The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-08
COTTON GOODS AT EXPOSITION.
Plans for Displaying Them to the
 Best Advantage at Charleston.

Charleston letter in New York Commer-
 cial.
 D. A. Tompkins of Charlotte, N. C.. who has been elected manager of the cotton goods exhibit at the South Carolina Inter State and West Indian Exposition, which will begin here December 1, has issued an address to the cotton manufacturers of the United States and Canada and Mexi- 60. in which he points out the great deyelopment of the cotton industry to be seen at the show. MT. Tompkins says that the cotton goods trade is in a most depressed condition at this time, and for that reason he urges the manufacturers 10 seize an opportunity which will mean much In the way of extending the mar kets for cotton goods
 Alter dealing with statistics showing the amount of the South American trade, MT Tompkfns in his address says:
 The over production of cottcr goods ap- plies to the entire United States. New markets are needed by every cotton mill In the United States. If we can get the same proportion of the South American and West Indian trade as we have got of the China trade every cotton mill now built will have ample orders.
 It Is proposed to obtain the cooperation or the cotton mills of the entire United States to make a joint exhibit at Charles ton of all goods made in this country American markets. It is desired to have large floor space for this exhibit.
 Tables will be provided about six feet by ten feet. The goods will be laid out
 
 will have over it the name of the mill whose goods are on 1t. In a drawer of the table will be the business cards of the mill. printed in English on one side and in Spanish on the other.
 It is desired to have an open office in this space and to employ frst-class man -one who can speak English and Spanish to have charge of the exhibit. A stenog- rapher and such other help as may be necessary will be furnished. This man will furnish full information to the visitors about the goods and the mills and will en- deavor to induce visitors who are in- terested to visit the mills. Each cotton mill will be invited to take one or more of these tables and contribute a pro rata part of the cost of making the entire exhibit.
 | This plan relieves the separate mills | from all the trouble and responsibility of a separate exhibit The mill simply fur nishes the goods for exhibit and pays its part of the cost The arrangement and | trouble will all be taken care of by the management of the Exposition.
 | Any foreign trade developed will give | that much relief to our domestic market | and all the mills will. of necessity par | ticipate in the consequent improvemeot at in the domestic markets. This plan, does not preclude any mill from making a 1 separate exhibit on its own account The | cost to each mill will depend on the num- i Der of tables desired by each. Many mills will probably want to reserve only one table; some mills may want several It Is contemplated also to make live exhibit. showing full line of cotton mill | machinery in operation, illustrating, pick ing, carding, spinning and weaving. as | usually done in the manufacture of goods suitable for the West Ind,t and Soutl | American trade.
 It Is proposed to make thls exhibit 2 purely commercial proposition-one of for. eign commerce. If, by little effort and an expenditure that is small as compared with the results ainied at, we can be half as successful. In these nearby mar. kets as we have been in the far distant markets of China, great prosperity wil be brought at once to the mills and fol | a very considerable time.
 Prosperity for our cotton mills means prosperity for our working people and oul farmers It means regular and profitable employment for labor, home markets fol perishable farm products, higher prices for land and relief from much of th' burden and .harassmeht of the presen and past. -,.,. ,,, | make a most active canvass in the Wes | Indies and South America to induce { large attendance of the merchants Of al those countries. Representatives have already hen sent south and are now a l ..,o.I, otharC will he sent.