The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-14

courage more liberal Investment of
capital among us, there is much to be
said.
There are things moral, there are
Things legal, there are things indus
trial, and thing political to be dis
cussed. OF course there may be those
who would argue that we do not need
10 encourage capital at all, but there
are those who have come to believe
that the first great step towards COM
mercial supremacy for Georgia will be
for her to remodel her constitution
and improve her laws.
They believe that, for hide-bound
narrowness our constitution has no
equal in any other state, particularly
in that it does not permit Georgia to
advertise her resources, and denies to
each municipality or county the right
to encourage new enterprises by APP
preparation or exemption, whether by
vote of the people or otherwise. They
believe that in this it is nothing less
than the subversion of a Democratic
doctrine of local f-government-cer-
tainly too narrow II is for real,
greater Georgia.
"One of the results of our constitu-
ton is that Georgia is one of the most
poorly advertised states of the Union,
the investor or the homeseeker.
should supply Information.
1--WE should gather and maintain up
to-date statistics as to what we have,
as to what we are doing, as to what
we are capable of doing; then syste-
matically advertise such data to be had,
so that when inquiry is made, reliable,
specific answers may be given.
1T may be well enough to fix the
limit of tax rate beyond which the Leg
islature cannot go, yet you cannot ar
ford to cripple your schools, nor neg
lect the inf1rm or the decrepit old SOL
diers. Your state economy has gone
to the point of niggardliness already
in dealing with some of its departments.
Therefore, the most practical way 10
decrease taxes in Georgia is to develop
more taxable wealth out of our I'M
used natural resources, and the way to
do that is to encourage new money TO
embark in this development work.
THE best way to encourage new
money is by fostering new enterprises,
and by protecting those who come here
to develop them. What Georgia most
needs right now is more diversified in
dustries for the development of her raw
product.
When, at the last Democratic State
Convention, was proposed a resolution
calling for amendment to our constitu-
ton, by which counties or towns should
be permitted to exempt for taxes. or
make reasonable appropriation to en-
courage new industry, it failed to pass
the committees. because it was said
the farmers will never consent to let
manufacturing be exempt nor money
appropriated to advertise the state.
Now, why should we fear to go to the
farmer with proposition of this kind?
Get More Factories.
For every factory that comes, there
is added a demand for the farm pro-
duct. Within every county where a
factory town has been built there has
been a marked enhancement of value
to farm lands. The Southern farmer
is rapidly becoming a factory man
himself, as employer or employee.
1T is not for Georgia to hold back
longer; it should be her province to
lead in the march of progress which is
sweeping the Anglo-Saxon race into a
position to dominate the worlds COM
merce, and it is up to US to hasten
that time when capital will be either
developed here or supplied from abroad
until, for every bale of cotton rolled
out of our gins, there will be rolled out
of our mills bale of cotton cloth; for
every sawmill there will be erected a
box factory, a furniture factory, or a
sash, door and blind factory; for every
blast furnace or rolling mill in Ala
bama, there will be a foundry or ma :
chine shop in Georgia, turning out
finished products until it would be just
as natural to see the name Macon, At
lanta, Rome or Augusta in raised let
tiers upon pieces of machinery, showing
where manufactured, as it is now to
see Providence, Pittsburg, Boston or
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