The Washington herald., 1908-08-29


greatest textile industry-the manufacture
Of cotton-comes a greater need for co.
operation among the manufacturers and
among the workers. and a wider under
standing OF the problems that beset The
way To discuss these problems the
Spinners' International Union will meet
IN Boston on September 10. and at the
same time and place the National Mule
spinners VIII meet On September . and
50 the National Association Of Cotton
1fanufacture-s VIII hold It's eighty-hfth
annual meeting al Saratoga. and on Oc-
tober o the United Textile Workers Of
America c-iI meet ar Cohoes- y y VVE-h
America growing rhree-fourtEs Of the
worlds cotton supply. and even then
with the prospect of the demand exceed
1ng the supply. manufacturers and textile
workers have many plans 10 devise where
by 50 many spindIes may not again be
idle as they have during August OF this
year, nor call for the large curtalmeut
Of cotton goods that was necessary in the
Carolinas
Measured by the number Of sp!ndIes.
nearly a quarter OF a million al told
The United States ranks second in cotton
manufacture among the worlds workers.
IN the manufacture OF cotton goods ap-
proximaJely L215 establishments are de-
voted To this industry. employing $1,000
workers AT a total wage Of S97.T00oO0. Can
itaIized at S5l4C15.000. these establish
meats turn OUT an annual product OF
about Ss5o.5oo5oo worth Of Eo1zs.
Or the co--gD uauufsctU-1-- establish
uents North Carolina has 81. AIassachu-
sets 2lo- South Carolina. IL. Georgia 1sS.
Pennsylvar.a l24 New York II2. OF the
nearly $4,000 sp.1dles o1e-thlrd are in
the Southern States. a most marked in
crease having been made there during the
present year. despite the fact that mills
were closed in many sections for awhile
-Eis summer South Carolina. for exam
PIE has an Increase Of Iz3.2Z0 Spindles and
2.5F- looms. lggregatIng Ss200o.150 new
capital and giving employment % 1885
more operatives. The crop OF the cotton
year Of 1861 sent TO the mills for last
years manufacturing purposes was 5ls5-
ssz bales. averaging go pounds each. or
-5sl-ss2f-1 pounds in all The cloth mills
used over foEr-ff-hs Of This. and the bal T
alce was distributed among the warn /
sCirners. hosiery mills. woolen and vvor-
sted mills, the carpet, waste. and silk .
-laL-facturers-
Allowing an average OF four yards Of /
goods 20 every pound OF cotton. there
were -77l-ss4.011 yards OF goods made
last year We're all this woven IN one
continuous piece IL would be OF sufficient 1
length 20 wrap around the entire earth I7s T.
times. and nearly around again T the
cloth were stretched between the earth
and the moon 1t would measure the dis
Ca-ce nineteen times. and leave q large
sized remnant for The bargain counter
The weight OF the cotton goods varies
with the fabric, all exported goods usual
l. averaging 2-S6 yards TO the pound
The number OF 500-pound bales produced
by the world last year was slightly over
1f.500070 and Of these the United States
furnished nearly 100000. Il is believed
by those who have studied the situation
and who know The possibilities OF land
in the South. that 100000 bales ought 10
come from that section As vet the ra-
sources OF the South in this particular
direction have not been fully proved
Government experts under Dr. Knapp
have given practical demonstrations IN
Texas. Mississippi. Louisiana, and Ala
baua- and the result has already been
measured IN better and larger crops
Il is the picking Of the cotton that
takes 50 much tine for the farmer. While
one man with the proper machinery can
cultivate thirty acres. Il takes four men
picking an average Of 100 pounds Of cotton
a day 20 harvest rne crop. Last years
crop required for its harvesting the unit
ed efforts Of 10000 persons working {
four months improvements il the man {
ner OF handling and storing cotton have 9
arisen with an awkward intelligence p
among the farmers Within the past year 2
cotton warehouses 10 the humber Of so =
have been built BY the Farmers Educa- Z
tiOnal and Co-opsratice Union OF Amer :
ica, through the cotton belt OF the South
the cost Of each being from $1,000 70 go l. ?
Geo. Harvte Jordan. president OF the Cotton J !
Growers Association, IS working FOR bet
ger COMPRISING IN cotton bales Al these
q III initiate toward a larger crop. and q ,
better grade OF cotton.
With three-fourths OF the worlds SUD [
ply Of cotton raised in this country the z
Increase in spindIes n the United States =
has been only 100000 n the past eight =
years, while in the past three Great Brit b
Ain has shown an Increase OF S. 10000. And g
u The United states there Is an appar- 2
entity endless supply OF iron for making g
actory machinery and coal or zE2-1- for h
Le motive power. e
Despite the enormous amount Of cotton
'oods made IL this country. We Imported
asr year something Ike s63.00o.O)0 worth .
II -lanlractured cotton stuffs- over half =
u which was lzces and erabroide-ies. =
.Ter S-Lo9105 worth coming from Eng =
and D. "a TOmpk!as. a prominent man r
-facturer q North Carolina recently u
'rote an argument In favor OF a greater u
nd more varied manufacture OF cotton I d
q the south He showed the. profits that hi
would lie fl suSl advancement Taking ol
n average North Carolina cotton croD l
Z $4,000 bales. 1Ir Tonplzfns fa-,-e5 p
" W1ar The profits would be on II when
la--l --l'i1@crured into different grades Of
10th This half million cotton bales I Is
a-uec conservatively al 6 cents Der g
olnc- made into duck Of the rHeapesr u
la-lty and sold az S 81 cents a yard OF !"
{ cents pound, would bring IN S25 C00. OF
~ IT made into Swiss embroidery. and 70
DO az 50 a pound-the highest vaIua De
1f manufactured cotton goods the in -lt
ONE would be S5.6geO5OG5l more -ban bc
rough 20 buy all the cotton and -rooIer I on
ais N the world And while neither he TE
or any one else would advocate the max Sc
lE OF ali North Cardinals cotton outrr+ "
40 either duck or Swiss embroidery II 10
lows what opportunities await The man y
factlrers.
The industry has built and SUPPORTS
-ndr5cs OF towns whose business and
hose population depend entirely on the sa
us and factories. II Lowell Mass. for ga