Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-28

A BIG DAY At O[LK[|N
Dedication Of the Immense Shops Of
the Chicago Great Western
Railroad.
Governor Shaw Delivers an Address
and Other Notable Men Make
Speeches.
Excursion Trains Bring Big Crowds
Something About the New
Shops.
Special to Times-Republican.

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Oelwein, Sept. 2s.-The cold weather
of this forenoon has put somewhat of
damper on the celebration connected
with the opening of the Chicago Great
Western railway shops. and the antici-
pated attendance has been much dimin-
ished. but the program is being carried
out.
Shortly after / o'clock this afternoon
a procession was formed and. unde,
escort OF bands and the fire depart
ment, proceeded to the Chicago Great
Western shops, where the formal pro-
gram was given, in the park near the
shops. William Peek, of this place. de-
iivered the address of welcome and was
responded to by Col. ID. T.. Lyon of Du-
buque. After a selection by the SHOP
City Band" the address of the day wa.
delivered by Governor Shaw He spoke
as follows:
At time when the sentiment of the
country is SO generally opposed to large
aggregations of capital it was a some
what unexpected pleasure to receive an
invitation to participate in ceremonies
and exercises commemorative of a
conspicuous triumph of combined
wealth. Iowa has been much benefited
by the construction of the Chicago
Great Western railway. 1t affords the
metropolis of the west and the Twin
Cities of our sister commonwealth on
the north ready communication with
Kansas City, the gateway of the south
and west. and connects all by trunk
lines across our own state via our cant
tai city. And Oelwein is particularly
fortunate that in this great enterprise
she has been selected as the center
from which radiates the several
branches of the system, and that here
has been erected, and is this day for
mally opened, the shops of the compa-
ny. the completion of which alone re.
quires the expenditure of clean mil.
| lion dollars.
The Chicago Great Western railway.
appears TO be very prosperous. Its rec
ord is most enviable. Its success has
! been phenomenal. Suppose we study
the laws under which all this has been
accomplished. First the road has met
want; and he who furnishes the world
what the world asks and at reasona-
Bile price, will always find a market. If
you We're to build a factory in OeIwein
for the manufacture of spinning wheels
1t would not matter haw much capital
was back of 1t, the enterprise would
fail. The world now has no use 70,
spinning wheels. 1t did have once He
who succeeds must keep abreast of the
times. Any man who anticipates wha,
the world will need next year. and pre-
Ipares himself to furnish it, will be
called lucky; but he will be wise. He
t,tst
the world, and prepares himself to sup
ply no need. will be called unlucky, but
he will be fool. The Chicago Great
Western has succeeded by conforming
to the laws of success. All over this
county and in adjoining counties. and
1 throughout the state. are hundreds OF
men who have accumulated a coillpe-
tency. and who are LOOKING for pleasant
homes in prosperous localities, unde,
good influences. with churches and
schools, and amid Industrial activities
Make Oelwein conform to these condi-
tions, and while You will have in Iowa
very intense competition, you will be
i able to sell your product.
You have in your midst a largf
number of children. wish you had
more, Notwithstanding the fact that tbs
world is full of children. full of young
men. and full of young women, and the
i market seems to be overstocked with
them; but 1t is not There is marke,
yet, and there never was so good q
a market for young men and young
women who can do something that the
world desires done. But those who
can do nothing. and who prefer to dc
nothing, We're never before so much 6
drug on the market. Prepare your
children for the market the same as
you prepare your horses and your cat
tie, and your wheat and your corn
When a load of grain goes over this
great line of road into Chicago no one
inquiries on whose land it grew; but il
is examined by an expert and sells fol
what it is worth. When a load of cat
tie goes to the market there is no Ger,
tificate or letter of recommendation
accompanying them. They go into tn,
yards with cattle from a score of othel
states, and from hundred other feed
ing pens, and they sell on their merits
1t is mere business proposition ant
not a matter of friendship. The MAJ
who shall in the future furnish EN-
ployment for your boy, whether it b.
the sick man who employs him as hi
physician or the man In the prisoner.
dock who employs him as his attorney
or the economical saver of his earning
who employs him as his banker, o
whether it be the state at large which
calls him to serve in some official posi-
ton, will never inquire into the condi
tions under which he was raised, eX
cept as he may seek to estimate tn
2 effect of these conditions upon his life
. The supreme inquiry will be. Doe
: your son meet the requirements Of tn
market? Is he the man needed
The board of control at Des Moine
the other day discharged fellow from
their office, not for political reasons
not because he did not have goo,
= recommendations but because he wa
9 below the standard. And these thre
8 men composing that board. each o
. whom had begun life without penn,
and had climbed to their present eX
: Ialted position along the common high
way of human toll, sought for youn
: man to take his place. Where do yoI
suppose they looked? They had i
their employ one whom I happened t
know, whose parents also knew, an
1.-THE story of whose struggling life fror
!, Orphaned childhood / CHANGED to hay
:. observed, and they asked him DO yo
Il know of country boy who has bee
: raised to work." And without politi
!, cal influence, without letter of recon