The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-01
AMERICAN COTTON MILLS
AND THEIR PRODUCTS
Cotton Fabrics of Every Marketable Variety are Made
in One or Another of the Four Hundred Great
Establishments Devoted to This Industry

Dy lar the larger, having more tUdl
1900 establishments and about 4OO,-
600 employees, as compared with about
one-tenth hat numbe in the second.
Plain cloths for printing or convert
ing comprise by far the most import
ant class Of woven goods, as measured
by quantity. Brown and bleached
sheetings and shirtings rank second
followed by ginghams, fancy woven
fabrics, twills and sateens, and mapped
fabrics, in the order named. The
production of each of these classes of
cloths was more h a 300, OO0,O OO
u yards in 1909.
The most important products Of
the industry in the United States,
other than woven fabrics, are yarns,
thread and cotton waste. Much Of
the yarn made by cotton mills is sold
to hosiery and knit goods factories.
OF the secondary products cordage
and Irvine are the most important, the
annual output averaging about 49,
10000 pounds.
AS in other countries, different re-
gions or States Of the United States
specialize or different grades or classes
Of cotton manufactures. The State
Of Massachusetts produces a large
output of plain cloths for printing or
converting, followed by the Carolinas,
producer of sheetings and shirtings.
IlAOOc 1Sldl1u, NEW OIh anu SOIluoC-
ticut. South Carolina is the largest
Twills and sateens, whose manufac-
ture involves fine spinning and COM
plicated weaving, are produced, for
the most part, in the Northern
States, such as Massachusetts and
Rhode Island The same is true Of
the production Of fancy woven fab
RIGS. The manufacture Of this class
of goods, however, has largely in
| orooCod in tho So,,fhn~r Cto%oc ocnn1i
ally in Georgia, North Carolina and
South Carolina, Massachusetts, and
North Carolina are the principal pro-
ducerS Of ginghams, and Georgia and
Massachusetts, Of duck. South Caro-
lima INT Georgia lead in the produc-
ton of drills, and North Carolina and
Massachusetts, in ticks, denims and
excel in c~ottonades, and Massachu-
sets, New Hampshire and North
Carolina are the leading States in the
manufacture Of mapped fabrics. Bags
and bagging are ~specialties Of South
Carolina and Maine, and the produc-
ton of tape and webbing is almost
exclusively confined to Pennsylvania.
Rhode Island and Massachusetts
North Carolina and Massachusetts
lead in yarn, and in the production
of thread or sewing cotton, Massa
chusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut and
{ Rhode Island are the leading States.
"A Demand That Varies.
In an article Of this nature it /.
obviously quite impossible to discus.
every phase Of the cotton goods in.
dustry. The demand varies widely il
different markets, according to the eli
mate, the purposes for which the ma
terial is to be used, the buying pow
er of the population, and q hundre'
: other factors. If buyers reading thi
D article desire further information O
{ wish to be placed in touch with Amer
lean mills, it is suggested that the,
address a letter to the Service De
partment of Duns International Re
: view, New York City, which will us
t it's best efforts to answer their ques
e tons or meet their requirements. ]
is desirable that the inquirer state hi
r needs specifically, if possible, and al
" way as fully and clearly as may be.
e The advantages that the Unite
= States offers to the foreign buyer G
cotton goods are many n varied
They are especially enhanced at thi
n time when this great MANUFACTURER
Is nation, at peace with h world, wit
l. abundant crops and ~incalculable faci
e tiles for transforming raw materia'
into manufactured products, is PR
n pared to serve it's customers prompt
e and we'll with the desire Of establish
Al ing permanent trade relations whel
Us ever they do not at present exist.
6, The products Of American cote
he mills have gained and held their 81
le premacy in h great markets of II
world by sheer merit. Quality new
ne has been sacrificed to price. STANDARD
IN that were set half a century ago ha'
es been maintained or advanced, ven
IN the face Of the sharpest competitio
There are many instances of this, b
en- they are so similar that one or tv
or that are typical will suffice to emph
ne size this point.
n The Red Sea district runs from Il
re Suez Canal to the Indian Ocean.
to takes in Arabia in Asia and the S
r. dan. Italian Eritrea. and Frenc
British and Italian Somaliland in A
lis RIGA. 1t is one of the most importa
ed markets for cotton goods in the emit
ng world. h cotton goods trade
en- this vast region aggregates more tn,
in 100000 annually. The dema
9TH there has always been for nnrociz