The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-04-25
THE BARGROvE COTTON MILL.

reputation all over the country for Lou
isiana canned oysters and canned shrimp,
until the demand has been far In excess
of the capacity of the plants and the
catches OF shrimp, vet there Is only one
establishment Of any size In operation
In this city, though several successful
canneries have been started on the coast.
canned successfully here. Fruits and
vegetables are put up In large quantities,
and Louisiana figs are delicacy that
has a great reputation.
recent development in the line of
canned goods has been canned Louisiana
molasses. which has found great favor.
That soap can be manufactured as
cheaply In New Orleans is in any, other
city in the country has been DEMON
strated by the success of one plant that
has been in operation here, for half a
century. and another that has been in
the two establishments there is invested
probably two hundred thousand dollars
of capital, and they give employment to
q hundred men or more. There is every
rails needed for the manufacture of soap,
whether 1t be from slaughter-house prod
ucts or cotton seed oil. A soap factory
In community Is good thing, because
Ii transforms refuse products into use
full and marketable product. The prod
uct of the two existing soap factories
here aggregates about seventy-tve thou
! sand boxes year. and II is sold all
over the south. Local brands have taken
hrst prizes and diplomas at any number
of expostions, and are known far and
wide That they have survived the fierce
competition of the great soap, factories
of the west and middle west, shows that
they have proven successful ventures.
There are a number OF smaller soap
for the retail trade, but their output is
quite small
There have been a large number of
good sized factories here, but they have
a, one time ., or n9ther closed o. down own
ness altogether. The reason given for
this is that competition has been too
strong and they have not met with the
support they expected from local con
The Manufacture of trunks has been
conducted here in small way for many
Out oi the geen and
now there is manufactured here as nne
the Country. There is one concern here
which began in a very small way seven
years ago, and devoted Its attention ex-
clusvely to the making of the best quail
tiles of trunks. and now 1t has found 1t
| necessary to secure new site for the
| enlargement of the plant, which will
manufacture also the cheaper grades:
i ne ldFRe WnOltsdIc ebtdDHsumeuls Oh
| this city, which have many drummers
| on the road use large quantity of
| the finest quality of sample cases, which
| formerly were all bought away from
here, and when repairs were necessary
on these they had to be sent away for
| the purpose. But now most Of this work
| is done right here in the city, and as sat
| isf9ctorily and chesply as 1t could be
| done away. The Manufacture Of the
| cheaper grades has been successful also.
They are made by machinery, and give
employment to quite a number of per
sons. In the manufacture Of the finer
| grades only hand labor Is employed. and
| that only the most skilled. This Is an
industry which has room for greater de
velOpment. The materials can all be
| had here at low prices.
BEER
The making of beer in New Orleans
has been demonstrated to be good
| Investment. In fact, 1t was so good
that. after the first successful venture,
others followed in such quick succession
| that there was glut In the market, and
cutting Of prices. and other things
which bring disaster to any Industry,
| and then there was a collapse. There
| has been about three million dollars in
| vested in brewing properties In New Or
| leans In the past fifteen years. But
! healthy condition of affairs has at last
| been evolved. and there are now eight
| large establishments in running order,