The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-10-22
PLANTS HERE
TURN OUT GOODS
WORTH MILLIONS

There are approximately 500 manu-
featuring plants in Memphis n just
outside the city limits turning out an
nually products having a value Of $685.
900, 900.
These figures have been developed
by George W. Fooshe and are present.
ed in the booklet he has prepared for
the Chamber of Commerce, entitled:
Observation-Disclosures, Resources and
Opportunities 1t Offers Manufacturers
and Distributors" This booklet, writ
ten specifically to attract new indus
tries to this city, will be off the press
within the present week and will be
distributed throughout the United
States.
The c~ottonseed oil industry leads
with i42, 900, 900. Lumber and wood
working enterprises are second with
S3l, 900, 900. Mixed feeds and bags are
third, with $l2, 500, 900 each. Drugs,
chemicals and pharmaceutical supplies
involve, 5000, 900. steel and iron prod
ucts 81, $50, 900, and flour, meal, grits
and by-product feeds 50, 500, 900.
The reasons assigned for this enor-
nous development of manufacturing at
Memphis are; Advantageous location,
unusual raw material supplies, unparal-
leled transportation facilities, low
freight cost, plentiful supplies Of vir-
tually all-American labor, and the rich
ness and Wilderness Of the territory in
which the output of such plants find
ready outlet because Of the tremendous
purchasing power of the people Of the
Central South.
This booklet also shows that Mem
phis has made even more notable prog
ress In the distribution of merchandise
and finished products Of every sort,
as Indicated by the following:
Agricultural implements, including
farm wagons, are distributed from
Memphis within a radius of 400 miles
to the valua of 40 b0O mn appuauy
Structural steel, sawmill and railroad
supplies, tanks and boilers, and out
put of machine shops and foundries,
reach a total of $40, 900, 900, including
production of local plants engaged in
these lines.
Drugs, proprietary medicines and al
He'd products, including those manufac-
tured at Memphis. involve a total Of
S12, 900, 900 each year.
Groceries and provisions are distrib-
uted by wholesale houses here to the
tune Of $27, SOC, 900 annually, making
this the third largest grocery center
in the United States.
Wholesale handlers of dry goods and
notions are selling $12, SOC, 900 worth Of
these in the South every IL months.
Hardwood lumber, including that
manufactured in Memphis and in the
immediate Memphis territory. is dis
tributed to the extent of practically
one billion feet a year. with d value
of $3S, 0O0, 900.
Cotton drawn into Memphis each
year and distributed from this center
to every part of the United States and
overseas involves approximately SIS
000, 900 every IL months.
Products of woodworking enterprises
in Memphis using hardwood lumber al
most exclusively are marketed to the
extent Of $40, 600, 900.
Value Of cottonseed and ~cottonseed
products distributed from Memphis each
year Is approximately $42, 600, 900, a
record which far exceeds accomplish
Of any other city in the world,
Horses and mules are sold in Mem
phis each year to the extent Of 25, 900
to 26,000 head, valued at SIS, 600, 900 to
SIS, SOC, 900, making it one of the lead
ing cities in the South in this line.
Bags. made OF cotton. burlap and
other materials. are sold annually In
Memphis to the extent OF S15.0 OO, 600,
rs per cent of this amount being de-
rived from bags actually manufactured
here.
Automobiles and motor trucks sold
In Memphis and distributed from his
point throughout the valley territory
involve each year a total of $12, 600, 900. |