The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-06
RICHMOND, KEEPS
In THE FRONT RANK
Industries That Start in a Small
Way Grow as the Great
Southern City Grows--vir-
ginians in Town and
Country Awakening to
Laws of Health.
by FRANK 8. woopsoN.


Section have had much to say abou
the Industrial enterprises Of Richmond
enterprises that grew from the
ground up. The statement has been
made that the most of the big indus.
trial and mercantile plants of this
good old town started in small way
and grew TO greatness along with the
city as 1t grew to tremendous financial
and Industrial proportions. 1t is good
thing to have object lessons with which
TO illustrate story, and. fortunately.
there are many such lessons in Rich
mond. Here is one of them:
Three or four years ago couple OF
young men thought they saw good
thing In Richmond. and they put all
the money they had in II, and what wa s
much better, they put their energy and
their talent into It. Never mind who
the young men were, and 1t docs not
matter very much IN what line they
invested their little money and their
much energy and talent as long as the
fact remains that they have built M
big business and attracted capital TO
IT. Now. the AIcGraw- Yarbrough
Company, Incorporated lie one OF the
big concerns OF Greater R.chmond. a
concern with ample capital that has
been Invested in II by some Of Rich
'hObd Sditst anu most careful IN
Nestors. men who never put money In
anything except that which they be-
lieve TO be good thing for the COM
munity and for themselves.
Short Story of Growth.
The McGraw- YarbrouSh Company.
Incorporated. are wholesale dealers in
plumbers and timers supplies and
the building up Of their business from
a very small beginning three years
ago TO mammoth proportions Is ono
of the industrial romances of Greater
Richmond The modern lines and the
modern ideas upon which these young
men figured and based their calcula-
tons and made prophecies.upon which
they were willing to risk their money
and their labor. are well worth con-
sidering. They saw signs and they
interpreted them, and they did bust
ness accordingly. The signs they saw
and the things they Interpreted may
be gathered from the few lines tina.
follow:
Virginians. and southerners general
~ have, after many years, become
aroused to the fact that the first and
greatest consideration for the comfort
and the health OF the family and OF
all the neighbors. whether in the city
or In the country, is TO see TO 1t that
sanitation in the matter OF house
building is perfect. To neglect this es-
sential Is but to endanger the health
and lives OF the members OF the FAM
lily and to neutralize all the fore
thought and the care that might other
wise be In evidence in the efforts to
make good home.
A Step in the Right Direction.
From the limited morning wash. +
which in the old times took place In
the big tin pan on the back gallery.
to the modern bathroom with all of the
arrangements and all Of the con-
veniences for hot and cold water wax
mighty long step. but in time Vir-
ginians got in the habit of making
hat step in limited way. way that
% the cities and the larger towns, but
s becoming more popular every day In
The smaller towns and away out in
he country. The idea of having hot .
water IN the house and bathtubs at
Command, and pipes and channels to
AIRY of all the surplus water and
leverage used to strike the average
INVESTOR. even in the big towns and the I.
tiles. S an expense that could not be q
injured. Things have changed with ),
he changing scenes OF modern lie, :
nd folks. even in the country, are >
eginning to find out that the cost OF :,
making mere house a home indeed, J.
very small matter when COM :.
s5i ed with the comfort and the con- :
iptences 1t affords.
Doctrine OF Good Health. n
Che State Board of Health of vir- a
ua and similar boards Of other q
outhern States have for the past sew
Inc of better sanitation to the peo- Al
le OF the rural districts. 1t has been v
1own that the home-builder In the b
'untry can have healthful home as O.
ell as the city home-builder. A homo q
N the country with proper plumb o.
ana proper sewerage arrangements tf
I conducive to health. and all OF the Slte
lfrors Of fevers resulting from the NJ
sontng OF the soil and the conse- s.
lent poisoning of the streams, which Ia
ust finally receive the poison and va
{, fever germs from the poisoned
y. can be avoided II the country
me- builder will regard the rules laid st
wn by the State Health authorities, or
10 country people are regarding the CHI
monluons OF the Health Department i in
Virginia, and in all of the southern fr
ates and IN many parts OF this and in
ner states the new homes that are N o
ing up are being built with due re- to
I'd to these rules and regulations. ca
ne, they cost little more in the en-
stnnlns than the old-time home, but lY
~ pay for themselves In saved doc pa
Us and saved drug store hills in ha
~ little while. br,
me froof OF the Pudding. CHI
: es. the people have awakened to TIL,
2 Kind OF thing. and proof OF ha
awakening is found in, the Won the
WI success OF the establishment Of ius
3McGraw-Yarhrough Company, a .
4 ksh which started out along these is \
W. NIUE more than three years the
pahkeu On the awakening Of or.
ptry people, as we'll as ethyl sof
the subject of sanitation and apl
conYenlences, They banked wit
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