The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-03
STATE REcoaD oF INDUSTRIES.

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We agree with Secretary Of STATE cook.
thar there ought 20 10 a record % the iu-
dustriea 81 the state He is OF the opin-
ion that she want u such record oper
ates against thc state. and there are rea-
sons Tor thinking that he Is right. 10
calls attention 90 one instance in which
sfsaua m!eh, have hssn invested in the
state had there been such record. The
investor who hal that amount to invest
visited Georgia with the view - establish
ing industrlcs but because be- was
unable 10 md out the number
ana condition Of Georgia. indus
tries-thcrc being 40 record 81 shcm aus-
wherc-hc went 90 North Carolina. whore
he found what 1e wantcd and put a.s
money 90 factories there
10 this state The Legislature. the Sec
resury Of state and Superior Courts grant
charters 20 industrial concerns There
are ig7 counties and there ls no wny p
present authorized hy law for collecting
~ ihe State capitol the number 81 char
tors shey issue. Aud IL seems that there
IS no provision FOR collecting 81 c0nye-
nIeut form those ISSUED by the Lerlsla-
ture aud the Secretary 81 State. This is
defec, that should be- rcmodied az ouee.
Clerks 81 Superior Courts should be TO-
quired TO report 20 the Secretary q
State every charter granted ln their re-
specivc courts. and al Of the charters
those granted by ;hc legislature. tho So
renry Of STATE ond hy Tho Superior
Courts-shoud Dec put 90 record go the
office Of the Secretary OF state
There ls another thing the Legislature
ourh. 90 DO ], is this. IL ought Co make
provision for nllng in the office % the
Secretary Of State al the Information ike
Is to be u=eful respecting every manufar-
turing plant that IS now 60 existence 10
the state In other words there ought
20 De- complete record az aH % the fac
tories Of the state. and shis record ouEhs
to DO kept a. nearly correct AZ possible
by adding the new factories and striking
out those which go out o; existence.
There may be- legislators who think
such a record would uos be worth what it
would cost. but u there are any VINO
hold such an opinion 90 Is because. prob
ably. they have not given the matter ths
consideration TO which 81 is entitled.
The census which has just been saken
will show that this state has made giant
strides Ia manufacturing iu the last ten
years. but as great as as progress has
been in this respect IL g. no. nearly 20
grea, a4 Go viii be- IN the next ten Fac
tories arc sprlnging up IN all parts % the
state. and each new one Is buf the fore
runner Of others. Pretty nearly an Of
them are successful where there is fall
ure 70 Is easily traceable to bad manage
ment
Where there are factories other fac
tories ore likely 20 be cstahlishoJ The
tendency @ to build factories in lacaluos
where other factories are being SUCCESS
fully operated. But how Is q stranger TO
know anything about the manufacturing
Industries in this state n there Is 40
record of them? He may hear that there
is factory in this or tina, town or coun-
IS, but he will not mud IL an easy matter
20 gct correct information without visit
ing chem. There ought therefore be
record kept Of al the manufacturing
plants showing their character capacity
and inc amount Of capital Invested ia
them. together with such other informa-
Zion as an Investor might want. such
record would be a good luvcstmcn, for the
state.