The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-08-10

ne state nave been making, but only
leW men have realized that with
amazing SWlftneSS the struggling cot
ton mills of this State have pushed
forward until at the present moment
the cotton manufacturers of North
carolina are an aggregation of indus
trial and financial giants among the
business institutions of the world
They are men who do things and who
order things. In such short time that
we do not comprehend it this State
| has moved up from an insignificant
position in the textile trade to be one
or the giants, and from now on in
| dealing with cotton manufactures the
| United States will not take action until
| North Carolina has been heard from.
| That is tremendous thing in itself
| but still greater was developed at
| the Greensboro meeting which is that
| North Carolina is destined to be the
| dominant factor in textile production.
The argument and the evidence
| have been published in the papers
| since the meeting. The summing up
is enough. Here is the raw material
the power, and the genial climate for
labor and operation. Here already is
the organization which is carrying on
| manufacturing on a big scale. Here
are the inside advantages. Rapidly
North Carolina has come to it's COM
manding position in the textile indus
| Try. ISdpluly IL Will push dlcdu ulltll
it will reach a place that cannot be
told, because it involves a knowledge
of many things not yet unfOlded. This
State. barring the unseen, is soon to
be the principal cotton manufa cturing 6
State Of the Union, and probably the
| dominating center Of the textile trade
| of the world.
Brave words, these, my masters but
! compare the situation now with that
OF the day, when man looking for
, water power investment in North
Carolina could not find water power
: possibilities.
Economic Thoughts Of War.
' At the Greensboro dinner came an
( other prophecy. Out Of the war ir
t Europe are already coming economic
r changes. To come are others still
. more marked, and so varied and fa1
reaching that we cannot guess then
e out. But one of them is a radical diff
: ference in the relation of the United
e States to other countries. Already ths
: government at Washington has begur
: to anticipate some Of the changes an(
I one Of them is our relations with th'
e South American republics. In tn
d past we have had strained relation
d with our southern neighbors. w
|. have allowed Europe to be the cordia
y neighbor and we have been non graf;
: much of the time. Necessity and sens
t combined have prompted q bette
J. course, and at the present a confer
e ence of strictly business people from
g the various American governments
s working out a real plan, not a Sentl
e. mental thing, whereby real bushes
IS between the countries can be pro
Il noted; and this conference Is backe
e to the limit by all the governments
: The plans that are under discussion &
h to the root of affairs. Government
and business men of the United State
= are working together with governmen
d and business men of the other repub
It lies and a logical proposition is lai
It down. North Carolina cotton mi
" men, North Carolina tobacco manu-
= facturers, North Carolina furnitur
e men, are working with other men c
IF the United States and with the Fed
IS eral government to bring North an
it South America into closer trade rela
he tions, and the important feature
IF that they are working on lines tha
1T will succeed.
n They are covering all the agencie
of production, of distribution, OF trans
portation and thoroughly. They al
ut going to the root Of every differenc
ID 1t is reasonable to expect that whe
ut they are through with their delihera
IN tiOnS North Carolina mill product
o. will have pointed out q logica1 way
pr reach the South American buyer. bt
n cause it is logical to assume ths
North Carolina mill men can meet tn
n wants Of the South American peopl
lv That being the case it Is only nece:
TO sary to do what they can do to WI
b. success.
If MANY idols have been thrown dow
I'd and broken since the conference
IF the American republics held It's hr