Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-03

The Birth of the City of Water bury.

What memories that name brings across the years of those of the gen erations now living upon whom God laid the duty of solving the problem and shaping the destiny of a city ot which to-day we are justly proud. Yes, proud as we are of our city we call our own, we are prouder still because it is so small part of nation so great as is the one to which the loyalty of all 1 Americans Is common
 The manufacturing development oi the past half century in itself has con- tributed immeasurably to the growth of the city, and of obtaining homes for I the laborer, until to-day the man who lives within the blessed shelter of our institutions--and yet looks upon them with unnatural hatred-the man who enjoys the protection of our cities seal l and blood bsught national flag, and yet condemns his country, is unworthy of having flag or country.
 If one looks about in the business circle he will find some men who have apparently worked hard and faithfully, and who have failed to win any con. siderable amount of the worlds goods: he will find others who have not work ed very hard and yet have been sue
 cessful and have amassed great wealth
 I A common answer is to say it is all chance, to some extent this is unques- tionably true. A controlling fate seems to pursue some men guiding them always to disappointment, and
 faiulre, while others seem to have the
 happy Instinct or intuition so that ey- erything they touch turns to gold but
 chance is not the keynote at all 2
 The road to success may well be
 summed up in the word .'originaIity.'' It is quality which all successful
 men must have, they are not content
 to remain in a rut, they strike out for
 themselves, they establish modes of
 conducting affairs along new and
 original lines.
 The man who tries to steal another's thunder and adopt his ways of trans acting business nearly always fails. What is most needed in our city is some means of bringing together for free exchange of views the men who have labor to sell and those who have labor to hire.
 I It would do more to educate our peo- l pie with regard to the laws which gov
 ern community, and do much for the laboring man and the manufacturer as we'll. I Mark you; the workingmen's club,
 with face to face talk every week in the year by one of our manufacturers, business men or clergymen. I In a general way it may be said, nothing to confer about, there is al ways, something to confer about.
 A strike is often half over when each side seek by conference to look. the demands straight in the face. I Within the past eight months in this, } one of the most prosperous and progress ) sive cities of New England, we have , had evidence of the fact that the time , has not yet come when we may safely l cease to educate our young men the devotion to our flag, the esta ablishment of which the blood of our heroes has T been shed upon all the republics bat tie fields from Lexington to, Santiago. I Mark you; the man who joins fn the savagery of the mob is hurling under
 bis feet the emblems for which our
 fathers fought and bled and died, is
 throwing himself against the barriers which centuries of civilization have
 erected between brute force and hu- man rights.
 \ Mark you again; the superintendent or boss inspired by the stupid passion of hatred, or unbecoming conduct to- wards those under him, has not within him spark of that regard for the rights of the weak which made this ) republic possible.
 I We will have no more class wars in } Waterbury for he who joins mob war ], in our beloved city, no matter what i. his pretext must fight against the in- vincible flag of eighty millions of ! American freemen and the results of , such war is plain to all.
 Waterbury has had fifty years of l history to be proud of, when another fifty years shall have been enrolled not one of the honored men who took F part in the city's birth will remain. : Is it not fitting while we have them still with us, a cluster only, of men [ who took active part in the promulga-
 ton and who all along the city's growth and prosperity were prominent to celebrate in modest and respect , ful way the bi-centennial year; and out . of it all let there be kindled peoples
 club, embracing all classes and races.
 with a fixed purpose of benefits to LACIuSCtNCSt LAC GO1dAAUulJy duQ IuG
 prosperity of the city to that end that the new Waterbury may be educated
 with love for freedom and for each other, that was instilled into our minds in the little red schoolhouse and the white church of old Waterbury. : The. committee of twenty-five ap. l, pointed by Mayor Kilduff and Presi- : dent Goss are unanimous in the opin- ion of favoring bi-centennial recogni, ton and celebration.
 II We need assistance from every citi.
 zen in Waterbury, no matter what his station in life may be, let every person feel that they have duty to perform
 May the good feeling which we
 share be strengthened by this organi-
 zation. God speed you in such ser vice.
 WARREN l.. HALL,
 Member of Committee