Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-14


certain solution Of the great problem. Wher-
ever it has been introduced the result has
seen TO raise the standard and increase the
number Of manufactures, to develop tis tai
cut ana ingenuity OF the people, attract 3api-
tai, and furnish employment for the idle and
destitute. and open up all the avenues posi-
bic for making money and accommodating
wealth The illustrations are numerous.
The establishment of the technical schools
Do Germany gave to the manufactures OF that
country their prominence and importance. In
Russia the system has developed q most
wonderful facility IN the arts, and given that
country a commanding position IN this great
fcld of instruction.
Descending to individual instances. the city
ol Worcester, in Massachusetts,, was a COM
uarativeIv small town in 1856 The WOrces-
Ter Free Institute was established. and in a
few wears the town began 10 improve. capital
was attracted, the ingenuity, the talent Of the
Young generation was educated and develop
ad. manufacturing and other industrial pur-
suits encouraged, and the town grew to a
great city Of nearly $4,000 people in a few
Years.
similar instance Is recorded in Ireland.
liz an OUT -the-way community on the ISL
and, a few years ago, some philanthrOpic gen
teman determined to open and endOw a
chronological college. At that time poverty
and sQualor and destitutiOn were the leading
features OF the place. The college was built
aud opened The young men were educated,
grew up, aud turned their attention TO scien-
tile and Industrial pursuits, and in a few
wears the community, which contained at first
only few novels and sheds. bee sme rich and
pT0sperOus-the centre of a great manufac-
turing interest-OneOf the few thriving places
lu Ireland. The influence of the policy OF
England, which had broken down Ireland's
manufacturing interests, was cOunteracted IN
TINS instance by the development OF the tai
cnt, energy and brains Of the people VINO
suffered thereby. Learning was power IN TINS
case.
other instances could be cited, but desist.
Technical education CnnObles the calling OF
orl-r fHn literary
schools has always had tendency to look
down on the man who d the architect OF MS
awn education. whose only diploma Is the
sLiH and energy shat accredit him to the great
eornpanv Of the worlds artisans and manu-
facturers. Put the curriculum OF col
lege behind him, ana award him
2 diploma for merit in the usual way, and
he can face the literally scO1et una
Dashed, or put 10 the blush the
c0nceited cOXc0mb who owed his
ability. perhaps, to compass a collegiate
course to the accident of fathers wealth.
Besides this the extensive introduction and
support of technical schools Will tend TO en-
CORA C better feeling between the races.
skilled wOTkmen are respected. whether their
tie weaker race Will drop into the suhordi-
nate northumberland though absolutely
necessary TO the running of the whole ma
culnery. When wealth IS dlnused and sue
cess renders our position easier, the balances
VIII De adjusted between the races. and each
rake its place, In harmony with the great end
view.
We are not left without some grounds for
generalization, and 1 am glad can close this
address by a reference to them. Though our
relative achievements rank so low In cOmpar-
l-ln with the great Northwest, yet IL Is true
that our STATE IN 1850 stood first among the
cotton states in the number and value of her
manufactures. The germ has been planted,
aud only needs fructfving and training to
reach "a full Development. Our agri-
cultural product. thou.h so small
DO comparison with he North and West, was
larger ami more valuable than that OF any
other state south OF Mason and DiNOn's line
except Missouri. Our financial standing is
UnrValed- our bonds selling higher than those
ul amy other State in the Union, except per
-lp- those OF one or two Northern States.
Our iron interests, our coal fields, our mines
oar great water powers, our spinning, weay-
lug aud knitting Industries only need skilled
labor to develop them. The Creator never
save country such limitless resources, such
pouu'less fertility, such mineral deposits, such
countless sources of wealth and prosperity
without intending Its Development
hen, OF ali the earth, He selected q location
Tor his chosen people. He put them on the
same parallel of latitude as ours, under the
-arne sky. and the country that flowed with
milk and honey WAS not more desirable than
ours. Already the challenge has gone out To
Sew England. Did you note the depression
and failure Of the cotton mills in that region
recentiys 1t Is the prophecy of far greater
Georgia VIII ring the death-knell Of more
New England establishments. In the
whirr of the southern spindle is the
promise of new era, an era
out in the ways OF peace by our own eNertiOns.
by the w sdOm of our own people. by the
hands oi our own citizens, Of educated pow
or, realized ana giOrieG IN at home, respected.
appreciated, admired and feared abroad.
To turn the thoughts Of our people in the
direction of technical education should be the
earnest endeaYOr OF all who love the state and
t.sire her advance.
IL on, getlemen, representatives of the great
agricultural interests of the state, are vitality
Concerned. Put your shoulders to the wheel.
$50 90 your candidates for the Legislature and
demand OF them declaration OF their views
600 this subject before you choose them. Let
.lcm know that the people VIII not tolerate
fgrther delays tins matter. See to your in
forests. Let the stern voice of the ueopIe be
heard Let the mother heart of the State
speak out and make It's demands felt.
Let the young men be educated. Estab-
l.-h great central technical college for them
art thus give them q calling that they can
follow M any community, and with a certainty
of success I'm any contingency. Not lawyers,
doctors, preachers. but learned engineers,
Mechanical engineers, machinists, supcrin-
fludents of factories, builders of railroads,
as5aycrs OF metals, biologists, miners, praeti-
U.tl builders, scientific discoveries. men of re-
source. of practical knowledge, OF muscular
ingenuity, men fitted TO lead the grand march
oi human ihOught-tO conquer Dominion over
nature and space, and to multiply the means
1l wealth and enjoyment commensurate with
le demands of an enlightened, elevated and
POLISHED race.
can ON an the good people of the state to
wake 90 the Importance of the subject. In
lu other way can we meet and answer the
demands of the situation. Of what avail is
our past history, our proud name and posi-
uoD, IL we lie quiet and let the world pass by
as IN this great enterprise. our cotton may
.llom and fruit, and be gathered to the
store house, but other communities
WI reap the wealth which its
ron VIII sleep In our mountains while others
-row rich in a similar product, and hide the
SIN with the smoke of the furnaces that we
might own.
OAR mighty streams, gurgling, rushing with
.4d currents down their fretted channels viii
1ntinUe to eXpend on the rocks and the ocean
tul power which if trained and used, might
Ern the spindles and drive the hammers of a
-Housand manufactures.
Our fields may sprout their verdure to feed
trg cattle of "a thousand hills, but others viii
rAthcr their increase and grow fat on their
Hesh. Our minerals. hidden in the rough
rockets and drawers Of our mighty mountains,
" I'D Tie where the FORCES of creation left them
IN the hammers and augers of some more en-
arprlsing people shall gather them to enrich
mother generation.
Oar naue-our grand place in the family of
states. our pledges 10 pOsterity all demand
a. we should give to the rising generation
tlc means 20 retrieve the fortunes of the past
snd adjust the balances of the future.
ln the visions that sometimes throng my
WaE'ug moments, have loved to imagine the
tutgre glory OF our southern land. While the
SPIRIT Of prophetic Inspiration was upon me l
llvc seen our fields reviylng under new sys-
-ems of labor and Improvement. have seen
oar valleys smiling with peace and plenty,
and Our hillsides covered with Verdure and
Golden grain, and over ALL and in all, l have
heard the busy thrObbIngs Of a great system
o. manufactures. toward which the ewes Of all
nations shall lie turned with longing hope and
expectation.
When the staple that grows in our fields,
4ud the minerals that sleep in our mountains
-aall be gathered TO hll the currents of COM
merce. ard receive under the skilled and edu-
lated hands Of our people new beauties and
new values adapted TO the wants of civiliZa-
ton; when the smoke Of our furnaces shall
herald the rising sun, and the sound
rhC tattoo of his setting, then 1 have
thought Will the throne of commercial
nplre, DESERVING the precincts OF
.urkcr Hill. Lowell and Pittsburg, find its
destined resting place on the banks OF the 0c-
Hugce. the ChattahOOchee and the Savannah.
Then, indeed, the trIumphs of peace viii
lace the memory and atone for the suffer-
1Gs and disasters of the war-theu shall re
tive new smiles on the SCARED faces Of our
people, and IN the passing years, this. our
southland, our Palestine, hedged IN by the
Mountains and washed by the seas, shall by
allied the land of liberty, the refuge of the
oppressed, the hope OF the nations, and the rest
Ni commercial dOminlOn-at the mention OF
H hose name the slaves of tyranny and the sa-
straps 0f power shall bow with involuntary
Homage 10 all the earth-a land of hOmes-be-
grit with the offerings OF beauty and love, and
frightened with the smiles of unendug peace
where the affairs of worship shall smoke
with daily incense and the ladder of faith