The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-10
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trouirer is what the cotton mills are
going 10 do to profit by the enormous
a.ailabie power. l brought this uues-
ZION up to some of the cotton mill
men of CASTOR county and the cheer
ing confidence they have in the f,I-
ture Of the textile industry of North
carolina would be good stuff for the
immigration department Of the State
to put in print and scatter over the
tour quarters Of the globe.
Possibly ! had a longer ak with
l.. g.. Hutchinson, of Mount Holly. than
nith any other one man, and what he
sand is significant of the tone of all of
them.
Without attempting 10 reproduce
what he said on the subject of cotton
MIN expansion j will try to tell what
gathered from him in q general
way.
rhe war in Europe has set people
10 thinking bou using the cotton of
the United States at the mills of the
tinted States. Where the cotton is
raised il seems hat the cotton should
D." made into the goods in which it is
10 he used by the final buyer. Manu-
featuring is an evolution. 1T folio VS.
the simpler occupations, like hunting,
fishing, farming, etc. and that it has
not gained more OF Il footing in North
Carolina is simply because the people
have been giving their attention to
providing for the less complicated
products. and allowing the skilled
tasks TO those who have been longer
itarninS how.
When the steam engine was invent
81 England was given d power that
soon set up the factory over there.
'rofting by cheap power and the
o%2chinery that followed power, Man
chester built up a big textile industry.
.t-. aAA1A - III a,1 t,,y -I-o
for an increasing quantity of cotton,
'be amount growing year by year
and because making cotton took the
time and attention of the people OF
North Carolina they for a long time
gave little thought to using the cotton
they raised.
Cotton Mill Becomes Factor.
finally the cotton mill grew to such
proportions in this State hat it be
came a factor in the textile trade
Quite rapidly mills multiplied after
the beginning was once really made
ami 81 late the growth Of the Caroline
cotton mills has been one Of the not
able events in American industrial
history.
am satisfied we have seen so ia
ouly the entering wedge. From nov
~ we are going forward in Nortl
Carolina on the road to a textile de
rclopment that will make this Stat
the home OF the greatest textile in
distry Of the world. 1t may not al
work out in the next five years, but !
ls az certain to come as the textil
Mills of Manchester were certain t
follow n invention OF the stear
engine.
The reason -~e- do not manufactur
ih tho United States all Of the cOtto
VI, raise is because we have not ye
turned our attention in that direction
t"cloTe we can manufacture all on
cotton we have some things to d.
Nils must be built to handle niue
more raw material. To do this take
rj"n and money. Men are necessaT
- hulld mills and to ana them. l
aii of the mills now at work youn
men are learning the business of fur
uin& cotton mills. A big crop is con
ms along. n every year as mills mu
IpIy the number who are trained ft
the work is greater. This is takin
tatf Of n factor. Within the ne7
tcr Years we will have in the terri
tors ~ the Southern Power CompaT
. large number Of men competent
handle an increased numbe of mill
Ihey will agitate the question Of mo-
htllS, and under their agitation w
e"m" more mills. When capable me
on" ready 10 assume h manageme1
81 more mills more capital will
lung 10 go into new eSLapESnIHtn
and The new men will be able to tai
some If the stock IL the new mills
VIC have been doing right along
-" oils now in operation.
People TO Run the Machines.
Nlth the question of men to ma
az new mills comes another questl'
equally important, and that Is t
oards to run the machines. Sor
years. ago I was in East Liverpo
'hlo, the home Of the great potte
industry OF the United States, a
,hrre J inquired why North Caroli
ta"lin was sent TO Ohio TO he wor
"a up into pottery instead of bel
made into pottery at home. The a
>Wcr was that the East Liverpt
W"rkmen ave learned how to ma
lottery and the North Carolina fol
rave not Nearly any big industry
any section is 81 process OF the ed
'du"n OF the people that work In I
establishments. When the East Live