The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1895-06-13

more tbIn any Southern State. The
numeTous streams, which, as they
pass across the State, descend from
Ihe mountains and hills to the low
lands, furnish water power here and
there, which, in the aggregate. is
estimated to be equal to 100000
horsepower. The abundant supply
of wood finishes u cheap fuel to
supplement coal, but in the central
portion OF the State there is an
enormous supply of native coal suit
able for fuel, and cheap.
Labor is cheap and satisfactory,
and the climate mild enough 10
allow Uninterrupted work. A great
advantage claimed, and justly so,
for our water-power, is its uniformi
ty, owing to the regularity of the
| rainfall, being in spring II 81 inches;
! summer, 10 81; fail, Hi; winter,
II II. Under these favorable con
ditiOns manufacturing establish
| ments have been springing up rapiC-
| ~ during the last few years, and are
certain to increase in number, mag
| nitude and variety in the near
| future. There are in this State Ito
cotton mills located forty different
| counties, opera ting about Ii, 900
| looms and more than 100000
: spindles.
The profits arising from many OF
| these mills range from 10 to % per
cent on the capital invested. There
are thirteen wooden mills, opera ting
100 looms and over 10 900 spindles
Ia the golden tobacco belt are many
large factories doing an immense
foreign business; 40 plug and nine
smoking-tObaccO factories, the
aggregate business amounting to
several million dollars per annum.
| There are fifty-seven carriage fac
! tories, thirty-two wagon factories,
twenty five furniture factories, six
| hub spoke factories, twenty four
sash, door and blind factories, three
paper mills, eight knitting mills,
forty two canning establishments,
including vegetables, fruits and
oysters; fourteen cottOnSeed oil
mills. sixteen fertilizer factories and Il
considerable number of miscellaneous
establishments. The greatest pro-
gress has been made in the cotton
factories. During the past year
many new enterprises have been
started, and the Investment OF
Northern capital has been productive
of much activity. We invite the
manufacturers of the North to visit
our State and see for themselves. 1
am satisfied that big enterprises
could get liberal offers from many
towns and cities of the State for
ties for factories and exemption
from local taxation. Our laws are
an6 cn1ite h1a and in EnpnInO
with the conservatism which has ever
characterized the cold North Sta te. .
Strangers are welcome and are re-
ceived with appreciation due their
merits. New cotton mills have just
been built on that powerful water
supply, the Roanoke river, which can
furnish Is, 600 horsepower, and is
in the midst of the cotton belt
There are other water-powers equal
If as good remaining as yet unim
proved and unused for manufacture
ing purposes If it is true that in tho
midst of the cotton belt is the place
for cotton factories, and where
labor is cheap and efficient, fuel al
hand, and with Il climate unsur
passed, not too cold to prevent woIb
all the time, almost in the OppI
fields, the year around, then NORTH
Carolina offers to the manufactures
an ideal country for investment ii
the cotton manufacturing business
/ such IL country is desired | invit,
capitalists to visit North Carolina
for | believe no section of the SOuti
could be more advantageously stu
ated from Il business standpoint
than North Carolina"