Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-01-17
STATES TEXTILE STATUS
Highly Interesting Document Issued
by The Department Of Labor and
Printing.

Raleigh. Special. - Commissioner
Warner has issued the following sum-
mary as to cotton WOODEN and knitting
mile iii North Carolina:
"The followin table indicates the
present condition Of the cotton. wool
Ell, silk and knitting mills onw being
operated in the State, 2S7 of these be-
ing represented. There appears to be
a stron tendence toward the CONSOLE
dation Of textile institutions in sever
al counties and a number Of instances
Of the kind have occurred since the
publication Of the department report
Of 1904. The reason assigned for this
is scarcity OF labor. a condition which
IS not confined to any particular sec
ton Of the State. A number of new
mile have been constructed and are
soon TO be operated. but the list does
not appear il this as it was impossible
TO obtain from these such information
as the tables present.
1.-The 2S7 mills reporting show an
investment OF $37,494 ,625. and the
employment Of 2,267,625 spindles, 49,
663 looms. 1888 knitting machines
and 101.05S morse power. Seventy
nine per cent, have consumed psi 1856
SS4 pounds Of raw material. Twenty
n per cent. 10 not report this feature
Of their business. Total number Of
employees reported by eightv-tive per
cent. Of the mills is Al, 2 Of which
1898 are males and 1854 are fe-
male adults. aud fifteen per cent. do
not report the number employed: 49,
1863 persons are dependant upon the
mills for 4 livelihood; IS per cent. of
adults READ and write, and 10 per cent
Of the children.
"1n response to the question with
reference 10 children under twelve
years 81 age working in the factories,
IS per cent. Of the manufacturers
answer i'll the negative. II per cent.
i'll the affirmative and twenty-three
per cent. express no opinion upon the
subject.
THE average number of hours con
stituting Il day 5 work is 0:4-1. High
est average wages for men $2.67: low
average for men IS cents; highest
average for ONE 90: lowest vac
es for children about 43 cents. Forty
three per cent. Of the mills pay wages
weekly; forty-eight per cent. semi
monthly: six per cent. pay monthly;
one per cent. on demand and two per
cent. do not report upon this matter
at all. SlNtN-nlne per cent. report
that wages have increased during the
year; twenty-five per cent. say there
has been no change. and nine per cent.
do not answer the question. G:yly-
seven per cent. report financial condi-
ton Of employees as being good: twe2-
t. per cent. say it is fair: two per
cent. say excellent. and nine per cent.
failed to respond to the inquiry.
1Ills summary has been prepared III
two tables, showing first the mills by
counties, year of Incorporation. post
office. capital stock, class and name
Of mill, name Of officers or owners,
capacity, power. hours worked, etc..
while the other indicates class of
goods produced, with number Of en-
ployS, male and female. their condi-
ton intellectually and financially and
the AMOUNT Of wages paid. The re-
port also tmbodies expressions Of mill
men with respect to compulsory edu-
cation. the child labor law and other
questions suggested III the original
blanks sent Out by the department Of
labor.