The cotton mills have had another tough break. They have been waiting for “better business” that was “just around the corner” for some time and just as they begin to see the light they are forced to curtail on account of the drought.
The fact that practically all of the local mills are running every available hour now indicates that business with them is better than it has been. Traveling textile men who come here say conditions are much the same in their territory. The mills are getting orders that mean a profit after some lean months.
Still many people think the forced shutdown two days a week has been responsible for the orders, as the markets have had opportunity to get rid of their goods, and they claim the drought has helped the mills as well as it is hurting them now. Still, the curtailed program has been in effect only a few weeks and the markets must have been affected by other causes, though the curtailed program undoubtedly has been a contributing cause. With a cotton crop much larger than had been predicted earlier in the season and mills receiving orders daily, business conditions in this county promise to be good for the Fall and early Winter at least.
From the editorial page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, September 26, 1925
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