The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-15
S0UTH'S GRAND RAPIDS
MANUFACTURING INTERESTS OF HIGH
POINT WILL HAVE A GREAT EXHIBIT.
A Train Loaded With Twenty Eight Cars of the
Product of North Carolina Timber
Leaves High Point Daily.

Nothing in the Fair will be more truly
illustrative of the spirit of the present
times in our State than the display in
the great Exhibition Hall, of the COM
bined manufacturing interests of High
Point.
1t will he revelation to the average
citizen of our State, to find that in a
quiet way, by steady work and without
blare of trumpets, there has been devel-
oped in our midst, the greatest furniture
manufacturing interest in the entire
South.
1t is said that nowhere, this side of
Grand Rapids, can the dealer find every
line of furniture he wishes to buy in
the manufacturers hands, and can sup
ply himself ait first hands, except at
High Point.
The expansion of these factories is
wonderful. New ones are going up, and
twenty-four are already in operation.
One can find here furniture suits from
eight dollars to hundred dollars each.
A very beautiful suit was sold a few
days ago at twenty dollars and regarded
as very cheap.
Each factory has it's speciality. The
writer was in chair factory in High
Point recently, and found that the daily
average output was thirty-six dozen
chairs. Every conceivable article for
household use in furniture may be found
here.
What is the secret of this success?
Natural advantages united with skill
and good management High Point is
hoso E,,n Fall or
the best hard woods. The labor con-
sists of intelligent men, trained at home,
industrious and of good habits. No
drinking saloon is tolerated There, and
never has been. Expenses are low, as
taxation is limited, and the climate fa-
vorable, and freight saved on the use
of raw material. Capital is furnished by
its excellent and liberal banking facili-
ties. With all these points in its favor,
High Point can undersell any Northern
factory in existence. and although re-
peatedly urged to enter into combina-
ton, trusts and the like, these sturdy
North carolinians who stand fast. salts
fled, with a reasonable and moderate
profit, holding their market against any
and all competition.
Capt. c. B. benson, Assistant Secre-
tary and the treasurer of the State Fair,
visited High Point to invite the COM
mlnity to show in a combined exhibit
the work going on in their busy town.
He addressed the Business Mems Asso-
citation in their special meeting, and
was most cordially received, and the
invitation accepted on the part of the
leading interests of the town. Suisse
qnently he spent am entire day calling OH
the manufacturers. Not only furniture,
but boxes, mattresses, collins, paints,
machinery, show cases, tobacco and
other manufactures have a place IN
this line of industry.
A train of loaded furniture cars, four
teen in number, equal to twenty-eighf
ordinary cars is sent from High Point
every day in the year, delivering North
Carolina products all over the Union.
The wages paid win reach S200,000 an
nually this year. No strikes ever occur
but harmony prevails.
This exhibit ought to be the forerunner
of line of trade exhibits and trade
sales. and they might be held in a grand
building at our State Fair, erected for
the purpose. Come and see this exhibit
tion of the taste and skill of our me-
chanics. These articles have been sent
to New York and Boston, and brought
back by Southern merchants. Let every
body see. that they are North Carolina
own productions. Much credit is due to
r. A. Wheeler, Esq, President Business
Mems Association, and to Charles RAJ
gan, Esq, for their interest and efforts
to secure and arrange this monster ex-
hibit. 1t will be found in the South
west part of the old Exposition Building.