The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-08-23
Nothing The Matter With
Brunswick.

and who has recently returned from
AN extended trip to the east. made
the statement to group Of citizens
that Brunswick had weathered the
adverse financial conditions incident
10 the great European war more sue
cessfully than any city in the country
except some few that had been partic-
ulariy favored by the operation of
great munition plants.
Some people in all localities are
prone to look at the dark side of
things commercial.
They speak of prosperous times of
former days but seem unable to ever
see them in the present. AS a rule
such people would not attach them
selves to success and hold IL even in a
boom town like Hopwell, Virginia.
For years Brunswick's water com
mercc steadily increased in value I'M
til the falling off following the war
which caused such scarcity Of YES
sells and high freight rates as to great.
ly curtail shipments of our chief prod.
ucts. Notwithstanding this increase
in business there was, however, a
very large decrease in waterfront pay
rolls due to the fact that sailing YES.
sells requiring longer lay.overs and
carrying so much less tonnage than
steamships had been largely displaced
by the latter. This change affected
every port in the world in equal pro-
portion. The intelligent, progressive
business men of Brunswick realizing
this condition, banded themselves to.
gether in 1910 and began the Campaign
for locating industrial enterprises that
would provide payrolls that would not
only compensate for the loss in ship.
ping disbursements but give ire
mendous increase over such in the
palmiest days of our sailing vessel sea
traffic. The achievement OF these men
and of all those actively cooperating
with our commercial organizations dur
ing the past six years has surpassed
the expectations of the most optimist.
ic. All of our people are familiar with
what has been accomplished. Prior to
1910 we had only two or three manu-.
factureing or industrial enterprises
having as much as a $4,000 annual
pay roll while today the payrolls of
all our plants in active operation win
exceed 100000
Now we have the largest naval
stores producing plant in the world.
next to the largest crate factory in the
South, one Of the best croosoting
plants in the country, three of the
largest shrimp canning plants involv-
ing the development of one of the
industries in the country for
which we have the raw product in
almost unlimited quantities. at our
door, new barrel factory, . rosin
byproduets company, a plant for max
ing fertilizer lime. and other smaller
and now we are TO have
new woodworking plant, and cot
ton compress nov in course of con.
struetion, Just recently We have es.
tablished cotton market equal to
any in the State No Southern port
could hope to be great or come into
it's own without being cotton market.
How long have we hoped for this. and
YET We take all this rather calmly.
Where We were weak we are now
strong in commercial way Little
do our people genere,iy realize the
steady, determined work that has been
done by these citizens to whom refer.
ence has been made. Our greatest
achievement has been the bringing OF
our business, professional and labor
ing men, and indeed. all classes of our
citizens, together, working as one man
Ter the upbuilding Of our beautiful
city We have almost sileneed the
'knooker," May We soon he able to
say to all Of them Peace to Your
Ashes"