The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-05
Development Record Bro
ken During the Past
Three Months.
BETTER GRADE GOODS MADE
Greater Part of New Investments Are
for the Purpose Of EnIarging Success
fuI Plants-Less Migration of Whites
Fen Dixie.

During the last three months the an
nouncements of the undertaking Of new
cotton mills and the enlargement OF es-
tablished mills in the South have been
more notable than in any other three
months since the Southern textile in
dustry. received its great impetus more
than q decade ago.
The revived activity OF this year viii
result in great advance OF industry,
and the completion OF the numerous
plans recently announced will give the
South a more prominent position than
ever.
Greater Investment of Capital.
The Manufacturers Record of Bal
timore publishes this week a table Civ
ing the names O. these mills, their 10
cation and the extent of the new equip
ment in ten Southern States. That table
shows that by far the greater invest
ments Of capital in cotton industry are
being made by experienced manufac-
turers.
For instance, during the past quarter
OF the year only sixteen strictly new
mills we're announced with an aggre-
gate OF 12S. 500 spiHdIes AID 225TU looms,
representing an investment Of $3.50, 600
AT the same time thirty-five established
companies announced additions to their
buildings and an increase OF 35S. $50
spindles. representing an investment Of
about $1,000, O0G, so that the total for
the second quarter OF the year is nearly
500 ,00e more spjndIes and an Invest
ment OF about so zoe 600 Many CO these
mills and Improvements are already
under contract and number Of Them
are under way
Tendency Toward Finer Grades.
The tendency Of Southern cotton man
rfacturing continues &c Pe toward he
production CT finer grades Of goods. In
connection with these additions should
be mentioned the formation CO al S.
500, GOO company, which PROPOSES 70 IS
tabIish bleaching and finishing plants at
different points II the South, the first
10 cost about 500. eco soon to=i,e sBss..;sii==
at Fayettviile-=&- c, the establishment
Of en extensive denim factory at Greens
-boro. \. c., and the formation OF COM
Pany with an authorized capital Of SIC
0G0. 600 TO establish near Kansas CITY
Mo, q manufacturing community With
mill which VIII he ultimately equipped
with 500, 006 sPindIes and 12.900 Icons
with other necessary machinery, 70 make
plain sheetings, and other goods 10 meet
the needs OF the greater Southwest
Decrease N Migration
The steady Development =co4ac=.
mill industry is one Of the influences
which have given the white population
of the South a greater szav-zt= l llae;;:=557se
character thar It possessed Two or three
decades ago.
Analysing the figures ess the census OF
1860 relating to native whites of the
South the Manufacturers Record. .
pointing out that of 10. Us. 3IS white Ba-
tives OF the South 3,133, 80 have moved
from the State OF their birth. says This
Testle ssness is less than that prevailing
IN other parts Of the country, and much
less than it was in the South forty odd
years ago, for the exiIes OF the South
represent q per cent Of the total
white natives OF 6taer sections, while
those Of the whole country represent
21-8 per cent: Of the country outside The
South. 23-7 per cent. and Of New Eng
land, 23.4 per cent