Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-08-29

lapplies to individual efforts and to
public enterprises alike. We people
of Bryan are striving to build a city.
How shall we direct our efforts SO
that no energy will be wasted? And
by what principle shall we be guided
In our endeayors to reach the desired
end? Our main reliance must be in
Yourselves and the controlling principle
should be to make a success of what
1--we already have. Let us cease to de-
spise the day of small things
In an editorial on True Develop
ment" the Waco Times-Herald cites
some illustrations that apply as well
here as there. 1t says:
The good women who conducted
what is now the State House, and later
the Hotel Royal, began their hotel ca
reer in an obscure way in small
town. But they fed well; they looked
carefully after the comfort of their
guests; they deserved the patronage
they got and they retired financially
well off.
1T is so the world over; the small
business grows gradually into the
large concern, if carefully looked after.
It's existence is generally proof posi-
tive of demand, and that demand en-
larges from day to day and from week
to week, provided, of course, the pro.
prietor doesn't stand still, There you
have the foundation on which to build:
demand is running ahead of supply.
Some years ago men were agitat-
ing for factories to can fruit and vege- !
tables, and We got after our good
friend now in heaven, C. Falkner. to |
know why Waco couldn't have such |
an enterprise, and he would reply:
For two reasons; the season is short
and the merchants like to handle only |
established brands He contended
that this industry, if 1t ever came to
realization, would have to start from
The bottom and not from the ton: in
'Iiler words, here and there some in
iiy;dual would put up line that
you'd be in demand, and this demand
you'd grow from season to season un-
il it made a plant of large propor.
ions. 1t is fact that thousands of
|ollars have been lost by Texas peo.
lie through attempts to establish can
ing factories from the top.
All the world has heard of EIgin
utter. And how did that Industry
art? Why, a few persons began in 81
modest way to put up butter in neat CT
ickages; that's all The demand CO
eadily grew; demand ran ahead of N
pply, and Elgin butter makers e>
aped rich rewards. or
"Uvalde claims to ship more honey ne
On year than any other station in
e United States. Was this brought
out by persons from the outside mf
ing there and investing in the bee Til
lustry? Not at all; the people on ma
ground began to put their honey the
marketable shape; the demand the
adily enlarged-it wasn't one.dav
now the Uvaldeans get =
'ut in automobiles purchased out the
their returns from honey. wi,
Did Jacksonville come to be a dos
at shipping point for fruits and
etables in day? Oh, no; that in.
try was a slow growth; first the Tel
ress car to nearby cities, followed tina
the refrigerator car clear through wifi
Boston and even to Montreal First
blade, then the ear, and then the
corn in the ear It's the primal
. The child crawls before it walks, VIII
it walks before it runs.
J. 5. Barnett has built up quite a
k bindery in this town. He started /,
small capital in an obscure loca-
]. Now he has a good front on !,
nklin and is using up-to-date ma
ar -