The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-19
GLORY IN THE PAST
AND HER POSTIONLN THE FUTURE

the world. The women who were
brides to-day were widows to-mor-
row. The. eclergyman's benediction
on thu marriage srlte was echoed
ee nasn the on 70 tor m ee
danger and death rather than the
arms of his bride. AS the war
went on tho people remaining IN
the city became accustomed to the
sound Of the cannonadlng, so that
many works. Old women and
young women, and the few men
prevented by one cause or another
from going to the front, gave
radius Of twenty five miles
the bloodiest section Of the earth
n the worlds history. On that
teen battles and ffty-six armed
encounters Of sufficient Importance
to be entered IN the official records
of the war. AS near as calculation
can reach, more than $4,000 men \
that n lils. When we recall that
the epoch-making, nap-changing,
Notwithstanding battle OF Waterloo
inxol y at the loss for both sides Of
4 missing, we can4realize what bloody
lighting was done about the OUT
y skirts of Richmond. Leader and
centre Of the Revolutionary War,
the Southern side Of the great war
between the States. the home and
nursery Of the hurt, the loving
alm9ner for the 5fighting men on
dead in war----what has Richmond
done In peace and restoration?
Greatness and Purity.
In numbers we are not one OF
the big cities of the world or even
OF the contnen MT. The new census
gives ius, with thes annexed terri
Several cities Of this country
excel us In rapidly Of commercial
growth, but none is more solidly or
safely esta blished; none deserves or
the commercial world, Her moral
collateral. is unimpeached and un-
questioned. Chicago kills more
beeves and hogs annually than we
do; and also many more families
in her divorce courts. st. Louis
officials tbefore 1.-THE grand jury.
New ork. has more concentrated
wealth. and more concentrated vice.
more hat ppyeTty,Sland Fanarehy class
muchsa alike In avoidance OF these
other things and our Massachu-i
sets friend makes more boots and
shoes than we do, and also puts
her historic sites and traditions
also her dreams. But we have
streets in which the wayfaring man
may find his way-or might,9if the
City Council would put signs on
# the corners: Baltimore shows fig
ures OF, trade, larger than ours, but
We are reaching for some Of her
territory and oyertaking her fast.
San Francisco does more business
ehaa m1shmon 1ss but Ut n her mnHnoipa
jail barely hold a baggage thief.
Plttsburg makes more iron and
steel; but we do not have her
hralnstorms, and our business men
and are not prominent as core
,spondents. 3. Il
THE foundation OF the greatness
OF this country was, in it's early
government and constitution. and
70 1850 Virg Z, had given seven Of
the seven had been reelected for
second terms. She had also given
Chief Justice Marshall. and the
leaders of thought and action in
legislation and in war.
'If she had done no more than
produce Washington and Lee, her
fame would be established forever
and her glory would still be Inn
BUSINESS of the City.
"The statistics gathered by our
Chamber of Commerce tell lis that
Richmond now has total Of ] ,554
separate manufacturing establish
ments Of all kinds, large and small,
employing 1868 hands. against 500
establishments IN 1887 employing
1880 hands. The total value OF
capital employed In manufactures
| In 1897 was reported at s12.360, 900.
against $33.00O.000 at the present
time while the value OF mnnufac-
tured products has increased dur
! Ing these twenty Years from s27,-
$4,000 to SIS, 100000 annually, an
increase In the value Of manufac-
tured products of ITO per cent. A
man who In 1887 would have pros
phesled such magnificent totals for
the year 1907 would have been
laughed at as dreamer by con-
sentative men; but those are the
! manufacturing results which the
! people of Richmond have actually
| accomplished IN the past twenty
years, With such a record who
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