The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-09-29
ONE ONE MILL PRESIDENT
IS NOT PESS|M|ST|C
SAYS THAT CONDITIONS
HERE ARE GOOD
AZ FINE PROSPECT
Local Mills Will Not Need To
Curtail and All Mills of State
.$ IsSc Bright View
FINE PROSPECT
tFrom Saturday Daily.)

Tilat much Of the talk around An
dcrson about the cotton milla or
South Carolina facing serious sftu-
alton Is untrue. according tn the in
formation obtained in different Sec
siocs OF the city and county
The cotton mills O. this county and
If the whole United States are put
in as bad circu.is lance Is by conditions
brought on by tn. war in, Europe rs
are tho farmers who rDise the cotton
This is the sentiment OF the president
Of one or the large mills of this coun-
ty. He points out that. while the
market for cotton has fallen nr 3 or
cents per pound. the price CT man
ufactured cotton cloth lias been rt,-
duced cents per podnh; tha. Is. go
far .as the output of this mill is' con-
cerGed. Similar conditions effect
other mills. Even In normal times,
THE business OF running a cotton mill
has sMndergone n vast ichnnses within
the ipast 10 years. IejftUen years ago
.ha iprlce OF cotton did not change
moro than one-haif cent per pound
In two months ocNHlore,; but now 1t
often changes as much as 1 cents in
hat time. This makes 1t impossible
for the mill to buy It's years supply
Of cotton a. one Line. because to buy
cotton at q high price might mean
that another mill would buy 1t at n
lower price and sell cloth cheaper,
cttaEdns the financial ruin Of the for
me13mill. For the sams reason, the
pgihSs in the north cannot !iny large
,rntbnt OF clorh from tho cotton mills
mi aAyance. The mill spoken OF has
" 1ld n a fnCrnnc,a 70 = ah~tt
for t$soring bales OF cloth MANY ltiEies
| ltd epFmer size. It Is thus easily seen
hdT The prcaent slack mackrt and
uicArtsinty %orF great hardship
on TIE cotton mills. The mills OF this
coMnty manufacture largely wide and
naryHw print c.otf.s, for which at
preSSht there is almost nc demand at
aI.E IS2fo i'SsiJs ,sijatJ
HMe m!lIs In manS instances arc
| n4Wi running, at financial lnsr, sput
| tnbE feel y th6ir mora; duty to run
mi EHcuunt cf the t.sper:lfiyny.. and The
raff4drs OF tho South. y Is also bet
.ef Born item TO; rum becnIse n large
o%ps4ise would :bo fncnrr.,l II; the ma
tI:hi tery vera stopped. mot To i speak
fasiaSthSe !. :csuranco and, Interest !, ?
+ ,s.fitel III vested. The working uaDi.ai
| Of d III Mt the present. time Is neces-
-nrilY much reduced on account 4 OF
tho large amount OF, money tied up
ffn f1foth stored in the warehouses be-
cause. OF. lack of demand. h, ,.y..s.,
h Thie mill president says that the i'm
pression that the mills do not want
kha, price OF cotton to be high Is; all
wrong that he told onA OF his buy
,ers yesterday that he would be very
happy to know that the price OF cot
ION had been fixed at 12 tailts. High
1ytaRd cotton means. high priced
.clpta. and has the effect osysteadying
the market all around. The HILLS just
at 8 this time have Z special reason
FOR wanting to see the nrica If cotton
tidvarce. because they. are for the
most part manufacturing cloth rf
cotton which they paid from 10 to 12
cents for. To sell the cloth now be-
Ing mades at present prices meant
great money loss..ft. '7.u'ttI.o q ~
e. !: Cotton OF Unif1rai Staple. ii,essi
) Another impress,6r .olnnkonfyl .aslu
ampng FARMERS lis that the aMti.s OF
the GSGnty, !; II theva dwoutd, cbtiG .bae
e5ttton grown In iris :SSsoMHasy e Tsf4is@is
npt true. because each mill has to
have b certain length:of staple OF a
certain tensile i' strengths fnris theft
looms; II they. conl,i the anlilfv would
ER1edfY stE.ke ;ltfeir 5,s.lt tqn .,it the local
: ns st!tana save ;. the h. freishs n. ,shsy
that the farmers of this c6uS tv could
raise the sort Of staDia mostly iised
n.SiS sas @ntar VIII osss Sc;
g. =. q,
.",s y. n Ing
vnsu S1.,o 49, M las. sss III
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