The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-06-04
White Slavery in The Soutl,'
A STRING OF wANroN MASSACHUSETTS.
Col. Jane. O.. Orr Temporarily fes
Convtucingsy Retusss the SiRnssrr
Axaiuss sh- Ss.Wshrrn Gotten MtSi


Col. James O.. Orr Temporarily he,
CoeStueingsy Retuses the SlRndri
Axaisss sh- S"Wshrrn Gotten MA
DN ner~.
Mr.. %. n, Sampsop, BOSTON. Mass. Desi
lS,r: Piease accept thanks Tor tina copy Oi th,
i'niiiist,no containing the article Whil'
slavery IN the Soutn. u II y vi's slanae
on the manag Uf the south Caroiipt
81 Ills, anu a wuulun aud unjust attack Oh ih'
Massachusetts capitalists " 40 have ihrcstet
inslr moucy In lhe south.
The 81 sintemeut that the mills tp south Caro-
itus aie u,tatiy owned aud Operated oy New
England capital ID n misihke snu very littis
J inquiry ou ine part m the writer wouid hsSs
II %, = , ented such u nmis-stAtemenI In many u
the mills less than 10 per Cent oil the capita
stock 10 owned IN ihs North, and very lew IN
deed OF them have as much as 10 per cent u
Nvrlhern capital In them. Tne management
4. nImust exclusively by southern meu, the
isxecutive officers, wIih one or Two exception
have been bui and raistsi here. three Ionrths
of The enuporintepdents also
Tue s,n,ru,rnt, thal In many instances the
/ mucuipery ot the c0t1on mills have been
iuoyr,i cutirs from Massachusetts, 10 South
lt.aruiipa, 3. without the hlixhtcst foundation o
i.cl 10 sustniu IT. In 1891 south Carolina hn.i
rtout IA ~ Ills aud UUU EpiLdies, tu lSOi she
usu IsD mills Rnd uUU. .VOJ rpDdles, No u inIsl
10 seen tnnt the miiis are oi CON- psratlseiy
| rcceuL construction. aud they have oencntted
4 uy the experience oI New England. been bulli
/ py New England engineers a.d equipped with
/ inc .nIsnI aud ulost modern aeninery.
L
iocnd ~ The lacl that the agent oi The Draper
| Company rec-utiy slated that there we're IA
j mnpy Draper looms running III Soutn Ca1o
ANA alone, as In The wn0le oi the New Eug'
i Iapd Slntes combiped. Tue most thoroughly
4 90 10 date mills tbat may be- found In tnis
cuuntry, or ~ Eurupe either, are IN south
Iarollns, aud tus sliynttst Investigation
woud n.vs shown INN ac ,or nad nas ar,s Sssc
Gals all over tue Country.
Tpe slalemeni mat the mills run from SIX
o'clock In The mornipg until , sssen oSloek as
VI la0Ur u IS per week ADD running over Nme
| II an ibdictable otiense. The statement - u
company stores 10 grossiy incorrect, iof 10
/ uol run huch stores n all, but rent the build
| lnys to merchants, and have nothing what
ave. 10 do win the sAics oi The goods or tbc
cOliecIiop of deots, and this ruis npplies 10
me msiurtty ci the mills IN the State. IL %
i nImoui universal IN the northwestern part oi
Ihe state nj ouch mills ~ Piedmont, rslzer.
/ Bel,op tho AnueIson mills, AoboSillc. Sroen-
] vile (wiih one excepuoo) NeWoeIIy. otc ~
/ rs uiied to trade n srcn stores. u ID purely
| voluntary On their part. Tue siatomeht tnai
10 iamiiisc out oil 20 never see any c.nn - at'
,srIy inise, they are paid on every two weeks.
| Ihs statement that The head VI me 1kmiiy
can re, whisky and pay for II with an order
ou lhe company slorc. shows the serscity oi
the other s,aietusnts given. IL u wer. psssl'
| ole 10 do 20, there 10 LVi y company store In
| south Carolina thns would permit IL; but "
esinLiisn the utter iais'ty oi the cusige, u N
only necessary To reirr 10 The TACT tnst In
Suutn Caroiipa liquor In Oniy sold ir0n =
i STAT, utspepsnFy, and cknbot DO bought ex.
l ,cpt there ior cash. and The party who gets u
| must sign his name u the tsquisltion where
In uhiaky In oUlsinsd.
VIM. NJ, Of ths larger mills in this State
i iisapprose o ut working cniidren under twelve
i years vi sye ana Mo-t of them have passed
ruIcs ioi BIDDING u, excepl In c'sscs Oi abso
| ute pecsssity, still children a. young as ssn
1 No IA SSSfD6 the ultttk.
| Tb,n h occasioucd, nOt irom tho cupldity oi
tho parents, or mill management, Iut from
ting I6e years IN which Children may be
| .ol 8ed. EngIApd had NO such laws until she
uad teen manufacturing lU0 ysais, and New
4 England had NO such iaSs until they had
| yceo ip lnis business hfty or sixty yesrs. bul
uotw ilhsianuing the speers and Silhfications
i If our people, south Caroitua will have Law
| regulnsipg the working Of children long be-
tore either OF lhose had II. In proportion 70 ihe
The only place tnat children are worked In
| The mills - In the spinninE room and for
4 ioER tune Tor child u work, u 10 not con
i uniug or srduous labor. and the best iliusira
uon that u Is mol 60 regarded BY ihe children
ns,hsr wors in The spinning room than ON ins
i farm or 90 10 school. spinning 10 paid for BY
Ihs side. lhst II the number of spindies opern
ted BY child or y grown person, Ii paid IN
Il
tins siishissI experience OF manufacturing
Suows that the children make Tar more waite
uu account of inatiention and lack OF skin
than the larger bands, % iCstead OF beiny
/ the most expensive labor We have. As oar
people become educated 10 this character o
| Soik aud more skilled. the children will be
| weeded out, but now on account Of scarcity oi
nsip ihsy are used IN this Department.
| The statement that the operatives arc de-
based, sorthless and cruel IL most unjust
rney aro all natives. and all OF than nave
come OF the farms or from the towns where
they have been engaged In various oecups.
,iuus, and will compare fnvoably a 10 int. ~
sencc, moral character and industry with any
lsounsry or elsewhere. Tney are lar superior
TO the foreigners who DOW operate ibe New
England mills; In fRct they sro exactly the
..nis cIasr of pc lple that were engaged In the
and those who remember the condition OF ins
,,tiis In thai locality NJ that time, ~ com par
ed with the present condition. can judge ouI
sT S.s. old are ss
Quenuy In the article, - utterly false. indeed
tnendseiIy must be . disease with sny man
Who makes u.
kicked ana otherwise abused In the mill u
absolutely false, and any man who undertook
Il, should. oud most sssurediy would. gel
uul oil tho town most quickly With Q coa
II tar and fes,hors; for II there 10 one thing
peculiar 10 the southern operatives, IL 10 theii
ell respect, and willingness 10 resent all In
iJury or insult TO their person or that Of tbeil
Ichiidren. Many OF them came 10 the miiii
uecauss they have TO work at manual labol
! and they cannot only earn more wages
out secure many social educational and relig
ious advantage, which they could not oeialr
un the farms. They are the descendants o
1.-The people Who made the name OF South Caro-
lima glorious In The Revolutionary war. and
they are the children OF the men who Tough
iour years for what they believed 70 be right
and they have not In these few years becom,
pictured 10 this article. They have the same
feelings Of affcctlon, and ambition for the sue
lcsss of their children common 10 all Caucas
I, tans, and anyone who had the sllghtest regart
) for truth OF Justice. would not have pictured
them N this man haA done.
View, save to gain notoriety and vent hi
! spleen against whole people.
| His statement that children do not 90 u
lschooi. cannot learn and are utterly neglected
al the mills, 10 completely retuted by the state
msnt submitted 20 the last legislature, vhers
are paying "a. H.5l2 for education, In addition u
!, the regular tAxes and assessments; that theJ
haye spent .00 on school buildings ant
I,Quipmept, that their schools are run eigh
/. mouths In tbs year, and that they have I 7.lS
mill children In these schools. and tuition
absolutely free.
D Ills ideal seems TO be Governor Altgeld. fo
skies. and his abuse OF the churches and min
listers In this State must con vince any yone tha
, be In both an iconoclast and anarchist.
| You are NJ liberty 70 publish this for thinl
. such outrageous Misrepresentation should b
met and refuted.
Yours very truly. , Ma