Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-06-27
SERMONIzINC.
A BrieI Lay Sermon Followed by Some
More Facts and Figures on
A COTTON MILL.
The People Are Reading These Articles
and There is Hope Of Action.

The two articles that have APP
peared in The Eagle under this
head have already elected the re-
mark from readers that everybody
can see the advantage a cotton
mill would be TO Bryan, especially
everybody except those who have
the money 10 build il.
1t is unfortunately true that in
every town there are those who
should lead ia such matters who
will not do it. There are those
who would perhaps reap large ben
efts who will do nothing. Here
is the rock on which form time
immemorial many finely promis-
ing enterprises have been wrecked.
But should IL be so? Common
sense SAYS no. Your man with
plenty Of means and not much pub
lie spirit is going to knock along
pretty well anyway, whether great
public enterprises are established
or not. 1t is the man Of moderate
means, with his fortune 10 make,
who needs these things, and who
in the universal history Of man
kind, has a, ways been the one TO
put his shoulder to the wheel and
make the car OF progress move.
His reward is sure. He feels that
he lives for something. There is a
whole lot OF heroism and religion
in work-in efforts exerted for
something that will benefit some.
body besides yourself. You can
not benefit yourself much without
incidentally benefitting some one
else. Don't let the rich man who
lag- back sour your own nature
and cause you to do likewise. The
chances are he has already done a
great work for the public while &C.
cumulating the fortune he now has.
In nine cases out Of ten this is in
eyi.ably the case. We cannot live
TO ourselves alone. II you will
exercise a little charity and look
into the career of the rich man,
YOU will find that in making his
money he carried on some busi
ness that was a great good--a great
convenience-to the public. lt is
your time now to act. II you act
wisely, you will get your reward
We wish ope Of the good preachers
in Bryan would make a sermon
along these line Of thought, There
is inspiration in il.
Nearly all the cotton mills built
in the southern states-Georgia,
South and North Carolina, Ala
bama and Tennessee-were butt
by large numbers Of people Of mod
crate means; IN many cases really
poor men contributing their mites
to the stock. In some instances
related by Mr.. Hargrove, a limit
was placed on stock at $1,000. No
man vas allowed TO take more. II
was something for the good of all,
and everybody took a hand. The
results were, work for those who
wanted work; wages for people who
| had been idle; business Of all kind.
improved. The rich gained, but
the poor man gained more in pro.
portion. His son, who would per.
haps have grown up idle and Wei,
Gus, now grows up industrious and
self reliant, and some day will per.
haps own a big share of stock il
that enterprise his father toiled L
set on foot.
MIR. hargfoNe says
The value OF pound OF cotton wher
manufactured IL little over or it'll,
less than three times greater valu,
than IN rs raw state, and why our peo
pie should delay in building cotton iac
tories am ut loss to know-excep
that W. are awaiting for some one els
20 do for us what we do not DO for our
selves, and which will pay us dividend
greater than our other Investments.
Our neighbors 20 the east OF us di,
not wait. aud they have struck IL rich
/ believe our people have had fears tina
this enterprise did not pay adequat
retatns un the investment. Let me tel
YOU something on that line.
Ssme of the dividends haye been a
high as 80 per cent, aud but few unde
10 per cent. The customary confse &
North and South Carolina has been 1
declare an averegc semi.annual div
dend Of to g per cent. thus making a
annual return OF TO u per cent, an
then set the remainder Of the earning
the total Of which range from 20 to 2
, per cent--as surplus, and In two I