The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-25
DIVERSE ton
OF INDUSTRIES
Interest in Establishment of Canning
Factories.
NENINDUsIRIES BENZ STARTED
Lumber, Resin, Naval Stores, Gin, Oil
and Furniture Plants Being Built
in Mississippi, While in Other
States Same Spirit Displayed


verge of the fruit movement to Northern
markets much interest is being mani
tested in the South in the establishment
of canning factories. The success of those
already established in saving surplus fruit
to become a profitable article of trade has
led to plans for additions to this industry.
This is but one of the many manifesto
lions here and there Of the tendency In the
South TO Investigation OF industries keep
inc pace with diversication Of crops. An
example OF the opportunities opening Tor
such Investigation is given in letter
from Jackson, Miss, III THIS week Mauu-
facturers' Record. Ii says:
Several years ago an enterpr1sing gem
tleman from Illinois, J. G.. Toole by name,
came to Jackson prospecting. He started
a wagon factory il a modest way, ana
soon had an opportunity to dispose OF H.
which he did Then, to the great surprise
of all. he bought tract OF poor lana
north of the city. some sixty Or seventy
acres It had been cultivated until there
was very little left in the soil capable OF
supporting a crop. Mr.. Toole at once
erected some inexpensive buildings, and
then prepared his land and put in crop
of broom corn, which was q decided novel
ty in this section. In the fall he got some
machinery, and harvesting his corn, be-
gan to turn out in small lots a very good,
durabIa quality of broons- He found
ready sale for all he could make. He ex-
Ilausted his supply of homegrown corn,
and was compelled to buy in Illinois and
Indiana Last year he largely increased
his acreage of broom corn, increased hip
capacities. and still could not supply the
demand for his brooms. Again he had to
go into Northern markets and pay $50 a
ton for the brush. This year ne has got
ten more land, and in addition has made
contracts with number Of farmers in the
vicinity, SO he will be Independent of the
supply market. and he says that he has
almost the entire output OF his factory for
this year contracted for
MANY NEW PLANTS.
This example of the ability to make
money in industry, if enterprise and capa-
bllity seize the opportunity, is being dupli-
Gated in Mississippi under the spur OF re-
cent liberal legislation. Within the past
few days charters have been filed with
the Secretary of State for an oil and fer
tilizer mill at Kosciusko, for lumber and
brick works at Norield: for turpentine,
resin and naval stores plant at Taylors-
vile; for oil mill, gin, fertilizer works and
ice factory at Macon; for saw and Single
mills at Glendora; for furniture factory at
Vicksburg; for turpentine and naval stores
plant at Hattiesburg, and for a book bin
derry at Yazoo City. The same spirit is
displayed in other Southern States. In ad-
dltlon to steady development of mineral
properties and progress in the establish
ment Of electric plants here and there,
the announcements of the week of plans
for Industries more or less advanced in
clude the following:
Aiabdma-A 40 ton oil mil! at West
Huntsville, development of water power
for manufacturing purposes at Alexander
City, and plow works and implement fac
tory at Ensley City.
ArkansaS-Lumber mill to develop 1900
acres of hardwood timber, copnerage at
Augusta, cotton mill at Helena, brick
works at Jonesboro.
Florida-Forty-ton cotton-oil mill at
Tallahassee, ginnery to handle Sea Island
cotton, and corn mill at Lake City, and
Sill: factory : t TAMPA
Georgia-Tannery and cotton mill at
West Point, ice facto1y of 5O-ton capacity
at Atlanta, hour mills at Greenbush Ken
sington and La Fayette; cotton mills at
La Grange Warranton, Covington; can
merry at Augusta, ginnery and shoe factory
at Eatonton, kaolin plant al Griswod-
vile.
Neutrality-suspicious. mill at Munfordville,
handle and spoke factory at Bent, foundry
at Somerset, brewery a. Paducah.
North Carolina-Flour mills at Advance
and Leicester, cotton mill a Henry, furni-
ture factory at Salisbury, veneer factory
at Sanford.
South Carolina-Paste and Photographic
supply factory at Columbia. lumber mill
at Vaudeville, ginnery at Jonesvile, cot
ton mill at st. Matthews.
Tennessee-Cotton mill at Chattanooga,
iron furnace a lockwood.
Texas-Cotton compress at Smithville,
cotton-oll mills at Yorktown, Brennan
and Gatasville.
Virginia-Flour mills at brakes Branch
and Middletown. trunk factory at Man
chester, spoke factory a Alexandria.