The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22

quality and in quantity all that the
purchaser pays for
Education of Sentiment.
Mr.. Robert M. Hitch also says get
manufactures. I'VE should have a
variety of them,' he said, land a
strong pull should be made for all sorts
of small ones, for several small ones
are much preferable to one big enc,
even though the one have as much
capital as the several combined.
What the Chamber of Commerce
should do, however, and do at once, is
to begin campaign to educate the
buying out of Savannah goods that
can as readily be bought at home. The
citizens should be so educated on this
point that it should be a matter of
reproach to man to have it known
that he patronized foreign merchants
in preference to those of his own city
IF the people of Savannah don't
show faith in each other how can they
expect to inspire faith in outsiders.
And this question of patronizing Sa-
vannahfans not means merely that cit
liens should buy goods here; it means
that local professional men and trades
men of all kinds should be given the
preference in every case"
Foster Wants Auditorium.
Factories and plenty of them is the
slogan of Mr.. Roy C. Foster also. 81
favor Savannah's development as q
manufacturing city," he said, because
we should not be dependent on climatic
conditions for large part of our pros
perity as would be the case should we
lose our cotton and naval stores and
develop merely into a tourist point.
Manufactures contribute to the wealth
of all classes of citizens and businesses
for they mean an increased population
and as these people must have the
necessities of life it means more in
stores and shops, more money to be
made and more money to be saved,
thus reaching even the largest of the
banks and trust companies.
Just at present one of Savannah's
chief needs is an auditorium that will
be large enough for the accommoda-
ton of the conventions, meetings, ETC.,
that may come to the city. l am sure
that many gatherings of all sorts could
be secured for Savannah had we such
a building and 1 for one will gladly be
a subscriber to a stock company to
erect such a building which l believe
will be paying investment. Without
such a thing we can't hope successful
ly to compete against other cities for
gatherings when often the great adj
vantage that the other cities offer is
a building that will accommodate large
crowds.
II am going North next week and
while away 1 shall lose no opportunity
to see the heads of large manufacture
ing concerns and see II they cannot be
induced to open branch Offices, or
plants in the South, that Is in Savan-
NAH"
Use Home Capital.
Mr.. w. L. Pritchard is another bus
mess man who wants manufactures,
small ones, and plants that will make
a variety Of things. Il would rather
see half a dozen small enterprises
than one big one" he said. even
though the collective capital OF the
small ones should be no larger than
that OF the large one. sayannahians
themselves should invest In such con-
Germs and they should not expect 10
get an enormous return on their In
gestment from the very first.
Among the factories that ought 10
prove profitable in Savannah IN q neck
ne factory. o wheel barrow factory
and 3 furniture factory. None ~ these
would require d very large capital ana
each ~ fhem should be- able 20 % a
large business ana a. q very fair
gr0bt.v