The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-09-25
Brunswick Must Act.

On last Saturday the people Of Waycross with an
admirable spirit of progressveness bond
in the sum Of 100000 for internal In
instance Waycross is simply following of every
energetic city in the South No really growing city in
tnls country today can from current revenues,
the expanding needs Of the present and at the sam
time build for tomorrow and the future And Bruins
wick must in time follow lead of other wild ,eawake
municipalities and put work citys credit as well
As the cltys There De no question Du what
that is the only and conservative manner il
which to build permanently substantially. Livery
city, after all, is but great house; PEG
pie the stockholders in enterprise and her con-
sttuted lawmakng body is the of dircc-
tors of the enterprise!
Where is there business house. successfully operat
ed today the length breadth OF the republic that
does not put into operation credit in
world? Suppose every business house. every cor ora
ton in the country attempted SUPPORT and
the same time meet the demands exp 4nsion of broad
ened conditions, etc. with its cash income what
would be the result? That corporation business
terprise would actually become stagnated; it would lose
step with the upward and onward march of opponents
and it would be outdstanced by its energetic and
progressive rivals who had exercised the wisdom u
zng their credit take the place their revenues!
Now then, just this thought What obtains with this
business house. in modern days of great CONNER
cal activity must of necessity obtain with the
city 1t is as necessary for the city maintain and
its credit as it is for the business house do So 1t
is indeed, the only safe and policy that nsures
growth as against stagnation that square
zeal Tor posterity well for ourselves, by passing
Gown to posterity portion of the burdens of the i'm
provement from which posterity will derive even a
greater degree OF benefit than live in this gen.
eration
If the cities of the nation had not with unanimity
embraced this plan of producing revenues the
development of this would have beeen an utter i'm
possibility and the wonder and admiration of the world
great schools the magnificent systems of sewerage and
sanitation, the imposing public edfces paved Streets
the handsome boulevards the great civic institu
lions in every American city, evidences the great
truth of the assertion Brunswick is surely arriving at
the parting of the waysshe certainly adopt some
other other than her revenues to meet
the needs growth and to make growth and de-
velopment more speedy and certain
We must authorize bond issue for these great i'm
provements that necessary end which cannot come
otherwise; not further violate these laws of
common sense and business economy by absolutely g
norng the nestimabe asset of credit-we must put
to work, No man, who will think for a moment. can
deny the need of this remedy for evil which is
ing day by day and in turn will be difficult
remedy Procrasnaton will make the task hard indeed
and now is the time for the people speak out and
demand the benefit of this sense business
method in the conduct of the city
Give US the bond issue and give it US quickly