Telegram-herald., 1889-11-18
THE OBSERVER

serves great Gay -calll--~ ai+1 k-Js-
peroas. N4ke foF yourselves name AID
fame tAgoug gAout tss world, ana thus
he kloan.
A Lius space Is occasionally SUI
rendered u tn.s column OF the tElE-
GaAN-HERAID. o. the daily observer
lor l.a-ter worthy the spec.al attention
ot business mel, conserving tie mucl-
needed Improvements ~ m4Dy P4Iucu-
lars s4leh are becoming of vital -nl-
paraIce % our iUturs growth ana gem
eral prosperity
Tle hne furniture output OF this
city truly represents the superior skill
Of Grand Rapids wor,hy.mechan-cs.
RAl-l Wll p1t taem foremost IA rank
anl l.e oI all the nations. IL that par
LcIar lne OF work. Tie product OI
tae s.l.ll exi. o.ted IN our clly j. the
ItaIt ~ America protected industry,
4l4 ~ al-cu every rglt-Aluded ClL-
.zsl lls g.. good reason o. Ioe- proud.
Le. America oe America Ior Amer
ic3, ald GRAND Rapids III tie lead Ol
s-4 Americas.
Iae occasional mention Of Our city's
beauliu. products IS due - the iacI
tlAt manufacturers have been lar
s.gnted enough 10 employ the most lu-
tel4gcnt and best skilled men, 10 use
tle best material, aud 10 pUt ntO every
article manufactured the renned taste
Ot Grand Rapids many years Or cx-
pguence. The good ulia tnus gained
afford fresh demonstration OF the
fact Jhat, I'D the art of furniture man
utaclurlng, this city has gained world
WIDE name and fame, and Justly, too.
Our city surpasses any other c,ty as "a
whole, ON the face ol the eatth, ami
Wlu ba able 10 sustain Itself by cOntn-
ued intelligent management. Bat We
need 10 secure better and cheaper ship
ping facilities, which are 80 much
needed for the clty's future prosperity.
Let us wake up 10 our present and
future necessity. Let Us display sagac-
lty and ability IN all we do. Let our
devotion bo constant for the building
up ol city ami beautiful homes. To
tins end We must study, reason, write
and practice. We should keep before
us brilliant, happy and prosperous
! future, and IN order 10 secure this we
must become more thoroughly united
on matters OF vital Importance to our
location. Let us look forward with fair
hope and happy del lght.
Is il or IS II not we'll that practical
| facts should constantly be kept before
| the people of Grand Rapids, and the
| people OF this country. The grand sue
cess OF this city lies IN that question,
| protection" We have these grand
| factories with their machinery, the
| trained and skillful wOrkmen, their
I capacities and their products, solely be-
cause we have protected the business
| by Intelligence and superiority of work
nanShIp. We need more factories OF
| different natures IN order to keep pace
with other active and prosperous cities.
| We need more protected capital which
VIII bring protected labor and protected
| labor VIII bring prosperity.
Ii free trade had been America 5
| policy, there would not be the noted
| city Of Grand Rapids, and so it would
| be with all cities. As 1t Is, we are a5lC
TO manufacture goods in large guam
| tihes of unsurpassed excellence. Let
the good work go on.
The Chief Cause of Poverty.
The great question of today, as in the
past, is not so much, "What shall We
do with the poor?" as, "What shall be
done with the lazy?"
The evils Of poverty are not so mucf
the result Of economic conditions as OF
an absence of practical intelligence anc
thrift on the part of vast masses of the
! people. Ignorance, wastefulness, vice
and want of energy, cultivated il
/ youth, are the main causes of poverty
in old age.
A removal of the evils Of poverty i
to bc looked for only by an increase o.
individual energy and frugalty, anC
these essentials must be inSulicd into
the youth of our country. If the child
is brOughtup, or allowed to spend every
cent Of ms earnings or that OF IN
parents, and 60 IN debt for more, W,
must not expect to see him Otherwls,
than poor in old age, depending for hi
support upon the honest earnings o
his more faithful labOrers. The evil
Of poverty, as they exist today, ar,
evils associated with the classes il
whom thrift and intelligence are want
ing. There are exceptions 10 the rule
| which may be inherited, inability, dis
oascd body and mind 10y birth, o
natural causes, the loss of property il
old age, either by water, fire. or dis
/ honest men, and other unforeseen cause
over which We have no control, an,
can not prevent, even if we desired t
dO so.
Pauperism, caused otherwise than b,
the exceptions given above IS tObecure
only by teaching boys and girls, mel
aud women, the necessity, the duty an,
gnity OF persistent industry, reason
able frUCalty IN dress and living; b,
teaching mon and women that they ar
not the sons nor daughters of God, no
| even the sons nor daughters Of honor
able men and women, unless there b
IN them some reflex of that creauv
power Of the Almighty 10y which II
brought the universe into existence.
There are many who are brought u
% think that the world owes them
living. and that they are gong tO hav
It. We claim. and have never claimc'
/ ohnujsc, that tine world owes MS nothing
only as we earn It. But the world
charitable. and gives the living, J.
/ many WAYS and conditions. Some DO
/ Ceiyc Is from friends. others by iaNt.o
on our prosperity, some In the poor
/ house. jail, house of correction Or 81
I tHe prison.
Irss lborality shown to such pe0rI
would make better and more usefu
men and women ut them.
Mon and women should live from
high principle and moral standpoint.
grapes oI tAlslt- ine h".e =
"As men sow. so shall they also reap.
The first and most important Toou
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