The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-30
CITY OF HAMP TON
!. On BROAD WATERS
.ilued From First Pagc.l


we get out OF the waters near by have
been to Il certain extent Hampton's un-
doing. From time immemoriol our pco-
pie have found it too easy to make a
living. Here we have the waters and
those waters are filled with oysters,
crabs and fish, and the Lord knows
what not. All We have to do is 10 sink
net and draw IL i'll at the right time
and there are our profits. Up TO five
or maybe ten years ago our folks
thought that was the only profit they
needed. and they never cXerted them
selves for anything much bigger But
IN recent years change has come over
the spirit of our dreams. We are be-
ginning 10 realize that with oui. deep
water transportation facilities and our
railway facilities we are right in the
limelighr and capable of doing n manu-
featuring business and shipping
business thatiwill astonish many other
parts Of Virginia. our oysters AMI our
crabs and our fish are mighty good
th!nEs 10 handle and they afford
lot of employment to'good people and
make mighty good weekly pay roll.
and all that kind OF thing, but NO
are beginning to wonder why we may
not add unto these things in very
many other ways And we are COINS
TO do it, too"
misunderstanding Interests.
This citizen. and lie is "a widc-awake
and far-seeing kind OF a fellow. told
me about a young fellow who some
years ago went into the foundry and
plow making business In Hampton AT
first he looked 10 the farmers or the
Peninsula for all OF his trade. Later
he struck up With a New York i'm
porting and exporting house and that
New York house was quick to catch
On TO liampton's superior shipping
faciiitics, its competing rates etc
Ihere Is no use in spreading The story
out. 1t is sufficient TO say that to-
day this plow-making shop in lIamp-
ton Is selling all of it's output in South
America and South Africa II could ID MOI !,
have done this except for Hampton.s
superb shipping facilities. except for
us cheap labor right at hand ana ex-
cept for its many other advantages.
now. II these advantages are so
proftablcj to the plowmakcr why
should not Hampton be great manu-
lacturing town along other IInes7
Ihere is no good reason why 1t should
not be- The labor is abundant and
cheap. the cost OF living is low down
as compared with some other towns
Inc transportation facilities and the
lrelsnt rates are superior 10 those or
llost southern towns. the sites for fac
'.eS can be had at figures that would
surprlsc investors for their chcapness
tne banking facilities arc superior and
The people invite investors of alI good
Kinds - 500
Thlnss natural nnd Unnatural.
am talking now about Industries
ina are supposed 10 be not altogether
natural TO the soil or. more properly
speaking. TO the waters Re 1t under
stood that tthe industries that arc ma
tural 10 the good water fronts nave
ALREADY made Hampton famous.
The oyster packing concerns here.
ana there arc not less than dozen Of
mem, the crab fisheries and packing
houses and there are many of them.
me hsheTies, and there is no end TO
thenh have all combined to mako
Hampton an Industrial town that is
ABOVE par and | could go into detail
and tell about them, and intend 10
DO SO in another letter, bu; for the
present am simply making the point
that Hampton ought 10 have ana will
ere ionG have more manufacturing In
dustrlcs Of other kinds cotton factor
les SHIRT factories, etc, for instance
fhe wide-awakc folks here Invite such
industries and they will back them
WITH not little OF the capital need
ca TO run them. The shipping facili-
Ties, the abundance Of cheap labor
The cheap living afforded By the waters
ana the rich surrounding farms al
tend 10 make Hampton n manuTactiIr-
ing centre that is not to he despiscd
by the big investors
Of the banking facilities, the strong
financial concerns of the town, the big
wholesalinG possibilities and some OF
It's other advantages i propose to speak
IN another letter. in next Sundays
industrial Section, perhaps.
81. e. ID c & p 3