The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-20

son increased; that an effort is being
made TO secure two cavalry encamp-
ments for Savannah, and various 9TH
er matters which have already been
noticed in the Morning News at the
time they We're originated.
One Mandatory Assured.
1t was stated that the Committee on
Manufactures is working on two in
dustries that contemplate locating in
Savannah. One of these is the Heinz
Pickle Company, of Pittsburg, Pa. Mr..
Youmans of Youmans & Demmond,
stated that the company has already
decided to locate branch here and
is now seeking a site.
At the conclusion of the report Col.
Estill stated that it gave but faint
outline of the work that has been done;
that the Chamber of Commerce is a
very busy body; that it has brought
together professional and business men
of all classes, and they are all pulling
together for Savannah
MIR. F. c. Battey reverting to the
question of the water supply, said he
thought that the inspectors were not
careful enough in looking for unneces-
sary waste, but Mr.. Youmans said that
he found they were quite Yigilant, as
was attested by numerous notices to
his firm to look after defective n.y.
drant arrangements from time to time.
DR.. J. Lawton HERS, however, sided
with Mr.. Battey. but said: I'VE don't
want meters; the people don't wash as
as much as they ought to now, and TO
put in meters. TO make people pay for
the amount of water they use Will
mean that they will wash less often,
and that there will be more sickness. y
Hitch on Home Patronage.
Mr.. Hitch brought up the matter of
patronizing home merchants and home
industries and mentioned incidentally
that though Savannah was the chief
lumber port OF the South and that
though the Chamber of Commerce had
taken the first steps in the matter of
trying 10 prevent the railroads from
putting into effect the increased rate on
lumber to the Ohio river and the Mis-
sissippi river points. yet when it came
TO a question of taking the matter into
the courts an Atlanta lawyer had been
employed.
Savannah people," he said. seem to
think the people of some other place
are better than their own citizens. Ii
is absolute suicide to pursue such a
policy. yet the only way TO reach il is
TO build up public sentiment against
it,"
Then he took up the other side Of
the case and stated that the mer-
chants themselves are not blameless in
this matter. The grocers for instance,
he said. buy their hams. eggs, chickens.
butter and other things from Ohio, In
diana, Tennessee. any place except
from Georgia Wherever il is posi-
Bile, he said, articles should be bought
from the people in Savannah's section
and in this way satisfactory business
relations win be established to mutual
advantage.
These remarks were preceded by the
following resolution, presented by MIR.
Hitch, which, when he had concluded
his address, was adopted:
Resolved. That since a community
whose people fail to patroniZe each
other cannot rightfully ask or expect
the patronage of the world at large
the Chamber of Commerce of Savannah
hereby pledges itself TO the fostering OF
spirit OF 1ocal pride in and support
of local institutions, to the end that il
may become a matter of public re-
proach in any resident of Savannah
to buy elsewhere something that car
as Well be gotten here.
TO those who build, Savannah archi-
tects, contractors and material-mer
are recommended; to those who cal
and wear Savannah grocers and cloth.
iers are suggested; to Savannah bust.
ness houses, ii is recommended that
their stationery bear the stamp of g
Savannah printer; to citizens of Savan.
nah who contemplate the procurement
of any article or thing whatsoever re.
quiring the expenditure of money, it il
earnestly recommended that a diligen'
effort be first made in every instance
to ascertain whether the thing needed
cannot be procured in Savannah, anc
If so, that the Savannah man be pat.
ronized and the money kept at home
Resolved, further, that Savannah
merchants who use country products
be and they are thereby requested t.
give the preference, so far as possible
in purchasing same, to producers il
the section of country from which tn,
city derives its patronage.
Views of others.
Mr. Roy C. Foster followed Mr.
Hitch, speaking on the same line,
though he. too, thought that the mer-
chants should exercise more care in
trying to have the kind and quality OF
goods that their customers call for, and
in all cases where such goods are not
kept in stock, to try to get them for
the buyer and that by a specified time
He thought it would be a good idea for
| the merchants to get together and ad-
vertise that goods not carried in stock
will be got if desired.
Mr.. H. S. Leete told of an example
of the discrimination against home
people by saying that he was in Phil
| adelphia but a short time ago and
there saw three talking machines box
ed and ready to be sent to Savannah
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