The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-04-04
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UNCLE JoHN's~ COMMUNICATIONS
THIS MORNING is AN INTER
EsTiNe ARTICLE.


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II The drainage u Buffalo Swami
IS feasible. and is as productive as
mas been represented, is there any
reason why our people should not take
a sufficient interest TO nut the enter
prise in motion? know that there
are great variety of views as to
what should not be done for Bruins
wick. but what the old town needs is
views as to what should be done
II Is of the very scavest importance
that something should be done 10
stimulate The city's growth and the
county's productive capacity. and il
is inconee.yable that sny business man
should doubt the wisdom of turning
TO the only point Of advantage thai
Is at our command, that is, encourag-
ing the Farm production of the country
around us.
Wherever there is city of conse-
quence there must be d productive mr.
ban population in supporting distance
Of IL, whatever may be its manufact
uring interests. No factory enterprise
can succeed where conditions do nor
admit of the possibility of profit max
ing from the labor employed and la
Dor cannot be prohtably employed
where living expenses are governed
by imported foodsmffs.
Captain Churchill demonstrated
that our lowlands would grow celery
Of a fine quality Captain Dent has
shown that the finest Of cabbage can
be grown Even here in The city the
Chinamah proved that every charac-
ter Of vegetables could b9 successfully
grown There are & few gardeners
now growing excellent vegetables. Ye
with but few exceptions, have any
efforts Of high cultivation been az
tempted. The Buffalo Swamas arc
The best lands III the county if placed
in tillable condition but SO stu
ated that only work Of magnitude
can reclaim them, Il can only be ac-
complished by a developing company
in cooperation with The county author
tiles. as public benefit, Under a gen
eral plan " public Improvement that
will insure to the entire county as a
justification OF using the credit Of The
ounty for the purpose.
All real estate experience show
that large properties sub divided for
specific purposes are easily sold and
settled otherwise are slowly disposed
Of and at long intervals. II is for
these reasons that cooperative effort
ahculd be made in this great develop
Ing enterprise
All experience shows. Mr.. Edition
that the best growth Of this country
has been through The instrumeatalitS
lof public appropriation and bonded
Indebtedness Of municipalities and
| counties
We are 50 nearly living upon ons
| another in Brunswick that II may b.
| likened to commercial cannahaism
The old Saturday night dependence is
growing less dependable We have
got to draw from some other source
and the only choice is to put the bal
ance of the county to doing something
| II there was occasion for announc
ing 1t would be a beautiful picture 80
evolute the Buffalo Swamp from tne
] croaking frogs to industrious. money
making Brunswick helping citizens.
A friend tells me that | am heroi.
but helpless in this struggle TO get
the men of Brunswick to take a hani
in her upbuildng 1t may be SO, bui
| there will come time and that too
before Brunswick takes a real start
to city growth. when these things viii
be done.
The old board of trade has done
herself glory on few tin horn occas-
ions: why not pull her breath together
and make one more struggle in a
sound, sane sensible and profitable
enterprise that cannot be sidotaeked
or sneaked away from us
| am awfully sorry that other folF
can't look at this like I DO, hut J
am not responsible for what they dom
know. Uncle john
See the great line o. Kimonas, beth