The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-21

ouScu 10 per CcHI. VI oil luS llIIo suallo
bers. the Middle states 6 per cent. and
the Southern States barely per cent.
and all from the single State Of North
ing 1905 showed that fine spinning In
the Southern States produced II per cent.
of the total quantity turned out In the
United States. He contended. however.
fine spinning of the country. is about
to be transferred to the South for the
reason that the increase In Massachu.
sets alone during that period exceeded
crease in the New England States as
a whole was less than twice the en-
tire production Of the South.
SensSs spnaes fnF the Gnt s staes
100000 Of which are in the South.
7 wish to say y,e to my sc Southern bern
tinned Mr. Mr. SANFORD wife the OBJ
stacles have been and are to-day Sc
rious to overcome for high grade, fine
spinning. yet you have made remark
years. and firmly believe you Will in
another ten years surmount all difficult.
ties, and the Southern States become
competing successfully with New Eng;
land States for quality and fineness OF
| spinning.
bleaching and Finishing.
In an address on THE Advantages
and Disadvantages OF Bleaching and
Finishing in the South" Mr., John w.
sieaesing ana Finishing Company. Of
Greenville, S. c., gave the hopeful as
surance, that the day is not. far dis
tant when q. considerable portion Of the
south's produce Of convertible goods
ufactured.
Mr.. Arlington said that fifteen years
ago practically the entire product aoa &c. Of
them for export. with only a small
percentage Of them being bleached.
When the production Of f1ne and print
s for home .aeas ais Mhs planes our
pany Is now the Youngest ,g|es In opera aan
launched laG said Mr.. Arlington. "The
| non-success of some of our predeces-
sors is fact well known to the trade,
/ which fact. we think may be attribu.
securing and maintaining competent
management on the practical end OF
the business. and the further fact tina
they have tried to accomplish In their
Of work. such as had taken their East
ern competitors generation or more
| to reach.
"As the South was content for long
\ llIIlc 10 uldhc Ouly SodASC oiu lCdSy
fabrics. SO has been the policy Of our
company to attemptat first only the
more simple and easy classes OF work
in our line. The argument most fre-
South as a place for. finishing is that
1.-the water is not good. Such argument
is without foundation in fact. The
water generally throughout the South
Is that mountain section of 1t with
which am familiar.
The Labor Question.
"a few years ago when labor legis.
lllation was unknown in the South and
when manufacturing had not developed
4 the hours OF work We're far longer, and
1 the rate of pay smaller In the South
ern mills than in those of the East
4 which gave the Southern mills sc
i Industry in New, England on coarse. yarn:
and heavy frabrics. The result Of ,this
4 difference was to drive New England
into changing over as rapidly as pos
4 that was impracticable with old-estab
i lished plants. to force them into build
4 ing additional large and up-to-datt
number OF them followed. AS to hour!
! of work and rate of pay. condition:
In most OF the southern States have
been undergoing change. In the las
New England, so. that to-day While
j, there may be still some advantage tt
Y the Southern mill 1t Is SO slight a.
to be said not to exist, and is probabl!
J. Eastern operative. due to longer train
4 Ing. We take the ground, however
that such changes In conditions do no
:. apply to finishing works, for the rea
], tlon, OF which we cannot be deprived
/ and which cannot be altered In short
). III will always be to. the benefit OF tn,
!, owner OF the goods to finish then
III /, 900 miles or more to finish, and ther
!, abstill greater distance to final destina
/ Stion," 46