Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-08-13

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ginian comfortably content with ex
listing conditions?
Manufacturing In Virginia.
Turning now to our record OF
manufactures. In common with 9th
err leading Southern States Virginia
has demonstrated her ability to com
pete with the North in manufac
turing The last census of manufac
lures shows that, as measured by the
percentage of increase in the value OF
products, the South, as whole, had
gone forward in the five years from
1904 to 1909 faster than any other sec
ton except some of the far Western
States where the volume OF business
done was so small that a relatively
slight growth in the value Of products
showed a large percentage of in
crease. The census of manufactures
Of 1903 showed that the total value OF
the products of Virginia factories IN
that year was s219,794, 900, an in
crease In the five years Of AIT pei
cent, as compared with an increase fol-
the United States OF 39.7 per cent
Kentucky, with s223,754000, was the
only State south of the Ohio and Poto
| mac Rivers that surpassed Virginia
in the value Of its manufactured pro
ducts. North Carolina, with 50 per
cent, was the only Southern State
with higher rate of increase. Yet
encouraging as these comparative fig
ures may be. If we look into details
we can find a basis for that dissatis.
faction with things as they are which
should spur US forward to larger &C.
complishments.
Opportunities Are Abundant.
The geographical location Of Viz
ginia Is most favorable for a large de
velopment Of manufacturing. Among
the factors that are potent in deter
mining the location Of industries are
the sources Of supply of raw mate
rails, an available supply Of compe
tent labor, markets for finished pro
ducts, and transportation facilities for
concentrating raw materials and dis
tributing finished products. Within
the State of Virginia and in the states
to the Southwark are sources of sup
ply of raw materials for a wide diver
sity Of manufacturing To the north
| ward, across the Potomac River, arc
the markets of the most densely popu
lated region in the United States and
outside OF the Virginia Capes are the
| markets Of the world. The railway
lines OF the State are admirably locat.
ed for the concentration Of raw mate
| rails and for the distribution of manu-
! featured commodities to all parts OF
| the United States and we have direct
| water transportation not only to ali
| the oceans of the world. but also BY
way of the Atlantic Ocean and Chesa
| peake Bay to the seacoast cities OF
| the United States For certain kinds
| Of manufacturing we have a supply
! Of white labor which has not yet been
/ fully availed Of These are reasons
er part than she does IN the manufac
turing industries of the South
Cotton Mills in Virginia.
Chief among these industries is one
which every Southern man, and moi
least every Virginian, should regard
with thrill Of pride-for the fact Is
| that supremacy in cotton manufactur
/ ing in the United States has passed
| from the North to the South. For sew
| eral years Southern mills have con
sumed more cotton than those in all
! the other States. In the eleven
months ended June 80, 1918, Southern
mills consumed 421.714 more bales
than were used in all the other States
and consumption. In Southern mills
increased 1000 bales while In all 9th
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