New-York tribune., 1912-12-01

+, mon use. sheets, plates ard structural
| steel for boilers, tanks. shipbuilding and
| building construction, hreproof shutters
etc. and general and agricultural ma
| chinery, all of which would find ready
market in growing port. that Is rapidly
and constantly adding to its piers, docks
/ and warehouses;, and has cultivable sur
roundings that are, as rapidly and con-
! farmers-tO say naught OF Interior anu
coast (bOth foreign and domestic) mar,
| kets. which can be 30 readily reacneo
/ therefrom
Fertilizer Works Needed.
II Alabamx is the fourth largest con-
sumer of fertilizers, Of twelve Southern
| states as "The Manufacturers Record"
! has pointed out, why should not ois
| factory Of that kind pay here. where are
to be had SO many OF the lngreoieh's
used.
Fine Furniture Manufacturing.
MIR. Bloch and Major Glennon think
There Is q fine opportunity here for the
manufacture Of furniture" and Mr.. Sims,
..of furniture and the finer trim II
mahogany logs can be brought 10 TINS
| port and conveyed to Chicago WIN
indianapolis at like cost. to CINCINNATI at
| Is cents. and to Louisville at 10 cents a
J hundred pounds. to be converteo ln.V
I veneer. and can then stand the added COST
of distribution In this form to iuTniture n,
veneer. fine furniture and f1ne trim. when
| now have to be brought mere from =
distance. and under high class ST., ireighs mt
tariff" (to again quote Mr. Sims) pe
profitably made In Mobile?
CHEAP Furniture Manufacturing.
: But sn even stronger case can be made
I'm the grades Of furniture manufactured
from the domestic woods. suggested by
those well informed realty men. {; I.
! Neachem and w. T.. Burgett, since there
| ia 10 be had here ut Mobiles very doors
plentiful supply, The fact ao'l tnas inns ars
average cost taccordlng 70 Cneie gam d
| in Alabama. at the factory, ~ si5 ~ rs
| against SlS23 In North Carolina, w ~ IN
| Wisconsin, SIS IS IN Massachusetts; ~ -
| I'm Maryland. $50 q In Kentucky ana $St -
| I'm Illinois should prove clincher. but
these woods can be had in Mobile at an
average cost OF ll.65 per cent below tnat
| for the state: nine OF them can 20 pousn,,
| transported and laid down al the FACTORY
at 81 bo-ss :tumpasea; 49, Is .pole pIaw sSonsnnd,
/ and fve. the red gum. and the Iour oahs
! at Sll-t3 stumpage. "a haulage ana -
| TRANSPORTATION. Mr.. MecheIn points OUT
| that While woodworklng piants a,p. VIM pss
we'll here. they must have water frontage
| to do So" And he sees every reason loi
| cheap furniture factory so iocatsu,
prospering. As regards markets twhieh
will be gone into more fully later on! me
| United States Department or Agriculture
| Is authority for the statements that there
are less han 100000 feet OF hardwood
made into furniture I'm Alabama yearly.
and that that small amount, lot d,' s,a,e
so rich In timber lacks much or supply
| ing Alabamas = home market with pam
furniture. -,
| Major GIennon thinks large yellow
4 -. an fra
would do well here. because with the
| cheap water transportation II could fur-
| nish the Northern states win petiel
| goods than they are now getting, Also
| because OF the growing demand rom
| Latin America. which VIII he greauy
stimulated and increased by the Panama
| Canal
Using Wood and Metal.
W T. Kelly says: There Is excellent
opportunity for factories making "ood
bottom planes. chisels, drawing knives
| handsaws and the like. Ia fact. for al
using the plentiful and cheap nauVe
| woods and the better erthan-Swedish steel
made from Cuban and Birmingham ores
| Cheap fuel and water transportation
must also be taken into account. lie
| SAWS More than 600 cabinet mantels
are used locally and yet they are all
| brought from knoxville. Tenn lie Le-
I lieyes that Works turning out feiIibei
stors. cooking and heating stoves. neat
| iug APPARATUS hollow ware and wooden
ware. would do well here. and that
they would mean much 10 Mobile. as
| these manufactures. so mucn In demand
must a, present he got elsewhere
To test the value OF Mr.. Blochs anu
Major GlsnnOn's opinion that wagons
can be built here. and exported prontabiy.
add TO the fact that the former Is en-
| gagged In the eNportaton or such piouucts
| and should therefore know the exception
ally cheap cost OF the wood and the reld-
| lively low price OF Alabama iron and
steel these materials being the chief ones
used In their construction. large
wagon factory could easily be had Win
| tho proper opportunities offered, SAYS
| MIR Schley, also: vast quantities OF
| hickory. 30 necessary To ~ason making,
10 from this district TO the North TO be
| manufactured into golf sticks!
| The same factors give value TO the sus-
| gestion OF Mrssrs. Adams and Bloch thst
car building plant would prosper mere
= varnish and paint factory Qor which
| 10 quote him: Two Of the chief con-
stituents OF the finished products, ochre
| and rosin. are 10 be had here plenti-
they also give weight to the suggestion
| OF Messrs. Bloch aud burgett In favor
| Of an automobile. OF Messrs Bloch and
Davis OF a plough ana .s agricultural I'M
| freight rates from Pittsburgh than has
! Columbus. Birmingham or Memphis). or
= Mr. Wilson OF launch, Bessemer steel,
and a refrigerator. Of Mr.. Adams Of u
shipbuilding. OF Mr.. Aspaila and MI
Mechem Of a spoke and handle, an ONCE
fixture, a light steamboat engine, and an
! auto and mOtorboat engine. OF Mr.. Davis
| a holstlng machinery, and OF Mr.. SPOTS
| wood burial casket and q comm works;
and OF Mr. Schley. big smelfers (which he
thinks would do as we'll here as In the
Swansea district. on account or the close
proximity OF the iron and coal nelds. ana
| OF the cheap river transportationo.
Using the Fibres.
Major Glennon and c. G. Mechem think
that. Because this 10 the virtual centre
OF tho cotton production. because OF the
sunerior quality OF Mobiles cotton, be-
Cause II is possible TO work here the year
round and because OF her uneQualieu
| facilities for world wide distribution. biz
cotton yarn and knitting mills shouia
| prosper. ,,
Mobile sends slsal to Eastern mills. and
| Il comes back a. rope. As II Is sold on
| freights would mean much. There1ore,
| the vast quantities Of sisal grass coming
| To the port Ito suy nothinY OF the custom
OF huge fleets OF vessels enterhs, III sNo
point to the suggestion Of u,,.g big ss rope,
walk. by Messrs; Sims, ns WILSON,; ~ n,Tva nr.t
| ma med gentleman, OF u plant to utilize
banana waste, In the making OF denat-
ured alcohol, and OF another to make cot.
| ton bagging from cotton waste. would
| each seem q centre shot" when IL Is
| considered that Mobile is the second lars-
port. And surely. those OF Mr.. Wilson
| fayOring "a large cigar factory, and MIR.
Sims of q paper mill can't be said TO miss
the mark. for Baldwin County. with its
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