The South does not spin all the cotton it produces, does not weave all the yarn it spins, and does not manufacture into clothing any considerable quantity of the cloth it weaves.
The greater part of both yarn and cloth is coarse, though some mills do finer work.

Little bleaching or printing, however, is done.

The South is a land of curious economic contrasts.

It produces sugar but buys confectionery.

It produces immense quantities of lumber but works up comparatively little, and this mainly into simple forms.