The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-08-04
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Southern Textile Mills viii Soon Out
.55.1 rank Northern Mills
IN COTTON CONSUMED

IN COTTON CONSUMED
Commissioner Watson Talks Mos
interestingly on 1ndustry.-says
the United States Is Exporting
ssf.s7s,5ee Worth Of cottor
Manufactures.
Have you stopped to realize thai
the United States is only sending e
export. s31,s1S,566 worth OF coltol
manufactures, while she is importing
approximately s70,0o0,000: worth o.
cotton manufactured products toi
the use of her people.
This statement is rather slgnlH'
cant in it's nature and OF peculiar IN
terest lust now on account of the
cotton situation in this State wai
made recently by Commissioner wat;
SON..
Many of the mills of South Car
olina are running on short time ano
there is a general policy o. curtail-
ment. on account Of the prices in the
cotton goods market and the pro'
duct
In the past month more than q
half dozen, large cotton mills nave
been chartered Ia the State.
In g recent address the commls'
sicner made several very interest
ing statements bearing on the tex
lie Industry in this country.
The possibilities Of Southern man.
ufacture are becoming more aHa
more pronounced as he is revealed
by q study of the consumption ol
bales OF cotton in the textile plants
of this country. However, as early
as 1880: the Northern states we're
operating over 100000 spindles,
while the Southern States were rs'a'
ming but little more than hals u
million.
If ,Yas not until 1898 that the
Southern states had increased TIE
number Of spindles to 2,ooO,ooo'
while at that time the Northerr
states we're operating 13.40o,ooJ
sp,ndles., In 1909 our industry has
grown until we are now running
s10,42s.0o0 spindles. against tn
North's 17,5Ss,0oO, and we are US
ing. today 2,554Fe9o bales. of cotton
against the North's $4,000. Az
early as 1890 the Northern mlfas
were using 2,ooo,O0o bales when We
were using but half million.
In 1908, the North was using leo,.
600 rnore bales of cotton than tne
South. This year that lead has been
reduced to $4,000, and If condl'
tions are not materially changed dir
ing this year it. is not unlikely tha'
the South will, by the end OF l9lO
have oyertaken the North in the
matter of consumption.
And remember that we are send
Z ing out of the country today S4l'''
39O.6S5 worth of domestic cotton
and that we are sending in cold casl
TO other countries for raw cotton
imports the princely sum of abou'
s14.O00,ooO.
In South Carolina our progress
has been rapid, for in 1850 we hao
only S0,S9O spindles and $50 looms
consuming 3,978,061 pounds OF cot
ton: in 1889 there was S2,334 spin
dies and 1876 looms, consuming
15,61O,O55 pounds of cotton; thel
pass by another decade and South
Cacolinas industry had developed
until the music of 1,431,349 spin
dies and 42,663 looms was being
heard, consuming 230,o53,S07 lbs
Of cotton.
Now another nine years has elaps
ed. s.nd this state today stands Sec
o,,d in the American Union in tex
tiles. with 3,SA6,117 spindles ane
ss.2B1 looms, consuming 327,5o l.
o9s pounds OF cotton. Nowhere
the world has there been such rap
id development. Today mills III tni'
state are consuming 76s,s66 bales
of cotton, or practically four-hfsn'
Of the states entire cotton crop.
The textile plants Of the nation art
turning out about s45O,OOo,ooo II
product, while in this state alone
something like $75.000,000 worth o
cotton manufactured goods is now
being annually produced.
Oh this country's cotton crop her'
in. the South, we are now cons I'm
ine in our own textiles 5,19S,99t
soO-pound bales, but we are Sill
sanding to export s,SS9,724 bales o.
over 6e per cent of the crop, and w
are actually importing about 17o'o0'
bales OF long staple cotton cot'oi
that we hope to be able to raise II
the very near future.
The "unloaded" Gun.