The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
RICHMOND. INDUSTRIES TO
BE VIEWED BY BANKERS
Tours to Be Made Of Many Large
Manufacturing Enter
priSes.
LOCAL COMMITTEE IN CHARGE
Some of the Industries Are the
Largest Of Their Kind in United
States, and Are Widely Known
for Their Brands.

Anticipating that many of the dele
ton of the American Bankers Associa-
ton, VIII desire to investigate some OF
Richmond's typical industries, arrange
ments have been made through the
courtesy of the arrangements of local
manufacturing plants whereby parties
VIII be conducted through any OF the
local factories by special guides. who
VIII explain the various departments
and processes of each. The Industrial
committee, I'm charge of the tours, Is
composed of; Berkeley Williams, chair
man; Egbert G. Leigh. William T. Reed.
Horace $. Halves. Hugh Antrim. and
Horace f. Smith.
Little Journeys to Big Industrial
Plants," Is the title of handsome lit
tie booklet which will be distributed
among the visitors to explain the
method of procedure which will be fol-
lowed in conducting the tours. Direc-
lions in the booklet specify the dates
OF which each of the various manufac-
turing enterprises will receive" with
brief descriptions and illustrations of
many of the local factories.
LITTLE JOURNEYS TO
BIG INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
Invitations to the Little Journeys"
viii be extended to both men and wo-
iiiSii' ohu - 10 pclttNeu lndI tnlS
OF the convention program will prove
most attractive to the visitors All
parties making the tours will assemble
and leave from tine Main Street en-
trance of the Jefferson Hotel Attrac-
tive souvenirs have been prepared for
all who accompany the parties visiting
The plants. Richmond has / ,979 manu-
featuring and mechanical industries,
With s3O214I033 of capital Invested and
annual sales of Sl01.00o.O00.
The Richmond Manufacturers Ex-
hibit. Inc, fostered by the Chamber
OF Commerce. which is maintained as
"A permanent display OF Richmond-made
goods. 1t is thought will prove of great
interest to visiting bankers. The ex-
hibit occupies the second. third and
fourth floors in the Chamber Of Com
merce and Manufacturers Building,
Sixth and Main Streets, and Is open to
visitors each day from Q O'Clock in the
morning until o'clock Mt night. No
charge Is made for admission and moth
Ing is sold on the premises The city
OF Richmond co-operates. Officially with
the Manufacturers Exhibit by main
tanning interesting displays of the
Water, Finance. Gas, Electricity.
Schools and Health Departments 1t
Is the only municipal exhibit In the
South. and one of the very few In the
entire country. The many attractive
and impressive displays which have
been tastefully and elegantly installed
in the exhibit rooms bring out in a
striking manner the city's diversified
manufacturing interests. New exhibits
are constantly being added. Horace +.
Smith is In charge of the exhibit
VISITORS MAY INSPECT
MANY LOCAL FACTORIES
Cards have been prepared and are
now in readiness to be filed out by the
visiting bankers who desire to visit any
of the local factories. When they have
been properly filled out the cards " i'll
be turned over to the industrial COM
mittee. and the tours will be arranged
TO the best possible advantage from
inspection. II Is thought, Will not only
prove vastly interesting to the visi-
tors, but Will serve to exploit Rich
mond's numerous advantages az a
manufacturing and commercial centre
In Richmond is located the largest
cedar works in the world: the largest
plotting paper industry In the United
States; the largest baking powder
plant in the world: the largest factory
In the world producing antique fur
niture: the largest fertilizer business
in the United States; the largest fac
tory making tlavoring extracts for
home use: the largest bank in the
South; the largest mail-order house in
the South, and one of the largest loco
motive plants in the world. Richmond
is one OF the largest smoking tobacco
manufacturing cities in the world. OF
the 3.0G0. 100000 cigarettes which are
smoked annually In the United States
Richmond manufacturers the greater
part.