The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-04

SPEND YOUR MONEY Ar HONE.
The handsomest piece of work ever
! turned out from an Atlanta book press
| is a little brochure, entitled THE Max
| ing of a Catalogue" from the publish
| ing house of the Foote e. Davies Co, Of
this. city. The pamphlet is an artistic
| gem and would reflect credit on any
! publishing house in America.
In this connection the Constitution
! rises again to inquire why ii is that
any Atlanta individual, corporation or
enterprise should go outside of the
state of Georgia to patronize publish
ing houses which cannot possibly do
better work than that done right here
in Atlanta, offering employment to At
lanta men, swelling the volume of At
lantas commerce and keeping money
at home for the use of our own peo-
pie, instead of sending it abroad for
the use of others.
The Foote e. Davies Company of this
city are to-day publishing catalogues
within ear-shot of the metropolitan
centers of New York and Philadelphia,
and right here in the city of Atlanta
there are institutions sending outside
of the state for the printing of books,
documents of one kind and another,
the lithogra phing of bank checks, and,
speaking generally. for a thousand and
one things that can be obtained more
Satisfactory mere dL HOMIE lndil AtOHi q
distance.
If the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
will interest itself in the problem of
Atlantians sending outside for things
they can get better at home, it will
render a public service which will be
fruitful of good results TO the COM
merce of the city.
The foregoing from the Atlanta Con-
stitution reads like ii was written
about Savannah. We thought this city
led in the matter of buying things, and
having things done, away from home
things that can be bought as cheaply
and made as we'll here as else
where. In fact, some people pay more
for things away from home than they
could purchase them for at home. and
they seem to delight in doing so.
There are people who endure the tooth
ache for months not because they can
not have their teeth attended to here,
but because they want to have them
doctored in New York or in some 9TH
er city in the North. There are others
who, If they want hat or other arti-
Gle of wearing apparel, will go with
out it for a long time, simply waiting
an opportunity to buy it elsewhere. and
then perhaps will pay a third more
than they could get it for at home.
In the printing business there are
ten well-equipped establishments here
in Savannah, and one or the other
could handle all the work offering; yet
it is not an exaggeration to say that
more of the printing and publishing
originating here is done in other cities
than in the printing offices at home.
And what is true in regard to print
ing is true in almost every other line
of business. There are people, and a
good many of them, who buy their
shoes, clothing, dry goods, furniture,
and, in fact, about everything they
want in New York or some other
Northern city. And strange as it may
seem these same people are, as rule,
VIGOROUSLY slow in paying the bills
they contract in their home city. They
let the accounts which they contract
with the merchants at home run well
into the winter, and spend their cash
in shopping at the North. A fair ques-
ton is this: Is such treatment of home
merchants and the owners of home
enterprises just? AS much of the mon
ey that is earned here and of the in
comes of citizens derived from invest
ments here ought to be spent here as
can be spent to as good advantage as
elsewhere.
1t is a fact that has been often COM
mented upon that Savannah ar
ticles, such as brooms. soaps, oils, bas-
kets, buckets. clothing, etc, find
reader sale anywhere else between
New York and Jacksonville than here
at home. In order to build up a city
here-a big city-We must encourage
home enterprises. We must, to as
great an extent as possible, lend our
merchants and manufacturers help
ing hand. They pay a large portion
of the taxes which cradle us to main
tain a police and fire service, to pave
our streets and protect the city's
health. 1t isn't loyal to Savannah to
make our money here and spend it
elsewhere for things we can get at
home.