The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-13
trade, Just as complete and in much
the same allowing for
changed conditions. as he did for the

tObacCO tragic. The American To-
bacco Company today has more than
fifty large stations all over the Chi
nese Empire, with many sub-stat'ons
where the products OF the company
are sold. These in many cases are in
the hands Of native hines mef-
chants, who have been trained in the
business, and the result is that the
American Tobacco Company today
controls the tobacco trade IN China
| Just as it does in the United States.
The even has lines Of steam
ers and freighters plying upon the
Yangtse and other rivers flowing
through the eInpire-a tribute to he
system in vogue.
Already Deeply Interested.
mir. Duke is already largely inter-
ested in the textile industry In the
manufacturer for years, owning large
blocks in the Erwin Cotton Mills Of
Durham, the cotton mills In Duke.
Cooleemee and other points. Since his
development Of the Wa~ter-power re-
sources Of the Piedmont section. he
has vastly increased his holdings, until
today he is u the largest
COttOn-mill owner in the south. And.
with the nucleus Of the Sonthor"
Power Company, n with his great
corporation as q lever. it goes with
out saying that he will increase his
holdings from time to time. Mr.. Duke
is known as one of the greatest or
ganizers Of modern times. The sys-
TEN of the American Tobacco Com
pany is reputed to be the most perfect
in existence, surprising In some re-
spects even that of the Standard Oil
Company. This system has been the
result Of Mr.. Dukes master mind and
unparalleled resources. It Is such a
mind and such he will put
Into this combination. And those who
know Mr.. Duke will saw hat he has
never undertake en- anything that he
could not and did not carry through.
"A Charlotte manufacturer-One OF
h best known and most aggressive
in the South-Was talking OF the Duke
scheme several lays ago. 1 look Tor
it to succeed said he. That Is, II
will succeed if Buck Duke savs it will
J have not yet secured any reliable
information. save the newspaper re-
ports. as to the nature OF the plan
but it appeals to me. II my mill d'd
an export business. it would certainly
find out more about tbs scheme
The Trouble in the Past.
"Another mill man. III discussing
= the scheme, declared that the trouble
with American manufacturers III the
past had been that they tried toe
much to force their goods upon thf
/, Chinese, rather than first find out JUS
what was wanted by the trade.
"On the other hand. the British AND
, continental SpinnerS made 1t Il poln'
to learn just what the Chinese wanted
: the nature OF the goods. the designs
a the width, the price. etc, and supple
, that, with the result that they landed
!, the customers and did the business
The policy OF the American I~nanufac.
turers appeared to be that II the
p China trade didn't take certain varie'
, ties of goods, then it should be so con.
80 4~- - A-oS
! at home. Better financial arrange
, ments favored British and continental
, manufacturers. but this was not tn.
whole secret.
3 cit is generally understood that Mr.
!. Dukes plan cO~ntenplateS the British
2 idea of finding out just hat the trad
n wants, and then ordering III mills il
the combination to manufacture jus
| this brand OF goods. By mean Q
' depots, there will be a gauge upor
: the supply to measure with the de
I nland. and also to keep track upon al
, sales. with the view to settlements. etc
' 1T is enough to say that the trade
] VIII await with keenes interest fullel
! details of the plan"
. The above is the ent-
: made in sugar-coated terms-of thu
coming cotton-mill trust. With a mo.
: nopoly Of the water power and un.
o limited money, the present time O.
: depression III the cotton-mill business:
: is deemed by the Dukes to be the op.
perfume time to begin the work o
lgobb1ing up the mills and organizing
: along h same lines that have sue.
: ceeded in the tobacco and oil trusts
. And some people, who see no further
than their noses, and Others who
' think it not wrong for some men t,
ride booted and spurred on the back
of others. will see big things in an
. other giant monopoly. But wise me1
will see another giant monopoly tina
: in the long run will destroy the chanc.
of men to do anything but become EN-
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