142 
MANUFACTTJEE OF COTTON. 
We do not give these numbers as absolutely correct. 
Our statements are made from the best information we can 
obtain. 
We are going to work in good earnest, not only to re- 
pair the waste places of the war, but to build up and im- 
prove and prosper, and to show to the world that we can 
be as good soldiers in peace as we are in war ; and that we 
intend to achieve some most glorious victories on the fields 
of labor and in the chambers of commerce. 
