The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-24
OPPOSED TO A BOYCOTT.
BUSINESS MEN THINK IT AN I'M
PRACTICABLE MEASURE.

1.-THE Board of Trades Plan 6
Better One.
The continued discussion of the force hill
now before the United States Senate, and
the recent agitation Of the boycott has nat
uraHy attracted widespread attention.
Gov. Gordon's sudden and unxpected
delivery in the New York Her.
aid, with his strong stand in
advocacy of the boycott as means of re-
dress and an argument to enforce the re-
sistance of northern business men to the
odious measure, and the advocacy of this
m -asure has caused considerable comment
| in the last day or two In Savannah.
Gov. Gordon's Endorsement Of the propo-
sition to boycott all northern merchants and
manufacturers, and thus cut off all trade
between the north aud the south in the
event Of the passage of the force bill, does
not meet with the approval Of Savannah 8
| business men.
Sayann was the first city Of the south
to lake action toward arousing northern
business men, through its board of trade,
and the circular issued by the board has
been seattle ed broadcast throughout the
north and west. Tha, it has rot been with
out its eff ct is shown by the number
business men Of Savannah, and the proba-
biiity is that its good work has just begun
The action of the board of trade was upon
the sugges ion of the MORNING News, md
was conservative, dignif1ed and positive
protest against the passage of the bill
OPPOSED TO BOYCOTT
DESTROYS of seeing whether the Savannah
business men Endorsed the extreme methods
of lighting the bill advocated by Gov. Cor
| Con, a MORNING News reporter interviewed
number of business men on the Bay yes
| terday. The general sentiment was
found to be in opposition to the
boycott. s. Guckenhelmer was just reading
PucE'S editorial letter to Mr.. Henry Caoot
Lodge, with its caustic comments upon the
author and his bill. Mr.. Guckenheimer
said he believed it would be great misfor-
tune for this country t the force bill should
pass, and he was ready to do what he
could to fight it. He was posi-
lively oppo. ed to the boycott,
however. and he believed that it would be a
great mistake. If southern business men
would determine upon that line of action he
would abide by it, but he did not bel eve it is
practicable. They might cease to buy from
b ston and Philadelphia and patronize only
Baltimore aud st. Louis aud other southern
cities, but Baltimore and st. Louis
would have to buy certain
i e' of goods from Boston and retail
them to the southern merchants at
an increased cost. Unless the southern
people agree to deprive themselves of GER
tai articles it would not b. practicable A
better plan he believed to be to appeal to
the good Judgment Of the business men of
the north and show them how much will
lnJlre the bust ess of the south and result
in injury to them. Our help in defeating
this BILL" Mr.. Guchenheimer said, must
fro kt,,mw, 4.
as the boycott would be more likely to con-
firm the northern republicans In their
determination to pass the bill"
IT MIGHT WORK BOTH WAYS.
Mr.. Guckel heimer pointed to a long row
OF bales Of wool and said: Suppose a
boycott should work both ways, and the
north should refuse to buy our products.
What thenW He did not believe tho coun-
try at large would submit to the force bill.
lkJoseph Ferst of NJ Fersts Sons & Co.
inJorsed the action Of the Savannah board
of trade, and did not believe a boycott
| could be enforced. He didn't see how a
grocery business could be carried on with
out trade with the north and west Halt
| the business men in the mort ern cities are
democrats anyhow, and the boycott would
| affect them as much as it would the repub-
licans. He believed the republicans would
pass the bill anyhow.
| Lee Roy Myers expressed himself de-
| cidedly. ut is very easy" he said, for a
| politician like Gov. Gordon to threaten to
boycott the northern merchants, but bust
ness men who have been dealing with GER
tain houses for years and have business re-
latious firmly established viii be
| very slow to sever them. A boycott i.
more likely to have the effect Of making
the republican senators more stubborn, and
have the opposite result from that intended
He considered the protest of the Savannah
Board of irade a dignified one, and the
best method of dealing with the question.
my idea, briefly expressed, is this, he said
that if battle is to be fought it is bac
generalship to declare your plans in ad
vance,"
SEND OUT THE CIRCULARS.
L. Kayton was just mailing lot of rh,
board Of trades circulars to northern anC
western firms. At the bottom of each cir
cular was please read and consider Her
man & Kayton. He had read Gov. Gordon
letter, the New York HerdId's comment
upon it and the discussion in the papers
and consequently was pretty we'll posted OF
the subjecI.
81 take issue with Gov. Gordon" he said.
u do not believe in the boycott. Boycottine
originated in Ireland and is I'M American
When you boycott man you threaten hin
with force, and force begets force Threat,
are always more likely to defeat their
object than to forward it. The plar
of sending out the circulars of the
Savannah board of trade will accomplish
more good than threats of boycotting." Ht
strongly Endorsed the New York Herald.
editorial upon Gov. Gordon's position. {"
would advise Gov. Gordon to read Esup':
fable of the sun and the wind" he said
1.-The sun and the wind espied q traveller
going along the highway one morning will
his cloak wrapped closely about him, and
dispute arose as to which could make
him discard the cloak. The wind tool
the contract and blew great guns, endeav-
oring to tear the cloak from the travellers
shoulders, but he only wrapped it the NOR,
closely about him. Then the sun took tn,
job and cast its warm rays down upon him
The result was the traveller loosened hi
cloak, and as the SUMS rays grew hotter b,
cast it from MIN entirely, and sat down t.
rest in the shade of a tree" Moral: TIL,
windy boycott will never defeat the fore,
bill.
1T CAN'T BE ENFORCED.
c. S. Ellis of Ellis, Young & Co., il
on the same line as the other me chants
he didn't see how the boycott could be en-
forced and he thought 1t better not to make
any threats until after the bill has beer
passed. He thought more can be effected
by representing to northern business
men the harm the force bill would do tc
| hn hYrEfr IS