2 THE AOVAriTAGE OF MANUFACTURES III THE SOUTH Mr. E. W. Thomas, One of the Leading Cotton Mill Men of the Piedmont Section, Talks of the Spinning Indus-' try in the South and Its Bright Future ' I wish to call your attention to a few facts fdr consideration and thoughtful investigation: Mrst. As to the future possibility tf the South becoming the leading cot ton manufacturing centre of the world, and reasons why such a position is at tainable. Second. The comparative advantag es of the South over any other section of the world as a manufacturing cen tre. Third. Our responsibilities and du ties in this development. Taking the first suggestion for con sideration, and we find we have been for the past few years rapidly increas ing the number of spindles and looms j in the South to a degree commanding ' the admiration of our friends and creating consternation and fear among our. competitors, and this has resulted : in making us stronger in our courage to still push forward and naturally has brought within our borders larger financial security. Our anticipations in this respect are shared, in a measure, by our Northern neighbors, who are manufacturers. England as well is becoming exceed ingly alarmed at the rapidly increasing number of spindles being put in opera- ; tion in this country, basing her alarm ; upon the fact that, in such increase j here, more of our cotton crop must needs be used by us, and presenting to her, more vividily than ever before. the fact that the raw material of the world is most surely in the hands of the South, and that we are gradually and more firmly becoming a strong competitor in the sale of manufactured cotton to foreign countries. To what extent this alarm has grown may be illustrated by the fact that meetings throughout England: have recently been held by those who I are deeply interested in manufactur- ing problems, and at one of these meetings, at Manchester, which was attended .by a large and influential gathering, the following was the bur den of the remarks. The address of the Lord Mayor at this meeting is givn in part in the following brief ex tracts: "He stated it to be of supreme im portance that every possible effort should be put forward, not alone by this association, but also by the gov ernment, with a view to the growing of cotton in Africa. No readers of the daily press could be ignorant of the great efforts which were being made by cur competitors in the United States by continentaJountries and by Japan, not only to eqi'.al our efficiency in the cotton industryv but even and particularly was this the case in regard to the United States to wrest from us the great industry upon which the very existence of Lancashire depended. The almost unlimited capacity for the pro duction of every commodity in the States cn a gigantic scale was shown nowhere more forcibly than in the growth of cotton. One State alone that of Texas had an area more thrm double the area of Great Britain. The States were the most powerful compe titors, and the States were likely to be more powerful in the future. The fixed aim of those engaged in the cotton in dustry was ultimately to consume on the spot all the cotton grown on the plantations, n 189 the cotton crop was 7.311,392 hales, of which the States vsei 32 per cent., Great Britain using 33 per cent. Last year the crop was 10,680,630 bales. The States used 37 per cent, and Great Britain 23 p-or cent., an increase of 5 per cent, in the States and a decrease of 10 per cent, in Great Britain. The tendency of con sumption in the near neighborhood of the cotton field was shown by the fact that while in 1890 the North took 76.7 per cent, of that consumed in the States and xjthe South took 23.3' per cent., last year the North took only 51.41 per cent, and the South took 48.59 per cent. Without being unduly alarm ed they might say that there was sure ly sufficient evidence to warrant Ike special visits of masters and trade un ion leaders to the States to take stock of the. position and prepare for the struggle." At this same meeting the Hon. Al fred Emmott, M. P.," moved the follow ing resolutions, which were carried: "That, in view of the frequent disor ganization and consequent loss to LLe DO NOT DOSE THE STOMACH. Cure Catarrh by Nature's Own Meth odEvery Breath of Hycmei Brings Relief. Nearly every one who has catarrh knows how foolish it is to try and cure it by drugging the stomach. Tem porary relief may be given, but a cure seldom comes. Until recently your physician would have said the only way to cure ca tarrh would be to have a change of climate; but now with Ilj'omei you can carry a health giving climate in your vest pocket and by breathing it a few minutes four times a day soon cure yourself. The complete outfit of Hyomei costs but $1.00 and consists of an inhaler that can be carried in the vest pocket a medicine dropper and a bottle of Hyomei. The inhaler lasts a lifetime and if -one bottle does not cure, an ex tra bottle, cf Hyomei can be obtained for 59 cents. It is the most economical of all remedies advertised for the cure of catarrh, and is the only on--- that follows nature in her method of "treat ing diseases of the respiratory or gans. It. H. Jordan & Co. has fireds of Hvomei outfits and the more they sell, the more convinced they are tuac iney are penectiy safe in guar anteeing to refund the money if Hv omei does not cure. If II cotton trade of the United Kingdom owing to the uncertain supply of the raw material, it is incumbent on all those interested in the prosperity of the industries of this country to use every effort to increase the growth of cotton." Mr. Emmott said from a third to a fourth consisted of cotton in one form or another, representing a value of 70,000,000. The tendency in recent years had been to a shortage of the cotton on which Manchester depended so much. He found that the American crop in 18S1 yielded 6,589,00 bales of cotton. Of this there came to England 2.844,000 bales, to the continent 1,752, 000, and America had - 1.915,000. In 1902 the figures were 10,701,000 bales, of which 3,046.000 came to England, 3.563,000 to the continent, and to America 4.359,000. Ihe area for grow ing cotton in America was not expanu as they would like to see it. It was not expanding, at any rate, faster than the American and continental people were wanting cotton. In' regard to Egypt, there could not be a great development there. Great Britain had to look elsewhere; she must look to her colonies. East and West Africa and the West Indies were particularly suited to the growih of cotton. One did not much care whence the cotton supply came, but if the growth had to be stimulated they should look to their colonies. It must be their earnest desire to keep trade, not by traffic, but by fair means, with in the bounds cf the Empire. Whilst he was no alarmist, he must say that it was his honest opinion tnat to some extent the cotton trade, like other trades, was in peril. Progress 'in the trade had almost ceased. In 1882 they had 38,100.000 spindles and 485 ' looms; in 1892 the figures were 43,054, 000 and 616.000; in 1902, 44,600,000 and 648.000. That was to say that during the decade the increase of Lancashire spindles had been only 1,500,000, and if he had taken only the nine years up to 1901 there would have been hardly any increase. The writer cf an article on "An Eng lish View of American Progress" quotes, as to labor efficiency, as fol lows: "Then as to labor efficiency, the Americans, with their rare genius .lor organization, have raised the output efficiency of labor in the United tSates to an incomparably higher point than is common in Europe; the division of labor is carried out so as to secure the greatest turnover, combined with the highest quality of output. The Ameri can has systemized; labor as he has his machines of production." As to the causes of the superior effl ciency, he states: "What is the explanation? It is probably three-fold: "1st. The remarkably exhilarating effect of the dry American atmosphere an effect that may be called electri cal. "2nd. The stimulus cf free labor competition. "3rd. Freedom from trades union re strictions and levelling-down influen ces. The power of the union in the United States is very small and has been greatly reduced by the failure of the recent steel trust strike." Granting that these conclusions are correct as arrived at by these represen tative men of England, it does not in any way, seem incredible that "in the future, with the raw material at our doors, this Southern country may not be destined to be the great manufac turing centre of the world. Now there are many, however, who do not take so roseate a view, and some of the reasons advanced by them are, that the . capacity and capability of the Southern native help would not meet the requirements necessary to manipulate the medium and fine yarns or cloths; that the supply of work peo ple are inadequate and will continue to be so; that the extreme climatic condi tions of the South are detrimental to fine spinning or weaving. We are told that - we are ; farther away from the New Yprk and Phila delphia markets to receive the advant ages in freight rates other sections of the country may have. In answer to the first point raised that relative to the capability of our Southern native help to manufacture a finer and more diversified product that our present output I will only say that I have yet to learn of their filure to keep pac-3 with the fine and varied work already inaugurated and still be ing increased in our midsL It is also a matter of congratulation that- the average number of yarn being spun in the bouth is increasing in point of fine ness continually. It is also a fact that the majority of the mills recently built and those projected are . being placed upon a basis of fine numbers. In my opinion, , and I speak from personal observation, the adaptability considering all the , surrounding cir cumstances, of the Southern operative, is fully equal to the Northern. Now in regard to an insufficient sup ply of native born help. This may be true in localities, but it has been the experience of all manufacturing cen tres that the. building of the mills has eventually drawn, in close proximity, people. from the country and outlying districts, and it is not worth ..while to consider this question of spindfeage here, as even when our native country help is exhausted; then if it be trv-r that cotton manufacturing may decline in our sister countries, there will ' be opportunities for skilled employes from those countries to be obtained. We should not cross this bridge until we come to it. - Regarding the climatic condition jf being against the practical manufac turing of finer yarns than are now spun in the South. The extremes or temperature are greater in the North ern than in the Southern States, and the changes are more erratic. If then our temperature is more uniform, I why ; can wenot spin'as fine numbers as in the North? Again, the art of creating artificial moisture effectually and economically within our mills has reached, that de gree of perfection that any required amount of humidity may be obtained. The last proposition, or objection raised that we are farther away from the market centres of New York and Philadelphia may be met by asserting that better facilities will naturally be provided for transportation and un doubtedly , lower competitive rates be made as the bulk of cotton manufac turing business increases in the South. Again, the distance from those cen tres will be less vital to us as later we create our own plants for. knitting the yarns spun by us and in erecting, our own plants for converting our own cloths. We come now to the consideration of the second proposition, which is upon the comparative advantages the South has over any other section of the country as destined to be the largest cotton manufacturing centre of the world. Histoiy of the industrial art has al ready proven that all such industries centralize and concentrate within the borders of the localities where the raw material exists. This has no better il lustration than in the history of the iron and steel industry. Not so many years ago this whole Northern, East ern and Southern country was dotted over with the small and isolated forges and furnaces. Today these have dis appeared and concentration of ihe business is localized where the ore beds and the coal fields abound. So, logically may we conceive, with out any possible fear of contradiction, that the great trend of cotton manufac turing is toward the cotton fields. This of itself is one indication that the fu ture centre of cotton manufacturing is bound to come within our--borders. Facts show that with the large in crease in number of spindles in the South proportionately many times the percentage of the increase in the North; that we are also reaching, if we have not quite " reached, a point where we are using as many bales' of cotton as are being used in the North. This fact is also in our favor, for as time goes on and the Northern mills place their output on finer yarns knd displace the medium and lower counts, as. seems to be inevitable, they will re quire less raw material, and to that ex tent will our increase of spindles be supplied in a measure by the reduction in the amount of raw material con sumed by those Northern mills. I believe very strongly that cotton manufacturing in New England is net to be obliterated; that they are fully able to care for themselves in the fu ture and that they have already recog nized the fact that they must make changes, just as we at the South must make changes, in systems, methods, and in the increased diversification of our, products. We come now to the third and last proposition to be considered. That is, what ought to be done on our part to make this section the great manufacturing centre of the world. There are many things that should receive our attention. Our prompt, persistent and ener 0 effru-t-o tpi atipi 11 n nvpniips for 1 ffl. tro r o Yir! th r Vim nn-n triDfl U ' cn which I know will be fully presuvOu to you later in the session. Establishment of centres in foreign countries where samples of products of this country may be exhibited. Having our consulate service par take more of a commercial nature. There is also much for us to do, however, in the sanitary, educational and religious measures, which must be given our work people, and it is a pleasure for me to testify as to the willingness as a whole of the Southern employer generally to furnish all these advantages. And while undertaking ! the better ment of our work people we must not be blind to the fact, that we also as managers, owners and superintendents, must not cling to old traditional me thods of management, that no great industry like ours in these progressive clays can be carried on in the same manner and way as years ago. Evtry day brings us in contact with, changes in the wishes -and desires, of our cus tomers, to which requirements we must conform, also, that competition brings us to the facts, that margins of profit existing in the past have been reduced to a point, where our best-ef forts are required, in maintaining our machinery plant in the very best con dition, and the proper balancing of cur mill, so that each and every machine will run its full day's capacity and in the economical purchase of raw ma terial and supplies, etc. Too many of our mills, are not today obtaining the maximum amount of yarn and cloth, through the machinery not being properly balanced through out the mill in point of. production, or not running at a speed the most econo mical for the cost of its output. - It does not follow always the in creased speed will give increased pro duction, for beyond a certain point it will always increase labor cost and re pairs. Hence the whole plant must al ways be carefully considered, each de partment by itself, regulating its speed according to the condition of the ma chinery in that department and if the other departments of the mill after be- in er fitted tin as they ousrht to do not provide for or use the output of the first, add to or reduce the number of machines until you have a well bal anced mill. IMPROVEMENT IN QUALITY OF GOODS.'. Since my residence in this section of the country I have been very much im pressed with the quotations of selling prices of yarns and cloths as shown in the trade papers, wherein all Southern farms and cloths are generally quoted at lower prices than those cf Northern Wakeful Children For a long time the two year old child of Mr. P. L. McPherson, 59 N. Tenth St., . Harrisburg, Pa., would sleep but two or three hours in the early part of the night, which made tt. tti. hr fnf Vipr -parents. Her mother concluded that the child had stomach trouble, and gave her half of one of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, which quieted Jier TXS"& ot ' Tablets have effected a Permanent cure and she is now well and strong.) For sale by It. H. Jordan & Co. cTiq sipnt tne wiiu production. The prevailing opinion in many cases would seem to imply tlit the Southern goods were not equal in quality to the Northern. I would nice this to be satisfactorily explained and a.s we have so many friends here from Now York and Philadelphia I trust this information may be given us by them. My own experience with the Southern goods both in the manufacturing and finishing of same, shows them to b3 fully equal to the same grades as the Northern maka If it be true, however, that our aver age standard in quality is inferior we have a task before us that should be attended to at once. We can not affoid but to put the best on the market, whether fine, medium, or coarse goods or yarns. Why should we not put bel ter than our competitors? W3 certain ly have a larger amount of new and improved machinery in operation in cur mills than there are in the North ern mills. UNINTELLIGENT COMPETITION. Upon this point I wish to take a few moments of your time. One of the existing handicaps we have among ourselves and one which exists in other quarters, is that of un intelligent competition. Ignorant com petition has been in many cases the cause of many mills not making money. Many manufacturers who are weaving more than one class and weight of goods have never konwn the exact cost of each of the kinds they produce. Well established mills, many (f them thoroughly organized, well fi equipped, and well managed, are sin gularly deficient in thisfine, and more particularly is it pronounced wh?re there are a large variety of yarns or cloth made. As has been stated, by a competent writer, "Competition is in dustrial war. Ignorant, unrestricted competition, carried to its topical con clusion means death to soma of the combatants and injury for all." Even the victor does not soon re cover from the wounds received in 'the conflict." "A successful mill is not produced by chance but by intelligence persistently applied, and such a mill may make to dividends fully as much by orders it does not fill as by orders it may ac cept." THE WASTE PROBLEM. Much of the waste from our mills we do not work, a greater share finds its way to foreign countries to be rework ed into merchantable products, some of which find their way back to this country. Is there any reason why we, as manufacturers, should not work up our own waste or at least establish plants for making a specialty of these classes of waste that are now exported, and thus increase the amount cf monoy Continued on Third Page.) TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY I Take Laxative Brorno-Quinine Tablets. This signature 25c. on every tox THE CUP THAI CHEEhb but does not inebriate" may be Tea for Mr. Smith, Coffee for Mr. Brown and Chocolate or Cocoa for Mr. Jones, but to, be any value each should be "straight goods." We are ready to serve all with the best brands of table beverages to .be had in this "market, especially Coffees. We buy our Cof fees green, roast them every week, and know what we sell you. Something no other grocerymaa in .town, can say. B R. r3 FFETF'S TIM (TEETHING POWDERS Costs 0dy2& at DraggistsTor"! 25c till jiOFFElT.ttii: ures Eruptions and Sores. Colic, Hives and Thrush. Removes and Prevents Worms T?IJJT3E3r:XTXr-A. COUNTERACTS AND OVERCOMES THB EFFECTS OF THE SUMMER'S HEAT UPON TEETHING CHILDREN. WE ARE MAKING Reduced Prices This Week ON OUR Come in and see our stock of beautiful Flowers, Foliage, Etc. For.G6e. Boys Only 25c P e r P a. i r SAVES PANTS and STOCKINGS Long-Tecte Cloth iaga Companyx 42 SOUTH TR YON STREET O Goods sent on approval to all points. -returnable at OUR J g expense. 'i f " g Cures CJioIera-lnfantura, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, and the Bowel Troubles of Children of Any Age Aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels, Strengthens the Child and Makes TEETHING EASY. Brownie Nice quality 58 inch Lawn splid colors, 5c gopds; oxlv 0e lot, reeJ sheer, worth 7 l-2c,white only India Linen, - V We hfceve at splendid line Yal Laces and they are pret ty patterns; very latest, prices to Full Line latest all 15e p MiD. 22 only 15c per No wonder we sell so much Ribbon; we give better values: than can be had elsewhere. Dry floods Co OOOOOOQOOO?OOOO0OOOOOG9 imi Brapery I mm Depar,mfi THE newest and best things to be found. We want you to see our genuine Cluney and Batten- burg Imported Window Curtains. They are by far the best bargains ever seen here before. We a ho have the oooular Rooe and Tapanese 0 O Braid Curtains, suitable O prices, v O Snow, Flake Curtain, the o 1.75 to o Window Shades at 30c each to the very wide q kind at $3.50 each." We carry the Shade cloth in $ stock and can make up Shades at once as wide as 63 Q inches.'; t ' v" ; 0 Special prices on new lot of Fine Mattings. Q 4 y o o o Successors to Andrews Furniture. Carpets doooodbodoooibboobpopoooooo -Ti Af USE S E M I-P'A StE PAINT MANUFACTURED BY TANNER PAINT & OIL CO Box 180 cents cents 15c value, only Things in Ribbons, shapes. We show some ex- elusive things m Window andHll! Curtains 0 0 for Summer, at attractive ? 0 new and popular kind, at 0 m per Pair Furniture and Music Company. ! Pianos. Organs, 0 0 THE BEST Va. 3 to cents LACES yard 0

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