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f .y<? . 1 am 8 atifUd u-|iit you ap-j
I'yi.lSe I a commission make a ;
tty <k fh examination uJ this "subject,
, tot rij; >rt at this Btsstot.
Thfc commission 1ms be> n a> tlvoly
at 'k during V'' yv?r teeming all
i av*l!& ()o inform*U<i. viutivi: t<? t ?io
r.praoilqil needs vt thin input tam snt>
f Ject, Thin report 1 lut'u not y< t seon.i
EtfilH'- i i ; g that On- i . .
prudent valuable fact? ami practical
recqhatieiidatlons lot no prote< tlon and
development of our isli and oyster
SljitarcstK. I trust that jovi will tiiku the
fcpropOi H I ? .... to i li: . . .U.K.. I.
^xlauoim into off1' '
It ten ii In 1 ^nvluuN.
At tho general < lotion <>t lt?04 mi;
'Amendment to tho tonstitutlon pro- ?
viding for biennial sellout* ot the gen-.
|veral assembly was tubmuted to the,
i? People, antl was adopted. A commit- j
to? waa appoint ed from both ho us* s
.at yoUr last session to icport what:
i Amendments to tbo con -illation and I
[^Statutes of the StaJ< w . il be neceH- 1
?fisary and proper to pro\ nle fur such
I^Mlorw. 1 trust you v. ill net upon the,
;ir*P9rt of this committee. In order that
fho amendment may be om effective
fia soon as possible.
/ I bellovo that bl? niiii i f . ions will
^tfford all tho necessary legislation. ;
KhnA ??-- ?
- - - no. 1 1 y IcgiSia
;And tho people of iho tftate have ex
'?reS8ed themselves in favor of the
i^haiige. In this connection 1 renew;
Sly recommendation ?r last year that
tato officers bo eleeud for a term of
tour years, not allowing them to sue- j
ceed themselves, t'pon fui her reflec
tion,: I would not include the ollices of;
Comptroller general and Suite treasurer
In this reeommendtttlon with reference
to reelection to their respective olllees. 1
IiKM'itdinry l'lrra.
The recent law requiring ? he comp !
rrc'.Jcr general n| investigate incendiary
Ires has not proved satisfactory, and
10 doubt this officer will suggest noees
ftry changes to you. Since the enact- 1
nent of tliis law I have, in many cases,
?fused to offer rewards, believing that
I would be proper |oi mo to have the
squired legal Investigation made,
'onsideruble expense has been Incurred
I conducting these investigations and
Kperienco convinces me that this has
aen an unwise expenditure. Many
res of supposed incendiary origin can
isily be traced to some other cause,
id In this connection I beg to call nl
ntlon to tho fact that the State of
Yorl* .has a law requiring all
alers to Hell nothing but safe'y
tt.Ches. i\recommeiid your favorable
S-l 'eratioif .of such a law', especially
;ty matches sol! at about the
price as the other variety.
.l..NtriitJ Meliuol mill It cforiniilor j.
.e bill to establish an Industrial'
jolr and reformatory was defeated
tho last session of your body he
tse you failed to agree upon minor
lerences which developed during the
Hussion of tills measure. I trust that
this session these differences may be
listed and the school established,
J feel that much Rood would be ac
lplished by such a reformatory,
o the South Carolina Federation of
men's Clubs much credit is 'due
the active Interest they have shown
tills matter.
Confederate ltnnio I-'Iiik*.
tiring the past year 1 received a
iber of Confederate battle flags,
cli Were returned by the war de
:ment In accordance with an act of
jrc.'ss. These flags I requested tho
Wutta Hampton chapter of the 1 laugh
ter ? (if tho Confederacy to take tem
porary charge ?of. and they have been
placed In their relic room 111 the State
house. 1 would iccommend Hint suit
able glass CHKCS be |i|'OVldu0 lot these
iliiKH, In order th.it they lie most cure
fully preserved.
Tin- J n iii>- nl <> ?> u 1) 1 i?ohI I lou.
Our kIhici' State of Virginia has tak? u
tin- initiatory hU'|>h to celehiute ili<- es
tablishment of the colony at Jainos- 1
tow n, tho nrst permanent Cnglish set
tlement made In tho Southern poitlon
of tin* I'nited States. The fitting citiii
memoratlon of such tin event has a
special significance. not only to the
original 13 States, hut to every State
In the union ulwo. Now that Virginia
has taken ofllclal steps to properly cel
ebrate this historic event, it litems
most appropriate to me that the
original 13 States should prompt
ly take the lead In making
this event all that it should l>e. J
Virginia has made a large appropria
tion for this purpose, and the congress J
of the United States, realizing the his- |
torle significance of the proposed cele.- 1
brat ion, has generously assisted.
You will have the honor, at Ibis ses- i
sion, of receiving envoys from the
State o f Virginia, who come to invoke
your interest and your aid in the cere
monies attendant upon the celebration
of this occasion. It Is peculiarly (It
ting that South Carolina, of all the
Slates, should have a place of consple- )
uoub honor In this event, and I know
jou will receive the representatives i
from this honored old "Mother of
States" with distinguished considera
tion. y
This event will bo of no ordinary
Importance, and the work already ac
complished in other States and abroad
gives most auspicious promise of an
appropriate observance of all which It
commemorates.' V ^lyceroly trust that
your consideration w||i_glve to South
Carolina the position T?PAdeserves In
this celebration, and 1 recommend such
an appropriation as you may deem nec
essary for this purpose.
A State Monument at Valley l>'?irge.
Gov. Pennypacker of I'onnsylva
nla has written me several communi
cations relative to the erection of mon
uments at Valley Forge by the 13 orig
inal States. A recent letter from his
excellency advises me that the avenues
along the intrenehments are so far
completed as to enable each one of the
States to mark, with a suitable mon
ument, I he location of Its troops.
This is a, matter concerning tho his
tory of oiAjtState anu Ls submitted lo
you for suen consideration n# you may
think advisable.
t.'oncliiMlon.
I have subnijtted to you sucH Infor
mation concerning affairs of state as
I have deemed necessary for your con
sideration. Unto you. the honored rep
resentatives of our people, belong the
responsible duties of your ofllce as
law-makers for your Slate. From your
deliberations results must Inevitably
come, ami by these results you are to
bo judged.
Believing that in the discharge of
these grave responsibilities you will
be guided and controlled by integrity
of purposo and fidelity to your trusts
In all that you do, I commend the groat
interests of our people unto you and
await the results with confidence and
with hope.
D. C. Hey ward, Governor.
"LITTLE PITCHERS."
By Margaret E. Sautter. Copyright, 1906, by Joseph Ji. Bowles.
. <Vt.
'li*-' '' L'i~*irciy
and refined than el. 'ile confl
?t\veen parents and children,
every liouseliolcl matters come
ti should not be discussed In
?nce of Juniors. Tills Is cspe
ue when, as sometimes hap
3 older ones are talking over
i that conccrn outsidors, either
s or friends. If, unfortunate
thing' comes to light about a
n the community, which that
rould naturally prefer to keep
It is to the last degree un
well as unwise to make any
to the subject in the hearing
dren. The difference between
so far as curiosity Is concern
ery marked. An inquisitive
i0 ?#a also sedretlve will linger
UeUjr observant, hanging
conversation of fathor
<r, ^nljrvhaif understanding
aear?#.*'nd perhaps without
ia of she
Scraps ? tbalshe has
dPt-Mrs
pout
*T Mrs.
?fad ng
am p
of inoth
you \
.tc you'
chers
hearing '
jpt in th
truthful,
[lying Bet
ille afro,
boy,
by call
middle
ilalmed
did
not kn
jtO U80 ?'
til child,
lerface, "It
and
way."
urea
,r they
the roc
^ ea a
jnd soil
1*
^left In
icomi
reful.j^j
iws,
whi
rtlau<H
ear
_ lti
i therh
ire . .
in* ft
iln<
i to ?
how rUUl
leal more.
S, BUt
111
C
SI
?vj
-<*??? a mm* r ? . nt personage, with
exactions and denfii7/dfc that are to bo
met, the kindergarten should bpen for
it a new world. In the multiform plays
and tasks of the kindergarten, with the
little tables where clay may be molded
and beads may be strung, and pat
terns pricked into paper with pins,
a child steps into a fascinating realm
of its own. Children who are carefully
taught in a kindergarten and who are
allowed plenty of time for outdoor play,
who are healthfully active all day and
who go to bed early at night, are not
in ntl^h danger of becoming objection
able little pitchers.
For the children's own sake, they
should not too early have burdens* laid
upon them that they cannot bear. A
woman who has children of her own
told me that when she was n little
thing of six she was in the room when
her parents were somewhat exercised
over the payment of a large bill. "I
have absolutely no money to meet It,"
declared the father. For days there af
ter the child shuddered whenever she
| saw a strange man turn In at the gate,
and she was afraid that some dread
ful thing was about t?-> happen Sn her
homo iong after her light-hearted
father and mother had forgotten all |
about their transient embarrassment.
The whole business of bringing up
children bristles with difficulty. If
only wo could bo perfect beings our
selves the undertaking would not be
so arduous, liut we make so many
blunders, we are so, ready to leave un^
done' what we ought to do, that our
children have a pretty hard time in
khelr tyirn. Somehow they scramble up
In spite of our mistakes. Heredity has
a gootl deal to do, with their success
or failure. It is a great thing for a
child to have hud worthy grandparents.
Training tells, too, but only as we train
'ourselves do we ever succeed In train
ing our successors aright. I.lttle I, Illy
and Josephine may be told all day long
that makes no difference how they
look If only they behave well, but If
mamma be vain and Inconsiderate they
twill probably copy her rather than obey
jher precepts. Jack and Horace will not
have finer ideals of honor than their
[father. I have heard the father of five
I sons, between the ages of four and 14,
relate with positive tflee a story of
gains that he had made through over
reaching another in a business trans
Action. The little pitchers had big ears,
^tfiey drank In the shameful tale. It
Would be too much to expect that later
onjthey should go forth Into life with a
nonble standard, and a high Ideal of in
tegrity.
don't care what sort of men
boys make, so long as they learn to
gbake money and keep It," said another
Mother in the hearing of his sons. Not
of those boys turned out even de
tly. when ho arrived at manhood,
make money and to keep it, Is too
an Ideal to bo se^ before a grow
youth.
ok out for tlio little pitchers. It Is
tfjrbrth while.
m ?
The Holiday llarat.
Wallace Irwin In Now York Olobe.
_Jbe kid comes home from college
?To spend the holidays;
The ongressman gits lazy
-T'A week or so, and pjays;
sport goes to the country ?
~-~eds the change, I guess;
i and You and Mlko don't git
holiday recess.
gits anxious
native State
money
rate).
could use
COTTON MILLS AND TRADE OF THE WORLD.
HY WILLIAM WiilTTAM, JR., EDITOR AMERICAN COTTON MANUFACTURER.
Written t(r I he American Cotton Manufacturer.
A table showing rn<' coitou imlu-ir}
of the world is limine I h<icwiih.
Kvon those \vh?< aii- ? - 1 i k ? ? k ? ' ? ? i" t )i ?*
i industry seldom realize its gigantic
ht/.f. 'I'll.1 r??< ? iit organization of ? 1 1 as
sociation of cotton giowi is iii' tins
j country has originated /i tiux ot m!s
j leading stati'im-nts of dlffct ?-iii sni ts
as to the inanntact ni iiij; branch ? ? t t iso
li Most of tl:? . I . . 1 1 > ; |it>
? ? I ?< 1 1 1 ?? I their coh.ii.i.s without Mint t>>
tli. ?>:!i - i is of t hi f ? ? i i ? a body and
while t In hi' u ntiis aic ntiKt cstnna
ll>- g. ni Ictnon, it is i'.'j;i . (table that
ih. ii iiitofii alloii on th. sulijci l ot
tli> w..ii.is f-.itt.'ii 1 1 1 : 1 1 > is i .ot more
i'i I'to'ai.d. The tabulated showing niark
? d -i j'a I ? ! i I ' |;i \ cs snim l n t ci . ? t I t?g tin
.A, s
The World'* Culluu Mill* \?
Country
(ireni lirltnln 1005
i I'ltlli-rt StaloH, North. . IOoO
I'nlted S talon, South.. 1006
Russia 1 yo4
Poland iyu6
derma ny 1 1? ?> 5
France 1003
A u?t rift 1 006
1 1 n ii?a r y 1 006
Sw itzcrlund J 006
Italy I0o:<
Spain 1000
Port uk.iI 1 soy
Swuvlun . . 1 006
Norway . . ? lO'sil
I >?nmark 1 006
I lolland l'j'jii
Hel^lum I It o 5
Itoiimanla 1H00
Turkey 1 1? 0 5
G recce 1 0 *1 f>
Aft I a Minor 10of>
I nd la , . . P.'04
china 1 1(0 I
Japan 1 '.hi l
Brazil 1001
Cauda 1002
Mexico iou3
M >11
673
?; r. :i
i>(i
3 ? \>
420
1 30
3
?; k
too
2 6 7
16
a 5
t?
8
2 8
43
Table 1.
??> till nit to (lit
S|dinll<8.
s7 1
1 4,S 1 a.10 I
S.O.'id v 7 ;*
o r> -i f. 7 7
1 , 2 o s , 6 I 7
?vS32.ou;
? ? I 60,000
3. 2 so. 330
I < i ; (t ? ? ? ?
1.71 1,300
2.4 36,000
2.o i i.r.no
t co, ooo
372.000
87.S32
1)0.000
876,23 I
1,222. 1 3S
40,000
HO, 000
0 70,000
(JO.OftO
6,1 10.121
020, 00u
1,832,600
4 o.ooo
7 7 3,638
?2S,??HC
l.ait-At Known l.m liniii.
1 .noniri
7 o i :{ ,ri 7
34 0 m> 2
17 13 2 4
1 61.677
1 2.00ft
2 I I . S I h
1 (16.000
1 1 0,000
1 7,3s6
1 I 0,000
2,203
? 1 1 m j ? t
20 100
24,000
2,ioo
4 6.33 7
2,200
2 3.000
1 h 20 7
2 0.2 8 7
l-.il
,0 I o,
10 7.
20 3
.17 7,
.360
, 7 0 1
s 4 o,
06o.
0o0
700
4 00
<100
n. mi
300
000
ooo
1 00 00<l
600.00a
880.000
?>0.000
1 2. OOO
1 *,000
(17,000
I <10,000
23,000
1 3,000
1 8,000
1,744.700
000. 000
260.000
OO.OOii
1 40,000
184,7"
Total ' 6.064 1 10,127,146 2,177.01(5 17,61 1,24 1
it will bo quite nil fe to i<ut the total,
spindles operated In the factories of the!
world at 120,000,000 since there are cot
ton mills In Chill and Pern, as well as!
at least one establishment in Aus-|
tralla, not accounted for in the above!
1 11 1>I ??"?.
SitludlcN iiixl CoiiMiiitipliuii 1HO3-0-1. '
TakinK figures not quite so recent j
art a starting point but covering a ?
period of ten years and grouping the I
mills into geographical grand divisions'
It Is found that in 18113-9-1 Cl real Hrltaln !
had 45, 190,000 spindles, which consumed
35.99 pounds of cotton per spindle per !
annum.
Continental Europe at the same
period operated 27,350,000 spindles which
used 70.34 pounds of raw material each
for the year. British India with 3,676,
000 spindles spun lf>f>.71 pounds of cot
ton per spindle during the like period,
while In tho same season the United
States had in her factories IB, 700,000
spindles, -each of which spun tho equiv
alent of 72.82 pounds of cotton during
the 12 months.
S|>lii(ll?n nuii t'oiiNii mpllon Ten Year*
Kilter.
The drift of the consumptive power
of these same grand divisions as well
as the growth in the number of spin
dles operated ten years later gives an
idea of the rapidly growing importance
of the" industry In which our readers
are so greatly Interested. In 1902-03
tho record stood:
? Table II.
Cotton used
. ' ' per spindle
Spindles por annum
Great Britain .. ..<47.000,000 83.88 lbs.
Con. Europe .. ..34,300,000 76.04 lbs.
British India .. .. 5,007,000 134.29 lbs.
United States .. ..22,000,000 88.41 lbs.
The average cotton consumption por
splndlo per annum for tho decade Is
no less Interesting. It is as follows:
Table III.
??Ten years average cotton consump
tion per spindle por annum 1893-94 to
1902-03:
Great Britain 30.19 lbs.
Continental Europe .. 71.89 lbs.
British India .. 132.07 lbs.
United States .. 84.26 lbs.
These statistics show that tho spin
ners of Great Britain are gradually
lessening their per spindle consump
tion, the Inference being that they
are devoting themselves more and more
to the liner counts of yarns and lighter
weight cloths. On the contrary the
mills of the continent have enlarged
their cotton requirements per unit
while India has remained almost sta
tionary with a slight tendency, how
ever, In the direction of a greater out
put per spindle, which Is no doubt
traceable to the Increased olliclency of
machinery during the decade.
In this country Is the most marked
growth In per spindle consumption ob
servable. The I ncmnan tn tV-Q ten >?ain
being 15.59 pounds. This Is probably
due to two causes. First, as In India,
higher spindle speeds, but second and
most Important, the rapid development^
of the industry In the South during tho
period under review. Southern mills
being coarser than those of New Eng
land uso much^more cotton per spin
dle. During last season (1904-05) this
was strikingly Illustrated when 9,000,000
or so spindles of the South used slight
ly more bales than the 15,000,000 spin
dles of the rest of the country.
EiiKland has recently started a num
ber of large new spinning mills which
together with those now under con
struction In that country will bring her
total new spindles to slightly over
6,000,000. On the basis of the British
average theso factories will use 338,800 J
bales of cotton a year. This will take
between 800,000 and 900,000 acres of |
land to keep them supplied, counting
an average yield of 200 pounds to the
acre.
Oilier Dt'iluedoiiN I-'rom Tilble 1.
The comparisons Just given cannot
fail to have more than a passing In
terest, especially at this time when j
everybody seems to be making more or .
less sensible guesses at the size of tiiej
American cotton crop now being gatli- j
ered. Indulging at the same time In
wilder estimates of the world's nor- ,
null consumption and 'what may be
termed the "Invisible supply",, in fac
tory warehouses. An approximately
accurate exhibit of what has been used
In the near past will tend to clear the
situation and furnish a basis on which
Judgment not altogether based on in- \
accuracies and casual gossip, pro- i
mulgated as facts, may be established.
Referring to table I. and taking 1.O001
spindles and standard bales of 500 !
pounds each as units to avoid a multi
plicity of figures, It Is found that the 1
118,203.746 spindles for which figures of j
consumption are available used 148
bales per annum to each thousand j
spindles, showing total takings of 17,- 1
611,241 bales. Taking this as a fair]
average of the 923,400 spindles, for,,
which details of cotton consumed are
not supplied, would Indicate an addl- !
tlonal 136,60* bales, making the grand i
total requirements of tho mills of the:
world /17,647,Mf> bales. A careful In
spection of tho average Increase In the
use off cotxojn extending over several
years has given 400,000 bales iin the i
normal annual increase In the demand. j
Considering the figures just deduced!
as applicable to thin hwihoii'h growth !
thoy indicate that one year with an
other the several manufacturing'
counties, together with mills built in j
lands previously without cotton manu- I
! fact u ring plants, add to the numbor of j
i their actual spindles no loss than:
I 2,700,000 yearly.
Accounting for this steady aud con
i siderahle enlargement of the uso of cot- i
ton one would naturally Infer that it !
j wax altogether attributable to the con- j
;Ht'antly growing- number of the lnhab
: itants of the earth and to the gradual ]
bringing under tho Influences of civ- j
I lllzation of previously bai barous and >
| unclad peoples. While thtd Is to somo
| extent true there are other causes not j
j li-ss important. The chief of these bo
Ing a recognition by tho mass of con
; sinners of the intrinsic value of tho!
j staple, together with now uses which
I are being discovered almost dally to
I which cotton can bo profitably applied.
Tlio World1* Cotton Crop.
Americans are more than prone to |
! neglect the probable yield of other
| countries when collecting data on which
j to found tho future value of our own
staple. This is not altogether a wise
I course to pursuo when we remember
; that altogether we aro by far the larg
est growers of the staplo though other
countries produco no inconsiderable
quantities.
To illustrato, last season (1804 05)
when the American orop was a record
breaking one, tho four leading ootton
growing areas produced In round flg
; ures:
Table IV.
United States 18,657,000 baleB
I India 2,917,000 baies
I Egypt 829.000 bales
j Brazil, Aslatio Russia.. 2,806,000 balos
Total 21,169,000 bales
These figures of the commercial
] crops of the world show our prepon- j
I derlug influence as growers. They
j also correct an all too common error.
| Many writers and public speakers aro |
! not altogether exact when dealing with
this subjcct. It has groWn to be an
] almost settled belief, difficult to change
I with most people, that tho South pro
I duces from 70 to 80 per cent, of the ]
total commercial crop. From table IV.
J it Is plain that even during our record
year wo only^ralsed 64 per cent, of the
commercial Cotton supply of last sea
son.
New .Source of Cotton Supply.
Cotton Is grown In relatively small
quantities in many countries seldom
heard of as producers of the staplo.
Table V .gives a compilation of these
j and their estimated output for tho last
I three seasons. The slow but steady
j increase in yield from year to year is
I significant. What the ultimate out
{ conic of the largo sums now bolng
! spent by European cotton growing as
sociations will be It would be wild In- 1
: deed to predict. It Is none the less true)
that the high .prices now ruling have
'addod to tho zeal of the managers of
those severtrt movements.
Table V.
New source of cotton supply ? in
thousands of balos:
I Country 1904-05 1903-04 1902-03
! Japan 120 120 1201
Korea, etc 400 400 400 1
Indo China .... ? 12
China 1,200 1,200 1,200]
Slam ? ?
Java .. ? ? 6
Straits gctlmts ? ? 1
Asiatic. Russia,
Turkestan.. .. 350 425 250 1
i Persia . . .. . . 125 30 33
[Asia Minor.. .. 90 80 80
I Turkey 5 6 5|
Cyprus l 1 1
Greece 10 10 4
Malta ? ? 4
Italy ? ?
Algeria ? ? 2j
Africa, Central. 3 1
Africa, Enst .... 1 1
.Africa, West... 7 1
Australasia ? ? 3|
New Zealand.. ? ? ? ?
' Pacific iBlands.. ? ? l)
Tahiti ? ? 9
I'IJi ? ? ?
French Oceania. ? ? 1 !
Peru 125 37 32
[Chill ? ? 7.
Argentina 5 5 ? :
Venezuela ? ? ? ?
| Colombia 2 4 1 j
IJrit W. Indies. 7 3 1
Hay tl 7 7 7j
Mexico 60 80 124
Total estimated 2613.16 2390.6 2271.3;
i As the amount of cotton eitfar'ges to j
tho considerable extent already shown, i
It is gratifying to find more |
and more of our American crop
| used in our own mills year
i by year. It Is also pleasing to
[note that we have increased our spln
[ deluge more rapidly than any other
j country. Neglecting the recent English
I mill building mania, which is now over,
tnil the consequences not by any
means done with. For many years
the number of British spindles remain
1 cd practically stationary, until tho
TO PH08RCUTE HASTY.
Baltimore American.
A fow weeks ago two members of a
theatrical company were nhot and kill
ed by a hotelkeepcr At Oaffney, 8. C.,
while resenting annoyance to feminine
members of the company. Their assail
ant ha* been held for murder, and the
Actor*' society of New York has
started a. fund, to assist In his prose
cution. The society Rave 9260 and
James K. Hackett doubled the amount,
while other actors aro coming forward
with contributions, as the members of
the profession are determined their
comrades nhoU ^
committee of men and women, with I
William Courtleigh an the chairman, j
has been appointed to look after the <
matter, and it is probable that a Now '
York lawyer will ho engaged to help
the local prosecuting attorney with the
cass.
A Itsd Start, Mr. Or*.
Springfield Reoubllcan.
Alexander E. '? Orr, while himself
taking the presidency of the New York
IJfe company at a reduction of one-half
from the McCall salary of 1100,000, ex
presses tho belief that all of the other
officials of the company are earning
nSwwiItt'ifc (T 'i irT?r""a ,n?
i?\i\a! in trade dining I ho
IC.ism. .1 a 1 1. 1 iii'Sc w a i . I'll. iIh Tin,. u>
JN'oWtll 111 kited pi t> i s
I" sit, h ,i ? i4 ^ i < ? ih.it the pi <>| i'?-sit>n.i I
pi onto! i i tvlth tlw aid >?( 1 1 , In t < < t s
? l.|i 1 ili'M s, i ?iii t fact ul'S all,) 1 1 .a, 1 1 1 1. i \
hllildcls found Ills golden opportunity
aiiil | ? <1 s<> iiiaiiy projects that
IM'll.rtOn 111 "w spill, lies will In- WiltUlliV ,
before tin' ehd of t his year. The fr? n/y ,
has now spout it sol I'. Hoing brought to ?
Its end by tho alarm anil protests oi j
those Lancashire inanufa. tin vrs w ho j
i'oiiM < dearly (oii'Hci1 tin- iIImisi ions
t 1 ii 108 which must inevitably ha\?- tol- j
In w I'll a continuance of' i4il.x rci'k !i-sm
policy, j
It is true that American cotton mat
ufacturing eo?iru# have wltm-s^ed
.lessor hui Hotnowliat slpillar happen
nigs. Such practl.cs are today \li
tually all behind u? <?ur now mills are
j capitalized ami organized on (rue bus- I
. Snoss principles. Il is no longer possl- I
i hh> to catch th?* lirms who cpilp our i
factories with an "order" to he lnrg?dy !
'paid fwi Uy Hliaros in the new coniPin. J
: And thin auburn well for the inability >
| of tho trade.
To appreciate fully what mill build- I
' ing couple. I with enlarged markets to i
take care of their production means to!
our national prosperity It Is only
I ncccssary to keep In mind that every
comparatively small mill of 10,000 spin
dles making 20s yarns (about tho uvur
I ago of Southern mills) requires the
; product of (1,000 ii.Tt'H actually planted
i In cotton. And if wo add to this area
' tho lands planted in cereals and food
! for cattle we got at least an acre to a
spindle of formerly waste lands
brought under cultivation.
A project to have spinners irrow their
own cotton has, In late years, been very
ably presented by several leading man
ufacturers. In considering; this plan
It will bo well to remember that an
aero n spindle will be needed, and this
involves an investment larger than
that in tho mill Itself.
Number of 0|ti'rti(l vf? ICiniiloj'ril.
Again turning to table 1 it Is found
that 84,047,246 spindles employ 2,283,121
workers, equivalent to 27.1 parsons to
each thousand spindles. On this basis
supplying tho deficient-lea in the table
we get for tho 120,000,0(10 spindles In
the world 3,262,000 operatives employed
In working them.
Delving deeper into this question of
operatives employed uncovers some cu
rious comparisons. Stratlng from the
world average of 27.1 workers to each
thousand spindles, one finds that there
Is a discrepancy so K?"eat between one
country and another as to be almost In
credible at tho first glance.
For Instance: The (lRures for the
chlof manufacturing countries as ar
ranged in tablo 0 show:
Table VI.
Operatives
Per M. H>1b.
Great Britain 10.8
United States 1&.8
Franco .. .. 15.0
India .. .? ,, ..86.1
Germany ,, ?. ,? ..88.8
llussla .. .. 89.6
Japan 68. 7
To tako tho foregoing averages with
out explanation would be strongly mis
leading. We know on general prin
ciples, for Illustration, tnat tho Ger
man workman in superior in efllclency
to the laborer in tho Indian mills. Yet
tho average for the former country
is greater than for tho latter. This is
accounted for by the fact that Indian
mills aro mostly spinning plants only,
most of them having no looms at? all,
much of tho yarns thoy spin being sold
at retail to bo used on the domestic
hand loom, while tho bulk of tho re
mainder is shipped to China to bo used
in the samo way.
On the other hand, Germany imports
millions of pounds of yarn annually
which forms the raw material for hor
numerous knitting, laco and embroid
ery factories. The workers In these
mills being counted In tho total num
ber of operatives employed in tho cot
ton Industry and figured against her
spindles.
The United States furnishes the best
illustration of a self-contained Indus
try. Most of our milts weave their own
yarns and such as spin for tho market
sell their output to homo manufac
turers td.be woven or knit into finished
fnhrio; pf'.H garments.
England, on the contrary, spins
much more yarn than sho uses up In
hor weaving and knitting establish
ments. It is the exception rather than
tho rule for a Lancashire spinner to
weave his own yarns. This is clearly
shown by an examination of the export
statistics of the two nations. American
foreign sales of yarn are considerably
under $500,000 a year in value, while
Britain exports approximately $50,000,
000 worth of cotton yarn annually.
Olirrallvfii In the Mouth.
Many absurd statements appear
sporadically as to tho number of work
ers in the Southern textile mills. To
cloar tho sometimes purposely mud
dled statistical waters, exact figures
are needed.
The 1900 United States census, which
is after all tho most rellnblo source of
information, Kives 297,929 operatives
employed In cotton manufacturing es
tablishment of every kind In the Uni
ted States. Of this number, 97,494 were
working in Southern mills ? equivalent
to 22 operatives por thousand spindles,
24.43X, or 25 per cent, of them, beltiK
under 16 years of age.
minging tho census figures up to
date discloses the fact tlmt 2,134,354
spindles have beon added to tho num
ber since 1900. On tho same basis of
22 employes per thousand spindles and
25 per cent. younK persons, we get
46.908 additional workers, of which t he
same percentage of children Klves 11,
727 children, making tho total num
ber of hands In Southern cotton mills
at the end of 1905 come to 144.405 of
all ages, and 36,165 to be classed as
under 16.
ICipurta of (.ending Countries. -
Kxports of cotton goods for the year
Just ended aro not yet available, but
during the previous 12 months ending
December 31st, 1904. tho record shoWs
that Great Britain oxportod 5.591,972,000 i
yards and the United States 434,989,000
yards. Figures for Germany and
France are given In kilograms and the
former- country sent abroad 48,754.800
kilos and the latter 36,391,900 kilos dur
ing the year.
These flKures demonstrate In a most
forcible, way the great opportunity
which lies before this country In the
direction of increasing our spinning
and weaving capacity. Selling our en
larged product In tho markets of the
world's non-inanufacturlng countries.
example, to Vice President Kingsloy
at 130,000, Treasurer Cromwell at J30,
000, und Secretary John C. McCall, a
young inan recently out of college, at
$14,000. Does Mr. Orr know of any other
buAfne%i of profit or trust which pays
such salaries to subordinate officials?
But why should they anyhow obtain in
a business that is not productive and
has the peculiarity that the more any
official seems to prove his worth tha
more unprofitable he Is likely to be to
the policy holders? Mr. Orr jnay be em
inently flt for his new position, but this
remark of his does not demonstrate it.
It is Just as well for the company ap
parel^ uuu Utt chlocc it a temporary
AT
Second LocKHart Big
Mill E-mcI Sale
Friday, Jan. 1CX 1906
The grandost display of Mill Ends and especially
bought goods ever known in the Carolinas. Everybody
knows what wonderful sacrifices, what ridiculous prices
are made in Lockhart's Mill End Sales.
BE ON HAND JANUARY 19th (FRIDAY). Watch
our advertisements in The State.
Tine James L,. Tapp Co.
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JOLTS FROM "JOHN L."
His Greatest Fight the One with Kilrain ? Seventy
Five Rounds of Terrible Work Described
By the Victor.
liy John 1 1. Sullivan.
In my la?t letter I promised to toll ,
of tlu> Unlit witli Juki* KUraln ut ltl< Ji
bing, Miss., In July 18S'J, which wuh my
longest and greatest buttle. Jake de
serves ail the bouquets that cimm to
him for his Kilt In that sniiuih swap,
for although Ik; did not Unlit the stand
up battle I expeeted, In- showed that j
he was gamo from his heels to hi ^ 1
head. He gave me a terrible tight, all
right.
When wo got the word to open up,
we swung together MUo a couple of
healthy bulls, lie landed a quick left
towa^l me, but 1 knocked u t> his arm
with my left and countered lightly un
der Jako's heart with my right as ho
danced away. I rushed him, hitting
with my loft and before 1 knew how It
happened, Jake back-heeled mo clevor
iy.
Tho back-heel Is something you ilon't
see tn tho ring today. It Is dellvorod
by catching a man an ho comes In,
putting your loft arm around his body,
your right forearm across hte throat
and your right liool behind his loft
foot. Then, with a quick heavo you
can throw him ovor and down on his
back. I went down for the llrst fall
of tho fight and tho crowd roarod for
Jake. As I Jumped up and wont to
my corner, I said to Ktlraln:
"80 you want, to wrestlo. do you?
Well, I will glvo you enough of that."
I got to hlB body In tho noxt round
I with a couplo of rights, while ho pasted
me with a nasty loft undor tho eye
right off tho reol as the round opened.
Seeing my chanoo I grabbod him
around tho body and put him down
on tho turf with a thud that noarly
shook tho wind out of him. As we
wont to our comers tho cheers wero
all for mo.
In tho third round I nearly endod tho
light, but If I had It would have saved
Jako a lot of timo and trouble, but
his gamenoss pushed him along for all
that was coming to him.
Forty Hound* of Awful Punishment.
It happened tills way In tho third :
We sparrod around for awhile, mo anx
ious to get my paws on him, he trying
to keep, mo ofT, for by this time ho know
I had him when It camo to a wrostle.
Ho made sovoral correct plays for my
face, lauding u few times, when I slip
ped out a lead. Jako drow back, think
ing I was going to grapple him. In
stead, I brought my right over hlB
guard and landed full on his Jaw.
.Tnkn \v??t dcv.Ti iik?? u. ciotnes polo
and rolled over, kicking. Ills seconds
grabbed him and lugged him to his cor
ner and began tcKget him In shapo for
tho noxt quadrllm, whllo the crowd
yelled ''Sullivan! Sullivan!" loud
enough to tip off the mllltla as to
where wo were.
My memory Is not good enough to toll
how the 'Wholo tight wont by rounds,
and a scrap book which I had which
contained an account of all iny fl?bts '
was lost In a fire some years ago, so j
I will have to skip some of It and touch
only tho main poLnts. It was a hard,
wearing fight. Sometimes Kllraln
back-heeled or cross- bu t tocked mo for
a fall, bul round after round closed
with Jack goliiK down from a blow 1
or a throw. Ills face was badly cut;
and bis body welted and bruised from j
my blows, while my nose and l>;ft eye j
were swollen by the time tho twenty- j
fifth round was reached.
I had been playing for Kllraln'sj
heart, and every time ho led with his;
left I tried my hardest to land on.
that same spot again, under tho heart. |
Constant pounding' on nny <1110 spot
Is the most wearing form of attack, .and
Jake's flesh around the heart, for aj
space about Mix Inches square, was
cut and bruised by the time the
thirtieth round was reached.
I had taken many a beard punch
and soino toiiKh falls during the battle
and beforo tho fortieth round Jiuk
began to land 011 my stomach. My
seconds had Riven me tea with whiskey
In It as a streiiKtlwner. and thore was
to* much whiskey, so that by the forti
eth round my stomach was upset and
I 'was vomiting after 1 had gnno back
to my corner and Kllraln wanted to
call It a draw.
John I,. Wouldn't <'nl! It n Draw.
"I'M Rive you all the- draw j ou want,"
I yelled at him, and the flgh<l went on.
'In a round or two, I crime back
strong and begun to k<> aftor Jake hard.
He rfot ho he wmjld drop as (toon oh my
hand landed on him, and of course
that would close the rou;nd. This
wont on for a dozen rounds or bo and
1 was still landing <>n ^hat fipot under
the heart. Pretty soon the flesh and
skin were pounded looso from his ribs
and a bunch of it wan hanging like a
big tumor.
I have auld that Kilrain "was game,
and he certainly provod it in that tight.
Although beaten to a pulp, he came
back, round after round, for piore.
He couldn't hit hard enough to hurt
mo any more, but every tlmo he got the
call ho came out of his corner, either
to be knocked down or thrown, and
carried back. Q
All the latter part of the light the
betting had been co.mlng my way and
at this tlmo nobody would bet a nickle
on Ktlraln. Ho wa* sure a beaten man
and thoso who he.d been cheering for
him In the early part of the fl?ht had
shot their bolts and were silently
watching their gallant fighter >eomlng
to hia last rouiKi.
The end came In the 76th round.
Jake came out of his corner, game as
a bantam, badly punished, his legs
wobbling under him, face /crushed and
cut. hie body - leaning over to protect
that place on his left side where I'd
been hammering so long. 1 rushed him,
and smashed him on the Jaw, knocking
him against the ropes practically
senseless. I wan ready to Hinash him
attain when somothlriK white was
thrown from his corner, falling at my
feet. Charley Mitchell had thrown a
towel iu a alfcnal that Kllraln was
beaton and that I had won the long and
hard battle. Poor Kllraln was a sorry
sigh* J v ^I'defeat, but he had
lout %,)\h honor In one of the greatest
ring contests In the history of the prize
ring, and even those who had loBt
most heavily by his defeat were sat
isfied that he had tried his bent to
Have their money. -
Aflur the lint t If it llnw for Mhfrly,
The next thing I knew Mudloon and
Clcary had surrounded mo and gave
me a hustle out of tho ring, while
flighting off the crowd that had broken
down the ropes and were fighting to
get a chance to shako hando W/ith mo.
It'tiovor heard such roaring a^ I was
pushed into a wagon and a rysh made
for tho train. As we if ot aboard tho
earn, another train cafno choo-choolng
down the track and tho holler was
made that tho Mississippi militia was
on it and would arrest tho lot of ur,
I don't know to this day how I did
it, but when tho alarm about tho jnl
lltia was raised, I dived head first
through tho window of an ordinary
coach and ran liko a rabbit several
hundred yards to a swaniL^ whore I
hid until the alarm was declared to be
a false one. I got out of tho State
of Mississippi all right only to be ar
rested and brought back. It cost me
$18,000 to keep from going to the pen
itentiary, but financially I came out
away ahead on tho fight jAl that.
All the foregoing Is anCTent history
and some of it does not look protty on
paper, _ but It is worth reading, so tite
sports who havo forgotten what they
uso to go through with can size it all
up against the la-de-dah work done in
tho ring today, lighting was a man's
work then, and a fighter went Into the
ring expecting to come out of It on a
stretcher if he didn't put the other fel
low Into the doctor*' hands. Now
fights mostly go to the fellow who can
run the longest, and the bellows count
for more than the wallop.
it Wu Plain Fighdng Without Frill*.
The grooming of a fighter nowadays
makes some of us old fellowH laugh.
Wo used to fight our own battles. Now
they aro mapped out by experienced
trainers who go about It as a general
would plan a battle. We didn't do any
'"ff-chev/ing ?'uuut weight. The main
thing was to get to fighting. Thertt
were no limited contests, so that a man
could flguro closoly on his mothod oQ
carrying tho battle or win on the slen
der thread of points. Vlt . was fight
from gong to gong, and iin(ll one fn&n
was down and out.
It Is mighty seldom that I had a mail
with a bottlo of smelling salts, a lo6
of towel wavors, oranges, lomono.
chunks of Ice to rub oeC tho neck and
back and the other stage props, used
in the ring today. Bomo of my great-*
est fights were undor conditions thafc
would make somo of the fancy box
ers shudder. ^
Had Fltz not used <fclmself up In
training for O'Hrien/ho mlgnt not
havo had to stop to', ropair his hol
lows. None of tho men on the mat
of my day wrestled with cows. Jumped
over mountains, toold exhlbitionn at i\
quarter per head admission to let tho
reubons all know we were using our
selves up training, but we managed to
get Into the ring in protty good con
dition. It was tho man with the clout
and the sand and tho skill that usual
ly won.
I have been against a lot of good men
in my day, and I've been against an
awful lot of dubs, but I always had to
look out for the fighter and not the
fancy boxer. It was owing to a com
bination of tho two and my own fault
of not taking care of myself that I
lost the championship.
Fr?* Cuba'* Triumph.
Now York Sun.
Cuba has justified our prediction
that Hho would rise to the situation and
grapple successfully with the epidemic
with which she was threatened. While
there remain* a possibility of itR
sporadic reappearance, all danger of
the spread of yellow fever now scorns
to have disappeared. Despatches from
Habana report that the sanity authori
ties regard the disease as extinct in
that city.
Tho health officers of the Island acted
with commendable promptness and
efficiency. During the years that have
passed since the last epidemic thero
has been a large Increase In the non
immune population. A record of only
69 cases and 23 deaths since the first
appearance of the disease three months
ago !? most creditable to those charg
ed with the control and suppression of
the disorder^ In a comparison with the
Now Orleans experience Cuba comes
out a long way ahead.
The Importance of Cuba's record this
year stands out more clearly wher.
comparison Is made with the situa
tion of ten years ago. During the
period 1890-1899 the recorded number of
deaths from yellow fever was 4.831, or
an annual average of 488. In 1898 the
deaths numbered 1,282. Only five years
ago, during the second year Vf the
American occupation, the number was
810. Cuba has done well.
Tm Mlfkt Try Mlee* Mr.
Norfolk Landmark.
We suggest that Instead of dragging
obstreperous ? women callers from the
White House, ft* In the case of Mrs.
Morris last Thursday, ft few mice be
kept under )e*sh by the attendftnta. ?