The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-15

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Savannah. Ga, Jan. l3.-Editor Morning
News: Having seen in your worthy paper
recently several rumors regarding the
bringing of manufactures to this city, and
having been approached on the subject
wish TO say that in my opinion this can
be very easily done by the liberality of
the City Council toward those manufac-
turers who contemplate bringing their en-
terprises here by giving them free taxa
ton for several years and CHASING them
for the amount of money spent in the en-
terprise. The City Council and the pub
lie generally should assist those manufac-
turers to get a suitable site for their fac
tories and at reasonable prices. 1t has
always been found that when any enter
prise was started here that the real estate
dealers would ask such prices for their
property that it would drive the manu-
facturers to other cities WHERE they could
get more liberal propositions than they
could here. We have pleuty of suitable and
good property around Savannah. and all
the railroad facilities that could be de-
sired for q manufacturing town, and one
of the best fire departments in the coun-
try. The location of the property must
he in healthful part of the CITY, as II re-
quires a good many houses Tor the em-
ployes who cannot afford 10 pay such hlsh
rents as are charged in Savannah. THIS
Will induce the laboring classes 70 come
10 our town where they can ma heaithy
and comfortable homes. The bureau OF
freight and transportation should be ask
ed to see that all machinery brought TO
Savannah for new enterprises should nave
a reduced freight rate, as the transporta-
ton companies will afterwards get the
benefit of a great deal OF freight that
they do not have now. The street railway
company should be asked TO give az Ger
tain hours in the mornings ana evenings
to mechanics and laborers going to ana
coming from work reduced rate tickets
which would induce them to use the COM
pany's lines more and put that much more
money in circulation in Savannah.
committee composed of merchants and
members of the Board of Trade and city
Council should be appointed to see all
prospective manufacturers and get them
to purchase in Savannah as much OF ther
material required as possible ana nave
their work done by home contractors, as
it can be done here as cheap as 1t can
be done by outside parties. This VIII
have a tendency to bring the merchants
and manufacturers into closer relation
ship and will be Of benefit to all par
ties As regards money, | am sure that
che manufacturers will not ask us to IN
vest our money in their enterprises, TOT
men of that kind. as a rule, have plenty
of funds A gentleman recently toiu me
that he had built a large saw mill IN
jacksonville Fla. and did not ask imam
cial assistance from any one; that If he
hea that those who would have assisted
him would have done so, expecting 10 get
some high-salaried position, which would
greatly reduce the profits of years bus-
mess Savannah has had several expert
ences with large enterprises and the trou-
BILE has always been that the officers
salaries were too high for the profits,
business of that kind must first have
footing which will take II several years
to reach a point where ii will ne able 10
pay any salaries except TO its bookkeeper
and manager There is no doubt that Sa-
vannah is the best located city in the
South and will stand a better chance than
any other city to get such industries start
ed here Our city government has al
ways put every dollar to a good use, ana
where II would benefit her citizens, ana
our banks are governed by such able busl-
ness men that no one has any rear Oh
losing their earnings when bank failures
were occurring all over the country sew
eral years ago Savannahs banks stood
like mountain
think that Savannah has less business
failures than any other city of It's size
in this country and this fact alone will do
a great deal to secure these enterprises
for Savannah. The main thing is TO get
the newspapers interested and have II eX-
tenslvely advertised what inducements
the merchants and City Council OF SaVan-
nah offers. As a personal experience IN
several Industries / have found that the
people of Savannah take a great pride in
their home industries and will support
them. one thing would be advisable for
merchants to send their sons 10 facto-
ries in foreign cities to learn the methods
of manufacturing such articles and goods
as would be suitable TO be manufactured
in the South This would place us I'm such
a position that we would not be Wholly
dependent on outside mechanics and SUI
perintendents ! am sure that IL cotton,
rome and wire mills and tanning, shoe tin.
furniture carpet and soap factories ana
hundreds Of other articles, VIII pay IN
other cities where the raw material Is
shipped from the South, that we couu
manufacture them here cheaper, ard
hundreds of thousands OF dollars could be
kept at home and our citizens benefited
thereby One of the best Industries mat
could be started here is shipyard ana
dry dock and all our citizens and the CITY
Government should assist those gentlemen
who are now arranging for one to be built
here. every city that / know of where
one has been built has had its population
doubly Increased, and that is one thing
that Savannah needs. |, for my part,
will do my share toward any enterprise
that might be started here. / am now
beginning work on a large brewery to be
operated in Jacksonville. Fla, where /
have been very courteously treated by the
merchants and City Council. but my home
will always be in Savannah, 1.-THE garden
spot of Georgia" Herman Winter.
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