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■0&S THE WAYCKOSg*WEBCLY HERALD • * 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 GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY To cecura FREE of charge a Clock, tho moat Important thing In the home. And cuch a Clock, tool BEAUTIFUL COLO AND GUARANTEED FOR TEN YEARS. 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