The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-07


Your paper is seeing ut to call atten
ton to some OF the men who have done
a part In making Richmond wha { 9 81 e ls
TO. day .s The subte causes some OF us
| to recall the struggles Of bygone Y days Y
The obst acles which w re b owe corneg and.
1.-The developments wrought IN men a py
Necessity. We rejoice tia tSE out Of the
asnes OF 1865 has 4 grown the temple OF
! 1904, and naturally we have a. genuine
concern for the future Of our cit Isl,
E3iChat she IS ITO be one Of the most de-
8sira Bile cities In this country on many
accounts, have not the least doubt
nd or my purpose In this article, Sneeetsd
mot stop toH5tell why am thus :. con
WINGED 5s M chi concern beih Own @, ~
|6lu4the auestion--vv no is TO build 8onEth the
Foundation laid. and who Is TO enjo the
fruits thereof \, a . q 5' ,4 Y
Richmond should, in my opinion, be. the
manufacturing city for the South Alan
tic States &at least, and when. j Ese no "
much OF talent has been imported WITHIN tl
the past few5yea 70 conduct tfe 5c y,
3trol5 plants alread esta bills he'd not. only
here but throughout he sectio alluldeed
Sto, I m3promptcd to son for q n l ol1ellt
with our Richmond young men Swh o' q &c
sire to make this their abiding splac
Il this connection, my very soul goes;
out TO sfthea technolog lcal schools y N OUT
midst, and the. boys who; are patron NH
them. us ss Il M
OnitheS streets, behind the counters, in
the clubs, on every hand 4 see hundreds IS
fof young men to-day who are comp a r. !.
lively dependent upon posi- Ions y men g
they now I'LL and out OF which,. II they
were thrown, they would hardly know EMO "
where to look next, for there are ten
times their numbers ready to take their
places. y &, I, !. !, I,
3katI do ~
mand a. position, They are 'stem Wind
sers," set TO run In the morning and run ~
down with the day. They get a scant'
pleasure out OF u heir tasks because the
future promises little better; the ince CEN
tive OF development and OF cons ructlon,
Is lacking; the glory Of independence y
not there; they drift In the wake OF
OF hers, but never lead: they have the
unrest OF perhaps an ever present nope OF
cnance or change. but they do not
change 4; the bubble Of the present dls
forts the picture Of the future and SO,
they drift Y they know not rs here, and and
the breaker Is reac hed ere the sweets
of life have been even tasted
In memorable necessity ! know too Of
ten. alas. Is found cause but there a. re-
many within the realms of my Thought,
with whom this does not obtain.
II the mind Is fixed and determination
set; II the willingnessfto forego X for q 2
time. and the courage i to master line
task Is resolved, many the obstacles that
Will crumble and fall, many the doubts
tina vii be dispelled. VI j59 Elk q + B4t
II the result of the Civil War, II me-
5Lssi.Y IT any .lml, mas taught us OF ti'e5
South anything II x hal. been tho wonder
full latent talent found in men who. with
out necessity. would never have dreamed
H. was there. Young men to-day per-
suade themselves u that they are not
suited to this or that: that they have no
natural talent In certain directions. They
have been spending their time trying TO
;,luck flowers on the surface and nave
never sunk a shaft down Into the mlne
or hidden and smothcred resources, Ihey
shrink from the test, forgetting y
notgin our stars, but In ourselves that We
arc underlings.,, Many the young men to-
day, book-keeper, clerk. Ecaryasser. gent.
who II he would stop right now ana give
three years to applioat ion. study and labor
to master olleNot the many branches %
the scientific and mechanical Industries,
would come out his own master, lnde-
pendent sought after. his 'hobby, II.
you please. bringing him a satisfaction
and a comfort which he has never ia sted
and little hoped for. "a y, 5
Many tho young men to-day, when ne
cessity has seemed to shackle and hold
within a. given sphere, who could find
men willing to advance and loan them
the means to tide over the time so fe-'
squired, II Impressed withfthelr sincerity
and earnestness Of purpose, 3;,55 &.
81 Richmond and tho South has. and Is
suffering from the lack of brain deyel-
oped mechanics and men IN charge OF
industrial enterprises. Our mechanics. as
a rule, have been men who have done
well with Tbs aya -sA'1a The &ss+ s 6aat
.