The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-13

IS, 1915.
The Development Of The water DOW
ess Of the rivers is engaging thousands
OF hands and the engineering worl
Fe1uiresa lot ofeompetent young men
me various departments Fl iot
TINT employs mon saudsor two thoH
lhds iabofet attords places for 4
eansia able force q comp tent yosne
fellow and tie salary always II n
envelope On Saturday erebably
close twenty million dollars Is 30
|3ng INTO power elopments II
tie cotton cotton 81 North ana South
Carolina 81 the present time. The
young man who can produce can SCI
d share ot that money A lot ofyosns
PennsylS Fellows are getting i
right non,
Big saWmi big tannerie ana
Ione Of tie biggest pulp mills Ia the
world are going into Western Norta
Carolina, where young man can an
reasonably Iook for something TO do
Not long ago tract Of land costing
Ia million dollars was bought bs Z
paper manufacturing concern o1
Is i : "a = o. - = "a
which 70 build pulp mill In this
day Of big things corporations do not
stop at small operations They stats
OF on complete and gigantic scale,
4 AS TO the rate Of growth in the fac.
tories Of the South it may be stated
that the North in 1905 spun cae-thtfd
more cotton imam the South. Five
years later, or in 1905 the South spun
more cotton than the North. And IN
that time the North Increased the
amount spun. In ten Yeas the North
Increased the amount BY about one,
third. The South in the same period
increased the amount one and one
third times. This Is mentioned to
show the young man that the pros.
poets are not spasmodlc, but wide
reaching and permanent An indus.
Try. that has Increased the value Of
the raw material by an average Of five
million dollars a year is one that the
young man need not be afraid Of,
But while the cotton.niIling indus.
try is likely to be one chief industry
Of the South, it is by no means TO be
the only big thing. The standing tim,
Der Of the United States is found In
greater amount in the South than else,
where. and the mill men Of the South
are carrying on operations on a ba.
sis that looks to preserving the small
stun to provide timber for the future.
Many Northern young men are al;
ready proatably engaged in the lua;
Der business in the South. and one Of
them told me the other,day that the.
concern he is with figures on having
a new crop of trees ready for the saw
by the time the present one is ex.
hausted. This idea Of providing tim
Der for the future is one that VIII pro
vide employment for the young fel.
low who casts his life with the South.
ern lumber manufacturer. 1t is es.
that the cut Of long leaf pine
in the South this year WIN be three
ana a half billion feet. This offers q
right big field for the young man, and
there is plenty of room for him.
The railroads and trolley lines of
the South are extending rapidly In
all directions, and 1t takes an army
Of young chaps to expedite that sort
Of work. New mills, new factories,
new towns, and all that sort Of thing
new railroads to move the
traffic. In addition to new roads tho
old ones are double tracking, improy.
ing alignment and spending loads Of
money hiring young men to help In
the work. To move a crop Of twelve
million bales Of cotton or three mil,
lion tons takes the help Of a lot Of
young fellows, and when that cotton
is moved to the mills 1t has to ba
moved away again as manufactured
goods. The South is doing its shore
Of the manufacturing, so large pro
portion Of the cotton has to be moved
twice. Cottonseed oil mills are earn,
Ing for the South millions Of dollars
and employing young men. Banks.
stores, builIing trades, truck farming,
agriculture, and a thousand other
things are advancing IN the South at
a rapid gait. The whole situation Is
one Of rapid development, and Il the
young man can show the qualiaca,
lions and exhibit a little patience, III
looking for his Job II Is In the South
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