| Description | Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury delivered this speech entitled 'The Future' at the Cadbury family gathering arranged to commemorate Cadbury's centenary anniversary.
Taylor Cadbury's speech is divided into two parts, the first referring to the family's relationship with the firm's directors. In this section Taylor Cadbury encourages members of the family to consider the hard work behind the financial reward which they received, remarking on the 'prosperity of the Firm'. Taylor Cadbury also states that the purpose of the centenary celebrations was to acknowledge the 'strenuous labour' of those involved in directing the company.
Silver spoons were distributed amongst members of the Cadbury family present at the luncheon, varying in size according to the generation of the recipient. Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury was given the largest spoon as the only remaining 'representative' of George Cadbury's generation. Referring to the recent annual fete of the Bournville Schools and the 'thousand happy healthy children assembled on the playgrounds', the second part of Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury's speech considers the importance of the family's inheritance from Cadbury. She describes the family's heritage as being 'the realisation of a Vision' which 'far exceeded an intention to attain wealth and success' to include 'the welfare and happiness of others'. Taylor Cadbury suggests that this realisation 'introduced beauty and dignity into Industrial life and made possible true family life', an ideal 'charged with an inner and spiritual meaning'.
At the conclusion of her speech Taylor Cadbury asks the younger generations of the Cadbury family to 'keep faith' with this vision, remarking that 'no generation has ever had such an opportunity to make good as Youth will have in this Century.' She adds 'the Visions of Idealists of the last generation are being accepted as practical politics to-day.' |