The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-03
ANOTHER FACTORY.

Tur DEMoCKAT has watched
CLOSELY the operations OF the SCOT
land rz,.h huiUtiu6 ,n.IIo oinoo they
were first set a-gOing a little more
than a year ago. We have made
inquiry Of our business men from
t1n,r to time. as to what effect OF
the entrprise has hal upon the
business Of tie town; and lnVarla-
bly we lave been told that business
has been bettcr-much better-ln
many reSptcts, with the mills III
town JF.an it would bave been had
the mills not been operating here,
OF course such a state of things
is not q surprise to any one, and IN
deed any other result would not be
complimentary to that enterprise;
l)ut we mention these things by
way Of a preface to some other
things we wish to say. And what
we wish to say, III short, ls this
Scotland Neck needs another
factory.
1t IS very easy to see the good
results that our knittIng-mlll enter
prise mas brought to the town.
In the first place, it furnished good
employment fOr iabolers in build
ing the mills at a time when there
was little made in this community
a2d when many would otherwise
have gene without much employ
ment or would have had to go else
where to look employment, and
TINS reduce cur population, But
instead, the mills have brought
many more people and our popula-
tom has been increased. This, OF
course, has added much to the
business of the town. 1t may not
have been very perceptible IN any
one particular thing; but on the
whole, the business of the town has
undoubtedly improved.
The factory The DEMOCRAT pro-
poses would not only do the same
ching over again that tie knitting
mills have done, Gat would be a
ti1arcial benefit OF much more I'M
p0rtauce otherwise. The factory
Meedtd IS enc 10 supply the knitting
mills with the thread TO make their
goods. These mills purchase else
where large quantities Of yarns
with which to make their goods;
ana with mills at home to spin
these yarns, We would have the
two field advantage of giving en-
pi0ymeut TO more people and so
Increase cur population, and at the
Same time keep thousands and
Thousands of dollars here in Scot
land Neck every year that is now
sent away to support factories in
other places
And 80 with splnniug mills here
at h0me the knitting mills could
purchase yarns here and keep the
money here to employ mo1e people
and enlich Our own homes rather
than send it away to enrich homes
III other places.
THIS would be putting into prac.
tee what so many speakers and
writer's are constantly urging the
Southern people to do-make all
the goods that we use at home and
a large surplus to send elsew here.
TIE DEMoTAAT does not express
these views without long and
mature delibeTatloD, and we hope
and believe that we shall see the
thing done. We have talked of it
little to some of the persons who
arc willing to make an effort for
another factory, and we believe
that it can be made, and we are
quite sure that the community will
b. greatly benefited, and whoever
invests his money IN it Will find it a
paying investment. We hope our
business men will think of the mat
ter carefully and if they are not
able to do it themselves not dis
courage any who may feel inclined
to the enterprise.