The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-31
WORK HAS STARTED
TO FURTHER sAvANNAH's INTER-
ESTs IN EVERY WAY.
PLANS ARE BEING FORMED
BY COMMITTEES APPOINTED FROM
RETAIL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION.

Industrial and Advisory Committee
in Conference Figuring on Local
Bureau of InfOrmatiOn-Adver
ing Committee May Ask to Enter
tnin Virginia Press Association.
One of Needs of City a Large Audi
tOrium-JOint Meeting of All Com
mittees to BE Held Tuesdny-Why
Citizens should PatrOnize Local
Businesses.
The committees of the Retail Mer-
work. The Committee on Encourag-
ing Industries held a meeting yester-
day and outlined a plan for its cam
paign. It is proposed to get up data
about lands available for factory sites,
giving area, location and price; cost
of material and labor, and rates of
freights. 1t is probable that in for
mulating it's plan the committee may
embrace the raising of fund to be
used in encouraging small enterprises,
either by making loans to and taking
stock in them.
In the meeting mention was made
of the good work done by the old In
dustrial Association, which, while it did
not raise the money anticipated, called
attention to the advantages offered by
Savannah, and doubtless had its eff
feet in the organization of several To-
cal industries. There is no doubt
that the movement begun by the Mer-
chants Association will arouse an in
terest in the further development of
the industrial resources of Savannah.
The Advertising Committee: Messrs.
L. G. Schwarzbaum, l. Collat and j.
T. West met to consider the advisable
ity of entertaining, with a trip about
the city, the members of the Virginia
Press Association, which will pass
through here some time next month.
This matter will receive further con-
sideration. The committee may also
arrange for a series of written articles
that will set forth Savannah's many
advantages from all standpoints.
This committee is thoroughly in
sympathy with the suggestion made
in the Morning News that conventions,
conferences and gatherings of all sorts
might and should, be secured for this
secure them through the fact chat
Savannah has no hall or auditorium
large enough to accommodate a very
large gathering. This, said Mr..
Schwarzbaum, is a matter that will
have to receive immediate attention.
There is one point on which all the
committees are agreed, and not only
the committees, but all the mer-
chants, whether members of the asso-
citation or not, and that is that the
residents of the city generally should
be impressed with the necessity of
supporting local institutions by
patronizing them in preference to out
of town concerns.
Mr.. Schwarzbaum stated, as did Mr..
Leopold Adler some weeks ago, that
the prices of goods in Savannah are
quite as low, in some cases lower,
than those of Northern houses, and
yet the latter receive quite a large
number of orders from Savannahians
who are under the mistaken impress
goods in New York where as a mat
ter of fact they pay about the same
price, pay postage or express in addi-
ton In many cases, and even then
have not the advantage of seeing the
articles before they buy.
All matters will be discussed fully
Tuesday when joint meeting of all
committees will be held, and when it
is confidently expected that a definite
line of action will be mapped out, one
that can but result in a great measure
of success.