The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-06

Eile beaght a. saIen, ii; cts;fsts
min machinery Temp CHR.
Eiotts, q The stlarsnseit q lIic rls.iIs
sort Of goods. Street cars arr b1lil
at another town. FttrnitaFs tacsor.es
have multiplied at High Point until
that Is the second city II the United
States In The production s6f furniture
fone Michigan town alone leading High
Point. Ana nobody ever heard Of
High Point more than a dozen years
ago, because as a factor .osn there
was no such q place.
/ This Is what North Carolina IL do
ing nov as manufacturing State.
The reasons are not all told yet OF
course the accumulation Of c1yttal
which seeks employment Is homo
Another is that in North Carolina are.
Opportunities. The enormous wafer
powers that furnish the energy must.
Tsn;l well among the causes. The
vast and really unlimited supply ~
raw material is another factor Tie
furniture factory is coming to this
State because IT is convenient TO the
hardwood forests. North Carolina
has been dealt with by nature more
j
generously than any other State Of
the Union. The mineral resources In
clude moro commercial possibilities
than any other State. North Carolina
is rich in the ordinary metals, ard 10
North caroina comes tl,e man Wis
wants rare minerals for any purpose.
Gold, coal, iron, laolin. g.auIte. tale
and various other Of the Lending min
erals are found within few miles of
Southern Pines. The lubricants for
the subway work in New YbrlS are
mined in this county The mica
sheets for your stove senls from
North Carolina. The gas innarles
on your lights are likely made from
North Carolina product. Eurtre and
America are delying in North Caro-.
lima mountains for rare meals, Mar,
bic is as abundant as sanAsiene IN
many places Precious stones Of near
~ every variety are found IN North
Carolina. Emery and corundum are
plentiful. and dozens Of minerals are
produced in commercial quantities,
many Of them things that the ordinary
man has never heard Of.
With forest trees it is the same
thing. North Carolina has a greater
range of forest products than any
other State. From the palmcttos Of
the coast to tho almost Arctic fanuaI
81 the mountain tops tLsre arc but
few families Of plants 10 be found on
the Continent that do moi have rep
resentatlves in North Carolina. All
of this natural wealth gives the
manufacturer a chance.
Such things have united tc give
to North Carolina the nianptactnr.
ing impetus that It has enjoyed lin
the last few years. and which tndi
Gates a rate Of expansion fully as
marked for lie Immediate future,
1t is only recently that the squirt has
been noticeable to the ordikqry Ob.
server, but now everybody who has
an eye in the direction Of the sae 70.
ries can see what is going on. The
manufacturing towns arc Swinging
up all over the central pstt Of the
State, ana the signs Indicate tlat the
real movement is only toreshadownd,
not begun, The wide diversity OF
the factory products is onc>df tie III.
teresting features Of North Cardinals
new era of prosperity, Unlike many
D.
manufacturing sections, this stale pro
poses to be dependent on no one
thing. Moreover. it has lis chariot
hitched. to a star. When cotton mill.
ing begun the North Carolina pioneers
were advised that the climate was not
suited to the work of SPINNING and
weaving, except in the e&treme coarse
goods. Then the labor aljHIay was
pronounced impossible, The cotton
manufacturer went o!leal. SO far
he has not found any weather con.
ditions nor any LABOR problems 10 IN.
terfere, although the lNlili increase
in factories Is causing min to won
der where he will xer enough hands.
Tho native ability is satisfactory. II
enough natives can be focadto meet
the wants Of all the mills, This fuo-
tory prosperity, along with The farm
prosperity Is putting uvpn tho negro
and the poor white nearer 70 Easy
street than they aver imagined tCr
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