Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-22

capital especially, ana tnAs WITHOUT OUT
gates II possible, to b guided into those
channels which will start new life 10
this section Of the countryg
There is capital among our own peo-
pie. Why Is Ii not engaged 10 the
double work Of cnriching its posscssors
and at the same time contributing to the
progress and activity Of our people.
rather than seeking railroad stock
abroad, and bonds aud mortgages ct
home, which tend 10 paralyze rather
than QUICKEN which, sponge like, soak
up al around and give not out save
when squeezed by the impoverished and
oppressedS
What can this Chamber do to relieve
this condition Of affairs?
II In this paper we shall be enabled
to provoke discussion in the lines OF
thought mentioned we shall have ac-
complished all that We had hoped for,
save perhaps that out ofsuch discussion
there may possibly result some con-
clusion which shall be of value to our
trade and people.
Some time since one OF our citizens
made trip TO a western State for the
purpose Of starting a sanufsctory.
Telling us Of the attention shown him
there be said "Iwas total stranger,
and hesitating between sites in two
towns some twelve miles apart, my
mission was found out, and SO deter
mined was each place to secure manu-
featuring enterprises that they offered
to mako me q present OF the ground,
situated in the heart Of the corporate
limits, though they knew | was willing
to pay for it; and finally l did buy at
nominal price," and so on.
This prompts US to ask, Is Rich
mond ready to make present Of site
to any manufacturer who will locate
here a factory Of no mean proportion?
Indeed, will she make any conce ssions
to such IN end? IL an invention is
brought 10 light here by one who
yields the hammer and chisel for his
daily bread, is there enterprise among
our capitalists--one who would help
that man on to successP If so, let
the name be known; there may be
some who would like to form his ac-
quaintance.
Finally, may We ask il it would be
practicable for this Chamber to have
among its committees one which might
have under its especial care the protec-
ton of our interests in rendering aid to
capital and genius looking this way for
investment, and through this committee
to place the services of the Chamber at
the command Of any such as source OF
information, protection, and assistance
to the stranger among us?
Secondly. Would it be practicable to
appoint another standing committee,
whose duty it should be to ascertain, by
any means at hand or through channels
which may be provided by the Cham
Der at the committees suggestion,
what raw material does exist about US,
and from time to time report the same
to this body, so that said committee
may be empowered to advertise the
same to those branches of trade and
manufacture requiring such, and thus,
if possible, bestir our people to pros
pect their lands, and open up an avenue
Of analyses, &c, to them such as the
may be enabled to perfect,
and thus speed the day when our every
possible resource shall be known to the
commercial world?
Thirdly. Would it be feasible for
this Chamber to make arrangements
with experienced mineralogists, whose
services could be secured in cases con-
templated above and advertise the same
in the counties about US, so that the
landowner would have safe gusrau-
tee Of honest investigation and report.
the expenses Of such services to be ad-
justed as the committee may be enabled p?