Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-11
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST II, 1897.
"siADE IN RICHMOND"


Tho words made in Germany are
irving John Bull a great deal Of worry.
They arc found on vast numbers OF man
,factured articles that are sold. not only
n the Tight Little Island itself, but in
nearly all OF Great Britain's Colonial
possessions. and represent serious COM
,eiition with British industrial interests
great variety Of articles thus branded
ire also found in large numbers in the
markets OF nearly all the other coun-
tries OF the world.
The explanation Of this condition OF
,hings lies in Germany's superior sys-
lem of technical education. In respect
" this matter, Germany is said to be in
ADVANCE Of any other nation on the sface
" the globe. Results show that she has
appreciated more fully than any other
country that with the going out Of the
I'D apprentice regime, and the incoming
If the factory system, and the rapid
development of modern science, schools
If technology became as much a neces-
hty as became schools of law and medi-
line after the lawyer ceased to be
.volved from the lawyers clerk and the
physician from the physicians Office boy
md presiding genius of the pestle and
mortar.
And what the German empire Is TO the
test Of the world as respects technical
,ducation Saxony is to the German en-
,re. Small as is Saxony, the kingdom
has Ill technical Institutes. among them
icing eleven OF agriculture and forty Of
commerce, and we arc told that nowhere
Use is technical skill so highly developed
md manufacturing raised so near to the
evel OF the learned professions. In
Prussia. there are s2GO such schools with
wer 1900 pupils. Thirty-fve of the
Ichools are for painters and decorators.
IS for tailors, Q for shoemakers. and so
IN. Indeed. every trade has at least one.
rhe Prussian Government approprates
100000 year for the support Of techni-
al institutions, and they receive besides,
LIBERAL subsidies from towns and cities,
Berlin alone paying $4,000 a year. Baden,
With only 100000 population. appro-
q
Hesse. with 100000 population, has 50
schools OF design, 43 OF manufacturing
Industries and many others for artisans
" various trades. Bavaria, Wurtemberg,
md other States have similar systems
The moral OF this. says the New York
rribune--the moral OF Germany's advance
N technical education-applcs to every
,ation that would hold its own I'm the
commercial world. and a. the United
itates as directly as TO any other. True.
And 1t applies to every city IN the United
states that has the location and envl-
comments that would contribute to making
manufacturing centre. and to
ur own city as directly as TO any
ther In that class. A paternal govern
nent is not, as some seem TO suppose
necessary 20 high development Of techni-
.al education. Even In Prussia, the vast
majority OF the technical or Industrial
lchools are OF private or corporate ORR
gin. The State has founded twelve and
individuals or associations 24S and the
,amo rule holds good in greater or less
ridual capitalists. companies. and trade
associations have established many OF
ne schools, some with State or munich
,al aid. some without. II Richmond
would take. as commercial and indus
rial centre. the prominent place she is
untitled TO by reason of her location and
,ther natural advantages. she must ad
iress herself TO building up small and
diversified industries. She must manu-.
'ac;ure. as far as possible, for her job
ping and wholesale trade. and her job
hing and wholesale trade must handle
Is far as possible what she manufac
lures. She must make, made IN Rich
nond" familiar words In all the terri
tory naturally tributary TO her. This
she may do by taking a lesson from Ger
many In the matter Of technical educa
ion. Already she has in the Mechanics
institute. which Is doing splendid work
10 far as its facilities and income viii
'ermit. tho foundation upon which coult
'e built up great school Of technology
khen will our people begin to erect Tho
uperstructure?-a superstructure that
ouid be made TO prove of untold value
% the city In the direction Of stimulating
manufacturing enterprises. Tho CUES