Saturday 24 November 2012

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2) Scope and Functions of Local/Regional Institutions. Mill owners in each
of the key textile producing states joined together in cooperative associations in the first
decade of this century. These state textile associations exist today in North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, and provide a variety of services to textile and
related firms. (Refer to Figures 11 and 12 for the remainder of this section.) In the main,
these organizations lobby their respective state legislatures and agencies, acting as the
state NAM (National Association of Manufacturers) affiliates but only for firms that are
in the textile and related industries. One state association, the South Carolina Textile
Manufacturers Association, has recently changed its name to the South Carolina
Manufacturers Alliance; it opened its membership to all manufacturers in the state last
year and now is a state NAM affiliate. It felt that the same issues it lobbied for
previously were important to all manufacturers in the state and, that as an expanded
organization, it would be a stronger voice for these issues. This organization had never
been involved