The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-22

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.a,ch on ia this comparatively new pus,
r.ss There nrn In Richmond S.uas
Miro or ten Immense concerns Wy
hsol exclusively In tsrminE iinpiosne,l'S'
ami the n,,s,ness they do ~ the course
~ h ycAr would surprise the hNctuse
croaker and make him open ms eS ,ss.., ~
Ma fact that Rlchmend and, me sp ~.
IA ,,n.to-daie IN tho matter OF farinlns,
4. nsl, AZ Il nil other enterprises the
following houses arc supplying anHunl's
,nii,lons OF dollars worth Of farming I'M.
nsne,is TO the So,ith The Call- Wa''
con,nnnv. The Cnrdwe)l Machine COM
Com,,any, the Caldwell Machine Com.
pany, Hening aud Nuckols, The lm2iei I1,.
Company. Ashton Starke. The watt f'ow
Company, the Richmond Buggy aug
Wagon Company. and the lnternhl'ona.
Harvester Company Of America Ihe las'
\ named is. as tho namo impnes; i'lto'',"
tlonel. Its home office Is in Chicago anu
N has branch establishments IN every
prominent distributing point IN the worlu.
Richmond Is It's distributing point LOT
ali the South and southeastern sectloh
OF the country
Immense Stocks.
These houses deal In aud supply al man
rer Of machinery and farming implements,
engine In their lines are included every.
firing that is used upon farm and that
has {, tendency to save and cheapch lapor.
/ went through one Of these estaoiish-
mcnts the other day and II 1s no secret
that II was tho establishment of the Watt
plow Company. The name under which
this company sails Is not altogether suS-
ses,ive of its immense business. one
would imagine from Its name that 1t ueais
exclusively IN plows. Not SO In their
mammoth establishment saw everything
that n farmer can possibly need in cult-
waiting the soil, saving labor and ecoho'
4 mizins generally There saw machinery
to saw wood. to plant grain, TO churn
milk to make inolasses and sugar, 10
bale hay and everything else that is bale
able, to cultivate gardens, to pow rows
to distribute fertilizers to weed corn,
and in short 10 do everything that old
time slave labor did to perfection. rms
4 house. as we'll as other Richmond houses,
does not confinc It's business to y irsln'a
3 and the immediate territory reached DS
the trunk lines that centre here, put tle!
sell goods ali over the country--in Mex
leo, South America and as far away as
India. They have established a good inc
OF business with Cuba and the Phiip.
pines, and the wonderful growth OF inc
4 farming implement business in Richmond
is something that was surprising TO inc
writer and will be to the reader,
Solving the Negro Problem.
In the very nature OF the case, this Is
a ,lhw business that has grown up within
the past twenty years II Is distinctly
an addition to Richmond enterprise ana
is doing more than anything else in Rich
mond or in tho South TO solve the TABOR
problem. The whole thing In a nutshcil
is that this business is supplying The
labor that the old-time negro slave once
did. but has now discontinue. 1t Is FAR
reaching in Its Influence and marks
new era In Southern enterprise, 1t also
shows that Richmond Is strictly up 70
date and has the men and tho caPi'al
and the enterprise o meet all modern ad-
vancement, to utilize it for Firhm ond's
good and The spread OF RichmOnd's COM
mercfal influence. 1t demonstrates ~
Richmond Is tl:s distributing point lvr
all classes of baincss; that i Is ready,
willing and competent to handle any bus
mess that the South calls for
1t is rather difficult to make any ac-
curate figures, hut | have had a peep
at the books of one of the leading con
Germs now supplying the southern coun-
try with farming implements from Rich
mond. and its growth within. the past
decade was a wonderful revelation to me-
The books that | saw show that Ten
years ago that house did only SSo,ooo
of business Last year theS 500 10, 10 a e,v
farming community IN their terr1tory
$4,000 worth OF plows, hhrvestcrs, reap
: crs, drillers. buggics, wagons, balins ma
chinery. etc. etc, While this house. per-
laps. does the largest business OF any
of those enumerated above, they are not
far ahead Of the ten or more houses
which possibly average $4,000 year
each. Thus it will be seen that Rich-
mond distributes a million and lall
dollars worth OF farming Implements
and farmers supplies per annlnl. IL Is
a growing business, as may well be seen
from the above, and II is worth a great
deal to Richmond These houses natu-
rally have to employ a great many men,
and In the course OF a year they distflp-
ute great deal Of money IN the malter
OF wages. all OF which finds It's way lnto
the channels of trade and enrlches Rlch-
mond.
Headquarters for Supplies.
To sum up the whole matter, Richmond
is distributing point for the South FOR
supplies, and the country merchant and
the farmer can find hero anything THAT
he needs in his business, from grind
stone up to saw mill.
II is worthy OF mention In this connec-
ton that a great deal OF the machinery
supplied 10 farmers is manufactured III
this city. For instance. one house man
ufactures and sells thrQushout the United
States and into foreign countries pal
ing machine which Will squeeze up ana
bale any and everything raised on a
farm--that is 10 say, hay, fodder. snucks'
cotton, pea vines, and can pc USED ~
nennle who are not farmers for bnling
rags. scrap iron and everything. What
is Richmond dong?' She IS educating the
farming community of the South up to
modern ideas, and she Is making money
out of it too. That is one thing Itch
mond is doing
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