Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-03
lDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER

sources more active. In competition with other
cou1 .ries now receiving imm grafton, she must
be VI and doing. Nirginins strong point is not
Oh oisiias of fertility % soil, but nearness to
mar kets, fine water powers CHM to- case of ac-
cess from Europe, CONFORMATION Of soil, adapt
iyuness for sheep and cattle, ABUNDANCE oi min
erals.
The general Virginia public have no rcalizing
sense how quickly al business and real estate
Interests would eniven by teintl 1GuctoE irpn
year to year OF Il number OF the right class 81
Sheep and cattle farmers, who, if lsirly treated.
would by their letters home not only be the
ntesns Of bring ng other farmers pu. men with
money, looking sbout for opportunities Of in
vestn eDt in misunderstanding Vlrgir'n has csr-
ried on the business OF exporting her tert'Its OF
soil in grain Nj. tobacco rs l"rs u II can o.
stood. 10 PERSIST is ruin Tor The future IL must
be sheep cattle mining ahd manufacturing
thersNy Increasing her population and c"nsum-
ing TIE grain produced in feeding her own p"o'
pie \ GU and all others vino expect TO rem I'm
identified with the State have deep Interest IN
the success OF immigration, and the Industries
mentioned Virginia, instead OF ler present
small population, Is fitted by nature TO be tnc
home of several millions Of prosperous people;
With any reasonable increase Of population and
any ressonub G increase oil prosperity, the pre-
sent public burdens would not be felt rs bur
dens with increase Of population Wcud come
increased credit and abb ty and Increased means
"
internal Improvement. The Governors recon-.
mei dations on the subject appeal to sll classes
ana conditions VINO regard their own prosperity
or the general welfare.
1t would take IN immense letter 10 give you
an account Of the millions OF acres sold III tn"
lust three years, of the millions OF acres Of gov
elnment land now surveyed and open tor set
Element, AID the hundreds Of millions Of avail
able acres not yet in market belonging to the
different colonies in Africa, Tasmania. New
Zealand and australia Australia is only settled
AS yet on part of the edge, 10 say nothing about
Whist is gong on a the Platte In the INST year
New South Wales bid for 5000 llnm;g grants.
Queensland was organized a il colony Oh me
l0ah of DedeElter, 1889 1e.tcr.ay got re-
turn Of appropriations by the Legislature OF
Queens :anu:
For INN grafton .....".."... .........ol bOJ OW'
Improvement of har5oT&. ....... y w
Raj way othoopo
Photograph "XtrnSloI......... 1OItnO
Public building. 900 y
These are the chos items OF expenditure IL
Queensland. This year Queensland bids ipr
81 600 people an. has we'll OrgaLlzed staff u
agents TO effect it. Many other colonies are bid
ding and working in similar way. Even
Bucnos Ayres gives S'0J,UOJ Tor immigration
this year. ] merely give you thCse IS instances.
and we in Virginia cannot hope 10 accomplish
any thing unless means are provided to make
tnuwn jby personal etfOrts) what we have to
offer.
II would take me some time to hunt up; bu.
roughly there must be two thousand miles o.
Railway contracts le. for wort: to begin in Jan
uary for Australian colonies alone, ana the AT
rIcan colonies 1000 miles.