Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-01
THE OUTLOOK BRIGHT
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port to a future meeting OF the Cham
Der or its Board OF Directors.
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Der or It's Board or Directors.
WORK OF THE CHAMBER.
The directory OF tho Chamber. It's rrafis
Bureau. and It's standing and special
committees. in addition TO the special
matters already mentioned have had tho
usual number and variety OF questions to
consider In the regular course OF business.
They have discharged their respective
duties with most commcndable zeal ana
intelligence. but the most serious draw
back to the usefulness Of these agencies,
after profound and extended consideration
OF their benefits and full recognition OF
their absolute necessity. Is the lack OF
a more general and substantial support
from the community at large. TO
accomplish successfully tho work OF tho
Chamber and OF its Traffic Bureau there
must be a more liberal disposition on tho
part OF our businessmen generally 20
contribute In an adequate degree OF both
their means and their time. The imposi-
ton OF these duties upon a few OF course
contemplates the greater activity OF uD
few. but 1t none the less contemplates
a full and generous response from those
who create these agencies and who may
principals or constituents. Tho EFFORT
necessary to secure this cooperation in
the comparatively meagre degree that it
| has thus far been given Is most
| disheartening, and absorbs an amount
OF time and energy in the mere effort 10
maintain the organization and existence
| of these agencies which Is most unfortu-
nate. The vast amount OF time ana
energy which has been given by tho
| officers and committees OF the Chamber
and its Traffic Bureau in raising tho
money and sometimes I'm securing tho
attention absolutely necessary. diverts
entirely too much OF their attention from
( the important work and direct objects OF
/ these organizations.
PATRONAGE OF HOME INDUSTRIES.
It has been frequently and openly
alleged OF late that there is serious
ground for complaint in this community
| that home industries arc not as loyalty
patronized by our own people as they
should be. Upon equal terms home In
stitutions should always have the pre-
ference, as by such patronage success
I'm many mertorious instances. and
nearly always in the inception or sucn
enterprises. Is assured. In no moro
effective manner can they DO advertised
abroad than by their products being used
! at home, and In no more effective manner
can other and varied industries bo
attracted to such a centre. While va
should always be glad TO welcome tho
advent Of outside capital. skill, and LAHORE
the people Of q community are not
consistent who advocate new enterprises
and outside capital but neglect TO sustains
as far as practicable, those which arc
already established in their midst. and
l. L. ,t,or al ha nj a ~
fellow citizens. A homely but ape
Illustration OF what is necessary for y
community aspiring TO decided Industrial
progress and OF the way in which the
customs and conduct OF any community
will be regarded under such circumstances
is afforded by Aesop I'm his fable OF thJ
lark and her young. He describes tho
owner of a ripe wheat field as saying.
The time has come when l must send ~
all my neghbors 70 help me with my
harvest, which speech when related by
her young caused the mother OF the brood
to say. there WIS no occasion 10 move
her nest then, for the man who sends
TO his friends TO help him with his harvest
Is not really I'm earnest. But when the
owner saw the wheat shedding its grain
for excess OF ripeness ana said, / viii 20
myself tomorrow with my iaborers ana
with as many reapers as L can hire and
will get in the harvest. the lark said
to her young: II is time now 10 be OF
for the man is In earnest this time. lie
no longer trusts 10 his friends but VIII
reap the field himself. Tife moral
IS: Self help is the best help. And the
moral seems equally true whether IL be
applied TO the simple wheat field OF the
husbandman or TO the moro complex and
varied fields OF Industrial and commercial
operations, which only yield harvest
10 communities as the zeal and enterprise
OF their people is proportIoned to theiI
opportunities $. III. HAWES,
President Chamber OF Commerce.