The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-12-01
UNCLE JOHN ON
THE NEW COLONY
THINKS THE SETTLEMENT WILL
MEAN CONSIDERABLE FOR
BRUNSWICK.
Editor News:

Lfu1tS4 &e[WPs
That camden county colony ought
to be good for Brunswick. hope
1t will be a success. If the people
are coming with the view OF produc-
ing from the soil its offerings to in
telIigent husbandry, rather than spec
ulaiion possible in town lots, am sure
it will. Brunswick is barren Of coun-
try producers. and no constant and
stable prosperity can come TO any city
without an adjacent country producing
class.
And Brunswick must do a part 10
make such population possible and
profitable Such All enterprise may
wonderfully succeed II il has brains
and backing. BY q process of o5seI
Vat5on and calculation ] am convinced
that the right kind of man, witd a
proper understanding of the work,
systematically directed, can make
from one thousand to fifteen hundred
dollars year on ten acres of this lana.
but IL must re in money making and
transH0Ttable crops, and in Sufficient
abundance cf each product to make
market that viii attract buyers, or
support great produce exchange hat
can look after rs profitable 1istrlhu-
ticn. The business men OF Bruaaw!ck
should BE cgick enough 10 give gssur-
anee that such an exchange w,li he
established here. financially aud re-
sponsihly able to sell everything that
may be produced. The same mafiets
are open &c rs that are open 10 Flor
La POINTS to Savannah and 70 Chae-
leston growers. and the same results
can he obtained from our soil. We
cannot CONT upon Glencoe colcrv.
however. only as an Incidental 1Gyaa-
taea to RrnnswicE. i cannot whollT
te allied TO Us locally. hat ~ he
building Of a good road TO them We
can maze taea our peighbors. What
we want is a locally organized plan
to open up such colonies IN Oily
county not town colonies but fam
colonies operating as produce grow
ers.
The Glynn county tax digest shows
that we have some very cheap lands,
that may, presumably, be secured icr
margin above their assessor ms.
There is a way to utilize these lanGs
to help make Brunswick grow III ihe
most rapid way possible, ami in a
manner sufficiently encouraging to ea9
investing the necessary funds 10 'nake
the enterprise successful, rapidly and
quickly earning.
Brunswick reeds factory 20 Aian-
ufactnre things from the soil ;hai VII!
help us 10 live more cheaply ard
without paying to the express conn
pany homes grown and exchanged fcr
money that will run into the cham 5
Of home trade and home Develop
ment.
Five hundred Of these twentf-dc. .
farmers would add consuming por-
ulation Of $500 to our material growth
and economy Of living, that would add
mere to Brunswick values ard Bruins
wick trade IN two years tina t1&,7
would BE the cost Of getting them
even if we bought the land and sN7e
II to them without charge. Bat We
can do II. make them pay for it and
use dividend on tbs cost ot oar n.
Vestment and labor.
The plan is ready ioT committee
to pass upon. II Il is PRACTICAL San
anybody else suggest a larger enter
prise and Brunswick pusher sor tbs
cost? If il will pay It's own way and
us a dividend is it not a strong clam
ant for concerted action? Brunswick
wants $4,000 population Let us set
them. Uncle 'ohh'