Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-07-17
SOUTH SHOWS
PROGRESS
IN MILLS
SOME STRIKING FIGURES CO.
ING TO SHOW MARKED MANU-
FEATURING DEVELOPMENT
INTHIS SECTION.

BALTIMORE. July A-Durtng the past
three months the announcements OF the
undertaking OF new cotton mills and the
enlargement OF established mills In the
south have been more noted than In any
other three months since the southern
textile industry received its great impetus
more than decade ago. The revived
activity OF this year win result in great
advance OF Industry. and the complexion
Of the numerous plans recently announced
VIII give the south more prominent po-
sition than ever.
The Manufacturers Record publishes
this week q table giving the names OF
these mills. their location and the extent
OF the new equipment in ten southern
states. That table shows that by far
the greater investments OF capital IN the
industry are being made by experienced
cotton manufacturers For instance. du-
ring the past quarter OF the year only
sixteen strictly new mills were announced.
with an aggregate OF 1890 spindles and
157o looms, representing an investment OF
<2.T70.OC0 At the same time thirty-hve
established companies announced add
tons 10 their buildings and an increase OF
<S6E31 spindies, representing an invest
ment Ct about $500. 600. so that the total
for. the second quarter OF the year is near
" 10000 more spindles and an invest
meut OF about Sl0.Oc0oO0. Many Of these
mills and improvements are already un-
der contract and a number OF them are
under ray.
The tendency OF southern cotton manu-
featuring continues 10 be toward the pro-
duction OF finer grades OF goods In con-
nection with these additions should be
mentioned the formation OF a s2.500OoO
company which proposes TO establish
bleaching and finishing plants at different
points in the south. the first one TO cost
about s2o0.oo0 soon 10 be built at Fayette-
vile. ~. C. the establishment OF extern
sive denim factory at Greensboro. y. c.,
and the formation OF a company with an
authorized capital OF $1,000 900. TO estab-
lIsh near Kansas City, No. a manufac-
turing community about a mill which VIII
BE ultimately equipped with 10000 spin
dies and AGO looms with other necessary
machinery. 20 make plain sheetings and
other goods TO meet the needs OF the
greater southwest.
The steady development OF the cotton
mill industry IS one OF the influences
which have given the white population OF
the south greater stay-at-home charac-
ter than II possessed two or three decades
ago. Analyzing the figures OF the census
OF 1900 relating TO native whites OF the
south the Manufactu Record point
ing out that Of Is Us. SIS white natives OF
the south. 3 IS SO have moved from the
state OF their birth. says this restlessness
r. less than that prevailing in other parts
OF the country and much less than IL was
fns the south forty odd years ago. for
the exiies OF the south represent 19.S per
cent OF the total white. natives OF that
section. while those OF the whole country
represent rs per cent OF the country out
side the south. "a per cent. and OF New
England ~ per cent. adds:
when this government was formed all
the states had an immense back country
offering opportunity for a satisfaction OF
the rowing instinct characteristic OF men
OF English stock. The opportunity had
influx OF other peoples after the revolu-
ton and the development CT somewhat
different social orders north and south.
Il was FASTENED during the first half OF the
last century. The southern migration
paralelled that OF the north. and mingled
with Il An creating new states in the mid
die west Though the movement has con-
tinued Tor more than q century. and
though southern-born are widely scatter
ed, rs OF them. for instance. being found
IN Hawaii and sI7 o. them IN Alaska. Il
Is rather interesting 20 note that the bulk
OF the migration 10 regions outside the
south has been directed TO comparatively
few states and territories. I150 s2s OF the
1147. IN thus removed in 1900 being found
IN eleven states and four territories.
There was a gradual decline In the drift
toward Missouri during the past twenty
sears
The large proportion IN the trans-Ohio
states Is largely a survival OF an impor-
fant movement before the Wharf.-The COM
paratively large proportion in PhIladel-
phia and New York Is result OF post
heIlum influences. while the comparative
y small number IN New Mexico and Ari-
zona and the large number IN Indian Ter
rftcry and Oklahoma point toward a
siackening OF the general migration with
in a comparatively short time with the
exhaustion Of what are known as the
fresh lands and a realization OF agricul-
tural and Industrial opportunities close at
home.
One consequence Is that the proportion
OF southern-born living outside the south
has decreased since $50 from I2.3 per
cent 10 IS per cent. Another is that the
proportion OF men born elsewhere TO the
whole white native population Of the
south has increased from SIS per cent to
IS. per cent.
The very fact Of q stronger inclination
on the part OF southerners to remain in
their native state Is an encouragement for
men born elsewhere to move to that more
favored section The influences TO rest
1essness on the part OF the southern peo-
PIE served 81 the same time TO deter any
considerable movement 10 the south OF
the whites OF other sections. These infiu-
ences are passing rapidly. and the inevi-
table result Is f0reshadOwed In the figures
OF the census"