The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-20
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90. Aanufacturfrs Record of the
iSeh has the following to say az - ths
measures taken BY certain
cities for the INCREASE of thqE"oan,,-
uon and ADVANCEMENT Of trrsus-
tT1ai enterprises{
that their ci ms1 9hall re reap anxious
of what t{ey have he full ben s.
through the EXPOSITION jul Already done
hey would chH the :" etion Of
With the genfraI object Million Cluo,
o+st: Lou of bringing aso t ane
and Commercial Inately its ndus-
The boanf of trad Interests.
rk.. has hegun to he Of Little Rock
n the fun ~therance Id stated meetings
sist thai all enter f a spirit that viii
ad extaE hsion, hol brises, uch as rail-.
nstrucd Ion, elect bel building, sewer
hitting yand heat bic railway building,
nj o. a sea ling, shall be under
, gro 18th of tn he that viii allow for
900 ! N tn he city's population to
DR.. Z Il next few years.
sr Of Eer. secretary and treas
ns, Erd of trade Of New Or
lilal |tched a plan, somewhat
3 / Of the Commercial Club
lrd m, Ala, to a
IN I'D to encourage h estaD-
factories in the city.
uggestion On the same line
alton Of a s5,O00.Oc0 corpora
Zlich all the city's important
shall be represented, to fur
gncial cooperation and moral.
by investing in stocks anu
smanufactuTfng companies de-
ring to aocate there.
Upop some such line the progressive
Tnion Of New Orleans has been ag1tat-
ing for two or three years, and Texas
cities, such as Houston, Dallas, Beau-
mort and Galveston. are considering
| similar propositions. These are mani
feuations of a very healthy frame CT
mind promising with persistence, to al
Tance a number of important southern
communities.
None of these cities above mentioned
have made the progress in development
Of trade and business or in growth as
has Wilmington in the last SIX years.
What our city has done in that time
has been the outcome of the new order
of things established here in 1898. No
zone can doubt OF deny this.
Up to tina date Wilmington was a
dead town from a commercial and in
dustrial point of view. Since then she
has been forging ahead at a rate which
would surprise those of our own peo-
pie who have not become acquainted
by immediate contact with the forces
that lave been at work>toput in mo-
tdon these improvements and advance-
ments in indust1 development. There
are thousands of people living right
here incur city who n nothing OF
what has been lone by our live bust
would be astoundcd if they were shown
the immense amount of business which
our city does in certain lines. For in
stance, there are hundreds, we may say
-. thousands, Of people here who know
nothing of the amount of building that
is going on in our city and who have
no idea of the extent to which the city
has advanced in the matter of improve
ment of the residential sections.
Wilmington has been ON the road OF
steady and rapid progress since the
revolution of 1898. That was the turn
ing point in our history. Then he ag-
gressive, patriotic white people Of the
city took hold of affairs-men who had
faith in Wilmington's future and con-
fidence in their ability to make her one
of the leading seaports-if no the chief
one-of the south Atlantic.
These men have not ceased from their
1abOrs. They are vet at work.
Up to six years ago the people OF
Wilmington and those beyond our Dor
ders had become so used to look upon
the inhabitants of this city as a set
of old fogies and upon the city as a
dead town that it is hard for them to
realize the change that has come over
our city. The leaven of push and prog
ress has been at work for six years and
it is showing good results-only the
people have vet failed to recognize the
change.
What is needed to keep up this i'm
provement and to push Onward with
quickened energy this spirit of progress
and development - that the entire pop
ulace of the city should come together
with one purpose and one desire to dc
all in their power TO increase the busi-
ness of our city, to add others to heI
already greatly diversified industries
to extend her foreign commerce
through her port and to widen heI
sphere Of inland tIade.
Our city is growing, is increasing ne.
wholesale trade, IS adding to her indus
tries day by day. She is keeping VI
with the progress of other towns Hel
progress is wonderful. This is being
accomplished by, what We may say, g
comparatively few of her citizens
What, then, we ask. would be the re.
suits. if the whole citizenship of oul
town would unite and every man, ii
his sphere CT business, would put hi
shoulder to the wheel and help pusi
the old Town along? What could We nc
accomplish if the entire population
could be aroused to a sense of thet
dutx- in this matter aod wa nav Gov.