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VOLUME I;
DALLAS, PAULDING COUNTY, GA. V MARCH 20. 1883.
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NUMBER 17.
PROTmBSIUNAL CARDS.
D
R. S. ROBERTSON,
PHYSICIAN &SUR8E0N,
Tenilsra hla professional services In the
practice of medloint in nil ill bnneboi to
•hi citizens nf Dil 1m and lurioandin r
eoantry. ja*Offics Mo. 5 Ao north (tint,
nonr eonrt houM.
W. X. FlKLDln. CIO. It. R0BIB T.
J1IELDER ft ROBERTS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Dallm. Paulding County, Georgia.
Praotioo in nil tho oonrti. Prompt atWn
lion ,inn to looking after wild Inna olnlmi
Collections n apecia tjr. 1 ly
J M. SPINKS,
‘ATTORNEY at law,
DaIIm, Paulding County, Qoorgia.
Prompt attention gitrn to oollrctiona in
nr part ot tho State. Wild lands looke I
after and intruders ejected.
Indsftod It with it Hrsrn Stsmpsaarl
ws wilt send ona Maple aat of 6 ntw alyl
> "Mjrtia'* trlpla plstad Ttaipooaa. Con-
I talna ns brat*, warrantad scnulna, agati
la appasianoa to three dollar tpuon*.
Outran teed to p'eue, er money refunded.
Only one aat not to Intioduca Aguta warned end
geodeay, Clrru'ara f a*, addreaa the mtnnfae -
•rert, 6H A WMUT BILYKS PLATE GO., AS Broom-
•eld itiaat, Boater, Vasa.
Y OU CAN HAVE ANY KIND OF
Sewing Machine Repaired.
All Kindi of Needles,
Attachment*, Part*, Etc,, Etc.
—or—
!». McGOBMACK,
61 S. Broad St., Atlnutn, On.
■0-Ssnd Machine! by Ezpnaa.
#37.35 FOR dll.
Music for the Million.—VIennu Eollan
Labial Organ.
8woat.it and moit delightful mniio know.
Popnlar in Europe. Aoy tune ean be played
on it, from Old Hundred to Yoaket Doodle.
Even thoee “with no eer” while away do*
lightfol houre with thle instrument. Any
one ean play it. Children play it la one
evening. Ceete bnt one-tenth aa mueh m
the Organette, Organina, ate., and ie far
tweeter end neede only common mniio. To
introduce onr ne w muelc we will lend a earn
pie Organ, with bonnd book containing ful'
words and mnele of 08 new and popnlar
eonge, which in eheet form eell for $38.33,
prepaid to any addreea for ONLY 61.
C. O. Aa a guarantee that evarv one
will receive all they pay for, we will aeni
one sample bock and organ by ezpreaa C
O. D„ $1-00; two for ft 80; three, 62.30, or
utora at thn rate of 39 per dosen, We can-
nnt prepay goods tent C, O. D. Circular,
frao. Addreea MONADNOCK MUSIC CO ,
Look Boz 780, Hinadale, N. H.
H e. smith ft oo.,
. Dallae, Georgia,
Dealera in Family Orooeriea, Plain and
Fancy Confectioneries a specialty. Every
thing fresh and nice; just from the factory!
Wa deaira to .ay to onr frlenda and tne
pnblie in general that having opened oat a
stock of groceries and confectioneries, we
propoaa to sell them ft. cheap la the cheap,
eat. “Small Profit, and Quick Sale.' 1 shall
ha onr matte. Come and its ua and eb
convinced.
THE "ORIGNAL,,
STAR SPANGLED BANNER.
The oldeet, moat popnlar, beat and cheap,
•at Family paper, begins it. 21et year with
1883. It is a largo 8 page, 40 column illus
trated literary paper, >!>e of the “Ledger'.’’
Cram full of eplandid storiei, akatchea, po
ems, wit hnmor end general fan. P.aoleet
■nd moat popnlar paper published. Estab
lished 20 yeare, reed by 50,030 peraone. It
ie aolid, substantial, reliable. Only 50 cent-
a year, 5 copies, 62; or 75 cents a year with
choice of eet of ail triple plated ailrer
spoons, no bran, new style, retell prloe $1.-
80; or Am. Dictionary, 700 pages, llluilra’ed,
defines 30,000 words, numerous tables,
bonnd la cloth, gilt, better than ninal $1.50
books, or wonderful “Moltum-ln-Pnrv >”
knife, a dm sn tools in one handle, sell, ft
ona to three dollars, bunk handle, name
plate, ate., or eoperb bell harmonica, aweal-
eat musical Instrument known, price rl-53.
Either of above premiums end Banns one
year sent fret, for 25 green stamps. Sub
scribe now. Salisfeetioa guerenteed or
monsy refunded. Trie! trip 3 month for only
10 cents. Specimens free. Addreea STAR
SPANGLED BANNER, Hinsdale, N. H.
Insure T.nr Property Against 1-os.
by Tire.
I am agent far the Continental Insurance Com
pany, which Is confined to the Insuring of farm
property, dvolllnp. enureses, end ichool home,
lor oao, throo and fir. year., grory prudent man
feelt safe when be know, that If he should be on
fortunate as to get his proparty dastroyed by firs-
ho will have tbs graator portion of hlo losses re
placed. This is s rsltabla company, and tneurn
for a low rats. Call on ms, and I will give tou full
eaplsastlons. T. A. FOOTE.
T?r> 17IT’ Sand to MOORE’S
JC IJ Vj Business University,
Atlanta, Georgia,
Tor Illustrated Ciroular. A live actual but
ingee school. Established twenty years.
Tarboro, N. O., ban a colored woman
who was raised as a boy; does not
recollect when she began to wear male
clothing; still dresses and acts like a
man; does a man’s work and bears a
man’s name. She has an aversion to
being with women or doing their kind
of work, and says she would 30 to the
penitentiary before site would wear a
bonnet. She is a mother, but not at all
motherly, and her child calls her papa.
Physicians say that people sleep bet
ter if the head of the bed is placed to the
north. Bnt it depends a good deal
where the baby’s heed is.
PITII AND POINT.
—A fashion writer says the "lcg-of-
mntton sleeves have not provod suc
cessful.” An opinion got started that
they looked shoep.— Burlington Hawk-
rye.
—If you really dislike a man, It Is
well to remerabor that nothing will mad
him move than to oatoh him near a hand
organ and go up and offer him soma
coppers.
—It rather annoys a woman, after
sho hat had hor child christened some
romantic Indian name, to lenrn that the
narno translated means “old boots.”—
Boston I’ost.
—We hear a good doal about the
“rage for speoulation ;” but Fogg, who
sp aks from oxperienoe, says tho rage
generally comes aftor the speculation.—
Boston Trimscript.
—Wo hear of a lady, who livos near
by, who his changed her religion, bo-
ing determined, sho says, to avoid hor
husband’s company in tho next world.
Atlantic (N. Y.) Herald.
—An Irish baronet has just died,
leaving an estate with an income of $50,-
000 to a daughter whose whereabouts
are unknown. We shall expect to sud
denly lose our servant-girl if she soot
this item.—Lowell Citizen.
—While so many people In this country
are being seriously injured by the acci
dental discharge of firearms isn’t it a
little curious that such a small number
are injured by the disohargo, accidental
or othonviso, of their duty f—N. Y.
Herald.
—Don’t lose your presence of mind.
A Nevada man who liras carried half a
mile by a snow avalanche estimated tho
f treasure at twenty-two tons to tho square
noh. Horae men would have been con
tent to simply know that they moved.
— Detroit Free Press.
—Said a distinguished politician to
his son: “l-ookatme! I began as an
Alderman and here I am at the top of
tho tree. And what is my reward?
Why, when I dio, my son will be tho
greatest rascal in tho city.” To this tho
youug hopeful replied: “Yes, dad,
when you die; and not till then."—
Chicago Herald.
—A few nights ago O’Uafferty said
to Teddy. “What, is it, mo bye, that
you have to do first thing in the raorn-
mgP” “l know well enough, faythor,
what 1 have to do first thing In tho
morning,” replied Teddy, laughing.
"What Is it, yo snalpoon?” “Tho first
thin" I hare to do in the morning is to
g et tho kindling wood ready tho night
oforo."—Texas Siflings.
—On a railway lino a pasnongor
stopped tho guard and asked: "Why |
don’t the trains go faster?” “They run
fast enough to suit us. If you don’t like ,
the rato of speed, get out and walk,” |
was the rejoinder. “1 would,” replied '
the passenger, “but that my friends j
won’t come for me until the train comes
in, and 1 don’t want to lie waiting about'
tho station for two or three hours.”— ]
London Punch,
New York Slock Exchange.
Homo idea of the woalth of this in-1
-dilution may be formed when it is re-!
:allod that it has ovor one thousand ;
'in-tubers, and that tho prico of seats is ]
ibout thirty thousand dollars each. This i
opresents thirty millions of dollars. It |
is estimated that tho average wealth of ;
ach broker is about eighty thousand j
lo’.lars, making eighty millions more.
None but lich mon arc now admittedl
to the Board, for whon a scat is sold, |
lie financial condition of tho buyer is .
unmined, and unless there are power- i
til' influences in his favor, ho must Ito .
vorth a quarter ot a million beforo ho is
il milted to membership. Tho New York !
book Board is an extra-legal body. It
01s no recognized charter, and it never !
ermit-s lawsuits between members or .
■vith customers. On busy days as many I
n a million shares of stook aro often
old; and as tho par value is one htm-
Ired dollars per share, these transactions [
lu-refore foot up nearly one hundred !
million dollars per diom. And the busi- j
tess is constantly increasing, for as tho ,
0 mntrv grows new securities aro created !
to be dealt in. Indeed, stook-gambling
has become almost a national vice. So 1
’ar, it is confined to those who arc fairly ;
well-to-do, for at least one thousand 1
dollars aro required as margin for one!
hundred shares of stock. On the Lon- 1
don Exchange ten shares is a good do- I
livery, and is the unit of speculation. 1
Were ten-share lots regarded as good 1
delivery on tho New York Exchange, it j
would lead to an immense extension of
-took-gambling. Indeed, the gambling
spirit is abroad. “Phantom,” that is,
speculative sales and purchases, surpass
by twenty-fold actual transactions in
corn, wheat, cotton, pork, petroleum,
and ail the great products of the
country. It is theso vast speculative
enterprises on the part of Americans
which bring about our periodical and
disastrous panics.—Dsmorest's Monthly.
Wasted Opportunities.
“Do you not look back into the dim
vista of liy-gone years with a feeling of
regret at wasted opportunities that cause
a tugging at the heart-strings?” Tug-
ging’s no name for it. We had a chance
once in the army to make a fortune cn
mnles by pntting onr names to a false
certificate, and we declined to do it. Tho
man who proposed the mulish scheme
now owns an orange grove, two blocks, a
fast horse and a steam yacht. This was
a real tug-of-war.—Baltimore Bulletin.
Deaf lady—“What's his name?"
Young lady—“Augustus Tyler." Deaf
lady—“Bless me, what a name! *‘Bttsthi»
Biler’ Eliza, you must be making fun ot
Ex-G«v. 1. M. Patton, ef Ala
bama, on Cotton Manufac
turing; in tho South.
Speech of thl* Vonerable Plonee'
Planter Before tho L'tila Rock
Convection of th> National Cot
ton Planter's Association.
It will be remembered that a re sol il
'ion va passed br tbe recent Convcn
tlon at Little I’oc: requestingG tvetnqr
l’attou to reduce to writing, fur ptibli
cation in tbe Planters J lurnnl, his
remark i on tho host means to promote
the material interests of the South. In
romp'un» with that remllltlon, this
pioneer planter, who Is Vice President
of the National Cotton Planters’ Asso
ciation (or the State of Alabama, and
"ue ol its most earnest officers, hni sent
us a substantial reproduction of the
speech in question, which is given be
low. Governor Patton prefaced hie
speech bv an interesting resume of the
history of c itton culture, in whi :h he
st ile:l that he cou d well remember the
sales of public lands that ware made al
Hnnt-villo, Alabama, in IRIS, when on
amount of the then exi-ting idoi that
no other section w is so well adapted to
cotton us North Alabama, and especial
Iv tbe valley of the Tonnes ee river,
ibsnlutely unimproved lands were
height at from 810 to $R0 pernere!
Soon, however, tho purchasers of these
lands at such inflated figures, discovered
that other sections equaled and in 'oed
su rpassed tho North Alabama district,
and irre grnnted relief by Congress
from the bard birgalns they bad struck
with tho Government. Reaching the
subieot under di'cuaslon, Governor
Pilt m said.
Tne prosperity of a country derend*
upon Its productive industry, that
kind of industry or huiiness whipli ere
ates or makes something. Commerce is
an honorable, legitimate and necessary
busiuess, yet commerce does not actual
ly create nnything. Trade is morel / an
exchange of oommoditiesor an exchange
of mcrchnndi*e for mone/. But what
ever may lie tbe extent of thl (exchange
the system itself adds nothing to tho
volume of the articles hanlled. With
those pursuit! which arc of a productive
or creative character the case is entiicly
different, and when we come to consider
th9 various creative Industries, we find
nothing more productive than the bus
iness of manufacturing cotton. Grea
principles may frequently to illustrated
by very simple exnmp'elSMow let u»
take an example of this kin#- A pound
of int cotton is worth about 10 cents,
changed into yarns t'-.e same pound is
worth 20 ecu's, and changed into trx lie
fabrics for tin chnipest, but most useful
character for 0 olhing, its valui is not
less than 50 cents.
Ho it is with all other natural pro
ducts, Tak i for itntnn tea pair or rath-
cr a few pairs of shoes. A-s mniog that
each piir is worth $3, 10 pairs of course
are worth $30; this number of shoes
could be produced from the leather of
two sides, one upper leather and one
sole leather. How much sre two hides
worth when they rea:h the tannery?
About $3. Supposing tho hides ti .be
of ordiuary size, converted into leather,
they are worth not iesi than 40, a clear
recreate in value uf $0. Thus ha raw
hides originally worth $3, by passing
through a manufic'.uring process, ter
minato in n value of $30, $27 being the
difference in the value between the rav
material and the manufactured articles
This difference is ac’ ually and jnsiti rely
created by changing the material. Why
was this material worth anythin{ i'i the
firBt place? Simply because it could l;e
changed into loather. Tin- leather is
worth more thn.11 rav hides were, but
only because il lias undergone that
change which was considered and con
templated wlion its original value was
fixed. It lias passed one step on tho path
of manufacturing, but it lias not reached
its dcstinati <11. Still it line sinrled, and
t ie further it, gets away from the star
ting point the more valuab'e it becomes.
At the end of the first st pe the value
has sne led to 49, and being now ready
for immediate transform ition into shoes,
Ihis transformation being effected, tbe
objective icin'; is reached, ivitli a valu
ation of |80 Our Southern people
should manufacture since fir them
selves and not pay tribute to other).
Again, take the quantity cf ore nec
essary to make a ton of iron. Tlii 1 ore,
in a rough state, is not an article of traf
fie in tho South, a il hence we ncc 1 not
attempt to fix its value. In Georgia,
Alabama, Tenne-ace ami oilier Southern
States, tho red and brtwn Hematite ore
is altogether inexhaustible, its proxim
ity to c ml and limestone is such, that
extensive iron furnaces are being e-tab-
lished and already very large exports of
blooms, pigs and manufactured iron are
made and sent abroad. No section of
the world can compete w ith us in the
manufacture of iron, as in ninny por
tions (•’ the South comparatively little
labor* requisite to take it from the
bed. Ibis will especially apply to my
beloved Alabama. Then it lias to be
subjected to such process as will expel
the foreign substance, extract the pure
iron, and put it into shape. Changed
into the form of railroad iron bars, the
ton is worth say $40 to 450. All this is
literally created, to far as value is con
cerned.
A correct understanding of there rim
pie examples will enable us to apply
them underrtandinply to larger opera
tions; and to appreciate the vast advan
tages to be rieii cd from llic general
business of 1111 nil lecturing, aa a creative
industry.
In its raw state a pound of cotton, at
tuts time, is worth to the planter about
10 cents, at that rate a Itale of 603
paunda will yield 860 00. The vatu a of
u pound manufactured into yarns, will
be 60 cents, whilst the value of tho bale
would lie 8250 00, and If in o floe fab
les it may double or quadruple that.
Ruppo-e the’annual crop of tho South in
tho aggregate, amounted to 500,000 bales
or oue-f"tirth of the crop raised ; upon
this 50 ',0 0 biles the cott in planter, at
10 cents per pound nr '60 00 per bale,
would receive $25,000,0.0, With this
cotton clumped into tli" form of fabrics,
its value would he 8125 00,00 , show
ing a direct and pisitive incrca-e la val
ue fr >m the time of leaving the bands of
the planters till it leaves tbe loams of
100,000/00. Only think of tho stu
pendous muss of wealth created by mere
ly changing the form of cotton 1
B11 there is another view o' this great
question which ahould be carefully ex
amined in order to a full comprehension
to its vast importanca. Where does
tills increased value go to? And who
enjoys those bent fils? Such interoga-
tions as thrs.r nro very pertinent and
very suggostive.
Ills not very di(11 cult to start with
the raw cotton and follow it through
ihe different singes of manufacturing,
which swells its value, but it require*
■ome care to ascertain how the augmen
ted valuation is to he apportioned among
the different agencies which caused it
There is tho Increae I wenlth ; hut how
is it proport'oned ? Where is the direct
benefit, mid where is the remn‘.o ben-
fit ?
Among the immediate benefits that
rhicli come in view with most promi
nence, Is the profit of the manufactu
rers. How much tlint is, cr will be, in
the South, depends upon n var'ety of
conditions to be aduisted, and deter
mined aa the manufacturing husineaa
pro/rcssea in this section. But the
principle noon which this created
wealth iad fi'nsed can be elucidated al
this point without specific p-nof ns to
whnt tho precise profit may be. The
goncrnl statement may be safely made
that ten per cent ia a good dividend
upon capital invested. Nor is there
nny hazard in slatlrg that this rate of
profit will lie realized in the manufact
uring of cotton. With this point paths
factorinlly established, take a bale ol
c itton, follow it through the proces*e>
which swell its value, and sre wbm the
I icroused valuation goes. The angmen
taiion equals 8200. The manufacturer,
however, sells tho fabrics arising from
this halo for 8250, ten per cent on thl-
amount ia 625. That ia his profit; and
subtracted from tho gross help, there
remains 8226. From tliis amount we
deduct $50, ns tho cost of tho raw ma
teri'il, and there yet remains $175.
Wliat becomes of that? The planter
has 850 for tho raw cotton, (ho capital
1st lias hla profit of 825, and we have
still $175 to account for. Waoro.it
irniv be again n«kcd, does this 8175 go
to? Aftor tho producer ia paid, who
ol'.o is there to receive anything? There
nro a lew others to settle with, and who
aro they ? Why they are no others than
(he operatives who guide and direct the
machinery which took hold of |50
worth of raw cotton and turned It Imre
in a changed form, worth $250. But
does nil of this $175 go to the operators?
No, not all, but a very large part.
There arc other expenses of operating 11
cotton mill.
This calculation can be amplified po
as to embrace one-tenth part of the en
tire crop grown in the Southern 8'ste’.
•Say 500,000 bales wrought into fabrics,
arc worth $125,0' 0,000. Ten tier cent of
this amount is $12,500,000. The manu
facturing profit added to this $25,0 0,
000 to pay the producer for the raw ma
terial, and we have a total of 837,500.-
000. Kubtractthis total from the 25,-
000,000, and the remainder is $87,500,-
000, to be expended in various w ys
connected witli tho manufacturing bus-
ine-s. The pay of the factory ojieratives
who receive (he lcw.'st wages is equal to
about $-10 for each bale of cotton aiinu
ally consumed in thn factory.
Tho numbers of such employes is
about one band lo six biles of cotton.
This would lie something like 83,000 op
eratives for 500,000 bales,only one-tenth
of the e.-timated annual crop of the
South ; and the gross amount of this
pay would be at least t20,b00,< 00 annu
ally. There are other employes who on
account of skill and special capacity
receives higher pay. Then there are
officers of companies and clerks. So the
total amount of money for personal per
vices and labor may bo safely put down
nt $22,500,00 '—an amount which is al
most equal to the total value of the raw
material. After this part of the calcu
lation is completed, we still have $05,-
000,000. Where does that go ? Whv it
is just po much of a margin for inciifen-
tal expensts connected with manufactu
ring establishments,; for benefits over
and above ten per cent., and possibly for
too high an estnnntcof the gross value of
the manufactured goods At any rate,
the raw material and pay of operatives
may be taken nt $47,5(10,COO. Above
all that goes to incidental expenses and
profits. That is clear. Within the
Hamo margin we mu-t comprise the prof
its to merchants and agents who handle
the goods up to the time they are pur
chased for home use.
Laborers in factories have necessari-
ally to purchase their living witn the
proceeds of their labor. They receive
their pay at regular intervals, say week
ly or monthly. Having received their
wage? they are prepared to provide sup
plies for a week or a month. Thesesup-
plica they procure from the grocer, the
dry goods merchant, and in part, it may
be from the farmer, always paying cash
for what they purchase. While these
operatives, taken as a whole, receive a
large amount of tho money employed in
the manufacturing business; yet they
aro ai nunier.ua that tha nmo nt re
ceived by each Is comparative')’ small;
under a regular sy tern they w m'd bi
paid as higli a rato of wage* as could 1 he
afforded, yet under the mint favorahh
onditiona, they, like people generally,
would find their earnings about prop o
tionatc to their necessary exnen-es ; with
prudence and economy, something might
be savid and accumulated. A thing
which ia highly commendable, and
should be encouraged; Still (her
would be an expenditure of near'y the
whole In ibis way tbe gross value ol
goods manufactured of cotton which it
paid to-employes find? its way directly
into circulation in the immediate vicin
ity of the factory.
Figures such ’as these tell their own
>-t''ry, their substantial 0 irrectncas can
not be questioned. Conclusions drawn
fr m them may lie accepted as s uind,
and acted upon with safely. They form
a sire foundation upon which business
enterprises may be erected. In the
light nf thn stubborn facts established
by thesecomputationa, thccarnest advo
cate of nuraut'iictoiics in the South is by
no meiina open to the imputation of be
ing nn impracltble idealist. When we
appeal for efforts' to realize the ndvan
(ages which may he enjoyed by thia
branch of creative industry, we nre
prompted by something more real than
tho delusive phantasms of IftopisB
dreams. Wn are aiming at praeticnl
business and not indulging in visionary
sentimentality. We are nnt pursuing an
impalpable phantom which lenda us on
by an alluring, and a fascinating t' mp-
tutlon, hut never allows us to take hold
•f it We are after rnmething which
can las reached If wc onlv proceed with
well directed energy, and timely judg
ment.
Manufacturing then, in the 8011 them
States, create? wealth. The manufact
urer receives curb for Ida fabrics, tie
operatives receives cash f r their labor,
the merchant receives cadi for his good-,
tbe mechanic receives cash for the art!
cles which he makes, the farmer reoeives
cash for his products; which finds a
ready sale in the villngrs, towns and clt
ins, which grnw up under the nu-pices of
inanufuct tiring. Trade fioiiri-hes, the
money which flows from thin created
wealth, being thrown Into tne regular
channels of business, finds its way to all
classes of the community. But thl• is
not all. By a properly developed sya-
tem of manufacturing, this money will
remain In the community n here it L
made. Generally spcakiiitr, it may he
mnunclnted as pricticable to make in
tho South every article used here, wheth
er tho making of the article require-
skilled er unskilled laborers, though
more or lois skill maybe reqnlrid In nil.
By this line of policy t' 0 exports of
the Southern Btstcs may bo grcatlv in
creased, while the Imports mu-tof nrers
sity be diminished. Wo must send
ibrond more in value of onr Wmtbern
products, and depend less upon foreign
labors and productions. It is a plain
principle In political economy tlint nn
iovernment, state, county or municipal
ity, nor family or individual can pros
per and grow rich win re tho expendi
tures exceed the income. If an humble
negro receives annually for Ills hire$l 0
•rad oxppnds 8110 in the same time, it is
vciy evident that lie will always lie
poor If thn citizens of any Southern
Rtnto export cotton and other products,
if less value than what ia manufactured
in the North and brought H rath for con
sumption ; it is onlv a question of time
when that Plate will be bankrupt, and
reduced to extreme poverty. If, how
ever, a Southern Hlate cm, by incress
ing the value of cotton raised in such
•bate by manufacturing it into yarns
anil fabrics beforo it is scut abroad, II. 11?
increasing largely its imparts, tlint
■itale sviP, doubtless, grow rich and
prosperous
IA*t us, therefore, abandon the prevail
ing opinion that we are totally depend
ent on Northern capital and lalmr to
manufacture the cotton raised under the
sun of the Month, to lie returned to us
in fabrics at high and paying rates,
thereby adding largely to the wealth of
millionares in ihe North, whoso im
mense estates have accumulated by the
manufacture of cott n, making the peo
ple of the Mouth “ hewers of wood and
drawers of water.” Let it no longer Ire
said that we must stand still and not go
forward for want of capital and skilled
laborers. There is in the Hoiithern
.States an abundance of capital, if our
prople will have confidence to invest in
suen enterprises as will contribute to
the general prosperity of the country.
If, however, large amounts of capital are
not on be found’ with enterprising citi
zens disposed to embark in erecting cot
ton mills, let planters and others organ
ize into partnership or chartered compri
niea, thereby consolidating the smaller
amounts of cafitai for the purpore of
manufac uring, and if nceu lie, these
organizations can commence on a limi
ted, safe scale, and gradually increase it
until by investing and re-investing ihe
dividends and profits derived from the
enterprise, the company becomes weal
thy and prosperous. By this process
large fortunes have already been accu
mulatcd and cities built up in the 8 rath.
The model Mtatc of Go irgia has taken
tbe lead in this regard. She is very rap
idly building up her manufacturing
cities with capital belonging to citizens
of the State. * At her Augusta, her Ma
con, her Columbus, and more recently,
tier prosperous Atlanta, thousands of
needy laborers have profitable employ
ment Tbe States of North Carolina
and Mississippi, I am glad to notice, are
also doing much in this direction. Let
ill the Cotton States follow the good
narnple, tin’ll the happy influence of
'ho manufacturing of cotton, iron, wool,
rad all other Southern products -linll In
felt, not only in tho South, but (1st-
rliere.
The industrial industries of the Mouth-
irn States must bo si diversified ns t»
five employment to all cl is'es of labir
Ye have ill tho H .utliera Htates a large
(mount of labor which is now entirely
reproductive, not being well suited to
igrirutturn! pursuits, or tilling the earth
n Ihe way of raising cotton, Mtgir, rice
w tobacco, which Is the work of the
Southern planter ; neither is that labor
well suited to tbe pursuits of farming,
(rowing grain, grasr, stock, etc , but it
•an lie profitably emplovcd in manufac
turing.
Thn class nf population to which I re
fer is, of court), the femn'o labor, or the
least able of tbe men and beys, whose
iclive employment in thn cotton mills
vlll of necessity, be more remuneratiro
'or (liemselvea as well ns for the country
r his species of labor, ns shown bv stn
I-tlcul reports, produers far more for
‘xportnlinn In Now F.nglnnd, and In the
ither manufacturing Htates, than the
xborsof able-bodied men, whilst in the
Mon 1 hern Htates this labor ia entirely
unproductive. Moreover tho class of
) ’pulstinn to which I refer (so profita
bly employed at tli.i north) must of nv
ces-ity, lie supported ill the Poll III,
whore thoy nre consumers and not pro-
hirers. Among lids worthy class are to
lie found thousinds, who ware made
aior and dependent by the results of
ho late war, they want employment
ult’d to their condition, and will glnd-
V engage na operatives in cotton facto
ries, thereby c mtribuling in tbe impor
tant work of increasing in value the
nrndnet of tbe H rath before it is sent
abroad.
Tne molded men, or cnpitalisla of the
Hou'h, and I may say also of tho North-
■rn States, who Invest money in the
unmifneUiring of eott ui in the Mmth-
irn Htates, may properly b- regarded aa
nihlic benefactors, giving employment
to the destitute and poor, by which,
with fnitli r ill labor, they ean maintain
ind support themselves and growing
children, and in doing this it can be
lemonstrnted, beyond doubt, that cap-
tul thus invested in manufacturing enn
lie made more productive of profit to
the capitalist than in any other portion
•f the world.
Hotwrou 80° and 86.30'’ North latitude
wo have not only a mild and suitable
climate for growing cotton, but (he
mildness and uniformitv nf It will rival
any other for the manufacture of cotton
yarns and fabrics.
At Lowell, Lawrence, Fall River, and
"l-ewhere in New England, at 42° of
North latitude, the cotton mills encoun
tered much dillieulty from protracted
cold wratbor, making it necessary for a
large portion of tho year to use furnaces
for artificial brat, at a heavy co-t. In
tho Month no such difficulty or inter
ruption exists. Here we era onrrato
notion and other manufactories (lie en
tire yoar, owing to the mild and pleasant
climate, which tho God of nature has
kindly given to ns,
Then again, wo have in the Mouth, at
the dour of cnllon factory, the raw mo-
terial, earing nil ri«k and expense of
transportation, ns well n< injury to the
fiber l.v eln«e packing and compressing
the bile, nee s«uiy for shipment, from
the grower to the Northern factory.
Besides wo have in almost every locality
abundance of water power, sufficient to
drive the machinery of the world, which
ean be pm-chased at very low rates. And
ahould it la- desirable at nny locality to
estnblidi cotton fnctorios to be operated
by steam, our mountains nnd bills are
groaning with inexhuu-tnble coal fields;
and the extended fores s with fuel to an
unlimited extent, ull uf which will coat
the manufacturer nominal prices.
From all the facta which 1 have sub-
mittoil, 1 think it can be demonstrated
beyond doubt, that the inestimable ad
vantages of ‘lie fi rnthern Slates over a
rigorous nnd cold climate, are niore than
equal to a large nnd remunerative profit
in tho manufacture of c itton. We
wou'd not have our friend* in the Not lb
to think that we are antagonizing them
in this important branch of industrial
labor; on the contrary we cordially in
vite their capitalists and skilled labnrera
to come Mouth and identify themselves
with ns, nnd f am sure they will sav, of
a truth, not onc-half has been told '.hem.
Submitting tho abovo for considera
tion of your mimcruui readers, 1 am
yours very tiuly, R SI. PaTTOK,
! —Tho principal tree in the Manitoba
woods is the poplar, the next in Import
ance is'the oak, and near tho rivers will
be noticed large elms. A very beauti
ful tree is the ash-leaf maple. Its fresh,
crrccu leaves open out in the spring. It
is a most vigorous grower, and bears
transplanting remarkably well. Were
Its qualities known it would be valued
is ati ornamental tree in any northern
country. In tbe spring tne ash-leaf
jnaple yields a sweet sap from which
j'xoellcnt sugar can be made, tho chief
I rouble-being that at the time the sap
.flows the flooding of the river makes It
difficult to roach tho trees. On the
-bores of the streams which enter the
Red River, and especially near their
mouths, basswood grows in great abund
ance, and ironwood of a largo size oan
be met with.—Chicago Times.
—Tho death is announced, from the
n patent co ist ot Africa of King Oraoru.
He leaves 700 widows. Of Ills ninety-
five children soventy-sevon are still alive.
IBs eldest eon has 400 wives. ....