Vick Chemical Plant Stops Production Indefinitely, Jan. 20, 1921

Greensboro, Jan. 11—the plant of the Vick Chemical company here will shut down for an indefinite period next Thursday afternoon according to a statement made today by H. Smith Richardson, president of the company. One million dollars worth of goods stored in 30 different warehouses all over the country is the reason for the shutdown.

Only the force employed in the factory itself will be thrown out of work, the office force, the sales force and the shipping department keeping on at work. Mr. Richardson said that the wave of deflation is not the primary cause of the shut-down, but that further production, with warehouses full, is not considered wise.

He said that the factory was run at capacity production all last summer and fall in anticipation of a railroad strike and that since the strike did not materialize there is no necessity of manufacturing now with warehouses full. The stock on hand will be disposed of before the plant is again put in operation.

(From the front page of The Mount Airy News, Jan. 20, 1921)