The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-08-13

ton mdnuiact led all Che South,
with her capital of S6,349, 900, conSum-
ing T |. 3S9 bales. In 1900 she not only
fell to third place as cotton pro-
ducing State, but also to third place
in cotton manufacturing, though she
mad increased her capital engaged in
this industry to $24, l5S, 600 consuming
304, 1876 bales.
There are some who believe Georgia
has been fearfully dereliCt in not keep
ing better pace with hor sister States
that she has not been sufficiently lib
eral in her laws for the encouragement
OF capital.
Now as to what we might do to en-
courage more liberal investment of
capital amOug us, there is much to be
said.
There are things moral, there are
things legal there are things indus
trial, and things political to be dis
cussed, OF course there may be those
who would argue that we do not need
to encourage capital at all, but there
are those who have come to believe
that the first great step towards COM
mercidl 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 dp-
lprOpriatiOn OF exemption. whether by
vote OF the people or otherwise. They
believe that in this it is nothing less
than the SubverSiOn Of Democratic
doctrine of local Self-gOvernment cer-
tainly too narrow it is for real,
greater Georgia.
1t may have been the right thing to
| do at the time when Gen, Robert
Toombs ''locked the treasury door and
flung away the key" for then we were
under the shadow Of reconstruction,
with all its horrors fresh, and the fear
Of negro domination yet upon the
people,
But chose things have passed--lille-
wise those feelings have passed with
the passing years, until were Gen.
| Toombs alive now, doubtless re would
be ready to undo the lock which i'm
pedeS the progress Of his native State;
! surely. he would at least restore to
each community the legal control OF
| it's own affairs. One Of the results OF
! our constitution is that Georgia is one
! Of the most poorly advertised States Of
| the Union, DIS to what she really has
| to offer to the investor OF the home
seeker
Those who would learn about the
resources Of our State fC I the purpose
Of comparison with othlr States, arC
! at 4 loss to obtain reliable. up-to-datt
statistics. Most any other State viii
furnish more facts and figures be
cause most Of them maintain vice
awake. Well-equIpped bureaus for the
purpose.
Our Department Of Agriculture re
Gently printed a book OF information
but the edition was well nigh eX
| hausted in supplying the people o
Georgia with some information about
itheir own State.
] doubt not there are many, even II
This patriotic Georgia audience, VII,
! haze not read the book, if indeed thert
ARE NOT some who have never seen 1t
! That our Agricultural and Geological
Departments are poorly maintalned
is one trouble with us; and we're lhei
work better known, IL WOuIQ De TN
means Of bringing vast capital mt
! Georgia,
| Surely where we know so little Of ou
own resources. then 10. the oul7id'
world it must be sealed book. 50 Ia
as concerns specific information.
We should gather and maintain ny
tO-date statistics as n what we have
aS to what we are doing, da 70 VIA
we are capable Of doing: then sys
tematically advertise such data to b
= had. 50 that when enquiry is made
reliable, SPECIFIC answers may be given
Let our State maintain 2 wei,
equipped department working o
these lines, keeping in close touc
with the real estate men and the raj
= road industrial agents OF the county,
and with the newspapers, which atte
all are the greatest enginsa Of deyeol
' ing industry, and H. will but a(e'
r. wears TO witness such q doubling M