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were fifty-five in operation with a total capital stock of $2,750,000, 

 plant valuation of $2,000,000 and annual value of products of $2,500,- 

 000. Over a thousand men are employed in the process of making ice, 

 receiving annually a limited payroll of $610,000, due to the seasonal 

 production of the commodity. 



Drugs. The position North Carolina holds in the manufacture of 

 patent medicines and preparations is known internationally. Grow- 

 an's Cure and Vick's Salve are two of the best known. Into the state 

 has poured $6,390,000 for such products, on a capital investment of 

 $1,086,000 and a plant valuation of $2,500,000. Six hundred fifty 

 employees received $710,000 aggregate salaries during the last year. 

 The Vick's Corporation, located in Greensboro, produces over $4,000,- 

 000 worth of products per year. 



Ruhhcr. The oldest rubber plant in the state is only five years old 

 while two others are but two years old, and a fourth has just begun 

 operation. Yet their age does not bespeak their importance. A capital 

 investment of $2,200,000 and plant valuation of $2,000,000 have pro- 

 duced $4,500,000 worth of products in the last year. In 1922 the 

 infant industry employed 525 men and expended $500,000 in wages. 

 The largest plant is located at Charlotte, the McLaren Tire Com- 

 pany, but the other two, the Hanes Rubber Company at Winston- 

 Salem and the Roula Manufacturing Company at Gastonia are not 

 much smaller. The new plant of the Paul Rubber Company at Salis- 

 bury will greatly increase the industrial wealth of North Carolina 

 when it begins running at capacity. 



Ceramics. At present there are in existence one hundred and 

 three ceramic plants, ninety-two of which make brick and tile, four 

 make stoneware, two crockery and the other five make pottery in ad- 

 dition to crockery. Four of the brick yards make sewer and drain 

 tile, clay roofing and terra cotta in addition to brick. A crockery 

 plant making a very small output was started as early as 1867 in 

 Monroe, Union County. However, the first large plant to be incor- 

 porated was the Pomona Terra Cotta Company of Pomona in 1865, 

 Avhich is now one of the largest in the state. The number of plants in- 

 creased from five in 1890 to twelve in 1900, to twenty-five in 1910, to 

 forty-seven in 1918 and to one hundred and three in 1920. The total 

 amount of capital invested in ceramic plants in North Carolina is 



