Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-07-18
THE KNOWLEDGE THAT COUNTS.
It's The Lessons We Learn In Evesy
day Hard Work That Make
Us Successful.

Mr.. r. ]. Reynolds, President and
Founder OF the largest manufacturing
plant East of the Mississippi, belongs TO
that class of men whose success III li1ehas
been due to their WI energy and Industry.
though the circumstances OF Mr.. Reynolds
boyhood afforded him a sound basis upon
which to build. FL. VS. endowed l.,
nature with health I'D s:rerg,h h, full q
energy and ambitious, Willie vet a tender
age, to lead in wha:cEtr he Undertook.
HIS father, a large ], anter ard maIUfac-
turer IN Patrick CoLI1v. Virginia. MAG
his yearly contracts VA his laGoltrs CT
the condition that ;-3 iept up "ltL
young Dick"
Even as a boy, Mr.. Reynolds was never
contented unless in some way employed.
He found pleasure in tasks thai others
found to tedious or Cumbersome.
Mr.. Reynolds, while minis teens. planted.
cultivated, cured, manufactured ard
worked IN every department q the manu-
position of manager of a factory. in the
year 1875, hardly more than a boy, he was
manufacturing tobacco under the 4 /,
Of R. ]. Reynolds & Co, in a very small
factory at Winston, \. C.
The methods and processes of manu-.
featuring tobacco in those days were very
crude Other men We're content with ths
machinery, processes and methods in use,
Mr.. Reynolds, and the men associated
with him, worked out by experiment, the
reasons for the prevailing methocs, and
by the helpof the skilled men in charge CT
the various departments Of the manufac-
turing plant, they invented, perfected and
adopted improved machinery and pro.
cesses. until today the fiat plug tobscel
ind 1stry has been completely revolution,
lied, and he R. ]. Reynolds Tobaccc
Company is known as the largest. hes.
equipped and c~leanest fiat plug tobacco
manufacturing plant in the world. They
now also own, for which a patent has
been applied, the great discovery Of Z
process for the nufacture OF their new
brand REFINED graduated smoking
tobacco. It was discovered by eminent
scientists and their experts on tobacco.
After many years of study ard experiment
they found out how to produce the most
delightful and harmless tobacco for pipe
and cigarette smokers. It is proving a
great favorite with smokers.
A visit to the now mammoth plant OF
r. ]. Reynolds Tobacco CO., proves not
more interesting to the seeker for infor-
nation and an insight into the tobacco
manufacturing industry, than to the stu
dent of the labor problem. The visitor
cannot but be impressed by the utmost
hhs s,msar and agg coed fsel Ling s Which prevails
Strikes and other d;~ssereements and
labor agitations are unknown. Good
hours and good wages, entirely acceptable
to the employees, have always been al
lowed, which is fully manifested in the
unusually large number of employees who
started in with Mr.. Reynolds mar years
ago and have never found it ne" -rsary to
demand higher wages or to les,e the en-
ploy of his company. Many IF the heads
of the various departments started in the
business as boys and grew up under Mr..
Reynolds t%utorship. With their ever in
creasing knowledge of tobacco, they de-
veloped into experts, and have brought
into the business vigor and Improvement.
r. ]. Reynolds Tobacco Company's plant
of Winston-Salem, N. c., U. S. A, stands
a visible proof of foresight, united effort,
untiring energy and the insistence uporl
fair dealing by its founder.