The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-11-15
MAKES A REPLY
To BRUNSWICK"
JUNGLE JOHN" OUTLINES HIS
PLAN FOR THE BIG DEVEL-
oPMENT COMPANY.
Editor News:


| had prepared another article for
this issue, but the communication of
brunswick" changes my mind. When
the inspiration came 10 me to write
these articles l tried to persuade my
self not to do it. but it seemed an
imperative duty | knew that tender
places would be rasped, sensitive feel
ings touched. and carping criticism
charged. and all that sort of thing.
That others would have different plans
and be impatient to diffuse them. But
1t was an idea, carefully weighed and
planned, and seemed plausible. ! de-
termined to stick to the one teXt-25,-
coo population for Brunswick and the
possibility of 100000. and that the
people OF Brunswick could do it, ben
eft themselves while doing it, and
accumulate large interest on the in
vestment directly and indirectly.
knew that old methods had failed and
that our people had settled into
ing, hoping that somebody else would
do it, and that we could squeeze the
profits, and that our town was losing
as fast as it was gaining.
What Brunswick" thinks may be
the thought of others, and was con
scious at the beginning that before
enough was said that | might become
ttresome | wanted TO avoid that and
had addressed our three bank presi
dents pleading their interest Let us
get away from that hackneyed and
amateurish idea that ten cent adver-
Using viii make towns. Advertising
never pays without you've somethiue
10 advertise. unless you 80 into the
gold brick business.
We want to do something that viii
advertise itself without having to take
up a collection We don't want to
start on the installment plan with a
dollar limit
We want a million dollar company.
We want to start 1t with men who Will
take a hundred shares, fifty shares,
and so on down. The dollar month
plan will be offered to those who can
not do more. The boys about town
Will do that
The point is this: if the successful
people of the town will confess a con-
ndence in our community's capacity to
make Brunswick grow through the
means of cooperative enterprise, then
the people will express a confidence
in their judgment by joining the move
ment formulated by a responsible gov
ening committee. know that it is
the one way within our power, as a
community, to make good the invest
ments we have in Brunswick. / knqHe
that it can be done without pressing
anybody and without disturbing finan-
cial conditions / know that we can
do it. and think We ought to. 1t is
the way to make a showing of the tall
ents that God has given US, that we
may render an account worthy of
men.
Don't put it off. The people are
looking for it. They are wondering
if our business men have the nerve,
and they are wondering if. when all
this mission service has come to an
end. If that will be the last of it.
Let me appeal to you not to let the
opportunity pass. It's the flood tide
of our opportunity. The people are
ready for business. We want to be
ready for the winter season.
1t doesn't make any difference who
l am. The only questions are: am
honest. am unselfsH am right, am
plausible, am l working for the good
of Brunswick. without reward, or the
expectation thereof?
| am assured that | could call
public meeting and have a crowded
hall: but / don't want it. They are
boomerangs There would be a hun
dred ideas and the appointment of