Evening journal., 1894-03-30


and are now nearing an European condi-
tlon We must stop. as it were, 90 make a
readjustment. Hence every man before
me finds his business changes We have
gotten where we are just 100 years too
soon.
Senator Higgins on the Harbor.
In responding TO the toast "Harbor
improvements" Senator Higgins said
that it would require $l42. .0lO to make
depth Of 10 feet from the mouth OF the
Cbristiana to the pulp works $50 600
more TO make proper additions to jetties,
and $500 600 to construct the tidal basin,
II 1t should be found neca ssary.
wilmington has grown from It's own
strength and has asked and received
help from no one Baltimore is not the
place for the Cramps If they had to
move, but Wilmington is the place
He wanted 20 know by what right or
by what equity the harbors Of the South
were improved while the hsrbor Of Viii
mington was not, and added that our
ha Dor should be placed upon the list Of
permanent Improvements In the matter
Of the harbor we have been too long IN
swaddling clothes He denied positively
that the charge that river and harbor
appropriations were ''steal IL was
toe daty aud the function OF Congress TO
improve the rivers aud harbors, and the
demand should be made for what we
have the right to expect
Bishop Coleman on "a Bad Business
The bishop Acknowledged the appro-
citation and applause at his introduction,
but said that as he was the only repre-
sentative OF the cloth present he felt
strangely lonesome. He was reminded
Of telegram received in New York
by the relatives Of boy who
had gone West The dispatch stated that
the boy had been killed Then another
dispatch was flashed back asking that
he remains be sent East ut once The re-
ply to this was; mo remains Met bear &"
ut is athink, that bad business, / greater
interest is not taken by citizens gener-
ally In the. organization under whose
auspices we are assembled to night A
live, well managed board of trade means
q good deal Tor any and every business
community. In an age where there is
so much mercantile competition, said
the bishop, "Rnd in a time like the pres
ent, when it is go hard TO keep going the
wheels of any industry, it is especially
incumbent upon all TO unite as far as
possible in such efforts as are lawful TO
set before the country the many ad
vantages which We undoubtedly possess,
and TO help one another TO at least retain
the custom which we already have
1T is a bad business that has TO
be conducted on Dad principles ] do not
mean by bad principles such as do not
inure to pecuniary profit, bnt morally
bad, which, indeed, in many instances,
g. 81 a.
any other kind Of principles But. my
dear brothers, you will not, hope, ac-
/ cuse me OF taking an undue advantage Oi
your courtesy to preach TO some whom
might not otherwise reach, when l say
that there are better things than money
and that no business is good, and ne
money made in any business Is good, When
advanced and gained at the cost Of one's
conscience aud manly reputation. l am
anxious, most anxious. to see Wilmington
grow aud prosper l greatly desire 10
have its merchants and manufacturer
widely known ss shrewd. competent and
successful men. But, above all, I covei
for this. my adopted and beloved home
that her name should be the synonym fol
integrity and reliability, and her citizens
recognized everywhere as men IN whose
hands the most guileless and defencelea.
can conf Ia any concern of theirs mosi
implicitly"
washington HastinRs's American Boy.'
Congressman Causey was detained
from attending, and The next speaker
Chief Justice Lore, gave way TO Mr.
Hastings, owing to the late hour, aud, a.
Mr. Lore said, The frequent opportunities
the business men had 10 hear him speak
Mr.. Hastings said that Re was one,
boy himself and at that time he knew
every thing and never made a mistake
He spoke OF the passage of this time anS
Of the growth Of a conviction that hi
might be mistaken about some things
and of the growth of this con viction unit
he became aware that he was mistaken
almost every time He had become re
luctant about expressing an opinion OF
any subject whatever About the Amer
lean boy Mr.. Hastings spoke confidently
He did know something about boy. n
remembered that ne was n boy himsal
and had not for gotten how 10 sympa
thze with boy in his hopes, his strug
giles, his ambition, his disappoiL tments
his mistakes and his folles and foiblss
he thought that every cleGr-minded
high spirited boy should have 3 gooi
opinion Of himself, but it is a great mis-
take for him to overrate bis abilities.
is a mistake for him to imagine that b
eau 81 once become a valuable man {
any one employing him. but ought 20 b
impressed with the idea that be must b
industrious and attentive in his work q
secure Advancement in any calling, an
tnat education could only ft him {
learn aud follow some useful calling.
"And Il is unfortunate for tho boy {
read Of himself; Mr. John Smith, Jr
has accepted a position and associate
himself with & Co Rattle
than this should be re ID that the con
psny had taken him into their employ o
trial TIE greatest menace to the we
fare of the boys of to-day
, found in the extreme difficulty they hav
Z in getting an opportunity to learn
trade. Times in this regard hav
changed and in many localities. particr
lsrly in the larger cities, the trade union
bar the way Of the boys in learnin
! trades by preventing employers from eu
A.. ploying apprentices they assuming th
right to say that ouly such a proportio
Of apprentices as the union approve
I, shall be admitted TO the trades they con
| frol This ruIp of the trade