The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-20
BUSINESS MEN PLAN.

continued II ON Neilln rage.
be composed of such sets of commit
tees and that this body be organized
with d chairman and secretary and
that its business be to secure for Sa-
vannah all possible interests of any
kind that will result in the benefit to
the city. The various lesser bodies
are 10 furnish the general organiza-
ton with sufficient funds to carry on
its work
MIR. Gazan made a good talk. indeed.
After outlining the plan he told of
some of the reasons that have made
such a step as is contemplated neces-
sary. We have no civic pride he
said and our present condition is the
result of supiness and Indifference.
Savannah abounds in possession of
natural advantages as great as those
of any other city in the country-we
have a harbor that can accommodate
the commerce of the world, the gov
eminent has spent millions TO make
the harbor deep enough to accommo-
date the largest ships, and is spending
millions more to keep il deep; we have
railroads reaching every part of the
country; We are as near the fields of
material and the fields of fuel as is any
city in the country not actually built
in them, and when il comes to a ques-
ton of securing tourists, We ought to
have them, for Savannah has as fine
climate as has Florida. There is no
reason why we should not have these
things, he continued, now let US get
them
Cann's Plain Talk.
Mai. J. F. Cam. though unable TO
stay during the entire meeting because
of leaving for Atlanta. was present dur
ing the first part of ii. and was one OF
the principal and one of the plainest
he said, because she has no public spir-
1t. 1t is often necessary, he continued,
that a few individuals make a small
sacrifice for the time being for a result
that ultimately will not only benefit the
community, but benefit them as well,
but in Savannah no one is willing to do
anything.
Go 70 a merchant" he said. land
ask him to subscribe to some new in
dustry. and he viii promptly tell you
that he won't, that ten years ago he
subscribed to a knitting mill, and that
it didn't pay. and further he will give
the new industry but six months to
live, anyway
Il will not mince matters, Mr.. Cam
continued, you've got to educate the
people to build up the city. We don't
want the sort Of thing that happened
in Savannah some years ago. when a
movement was on foot TO build a new
theater, and even the newspapers came
out and said that Savannah couldn't
support two theaters
This want of public spirit isn't con-
fined to the merchants, however; it is
to be found in every class of business
and in every profession. You go to a
lawyer and ask him to subscribe to a
new industry and the first thing he
tells you is that he'll subscribe if he
is to be allowed to represent the con-
Germ, otherwise he will not
Now let every class join together and
when thing is for the benefit of the
city let all subscribe to it. I'm going
to Atlanta tonight to look after a case
I'm which there is $4,000 of Savannah
money tied up. The citizens of Savan-
nah ought to understand that they
should invest in home enterprises. At
present all Savannahians seem to need
TO induce them to invest in a concern
is to know that it comes from some
other place.
ITO accomplish the object you have
called this meeting to consider and
plan for its necessary not only to send
out man to look for new enterprises
or to send out literature to advertise
the city; you must induce your own
citizens to advertise the city, for a man
can do more in that regard than liter
allure can. It's time for the people to
wake up.
Mr.. NJ. Dryfus, who followed Mai
Cam, impressed the advantages of
the plan proposed and then, anent the
tourist question, showed the need for
somebody to look after such matters
by citing the case of Mr.. Chauncey,
a resident of New York, who, looking
for a health resort for his wife. and
finding that the analysis of Savannah
water was suited to her needs tried to
secure a tourist ticket for this place,
but was refused a rate here. though he
was offered a rate to any of the Flor
ida places.
Foster Gave Statistics.
Mr.. Roy c. Foster president of the
Georgia Car Works. gave a lot of in
teresting statistics of bank capital and
deposits and showed that Savannah in
comparison with other cities. was sup
porting on its money less than a third
OF the number of manufacturing IN
dustries that are supported in other
cites on the same amount Of bank
capital and that Savannahs growth
Of population is not in keeping with
that OF other cities. the greater num-