The western sentinel., 1894-03-22
NEW FACTORIES FOR WINSTON /.
Inere is Scheme for Adding Greatly
10 our Wealth and Population.

- oaA& " CaIt0 ana population.
To the Editor of the sentinel.l
Monday you suggested that the
Board of Alderman pass an ordinance,
exempting all new Industries from
taxation which do not compete with
those already here.
You made ten-strike right there.
Some years ago the city of Augusta,
Ga, determined to make an effort to
buiid up manufacturing. The first
move was to exempt ali new factories
from taxation for period of ten
years. Largely as a result of this,
factory after factory was added, until
| no" Augusta has eight of the. largest
cotton mills in the South, shipping
their goods directly to European
markets, besides many other factories
| in other lines. The liberal policy
adopted by the city authorities has
added, not only hundreds, but millions
| of dollars to the city's wealth and has
given employment to thousands Of in
| telligent laborers- Today Augusta is
| one IF the most thrifty cities in the
South and the cheering reports which
that city is now making to Dun'S and
Bradstreet's show that the city is in
excellent condition and it's citizens
prosperous
w HdU Aug uSud dlu, w IUSGOIl Ildy
| do. Let our Board of Aldermen make
such exemptions from taxation as
The SENTINEL has suggested and it
| will do great good to our progressive
city.
There are number Of profitable
enterprises which Winston ought to
| have, and which she could have if the
| proper effort were made to organize
them. Among them we note:
~ m p
mill,
4 furniture factory,
Fertilizer factory,
Agricultural implement works,
Cheap clothing factory,
| Shoe factory.
Cotton factory.
| / might go on and enumerate other
| industries which Winston has not but
ought to have, but these are suI1l-
| cient.
If our city will exempt such indus
tries from taxation for ten years you
will see them come. Let the news be
| spread far and widely a standing
announcement in each of Winston's
| papers and by circulars-that such
| factories are wanted here and that
they will not be taxed, and we will
| get them.
| If, in addition, the Chamber of
1
scribe say 10 per cent of the capital
| stock of such new Industries as could
satisfy committee from the Cham
ber that they would earn reasonable
| dividend on their capital stock, Win
| ston would secure Industries with a
million dollars capital within twelve
months and would add several thou
| sand to her population.
Now is the time to wake up! We
! nave the best town in the State. we
have the foundation for Il splendid
| growth and a noble city. We ought
to prove worthy of our opportunities.
Yes, it is dull now-dull here as well
as everywhere else, but this cannot
last. Business is improving. 1t will
improve. 1t will get back to former
| conditions after awhile and Winston
| wants to be in front Of the procession.
| While other towns grunt 'hard
| times" we ought to go to huSt1ing.
When we show them that we are do
| ing much better than they, some of
] their best citizens will cone to live
/ in live town.
|! Let US start the ball to rolling. /
| have mentioned two plans th9t would
1 help, and I believe the community
has arrived at that poin6 where there
are many willing hands to aid III
| these, OF any other good plan to ad-
| vance our city. Let us get together.
| Let us do something this year ''juSt
! like Winston always does things!"
| MIGMA