The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-17
Banking Facilities and Railway
Facilities Superior to Any, 55
Other Southern Point. Ss
THE MORE COMPETITION \.
THE BETTER BUSlNES9.ls
Some Little Account Of of&In1ll1ct,-
sity Of Meat Busil1ess-Eig IA
Million Dollars Value Last
Years Shipments One .
Hundred and Twelve S3s sS
Million Pounds. h 355
What Is Richmond doing?


what Is Richmond doing? I, II FL III.
She IS doing a great deal more than s9s
some of her people know Of: more. per \ l55s
ihaps, than5i;l majority OF them know Il
about. # 5is &3 3s8 81 S5553{{ u s5sj 3stS
Take the meat and provision businesS
for Instance: How manyAR edmond people s8
are aware OF, the fact that sonnet hing '55
over eight million dollars worth OF meats sS
wore shipped from Richmond to sout utlleril53ss
points, or moro properly speaking s soutli-s
eastern points last year? .V cry yery, Sfey.}}8 }8
comparatively speaking. Il $ ssSssI
What proportion OF the Richmond pop- 81
ulation will believe ton the bare tes
ment a. small proportion, perhaps. q nd y
yet tt Is fact that Richmond is the s@
largest distributing point for. meats il,
the eastern section, ot the United States
All the great pa clsing houses }of the tsS
have & mudo his their big dlstrltu tlu ssss
point, from which they supply tho meat
retailers through s;out least N rss
mour q Coz, the Lam iondS SF acking Sornss
pany ana swlf all tot g chlcago, san1 !
Kingar Il. ys ho;areS T
among among tho ssla1g t meat packing cons
Germs III the world, all have branch es' es-5
Establishments shere. All 8 have invested lss'l
largely in Richmo ond real @es tate and 8bullts
up modern, up-to TO plants here !, tnl ll
order2fto be IN close touch wi IL the inll--g n
mcnse outhern trade 4 53 ss5 4 ss3
And There Are Others 5sa
f..A,,S tbo ~ hcrt rrea Il packing concernA4
i of#thc west and onrtllWest;nre represen ed
| here through local packers who run iriT..
nlense establishments; w s. FORBES q
Co. Patrick-Y Young Company. Morton g
4 Tallmadge, r. NJ. Perkins & Co..
| EIeckler The concerns named MAINTAIN
immense plants involving expenditures
for permanent improvements that run up
fnr beyond the million dollar mark. and i
all combined, shipped last year eight nils MI
lion dollars worth ofJmeats. not to mel-5
/ tion3local sales t owhoesa lers and ret tail--
4 ers and II big restaurants and hotels
i In the city. an immense Quantity q
j meats shat did not figure on tho BOOKS
4 OF the railroads, from which these statiss
| tics are obtained. 55
4 But think OF those statements--SeiEhe
million lollars' worth OF meats. That!
| mea MS i ono hundred n and Z twelve m llloh
pounds, and supposingi It MI to have been
/ shipped In car load lots; Il four thousandl
i refrigerator cars wcro required to- carry
.lit Thnt is " far 8illscxcess Of the mn.
ments OF New York \. Philadelphia, lsalti-1
/ more or any other eastern meat dist triD''
lutlng point. Fur In excess because on &C.
count OF superintendent tics and RlchmonSd g
4 las larger terrltorygtoss serve. Sj &
4 Il Where did all these meats SO 5to 80 70
every part OF tho southeast. and they
+ vent through The immense warehou
2 packing estublisllments5 and cold storage
n lplants Of the great packing houses WHICH
have made Richmond ther main Il dlst IT'D II
Iuting point for the whole sout asst; rna da
b Richmond their gateway to a. rich cOunE- E
try, profitable tcrrltory. 81: 58
Why From Richmo ond?
A. 1T IS interesting to Inquire why a
great concerns Of Armour y Co. kinsan
- Co. Swift & Co. and the Hammond
g flSPackinE Company selected Richmond as
Il Ithelr gateway 10 the South: why they
q thought real estate hero and erected great
n warehouses; and cold storage estnblisli-
ii ments and equipped them With al tho
!, modern improvements and all the up-to-
dute facilities and appliances tor onsl' ons
, ness. And why all tho other sreat Pa.N-
\ Ing establishments OF the West ~ ~ ...' lar
ns'l,mabn.5;,s far as Milwaukee are rep-
resented here through the local packinS
!, houses named above aud Why al arc
: doing an. immense business
/. III takes but very few words 70 give
thea reply; Richmond enjoys ADVANTAGES
,, us Il wholesale point and has faeili1iea
!. for business that are. not approacFea pS
those OF any other southern city.
Some Of Richnond's Advantages,
In inc .iTst place the banking facilities
of Richmond arc superior to those nt any
southern point these great packing houses
could find. The Richmond banks are
moi merely local affairs. They reach every
j MONT worth reaching In the South. Ihelr
facilities for doing business III VlrS'nia,
tho Carollnas, Georgia Tennessee. 'aia'
bama, Florida and, indeed. all oyer ths
J south are superior to those OF any SOUTH
ern city, They reach every point, ana
:, collections for great concerns are mado
easy. F'urthermore they are all strons,
and there is no trouble here when pusls
I ness concerns Outstanding and stahli'ty
J want bank accommodations. Ihe BANKS
+ Of Richmond are on solid foundations and
,unk With tho greatest fina anciat instllu-
lions of tho country and Of the world
Richmond owes much 10 her enll htehed
! land nm to-date bankers. Theit wis FnH nH
,taoing husiness, their solidity. thelfaSrsg
. rres siyeness and their forssighteansss
l.haye done as much. II not mote, I'D