The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-10
Commands a Business Extent OF
Which Few Of Her Citi- s
zcns Realize.
SOME THINGS PEOPLE
DO NOT KNOW ABOUT
First-Class Trade and Traffic flt ffiiic;5
Appliances That Tell Z for Bust. Busi-
ness-General Facts Touc CHI
ing the Citty's' Natural J, Ya1l,;a.l5 U,
and Acquired Ad- @
vantages.
yhat is Richmond doing?z

| What is Richmond doing? 5s3 AZ NJ .@
1t is said that half the world does NOT q
know how the other half lives. That was n
said n long time ago, and was and Is IS s
tho truth, but not the whole truth. u Il
lacks a. great deal of being the whole &
truth. One tenth Of the world has but
little conception of how the ether nine
tenths is getting along, and what l9 "
worse, the one-tenth doesn't care. Worse u
still: the nine-tentl,s care nothing about A
what the one tenth Is up to. 1t very ftett n
|'happcns IN some little worlds That the q
one-tenth Is the live part OF them ;s that K
the tenth is doing about all tha t IS Il
being done and &c Ting pre- cous little help Il
from the Indifferent ninc-tenths. 3
No That half the world does not know
how tho other half;lives is nothing near
to the whole truth. Half of a city Is iE-
norant OF tho scares of living that the 7.
other half suffers under. Half OF a block M
Knows but little of what Is going OF, in II.
the othcr&half, and, generally speaking. III
nobody in a tenement house knows o. rss
cares what the other folks In the same 4
|tenements are doing, In some 81 az sesfait trlsf
lis probably as 1t should be. but no t al n
/ ways What \ is true OF the big round
4 world Is true Of f}little rectang11lar ar worlds
Richmond is NJ little world, little
| business world, and a mighty live IL tito,
| business world 1t is.a 1t Is true, however,
of this little world as 1t Is Of tho big
round world 3 that at least half of 1t does.
not know what the other half Is doing.
Perhaps all OF 1t would he liver, more
energetic, more active, more up to date.
| In q business way. and certainly show
more city pride, more business pride and
! a greater inclination to pull together
as one man. SO to speak, for Richmond's
| growth and business glory, i we all knew
| more about each other each others bus-B
ncss. and each others energy. each
Others aims and aspirations. and each
/ Others power for good and for CONNER
| cal spread
Richmond people know all about Rich-
mond politics. They know who Is strong
/ In votes. and who is weak and in what
/, particular localities in which this man
! or thtat may be, strong or may be :
weak and why he Is strong or3,weak, 8
1.-The ease may be. and when the lines Of.
battle are finally drawn and the con-
tending parties have been brought UP to
tho fighting line, Richmond can get as Z
solid as a block OF Kennebec Ice
Reduced to Business.
4 Bring this principle down to business:s
bring this knowledge OF men and affairs
! into commercial lines; bring the same
| solidarity down into business channels
as 1t prevails. III the political arena and
this little business world of ours can so
out ana conquer the commercial South
The tro,lhl.s is the people In this par
ticnlar business world do not know each
other well enough; the one-half does not
know what tho other half is doing; the
rlne-tentlls do not know what great
| things tho one-t.enth has accomplished,
land the fewcst number of Richmond peo-
- .,J1
| tnges their little world enjoys. IN $
Richmond has made wonderful strides
| in n business way, and Is still making
them: that Is to say, n few Richmonderas
are. hut the many are not taking tha
interest and the pride they ought to take 4
In these things, are not hclring tho good
world: nre not giving moral support and
encouraganent3 ito tho few that they
ought to give and arc making but little.
3if my effort To get iii the gamo them-
selves And, coming hack to tho origi-
nal proposition, 1t Is all because one-