The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-14
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q few hours ava y; vcrything,$ Iii fact
Z Sneeded ainimanufacture of almost an.
4 Particle in general use Is at the liand o
4 the manufacturer who has grasned Of
who shall grasp the opportunities pre-.
scented to him.
/ Therefore from the very nature anG
necsasity;of things, Norfolk muslin $thc
] course ola few years become one Of tbs
| manufacturing centres OF the country
for the obvious reason that tho men
| who make things are going to select the
| places where they can make them the
cheapest and dispose Of them ut the
| ieas. cost to themselves. This predic-
l't!on will be fulfilled unless business prin-
| ciples undergo 4 radical and ineNplica-
be change within the next decade or
| SO. ~,
| In the general cumming UP of the nd-
/ vantages afforded by Norfolk for manu-
features, the following may be stated s..
! ]. An extensive and favo,a bic field
FOR enterprises both in lines already es-
tnblished here and other not vet at
| tempted.
2. Cheap, convenient and roomy sites,
some of them 10 be obtained (by con-
| Germs justifying III free.
| 5. The fullest Transportation facllltles
and competitive ratcs-water and rail.
4 Abundant and cheap fuel supply III
the coal brought here. i
5. Mbundance,- also.1in raw material in
the iron, timber, cotton grain. fruits,
| fish and other staples CT its trade terri
tory, upon which staples manufactures
are usually based.
6. a plentiful and tractablc sup
| ply.
7. The incidentals Of excellent water
supply, low taxes, etc.
| s. ~ general sentiment favorable to
such enterprises, and Willingness on
the part Of business men and capitalists
! 10 participate in and otherwise further
| such as are genuine.
| There are both hard and soft woods
| close by for the manufacture OF fur
| n!ture and woodenware: fruits, fish, oys-
! tcrs, vegetables of all kinds sufficient
| to supply hundreds of canncrics; iron
and coal are here for everything In the
| factory line requiring iron and coal; sash
and blind and building finish works,
| basket works, box factories, cooDerageS,
hat and shoe factories, plants for the
making nfwagons, farming implements,
| carriag eN fOundries-al! these would
Ind 4 great field here. \ paying beet
sugar industry could be inaugurated.
COTTON MANUFACTURING.
The GENIAL advantages which cxis; III
| the South over the North and East for
! cotton manufacturing have been gene
rally recognized and need no arSu-
mcnt, as 1t haD been demonstrated that
such grades OF cotton goods as the
| Southern mills have produced SO IA,
have displaced the Northern product.
and the same result will Develop itself
In the near future In the production of
the finer product. In the establishing
OF cotton mills in the South, The NEST
important point 10 be considered Is
which locality embraces all the con-
bincd requirements to enable manufac-
turer TO produce his goods at yet I'M
known minimum cost. The longest pole
will bring down the most pe.Simmons
and the cotton mills which locate here
will have the longest pole for the fol
lowing reasons:
1. Norfolk Is an all the year round
cotton market. The cotton Is shipped
here by the planter as SOON as It Is
gathered to cover advances made to him
by commission merchants.
presented, is it not safe to predict Z
still more phenomenal development and
growth that within forty years vii
make her the great metropolis of the
= A spinner can select his grades from
supplies actually or hand, as he need:
It, any day In the year, without buying
ahead CisimS an Interest accounO, ant
; he lis not limited to grades and specific
! months Of the year, as he would be II
. his plant were located In the in terior oil
} the South For instance, a plant loca
ted In the interior depending on loca
cotton, may find, on account of unfa,
material unfit for his use, and then he
$ would have to draw his supplies from I
general market, like Norfolk, which he
: would have TO do for nine months OF
$ the year anyway under the most Ia.
Vorablc conditions, as the planter ships
his cotton to his commission merchant.
i during October. November and Deem
, Der, II not sold al home when gathered
/, !. There are always odd lots OF cot
+ ton in this market, as is the case wher
!; brokers' representing spinners from dis
, | tant sections, do not cover their orders
: and which must be sold quickly to NEE
delay, and as the detail OF grade can
not be male comprehensive to distan
spinner, they are therefore sod at an of
I price.
! 4. The cotton samples. which are solo
: from onc-half to one cent per pound
!, less than the baled cotton being f!e,
t from sand, bagsing and ties, are con
| siderable saving when purchased by the
!. local spinner.
!, >. Nc freight to pay Ivy the local spin
= Hcr. as the planter delivers his cotton II
: Norfolk. and has 10 accept the markc
y value Of his crop.
8. Advantages IN the matter of climate
!. cheap fuel, labor. etc, already referred
i TO.
y z The atmosphere ia peculiarly adapt
u Ell to spinning yarn. The five knitting
e mills located here all spin their owl
e yarn.
2 s. Close proximity to New York grca
transportation facilities and cheap rates
s Goods taken from the loom and deliver
G ed 10 the transportation company befor,
n > p. m. can be in the New York marke
i The following morning: In facs, mi,
e located here can be reached as silly an,
: az quickly as If located in New England
$ THE TRUCK FARMERS.
: A great factor in the business of No!
u fo!k--indeed, one OF its most import n
| features-is its handling Of the produc
: lions Of truck farming. Some wears az,
United States Commissioner Porter. II