Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-04
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY
DOWN IN NORTH CAROLINA
Man Who Has Travelled All Over the
State Sees Much That Is
Very Cheering.
THINGS OLD STATE LEADS IN
First TO Find Wealth in Soy Beans.
Tobacco Planters Roll in Wealth.
Cheese-M aking in Mountains.
Stock Raising on ahead.


Tobacco Planters Roll in Wealth.
Cheese-M aki ing in Mountains.
Stock Raising on Mead.
Colonel Fred \. olds lately has been
travelling around in North Carolina.
and takes occasion to write the Manu-
facturcrs' Record letter giving an
account OF some Of the industrial de
Hclopmcnt going OH along the route OF
his travels. lie declares that never
before in tho history Of tho state was
perity. The record prices OF crops are
the cause. Tobacco. cotton. com. pea
nuts. SOY beans--thcsc arc the crops
which brought in the money. Tobacco
prices were a surprise 10 the growers.
who really when they planted last
spring had no idea of getting such
high figures for the weed. The crop
10 he planted this year will he larger
than that pu; in last season. Such is
the information which comes from the
bright tobacco belt. The tobacco
grown III this part of the state goes
all over the world. The liGhtest
weight sort Of il is in special request
in the Far East for what is known to
inc trade rs Dlnne3u cigarettes.
Eut. big as is the tobacco acreage.
il must be increased. for quite lately
one Of the heads Of the American To-
hacco Company said while visiting
North Carolina that his company could
not get enough leaf. and that ii be-
gan 10 appear as IL il would have 10
become a PAINTER as we'll as Il manu-
facturer. This gives an idea of the
demand for leaf of the brighter kinds.
OLD NORTH STATE FIRST
IN SEVERAL THINGS
Colonel Olds claims primacy FOR
North Carolina in tho soy bean indus
try. ii being the first region in the
United States to grow the beans aud
to crush them also. Elizabeth City talk
ing the lead. This season the SOY bean
industry has grown amazingly. Cot
ton came to market with phenomenal
eariincss. and cleared the way :or SOY
bean crushing at many plants. perhaps
thrice or even four times as many as
handled the beans a year ago. .\nd
the call in several lines of trade is
for more and more beans. or, rather.
for the oil. while the meal has come
into great favor. fully dividing tho
honors with cottonseed meal.
The colonel also claims that tho first
successful. cheese factory ever operated
south OF Pennsylvania bohhed up In
1914 in Wautauga County. Now
there arc seventeen factories in opera
ton in that region, and five more will
begin in the late spring. maybe even
more. For every pound OF cheese they
make there Is instant demand yes, de-
mand from New York and other big
ccnters. for the North Carolina cheese
has made its way squarely into public
favor and confidence also. Ii is honest
cheese. made from tho milk of short
horn and Hereford cattle. ali of the
best blood. without 4 scrub among
tt@, ..lN Ut
glorious North Carolina mountains is
now settled industry. and il means
a vast deal.
MAY COME no PAPER M>IlING
AS IN OLIlE.N TIME
Referring TO North Carolinas timber
supply and her great lumber business
lie says:
"Why. with 50 much timber Of just
the right Sor, for making wood pulp
in Eastern North Carolina. a big paper
mill or TWO has not been put in opera
ton TO make print paper passes the
comprehension of tho writer vino some
years ago. while secretary Of the sa-
leigh Chamber Of Commerce. s;roNc to
bring about the establishment, Of such
q plant. and secured chances at $4,000
acres Of timber for it. The other day
the question was put To "A we'll known
newspaper publisher. Why has not
such ri"n, been started here" His
reply was almost tho 'manana' type OF
the Latin American. lie said: We'll.
! don't know why: VIC just have not
done IT, No. tho South has let George
do IL and. h George. he's charged
for it, too. R"forc the war North
Carolina made irs own paper; yes and
made il up into tho 7o's.'
MEAT-PACkING AND
SToCK-RAISING SURE TO CONF:
Getting hack TO affairs at Raleigh.
the colonel says:
The writer had the pleasure OF
being il the dairy department. Of the
North Carolina Agricultural and Me
chani"al College at Raleigh recently.
and Of witnessing the turn out Of tho
hrst commercial cheese by a class in
the South, Fine cheese. too. of quality
equal 10 tho best English cheddar The
dairy ~ the college is a distinctly COM
mercial proposition, and the outturn
of butter grows larger each season 1t
vs. made from butter fat shipped in
from number OF points in this region.
Raleigh viii now be tho location
OF matchmaking plant. which will he
or special Importance City and coun-
try people arc putting up tho money.
The city OF Raleigh hrs offered it's eS-
celentl! located abattoir. with cattle
sheds and yards and trackaGc. /, is
found that Tho supply of hogs in this
zone will he ample TO supply the plant
strenuous efforts arc being made 10
develop sto"k-raisine in tho East. and
to bring abou; the enactment Of n
state wide stock law. There is
fringe OF eastern counties outside OF
the stock law territory which needs the
law greatly. II is now well-nigh for
gotten. but il is true that century
ago tho blaSest cattle-raisins region
IN Tho United states was southeastern
North Carolina. Tho United States
government trough, numbers or cattle
incrc r3r tho use of its army aud navy"
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