A NEW BY-PRODUCT
There are three interesting fea
tures in connection with the booking
by a Gadsden firm of an order for sash
weights representing a value of two
hundred and ten thousand dollars. It
is the first large sale of this product
in territory outside of the state. The
order was placed in New York state,
and the goods went directly through
territory in Virginia and Pennsylva
nia whjch had previously supplied
the market thus pre-empted by Ala
bama. The raw material for the manu
facture of these sash weights was
formerly disregarded as junk. N
Thus a valuable by-product has
been rescued from little more than
waste materials. The booking of this
large order was, therefore, an achieve
ment in more ways than offe. it
showed that this product, which is in
, large demand beca is” of inci asvd
I building activities, „■* ' m, trac.o up
to standard req1 bcmeuU cheaper
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than elsewhere, and that the business
can be obtained far afield in spite of
higher transportation costs. It also
directi attention to the many and con
stantly, increasing opportunities for
enlargement of the diversified indus
try field in a district so highly fa
vored for its development. Only a
few years ago two or three basic ma
terials were., manufactured for use in
finished products at distant points, a
condition which required heavy costs
to get the products back to this mar
keting \ territory. Now many • fin
ished products are made in Alabama
out of our abounding raw materials,
thus permitting considerable' econo
mies in labor and transportation costs.
