Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-11-29
SALVATION OF THE SOUTH.
THE SECRET OF OUR FUTURE
PROSPERITY.
Small Manufacturing Industries Built up
New England, it Will do tho
Same Hare.
(Fron. the Charlotte oBservcr.)

Mr.. Edward Atkinson, of Boston,
in reply to Il question as to tie cause
OF the prosperity of the New England
ou want to know the secret of
New England's prosperity? Well, it
is not i'll her large factories. They
are well enough but they are not the
cause of our wealth nor the basis OF
our prosperity. You must look for
that in our small industries. Yoa
must go IN our courts and alleys, and
so up IN the upper stories where skill
ed men are doing work on little arti-
cles. That Is the basis of our prosper
ity''
What seem to be small industries are
sometimes really great industries. It
is fact not generally known that
many of these small industries draw Il
very large portion of their material
from North Carolina. Hundreds of
thousands of spokes, hub timber,
bows, wheel rims, &c, are annually
shipped from factories in this State
North to be used in the building of
wagons, carriages, buggies, &c, many
of which are shipped South and soidat
handsome profit. Why could not
these wagons, carriages, buggics, &c,
be made just as well here where near
| ly all the material for them is furnish
ed, and where all the material ncees-
sary can be found !?
Large quantities of walnut lumber,
maple and other timbcrs are annually
shipped North to be used iii the man
ufacture of furniture, much of which
is shipped back and sold in the South
Why could not thi. lumber be con-
verred into furniture here?
Thousands of cords Of dogwood and
persimmon are cut in block of suit:,-
bic size and shipped to New England
annually to be shaped into lasts, bob
bins and shuttles to supply the de-
mands OF manufacturers North and
South. Why could not this timber
be worked into shape here as well as
there?
Some years ago we met m agant Of
a manufacturing establishment hosis
New England whose business Was tn
hunt M and tq buy white hickory
wirfesh WINS cut ihto strips Of tllr t,oss:r
ed size and shipped to Connecticut to
be used in the manufacture Of bows
for archery clubs, the factory whicii
he represented employing several hua-
dred hands in the making Of these
bows which were shipped al over The
world. Why could not these bows be
made here as we'll as there?
These are but a few of the items Of
the raw material shipped from this sec
ton to supply the demands ofthe small
industries of the New England States
which do so much to increase the wealth
and add to the prosperity OF these States.
The North supplies US with vast mum
bers of articles used in every household
the material for which is found in aDgn
dance around us, and every one ofwLich
ought to be made at home, thus noo
only giving employment to our people
but keeping our money at home which
now goes to enrich ether sections.
There is no good reason why all the
carriages, buggics, wagons, farm implc-
mcnts, household articles, and OTHER
things that come into daily use should
not be manufactured at home, and we
will never be independent and prosper
Gus as we should be until they are.
Those things are called small indus
. tries arc only small in name, they are
great in results.