The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-01
Which viii Pay Best ?
Manufacturers Record

| have had no experience to- guide
them are continually applying to the
Manufacturers Record for advice.
Their letters. generally mention a
number Of things they have in mind,
and then, with few exceptions, they
conclude by saying, PLEASE tell US
which you think will pay bcst??" OF
course these indications Of confidence
i'll our knowledge and judgment are
very pleasant to receive, and were it
possible, we should be happy to re-
'spond to all such applications. but
| the numerous duties and incessant
! work of the entire editorial and busi-
hess force of the Manufacturers Re
cord leave but little time for detailed
answers to such requests.
The question, (which will pay
best - taken in its broadest sense,
; admits Of satisfactory answer, which
is that those things which are quickly
! CONSUMED. and for which there is an
! unlimited demand aAd that require
! but u small capital to undertake are
! the safest for inexperienced people.
! Just as cotton, wheat, rice, corn and
other staples of agriculture are always
; s;:leable at some price, so also are
! shoes, brooms, hoops, soap, pickles,
preserves, dried and evaporeted fruits,
j pure cider vinegar, blackberry wine,
cheap Wrapping paper, twine and
scores OF other things, few Of which
require much money at the start, but
all of which can be commenced in q
small way, and by industry and econ
| omy can be increased into large and
profitable enterprises. -.
Our compilation Of new undertak-
ings for the second quarter Of this
! year, published June 18th, shows that
in the fourteen Southern States
named, there were quite number Of
beginnings made in enterprises of the
kind recommended, and the reports of
like periods for the past five years
show about the same proportion. This
list includes 1pickle, l preserve, 2bung,
), shoe, II broom. , hoop, shoestring
and soap factories. There are reported
also many canning establishments, 3
tanneries, paper mill, and l axe fac
tory, but the first are increasing quite
fast enough, and the last three require
more capital and experience than the
majority of our applicants for advice
can command. Take the eight that
require little capital to start, as illus
trations Of many others that might be
named, and see what can be said to
recommend them.
There is always a market for pickles
and tomato catsup, for preserves, for
jams and jellics, for fruit vinegar, and
for blackberry wine, and there are few
localities in the South where, after, the
first flush of market prices has passed;
the fruits and vegetables needed can
not be had in any quantity required at
much less money than Northern man
,uf;scturers are compelled to pay.
Wages, also are much in favor Of the
Southern producer, rs are also the cost
of lumber for boxes and for buildings
and for living expenses. These items
will much more than offset any that
are in favor Of Northern competitors.
Bung and hoop factories will never
glut the market with their products.
The machinery required for either in-
dustry cal be obtained with the build
ings and power required tor few
thousand dollars. They must be To-
Gated where there is abundance Of ma
terial and water or rail transportation
close at hand. In these two industries
there ia no waste Of stock and no
changes of fashion. While the world
endures hungs and hooks will be
wanted in annually increasing quanti-
ties. Broom factories can only flourish
where broom corn does. ...
In nearly every place where they
have been started in the United States,
the farmers had to ne induced to raise
that crop tya pledge from manufac-
tures that they would pay stated
price. for the entire product. After
one or two seasons the farmers needed
no urging, and abundant supplies were
assured. The plant fora broom factory
requires but little money; capital is
needed principally to pay for stock
and labor. We have often wondered
why SOAP making has not been made
al Important Southern Industry Moth
ing is Used more generally or con-
sumei more rapidly. In slavery days
when there was q leachery on every
plantation, laundry soap was a domes-
tic production. Now large stocks are OBJ
tanned from Chicago, New York aud
other Northern cities. The South,
served as rule by wasteful negro
iaundresses, is paying heavy tribute
to Northern manufacturers, while fur
nishing them resin and cotton seed oil
OF which they make large Use. We
have seen boxes nf cheap soap contain
ing large percentage Of rosin lieaped
up il wholesale stores in the Southern
commercial centers, when we could not
find single bar made below the Ohio
and Potomac rivers. Soap making,
both for the laundry and the toilet can
be and ought to be- Il great Southern i'll
dustry. While in Chicago several
wears ago. We We're visiting ali eXien-
sivc job printing house. There we
saw two drav loads Of labels sent to
local soap maker. On inquiry we
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