The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-09
DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL INDUSTRIES

DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL INDUSTRIES.
The possibility of developing local industries is creating
thought among number of our people Some of are
disturbed because many citizens going away to seek
employment and losing their and the bus
mess their presence would contribute to the financial
social hvelness of our communities
It would appear that our efforts to stimulate opportun
ty employment keeping abreast of the needs of
natural increase in population making necessary for
our young people to leave home to adequate living
What be done to create business employment and op
poruny in order to make it interesting for more people
to remain at home? This is sound question.
Unless the question solved may look for continued
sumps in business depression Of property values and
tnued migration of people would prefer to remain with
The first step in solving this question to be
of collecting the facts about pos
sbe resources and devsng of developing them
This will call for united action of the best thinkers and
workers of several communities
We might mention in passing that the basic agricul-
tura of the BehVenHyde great as
ever; in some respects better than ever.
We have new opportunities for expanding our income
and seekers of sport and recreation provided
make united effort for the encouragement of income
this and try to avoid ANNOUNCEMENTS of any
kind We must guard against action that will drive this
business to other localities.
We might add that in our opinion opportunities for
delightful rural living in this better than
Our people have the advantages provided by cleo
ricity every community by better roads, although many
people went away while endured the long wait for bet
ter roads There better school advantages than be-
fore easier to churches and places of
The main thing lacking is more Industrial de-
veopment payros to keep ready money in circula
ton Farming may well be the mansay of the area, but
circulation except during the short harvest Much
of goes far away for machinery and fertilizers Many of
principle buying It the local stores that are the
OF our communities and unless they assured of more
stable income they will lack the announcement to give the
most adequate service desired and needed
Apparently our leading people need to organize and
seek to either create and finance new industries themselves
or to attract interests from outside who have the
and knowledge needed for the development and industries
to create steady payrolls in our area
Let's examine few of the possibilities for creating
greater part of the profits from what produce It is ship
ped long to be manufactured then shipped back
We pay freight twice. besides lot of middlemens nros
money that might well be kept at home .1'N
we might develop factories to process what we pro-
duce why not to manufacture meal and hoinv and
other things from the corn grow?
Why not factories to make things from the woods we
produce What in the way of creating the biggest coffin
factory IN the country nothing else, in this area?
Why not do lot of wood craft, if for nothing else
than the souvenir trade?
Clay from our region produces wonderful pottery
en- bricks and tile Maybe we could produce of hese
products at home.
There might be great possibilities of producing sons
OF the fertilizer we use, from native products.
All these random Suggestions THAT spring up at the
Of them would work We cannot know for sure until
complete survey is made of all angles first to determine
if there is sufficient material second if they may be
produced and marketed proftably. g.:
But for certainty cannot say what we can do until
the minds in communities have met together and
formulated plan of action to forward with And once we
have the facts and figures which indicate profits from
tain industries will not have to go far abroad before
find men and money willing to finance them.
How and when we going to get together and do
long range planning to provide industries and income
payros in short to help improve and develop region
We have been mighty busy trying to hold onto and
make go of what already have necks in the
form of personal business Whit have had to
the grindstone, conditions have gradually up
around US like rising tide.
1t appears in order to quick so to get on
high ground before the tide of depression creeps around
US further Who doubts that leaders and business
men will fail to find things and methods usher
in a better day?
ONE MANS VIEWS TO HIS coNGREssMAN
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