The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-01

pest COdl 1le1uS III tIIC ASAU -
which quantity and quality are both
Of first magnitude.
Il is needless to go into an analysis
Of the steaming qualities Of the Vlr-
GINA Goals. The steel corporation has
done that and shown the highest
quality. The Federal government has
had this coal analysed and proved its
value for ocean uses. The railroads
have had Virginia Goals analysed and
it's quality shown. AS to quantity any
geological map will show that the coal
deposits of the territory north of
| western North Carolina have no Supe-
rios.
Well Located For Power.
All this is to say that North Caro-
lima, in the way Of steam power, is
as we'll located rs any manufacturing
section of the world. Now we con-
slider tina steam power made Great
Britain the manufacturing country
that it is. Steam power made Ger
many the manufacturing country that
it is. steam power made the United
States the manufacturing country that
it is, for while gas and oil have given
wonderful impetus in late years they
have only helped along what steam
has done. Gas and oil are not perma-
nent sources Of power.
The only permanent sources Of pow
er are steam and water.
Coal made Pittsburg, Cleveland,
Chicago, Philadelphia, New York and
all the towns to which it could be car
ried conveniently. Pittsburg is the
only one Of the big manufacturing
%centers that sprung up in the coal
fields. PittSburg has dug out and used
the coal that it was based on, and
today ~Pittsburg's coal comes from
miles distant.
With regard to coal power nothing
has any better opportunity than North
Carolina. Some Of these days North
Carolina will have cheaper fuel than
it has now, for railroads will multiply
and more mines will develop to satisfy
the big coal demand that is to spring
up in this State. Then the available
coal will be a more generally used
fuel.
But all this time it is we'll to re-
member that coal is only a secondary
form Of power in This State, something
that cannot exist on a big scale any
place else. Other places have some
gas and some oil, and some water
! power, but they have no permanent
! power like the water I'VE Of North
. Carolina to supplement a O power
. such is available to North Carolina.
> One glimpse at the map Of the Uni
ted States tells the water power story
A higher range means q
q greater descent for the water that
falls. A higher rainfall means more
e water. A bigger area for the water te
: fall on means more water. The sum,
, ming up is that North Carolina rivers
!. gather more water n pour The
II water over a greater descent to the
sea than the rivers Of any similar
section Of the country.
u Plenty of Power.
The question of the quantity O.
permanent power is not n that any
body is interested in discussing. TIL
:. whole thing simply resolves itself intt
l. a succession Of big figures, so big tina
y they mean nothing. None of us VIII
n read or write will ever see the da,
81 when q sufficiency of water power o
u of coal power become Of any conse
at quence to the manufacturers of Nortl
lie Carolina. This section Of the glob
II. will AVE power as long as any powe
d comes from the SO two sources o.
le either continent.
The only question in this State is tn
a. cost of power. And hat is dispose
n of by the permanent abundance Q
or power. AS the production of coal in
IN creases the more systematic organiza
Oh ton for production and distribute
of coal is going to make steam powe
o. cheaper. The vast systematic organi
zation for producing water powe
OF guarantees cheap water power as ia
an as men car see into the future.
Coal made England the great te2
tile center that it is. Coal no bette
m than the coal that is available i
II North Carolina, and with no reir
en- forcement of the water power thu
an more than duplicates the coal powe
Coal made England a textile cente
Id, far from the cotton field.
is Two Tremendous Advantages.
Power gives North Carolina
greater chance than ever was give
M any other section Of the Union or tt
ig- old world to manufacture text
rid goods. Power and cotton toeeth,
ed give North Carolina an advantage n
possessed by any other section exec
asst in the cotton States OF the southeast
ia, Now think Of what is ahead. E.
rope is coming through a war tn
has had no equal in Civilization. q
ir- Of this wal will come a reconstruct
ert social, political and industrial orpar
col un&;on NnW oli0n-n-