The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-11-02
HOW THE SOUTH IS HORT.
From the Atlanta Constitution,

From the Atlanta Constitution.
"The other day confederate mopu-
ment was dedicated at Clarksville. Tenn
THE shaft is of marble, but it did
not come from the quarres of east Ten
nessee, Georgia Or Alabama. It came
from far-off Vermont.
Commenting on this fact the Bir-
mngham Age-Herald says:
The south furnishes the heroes and
the north the marble to commemorate
their bravery. Henry Grady once wrote
up funeral and called attention TO the
fact that the coffin was made of Maine
pine, the nails of Pittsbnrg iron and the
cloth was from New England 10 pms
all that Georgia furnished was the corpse
and the hole in the groupd. There is
certainly no need to send north for mar
BILE when the south abounds IN marble
of the finest quality The Washington
monument was erected of marble from
the different states aud when Alabama's
block arrived the superintendent re-
jected it, saying that it was Italian mar
bic; out it was from the marble quarries
of Talladega"
1t is the same old story. We have a
large class OF people among US who wan
the northern trademark od everyth ny
When manufacturing industries ia the
south send their g DDS to market many
purchasers drop them like hot potatoes
when they learn that they are home
products, and straightway hunt up
something no better and no cheaper
from New England or New York fac
tory. This policy is carried to such an
absurd extreme that at time when our
southern marble is admitted by experts
to be equal if not superior to the north
ern output, we find Tennessee depend
ing upOn Vermont for material used in a
confederate monument.
1t is about time for us tG pr We to the
outside world that We produce some
thing besides corpses and holes in the
ground, and that our home products are
indemaud among our own neople. We
TAX about public spirit and patriotism,
but the best and most profitable senti-
ment that we could have would be a
strong local pride that would lead our
people to always give the preference to
products when they are equal in quality
and price to the goods offered by outside
competitors.
There is no sectiOnalism in this. 1t is
simply taxing care Of our own in .erests.
In word, 1t is business.
Nov take the mater of engraving we'd
ding Invitatio S, visiting cards, fine so.
ciety and business stationery. Such
work ought not to be sent north as long
as there is a thoroughly equipped estab-
lishment in the south foc their produc-
ton. j. p. Stevens & BIo., the wells
known engravers ana jewellers of At
lanta, have such a plant. They dupli-
cate northern prices and their samples
show that they nave skilled artists and
do the highest class of work. They are
endeavOring to establish in the south an
industry that is giving employment to
southern people and is not only great
convenience, on account of the greater
promptness with which they can exc
cute orders, but they are building up a
reputation that contributes to our fame
and demonstrates that the south can
and does successfully compete with the
north in this line of artistic work"
j. 2. Stevens & Bro. occupy the entire
building, No. At Whitehall street, and
have one of the finest equipped plants in
the United States. Most OF the auto
matte machines used are inventions of
Mr.. j. P, Stevens, working with such
rapidity as to permit this house to de-
liver work more promptly than any
other house in this country.