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FRIDAY. MAY 6. 1955 ,s- <3 m A Symphony To Be At Fayetteville The North Carolina Full S;^m- phony Orchestra will perform in the Junior High School Auditori- umi at Fayetteville, Wednesday, May 11, at 8:30 p. m. The Full Symphony orchestra, under direction of Dr. Benjamin S'Walin, will open the evening adult concert at 8:30 o’clock with Schubert’s “Symphony No. VII, in C Major.” Members of the N. C. Sym phony Society from Fayetteville and surrounding towns may at tend the concert at no extra charge. ■ A NEW RESOLUTION IN THE INDUSTRY I Product Diversification, Flexibility Of Technique Recommended By Hnffines In Talk To State Alumni Ameroiron President . Hrfnn.of manacfa/l ■frv ordii-iH- o i_a.iv xx Urges Textile Firms Caution Advised In Signing Mine Leases North Carolinians are urged to “proceed with caution” before they sign leases granting others the right to search for minerals or explore for oil on their lands. The advice came from Gover nor Luther H. Hodges after he had been advised by J. L. Stuck ey, State geologist, “that there is considerable interest at the pres ent time in a number of minerals in North Carolina.” Dr. Stuckey, head of the De partment of Conservation and De velopment’s Division of Mineral Resources, said a number of com panies are actively engaged in investigating mines in Noth Car olina or else inquiring about pro spective mine sites. Per capita consumption of chickens, turkeys, and eggs has risen to new heights. A record high was set last year, with an average 410 eggs, 23.7 pounds of chicken, and 4.6 pounds of turkey being consumed per person. , FOR RESULTS USE THE > PI LOT’S CLASSIFIED COLUMNS Enler Other Fields Need for diversification in the textile industry was stressed in an address deliv ered by Robert L. Huffines Jr., in New York recently. Mr. Huffines was speaking at an alumni dinner of N. C. State College graduates. The head of Amerotron, who lives in Pinehurst and has his office at the Aber deen plant, described the growth of the textile indus try and went on to give his version of changes which mugt come, he said, if the in dustry is to avoid the “boom and bust” cycle which has , often dogged its footsteps. The remedy, said Amero- trcn’s piresident, lies in diver sification of product and flex ibility of technique. Mr. Huffines also recom mended that textile indus tries spread their operations, acquiring totally unrelated industrial properties — as Amerotron has dene in pur chasing companies manufac turing precision instruments, radar antennae, etc. In other words: avoid having all the eggs in one basket. We print below extracts from the Huffines address. ' FOR Land Surveying CONTACT Clarence H. Blue Matthews Bldg. So. Pines From an address by R. L. HUFFINES, JR. What is happening today is in a sense a new revolution in the textile industry, and I may say the third in the last 150 years. The first is generally conceded to be when Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin at the close of the 18th Century. Before that, Wool was the acknowledged cornerstone of the textile economy and England dominated the scene, and, with that, England enjoyed world lead ership. The second revolution donnet managed to squirt a spray cf mulberry pyroxolin through a spinerette. By the early 1920’s with the perfection of commercial manufacture of rayon and other early man-made'fibres, such as acetate and cuprammonium, this little squirt was on its way to be coming a torrential Niagara that enveloped the mass markets and flooded some of our oldest natural fibres. Nylon Appears The third textile revolution, or fibre diversification move, oc curred about 1938, when the scientists brought nylon out of the test tube for the first time. Just around that period, fibres from casein, soybean, peanuts, and corn, also appeared experi mentally, and more recently the mass production of the polyester and acrylic fibres occurred. However, all this change, aU this progress, all this new devel opment, all this reaction from standardization, yes, all this di versification, means only one thing—man’s readiness to accept the challenge—the challenge that results in better living and in bet ter life. It is an interesting phenomenon that the early weaving industry was dominated by the philosophy cf specialization. Those looms that followed the woolen and worsted industry tried to run their entire production on a flannel, or a serge, or a plush. In the cotton goods industry, it was a broad cloth, or a percale, or a duck, or a denim. In the Silk industry, it was a crepe, or a taffeta, or a satin, etc. It was very rare that an organization contained the try, upholstery, mattresses, and a miscellanae of electronic instru ments and equipment.. We feel that this is economical ly sound, and administratively desirable; it provides an inspira tion, a challenge, and a constant stimulation to our personnel. The problems of development and marketing keep their energies' harnessed to the chariot of op portunity for their own better ment and for the company’s suc cess. It is a truism that man cannot live by bread alone and that true happiness consists not only oi gainful employment, as. it must be linked with the opportunity for the individual to achieve a deep happiness and contentment in the feeling of accepting the challenge and realizing accom plishment. Creative Challenge Without attempting to sound too idealistic and as a practical observer of human nature, I be lieve that something inevitably dies in a man or a company that follows day in and day out the same routine, the same staple chores, the same duties and re sponsibilities. Every man has within him something of the cre ator, and inasmuch as we can’t all paint, write music, or create poetry, this instinctive desire to create, to achieve originality, can be found in the problems, the re search, the promotion, that are at tendant upon a program of di versification. From it springs the challenge for special, flexible techniques to withstand the changes in the tex tile industry, changes that have talents that give a diversified and balanced operation, including cot ton, woolen and worsted, and man-made fibre blends, could Ob viously tend to minimize the ad verse effects of such cyclical changes. Moreover, if in addition to such a pure textile balance. management effectively acquires related items, such as hosiery, towels, rugs, etc., the structure of such a business is inestimably strengthened. Finally, the latest development that enlightened management is pursuing consists of diversifica tion outside one’s industry. ’This type of diversification will pro vide more stable working condi tions, a more consistent level of employment, and will reflect it self favorably in dividends and profits to stockholders and invest ors. White Dresses —^For— uuiiiciiiiea xne ixiuuon^', ciiaiiges ti equipment or flexibility to weave j been extremely cyclical. It has more than one type of fabric j been boom or bust, as the chart? within the framework of the fibres that were used. However, with major econ omic changes in our economic system, it became increasingly evident that variety and diversi fication were essential to prog ress. When styles became Obso- for the last thirty years indicate. In essence, one of the mapor reasons for diversification in the textile industry is the possibility or regaining a proper proportion of the consumer dollar which we have gradually lost since 1930. In 1930, textiles enjoyed 9.2 of the about ISM^wLn’^Cmmt* Dp PW developed, consumer dollar and by 1952, it about 1884 when Count De Char- k „ ’ Phone 2-5804 GEORGE W. TYNER ^ PAINTING & WALLPAPERING 205 Midland Road SOUTHERN PINES. N. C. those particular industries that bad fallen to 7.5—a drop of ap- Seven Years Old KENTUCKY STRAI6HT BOURBON WHISKEY $QSO Pint $@■60 4|5 gt KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON • 86 PROOF • OLD CHARTER DISTILLERY CO.. LOUISVILLE. KY. ii? were highly specialized sudden ly found their business dying on the vine. Flexibility Essential There are operators in the textile industry who run on one cloth day in and day out, year in and year out, and aim to become specialists. . . However, these are the exceptions, and the mill today that lacks flexibility and a poten tial of diversification may find it self in an unenviable position. Moreover, this type of specialized operation inevitably leads into the most competitive markets. Obviously, a staple operation can exist, but in order to succeed, it must become virtually an engin eering, time-load, slide-rule, ro bot-run business. Even on the subject of so-called staples, I am hard pressed tc think of a pure staple. For years denim was one type but today denim is merchandised in com binations of cotton and other fibres and is available in the whole spectrum of colors. Anoth er traditional cotton staple, such as duck, is manufactured in a variety of' single and plied yams, where cotton is sometimes min gled with other fibres. Within the last ten years or more, we have seen the more pro gressive textile companies go in to diversification—diversification within the textile industry. The companies who have progressive positions in cotton branched into mi'an-made fibres and are still in a position of challenging leader ship. M;anufacturers o-f man-made fibre fabrics went into the hosiery business, automotive fabrics, into woolens and worsteds; and con versely, those in the woolen and worsted business, who latched op aggressively to the challenge and advantages of man-made fibres, have also achieved stability and prosperity, and developed a re siliency against cyclical changes which have been inevitable in our textile economy. Diversification The Goal So, today, you have an active cross-pollinization of diversifica tion. Cotton, rayon, and wool or ganizations have acqipred the techniques and productive capaci ty of other fields, and, in addition, have branched out into rugs, tow eling, as well as hosiery, narrow fabrics, deoorative fabrics, and knit goods. If I may be permitted a liberty, I would very modestly like to talk about our own organization, Amerotron, a Textron American Company, We have not only achieved a comprehensive diversification within textiles, but we have gone outside of the textile industry and have acquired companies that manufacture precision instru ments for airplanes, radar anten nae, heavy equipment for indus- proximately 18 Combinations per cent, of facilities and Mother s Day WHITE LINEN NYLON ' COTTON CREPE Sizes Girls, 1 to 14 Teen, 10 to 14 Ladies, 7 to 52 Poplar Street The Quality Shop ABERDEEN & eanpe^ mom cat^t Iniy bettet^ Here’s proof that in feature after feature FORD excels cars in higher-price brackets! teg room, front (in.) rear (in.) Head room, front (in.) rear (in.) , Shoulder room, front (in.) rear (in.) Maximum trunk depth (in.) 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