The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-04
THE SHOE FAcrop1

70 rum on the present nloU p''al stock
tory with a capacity Of aoo a shoe fac.
Gay, We said the cost of Of pa pattS per
the average leather shoe did leather il
20 cents per pound. Since - exceed
nave learned more of the cost ~ t1ea We
and that such a factory can Leather
cure good leather at IS AM and nov % Pro,
per pound Adding labor woni ~ Cent?
a two pound pair of shoes lug eo make
though the cost, of course vi ~ cent?
ate with the cost Of leather, Ru uoetu,
said the Alliance need not bon out We
Tor the usual $4,000 with wbi q ask
start, but ut can do the work I au 70
it well, with less than SO OOo and do
promised to tell you how this aug We
done. In the first place We v O11i0 be
no high salaried officers. Tho p l need
Agency has credit backed nv t business
ness Agency fund to furnish t I~' Oua'
rails. Second, we need no drr, ua'e'
az nlgn salaries. Our Alliance p"a
ness Agency system could nIaOo Ousl'
shoe the factory could turn ~, Every
thus tothe membership would he SOU. au9
the total profit of both manrt0o
and merchant with all the nor"ap9
added all along the line to cove, S
and imaginary losses. This la
count a saving of SIS, 900 to s2o Nv" oVu ~
the factory. No, not to the facto,V "
but to the membership of the Nsssl
and their dependents. We statoS Ms
it usually cost SIS, 900 for the or I4a'
plant, buildings, machinery, etc sr3
as we promised to tell you how -.
could do the whole thing with an on N.Y.
lay of less than $40, 900, We will s.,
that there is in a nice village, with al
the railroad facilities enioyed nv pai
eigh, located within a stones throw ~
the depots of two railroads, a bnidiDs
erected and used for a cotton factorv
The building is now in excellent ords,
and suited exactly to our needs II +
three stories, thick, hard brick walls
4Ox9O feet front, with a two story T.
4Ox4O feet. 10 one end of the building
a room 30x40 feet is cut off through ali
three stories. In this part of the build
ing is a corn mill and two wheat mills
with all necessary machinery and in
excellent order, running daily, capacity
80 bushels corr and 80 bushels wheat
per day. Just outside the building at
this end is the engine and boiler, %
horsepower, in excellent order. Just
back of the engine room and 50 feet
away, run by the same engine, stands
a cotton gin, in splendid order, capacity
eight bales per day. All this is on one
lot in the center of the village and cost
more than 500, 900 as it stands. The
first floor Of the building front is di
vided into two stores 25x40 feet, and
the first floor of the mill, 3Ox4O feet
The second and third floors, excluding
the mill, are equal each to 9Ox4O feet
Either one of these floors would hold
the machinery for the shoe factory
and the engine and boiler already in
use, would furnish the power tOrunit
We can, if we strike. at once, secure
this property, the whole of it, %justasit
stands, and put a brand new, ~irStClas'
shoe factory in it, ready to turn Out@
pairs of shoes per day, for less than
$40, 900, all told. The building alone
cost $13. 600.
Now you will please read this all
over again, get thorough understand
ing of it, and tell US plainly. Do you
not think we ought to do it, Yes, you
know we ought. There is no use saying
I'VE can't" Where there's a Will
there's a way, and we can-We muSh
You must contribute your part. sec
rotary Barnes will send out suOScrlp
ton blanks, next week, and we EuS'
the whole amount will be in hand Oy
November 1st. See to it, brother tna'
your Alliance takes stock and Ia'
each individual member takes at le%'
81 in it. How easy it would be 70 Fai0
the amount, see9 If 1, 900 Sub'AllanoS
average$5 each out of their treasury W.
have half the amount, 5000. WIZ.
this we can procure the buildings ar ~.
grounds as described above mIs
and gin included. Then IL Ss ~
County Alliance will contribute " :
out of its treasury, we can Pw
the machinery for the shoe IS'".s,
and if all comes in by Nov Is. W
almost start to making our SnOe' -
Dec. LIST, or January 1st, at the ou's ouS
You know our condition. S0m0
Alliances can't give S., perhaps U% .s
their treasury, but others can gso o.nt
or more. Some County AlllanV eooo ~
give $50, but others can give ssV tbso
Of oaoh do all it can anu W