The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-27
PACKING HOUSE HERE.
,-x,ry FOR AN ESTABLISH
oFPOH ,,t,>T LIKE ARMOUR's.

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zee territory to Draw From "na
I'iS BE Territory to serVe-Excep-
lar= advantageous Facilities
ton"'i' .tration and Distribu-
io' How the Money to Establish
no" rn,erurise Nay Be Obtained.
'he mas Been Done in Chicago
n. none in savannah
NAY ,,,rnipg News: The writer was
Iai'o' guest of the city of Savan-
fe'''' -. occasion of the opening of the
sh III -, columbus TO Savannah, the
ai-iO' -.bsra savannah tapped the val
~ - -. rb,ttahoochee river, and opened
u .,,,. If Alabama to the Atlantic
s u', This was an event of far
20 inheritance to your city. and was
CO. a. Inv more taps, until the whole
0i'' 81 tbs Chattahoochee, from Co
''' ~. - the Gulf of Mexico and the
1 s.,. Of East Alabama and large portion
T,,.ri5a is tributary to savannah's en-
terprlse. -
" Berren, who delivered the ad-
If welcome on the occasion referred
49,. thar Gen. Barnard of the United
..- r,ros of Engineers mad expressed
,riofon that Savannah occupied the
- ronographicai position of any city
,bo Soutb Atlantic seaboard; and the
sr.D.s which have occurred since then
..o IN have verified his opinion.
Tho oueston arises, are the people of
.,r city appreoiative of their great OPP
r,,tnpifjes and ready TO avail themselves
ii the nrjze which must sooner or later
.o,o Savannah. Charleston or Brunswick?
lar no cuff city can hope to compete for
n an account Of the high rates of >insur-
snee around the Florida reefs.
The cotton sceptre has passed forever,
,rorn the states east of the Mississippi, and
w. are casting about for other industries
n which we can compete on equal terms
with other sections of the country.
There is no Industry that offers safer,
more certain and continuing profits than
the raising Of cattle and sheep of improved
q breeds in this section of the South, where
the melli-lous, Johnson grass and Bur-
nuda grass grows to such perfection, and
"a the melli-lotus has reduced out winter to
two and one-half months.
q We can. and have, raised as fine horses,
81 mules and sheep in Lowndes county Ala
81 hama. as the bluegrass region of Ken
81 lucky where lands are worth 500 per acre,
and can raise them cheaper, on account of
e our mild climate.
FL Our great need Is a constant home mar
s iet
n An establishment like Armour's, located
# IN Savannah, whose magnificent systems
Of railroads penetrate every section of
al country west of her, gives her pre-eminent
s. advantages Half the state of Tennessee,
q all Of Georgia Alabama and Mississippi
( and North Louisiana would be tributary
to Savannah.
Il 1t is the same distance from Shreveport
La, and Texas to Savannah that it is to
Chicago Now, Chicago is 700 miles from
the sea and Savannah is on the sea; and
the great bulk of her products are shipped
#across the sea for a market. Why could
8 not Savannah compete with Chicago in
8 the territory that naturally belongs to her?
The same condition of things exist now
az the South that existed in the Northwest
All the Southern railroads now belong 10
European capitalists and armour got his
money from them TO develop his business,
Is ara they would be equally willing to make
IaeI southern railroads pay as their
NoflhWestern roads, if proper representa-
'l0nS were made TO them. Instead of hav-
ing naif of their rolling stock idle half of
Eme yeaI that run into Savannah, there
Noaid be a demand for them the entire
81 Il would pay the Central, the Georgia
ana Alahama the Plant and other systems
,Dal rad'ate from Savannah to establish
PdcAlhg mouse in Savannah, as it would
d great feeder to their roads and a ben
-a''oil 10 the entire Southern country.
- +. Rogers, Sr., Civil Engineer.
Ie'ona'chee, Lowndes Co., Ala.