The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-28
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l2drcn between, the nges OF ive md n!ne:5
1925 between ensntid fourteen, q ,Aa.yi Sbesg
tween Fifteen ana 81 twe1lty-one; In ALL
49, Leo persons school who re pnr.-.
l{fecting their education without tho use
OF a public library IS Bs5 W "a
III. THO educational instit utions Of the
llcity, which depend hi large measure on
l.enrolllng students from other sect lions,
and through this channel circulate alinu-S
I&nly thousands Of. dol nrs to- our n, err
chants, would II crensc2 every IN tereAt nc w
|5benchted by their presence f&a first-casss
1.-THE statement that a tho State library
lisfa,nply si,fIlclent for the need OF sa city
was evidently not II subscribe u to else
where. Nearly every scnpi tnl & cl tx In the
North, East and Afiddl e West has n pubs
Ito library, many Of II hem 81 TITS of Mrsss
Carnegie. dence that this feeling elm
was not dominant In the far West, i am
|preparetl, Will, tho MD o & IL Dawson
Johnston. the leading ibrhry statsttsclana:
linAnlerica to presen II tho q - CTS Z:
la atom 40. Vols. Income, no..
Sacramento So. y. 20, 22ss2 g, SOS slO, 1IS5
Denyer 3. 81, $50 81 600 80, Is5$
I3ois e57 Se ~. 2 ~ ~
Helen g = 80 81 q s 49,
Isalt Lake q 81 5s1 sl3 9, a72$
Cheyenne n. .... ii u, 0s7 900 3, 900
(Richmond Va. 81, 900 #
Compared With Denver.
From this it vii sbe i,oted that Dcnve
lSwith az population Of 1873, $50 not onl llns5
laS State Library within It's limits, but n
Spubltc ii brary, costing 500, 900, to which
litf subscrlbes s5s, Ts5 annually. Tho build Vi
| Ing was presented by Mr. u Carr egie A9
Ilca library (Cafnegl 81 of Oh IN
a population Of only Il 0S7, Il Its library
lbuilding cost $50, 600 contains five thousand
hooks q nd has an income OF 8, OCO q Il
lnually to- support 1T So crane to,sWyit y!
a$population&o Of 20 2s2 has ID library vi =
mn Income q q 40, 773, Will e he NJ ormo q
city, .i to bs1 people :. y ea
lAlssthese II figures jSa dduce Yldence hat
|hRichn1ond CANNOT 5atf ord to q iaregnrtl esT
pecfnll ysince our lure To- secure n PHI ~
lic slibrary at this time wi virtual 4mcan n
4 d check 8s 10 educati onal 5saE az ynrGelnent
which will require Ia nunrb OF yea IS to 20
regnin. jS Fl ss 81 iss \, &
n,,blic library IS not needed, Il and Of the
reason given that our people would not;
use 1t, and, Z I So that fiction would bta
read thatS@Bthe literary needs $of R y
3mond b can be supplied by he state s;l1
i S14ibrary , and of a ny q y erBl rsu ment
brought forth in oppos' ton toS the pro
ject T. Is onl VI cessa ry 70 chi y a.
|ftoEt lefcombned actions In A tnerlca tina {
lShnye c;.e:t ga l1undreds OF bile III bra res.
4 3witl1 ITO st sltements that cithcr II edmond
4 iis he wisestsofSnll cities In the United
\ states this respect. or vyc mus sooner
or later, n acknowledge the wisdom Sso Of
Carnegie s View
Il n reading the statemen OF the prot
posed founder Of a great library for 3,
people, in which he stu nts for AID 81 -; q
Those who aid thelns we ca = see az
al glanee the great ness 10 his purpose !, ana
TITS rossibil les go choose rec ibra RES
ms tia best agencies for improv the
4 IA sses Of the people. 1,eca the y give
4 {nothfup for nothing. g They onlyEhel p nose
who liclp themselves. They \ ever pau eHslt
A peri ze, They reach the aspi rn md open
II fto these the chief treas Of g %or
those stored in books. tas te for read
A ing drives 5o,lt lower st es, 'nriEt nose .,
! and other reasons. prefer the free Pun
library ia most e not any, Of her agency ICY
Iafors tie happiness and Improvement @ q
Il community. " sSS W
L. e accordance with this belief, Mr. Car.
\ negie has either 81 ven. or $ to 81
Y libraries to every the y Non, y, nls
Z .ifts at tho closing Of 19c2 ri regatl = s
SCI, q 923. This am cunt has been sreatls
II augmented during the last NO Ss years year
Il ma has now 5rea ched It he enornoHs sum
az 500, 900, 0CO. 53 The United States. Scot
5|land. Canada Eng gland, Cuba $nnd V re- g
Hand iii ,order@named, have recei Yetl NJ
4 ltd6wments. AS SIC, 900, 600 annla yEls gre7
qulred to- support u csc inst J tolls -
arises the stateDe that In ercst i So lei'
ts e. h ~ nE,
"A cipal Is rec gllized an dorman TIA nd ~,
IN ocO annually lost thereby, NJ II Gar,
{ negie pays each year thirty;zseyen e q !,
! ,o,nee-half cents for every sixty-t'wo nd
], one-llalf cents expended az his lnsla llee,
which reduces tho rat Of terest me- !. :
n IN the public on the inyestmen 70 ~
4 nnr cent. and this without. placing q cen y
n nf ,yal,at ton OH library wort h Son y
q cred from another standpoint MI. Gar "
IS 3nrrie loses annually the use 81 y 81 ~
every $lo appropriated to SUPPORT 3 NJ y
gifts, |, 81, /. I, I'll - y ~
ofths Union had .sa y,
LAND, s1s07s7t0 Cannda sCo; ~ ~
400 po: Cl,bn s252, CO., and Ireland s'la,'hv
Two 81 the most promine 81 fts q ,na'
vca we're to q Hes possessing tate Lp ~
! rs III. Albany, $50, Denver ss2oo,Qpo
j How It Grew.
! TIE most striking example IofB tne
growth spf ~ public library ~. ms seonn,
. tiy. and under condl tlpns snllla 20 lioa'
y existing in Richmond, Is seen ~ J, the. ~
$ vanac Of the Carnegle l2IRll itprnry /, y
y Mar, ,ocs, circulated 1927 looks; u 9
y yen,,,er, 1901, this number had nGrsasef
4 Is 2s4 and this with the largest lihraT ~
I 4 II America within one, mil OF Is lp 90
q 81 much for3the argument that q Z, 8
3 tIe state Library ia serve al y =
o needs Of our 81 tlzcnlss y! \, \, ~ .
an 1nhnr ifog Mn. Carnegie gave to Ne,
S oG 81, 200 1000 81 900 Nol We g. la9uls
s MO 1oo % Detroit and $1,000. 600 ~ Ftts
hnrg, "a say nothing OF his gifts 20 MOI M !,
t tas 4, ottowu, Nova Scotia Windsor, W.T.
i3nipeg Halifax, Yancouy ana LIZ sltJo nhs
j az I notion, Of the list Of 5benellciarles
7 Sf Nm but one Carnegie library, thai 9
4 Lake Charles Pennsyl vania, where g
4 Carnegie made Ais vast fortune, has ma