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THE WAYCKOSg*WEBCLY HERALD
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Resources
Of Waycross
As Seen By Atlantian.
GEORGIA'S FAM*OUS RESORT
TH£ WIGWAM
NOW OPEN INDIAN SPRING
A Panacea for Diseases for a burtirel years, its medicinal baths
are obtainable at the Wigwunonly 3C0VILLE Bros. (The New Mor
rls Hotel, Birmingham. Ala., under the same management.
By request of several business Tfijea
of Waycross who heard the address
of Mr. Walter G. Cooper, of Atlanta,
at the business men's banquet In this
city last week, the Herald produces
Mr. Cooper’s address in full today.
The address will be especially Inter*
eating to all persons who have the fu
ture development of this section
heart. The address follows:
Mr. Toastmaster and Gentlemen: —
From the evidence I see of things
you have done in Waycross it Is clear
that ^ r ou do not need to send to Atlan
ta for a man to tell you how to build
up your town. All you need
know yourselves.
About the time of the panic, your
great car works burned to the ground.
It was a $300,000 plant, employing 500
men and meant a great deal to the
community. In that trying time
financial stress, you raised $140,000
in two weeks to supplement the lnsur
ance money and the plant was rebuilt.
This achievement at such a time
have been a credit to Atlanta or any
other city. We talk about the Atlanta
spirit, but it is no better than the spir
it of Waycross. You have done great
things already and in.future you
do greater tilings.
The subject assigned -to me
“What may be accomplished by
Board of Trade and how to do
It would be a bold man who would
dcrtake to prescribe the metes am
bounds of oportunitv 'for one
say noihing of a hundred, organized in
a body like this Board of Trade and
working as a unit.
Your object is assumed to be the
upbuilding of your community, partic
ularly on the commercial and indust ri-
* al sides. Such work has incident:
more important than us immediate
object, for it is impossible to build up
a community without building up the
people who compose it. In doin;
tnat you develop the most precious of
all resources. Without this ai
ultimate end, all your labor is in
Unless they tend to the uplift of the
race, the majestic passage
ships, the thunder of railroad trains
and all the splendors of civilization,
are as the bounding brass and the
tlukling cymbol.
But these things wisely turned to
account do furnish the means for a
great uplift of your people. Commerce
is another name for opportunity. Tne
beginning of civilization was laid
when the first simple forms of barfed
began. It meant tnat the in
made the exchange were capable of
serving each other. Each could pro
duce something that the other need
ed.? It became inconvenient to kill
the man who made the clothes or
furnished the food, and if he could
not be enslaved it was necessary to
trade with him. Thus Commerce
mitigated the severity of warfare.
The capital arising from the opera
tions of Commerce Is the means by
which all the great works of civiliza
tion aro set on foot. In modern par
lance, Capital limits labor and with
out It Is not anything made that Is
made. There go the ships on th,e great
and wide sea with armies of men and
billions of dollars worth of freight-
all floated by the capital that accumu
lates In America. There Is the thund
ering railway train and there Is the
Incessant hum of thousands of tne
wheels of Industry, not ono of which
would turn without the capital of com-
**>9rce.
First Get Together.
The first thing a Board of Trade
may do Is to get together all the effec
tive forces in the country.
Mere organization will not answer.
Organization is good form, but without
a genuine spirit of co-operation the
body will be as Ineffective os a skele
ton. You might as well have tify
bones.
In getting together It is essential to
build up your board of Trade. This Is
the effective fighting force. It should
be fully manned, Inured to service,
And kept constantly at work for the
good of the city. To make a pow.er
it must be led by natural leaders of
men, whom the community will fol
low, and its leaders must manage to
«nlist the Interest and enthusiastic
support of the members. I know no
- better way to do this than to under
take big things. Do something worth
while. Be sure you are right, don’t
get behind impracticable schemers,
but don’t be afraid of being laughed
at wnen you know you are on the
right track. It is ea'sler to do a big
thing than a little thing. Great un
dertakings fire the imagination, kindle
Enthusiasm, and cause the community
to rally round your standard. When
once you start on such sn undertaking
never let up tuntll It Is an accomplish
ed fact. Know no such word as fall.
fighting corps and have resolved to ing their development In the most ef- of the best of
win or wear yourselves out In the at- fective ways.
tempt, the chances ar,e nine to one
In your favor.
One of the first tilings to do when
you buy a business, begin business,
start a new year or turn over a new
leaf Is to take stock. It is in the com
mercial world what taking his bear
ings is to tne storm tossed mariner. Un
derstand you wish to take a new start
and It is a good time to see what you
navi got to atari on. How Joes IV
cross stand. I am not prepared to
answer in detail after one days stay
but here are some of the principal
items:
Resources of Waycross.
^our resources are based upon land,
water and air, or the plants and ani
mals tiiat grow or float upon them. 1
Jo not refer to "hot air’’ for I do not
believe in that. It is not necessary
it is not effective. A fact will j
travel round the world but hot air
no w.iere. Truth is .eternal
and n true Idea has all the .ndestr
tobllty of matter. What you need In
advertising your town Is the presenta
lion of facts to the world.
Of these natural resources there
any sub-divisions, ns ujfricultqral
land, horticultural land, mineral lam
forest land and the urban lands, which
used for munufuctu
id a variety of purposes.
Of water you have tne artisiau and
e river. There are no bacteria in
•tisian water and you do not
to felter it. Many of the problems
supply in other cities do not
confront you. There is no belling
how much the Satiln
commerce
irth to
ain..
The third
I shall
aturnl resources or ajr
stood when we call it
climate. Nature has done much "for
and you may improve nature by
.training and other sanitary measures.
Speaking of land again you have
gricultural and horticultural which
may be immensely improved. It has
connection with one of your natural
mineral resources,—inarl. The State
Geologist, Mr. McCallle tells mo that
there are great deposits of marl all
through Southwest Georgia in
ties all around this, This marl, he
if applied to farm land, will im
mensely increase its productiveness,
It did Jn New Jersey. Your min-
n^ lpndi contain cluy ami sand from
hich you are already making tile,
brick and artificial stone. These. In
dustries may be Increased to vastly
greater proportions, especially If you
get water transportation.
Your forest lands have been the
foundation of grent Industries In lum
ber and puvul stores. I see beauti
fully illustrated h.ero at your
works and Mr. Bailey’s plant the In
terdependence of Industry—showing
how one good thing helps another.
The cars they are building at the Car
rlvs are made of tlmhor furnished
.Mr. Hailey, and mounted on wheels
and trucks made In Atlanta. The
whole is a Georgia product.
Your largest development Is In man
ufacturing and transportation. First,
tho railroads made Waycross possible.
Within two years the Coast Lino has
built hero tho finest R. R. Shops in
the South, with a capacity to employ
fifteen hundred men. It is not yet
In operation, but probably will be In
side of twelve months. I will tell
you of one or two thlugs that make mo
thing so. The crop of small grain
th I s yea r is the largest on record. Tne
govt rnme-nt estimate Is over two btl-
Hui bushels against x Homt?taIng over
You have made such a fine start In
manufactures that It hardly seems nec
essary to advise you to keep up the
lick on that Hue. I may, however,
call your attention to the fact that
Mr. S. W. McCalle, the State Geolo
gist, expects to give a series of stere-
optican lectures In Georgia towns this
full on the mineral resources of the
State. His object is to interest busi
ness men in the development of these
resources, whlvh are among the rich
est in the world. If you can Induce
him to deliver such a lecture here I
think H would do great good and aid
your work materially. There are varl-
us means of encouraging agricultural
evelopment. A time humored moth-
.1 is the fair. There ought to be an
annual fair in every county. Some
South Georgia towns have had
excellent ones—particularly Valdosta
and Quit man. The display they made
of :iome products was a great revela
tion -and a stimulus to the whole sur
rounding section of country. These
fairs stimulate manufacturers and
trade ns well as asricultur.e. The
leading merchant in Atlanta says his
trade is twenty per cent better during
tne years when w.e hold fairs. Anoth
er method is by farmers’ institutions.
This may be better than by fairs. The
city of i,os Angeles has made an Im-
ment on the old idea of the fair.
Their Chamber of Comerce has a con
tinuous exhibit of ail the products of
that region. They have no inanufac- \
Hirers, but wonderful agriculture and
iiorticulture. If yon should group j\ere
all the products of Southeast Geor
gia, agriculture, horticulture and
ufnetures. tourists would stop off to
see the exhibit,
The effect on your home people
would be more important than th#t
•n the tourists. It is the experience
f nearly all commercial leaders that
oil can start ten industries with home
capital for every one you can bring
from a dictance. Keep your eye on
the home people and do everything in
power to interest them In tho
upbuilding of their section.
Agriculture 'and manufactures .go
hand in hand. They are complement
and supplement pf each other and their
exchange is called commerce. If (hr
the exchange is .easily made, upon fair
terms, both sides prosper. Transporta-
ion is the grout means of bringing
the parties and their products togeth
Without it tho exchange cannot
be made. The better you make the fa-
dlities and the lower the cost, tho
freer and more complete will he the
exchange of products and the more
prosperity for nil concerned. There
fore you should do all In your power
to improve your transportation facili
ties, by rail, by water and by high
ways. The railroads almost made this
vn. They should be appreciated
I fairly treated. More than that
they should receive all tho encourage
ment you can giv.e them. If rates
hre not right, water transportation
111 give relief. Tho Satllia rher is
avigable to n point within about 3d
miles of here. It ougnt not to be dlf-
cult to got a government survey to
determine the cost of opening I he
stream to Waycross. This Beard of
Trade would erect n lasting inonument
o itself if it secured river navigation
do not have to guess at the pos-
your resources
turough education. At the outset let
me tell you about one of y5tn~towns-
men who can do a great deal along this
line. I have not the honor of his ac
quaintance and only know' him through
his works. Eight years ago It was my
fortune to b.e a member of tUe commit
tee which awarded a series of prizes
offered by the American Book Com
pany for papers in different kinds of
Georgia schools—Grammer Schools.
High schools, City schools and country
Schools, la addition there was a
l prize for the best essay by a teacher
on tho development of the resources j
of Georgia. There was one paper
which, in general excellence. In form j
and in richness of the thought, so far
surpassed all the others that the com
mittee quickly and unanimously
awarded it the prize. There was no
name on tho paper, but when the*Book
Company announced tho author it was
•Mr. Pound, the Superintendent of your
Public Schools.
Practical Education.
GOLDEN CLOCK-FREE
1 will i
him with
people. Si
It is the function of everybody that
uuderiakes the upbuilding of Its com
munity. to hoc that tho growing youth
receives a practical training. Ger-
inuny has about doubled her commerce
on (Pis method nlr.ne. Dr. Pritchett,
in the convention 'or the promotion of
Industrial Education, at Chicago last
January, made a comparison between
the youth t.f that city and tho youth
•f Berlin, a city of about the same size.
’ In Berlin" says he,"55 percent or
the boys who leave tne grammar
school, are during the next two years
in a continuation school, where they
are taught to d> some one tiling well,
and thus qualified to meet sonio otto
of me world’s needs. In Chicago, not
one percent of the boys of that age are
so engaged."
The man who has such a training
begins to produce early and produce
twice as much tis the educat
without practical training, who, only
two often lives by his wits.
defy to which I have aliud-
ot in Atlanta this winter
ilisten our great auditor-
sealing capacity of s.ooo
r*li men as Dr. EIllo, Sec-
Wilson, Andrew Carnegie
|»nd James J. Hill, will be
on tlm program, and we will sturt a
“real movement for the Industrial Ed
ucation In Georgia. This will mean
more for the development of the peo
ple ami the other resources to the
State tiinu anything that has happen
ed In many years.
At that convention there will be an
exhibit of the trado schools of the
I nlted States, which will bo worth
coining hundreds of miles to see. ]
wish very much that this board of
trade could attend our convention in.a
body. It would giv.e you practical sug
gest Ions of priceless value for work
in your own section of the Stute. In
tills convention I call your nttention to
the agricultural schools recently es
tablished. Tnoy are not faliry on
their feet but will be soon. I earn
estly advise that you foster and en
courage tho one in this district by
every means in your power. It will
have an immense effect on the ag
ricultural development of this part of
Oeo/gla. ^
Thomas Jefferson despaired of the
success of Democracy without tho edu
cation of the masses, and Dr. Elliot,
siblllty of such a project. The thing
to ,10 lit to get the government »ur-; or H “ rvur ' 1 hn “ l lolntc '> out th « fnr
vey to determine whether the Sntllla r, ' aclllnB ^ oct "l ,on l«>l>ular govern-
river can bo cleared of anaga and mcnt ot lh “ t kln '' of e<,u ™ tlon whlch
dretired out to admit ateamboat. to 1 hcl|, “ a boy to flml hl » lru0 callln » BnJ
tfcU point. The coat'of inch a survey “■"'l" hlm for “■ wlth “•“Inin* "hapod
, ... . . would be a bagatel,e to the U. 8., gov 10 ,aal Pnd - that may ea »" y
1.6WM0 last year. The We,tern roads | , am gure your Con4re „.! "arnearn a comfortable living by Jo-
»,!1 be kept buy thl. fall and tbla! man Mr . BranU nd fr|enJ Mr ! Ing well aomcthlng that the wo,-7,1
" I-' t '“ 11 for rall "“ y equipment, In-, E ,,».„ rilll tho "ant. done. Such men are contented
and happy in tho mastery of their cal
lings. They make Intelligent voters
and patriotic citizens, to whom the
imperial power of the suflrage may be
safely entrusted. If this generation,
as It passes off the stage, can commit
the future to a generation so educated
the world will not go backward.
The Best of all Resources.
eople of the surrounding counties
uav market their products and sup-
>ly their necessities.
You can only prosper as ycur en-
/ircnv.oat prospers. When Its pur
chasing I'CWflr is doubled, your trade
This Joes not mean that you are a at will be doubled. Therefore it is fun-
to correct mistakes, but when you dimentatly necessary to build up the
know you are right, keep everlasting- surreuading country. You mould
ly at it. study its resources systematically and
When you have organised four persistently, wlta a view to' encourag-
... a, . . | Edwards of the adjoining district will
•*.ud ng cars. Coming nearer home, I . .. . ... nn „ nm . .,
, , _ . “ ,, , i do all In their power to aid you.
see in the Savannah News this morn- 1
ing a statement showing the earnings
of the Central Railroad for June ex- Now I come to the last and *.
ceed taose for June 1907 by $29,000.
For several months after the panic
there was a slump, but in Jane the
Central caught up with last years pace
ar.d a little more. The bank clear-
!n2a of the country have recovered
half their lost ground or more. A
ir.ontn or more ago I saw a statement
•hat the Pittsburg, lake Erie & Bes
semer Railway placed an order for 2,-
)00 steel cars, with a statement that
before the cars could be de’Iyered
there would be a freight blockade.
Suggestions for Development
Your situation with respect to rail-[ but it does not pay to cry over split
•cads .las made you a commercial cen-| milk. If I may be pardoned for a sug-
er, a place to buy and sell, where the ge3tIon, It seems to me that your
all resources—the people of Waycross.
They number ten or twelve thousand
and their productive power Is very
nigh. \Vhen all those shops fin«T fac
tories.are at work on full time, which
I think will’be Inside of twelve months,
you will have about 2,500 men at work.
These men earn at least an average of
two dollars a Jay—or $5,000 a day—
$1,500,000 a yoar. Think what that
will mean to business In Waycross!
It will mean also a great deal to the
banks. You liave been unfortunate
In losing a part of your bank capital
plain way out of this difficulty is to
•Jo over again what you did when the
cars works burned. It will take an ef
fort and a sacrifice, but It means thrift
2nd Gladstone says, it is thrift th£t
DIED AT NAYLOR.
Mrs. Fannie Robinson, wife of Dr.
Lee L. Robinson, died at her home
at Naylor yesterday afternoon at six
q’clock. Mrs. Robinson was formerly
Miss Fannie Hinson of this city. She
tva» a sister of Mrs. W. D. Owens,
wJio resides/on Francis street. The
remains will be buried in Waycross
toraorow. >
GOVERNMENT HAS INSTITUTED
SUIT AGAINST RAILWAY.
Washington, July 20.— The Govern- j
ment has Instituted suit against the
Northern Pacific Railway Co., the
Rofcky Ford Co., ahd the Northwestern
makes the man. Thrift Is nearly al- J Improvement Co.(, to recover title to
ways born of Spartan Sacrifice. If j coal lands In Cardon county, Montatn'a
rca do not raise all the money here I declared to be worth more than $100.-
tbe raising of a part will encourage tae 1 000,000 and which are allegged to have
outside world to help you. heea procured through mhrepresanta-
Now a word about the development tlon.
ur time. No one who has
afford to miss this truly
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nsk you to show thorn to your
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