The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-14
AFTER The SHOPS
,uTowN DELEGATION WANTS
THOSE OF THE CENTRAL.
WILL MEET THE DIRECTORS.
tree THE CLAIMS OF CEDAR
TOWN TO THE LOCATION.

L.Iast Quarterly Meeting of the
ao.rd of the Central a Delegation
,.m Rome Appeared-ShOps Are
chattanooga, but VIII Be Re-
cd TO Some other Point on the
-,,-t.tou-Mr. Charles AdamsOn. "a
cation Mill Operator, a Member of
H. DeIegatiOn-DOes Not Think
Time Ripe for Child Labor
,.Iation - Families That 1t
,,,on1d Affect Do Not Want IT.
The claims of Cedartown to the
nc of the Chattanooga, Rome and
e.,,barn Division of the Central of
Georgia Railway Company will be pre-
I'D at a meeting of the Board of
9,!-o.+ors of the company by a dele
linn from the enterprising North
1aroia city. The meeting will be the
o,r,raI one of the company, but there
81, NOT he too much business to pre-
lido the appearance of the Cedar
.on,n gentlemen, who want to present
The advantages they can offer.
The division shops are now at Chat
.anooga. but the company has declar-
=, i+s Intention to remove them from
that Mace. Rome and Cedartown are
entrants for the location. No deci-
.;on has vet been reached, and 1t is
not nrobable that the matter will be
deenitelv decided to-day. At the last
onarterly meeting of the Board of Di-
rsctors a Rome delegation was heard,
and there are yet further proposals to
come from that city.
Mr. Charles Adamson, vice president
and general manager of the Cedar
town Company and of the Cedartown
cotton Company; Col. w. C. Bum,
former state senator and ex-Mayor
of Cedartown, and Col. ]. H. Sanders,
former legislator and ex-Mayor of Ce-
dartown. constitute the delegation.
They have met some of the officials
of the company, and the privilege of
presenting their claims to the direc-
tors has been extended them.
Is City of SpindIes.
Mr.. Adamson, who is a practical cot
ton mill operator, has been located at
Cedartown for twelve years. He has
seen the material growth of the place
since he has been there. 1t now has
several mills. His company owns a
tract of 1900 acres of land, on which
it operates $4,000 spindles, two knitting
mills and a paperbox factory. The
Standard Cotton Mill of Cedartown has
1880 spindles and is about to estab-
lsh mill No. 2. The Cherokee Knit
ting Mill also has a plant there
The outlook for the cotton mill in
dustry is very bright" said Mr.. Adam
son. There is a healthful tone about
the market for the mills products that
will have its effect. The weaving
mills have been enjoying very good
prices for some time but it has been
only recently that there has been an
advance in yarn. The yarn mills,
therefore, are looking forward to bet
ter times"
1t is probable that a child-labor bill
will be introduced in the Georgia Leg
islature at the coming session, fixing
the minimum age at which children can
De employed in cotton factories Mr..
Adamson, like other operators, is
watching the progress of this move
ment with interest.
Not Yet Ready for Child Labor.
~ 4iOt oelleNe IhdL the factory
operatives of Georgia are ready for
such legislation" he said. 81 am a
friend to laboring people, and l should
IKE 10 see their condition improved in
every possible way AS soon as the
SITUATION Will justify it, purpose hav-
ing schools for the education of the
operatives as an adjunct to my COM
pahy mills. We have been progress
lIe ana expanding, and this stage will
soon De reached 1t has not come
YET however, and, until it does, we
.aihot nave such Improvements as are
10 De noted as conducted by the great
mining companies of New England.
~, IL IS reported that the New England
l..IlIng people are responsible for this
T Ttt 10 secure child-labor legislation.
ne growth of the cotton-mill Industry
~ the south has been such as to cause
olOerIl 10 the old center of the indus
ny. anything to hamper the advance
~ lhe south would be welcomed by
9aHS OF those in the business in New
England III 4Ne"
Ia Inc eXaggeration of the ills of child
iaooI are great My observation has
len mat the conditions are not near
$50 ~ 30 pad as reported. The families of
"iCn children employed in the mills
49, members do not want such legisla-
on' pelng satisfied with their employ
no.,l lt ana not DESTROYS of having their
n9 9a,uiiled earning power decreased. In
NJ 1I ~ respects employment in the mills
co,S,oi IN Georgia has improved the
re- tIon OF the operatives, who have
aS n gaming a technical and general
MI Iion that they might not. other