Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-26
CALVIN HARRIS
 BELIEVES MILL
 BE SUCCESSFUL
Manager of Monticello Plant
 Thinks Pine Bluff Needs Cotton Mill.


 Calvin Harris, manager of the cot ton mill at Monticello a plant which under his management, is paying good dividends to it's stockholders, yester day evening, over long distance tel i eph0ne to The Graphic, gave out the procedure to be followed iH the way of building an operating a cotton mill. The modus operandi is 10 organize the company, engage an expert and determine the number of yarn that will be made, as the Yarn fixes, or establishes, the quality of .,oods that will be manufactured; have a respon- sible expert to buy up-todate machn- cry so that full value will be obtained for the money expended, and build the plant.
 He said it would take 6 year to build and equip the mll
 Outside and local capitalists assert Pine Bluff is the logical location for cotton mills, and have expressed also a readiness to go into the busi ness. An expert will be here in q few days. and in ali proba ability the company will be organized
 MT. Harris thinks that a Pine Bluff cotton mill will do well. Further more, he will be glad to give the nov CTS in the enterprise Whatever ad vice he can. He is a man of mature experience in the business, and he is making a success of the mill at Monticello. He readily responded to the call of The Graphic over the phone. He said the Monticello mill are working full time and frequently work overtime.
 When the mill was first established it made poor success, but in the last five CT six years it has done Very we'll
 Asked as to the question of labor, he said that at times it is unsatis- factory, just as is the case in every line of industrial work, but in the main, it is alright.
 MT. Harris emphasized the neces- sity Of determining at the vert out set just what number of yarn should be made, saying that the number de- termined the grade and everything else in connection with the manurac- tured product.
 MT. Harris statement regarding the length of time it will take to build and equip the mills is not underestimated, as it will take time to erect the build ing or building select, deliver and install the machinery
 Since the interview with H. c. Couch, president of the Arkansas Light & Power company, in which he declared Pine Bluff the logical place for cotton mills, and his readiness, as well as his associates to go into the enterprise, if local capital would join, report made by chamber of com merce committee favring the pur-. chase of cotton mill in Tennessee has been recalled.
 B. B. Bloom, secretary of the cham Der of commerce, called attention to the matter and the report. J. E. Boyce and B. c. Fowles comprised the com mittee. They spent several weeks in- vestigating the matter and recom- mended the purchase. Outside capital was ready to go into the company with the local capital, the local end to be $75,000, and it would have been car- ried to successful conclusion, had it not been for the European war. The financial conditions at the time did not warrant the investment. Today, this mill is not for sale.
 The question of the advance in the price of machinery came up yester- day, and the statement was made that the price will be up for some years to come, and all that it means is a delay in the time before the mill will pay for itself. As to the suc- cess of a cotton mill in this city, al, seem to be agreed that it is assured. The state of education in Russia may be judged from the fact that there is only one village school for every 5000 persons.