Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-20

city Of business ability, a city with
solid foundations.
Some cities make more noise than
does Alexandria and may be talked
about over the country more. but Alex
andria gets there with the goods. Bush
ness men all over the South know
Alexandria and they never have occa-
sion 20 discount anything that Is SAID
In praise OF Ii.
Alexandria began its wholesale BUSH
ness before the days OF railroads, when
the country merchants were reached by
boats and wagons. When the railroads
came Alexandria representatives were
promptly I'm the field. Whenever
new railroad was opened, Alexandra
drummcrs were on the first trains. Alex
andria has been after the business a
long time; It always got its share and
no CITY in the South knows better how.
An envious travelling man from some
competitive market will now and then
turn loose a remark that Alexandria
has reached its zenith as a wholesale
and manufacturing point. The riSins
sales barometer OF Alexandria refutes
all such stories
The trade territory OF Alexandria Is
growing. A large development IS In
progress in all the country about. Alex
andTia is beginning to manufacture. on
81 large scale, some Of the things II has
10 sell. Alexandria has the distribute
ing yards OF the greatest railroad sys-
TENS Of the country right at its doors.
"A notice OF the great Potomac yards.
where thousands Of cars are handled
every day. will be found in another
column.)
Alexandria has the added advantage
II being a port OF entry. and has con-
nectiOn with the sea by steamers and
sailing vessels, and water transportation
is the great leveler and regulator OF
freight rates. Alexandria can get goods
from American seaport markets and
from abroad direct by water. In
connection with these advantages Alex
andrla has men at the head OF its bust
ness interests possessing financial abili-
~, wide vision and sterling qualities
They are increasing their trade by Civ
ing customers "a square deal"
Alexandria Is the gateway TO the
South and its abundance. The South
has a monopoly in the growing of cot
ton. Already the South is manufactur-
ing more bales Of cotton by the use Of
The spindle and loom than our Northern
leighbors, and when the South shall
have woven her entire cotton crop into
nerchantable fabrics, which 1t is hoped
she will do ere long. who can estimate
The billions Of wealth that will fiow
| nto Southern pockets from the sale
Of the cotton crop alone?
The wealth of the South does not lie
in the great wealth OF the cotton crop
alone, the untold riches Of her iron and
steel products, her coal and timber and
clay and stone and marble resources
are OF untold value, when finished for
the consumers use on the lap OF our
genial Southland The day Is not far
distant when an offer to buy our raw
material will be refused, because the
owners will then know that We cannot
afford to sell our products In the rough;
our people have learned at last that
our profits lie I'm the sale Of the finished
goods.
Who will be able to estimate our
wealth, when the hum and clatter OF
machinery is heard throughout the Sun
ny South, from Alexandria to the Gulf,
busily and industriously and econom-
ically working up our vast resources
into the finished products, ready to be
put on sale I'm every mart of the known
world?
The South has not only raw materials
FOR factory use. but her farms. gardens
and orchards can be made tn supply
the tables of>milhons more OF people.