The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-08-14
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4 TIMELY TALK. H..
1sv. q. q. S0ith, the pastor OF the
1bS1sss Church In st. Paul. gave tho
idts Of tho Twia Cities some good
ad5te1 IN regard 20 the existing strife
about Ito census taking. Many OF bio
observs&fons are capable Of general ap-
Dlie!ation. We cannot refrain from
quoting ( ss* paragraphs which con-
taia good, practical sense. In regard
60 Tho animositieS engsndered between
The two cities tho preacher rays they
aEe beGotten BY . tex dHwise persons.
~ not q tho nass Of tho people, who
&sot simply On honest eoGat; that tho
true scisnes OF statistics makes &C.
eoudt 6f moro than mere ntmbess.
He s1shiuls Ais hearers that ''inere
1o0besj ote .6s tho condition q stta
na&ssial ktsstn4se, which II truis&
ssevsssssdbfiot6sAoos history. few;
01aaiards conquered Mexico: . few
thousaad Englishmen control thG mil
lioos OF India; and China, with her un-
counted swarms Of population Is the
j|olitjcsl butt OF tho CIVILIZED bations.
The science OF ststfstics il born In re-
cent times. Il has not to do aldhe 6i
chiefly with plumbers, but with physi
:Eal; ibdu1trial and moral conditional
We oohhtnd especially the closing
words OF this timely discourse to oil
who wish to know how to build up
towns and Cities:
Municipal greatness is the sdm to.
til Of tho activity, nerve, capacity,
slertnoss aud moral strength OF all it's
citizens. Could We multiply small shan
ties, With families Of ten, for the care
Of our relief society; until our popu.
lation far outnumbered out sister CITY,
such an addition would be detriment
lnstead Of = benefit. Shrewd eastern
capitalists will not rste 10 financially
because we are able to swell our emu
fneratlon by paupers and tramps, but
they will reckon tho wealth breeding
capacity OF those who are actually
hefe: II 10 fir better for US to have =
population 6f . hundred thousand peo-
ple among whom lxboring men and me-
thsnics are we'll employed aud we'll
paid; business houses are prudent and
soundja = due proportion 10 maintained
between the producing and the d:strib-
uting activities; = town In which the
thottgages are small: the banking CAPT.
tai adequate to the volume Of trade,
xnd, above all, the business of the city
isowned 1T home, than by feverish aud
x,lv~ttising methods to swell the pop
ul.tion to 200, 900 in city which is
substantially o~hed in New York and
D.ston, and where commercial failures
1re of common occurrence. where ev-
cry bislness man is a. suspicious and
whsre catastrophe is EASILY prophesied
.ese-slse future. :: 7''-'
O. ''TheTe is one steamship line plying
6rtween New York and Liverpool
which 10 able to inscribe upon all ils
advertising matter the legend, 1--WE
have never lost u passenger" The fact
that lies behind this inscription is
worth thousands dollars every year to
that steamship company. For myself,
I 10 not care which Of tho two cities IL
Ne larger, but I propose generous
sivslsy with our sister city in respect
shose things that are real elements of
0unicipal Groatness. would have our
business men not alone anxiuos for
. areputation for business shrewdness
but still moro eager to be noted for
commercial integrity. If wo will spend
les time sohening how 70 get more
people. and moro time In planning how
60 make those we have thrifty, content.
ID aud well developed, we shall do we'll
Let % compete in generous and msn-
" way with onr sister city in the
0o0sdsess Of our economic conditions
sad In the streaDth Of our moral
fssoss. Lstus fsase.dDss. too, that man
ohall not live BY bRsad alone. and let
- eo0pete II The cultivation Of alt,
ood Of literature, In tho Development
OF libraries and museums, In tho up
baildiag OF churches and schools, and
let % not only compete, but lot 10 also
cooperate, 20 that these two cities may
be worthy to bs regarded - tho capital
OF tho great Northwest.