The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-23
II Is a true proverb that IT you i've
with lame man you VIII learn to ha't.
80 --plutarch.
Business and Sentiment.

Tho banquet of the Chamber OF COM
n,erce last night Yves an expression Oh 'ne
good fellowship of Richmond of the mar
,nony and cooperative spirit of Rich-
,nonds citizens We believe that there IS
no city in the nation which is more free
than Richmond from factional strife.
There is among our people an esprit de
corps which acts as civic tonic Rlch-
nonders may appear att times to be In
different for they are busy people.
There is no idle class here All Richmond
ers are working men, and each man is
busy with his own affairs. But there are
beneath the surface latent loyalty ana
public spirit which respond with anec-
tionate zeal, whenever Richmond calls
An old saying has 1t that there is no
sentiment in business. But there is senti-
ment in business men, and 1t was abun-
dainty manifest at the Chamber of Com
merce dinner party last night. Rich
,nonders work together for the material
advantage that comes through intelligent
cooperation. But their work for Mich
nlond is inspired by sentiment which
is higher and nober than commercialism.
It is the sentiment which "stirs men with
high hopes Of living to be worthy patriots,
dear to God and famous to all ages" The
,eople are the city and sentiment makes
the man.
There are many elements in our popula-
ton, but there are no classes we have
our differences. We are not always
agreed ms to ways and means, but where
Richmond is concerned, we are moved and
Inspired by one sentiment AS President
Leigh SO admirably put 1t in his address,
Glove of home is the strength and glory
OF Anglo-Sax civilizations. That en-
obling sentiment, potential in making our
part great, abides with us as a guarantee
Of the future. A movement for the adj
vancement Of Richmond has always the
right of way to the minds and hearts of
her people," That sentiment is not pc
cuiar 10 Richmond, but it is character
stic OF her people
Richmonders have employed the Cham
Der of Commerce as means, again TO
quote from President Leigh "of organ
izing her moral and intellectual resources"
and that institution has worked wonders
for Rlchmond's growth. Mr.. Leigh in
summing UP the work Of the Chamber
of Commerce, showed that it had led
in every great movement for Richmond's
development, IN utilizing the er-power
of the James, in making the river a high
way of commerce" in preparing the way
for the Chesapeake and Ohio improve
|1l1ents, in securing the enactment of a
law to enable the city to extend her
borders and subsequently securing the
radoption of the annexation ordinance; in
maintaining favorable railroad rates. and
fwas pioneer in the erection of modern Of
itice budings.. He also outlined the work
hof the future, and made n patriotic ap-
fpeal to the people for better support of an
institution which is absolutely essential to
Richmond's commercial welfare. The ap-
peal will not be in vain.
Mr. Joseph Bryan's address on the
advantages OF Richmond as manufac-
turing centre contained statements which
were surprising even to those who keep
well informed OF Richmonds progress
~ Who knew that a single factory in Rich
anond makes and sells 2;O,oooopo cheroots
and cigars year? WNo knew that the
paper mills OF Richmond make the matriX
paper for nearly ,wo-th!rds of the great
newspapers Of the United States? Who
knew that Richmond is the only city Of
Cts size which supports two printers sup
Z ply concerns? Who knew that Richmond's
publishing house has an annual output
OF 1900, 900 books? no knew that Rich
the United States and that 1t does work
for New York, Philadelphia and ST. Louis?
Who knew that Richmond has the only
varnish works in the South?
Mr., Bryan showed that the tobacco in
dustry employs over 1900 hands; the
iron Industries 1SSo hands; the paper fac
tories nearly 1000 hands; the printers
trade licO hands; the shoe trade 1900
hands. He showed tina, the output of our
tobacco factories is nearly twenty mil
lion dollars year; tina, the output OF
our iron industries is more than nine
millions a year; that the fertilizer busi,
ness amounts to over eight millions a
year; that the output of the paper in,
dustry is nearly three and a half rnillions
year; that the boot and shoe trade 1.
nearly three millions year; that oul
mourning mills are turning out $500 bar
reis OF -four per day.
Some OF our contemporaries who arr
puzzled to understand why Richmond
has so many r.,. men may find enlighten
ment in these figures
Mr. Freeman also ctea instructive FIG
pres. He showed that Richmonds job
Ding trade last year amounted to $500.
pDo, as compared with $l99,O0NGo4 for Bal
1lmore, although Baltimore is six time
w large as Richmond. Baltimores manu-
faetured product amounted to sl5QCl0,on
by the law OF proportion, Richmond
Should have been s25oo,o1O In point o
fact II was Sss,o0o,0O0. Richmond's adyant
age lies IN this. that while both cities loo