Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-11-15


trout , out there is that you start town in
a section where the farming country isn't
built up and the town grows faster than
the country. Here you've got q fae, rich
farming country, thicaly set'l end fer
ahead ofapy town building thatyou mag &c
for long time to come. The only wonder
to "a is that sou were so locg finding cut
how to build up and improve your country,
aud how little of 1t Las been done. Nov
that you have taken il Up, 1t Is go new lh2t
you think you are going hundred mlles 90
hour, and don't suppose it will do euy
harm to lst you think you are."
How came you to turn your eyes toSaFd'
this section TO manufac. ute in =? was asked
Mr.. Link.
GETTING NEAR TO Raw MATERIAL.
"Well you sse up North, especially in
the Est. people lave grown rich doing tLa
manufacturing for young people OF ,ha
South, and We believed that the t me he'd
come, and you peol l. CT the Saurb, Showed
by your spirit, that il had come, for the
South TO haVe lis manufactures loca 81
right among its own people. If nm
wants to make 30 axe heIve he do1't take
the sapIing up cut CT the WOODS and carrv
1t two or three hundfe is miles to get q man
to cut it and dress it for heve; b. jlst
cuts and dresses it right in the woods wnera
he 6nds it. That's " hat the 5 u;herH PEG
Pile are going to do bereafet-they are 81
Ing to dress their OVID helve right 10 thsr
own woods where they cut the sal Dg, snJ
We are here With OR money end cur labor
10 ioin In that business with them. There
s big reason for What is going on ~
your STATE The time and The conditions have
come when the manufacturers heve got ~
get near to the new consu5neIe that have
their homes in the South. Thut ;s the biz
rauud reason ald these lot specu stious go
fas on lis surface that have been Matched
out by the prosperity. II will not be long
before the boomer will give way to the men
with the ovarsls on who brings permanerF
wealth with him wherever Re goes. Tt
southern country is The coming oouCtTy {
the world"
How came ycur pnry 10 select Basic Ciig
for the location TO which 10 remove yant
factory
THE REASONS FOR THE sgLrCIIoN CT BASIC
CITY.
"Well, because it was tie bsst ellie for
manufacturing city that we were abe to
fod in the South We didn't select it in q
hurry. Zone OF us went ever the roni4
clear from Hsgsrstown down this Valley
and on 10 New Orleans some Of ia We
over the ground from San FraucIsco TO the
Atlantic, ard we found no piece which CON
biued everything factory wants ga Goes
Basic City. a factory on siuGt, line &c
railway making large output hss hare
time. It's like running business and hav-
iug another man TO have The veto power %
It, Oae railroad may be feir enoUgh to you,
but two railroads competing With each o;bec
will be certain 10 give you fair show. lt
sort of puts the veto in your own hand END
helps to get good rates. No oman who hsFn'5
tried manufacturing or a single lire OF raj
road can half appreciate the advantages Of
bsug at the juno ion OF competing iGes.
They wont make ycu wait for cars citep,
rell you. B,sic City is at the junction Of
com petine lines that will take your products
to every part Of this land and TO deep We er,
and that Is worth LOIS OF money 10 oiaDu
fac'nrer
Then seain, B,sic City is the hesi
site We have found for manOfacinrer
that usea both iron and wood Ege:ytbiag
is 10 essy reach OF 1.-THE cheap coal, IT,
cheap cokr, the cheap ion and The chcoD
lumber. That ia important 20 factories, Du5
especis 2 to ua hensu.e We rUn Sd lroa
foundry in connection WITH cur factory.
linen we icubO lHtTe Inc CUtfDes' DtOftf-
tv on which to put houses fer wor!mer.
You can't keep good Worsmen in sSilitd
mandatory like ours unless they have nice
homes. and they can't have nice hcmee f
the lots are so high as 10 take ali their mon.y
before they build. Skill ed h her van 'ooV
i,s home.
Then we fouud It healthy place. VITA
pure water, and good drainage, snd to
mountain air. A man working large fofc3
OF men knows tbst health mosrs monsy ard
sickness is loss Of money. There is no M
laria ut Basic City like we have in 70 mety
placss out West. A good healthy Location
like Basic City means 10 trouble With eie6
men, and that means good deal in The "fy
OF prc ft and absence Of worry where Yen
are working skilled labor.
Tns way things are managed at Resio
City attracted our attention TO il, too. Some
Of us have been through there from two o
three times since last February, and the sort
of growth 1t Is making caught our eye. j
Is putting up big manufactures and sher ~
that Is the only way TO make city 81 >.
We have watched the town pretty closely
since we set cur eyes on 1t, a. we hays Go7e
others in the meantime, anf the way tbIass
were managed snited us, and 20 after ell OF
us compared notes we determined 10 n 20
our factory down there. The managers Of
the corporation have treated u5 So business
men ehould. fairly, and in come things ID.
orally, and we have confidence enough il
the big future of the town to pat our plaat
there In our opinion. after goicg over tae
whole Southern country, tie possibilities
before Basic City are simply Gmense,
we put our money On that to double. va
have seen nothing ike it eise|here
now I guess you have slI our reegona ior
bringing big plsnt from Indi&na O Base
Civ"
What Is The character OF the cn;erpr!3,
you will bring to Basic City
Our enterprise is the RushViile schHoi
Furniture Company. We make all IN
furniture fer schools, public builcir -,
opera bous g. banks, State cso-
tolls, In short al furniture for puolic L4e.
We are doing foe business and our goods