The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-14
GREATER SAVANNAH
ALL BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS Ask
ED TO JOIN IN MOVEMENT.
MASS MEETING TO BE HELD
AS SOON AS MERCHANTS ASsOCIA-
TION HAS THINGS SHIPSHAPE.

Guest-These Decisions Reached
at Special Meeting of Retail Mer-
chants AssOciatiOn-RepOrt Re
ceived From Committees on Ad-
vertisiDR Savannah and New In
dustries-AssOcintiO Wants Co
operation of Real Estate Men.
Representatives of All Businesses
to BE Invited to Next Regular
Meeting, Thursday.
A special meeting of the Retail Mer-
chants Association, and an important
one. was held yesterday afternoon. 1t
was called to receive the reports of the
Committee on Advertising and the
Committee on New Industries. These
reports were full and to the point and
provoked much discussion as to ways
of carrying out the plans, together
with many suggestions, all tending to
the one end-that of helping Savan-
nah in every possible way.
Among the motions carried was
one that the association ask
Mayor Myers, on behalf of the city,
to invite Andrew Carnegie to visit Sa-
vannah as it's guest. The idea
of the invitation is to show Mr.. Car
negie the advantages Savannah offers
for the profitable investmen of CAPT.
tai.
Probably the most important work
of the meeting was the decision to
invite the cooperation of all other
business associations in the city. In
these are included such organizations
as the Wholesale Grocers' Association,
the Retail Grocers' Association, the
Savannah Druggists Association, the
butchers and the bakers, and also the
Board of Trade and the Cotton Ex-
change.
To this end each of these organiza-
lions will be requested to appoint
committee to confer with COM
mittee of the Merchants Associa-
ton relative to the objects of the lat
ter. these various committees then to
report back to their organizations. BY
this consolidation of all business in
terests it is hoped TO establish body
that will have the functions and in
fluence of a chamber Of commerce.
To Hold Public Meeting.
When this proposed consolidation of
interests has been accomplished it is
then proposed to call a public meeting,
through Mayor Myers, when all the
issues and matters pertaining to the
movement can be discussed, and plan
of action decided on. Vice President of
the Merchants Association, S. Krous-
koff, who presided at the meeting, and
who outlined this plan, stated that he
had the authority of Mayor Myers TO
say that this plan has not only his APP
proval, but that the movement will have
his influence to carry it to a successful
contamination.
One of the matters that provoked
much discussion. was how to interest
the real estate men and the property
owners in the movement. 1t was final
ly decided to ask that the real estate
men organize for their own interests.
and the interests of the movement that
the merchants are now planning, and
that even if organization be found UNI
desirabl or impractcable, that they be
invited to lend the movement their CO.
operation and influence as individuals.
The real estate men will be asked to
meet with the Merchants Association
at its next meeting, Feb. 10, at which
time 1t is the purpose of the organiza-
ton to invite also prominent men in all
lines of business not only merchants of
various sorts. but bankers, property
owners, representatives of railroads and
manufacturers.
The objects of the movement and
what it is hoped to accomplish by it
have been stated before. but may be
seen set forth more in detail in the re-
ports presented at yesterdays meeting.
How to Advertise City.
That of the Advertising Committee
states:
I'VE find, on looking carefully into
the matter for which we were appoint
ed. that 1t is most essential that our
city be given the greatest publicity
possible, and that good, judicious and
intelligent advertising is the only road
that can lead us to obtain the desired
results; that is, the upbuilding of the
city, and its reaching the pinnacle of
success as manufacturing, tourist and
commercial center
I'VE find that the newspapers of the
city are ready and willing to assist
the movement all that they possibly
can, and to that end will publish such
articles of interest as may be desired
We recommend that, first of all, proper
action be taken to advertise in this
city the object for which we are striv-
ing, and by so doing enlist the CO.
operation of all our citizens to further
that end.
Further, we recommend that a
writer of ability and experience be
secured who viii continually write up
articles for publication both at home
and abroad, and that a pamphlet be
issued tending to show the many adj
vantages that this city and vicinity
possess for manufacturing and other
purposes. These articles should show
amount of bank clearances, factories
now in successful operation. steamship
lines entering this port, both coast
wise and foreign; showing clearances,
amount of exports of cotton, lumber
naval stores, iron, ETC.; the amount of
imports and such other statistical
points as may be of interest to intend
ing investors and home-seekers. They
should show the school facili-
ties, both public and private.
also churches, stating the va
rious denominations. They should
advertise the city as health
resort-which it naturally Island also
advertise the city as a tourist point,
to which it can lay a just claim. 1t
viii also be well TO advertise the adj
jacent country as being suitable and
fully adapted for truck farming and
the production of early vegetables,
and that poultry and cattle for the
market can be raised advanta geously.
I'm conclusion we wish to state that
at this time ii is needless for the COM
mittee to go into minor details, but we