Goldsboro weekly argus., 1915-05-06

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This is explained only by the fact that
we are now awakening to our better
selves and it is only question of
time before new enterprises will be
established.
No County Wide Board of Trade.
There is not board of trade in
Wayne county as in Mecklenburg, but
we have a good substitute in the
Chamber of Commerce of Goldsboro.
For the past few years, a secretary
has been employed who devotes his
entire time to the welfare of Colds
boro and Wayne county. Through its
efforts, a new brick tobacco warehouse
was built during the past year, and
| the farmers of the county received
better prices for their golden weed
than the farmers of ether counties.
No Agricultural Industries.
| There are no canning factories;
evaporating plants; preserve, jam,
jelly, or picking factories; creamer-
les; butter factories; peanut ware
houses; butchering and packing
plants; and refrigerating plants in
| Wayne county.
We have numerous cotton ware
houses, which enterprises are man
aged by individuals and corporations.
These are we'll established, therefore
have been very successful. None of
the other enterprises have been at
+, tempted within recent years, there
fore at the present time it is a very
difficult problem to say what the "out-
look for these movements is.
| No Public Market Facilities.
1t is a shame and a disgrace that
there is not a free public market, or
rather city market, in our county.
But we alone are not guilty of this
condition, for our neighboring coun-
ties are in the same plight. Never
theless because our neighbors are not
interested in city markets, there is no
reason why a city market should not
be established in Goldsboro.
) People of Wayne county boast OF
the fact, that Goldsboro is leader in
eastern North Carolina, and if the
above is true, let our people get to-
} gether and establish city market
City markets have been established
within recent years, in all the larger
cities and towns of this state. Let us
not lag behind in this good movement
Camping grounds, hitching sheds, anG
feeding stalls are provided for by the
city as we'll as by the county. The
city maintains Public Rest room
which is for the use of the farmwives
The city ordinances do not forbid the
house-to-house pedd1ing of farm pro
i duce.
DiscOuraging to Farmers.
We know that the farmers do no
: cherish the idea of this house -to-hous'
peddling. Some of our farmers woulC
, rather sell their produce to the gro
GERS for a measely sum than waste al
= entire forenoon in this going from
house-to-house in order to sell thei
I produce A half days time is none.
to an Industrious man, which most O
our farmers are. If he has any trad
ing to do when he comes to town t
, sell his produce, he does not want hi
produce to interfere with him and a
= a result is compelled to sacrifice tn
= articles which he has for sale.
Let us pause for a moment, an
, consider. Isn't it for this reason NOR
? than any other, or is it not the onl
reason, that prohibits our farmer
> from producing enough food stuff fo
~ the entire county? We ought to er
courage the farmer in raising foo
stuff, instead of which we are merel
IL placing obstacles in his way. A cit
- market would enable the farmers
- turn into instant ready cash at fa
le profit, whatever they would have
10 sell. It cannot be denied that it woul
lower the cost to the consumer, whi
. on the other hand it would increa;
~ the price received by the producers.
- Our Import List.
- We import the following items
- Corn, meal, wheat, flour, oats, ha
70 Irish potatoes, cane syrup, cabbage
- onions lettuce, butter, canned good
= poultry, eggs horses. mules, bee
g seeds, farm machinery, fertilizers al
90 other like items. The gross total
no the above import along with fe
%. other amounts to s1,S44,691 annual
These supplies are bought on tiI
from the supply stores, and in soI
cases our merchants are compelled
wait two or three years for tht
money. AS a result of this, the fa
: mer who buys on credit pays mo
20 for his supplies than the one W
--i pays cash.