The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-02-26
FOR GROWTH OF MONTGOMERY
THEY LABOR EARNESTLY
Commercial and Industrial Association Enjoy "Man-
ufacturers' Evening brilliant Addresses
and BOuntiful BANQUET

exchange for some other product Of labor.
fbutrfabor Ia divided. Of necessity into
two classes; productive and unproduct-
I've. We are all consumers and destroy
ers whether we be producers or not, and
II We consume more than we produce,
then Of n, cessity we are non-producers.
I'VE are all entitled to life. liberty and
the pursuit Of happiness. from the time
wise and ocreiicent laws, no ONE has a
right to deprive US, or Interfere with
these inestiir1able gifts and privileges.
But We have no Inherent right to live
without producing or Contributing to our
THE animal kingdom labors sufficient
~ to supply lis wIhts, whenever IL Is
possible TO do 1t. The wants Of man
regulate to certain extent the exer-
tfofs which he is wiling TO make. There
er the ambition, hence the Increased
wants. and consequently the greater ex-
ertion to supply these wants.
III We would be prosperous In Mont
gomery. We must all be producers in
some way. We must see to it that there
are no unproductive classes, no mere
consumers. We must find work for al
to DO. We must therefore increase our
manufacturing interests. We must con-
vert the Grade material which lies all
around and about us into the finished
product. and it-occurs to me that II a
discreet committee should be appointed
by this association to suggest from time
to time manufacturing, industries which
could be conducted with profit. in this
city, and at the, same time show the
splendid opportunities afforded by Mont
gomery for such enterprises. among 9TH
ers. our contlguity to the crude materials
our splendid transportation facilities
our magnificent river sfront-our ability to
try many Thousands Of people-our un
excelled climate. our church and school
facilities, there can be no good reason
why in few years we could not have
hundreds of new establishments turning
out everything from pocket knife to a
locomotive engine, with pay rolls amount
ing to hundreds of thousands of dollars
and instead OF shipping everything that
We consume into Montgomery. We would
be shipping thousands Of tons away and
bringing money back in place Of it. and
we would then, be lenders instead of Dor.
rowera 80
III. in, addition to this, when the cold
regions of the North have demonstrated
tries which have already been established
there. with profit and satisfaction, you
would do just as our live merchants do
send live hustfings drummer after all
in inducing them to come and dwell
among us. ~',@
Everything is inviting here, and in
course OF time the South Of necessity
must become the center of the manufac-
turing industriessof the United States.
II seems to me that inevitably the
South must increase. and the NORTH and
East must decrease in all manufacture Is
enterprises, and in the end our Eastern
friends will build again the merchant ma
rtne of the United States, and the old
Yankee skipper win be resurrected who
will by his skill and daring traverse
every sea and ocean. and carry our COM
merce into every nook and corner of the
world. and then indeed we will be in fact
the proudest. strongest and wealthiest
people on earth
The applause which was given Captain
Falkner at the conclusion of his address
had barely subsidized when he again arose
and addressing the chairman called at
tention to the presence of George Foster
Peabody of New York, whom he declared
was a benefactor of Montgomery
Those remarks were. appiauded and
Colonel. Miller presented Mr.. Peabody to
the assembly.
George Foster Peabody
Mr. Peabody speaking in a clear voice
and with great ease acknowledged the
fortunate at being present. He said h
was born on the banks of the Chatta-
hoochee River just across the Alabama
line in Georgia and the hills of Alabama
in his early days began to train his ims
agination. His Montgomery friends. hs
declared. had given him great deal Of
credit for what was really due his friend.
Rev. Edgar Gardner Murphy (applause).
He said he had promised Mr.. Murphy to
stop in Montgomery on his Southern trip
and he, expressed qualification to tinc
Montgomery was steadily improving.
Like all other New York business men,
Mr.. Peabody said he felt a deep interest
in Alabama.
here" continued Mr.. Peabody. you will
not reach success in being what you
ought to be until you have realized the
importance of the element which is Sc
cured only by the mixing OF brains and
the hands. The hand must be trained by
the trained hand and the mind must De
trained by the trained mind"
This was. the rather original way Mr.,
Peabody chose to tell the Montgomery
business men that manual training is
necessary to industrial development and
that it must be secured through trained
teachers.
Continuing he declared that this train
Ing would come when Alabama multiplied
In such schools as the Alabama POLY
technic Institute. the school at Tuskegee,
the school for white girls at Montevallo
and that splendid school conducted by
Professor Paterson in your own city
which was shown me this morning
Mr. Peabody said the teacher should
make an effort to find what pupil could
do the best aud train the child for that
thing. He declared that the substantial
and material progress of the South is
to come through education and he urged
the business men to support Governor
Jelks and Mayor Joseph when they ask
for money to support the schools. He said
that Massachusetts was greater than AL
ALBANIA because Massachusetts has learn
ed to utilize brains. Alabama. he said
has just as much brain material and he
urged the people TO utilize it.
Mr.. Peabody was frequently applauded
and several gentlemen shook his hand
when he concluded.
Major Screws's Address.
After another course of the dinner had
been served and a musical selection was
rendered by the orchestra, Colonel Miller
introduced Major w. W.. Screws as lone
nf our most philosophical. progressive
and cultured citizens to respond to a
toast to Montgomery Manufacturing
Advantages.
Major Screws spoke in part as follows:
The sentiment just announced is very
practical one. and should he treated in
practical, comm ,seuse way. There
are many in Montg omerS who can re
cali the time when our streets were
crowded with wagons bringing, cottor
and other produce from Talladega,
Chambers, Tallapoosa and other coun-
ties, North and Northeast of us. The
hotels. We had some in those days with
regulations equal to any in the Union
were crowded with people from Eastern
and Western States, as Montgomery was
a sort of gateway for those travelling and
who had to come here either in going
west or in coming from that section. The
Alabama River before 1901 was the great
est route for transportation In
Alabama Every steamboat tina
piled it's waters was crowded with pas
sengers and freight. ST. Clair County
coal has been brought here all the way
by water from the coal iie Ids Of that coun-
ty in fiatboats. when the water was at
sufficient height for the boats to get over
distractions in the Coosa River.
The coming and going of vas