Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-04-23
The khONLtDGr HAL COUNTS,
It's The Lessons We Learn In Every
day Hard Work That Make
Us Successful.

Mr.. r. J. Reynolds, President and
Founder Of the largest manufacturing
plant East of the Mississippi, be.orgs 20
that Class Of men whose success III lie as
been due to their own energy and ird.s-ry,
though the circumstances Oh Nj. KeyI., ids
boyhood afforded HIM a sound bass Lpon
which TO build. He was et.uuueC by
nature with health and strength, full Of
energy and ambitious, while yet a tender
age, to lead in whatever he undcr;o, k.
His father, a large planter and naalufac-
turer IN Patrick County. Virginia. rsade
his yearly contracts with his iaucr-rs ca
the condition that they kept Up with
young Dick"
Even as a boy, Mr.. Reynolds vas usv=r
contented unless in some way employed.
He found pleasure in tasks thai theirs
found to, tedious or burdelsen,e.
Mr. Reynolds. while in his T. ely ard,
cultivated, cured, manufactured AID
worked in every department, 81 tLs naru-
position of manager of a factory. IN the
year 1873, hardly more than a boy, he was
manufacturing tobacco under the name
of R. J. Reynolds & Co, in a very snail
factory at Winston. n. C..
The methods and processes of Manu-
featuring tobacco IN those days were very
crude. Other men were content with the
machinery. processes and methods in use.
Mr.. Reynolds, and the men associated
with him, worked out by experiment. the
reasons for the prevailing methoGs. and
by the helpo of the skilled men in charge Of
the various departments Of the manufac-
turing plant. they invented, perfected and
adopted improved machinery and pro-
cesses, until today the fiat plug tobacco
industry has been completely revolution
lied, and the r. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Company is known as the largest, best
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 a
process for the nufacture of their new
tobacco. 1t was discovered by eminent
scientists n their experts on tobacco.
After many years of study and experiment
they found out how to produce the most
delightful and harmless tobacco for pipe
and cigarette smokers. 1t is proving {.
great %favorite with smokers.
A visit to the now mammoth plant OF
R. J. 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
harmony and good feeling which prevails
between the employer and employed.
Strikes and other disagreements and
labor agitations are unknown. Good
to the employees, have always been al
lowed, which is fully manifested in the
unusually large number Of employee who
started in with Mr.. REYNOLDS ma, yeas
ago and have never found it ne >ary to
demand higher wages or to le.-e The en-
of the various departments ~."ed ir the
business as boys and grew up urder Mr..
Reynolds tutorship. With their ever IN
creasing knowledge of tobacco. they de-
veloped into experts, and have brought
into the business vigor and Improvement.
| p I Qounolla T0hocc0 Hoprorv,S p1ort
of Win~ston-Salem, N. c., U. S. A, stands
a visible proof of foresight, united effort
untiring energy and the insistence upor
fair dealing by its founder.