The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-05
REYNOLDS PLANT
THE BIGGEST YET
Twenty-Five Acres Covered With
Mammoth Buildings and Vast
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Cen
tury Methods for Manufac-
turing Chewing and
Smoking Tobaccos.
~ CRANK $. NtooDsoS,
Industrial, Editor.


Winston Salem. \. e., March AZ
love 10 stop over In q town like this;
this Il win CITY as il Is called So
called from the fact that /. is one
city made UP Of Two under wise
consolidation plan That was adopted
several years ago J., was q plan
adopted after much discussion and not
little wrangline as TO which II
should be. Salem. the old historic and
4 solid and steady COINS town. or Win
ston the modern town Of vast energy
ano push, that grew ur right BY the
side Of the good old town that shelter
Cd George Washington when he was
ma kinS his historic Southern tour;
h The old town that has produced so
many great men TO the betterment OF
the world politicaliy. industriaily.
socially and rcligiousIy.
mere are many hustling towns in
the Old North state that could ma me
nnd expect TO name ere long; but 1
am sure there Is no town or city in
the state. or in any other State az
for that matter, OF the size OF Wins
ION Salem tina; has moro real bust
ness hustle 10 be proud OF than has
ibis vigorous Twin City. II is
perfect beehive Of industry. for there
he mighty few, II any. industries
known tn the industrnl Southland
# that are not represented and well rep
resented mere
tobacco fn the Lend.
All kinds Or Industries and manu-
featuring enterprises flourish here,
I. but guess tic tobacco Industry, taken
as whole is the greatest, and as
can't tell abou, all OF Winston Salem's
enterprises IN one article it is better
10 talk only Of one right now, and that
shall be tobacco, which seems to lead.
Forty years ago there was no to-
bncco market here AMI very little OF
the weed was grown in the regions
surrounding, but bout that time the
farmers Of the surrounding counties
found their lands were among the best
IN the world upon which 10 grow SUI
pcrior chewing ana smoking tobaccos
and they got down 20 the business
with tho same kind Of energy they
had been in the hab OF displaying in
other lines. When they made tho leaf
tobacco they found that the markets
were TOO far away, and naturally one
was started here. and that was the
real beginning OF Winston. = tobacco
warehouse was established. leaf buy-
ers came in, and then manufacturers
followed. factories We're started and
in Very little while the chewing to-
baccos made in Winston OF the super
Tor leaf grown in the new tobacco
section had struck the popular taste
and was known all over the South
The market, with four warehouses, is
now selling from oo.O0o.ono TO 5000
600 pounds Of leaf per annum, and
tho factories here use UP every pound
Of 1t, and more than twice as much
more bought in other markets. the
output OF the factories being some
where close to 55,O00.o00 pounds OF
chewing and smoking tobacco per
year or at least will be this year
The raw leaf required to make up
this much OF the finished goods
q my 10 isat\ = Il
100000 pounds
whole City Of Boomcrs.
One thing have found in Winston.
Salem that / especially like is the in
clination on the part OF everybody here
to talk up their city. Every man one
meets wants 70 tell You about tho
greatness Of the town. and he wants
you TO see it, too. for every man here
believes that Winston Salem is the
greatest town to its inches in the
world, and in some respects it is. One
is In danger II he does not take in
some of the big enterprises While SO.
journing here. To save my scalp,
took IN several, but limited space VIII
u not allow me to tell of more than one
at this time. That shall be the f. J..
Reynolds Tobacco Company's big plant,
which is the largest of several. When
winston Salem became q tobacco mar
ket there came to the town a young
man from Patrick county. Va, and his
name was Richard j. Reynolds. lie
A came with head full Of sense, q
world of energy and ambition a lot of
experience In the tobacco business.
having gone all the gaits from sowing
the seed in plant beds on his fathers
( farm up through the cultivation OF
the weed and to its manufacture into
plug chewing; and just little mite OF
capital.
Grew from Small beginning.
He started little factory on back
street in the then village, and the first
year he made and sold about 10000
pounds Of plug chewing tobacco. lie
seemed to see better things ahead and
his ambition grew. and after a while
he proclaimed that the extreme height
of that ambition was to be the big
gest tobacco manufacturer in the town.
In two years Reynolds had reached
that height. for al that time the output
+ OF the biggest factory In the town
other than his was Il fraclon owe!
400. 900 pounds. and his was 100000.
& His business was still growing, his
brands becoming more and more pop
Fular, and he set his pins for million
pounds per year and enlarged his fac
4 tory accordingly. The million po u.u
rIze was soon reached and the ambi-'
ton was then enlarged and no limit
set upon 1t.
TO go into the details OF this CON
I finued annual growth Of great In
dustry would make long and some
what tedious, although q thrilling,
story. Suffice 1t to say the Immense
as enterprise has been enlarged from year
to year (and is still being enlarged)
until now tho plant Of the r. j.. Rey-
n noids Tobacco Company Is said TO be
I tho largest establishment Of its kind
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