The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-29

| thoughts and opinions, and thus enaoie
| Us 10 arrive at such a decision OF the
| questions al Issue as VIII best promote
| the interests Of all concerned.
ant so8ess,.
There never VAS any people IN the his
| tory OF the w0rld who had AK many IN
ccntives to stand together as the people
/ Of the south, and especially those OF rms
| battle.scarred bat still beautiful CITY.
War. devastation. disaster. fire ana
| food have been our portion In the e"onohy
1 OF an all-wise providence; but an NJ
tory shows that these 'hings snou'u
only forge and strengthen TIE links wn'ch
should bind as the more elcsely together.
| Opuleucc and unalioyed Prosperity a'S
| neither the best ligaments OF 'hf SoN''
! compsc. nor are they the incehuF'7 ~
The grandest achievements. ..-..-
! What makes the jew the most Sasa''ouS
/ dnancIer and the most successlu ineT-
chant In this or any other land today
/ IL n yirnply because he Is a jew, ana as
/ sone yin saw consequently born
/ ,rsda,,,o No my friends. II is because
/ no has been prosecuted anG driven from
ri,Isr N post. with no country he can
/ claim as Mss own. and these trials and
norss fufions have made him sagacious
! md strong. lie IS no pampered scion OF
luxury, reared ia the DOLLHOUSE Of idle
ness and ease but. like the sturdy oak
/ on the mountain side. the storms of win
l ter have beaten and broker upon il.
I rocking II to and fro. II may be. but only
| 70 make It's roots strike deeper and more
/ firmly In the ground. And this people
/ teach us . lesson we ought never TO Tor
| get; and that IS as have said, they are
/ the most united people IN the world to-
/ day No deserving Jew. who Is unfortu-
| nlte and who needs help. ever fails 10
receive II, and / will venture the asser-
| ton that no man within the sound ct my
1 voice ever saw jew begging, or ono VINO
has been unfortunate ir business. and who
| deserves succor in that line. who DID not
receive IT. This trait Of the Jewish char-
, acter, as well as many Others L couid
| entfmerate / esteem most highly, and /
| wish II was in my power to impress the
! principIe OF IL on you for your emulation
and guidance And this people are not
| only faithful and loyal 10 their own race.
| hut I happen to know that recital OF
| the contributions 10 the general charities
If this city would reveal the fact That
the most liberal donations when are
| made tc these come from the excellent
| Israelite citizens, who are in many re-
spects among the very best citizens we
have.
Cooperation
These remarks bring me TO the consider
| alton OF that which ] consider the great
! est need in the makeup and character
/ istics Of our people. ] have alluded 10 II
in this chamber before. and II ] live long
enough, and an opportunity Is Afforded
| expect 10 do so again l need not say
mean the spirit of cooperation. Co-opera-
lion IS the watchword Of the day and
| hour In which we live, or. as brilliant
| Young scUtherner has phrased II, Co
! operation is the light and persstency in
the way and l will add, the only way
OF accomplishing any great achievement
| in any lire OF trade, commerce. or ma
terial prosperity Of any kind In the times
En- which we live The affairs Of men have
provr 70 such proportions, and by means
| If the facilities OF communication. the
whole world rs brought in such close con
| ,act that the single arm OF the one or
two cannot cope successfully in the race
| Combinations anG rivalries among ana
| between trades and trade centres are III
orally the "crder Ct the day. ana tne CITY
which does not see and recognize TINS as
! n fact and meet these organizations ana
cnmhir a lions with counter organizations
and If necessary, combinations, 100
might as we'll prepare ito be left out In
the colo" Indeed, its eptspb is already
! written whenever II regulates the maxim
that man is his brothers keeper"
what HAS Been Done.
81 do not mean TO charge that we have
not manifested a spirit of ENTERPRISE
and cooperation in this city, Judge
| Christian continued Nothing be'teI
illustrates the fact that the contrary Is
true, than the history of this orSaniza-
tlon and this city, from the birth OF the
former. to the present time. The move
ment TO establish this Chamber was De-
gun on the twenty-ninth Of August. 1871
At that time a large part II not the
| Greater part Of the business portion OF
this city was still IN ashes, and the whole
| .lffr,. try IVA
| desoiation and ruin; the war had LETT
ua q conquered md devastated land.
the carpet Dagger" and the 'scallawag
were then prowling amongst our people
seeking whom they might devour' IMAM
cially. politically and morally; our BRAY
est and our best had been slain In battle
and the weeds Of mourning were every
where to tybify the griefs ana sorrows We
carried I'm our hearts for these
The speaker continuing. said that II
was at a time and amid SURROUNDINGS Ike
these that the first meeting, looking TO
organization. was called for August @th,
the same year The call was signed by
twenty-sx business houses, whose names
are given. and on October 9th following
an organization was effected, with David
j. Burr as president. J. l.. Apperson,
treasurer p. G.. Coghlan, secretary, and
"a full complement of other officers.
Changss of al " Years.
Judge Christian continued
The meeting was held the next day, and
the organization perfected october =
1867. with the following officers and di-
rectors.
David ]. Burr, president; Isaac Daven-
port. Jr, first vice-president; Thomas
| w. McCance, second Vice-president. j.
L. Apperson treasurer, and +. 6. Cogh-
Ian. secretary, and the following direc-
tors r. G. Peyton, i. o. Noting, Alex
| ander Cameron. Lewis ID. Crenshaw, X.
f. Blankenship, w. G.. Ferguson, James
Woodhouse, r. S. Baldwin. Powhatan
Weisiger A. Y. Stokes, VIM. b. Isaacs.
t. b. Bentley, John Purcell, James r.
Branch, w. S. Donnan, John Dooley.
William &. Ferguson & Company
Watkins. Cottreli & Company, Pal
NOR, Hartsook & Company. Blair
4 Mckinney, Martin, Brown a. Cardoza,
| Peyton Cary q Company.
What "a commentary on life does an
examination Of this brief list AFFORD?
| out Of the twenty-six business houses
| whose names are signed to that cali
more than four-ffths Of that number
are now dead whilst not a single house.
as there represented. is now doing bust
ness here, and all these changes have
| occurred within the short space OF
twenty-six years. But, which of us here
| Is not old enough TO know by reputation,
| if we do not know personally. that
| every name on that list represented not
only the integrity, but the sasacity too.
! OF the best business men that Richmond