The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-29
owe or THE GREAT Al4NlFAC7URNG PLANTS
nh VA G2EAT MANUFACTURING CITY
COTTON INDUSTRY
GREAT IN SOUTH
Of Foreign Manufacturers,
Emphasizes Enormous Value
Of This Crop. 5I!{
.TIME.FO ExPANs AT8H0ME.
Richness Of Section rs Only.
Equalled by Vast Facilities
for Manufacture.
ESPECIAL to- The Times 4 ispatch.l

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SsSBALTIMORE,SM MD. September 2S.---
8 Bearing upon the coming tour Of the II
y South by i party OF more than hun
* dred IRE resen tatives Of SSthe textile ln- y
!. dustrya in Europe, the ufacturers'ss
Record publishes in thiss week s. issue 4
asnumber$ OF special ar clcs semptasiz -3
ling the Importance of the South as a.
s grower an a sn1anufacturerHof3c cotton.
n OF the total s2,0O0,00o 900 invested In
& manufacturing In the South, an ms
crease or u sl,743,O 100000. or at the rate
ID Of 67S per cent since 1880. the capital
Y Invested " in cotton mil is az represents
ii about onc-eig nth, or S250, 100000, an
increase since 1Ss08of $s2g.o 900, 900, or
K at the rate OF 1000 per cent. In the
A. past 1--WE ears. while the active spindle
n age OF the world has Increased from e
I'll 2.o72. $50 to- 22.Ss$.sG4, Or by -
II Sl0,4 1885,. equal to .. 81 per cent .tand that
25,s24.274,, or by 3,s34.612. equal 10 16.5
IS p. 81 cent that of the South has in-
y Creased from 7,039,633 to -, 9Z4,245, Or
by 2,s84.612.S equal 10 to q 90 per- cent.
Ii Nearly SO per cent. Of the Increase In
the number Of active spindles 81 IN the
IS has been made in the South, and yet
IL tho Southern increase was nearly 9 =
100000 spindlcs less than the Increase
n In Great Britain. @ III 55 23f3
Great Opportunity
Though raising 72 per cent or the
ss5 worlds crop OF Is, 5SD 900 bales or cot a
83 ton, the South consumed during the
N past year only. 10 n per cent OF that
ia crop nd only I 8 per cent. Of i is own
5S crop OF = 3.5 1000 bales. ButEone year
S is as nothing In the history OF a the
spinning of1cotton sby machinery with
3&5 IS short past OF about a century and "a
half and its great immeasurabl Bile future.
{ quarter OF a century clearly marked
S8tS on the part which tbs to play In that
& future In the pas ten years the taxi
ings OF American mills have Increased
NE from 30 per cent OF the American
crop to sonnet thing more p han q "a per
.5$ ce nt.s$ Of 4 t., and u the 3takings OF the
S%tt Sou hern mills IN have advanced from
35,7 per cent. 81 he tota b:ta kin gs Is M
:sas this cuun try to mo than |. perscent!
OF u EN-. Twice In }$ that peril
8 - Ga and again IN Sou the Is
than did he mil lis In The rest OF ! the
country. Spinning still ominntes the
Sa textile industry5in the South, But
a5s where as there was an Increase d MT ne
numbe e OF looms In the tensfyears be-
S2 tween Il $50 and ~ $50 from 1929 is
s$ 80, 231. there was an increase IN the
s5s ext ten years i 5o,2 SO, ID nd since
:$$1 500 the Der has reached 24,4o4.
Il I'll me for Isx pnn sio N. 81;
For the expansion OF " the indugtrv
the natural resources are IA t fs d &. win
the mills want coal q More than So, 900
ii SQUARE miles OF the South,s territory
Is already 58& known A to be {5i S,lnd erl IA
3S35 with 81 tu minous5c coal, that being q bout
five times the coal area OF Great L Brit
ain and 25&per cent. greater tina tho
Q4 NJ t,aE 01oEro
petroleum. to be applied toSpower8 pro-
Lotion 4 in the! textile industry? Five
5s5z Southern States. four OF them cotton
BsS5 manufacturers produced last year be-
g tWeen@30 100000 and 40, 600. 900 barr els
5fsSs Of x petroleum., and 81 this year Texas
9E and Louisiana alone will produce /; al
895sE least l5,D0O,0OO barrels Is 5S water.
power. to be controlled and converted
for electrical purposes :? IN the Appala:
chan ection OF the South alone are
wa ter-powersS from viii chE3itsis esti
ma ted that 1892 900 horse power couli
be economically developed, and u Il er.
8s is probably an equal amount develop
able in n the rest OF the South II er,
I Isl a potentiality s. more than S ,oo0
81 900 horse power, and Its sign! ficancl
may be realized in n the ght OF II tn
E8 81 pr esent use Of about a sc 900 horse
power, only by Southern cotton mills
"a bout $500 900 is now being spen
1pon; the beginning OF AZ the develop
.nent& cot this vast source OF power to
the South. 81 93s 81 ~ II $s5 4
Lore Land Available. ISst3.
44$ 5 Richness Of power resources 5S i
" sequaled by the vastness OF the posi-
Utilities in material for the textile In
dustry. OF the total $4,000 squar
4 5i miles OF area Of the South less tina
~ lie, 900 square miles Is occupied ia b
fSEgF lands upon which F cot ton IS Is groW1
ana Of such lands hardly one half a
devoted II to cotton raising. e. the
@ " whole area was so used the Soutl
81 upon its present average basis OF pre-
e b$ due ton " and without the least I'm
provement lin seed election breedin
VIZ snd the! use Of fertilizers would rails
Il crop u Of e 25, 500, 900 bales But tt
IS a land already occupied by cot ton farm
%S Is not half OF the area which acoul
be so used, and therefore In n atur
It is quite pos sible tort he South
"a bales a ~ AT. l5s
gSl 33 Interesting j. gures. rs
The "a Amer can co ton crop OF Nj Il
S }5 season, ended All gust 8 Isl was 3, 3 oe
900 ibal les more than the previous Gro
That ofEEgypt, '125 900 bales more, Al
that OF the Asiatic provinces y of nu
Bia, l1 1000 bales more. n Tho increnst
s.s$s}}553 world consumption Of cotton was mo
MY .sS Than 5 81, 90 Oh ba les. Consideration
S "a The possibilities Of cotton growing
other countri es8 than he United State
s53{{ j and the apparent d oubt ON the pa
~ i5 81 some European spinners rs toSt
s. ability Of the South TO furnish In t
10 & meet the 81 nereasi = 81 uiremer
a n n