The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-02-14
NEED OF ENERGY AND ENTER
PRISE.


The GOLD LEAF has for years urged
the necessity of varied industrial enter
prises for the town just as it has the
importance Of diversified agriculture IN
the country. This fact can not be
too often adverted 10 or emphasized
too strongly. What we need is manu-
actories-what may be termed small
industries as we'll as large ones. IT
we can not have a great cotton factory
that is no reason why we may not
have a number Of small enterprises Of
different kinds. No town can grow
and prosper as it should as long as It's
main dependence lies in the handling
of the products of the country sur
rounding, whether that be tobacco,
cotton, grain or other produce. 1t
must have something to make its popu-
lation selt-sustaining. This alone fac
tories can do.
Acknowledging our Indebtedness to
the South Boston Times for the main
ideas suggested below and adopting
the article to suit our own locality and
condition, we but reitcrate what has
heretofore been repeatedly stated IN
these columns when we say that what
we need in Henderson to-day is a
varied line of industries. 1t is most
evident that our town is almost Deepen
dent upon the leaf tobacco trade.
This should not be the case, and there
is no reason why we should not estab-
lish such industries as are TO be found
in other towns of our population
throughout North Carolina.
As manufacturing center, we are
greatly behind, and it is to be deplored
that we are. The manufacture OF
tobacco here is by no means what it
ought to be- That it can be done
with success and profit has been fully
demonstrated by the smoking factories
now in operation. But it should not
stop with these. There should be not
less than a dozen tobacco factories
here, plug as we'll as smoking estab-
lishmenst. Some have manufactured
tobacco here who happened not to
make a gold mine out of the business.
and on account Of these examples
others appear to have been frightened
off. Many smaller towns Of NORTH
Carolina are more dependent upon ths
manufacture of tobacco than upon tn,
leaf business. There has been grea
deal of money made in the manufac
,urc Of tobacco, and is being made
every day. Then why may it not b.
done with equal success in Henderson
where all the conditions are SO favora
BILE?
The reason some OF our best bust
ness men gave up the manufacture @
the weed is no sign that the bushes
IS Improbable. 1t is evident ant
most conspicuous that every concerl
that engaged in the manufacture @
tobacco at this place made it sub Zen
tcrprise, a secondary business, no
making a specially of the trade. If
man would open large plug factor
here now and devote his entire energ
, to this one enterprise, we have no rea
r son to believe that he would not d
, we'll. There is money here an
|, plenty of it, TO put into successful op
! Grafton factories for the manufactur
5 of chewing as well as smoking tobacco
, Our business and the support of tn
, town should not solely depend upo
this one thing, the warehouse sales
Henderson has a reputation for goo,
business men, which it justly merits
and there is no reason why it shoul
not have varied line of enterprise:
Can it be said that our people ar
more or less inclined to be contracte
and are disinClned to take wide an
liberal views Of things concerning tn
welfare of the town? Most of on
business and moneyed men are owner
of property here, and on this accoun
should exert every effort to stimulat
the progress Of the town. Doubl
the population of Henderson and yo
double the value OF your property