The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-03-31
A LETTER.
Louisville, Ky, %. 1900

Louisville, Ky, %, 1900.
To The Mayor. Greenville, Mas
| Dear Slr:--Please let me know If the people
| of your city would take stock IN mill to make
medl um and high grade children's stockings.
| No cheap goods TO be made. / have some
| friends who will make investments In the
South If the malter is properly handled, and
the successful operation of plant would lead
| to their inveseinent In others. They are bust
ness men and bankers, and their investmeate
| are made for the legitimate dividends expected
| and would not touch scheme Of any kind
think that can count on = small beginning of
Sl6 900 to $50 900 from this end II 900 can be
raised there. The success OF the first plant
would mean their investing several hundred
thousand dollars In the South.
A Company with $50, 900 capital to make the
line of goods men toned would make money.
There are no mills In the South Of anv conse-
quence, producing children's hosiery, and
they pay good profit. The plant would be
benefit 10 any city.
don't know II thev can be induced to go to
Mississippi % 3hey have Georgia in eheir heads,
but concluded to write you anyway.
The above letter, though addressed
to the Mayor of the city, is directed
also to every business man and capital
ist of Greenville, for his answer. Here
is an offer of factory which, in our
own state, Meridian. Columbus and
Enterprise have already proved
paying enterprises. Here are men
from the North who want to put capt.
tai into 1T, not for control, but invest
ment, leaving the control in your own
hands. The question that we here
put to you Is: Can you who have prop
erty or business here, whose heart is
in the city's advancement and pros
by to locate in some near by town
when afew thousand dollars would To-
cate it in Greenville. Many towns in
the State would be Only to glad to ac-
cept the Offer 1t does look to US that
the bright rays of the great industrial
sun which Is now passing over the New
South has shown in your faces long
enough to arouse you from your slurn-
bers. But sleep on, close your eyes to
the factory movement, stop your ears
to the whistles that will soon blow, and
unlike Old Rip, when you do awake you
will at once recognize your old city.
for it will be the same place, mud and
Ill as when you left it, while other
towns around it that built factories
have out-grown it in size and popula-
ion. And it will be there your
Gretchen who grunbled at you to in
1est in one of these enterprises would |
De the reigning queen of some stock
holders home.
Now, laying fun aside. our people
hould take hold of this matter, inves-
,igate, it and if these people mean
business put up the cash with them
md build the factory. We would
ather see a cotton factory, but if we
ant get a cotton factory let us have
knitting factory, for like the oil mill
the successful operation of one
means at least three others to Green
lille. Call meeting of the citizens
ogether, if necessary, and discuss this
natter and appoint a committee to
AXE up correspondence with these
gentlemen. The Times will gladly
,rint the circulars for the calling of
his meeting free of charge upon the
equest of the Mayor or a business
nan in the city, who feels enough in
crest in this matter to donate or as
list in securing the amount necessary
D secure the mill.