Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-27
SMALL PACKING HOUSES
FOR TOWNS OF VIRGINIA
= Few Answers to Many Inquiries
From Several Parts Of State
About Meat Shops.
MoULTRIE, THE GEORGIA TOWN
Further Facts as to How the Cracker
State People Experimental and
How the Project Has Turned Ont
in Twenty Months.

Many inquiries have come 10 Tn
Times Dispatch .n regard TO the SINAI
packing house plants. about which 81
much recently has been said in thes'
columns. Evidently several VirEini;
and North Carolina towns arc seriously
considering the question OF establish
ing plants TO the end that they ma,
not only give the town new an,
profitable industry, but furnish tn:
farmers IN all OF the surrounding rc
sion market for hogs sheep anc
cattle. and II is certain that they
could engage in no worthier enterprise
The Times Dispatch is asked to fur
nish more light and Information on the
subject.
Mention has already been made ir
,hese columns OF the successful plant
a, Moul,rie. Ca. OF tho great good II
has brought TO the farmers IN all OF
tho region around abou, and of tbs
necessity OF twice eulsreinE IT, Johr
". Greer. OF the c. L. Brooks En-
gineering Company. OF Mculirie, iur
nsshes ;he Manufacturers Record with
some further history OF that and o;he,
plants IL Georgia, and some extract,
from his letter will prove very inter
es:inr in This connection. lie says
we are building. hsv. cornp!e ,ed and
co-plete pzck!ng-housers. in the states
ct Georgia, Alabama, Florida. North
and South Carolina, and have TWO 81
immediate prospect IN Tennessee
The Moul,r!e and Andalusia plants
F, arc completed and running. the Way
cross plant Is rearly completed. the
Statesboro plant is under construction.
the capital for the Lake City plan,
has been raised. but there is scrrc
doubt that X will be built. while y.
are raising the capita! a. Wilmington.
\. c.. and Al Selma. Ala, and one other
place in Georgia which ;he incorpora
tors do not wish mentioned vet. We
have also raised the capital for a pian-
at OranEeburE. g. c. The TWO places
On Tennessee will probably begin work
on their capital in a few days. in fact
one has already raised more than max
the capital"
SEEMS EASY ENOUGH TO
GET CAPITAL INTERRUPTED
in not instance have we failed N
raise the capital for plant whe-. W.
have undertaken il, and We have raised
from 100000 10 $3.50, 600 in each piara
y hundred thousand dollars will builG
and equip and start small unit plant;
perhaps the smallest that viii take
care OF an overhead expense The
plant would cost from $4,000 10 81
=
erate $50 hogs and thirty cattle daily
we do not advocate smaller co,nplct,
plants than this
The Brooks Engineering Co, of
= which j am secretary, IL comnoscd q,
{. l.. Brooks and myself MIR Brooks
is originally Chicago man, while au
GeorEian For fifteen years | hat
been studying the problrrr OF ia,
Southern farmer. ana finally camc !.
tho conclusion that the packing. hons
Mouio BRING about the diversiiicatiou
'iau' ds an ediior, urged on him To-
many years. hut which he had ncrsis;
entity declined
stride" The West ana discoyor.,
."a' was The local indcpenuen, pack
'1s mouse mat changed the conditin,
'u' mere ana three years aro NOV
suaded the Moultric people to mapo ~
experiment. there. II proved succ.vef,,l
ush MT. Erooks's management ,nI
aiter years operation i,o.,
"rEe other plants in the South
MT. BROOKS is not only practical
.anaser OF packing houses. and nae
uec" sihEuiarlN successful in ,n.Li,,,
them make money. bu, he wnrL.d
ger u. Davis. the great nacI,j,.
mousse engineer. for several yc.r.
learned how 10 build plants IL
N , no" to build economical plants
tHa' "!!i work and make none B.y
oeeH IN IN" business sine" boyhocd
no worried IN every department., 81,
oaCh ING houses. he knows what every
inch in them is us~. -for-.
Mhile ~ is p!si.. a--,i- there Is a,ori.
iaence q the fac, ira, Nj Gr"cr
'ooheo into this matter from ua,rio,ic
motives. II Is also true THAI h..
some profit from his patriotism f,,
ne says the Brooks Coinpanv no, on
raises capital furnishes ulaus and 81
reefs TIE construction. but s.curo.> -.
pert help and manager. aid snail.
PIP, ''ses ne oh"ration ~ plants u
builds until tney A.. y.f.i, J,.,,.a
IN" experiments! stage Tho do the
because IN" Souih knows 80 l!-,Ic ann,
packing plants and 70 hui!d The Mani
and turn them ioosc would be rlii,o,,g
pt course. al OF this VIII cos, sorne
thing