The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-02
A LESSON FOR The STATE
WAY TO PROSPERITY POINTED
TO ALL NORTH CAROLINA.
BURLINGTON FAIR OPENED THIS WEEK
The Bad Weather lnterfered With the Opening
But Now With Good Weather Big
Crowds Are Expected
Every Day,

Burlington. y. c., Nov. 1.-(Special y
The beastly weather of Monday and
Tuesday intcrfered with the preparations
for the fair, but today's beautiful weath
en- has made everything all right and great
crowds are expected the balance of the
week. Thursday and Friday are to be
the big days. Gen. Julian 5. Carr, OF
Durham. will address the Confederate
Veterans Reunion ON Thursday.
President Winston. of the A. and NJ.
College, was expected today. lie did
not come. but sent this letter:
HOW TO RAISE THE PRICE OF
COTTON.
Mr.. Junius H. Harden, Secretary Ala
NANCE Fair, Burlington, y. {.
Dear Sir: | sincerely regret my in
ability to be with you and address your
peolue at the fair today. ! had antici-
pated very great pleasure from seeing
the fair, meeting the people and sharing
some thought with them on industrial
subjects, but an attack of sickness
makes it both difficult and painful for
me to get about. 1t is impossible fer me
to travel at this time.
Alamance is i'm many respects the ban
ner county of North Carolina. Although
fifty-third in size, it ranks ninth in the
value of its real property and tenth in
the value of personal property. In prop
erty listed by white citizens, it stands
sixth; in the number ef horses eighth, an
money ON hand or on deposit ninth, in
solvent credits tenth. in mechanics tools
twelfth. in household and kitchen furni-
ture eighteenth. in farm utensils nine
teenth, in value of land per acre ex-
elusive of town lots fourth, in average
value of town lots sixth.
Although Alamance is not a-~eotton
county, it makes more money from cot
ton than any other county in the State,
excepting probably Mecklenbnrg and
Castor. The cotton profits OF Alamance
county are greater than they would be,
If every man, woman and child in the
county We're engaged in raising cotton.
Alamanceef county points the way TO
prosperity for North Carolina: local mar
kets for farm products, manufactured
goods for foreign markets, imported raw
material for manufacturing purposes.
Alamance is daily growing in wealth.
population, improved lands, improved
stock and variety of agricultural pro-
ducts. In the value of her lands she is
led only by Durham and CASTOR, her
great manufacturing rivals, and closely
followed by Mecklenburg and Bunc0mba.
Alamance county has solved the prob
lem of raising the price of cotton. She
raises to Is cents q pound the value OF
every bale that comes within her bor-
ders. Alamance county lives at home.
She lives on the profits of cotton grown
elsewhere and thus gives a lesson to
North Carolina. She allows others to
compete in the growing of cotton at .
cents per pound. Her competition is to
raise the price of manufactured cotton
TO the highest point per pound that skill
and machinery can carry it. Her conn
petition is at the top instead of at the
bottom. In another generation the NUM-
Der of her factory operatives viii be treb-
led. her markets for farm products will
be trebled. and the value of her lands
will be at least doubled farming will
begin to be profitable, with local markets
and good roads; fruits, berries, yegeta
bles, poultry, eggs, butter, milk. cheese,
beef mutton and pork, sold for daily
consumption i'm growing towns and cities,
will daily put money into the farmers
pockets: manufactured goods, shipped
daily to VII the world, will bring daily
returns > be spent by the operatives,
mainly in the purchase of supplies. Soon
other factories will spring up for the
manufacture of clothing, furniture vehi-
Giles, etc.
The lesson of Alamance must be learn
ed by North Carolina: home markets for
IN. L.
all the world, raw material imported only
for manufacturing purposes.
| am, sir. with esteem for yourself and
the highest admiration for the people OF
Alamance,
Yours truly,
GEO. T. WINSTON,
President.
A. and NJ. College, Raleigh, n. c.,