The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-30

maelstrom of competitive vulgarities and beat upon by a crazy thunder of miscellaneous din. There is no business profit to city. in immodesty. impropri-
 ety and debauchery. That which does bring increase to citys wealth is the slow but grateful movement of the home-
 makers. The street fair visitor may add little to the income of a week, though more money Is taken out of the town
 than is ever brought into 1t. But the in- come of years, the income that Is really worth having the money that supports
 legitimate trade and that bears the com-
 mon burdens of taxation, is made up from the number of men and women
 whom we may be able to persuade that this is a good city in which to make their
 homes. in which to educate their children,
 in which to establish the life of the fam fly in the simple modesties. proprieties and sanctities of a decent and Christian household.
 ''Tiiat is the population which really a citys wealth. Do you think a street tair, such delirium of inanity and hi ouity as that through which we are about to pass, is likely to bring that population here? Do you think the scenes and incl dents of fair week are likely to per suade the people of Alabama that this Is city in which the law is enforced and in which public order Is upheld; that this is community in which their young sons and their young daughters upon the streets will be accorded the associations which protect the innocent? Do you think that Montgomery will impress them, in fair week. as the best possible city in which to raise their children? Your an swer to that question will be your answer
 to the question as to whether. from strictly business standpoint. such fall fair as this will represent a genuine policy of benefit.
 But. in Gods name. my people. is the
 business standpoint the only standpoint of a right-nlinded community? Shall that hn said In the ROnthP Shall that be derstood here. where we have all learned | to suffer for ideals which arc beyond a l price and where the nobest ~'ory Of our | heritage Is that we have kept something
 in our me Inori g that has not faded with | our rtchcs? 1 do not believe IL Your
 standard is. know. higher thing than | the problematical receipts or the actual receipts of your business for week. Let Is make that standard felt.
 { First, you can sustain the best intcn- tions of the management of this fhlr. NO one of these men has ever intended to in- jure the moral life of our beloved city
 But it has been an eas- thing for these occurrences to get he yond control. It %ill
 be an easy thing again. Let the manage ment (whose honest and honorable mo. tves I do not doubt feel the support of your explicit influence in behalf of order, proprletv and deCency
 Secondly. look well to- your children,
 to your boys and your girls. LOOK to yourselves Let every wuTIn guard the modesty of her own bearing from the
 touch of gossip. Let every man check the crude impulses of buffoOnCrr and rowdN- ism. But look especially to the children. At such a time the relaxation of the
 usual customs of reserve will put them at the mercy of the imou mt and the de- prayed. See that they have protection
 Keep them of the streets save at such hours and under such occasions as will ensure them the safeguards of loving ard reasonable prudence.
 And. finally, I beg that you will do all within your power this week. EcXt week.
 and every week, to bring home 10 all orr people the true and wise conception oe'
 "ity's progress. Let it once bc understood that the primary standpoint or ou" vie" of things Is not the home but the cash
 register, that our first thought ia not the protection of the many who wish to keep the law but the attraction of the few
 who wish to break 1t, and We sh1ll dry up the fountains of our plenty at thelr source We shall attract the few to
 whom such a policy is attractiyc But we ehal alirnate the thousands of law-ahi4- ing, God-fearing. conscrvat-> men and wbmcn-the real wealth-maEers of this State-tO whom such a policy is Il pro gram of anxiety and peril.
 Let us have it understood. however that this is the best city in Alahama for a mans home; that law is enforced With
 in our limits; that nroprietT ana ":Ncr are guarded by viailant police hy just courts, and by a sound public opinion; that GIT schools and our churches are CT 0ciCut in the conduct of their appointed work: that God in this CItV. is the light of the wise as well as the devotion Of the rurc in heart. Let "s have this under stood my people. and we shall add thou sands to the citv's n3pu1a ;ion. thousands
 to its income and dignity ard honor t9 c