Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-07
R|CHMOND's PROSPERITY
EVIDENT ON EVERY HAND
City Has Never Before Seen Such
General Employment at
Such Good Wages.
MANUFACTURERS BRANCH OUT
Known Once as Speciality Center for
Certain Brands Of Tobacco, Rich
mond Products in Other Lines Are
Now Sold Round the World.


Never before in Its long and honorable
r history has the city been on such II
substantial basis as Il is to-day, with
the nation engaged In the greatest war
Of all time.
While business in other sections Is
Inclined to unstendiness. not a single
line In Richmond is showing anything
except progress. II 1t were not for
tho myriads of flying flags and the
pacing scntrics. casual visitor would
never receive the impression that
Richmond was doing its bit" for the
nation.
Yet Richmond. the stormccnter or tho
three great wars fought on American
soil. Is doing more than it's share in
dustrially. The city, which has twice
felt tho hand OF the conaucror. is now
reaping some OF the benefits OF war
il is not n boom. liable TO fall at the
FIRST stroke OF adversely. but sound
and solid business growth that Is re-
sponsifie for the unusual wartime at
nucnce.
1ndustrial!y. no city can outshine
Richmond. Not that its volume OF bust
ness can compare with some OF the
larger ccntcrs, but In that there is no
Involuntary idlencss TO be found here
And while everybody that wants work
Gan E'l IL wages nave never QNPf6E ed
as high AS they do to-day.
RICHMOND Is 40 LONGER
A SPECIALITY TOWN
Always manufacturing city. Rich
mond can no longer be dubbed a
specially town. True. Richmond still
leads In the manufacture Of tobacco
products. bu, it now excels in other
lines also. Here can be found plants
for tho pf
iron products and metal products For
the manufacture OF munitions. II has
two OF the best equipped plants in the
country. II has the largest cedar
manufacturing plant In the world
Here can be found the largest blo,ting
paper plant I'm the world and the
largest baking powder plant. IN fact
II would be hard to suggest anything
that cannot be made here.
Diversity OF manufacture ia the rule.
Among tho various things rnapufac-
turcd here arc artificial limbs ashes
'os products. automobiles. books bar
rciS CorsctS. cans. bottles wooden
boxes. paper boxes. brooms brushes
cars. hate. leather belts. extracts. fur
hiturc' cement blocks, bricks. chcmi-
~ csis. hour. fertilizers, locomotives
rJowS. mantcls. mattresses, medicines
, 'il ana grease. paper dishes. patterns
y pumps. roofing. rubber stamps, silk
stoves. tools. trunks, Baskets, vinegar
and other things
Thousands Of men and women arc
employed in these plants. Additional
thousands are employed IN tho Offices
BANKS stores and other lines OF en-
deayor. Where work is wanted. II can
he found, and at top prices
WHOLESALE TRADE
Is BIG FACTOR
Another factor in Richmond's big
meas is us wholesale and jobbiur in
forests. The gateway 10 the south
Richmond supplies North aud South
Carolina and Virginia retailers with
tho greatest part Of wha, they sell
Millions OF dollars represent me busi-
ness done annually with tn. small
merchants OF tho three States |, is
distributing point for al! staple lines
including shoes. clothing. Agricultural
implements. automobiles. BARRIERS sum
plies billiard supplies. books glass
ana glassware. lumber. builders sun.
piles. chemicals fertilizers. dry goods
ana notions, druggists supplies. har-
ness ana saddlery, hay grain and feed
surgical. dental and medical supplies
machinery supplies. furniture. novel
YES. roohnGs. seeds and numerous other
staples
with twcntyfour banks and trust
companies. Richmond is ,,nt,iv ahis
10 take care Of itself and It's ncirhhors
IN financing. AS the seat of the Fed
Graz Reserve Bank for the Fifth Dis
trict. Richmond has become nationally
recognized as "a financial center The
49, oahhs nave greater deposits,
greater resources. greater surplus and
greater loans than ever before i'm Tho
history Of the city Money is easy
70 get here on the best OF terms.
TRANSPoRTATI0N FACILITIES
ARE Equal 10 ANY CITY
served by six railroads and three
steamboat lines. Richmond has wond-
cft"l transportation facilities. 1t is
not only near the food source hut has
IN" markets OF the world at its com
inand. In addition to the vast amount
OF food brought from the farms OF the
South. Immense facilities are located
here for handling foods. There are
nEN abattoirs. twenty bakeries one
biscuit factory. six coffee roastcrs two
cold storage plants. five dairies. one
extract. one f1our eight ice cish; leo.
cream. one baking powder. four pickle
TWO vinegar and other food plants here
AS retail center. Richmond is I'M
surpassed by any city Of its size not
only in drygoods. notions, clothing
but In groceries and meats There arc
twenty-eight clothicrs thirty-niuc
commission merchants. Is, confcction-
ers. eleven butter and eggs. six deli
catcssan, "a drug. forty-onc drycoods
and notions. four -four. fourteen fruit
sfSteen general merchandise thirty
hardware. twenty-seven jewelry and
silver, twelve women's furnishings
'hirtE-siN lunch. twenty-five markets
ana meat stores, twenty-five milli-
merry. ten musical. seven poultry, TWEEN
tN-hNc produce. ihirty-siH boot and
shoe. nine department and 3?5 grocery
stores.
LEADING SOUTH ~
EDUCATIONAL. LINES
Richmond while making strides
along industrial and financial lines. is
also making progress in spiritual and
educational lines. 1t is the seat OF
~ public school system with 80 900
scholars. while il has four big colleges
liichmond College. Wcsthampton Col
lego, Medical College Of Virginia and
mon Theological Seminary. for white
lncn and women, and Union Univcr-
Si;y and Hart shorn College. for col
orcd mon aud women. Numerous
preparatory and private schools are To-