The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-25
FROM HILLSRORO.
Those Interviews--Shoe Factory and
Other Items.

read the interviews with brethren Den
mark, Worth, Emery and others, re-
garding, it appears, certain other in
terviews previously published
1t is d tficult t. tell. from the ques-
ti0ns prOpounded, just what the iuter-
viewer desires to accomplish, but grant
to him honesty of purpose ana good
intentions, and conetrUe his words and
deeds III their most favorable light.
Those interviewed are to be thanked
for an honest expression of opinion, but
there appears upon the surface some
unworthy i~nsinuati0ns.
Discussion is fair, right and profta
bic, provided it is done III the right
time, the right way and the right
spirit. No well intending Alliance
brother can OF ct to it. Brother Sos
saman's repeated question on tbs sub
CT, however, iudIcat 8 that he had
some appreheneions as to the result.
Ia the opinion Of the writer the time
has passed for discussing, adversely, at
least, the location of the Alliance Shoe
Factory. This matter has been thor
,Oughly and fully ed by our
s ate Executive Committee. Tuey had
under consideration propositions from
many places, end were personally CD
the grounds Of several of the most
promising. The location at H,llsboro is
the result. To question its prOpriety
at this late day Is not only to IestIOn
the good sense and business sRgacIty of
our leaders, but exhibits a hardness in
business which is not wholesome to the
vigorous prosecution of any enterprise.
Possibly, if railroads were the only
element TO take into consideration IN
establishing a shoe factory, it would
have been better to locate at Cary.
Yet that is a doubtful question. As q
OF f~ct, Gary has no better
freight rates than HI!lsboro. Durham,
with its three railroads. has no better
rates than HIllsboro. And so it may
be said of many other points. Cary
has but two railroads, and they are
for only eight miles. There
are very few places in the State, to
and from which shipments may be
m 1de by a choice of either road. Snip
pers are compelled to use the road that
will transport their goods to the proper |
les .inatlCn. But railroads, important |
they are, are not the only cOnsidera-
IN IOpufEnp q lonyIF10FTri - oI |
,erprise. Among other things, it is
desirable to be in a community that
will work IN harmony with you, or at
box. Mr. Carii~la inslsGS in ivnnr'nnl
east will leave you alone. In these re
ipects we are nicely situated at Hills
1oro. The las5 few months have de
the fact that il would have
quite otherwise at Cary. At
.IlIIsboro we are in the midst Of tan
park, hides and friends At Cary
here would have been very little il
INV Of these. l cunt it exceedingly
that the Alliance turned
from Cary.
H THING TO DO
The present site has been bought
and pa1d for, and is the property of
he Alliance. Arrangements have been
for purchasing the Necessary
machinery. The thing to 60 now Is to
ourselves ot all jealousy or I'm
.easineee, put our shoulders to the
wheel aud push this work along-by
sind WORKS, by contributions, by eff
,orts and prayers.
Listen, le5 me read you a paragraph
from q letter | have:
'sIu tbeyear 1871 IN an English town, !
seventeen working people formed @
company for business and put Into it
about ten dollars each. They met
every year to receive the report Of
their business aud TO eiecI it's officers. |
They discovered that money In busi !
ness turns quickly and grows at every !
turn as the nall grows when rolled in
the snow. TleIr business grew larger !
and re prosperous year oy year, SO i
that Ia the year 1872 the ten dollars of !
1874 had grown to twenty five hundred !
dollars H25OW, besides q dividend of !
SIX hundred dollars (S6UO) for the earn
ings of that year. Hear the report it !
reads like a fairy tale. Number OF
two hundred ana torty-four !
(244, capital invested, six. hundred
and seventy five thousand dollars
(&675. 600; amount of goods made and
51Id, Il million seven hundred thou !
sand dollars (S,7GO, O0O); net profit, one
hundred and fifty three thousand dol
lars CB153. O0O) plumber of houses owned
by the company in which its members
nvcd, 122; besides the company owned
its factory aUd store. Think, each
Der OF that company was worth
the average OF twenty five hundred
dollars ($25O0) and drew an income Of
six hundred dollars (&6 IOl from the