. Fall River, Massachusetts, a publication of personal points pertaining to a city of opportunity. f starting the cotton industry. Fall Riverhas the distinction of surpassing all other cities and towns in thenumber of spindles. This achievement is one that calls for anelaborate and dignified centennial programme which will appeal tothe entire country, and not to New^ England alone. Twenty years ago it w^as said that the cotton mills of New Eng-land were about to be closed because of the superior advantagesof the South. Southern mills have done well, it is true, but todayFall River has about as
. Fall River, Massachusetts, a publication of personal points pertaining to a city of opportunity. f starting the cotton industry. Fall Riverhas the distinction of surpassing all other cities and towns in thenumber of spindles. This achievement is one that calls for anelaborate and dignified centennial programme which will appeal tothe entire country, and not to New^ England alone. Twenty years ago it w^as said that the cotton mills of New Eng-land were about to be closed because of the superior advantagesof the South. Southern mills have done well, it is true, but todayFall River has about as many spindles as either of the two largestcotton manufacturing States of the South—North and South Car-olina; while Massachusetts has increased its manufacturing to anextent that seemed impossible when the South began to buildmodern mills. Some note should be taken of this remarkableshowing. It is fitting that Fall River should honor the name ofDurfee and at the same time give an ample demonstration of thesupremacy of Massachusetts men and methods in the cotton man-ufacturing world. :,(•,. a: 137 ^ •u-u-u-u-u J3il5Jll5 MASONMACHINE WORKS H^S BUILT FOR Fall River Mills 1,323,144 SWNDLES OF SPIN^^lNa AX1> 46,110 LOOMS ^ •£/ •« -x/ •// •// \V,\X>;\ .^.vC \. ^
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