The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-03-02

We Need Them.

AT the citizens meeting Tuesday night
Capt Matt Atkinson made plea for a
united effort Oh the part of our citizens
to induce manufactures to locate here.
Capt. Matt is on the right track and we
hope his remarks will be needed. What
Asheville needs to give her q start is q
number of factories employing a large
number of hands and paying out a large
sum of money monthly in wages, that
will find it's way to the tills of our trades
men and keep things generally moving.
Dependence upon visitors is too uncer-
tain, and we trust the people have had a
clear enough vision of this to convince
them that city can not live alone on
the people who come here for health and
pleasure. Something more is needed, and
that something is diversity of manu-
featuring interests. We hope concerted
effort will be made to get manufactures,
and that liberal inducements will be
made to manufacturers to locate here.
Let some OF our public spirited citizens
offer land free for this purpose and other
encouragements be given. 1t willpay in
| the end.
The above is taken from the Ashe-
vile Democrat, and what is said of that
town will apply with equal force and
effect to Henderson, and moreso, be-
cause Asheville possesses many attrac-
tons and inducements that we do not.
What has made Winston the growing
and thriving town that it is to-day !?
Its manufactures. The same thing
may be said of Durham, where so many
of our people have recently gone and
others would follow if they could get
stores and houses to live in.s Need
any labored articles be written and
studied arguments made as to the value
and importance Of manufacturing en-
terprises, with such facts apparent?
We think not
Already Durham has one cotton fac
tory in successful operation, paying a
large dividend to the stockholders and
giving employment at remunerative
wages to hundreds of operatives. But
her enterprising citizens and moneyed
men are not content to stop at that.
They see the good effect upon the COM
munity of such enterprises and up goes
another cotton mill. The Sun Of last
week says:
The machinery for the Erwin Cotton
| Mills is coming in and is being rapidly
placed in position. The engine, already
up, is of 600 horsepower, and is one of
the largest engines in this part OF the
country.
Again the same paper says this of
an industry no less suited to Hender-
son perhaps than Durham. It is a
pants factory where the cheaper grades
Of such goods are made and sold all
over the country. A year or two ago
something Of this kind was talked of in
Henderson. We were content to stop
with that while Durham went ahead
and started the enterprise. But here is
what the Sun says of its pants factory,
and we give it the benefit Of little
! free advertising:
The North Durham Pants Factory,
since the removal to the Duke building,
corner OF COrcOran and Parrish streets,
has greatly increased facilities and is
now moving on in good shape. Mr..
Walker, the manager, showed Sun re-
porter through the establishment yester-
day afternoon. 1t was busy place and
the large number Of operatives were, as
you mightsay, making pants by tie whole
sale. The stock room was filled with
| SoouS ieduy lor tne Crlue anu the WOrk
could not be excelled by any other like
factory. They are shipping now, on an
average, three hundred pairs OF pants a.
day, and their trade is increasing. A
large water moter ready to be placed in
position, and as soon as that is done it
is proposed to put in twenty sewing ma
chimes to be run by that power. The
North Durham Pants Factory is a great
industry for Durham, and it promises to
be greater