The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1870-04-01
VIRGINIA COMPARED WITH THE west.

1t is remarkable that some are leav-
ing parts of Virginia so accessible to
market that they may be considered at
che mnrket. and go to region so re-
mote from make. that what they make
Is valueless. The old Scotch adage was.
"taat the land most remote from mar
ket was that which produced nothing;"
but this adage mnst lose it's truth In
this age of discovery aud artificial fer
ta'izcrs. A poor farm now, at the mar
ket, which produces ouly five bushels
of wheat or ten bushels o! corn per
acre, Is worth more than land in parts
OF the West whore these people are
going, aud which produce flve tunes
that amount. Wheat in Iowa, sent
now t. it's mest direct A tlantic mar
ket, would be .wortl, about 30 or 10 cents
per bushcl. over and above freight and
charges. Nov, when we know that
the land which il admitted to be poor
near the market, can be made to quad
ruple it's products by the modern ~ s.
tenn OF farming, n al not " tn an outlay
colninsn suraie with the Increase of pro
,lucti0h, II does not take very Wise
man to see how unwise it is toexchang..
u home in Virginia for one III the West.
" must be remembered That labor is
higher there tlan it is here aud aunth-
er very important item in the calcu.a-
ton is that lands there must becessari-
~ decline in terclity, and that in a
short time the artificial feriallzers
which are used here must be used there.
aud then the contrast in favor Of tl.is
region will be beyond cayail; and IL
men would only reflect, it will appear
pl-ln to them that this result must fol-
low in a few years. By the time their
land IN the West is clea ed, their
young orchards begin 20 bear. and
everything is comfortably settled. the
parents will be worn out, aud ready
| for their long home "whet. thcii chi
| lren will murmlir. complain. and per-
| haps blame them for their f,lly in ~x-
changing land near market for 4 home
| H. the Wet.
This Is not an lille speculation. The
fertile. virgin soil of tie West will in-
evitably become sterile. us it has done
here and it is not less triie that dis
tance cannot b. aunihilatcd and these
two facts alone should keep evey man
in Virginia. who has piece of land
from going to the West. Volumes
might be written on this subject, but
certainly there are not many V:rg!ni-
ans owning hand, who canuot compre.
hend such seli-eyi,icnt proposition.
The Advertiser says:
..Thr press of Virginia is every day
attracting attention to the immense
exodus of negroes from the State. The
importance of this movement in 1t,
various bearings cannot be ovrrestiiIa.
ted. We have long considered il Ger.
tain to take place. and as furnishing
the true solution of ths labor qucstion
so far as :his State is cone 'rAed. Thai
the vacuum in ;hs labor supply Of Nir
gitia thus produced will never BE- agaii
supplied by hireling labor We consider
absolutely certain. and q il equally cen
tam that this vacuum viii be filled bl
the small farmers OF the North. wht
are already pouring into the State. Th,
most obvious effect OF this change II
the labor of the State will he the rapi,
subdivision of large aud illy-cultivate,
plantations into small and highly cult
waited farms. Radical changes in tn
staples OF production as well as TIL
I mode of cultivation, and above all,
vast increase in the price OF land wil
a SO nececrssarily follow. The differ
: ence between the State densely popu
lated with intelligent and cnterprisin
whites. and yItalized by the influx q
Noi thern and foreign capital, and III
: State without capital, and depcnden
9 tor labot on the negro hreling. is be
. . yond calculation. Another less obl
: ous and equally certain result of til
soutiiward movement OF the negrot
will be- Il similar movement by II yer
: large portion of the white VirgIni
NJ population. Already the brcinniu.
q of this are discovered in our busine,
70 aud CORE spondence with land bayel
y and sellers. Many Of our large Ian
" hulders ale So welded TO the l,egro lh,
70 they will employ no oihe, kind of Ii
d Dor. and as the nsgrots leave the Stat
/ these ''olil mastersn will follow in q he
wake, and both will profit bv Il
: change. Virginia has been formed |
nature for great manufacturing, m
5 Iug agricultural State. and these mov
n ments of population point to speet
Is rralization of the great destiny in sto
for u.s. .- -..--.l-
sF A Princeton College student h