built and chartered than tLev
were in the older enterprises
ne unusual amount OF building Of big
requiring great numbers CT
1rlck and large quantities Of lumber mas
created brick famine. The kiIns are
working to their fun capacities and IuuD-
Der mills have been rushed, yet building OF
nills mas been delayed by Lack Of mate
'iai and the construction Of many smaller
buildings has been postponed
Despite the fact that cotton has ad-
'anced and the manufacturers Of some
lasses or coarse goods made for the Chi
a trade have had some difficulty in dis
'~sIng OF their stocks. the year has been
very prosperous one Net many mills
we're affected by the Chinese war Those ]
having no machinery Of the finer grade ,
ire preparing to install Il and the fudf-
atoms are that more attention viii be
'ald 20 liner goods than heretofore De
pIte the formation of labor unions and I
he agitation by the officials Of these or ,
aniZations from the North there has
cen trouble in but two mills In both
the strike failed. IN several I
lilIs warning was given that operatives
no joined the union would be discharg-
and that threat was carried out Oniv >
ne mill was closed by d strike and thar :
lsted but a few days It was because If ?
he refusal Of the management 10 dis ( T
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