The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-22

. shonld reach the commercial bodies OF thi
y country aud the people Of this country.
I smoke TO the president or the state alnance
q who h also a member OF congress and o
- weight and influence outside OF the state a
K well as In it. He asked me TO assure the gen
Q tlsmen here to-day that ne Wouid most cor
diaIIv nartlcipate in any movement that they
. may inaugurste for SaTannah's good Ana i
: the necessary and proper statistics were pu
. In his hands he would make an effort to speas
: 10 and arouse his friends and brethren In the
west. Applause
3 FOR ORGANIZED EFFORT
Let us avail ourselves Of the ORGANIZATIONS
! that exist today Sitting on ire Terminal
!. board are three gentlemen who can load a tram
! of cars at Portland, Ore, on the Column bia
river and send 1t through TO Savannah without
; passing over any lines but those they control.
Let US call TO our aid the great railroad power,
which is Just as deeply interested as any mer-
chant or citizen of this city in seeing that we
have deep water to the sea. Let us reach out
, and win over the great farmers Organization,
aud l believe that you.w,ll fad from tcon as
patriotic a response as you will find from any
Of the merchants Of Savannah itself.
This matter Is very near my heart, gentle
men, because believe that we are at a turning
point in our commercial history. have so be-
ileved for years, nodded my career upon it,
worked for it, and hope to see it accomplished;
that this South Atlantic country be put in open,
active and vigorous competition with the great
cities Of the North Atlantic, and that the Uime
| will come when you will have established regu-
| lar lines of steamers in open, active and aggres
sive competition with all the great marts Of
| commerce. This is no idle dream. II is per
fecty practicable. Energy, enthusiasm, or
| ganization and work are all that 1t requires.
| The growth of the commerce Of this port. that
| developed more in the year 1890 than 1t did from
| 1877 10 1888, is due TO the great expansive
forces which have driven the railroads into
| great system, and which in turn are driving the
| railroads Of this country TO adopt thirty-ton
| cars instead of ten-ton cars. In order to move
their business economically. The same
forces will drive the commerce OF this
/ n dAan GhinQ "a
it, Economy will govern and direct commerce.
In order TO be economical we must have the
most powerful instruments and the largest pos
| sible vehicles in which to carry our commerce.
| Savannah has this opportunity. II we can
arouse the people of the country to a recogui
| ton OF the fact and secure deep water for her
future. Bnt if we do not, there is indeed a
| limit TO her growth and a limit from which
| she cannot escape. l believe gentlemen, In
| dealing frankly and plainly With these great
| economical questions, and l feel compelled to
| say that this element of danger stares you In
| the face unless you put your shoulders TO the
| wheel and do what you can to arouse this
| southeastern country to the necessity Of getting
| deep water from Savannah to the sea.
For the railroad interests can promise you
] the most hearty cooperation and support.
| There is no man IN position of prominence in
| the railroad situation who does not appreciate
| the Importance of the development OF these
| South Atlantic ports and the development OF
| the commerce that is tributary to their lines.
we Will enQ6aVOT, TO Clo D6St or our ABILITY, to
aid you in any organization that you may effect.
| What you have got to do, in my judgment, is
| to make your committee strong, and then make
| it broad, and appeal to the patriotism of the
| interior portions Of the southeast and to that
| great quickening sentiment OF the northwest
| that is looking TO a closer alliance with the
southeast. [Applause.l
SAVANNAH MEANS BUSINESS.
| Col. William Garrard followed Mr.. CAL
houn, and took occasion TO say that Savan-
nah is thoroughly in accord with this
movement. There is no question about it.
| There has been q larger increase in the
business Of Savannah during the past five
| years than there had been in the prev US
twenty-five years.. He stated that in enter
| prises OF this kind a small number of men
does the work. A large body remains apa-
thetic and never accomplishes any
thing. He attributes Savannah's
rapid increase in commerce to the
activity of a few men, and were 1t not for
| their efforts grass would be growing In the
streets of this city to-day. There are here
men of large means who subscribe nothing
to any enterprise looking to Savaunah's de-
velopment. He would have congress come
here in the latter part of November before
that body meets, and see Savannah's COM
merce at its hight. sect the
members together here" he said, sin
| a grand convention in October. Begin now,
aud keep it up every hour, every day. We
must put our hands into our pockets and
subscribe funds here. There is tide in the
| affairs of cities, which, il taken at the flood
leads on 20 success" Col. Garrard urgeC
that statistics Of Savannah, Atlanta
Macon, Columbus and other cities be COM
piled for use rurthering this movement.
CAPT. HowELL's SPEECH.
Capt Evan P. Howell spoke as follows:
This is a subject that 1 am not very FULLY
| posted upon. l know very little about waite
| anyhow, especially deep water. But ! know
this, that if there would be any use OF having
deep water about Atlanta we would have it, ant
as there is no advantage in having il at Atlanta
am willing to assist Savannah TO secure it
| / will do all l can to get you deep waite
here. / hope you will not consider me ego
tistical If say that If we in Atlanta were sit
uated as Savannah is, with all this grand coun
try from here to the Pacific shore, with the cot
} ton and iron waiting TO be brought to thi
place, l tell you we would have deep water i
There is no use in talking to yor
about It. You, gentlemen, will never accom-
plish any object until you decide. first wha
YOU are going to do Aud the discussion so fa
to-day as to how you are going to do it show
me very clearly why you have not done any
thing so far.
THE INTERIOR WILL DO ITS SHARE,
1 can assure you that so far as the interior i
concerned, that when there is anything to d.
|, that can help you, il will be done.
, Savannah is the best port in Georgia. and al
though she is not the best ia the country. the
fact of her being the best in this state is all
want to know. have no doubt of the co-opera
tion of the people of Alabama, Tennessee an(
, oil the country through which these railroads
(Richmond Terminal system) pass.
r If the governments finds tina
by expanding money here they vii
, save money to the people of the interior, theJ
, will do it. You must satisfy the people of tn
interior that this is true. You can devise the
T way to do this | am opposed to this dribblins
, method OF carrying on public improvements
This government is no pauper Who wants Il
wait twenty-five years to secure deep water TO
this port? 1t is ridiculous to wait that long be
fore 1t is accomplished.
c A STORY TO ILLUSTRATE.
Mr.. Howell referred to a we'll know
: character up his way known as John Nor
| cross who was there before he was born
and who is just as mean now as be wa
5 then. But he was a hustler when there wa
g anything to be done. Years ago the Rich
mond and Danville road then under anothe
a name and poorer than it is now, desired t
q raise a sum Of money with which to build
s bridge across some stream. Active Mr.. Nor
cross took hold Of the matter and full u
!, of enthusiasm and ardor for the undertak
u ing, started out to raise the nee
. essary funds He approached on
= gentleman, who was reputed to hav
4 and probably did have money, and with a.
g his articles and insinuating powers tried t
:, get subscription. The gentleman did no
, respond with alaority. but turned on th
! hustliug Noroross and asked him how b
!. proposed to build the structure. "By agi
t tation, by agitation, sir" "Well, then,