Evening star., 1901-05-10
BOOMING BUSINESS

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and Is nearer hard and soft coal than Chi
cagO- He thought the District Is admir-
ably governed
Remarks by MIR. Woodward.
. s. ". Woodward, the next speaker. was
greeted with loud applause when he arose.
After delivering himself of some graceful
illusions to the address made by Mr..
Crosby. h. said:
There are many reasons, in my tudg-
. tnent why Washington should have and
encourage light manufactures. | Will not
d-tain you to mention but one Our city is
q cosmopolitan one and is largely made up
from a picked class of citizens. In our
population of nearly 3oooO0 say there are
ffty or sixty thousand families. In this
fifty or sixty thousand families there are
at least 1o0,OOO persons whom We might
count in the rising generation-not yet
-%age earners and not yet making homes
for themselves But every year certain
proportion Of them graduated from
schools and start out to make their
way in the world What facilities. what
Openings have in the city of Washing
ton for The average young man thus start
Ing In life? Almost none Our mercantile
establishments can absorb only a few of
this number. What opening Is there for
the large number of boys and young men
who have a natural taste for mechanics
IN .anv one Of It's various branches? 1t Is
true. we have some standing in the census
as d manufac cturfug city, standing twenty
seventh or twenty-eighth in volume OF
business done; but these establishments,
doing splendid service as they do to our
community, require mostly skilled work
men and offer little opportunity to young
men TO learn the business. and every man
= here knows of splendid boys In his own
or his neighbor's family who have been
obliged to leave Washington to learn their
trade
50 j. for one. think 1t highly desirable
that city for its own future well-beng.
should make some efforts to keep at home
in their youth the young men who will be
the bone and sinew of the city and the
nation
--Nith the prospect that we may have
electricity supplied for light and power in
TN" near future without the attendant an
nryance of smoke. 1t would seem that
there could be no valid objection 70 en-
C"uraging all kinds of light manufactures,
but. on the contrary, every consideration
I'm its favor
Represents Virginia.
Mr. Frank Hume was introduced by the
presiding officer as a gentleman who lives
ir the District of Columbia and votes in
Virginia. Mr. Hume said:
I'VE are assembled here tonight to try
and bring about a new era in the progress
of our capital city. I remember WELL a
small boy, in my native village. how l
wauld steal away 10 the village blacksmith
Sflfbp ana StaDd DN ana WdlCH With great
interest the brawney smith dexterously
make a set of horseshoes from a bar of
iron. then proceed TO make the nails to put
the shoes on with. or | would watch the
fitting of the tire On a wheel and most
respectfully ask this important and neCes-
stry manufa cturer why he did so and
Now. my friends, l have long since come to
thu conclusion. in the language of the old
Virginia parSoD- Jasper. The world do
move. for instead Of making by hand the
horse shoes and nails. the wagon wheels
and tires, thousands Of other useful and
necessary articles are now turned out in
vast quantities in great buildings built for
til purpose and employing thousands of
mechanics at. compared with the olden
zines prinCely wages and making happy
homes Ii is for the business man of this
Sity u decide whether We shall keep pace
with 'ther cities in their march Of prog
Tess and Improvement. or whether We shall
allow our GOd-given opportunities to pass
by without taking advantage of the flood
and make Washington not only the most
beautiful capital city in the world. but one
"i th~ most successful manufacturing cities
or Nh- globe
: Think for moment that this city has
railroad connection with five great trunk
liLes by which the commodities manufac-
tursd here can, without breaking bulk, be
shipped to any point within our borders
Ih- beautiful Potomac could with advan-
TJSt be lined from the Great Falls to Alex
audria with factories that a citizen of
Washington could say Washington is not
only the most beautiful but is also one of
th- great manufacturing cities Of the
World The fact that this is the seat of
gTV~rnment. and where representatives of
all nations meet, where any new invention
manufactured would attract the interest of
the foreigner who would not be slow in
understanding its value. is another element
OF advantage not to be lightly considered.
Great Water Power
Providence has given US the great water
power of the Big and Little Falls of the
Potomac. Harness these and ua NOV GOV,
t" our sister city. Buffalo, We don't envy
you Niagara. for YOU have more than Won,
can use: We enough and to spare The
advantages of making Washington a manu-
factiiTi0S city has been eloQuentiy urged
upon You by the gentlemen who have pre-
Coded me. but you may search the history
or The world and YOU will find that no
cry has ever become great nor achieved
any Importance unless IL has furnished n
support in its factories to its men and
" oT-"n- London. by its diversified manu-
1dCt'-ilHs interests, continues her original
I"h'F 'f expansion. and Paris, Berlin St
i"I'FN'AFs anu others of the large capitals
haV. "ncpuraged manufacturing on a great
sal Zach OF these great capitals are all
as" IN" centers Of art and culture. Japan
o II" years since a Semi -barbarois nation
n"w. through the Introduction of Euro
p"'in ideas, but chiefly by manufacturing
Enterprises advanced in the estimation Of
TN nations Of the world to the rank of A
80 i'4N' RONF4 Tor IiTbQRNOUt that
pr The whtrl of the spindle and the cIank
"i the anvil with the most modern up-to-
CAT" machinery. today be heard all
through the civilizing agency of manufac-
turing
'ann@t too strongly urge upon Won
IN" necessity OF prompt action and let us
hViiL ourselves of the opportunity at the
EnnaIp exposition TO place before the
"orIa the great advantages of Washington
as a city OF great manufacturing possibiIi-
.ies ana advantages l realize this cannot
ne done In day, but once started ana en-
cNlraged by the progressive part of our
, Cltlzens. with all the natural adyantapas
pei're u.s. We must and will succeed
Hehdency Toward Creative Enta-
prises.
Mr. warner was introduced by the chair
pian as man who came TO Washington at
bout the same time ne CMr Smith did
no one who had always looked after him
Trh kindly and d gracious care. Mr..
~ drHer said he saw Mr. Smith grow IN
fflder the influence OF manufactures from
man without money 10 man of wealth
khd prominence in the community. There
y one trouble with him. said Mr. Warner.