The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-08-10
Southern Textile Mills VIII Soon Gut
rank Northern Mills
IN COTTON CONSUMED
Commissioner Watson Talks Most
interestingly ON ludu>,ry.-Say>
the Caitcd states Is ENp"rtinS
$sf.$.S,36S Worth OF Cotton
Manufactures.
Manufactures.

Have YOU stopped 20 realize ;aai
the United States IS only sending o
export s3l.S1S.3eS worth o: Good
manufacturers while she is importing
approximate'y S.o.ooo.0oo worth o!
cotton .iafaciured products or
the use OF her peo. x
This statement IS rather Sign!fi-
cant in its nature and o: peculiar n
teres: just now on account OF .he
cotton situation IL ;hiS State was
made recently by Commissioner Wat
Soa.
Many OF the mills OF South Car
DINA are running on short time AND
there is general policy OF curtaii-
meat on accoun; OF tae prices IN the
cotton goods marke, and the pro-
duct.
In tue pas, month more than q
hal; dozen large cotton mills aate
peec chartered il tn. State.
In a recent address ;he commiS-
s!orer made several Very Interest
ing statements bearing or the ."A-
lie Industry IN this country.
The possibilities o. Southern NAH
usacture are becoming more a:I
more pronounced as he Is revealed
BY study Of the consumption OF
bales Of cotton il the textile plants
OF this country. However. as earl!
as 1880. the Northern states were
operating over 100000 spind:eS,
while the Southern States were r''a-
ming bu, a little more than half q
million
l. was not until 1898 that the
Southern states had increased ,nt
number az spindles 20 100000
while a. that time the Northern
states were operating l3.i0o."et
spindies. In 1909 ou- industry has
grown until VIC are now running
l0.4sS.o00 spindles against tn
North's l7,5Ss.000. and We are US
ing today 2.554.000 bales OF co'.os
against the North's 2.6SI.0o0. A:
early as 1890 the Northern mill:
were using 100000 bales when We
were using but half million.
In lseS the North was using lSo.
600 more bales OF cotton than tbs
South. This year that lead has oees
reduced 70 $4,000. and If condi
tions are not materially changed dIr
Ing this year il is not unlikely tha
the South will. by the end OF 1910
have oveEtakea the North IN ,h'
matter o: consumption
And remember that We are send
Ing out OF the country today Siis.
3aa,SsS worth os domestic co'soa
and that We are sending in cold cast
to other countries tor raw co''oE
imports the priacely sum OF aSou
$4,000. .oo0.
In South Carolina ou: p7ogrcs:
has been rapid. for in 1860 We nas
only 3o.SS0 spindles and SIS loom.
consuming 3.a.S.osl pounds Of cot
ton: in 1889 there was S2.33i spin
dies and 1.s:S looms. coasumin:
15,S1e.055 pounds OF cotton: ;h.i
pass by another decade and Sont!
Carolsna's industry had developed
until the music Of I.i3l.Sts spi0
dies and 1858 looms was bein;
heard. consuming 230.0o3.S01 lbs
Of cotton
Now another nine years has elaps
ed. and this state today stands sec
ond IN the American Union in tex
tiles. with 3.S4S.l17 spicd!es ans
ss.2SI looms. consuming 3e1.ool.
0sS pounds Of cotton. Nowherc ,
the world has there been such rap
i'd development Today mills in thi:
state are consuming 1896 bale:
Of cotton. or practically four-Sf:h:
OF the states entire cotton crop.
The textile plaats OF the nation arr
turning out about s450.ooo.00o II
product. while in this state alone
something like s75.o00.o00 worth o
cotton manufactured goods is nov
being annually produced.
OF this country's cotton crop. her:
in the South. we are now cons I'm
ing in our own textiles o.leS.9oI
5o0-pound bales. bu. We are sti.
serding to export s.SSs.124 bales o.
over ss per cent OF the crop. aad We
are actually importing about 1880,
bales OF IonG staple cotton. cot:or
that we hope 70 be able 20 raise y
che very near future