Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-29
LOYALTY TO YOUR CITY.

people IN the world.
LOYALTY TO YOUR CITY.
The speaker paid high compliment TO
the trayelling-men, and, after urging
them TO join the chamber. continued:
There is another thing / want TO i'm
press On this people with all the power /
can command. and that is. be loyal TO
your city, not only by your conduct I'm
patronizing our home people whenever
they can serve you, but In your conver-
sation at any and all times. II Is the
habit OF some people 10 have their clothes
and their shoes and their families clothes
and shoes made or purchased In other
cities. and they do so because they al
lege they can't find what they want here.
The reason they don't find what they want
here is because they don't order what
they need here. and only for this reason.
The people who live and do business here
patronize us. and they have the right TO
expect us TO patronize them as far as
they can serve US properly. But again.
never decry or abuse your city under any
circumstances. but talk Richmond" all
the time. There is no investment that
pays better than what the drummers call
"chin grinding in behalf of your own
people and your own home And the man
who cannot find something good TO say,
about Richmond, with it's beautiful stu
alton, with it's lovely streets and parks,
with it's railroad and river facilities OF
communication, the former branching out
and coming in from every direction like
the spokes Of a wheel, and under able
and efficient officers; with its healthful
and abundant supply OF good water; with
its splendid fire and police departments;
with its noble charities: with its able,
eloquent. enlightened. pure. and almost
God-like pulpit, the peer of any any
where; with its doctors and lawyers, az
able and as sklllful as those anywhere:
with its high-toned, enlightened. able and
successful merchants. manufacturers,
and financiers; with its skiliful and taste
full architects, mechanics, and artiZans:
with it's best laboring classes, white and
black, in the world: with its excellent
schools. public and private. and It's mag
nincent and growing colleges; with its
beautiful public and private buildings,
growing in number and architectural
beauty with each year: with its hotels,
far better now than they have the repu-
tation Of being. and soon TO have added
TO their number one hat will be above
criticism in architecture and in all Of its
appointments: with its large and increas-
ing trade and manufactures, growing In
Importance and number with every year;
with its able and enterprisng press: with
its large banking capital and conservative
and ably-managed banking institutions.
every one OF which has not only passed
through this the most trying year OF
financial distress in the history of the
country without disaster. but been en-
abed to pay their stockholders their
usual dividends; with its elevated, cul-
tured, and enlightened society; and above
krl. No.
women and men-women and men who
have been tried by every ordeal that can
put fortltude, patriotism. and virtue to
the test,~and have emerged from these
fires as only the pure gold can-I say
that the man or the woman who lives In
a city which has all of these advantages
and q thousand others that / haven't the
time to enumerate. and can't speak well
OF it, don't deserve to live anywhere,
and yet there are some people of this
sort In this city to-day, people who COM
plain of everybody and everything.
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
There is another thing want to say
a word about to the property-holders and
business of Richmond, and II is
something that is apparent to every man
who thinks at all on this subject, and
that is, you are taking too little interest
In the municipal government of your city.
don't mean to be understood az
charging that our city government
on the contrary, / think. consider
ing how little interests our merchants
and property holders generally take In It,
il is one of the purest and best city
governments of which / have any know
ledge. But / think It susceptible of great
Improvement, and ! think the time has
come when these improvements can and
should be made. ] think some improve
FtaasV -
Street Water. and Gas departments in
the hands Of separate commissions. and
that the charter Of our city ought to be
so amended by the present General AS
changes are not experiments with us.
We have already tried the management
OF the Police and Fire departments by
commissions, and We know what changes
have been wrought for the better in each
Of these by this change OF government.
l hope you Will excuse the personal
alluson, but ] claim the credit Of having
lnaugurated the system. and drawn the
first act creating the Board OF Police
Commissioners. and that creating the
Board of Public Interests. through which
the former came into existence. and
spent with dear old Ned Coher the
greater part of tine last night he spent
on this earth, helping him to frame the act
creating the Board Of Fire Commits
sioners.
OUR GREAT NATION.
juuSe CnflStldn QnOtcu AT some length
from DR. Strong and others on the great
ness OF this nation and people, and con-
tinued:
We are in the midst Of all this greatness.
are in the midst Of all this greatness
the products and manufactures OF every
section Of this country can be brought
to our doors. and many OF them will
come this way TO our seaports. We can
make our seaport, Newport News, the
entrepot for an immense portion of this
great area, and this city already has the
business houses and the capital 10 handle
extensive and inviting field. What. | ask
OF Richmond, are you going to do with
this your greatest opportunity? Come TO
this chamber and determine and having
determined TO succeed you will never fail
But the section TO which we must look
especially for material sympathy and
support Is this southland of ours, every
city hamlet. home, and acre of which
is endeared to us by ties which grow
stronger and stronger with each recurring
year Everybody In Richmond loves the
South, and the whole South loves Rich
mond The people OF the South love to
come here as to their Mecca of memories
and achievements, and i would love to
see this hall become the general gathering
ulace of every convention or the southern
Jeople whether called to consider their
material development or their political or
moral welfare.
HIS CLOSING WORDS.
Judge Christian gave graceful and de-
served recognition to the labors or the