The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-04


127, SOS bales, aud the increase last year
over the previous year was 1SG. 09l bales,
the total receipts being very nearly 10000
bales. This large annual increase iustifies
the expectation that in the very near
future Savannah will receive almost, il not
quite, as much cotton as New Orleans. She
has for years maintained her place a, the
second cotton port Of the country, AID a.
her railroads are continually penetrating
new territory, and as she has many ad-
vantages not possessed by other ports, it is
reasonable to believe that her ambition to
become the first cotton port is not hope
less one.
Her success in controlling sea island cotton
is matter of surprise to her rivals For
the season just closed she handled two
thirds of the crop of that cotton And it is
a class of cotton that is steadily increasing
in amount.
Savannah has long been recognized as the
leading naval stores market of the world.
Those who are always predicting that the
sources from which the naval stores are
drawn will soon be exhausted are year after
year astonished at the increase in Savan-
nah's receipts of turpentine aud rosin. It
was thought the high water mark had been
reached at the close Of the season of 1890,
| but, during the season that closed Aug. 81
the receipts showed IL 900 more casks Of
turpentine than were received the year
before. 1t will be many years before the
pine forests are exhausted. and, in the
meantime the proportion of naval stores
Savannah handles will steadily grow larger
And as lumber market Savannah holds
proud position. The quality Of the lum-
Der she exports is better than that exported
from any other southern port, and she is sur
passed by only one port in the volume of
her exports, and that one is Pensacola. And
notwithstanding the fact that exports of
lumber to South America about ceased last
year. owing to financial and other troubles
than the year before.
And nothing more clearly shows her
| growing Importance as a port than the in
crease in her shipping. This increases con-
tinuous. For the year that ended Aug. 81.
1890. it was 100 vessels, and for the year
ending Aug. 81, last, it was 81
vessels. The whole number OF vessels which
cleared from the port last year was 2,236.
The commerce which furnishes cargoes for
so many vessels must be large indeed
With such commerce. growing as it is
with giant strides, would congress be justi-
fed in hesitating to make such an appro-
priation for Savannah harbor as would per-
NIT the speedy completion OF the improve
ment which provides for channel of twen-
ty-six feets The improvement in the har-
Dor that has been made already saves the
people annually an amount greater than the
entire sum the government has spent upon
the harbor.
Savaunahs wholesale business and manu-
featuring enterprises increase in proportion
as her commerce increases. Last year the
volume of her Wholesale business was
greater than ever before in her history, and
its prospects are very bright. One new
railroad will be opened within very few
weeks, and others are being built towards
Savannah. AS soon as the monetary stu
alton improves they will be pushed forward
much more vigorously. They will open
new and valuable territory TO Savannah
| merchants, who will be quick to take pos
session of it, Enterprising and courageous,
they never hesitate to compete for new
business, and their travelling statesmen are
well known over a large part of the south
and west.
One of the best evidences of Savannah's
prosperity is the uusupplied demand for
dwelling houses. More than seven hundred
houses were built last year. and still there
is a constant complaint that houses cannot
be had. And the demand for real estate is
dCIlNcs 4uS eCdiCAty "a uiOueg uHS uOt
caused any decline in the prices of building
lots. This shows how strong confidence in
the future of the city is.
And confidence ought to be strong.
There are the best of reasons why it should
be. The immense Richmond Terminal
system, with its vast western connections,
and the great Plant system covering large
part of three states are pouring their
wealth into Der lap. And she is the ter
minus Of the finest lines of coas.wise steam
ers in the world. IL is not to be wondered
at. therefore, that her real estate is in de-
mand and that she draws trade from far
distant sections Of the country.