The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-01
LOCAL MATTERS.

,I..yo,s,t CESrrSSIAL-PRoroslTioS OF
... yprsIprsT OF TIE STATE AGRICULTURAL
:. -..,yfy.-lh ne following connun'caVs"u
a., On Yesterday presented TO the hou'e os
,,..Icr Hanger and referred 10 lhe Coiilia'''
-. m Agriculture and Mining
OFFICE OK VIRGINIA STATE
AGRIruLTrEAL SOCIETY, {
RICHMOND, VA, January 81. 1916.
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gs,y, = U.!,ga!eS:
I'rar,. N.,. been such ou'Spoken dlSSatls-
,.r,'n,. f-or, many portions OF the State With
,,t,Y Of tnc General Assembly 10 re-
,,.,,a, ~, necessary approximation for dis
.'. -, ,Lo products and resources OF the
.,i. ID. the PhladcIphia Centennial | am
:r;....J yerr respectfully 10 make the sug-
..n,Ygn @. 4 remedy for The losses Whlch
,c.y b, ,.>lalncd by our state III conse-
~r,,r. O.. her misrepresentation at tnls
..-rt international exposition.
I, may h., that there WAS no lack OF WISDOM
s., tine rrf,l.li OF an appropriation ut this time,
t,~ ~,h. iigIc appear, 10 De 100 snort ior the
rr.,rrt,jon and arrangement OF creultaole
di.nlgy. aid ANYTHING snort OF 'hls wou'u
,,ari,i,ry do no good. and might result In
j,o.m Had action been taken at the last
....i,r of IN. General Assembly, 50 as to
h.y, Given the whole Of the past Year Tor the
n,llar,lou Of the best sample and largest va
rio,v Of our mineral deposits. the varied pro-
dur,, Of our soil and Iactories, and suitable
,hr-lcaI maps of soils o! countles-or at least
If tine distinctive geological divisions of the
~tat.-tbrn we mi.h, have hoped for q dis
rIIv that would Lot oBly be creditable but
valuable 10 Us.
Now that it i certain that Virginia cannot
and ought not under tbc present circum-
,arr..> 10 be represented At this great worlds
,,jr. il may t,r wise that something should
,rV he done to make the centennial year
memorable With IL, aud that it may not be
wholly lost by no Effort to awaken an inter-
g, for The development of the great resources
ol uur beloved Commonwealth.
People from abroad and from distant por-
lions Of our own vast country who respect
and love the traditions OF Virginia will
duaniirs, feel great disappointment when
tury visit the Centennial and iiud nothing
there covered by the authority OF her great
sea, but may mol this disappointment be
somewhat Il not entirely relieved by offering
to them here at cur own capital all aud more
;Hnu could haYc been shown at Philadelphia!
IN view Of the fact that the Centennial
c!y>vAuu or about the 1t Of November, aud
il. time ni holding the annual fairs Of the
state Agricultural Society is the last week in
October, now suggest that the Legislature
vii appropriate the sum OF $4,000, and the
State society The same sum, making total
Of $4,000 ior q grand display Of all the re-
>ourcc> cf The State at Fair to held by the
society The present year; aud to secure q
proper co6peratl0n between the State and
H." society, the Governor and five other citi.
ms 10 be appointed 0y the Legislature)-
,Ay one from the Underwater section, one
,Tum Piedmont, one from the Valley, one
lTom the >outhsidr, and one from the South
Wc>t->AaI unite with The Executive Com
mittcc Of the Society in all arrangements
necessary tor the exhibition.
II this suggestion should meet with any
favor from The Geu-r,h Assembly, then
hope Il committee Will Dc appointed to con.
>ldrf aud prepare bill 20 carry it into effect
Very respectfully,
". c. KNIGHT,
President state Agricultural Society.