Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-02-06


Missouri 1900
Corn-vs. produced in 3Is775sI bus.
Tennessee " 4i.9s7.lsS 4"
- kentucky 39,s47.l20 "
whoat--vs. produced in nina 7Is .
" Ohio i6s7i esI .,
&" Pennsylvania I32i3OTf I.
New York l2,2s6.<lS "
Thus appears Virginia holds the frs, rank in the Uni
on In tho production OF Tobacco Flax and Hemp; the 30
Virginia raised in 1870, lO622 2ls b,,h.,.
bi,umnous coal. aud
Pennsylvania n 500 ga L,.L
Sslt-Vngins produced I7I56Is hn.h
" New York os67 ssa hn.h
In the production OF Wool the order Of tho State, /,
folows.-- "
New York. Vermont. Ohio. Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Her agricultural productions in 1910.
amounted To ESQ oss SO,
New York, ANS SSS Ssi
ss,'a"a' 6S,4SO.924
het1 N' '"1eu
In lsai' the tonnage of Virginia was 63.a2s
In Isia, Virginia wa. A a. sss
New York, 5lS,l33
We have already stated that the arrivals
increased In one year rs Antwerp and 30 per Ct
at Osend, tho competition OF RAILWAYS III this then 4,
also result attendant upon il moi The
interested IN Improvement Her forests will be wanted
aud the increased trado attendant ns will
give her ready and steady demand home for her pro
ducc and Keep her quota of the increased IN our
own State. gentleman of this CITY, i'm n conversation
win Tue "er, remarked that visiting acquaintance
over the mountains short time since TO
hnd that he had sold large and valuable estate and
ooueht one IN the vicinity inferior in every
upon enquirng the reason. he told, that here he
could produce enough sufficient for his wants
and there he produced than he could consume
ana rs nc had no means OF getting his surplus 10
market u was idle TO produce than his wants re
CURED And so It is all the State and nothing 4,
wanted to bring our lido lands but
system OF Improvement And in connexion with this sub
Ject we would refer to another which has been pr,at:ng
that s,h,
nearly allied TO each oihcr-for know of no better mod
OF onhgh'ening any people than by putting them in po-
son where they will be accessible 10 know edge and
where they easily receive the of tho dy
ana hear OF events they anspre the very fact Of
constant communication and tho discussion VS. super
induces thirst after knowledge You may erect school
mouse every ten miles through tho State and supply
AT the public cost and all know that there are SOM. ve
numbers who would not be instructed had they only e,
stoop down and pick up knowledge in the road Rn,
cite the curiosity engender thirst for hearit tb. inns.
actions as they occur and you set
events ana conccturng results. and this forces them to
thinking; and once mighty thought and gu accon,n
lish the object Has it been remarked by every
'eer hat numbers assemble at watering station on
every line over which they pass and eager to hear be
newsf' We know OF no better mode OF enRhtening any
person than by placing him contact with an in
'egen' man The genial and ennobling influence Of in
teligence like the glilterng rays the noonday,s snn
upon the snow capped mountain by constant contact will
soon penetrate !no the dungeon Of Ignorance and
iumne its occupants And in conclusion in view of m,
position and local character Of Virginia We ask shall No,
HeJ may u Hisl cause a
slight addition TO our taxation but this addition as We
trust We have shown, will only be temporary and oyentuae
IN diminished rate We have We may say the trade Of
the great west IN hands land who attach value Il,
M TO enrich aud build up, II will only consent to
receive H. That It Is valuable intellectually so we bsy.
evidence IN the eSerons made the States around u 10
secure IT. Baltimore is stretching her Ohio road 10
secure a. Philadelphia contemplating continuous road
TO Cleveland on Lake Erie New York. not content with
her water line OF improvements, constructing road 10
Like Enc and Boston has thrown her railroad over to
Albany TO take a share Of the trade Shall VIC with
superior Advantages stand idle and refuse to be enrhed
We hope not, for the sake Of VIRGINIA