The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-16

100000 worth of dredging, and will push
them as rapidly as possible.
THE Panama canal now seems as
sured, and will give the South the con-
troll of the cotton traffic with the East.
and Savannah, with deep water and
her unexcelled position, must share
proportionately in the stimulus that
will be given, not only to the cotton
industry, but to all other branches of
trade as we'll
mo fact in the industrial history of
the country stands out so prominent
ly as the vast strides cotton manufac-
lures have made in the South In the
twelve years from 1890 to 1902 their re-
quirements of raw cotton grew from
547, 900 to 1886. 900 bales, or $50 per cent,
while those of the Northern mills in
creased from 1,799.000 to 2,051, 900 bales,
or IA per cent. In a year or two the
consumptive requirements of the
Southern cotton mills will exceed those
of the Northern mills.
This result is brought about not by
the manufacture of cotton goods in the
North falling off, but by the South's
meeting the enormous increase in the
worlds consumption The proximity
of the mills in the South to the raw
supplies, the abundance of quickly
trained white labor, the absence as a
rule of strikes and other advantages
capital to this industry"
Mr.. Williams. in speaking of the big
railroad combinations and their hold
on the transportation situation, point
ed out that in the matter of cotton.
at least. they had not acted in a man
ner inimical to Savannah's interests.
The greater number of the 716 cot
ton mills in operation in the South
are within a radius of 300 miles of
this city, and are, in fact, in the area
from which Savannah naturally would
draw the cotton for shipment. And
yet, Notwithstanding the enormously
increased takings of these mills. the
ngures for the past year show for Sa-
vannah a handsome increase in re-
ceipts.
Four other Staples
After cotton the four great industries
on which Savannah's property chiefly
rests are naval stores (turpentine
rosin and rosin oil.) whereof more are
shipped from here than from any other
port in the world. phosphate rock and
1ertiiizers, cottonseed oil and kindred
products and lumber. In all these
branches the development within the
past two years and the DEVELOPMENT
now In progress are remarkable
Inc by-products from cottonseed-
tnat important article which only a
rev years ago was thrown away as
so much waste-are becoming more
and more an industry out of which
millions of money are made. Not only
is 1t used as an article of food either
fraudulently as pure olive oil' or
openly as table oil frankly admitted
to be cottonseed. but it is going more
and more into the manufacture of
soap and cooking greese Formerly
1t was all sent North to be made into
soap and lard, but now. as it getting
to be so generally the case in the
South, the manufacture is going on
right here.
In Savannah great quantities of soap
and "cottolene." or cotton-oil lard
the now made and the business is ran
idly expanding. One cotton oil COM
pany here requires $4,000 tubs every
month to pack it's lard" products in,
and its other branches of the cotton
seed oil business are in proportion.
And the demand for these tubs and of
other boxes. for oysters-another ex-
tensive Savannah industry-for baking
powder, for soap, for fruit and vege-
tables, has created another branch of
industry here which is growing apace.
Only few months ago a man came
here from Indiana and opened I'D a
woodworking industry of this sort He
- AteCAiS uhdDic 10 Keep up with his
orders and is working like a mailer
building structures that will double
the size of his plant and more than
double his output.
Near him is another Woodworking in
dustry that likewise began operations
within six months. 1t is now working
twenty-three hours out of every twen-
ty-four in merely getting out dressed
lumber, while gangs of men are hard
at II extending the plant to manu-
facture various kinds of wood articles.
Beauties of the Town.
Savannah is a beautiful city. 1t has
wide shaded streets with parks down
their centers and great overarching
trees; numerous parks and open places
with palmettos and other growths so
suggestive of the real South: a fine
autumnal and winter climate, beauti-
ful drives and over fifty miles OF mac
adamized roads that radiate In six diff
ferent directions. To the stranger sa-
vannah first gives the impression
more OF a delightful place OF residence
thhn OF the wide-awake rapidly-grow-
Ing city that II really is
As a matter OF fact, Savannah is be-
coming every year more and more A
place Of winter resort. The tourists
hitting northward and southwark In
the wake Of the sun are coming earlier
ana staying longer as the charm 81
ihe place year after year takes more
hno more hold on them. FoF such a.
Nheee the only evidence seen Of fh-
haF she 9fy ~ working OUT - swiftly
pc aNsilny SIRE in the NE and move
meht mat afe lu fhe business efreeta
hAish seem almost lnconETuous Ia fhe