The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-29
Famous Lecturer Pays High
Tribute to Fairmont's
Prospects.
HAVE THE ADVANTAGES
She Believes We Are Going
to Grow in the Right
Way.

Fifty in Five" the slogan Fairmont
has adopted in her fight to become the
industrial center of this section Of the
state, and the spirit of her citizens who
are behind 1t, were paid a high COM
pllment by Miss Ida NJ. Tarbell last
night, speaking to a West virginian
reporter. In Miss Tarbell's opinion
the only thing necessary is to broad.
en- the conception OF the slogan until
1t would mean to Fairmonters, Fifty
in Five-and a Healthy Fifty" Miss
Tarbell was talking on Industrial Ideal.
ism as it applied directly to Fairmont,
and particularly to the Fairmont Of
the next few years. Her lecture sub.
ject for the evening had been Indus.
trial Idealism, but 1t might better have
been called Industrial Practicalism.
Healthy" in her use of the word
meant healthy physically, morally,
economically, industrially and social.
". which is exactly what farsighted
leaders In the Greater Fairmont move
ment are working for. 1t is a pretty
big reputation for city to establish
and live up too. but under Miss Tar
bells own eyes greater industrial and
civic miracles have been performed.
THE easy thing, the dangerous
thing" Miss Tarbell said, "and which
your leaders in this movement are no
doubt guarding against, is that in your
desire to grow and grow fast you win
make the same mistake so many cities
have made, and which they are now
spending millions to remedy. In your
eagerness 10 get factories you should
guard against welcoming open armed
any manufacturing plant which has
vicious character, and factories have
characters as distinct as individuals.
"A factory may be operated and IL
nanced by men of sterling worth IN
the business world and still be OF
vicious character so far as their rela-
ton to the city is concerned. A fac
tory which operates but part Of the
year is such one. Sueh a factory
must depend entirely upon floating
labor supply, and floating labor brings
all manner of social, industrial and
economic diseases to your city. Dis
cases which not alone affect the par.
tiCular industry with which they are
connected, but invariably infect every
other body OF worRmen in the city TO a
greater or lesser extent. Therefore
i'll planning your greater Fairmont
your leaders will do right to refuse
such plants footing here. This
SOUNDS drastic but l know through
wears of investigation along that spe;
Cial line, that they would be right
Much Of Miss Tarbell's lecture was
on the importance Of maintaining cor:
dial relations between the two great
producing bodies. Capital and Labor.
In her lecture she proved with con.
crete example and definite instances
that the preserving of this relation
was the biggest thing needed In the
industrial world. Afterwards speak.
ing Of Fairmont specifically she said.
TO assist in bringing about feel.
ing Of confidence in each other, is the
biggest thing your paper can do in pro. {
noting this Greater Fairmont project
and the arriving at that mutual conf
dence on the part of all the men and
capitalists in the city, will be the big
geSt sten toward that expansion"
Miss Tarbell never enters q town
DuI tHdI sue HldkeS d Sluuy Oh IL, bOmesf
times necessity makes 1t cursorary but
it is nevertheless a study, and conclu-
sions arrived at by her are based on
years spent in studying industries and
industrial cities. Of rairmont and her
study OF It she said
There is no doubt but that through
your location here in respects trans.
portation facilities and natural re-
sources, and through efforts Of bust
ness men of a calibre such as yours
are. that your plans for the Greater
Fairmont will be realized. But what
want to say to you as final injunc-
ton is that in your growth, and It Is
sure TO be rapid growth, that you
build your city along definite plan, q
plan tried and found correct for the
making of cities industrially, socially
economically, and morally healthy.
believe your growth will be along such
lines" 3si X
Present TO hear Miss Tarbell last
evening were oyer thousand per
sons, among whom were many Of Fair
montS coal men, her most prominent
capitalists, factory managers, and
plant superintendent. They paid her
the compliment of rapt attention and
were found after the lcctur. in the
Hobbies Of the church discussing her
statements.