The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-12
Things Knewn Locally,
but Unknown to Some
Disappointed Folks.
MANUFACTURING
AND JOBBING CITY
Greater Richmond Is Not Only
the Financial Centre of the
South and the Proper Place
for the Regional Reserve
Bank, but Industrial
Centre Also.

Somc.ot the papera In Some OF the
cities that were disappointed IN their
efforts TO secure regional banks arc
saying ugly things about Richmond.
and some papers IN ut least one other
city arc Ginning in The Ne. Yori:
Journal OF Commerce, for Instance,
says that while Il Is true that Rich
mind has some right good and strong
banks II has nothing else to show. that
II Is no: 4 manufacturing town or
who!esalinS town or any other Kind OF
town that Is worthy OF one Of the re-
g'oaal banlts. That paper ought TO
know better, and. as a matter OF fact,
~ does Know better. Eut y II does not
II ought 10 send Il representative down
hero 10 gather some Information that
may be OF value
'nr aiurinE centre and as
w,olesalnr rnorket Richmond can hold
i,s own with any. city or its size II. the
South. and In many respects with any
III Tie country. IN same lines ii leaves
many cities of even creator size far in
the rear. This Is but natural for lta
banking facilities. It's shipping facil-
it!es ana its ratura! advantages mako
II tho true gateway 10 the South.
Figures Tint Talk.
The report OF Tho president Ut tho
that body at It's recent annual meeting
brought out some very interesting N.Y.
crcs, complied after loug and nains-
taking Investigation; Tho population
~ Richmond to-day !E i32.tc2. which Is
AN Increase OF 90 per cent IN tie last
TN gears.
To taxable yaluea have Increased
IN Il d.cade Sc peE cent being now
5iit.o5i.2.j. The post Office receipts
hive Increased IN ten years from :a62.-
gao 20 ;si3.I5l. = gam NJ l2Q per cent.
Jiuildng operations enlarged IN a DO
ave- 90 Ion rY fs-. -r....
duStr!es Increased from 1866 70 1879
capital employed IA misunderstanding: iu-
creased from $25,cp1,0pO to over $50
0oc,0Go The annual sales Of goods
manufactured Ia Richmond went from
100000 900 10 over $toO0cO.0Oo. The
wholcsaliug business iucreased in ten
years from 100000 TO $4,000 600;
and the capital invested In TINS line OF
business from $l0,9cp,"e0 to $4,000 900.
rho bank Clcariugs more than doubled
81 ten years, md now reach $500 0O0 c00
Bank deposits have gone from ST.
100000 to SiS oo1o 900. Looms and dis
counts have grow from 4 little over
Slsoeo00o 10 nearly S6Cp0V.QOc. and
BAN: capital and surplus from about
5Ioto.oo6 10 over SIS o." 600. But al
OF these bank figures have been given
IN detail very recently, and Il was
largely because 81 the publicity given
to thorn that Eichnond secured the re-
gionel reserve bank.
just Few Points.
AS a tobacco town, both as to the
leaf dealing and manufacturing as
veil as 70 jobbing and distributing.
Richmond asks no odds OF any city in
tho world. II has the largos; cigarette
making plant IN the world, ana this.
With the smaller plants. puts gu; more
goods than any city In the world
As woodworking city. il claims 10
have the largest plant in that line OF
business in the United States. IL also
has the largest blotti,g paper factory
in the world, and tho largest baking
powder factory In the world. The
woodworking plants he-e maze every
thing. from {. baseball bat up TO & nm
Ished house.
II also has the largest ;1avorins ex-
tract factory in the United states, and
one that does business in every state
IN the Union. and completes with for
tign factories beyond the seas and in
the tropics.
In ironworking Richmond factories
make everything known 10 the wants
of man. from steam locomotives down
70 horseshoes and horseshoe nails.
and rs stove and range making town.
IL has no superior, perhaps no equal,
quality considered, in all OF the COIN
try.
Along Various Lines.
In the mining line, IL !.ay be truth
Erinds up more wheat and sells the
Hour IN more countries than does Rich
nIond. The second largest trunk fac
tory in the United States is located IN
Richmond. ana the largest III the worll
is only twenty-five miles away. There
arc several large ,run; factories in
Richmond. The paper box factories Of
the good OLD town arc among tho
largest in the country.
IN the line OF vehicles, Richmond
factories make everything, from u
wheelbarrow up TO a twentieth century
automobile. and il is rapidly becoming
q great buggy making town
Richmond packing houses and alb
attoirs are the equal of any IN the
land. anu they do an enormous busI-
ness all over the states Of Virginia.
North and South Carolina.
The bread and craCKcr factories and
bakeries OF this city are all on me
twentieth century model, aud all do
great business not only locally, but
ia the outlying country. No city ia
all OF the south has better cold stor.
age facilities than has Richmond, and
its storage warehouses OF The othcf
Kind are numerous and OF the lars est
dimensions.
An ii Jobbins Centre.
have spoken so far only or the en-
terpriaes OF 4 manufacturing ana other
character that are operated on the i'm
"tS"sc pit' w Heh IL COMICS uoHn 10
small industries, there is where Rich
mond holds over any OF Its competing
cities. and the city and all OF it's pco-
pie delight in them, for. after nil, Ii
Is the small industry that helps a
town the most.
AS jobbing centre Richmond has no
equal in tho South, for there is no town
in the South that has better railway
facilities and better means OF ship
ping goods promptly and having them
reach all parts OF the South Atlantic
territory on time tran has Richmond,
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