The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-25
WANT THE FACTORY
THAT IS EVIDENT FROM THE
MANY SUBSCRIPTIONS.
INTEREST IN THE MOVEMENT.
MADE CLEAR BY THE GENERAL
DISCUSSION.

Some of the Committees Report Sue
cess in Their OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
VIII Probably BE Held Monday or
Tuesday, When the Total Amount
Subscribed VIII be Ascertained.
Great Opportunity Is mt Hand,
Mayor Myers Declares, IL savan-
nah Will Only Take Advantage of
Tt-Seventeen sites offered for the
! FactOry-MOney Offers Embraced
in some the Propositions.
Reports from the chairman of the
several committees soliciting funds for
| the erection of a cigar factory will
probably be received Monday or Tues
day. Mayor Myers, who was chair
man of the mass meeting held on~Tues-
! day said yesterday that the chairmen
will probably be called together on
Monday or Tuesday. when the lists
will be inspected, and it will be ascer-
tanned with what success the canvass
| has been going on.
| 1t Is the general belief that close up
on 100000 will be secured. Some of the
| committees have been very active, and
they have secured large subscriptions.
Everybody seems interested in the mat
ter and it is widely discussed.
Savannah has an opportunity offer
ed now that it should not fail TO
avail itself Of" said Mayor Myers
Such a manufacturing enterprise is
not to be obtained at any and all times.
1t will be a serious mistake If Savan-
nah, for the sake of few thousands
of dollars, should fail to seize upon
| such an opportunity"
The Mayor discredited the idea of
Mr.. Nathan Weiss, who visited Savan-
| nah on behalf of the American Cigar
Company, making this city an offer to
establish a factory. having been in
Macon. 81 am just back from Macon"
said the Mayor, land I do not believe
Mr.. Weiss has been there. think the
report must have been manufactured
If he had been there 1 should have
heard of it."
Lessons Danger of Strikes
why does the American Cigar Com
pany want to establish factories at so
many points?' Mayor Myers was asked.
Because of the possibilities of strikes
OF cigar makers" he replied. "Compa-
MES find it to their advantage to es-
tablish a number of smaller factories,
rather than rely upon the products of
one immense one. The reason is OBJ
vious. A strike might be ordered at
| one factory. in which event the COM
pany would have the product of the
others on which to rely. This plan is
becoming general. and large manufac-
turing companies find it WISE
Before the reports of the soliciting
committees are received. Mayor Myers
VIII, himself, begin an active canvass.
He has been energetic in this enter
prise, which he hopes to see pushed to
successful conclusion, believing as
| he does, that it would prove of meal
culable benefit to the city to have a
| factory located here, employing from
| 1000 to $500 operatives.
II have found some business and
| professional men," said the Mayor,
who do not seem to grasp the situa-
| ton. Had they been connected with
! the manufacture of cigars, as 1 have,
| they would understand the difficulties
with which even a great concern like
the American Cigar Company is con-
| fronted. The company would be at
| great expense in establishing machin-
cry and in training hands to make the
| cigars. All this should be considered
| by those who criticize a plan that con-
| templates the erection of a building
| for the company. Some seem to think
| 1t is a case of giving the building and
| location, when it is not that at all, but
| SIMPLY ienulng II lot uVe years. Inc
| title will remain In the subscribers to
| the fund.-
Considered Seventeen Sites.
The committee to secure a site for
| the factory met at Mr.. George ]. Bald
wins office yesterday morning. There
were seventeen propositions, or bids, in
| the hands of the chairman, which were
| opened and considered. A majority of
| the bids were for well-located tracts
of lands within the city limits. Sew
eral were just beyond the limits, and
two were quite distant. Several offers
| of eligible locations were accompanied
| by promises of liberal cash subscrip-
| tons in the event that the site Of
fered should be selected for the factory
The members of the committee were
much gratifed at the number of bids,
and also the liberality of some of the
| bidders Two hours were devoted to
| the business, and after a full consid-
| GRAFTON Of all the proposals it was de-
| cided to postpone positive action until
| the committees on subscriptions had
made further progress with their work.
The committee on sites will prob
ably hold another meeting this morn