Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-05-03
FIoURisHINe CONDITION OF
COTTON MILLS.
Col. Miner Makes Highly Encourae'
ing Statements Concerning Mills
In the State.


OF the most prominent cotton mills
and he reports all of them in a mos
prosperous condition.
The first mill visited, the one al
Bolton, was established in 1900 witt
capitalization of $100,000.For severa
years it lost money, but in 1905 its ca
pacity was practically doubled, and in
1906 the mill started up again under
the reorganization. At the close OF
1907 the profits were found to be S24,
1913. This mill consumes from
1000 to 2200 bales of cotton per year
all this being bought on the streets OF
Bolton. The pay roll for the 1l2 oper.
ators amounts to 100000 per year.
j. A. Chambliss is superintendent of
for the mill at West which was capital
lied for 100000 in 1904. This mill
employs 100 hands and manufactures
light sheeting and drilling. During the
last two years the wages of the opera
tors have been increased % per cent
and the hours reduced 10 per cent vol,
UNFAIRLY.
The mill at Hillsboro was establish
in 1900 with capital of 100000. The
manager of the mill is a graduate of
the Philadelphia Textile School and
he speaks in high terms of the Texas
Textile School, even thinking 1t better
to send young man here than to Phil
adelphia, New Bedford or other large
textile schools in the East Sixty-hve
people are employed in the mill and
as an instance of the advantages of
the mill over the small rented farm,
Mr. Clifton told of man and his wife
VINO had worked at this mill six years
and had saved up nearly $4,000.
The Itasca Manufacturing Com.
pany has its mill at Itasca, Hill Coun-
ty. The mill was established in 1900,
the year when so many mills were
founded with s150O0O as capital. The
mill employs on an average 125
hands and has as cottages which are
rented by the operators at low rates.
AS is always the case, the mill has
school conveniently near, which is
used by the children of the operatives.
In some cases the mill not only owns
the building but employs the teacher
as well.
Waxahachie has one of the largest
mills in the state, though it was only
established in 1900. 1t contains 204
looms, 5000 spindles and consumes
about 1000 bales of cotton per year.
Wages are very good here, the mini
mum price paid to grown hands being
$1.25 per day and the maximum paid
any one not an overseer, $500 per day.
Boys receive from so cents to $1.00
per day according to their aptness.
Engineers and foremen receive from
1925 to $500 per day.
The Dallas CottonMill was the first
expensive enterprise of this kind I'M
iertaken in the state. 1t was incor-
porated in 1891 and capitalized at
S250,000. Now it represents an invest
ment of 100000. This mill employs
}25 hands and consumes 1000 bales
Of cotton per annum. The company
owns about thirty cottages, the rents
ranging from So to SO per months,
owing to the number of rooms. Water
S supplied free to the operatives and
,oal for the cottages can be secured
It cost, One of the largest ward
schools in the city is within four
blocks of the mill.
The mill at Sherman is in a very |
condition 1t was capital
zed at 100000 in 1900 and reorgan-
zed in 1906. 1t contains 1873 looms. |
O, 900 spindles and manufactures sin
Gle filling duck, weighing from seven |
o eight ounces. The superintendent |
VI the mill, New Hampshire man, is |
-ery fayorably impressed with Texas
Is a field for the textile industry and |
ays that the climatic and labor con.
itions are as good here as they are
n the East.
The Denison cotton mill is housed
n four story building costing S135,- |
100. The capitalization of this mill
6 $150,000, which stock is owned by
'arties in and around Denison. Mr..
lark, the superintendent, like all
prominent mill men, is in favor of
education, though the pa
ents will not compel their students
o go to school, The mill people EN-.
10y a physician who visits the mill
very morning and looks after the
ealth of the employees. He is paid
y collecting 10 cents per week from
ach employee.
The mill at Bonham is about seven
ears old and is owned by the people
that town. 1t consumes 5000 bales
( cotton annually and employees 100
ands. There is a free school close
} the mill and the natatorium has
cen erected for the free use of the
Employees. The superintendent gets
salary Of 21OO per year He has