The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-10-20

". a.. con- AsAAhHehscs
From statements made TO me by
some 81 the stockholders and the re-
ports OF dividends I am convinced
that ona OF the most prosperous bus
iness institutions IN the town IS The
waxahachie cotton mill From q
small beginning about Is years ago
additions have been made and the
spindle capacity has been largely In
creased and this has all been done
b. simply using the profits, II |
mistake not. besides several divi-
dcnds that have been paid. While
this enterprise seems 10 be divi-
dend producer ! hardly think there
Is any OF that degree of oppression
Of the employees practiced like We
read OF in the north and east This
mill seems TO have prospered and
AZ the same time been reasonably
Just 10 its iaborers II one mill can
prosper there is no reason why mills
enough 10 consume the Ellis county
cotton crop should not do as we'll for
all OF our cotton Is worked up into
finished products and there is no
good and valid reason why our mills
should not furn6h us with all the
products of the fleeey staple needed
To manufacture our cotton goods
at home, sell them 10 our local mer-
chants and let them distribute them
we would save In more ways than
one would at first thought imagine.
The mills can buy cotton III the local
market ut the local price, thereby
saving the profit OF the local cotton
buyer. the profit Of his employer
and | DO not know how many more
must get q profit before the cotton
reaches tile northern, eastern and
European mills. freight on cotton
and on the return OF the finished
product would be saved and compress
charges would be eliminated 1t Isl
probably conservative to say that
the waxahachie cotton mill can OBJ
tain cotton ten or. possibly fifteen
dollars per bale cheaper than III
costs the Manchester spinner.
It is laudable ambfion of
every progressive citizen OF Waxa-
haehie and OF Ellis county to build
UP a city We are all convinced that
unless our agricultural lands shall
be cut up into small holdings that
our towns are already as large and
even larger than the surrounding
country will support Without some
thing to furnish more employment
fer our urban population our towns
have practically grown to their full
size and under present conditions
must be content with hare hold
their-own existence or so sitter new
and grow and prosper
do not know what the Chamber
of Commerce Is doing along the
line of study of the possibilities Of
making Waxahachie manufactur-
ing center. but am emboldened TO
suggest that it's officials get litera-
ture bearing on the subject and
when they end anything they think
we can handle call a regular get-to-
gether meeting OF the town and coun-
try as was done when the cotton
mill project was organized.
Ii is.Tery common for the people |
Of town through their represen-
tatives to invite the investment OF
foreign capital in the establishment I
of local enterprises but they seem
frequently TO forget that it Is not
foreign capital they need, bat ioeel
push mental confidence and true
spirit OF progress There are ample
funds right here in the Waxahachio I
banks 10 finance another cotton /
mill, a knitting factory, manufao-
tory Of duck shoes, duck Stoves.
an overall factory. a cordase fac
tory or any tive or three of these
Il the matter could but
be intolligently presented 90 those
who have idle money What say
you, public spirited citizens Of Wax i
ahaehie and surrounding eountry2 7
Shall MO By inaction let our thriving (
little town drift along as play
thing OF fate aud instead OF forging /
60 the front deteriorate, or shall We I
demonstrate to the world that we
are alive and determined to mold q
prominent place smong the cities of 4
Texas There IS ms iaok or public (,