The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-31
IN THE CORRIDORS.
Interesting Chat Heard at the
Different Horels.

+. Is. Packer, secretary Of the Stan
dard Scale and Supply Company, of
Pittsburg, Pa, was at Hotel Roanoke
yesterday. In the course Of converse
ton he said: This is my first visit to
Roanoke and L must say that have
found CITY that was beyond my ut
most expectations. 1t is true that
this place is known all over the United
States, but was under tho impression
that is was more or less of boom town
until saw it. To-day 1 have been
over it looking into it's development.
On every street 1 find residences that
w.ul1 be an ornament to any city. Your
substantial business houses compare
favorably with those OF much larger
cities and notice you are erecting new
ones on almost every street.
The Norwich Lock Company is an
industry that is quito equal to anything
in the North, and the goods manufac-
tured are of the best quality. Your
furnaces, iron works, rolling mills and
wholesale houses are all first-class, and
when you come to think of the age OF
the town it seems almost marvellous. 1
feel confident that the future is destined
to eclipse the past of Roanoke in the
way OF growth and developments. Your
location is unsurpassed for manufac-
turing city. Iron, coal and the other
material needed is practically right at
your door and the cost of it is cheap.
"The geographical position of the
city is excellent and will permit YOU to
supply both the South and the North
with many articles at q less COS, than
the North on the one hand can be sup
piled by the South and the South on the
other by the North. II strikes me that
cotton factories would be one OF the
most paying industries that could be
established in Roanoke. Living CON
tiguous to the cotton fields of the
Carolinas and Eastern Virginia, the cost
OF obtaining the staple would be less
than IL is for the Eastern factories, and
again another saving would be made on
shipping beck the manufactured article.
Labor would be no trouble TO obtain
and II these factories we're once started
they would add ,e-y materially to Roa-
noke's growth and prosperity. Yes, sir;
my opinion is that in less than ten years
this will DO great manufacturing and
com uercial city"
D. W. Saunders, Of Rome, Ca, was in
the city for short while yesterday and
am OF tho opinion that the Third party
movement in Georgia is great deal
stronger than Democratic politicians
are willing to admit. For a number OF
years the farmer who has raised cotton
has been losing money. Last season the
price went SO low that il did not begin
to pay the expenses OF growing it. This,
OF course, added to the discomfort there
prevailing, and great many losing
faith in the old party togive them relief
from their operous conditions, were but
too willing to 80 astray after the strange
gods, whose temples were erected on
Georgia soil by Post and such other ad-
venturers.
MANY of the best class of our farmers
have already seen the fallacies and
dangers of the doctrine of the Third
party and have refused to have any,
thing to do with it, but others cling to
it as lost hope. When l say that
this party will poll larger vote than is
generally expected I do not mean to
say that it is probable that they will
make any gains, for on the other hand
they are steadily and surely losing
ground. Post, Tom Watson and the
Lease woman have proved the best
campaigners that the Democrats could
have sent into the field They have
disguised the people with their extreme
views OF course old Georgia will 90
Democratic in the national election and
my opinion is that we will gain back
every seat in Congress carried by the
Farmers Alliance two years ago.
81 want to say something about cot
ton culture. The day when it could be
made to pay has passed The opening
Of large areas Of cotton lands in the
Orient, which is cultivated by coolie la
Dor, mas brought the cotton Of that
country into competition with ours and
as consequence the price has fallen
so low that we can no longer afford to
grow it. Year after year the acreage
will grow larger in the East and the
supply instead Of falling below will 90
very much above the demand Viewed
from this stand point the Southern
planter has nothing more to expect from
cotton. His salvation is 10 turn to
other crops, and in my State, where the
farmers are growing grapes, fruits, veg
etables and melons instead OF cotton,
they are prosperous and accomplishing.
1t will be a happy day in the South
whom only one fourth of the present
area is planted in cotton and long TO
see that day come"
Congregational Meeting Tonight.
There will be general meeting of
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