Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-08-05
THE GRANGE EXHIBITION.

To the editor of The alexandria GazeIe:
am at loss to comprehend whether it
is apathy that seems to keep The citizens OF
your good city from assisting in the pro
posed exhibition Of the District Grange OF
Northern Virginia, or whether they COM
placently sit still and imagine the labor and
work of The people Of the adjoining counties
is going 10 bring crowd and that they will
reap the harvest where the granger sowt
the grain.
In either case your people are mistaken
and are doing themselves an injury that
they will he sorry for when too late to re-
pair. When appealed to them 10 assist us
some months ago they turned deaf ear to
my request and are, in all probability, &C.
where they let slip golden opportunity on
which little village gladly seized hold.
Falls Church, with its small population, saw
munity to have this grange exhibition in it,
and the people, with commendable zeal and
wonderful enterprise for so small place,
provided a situation without cost and un
dertook to erect six suitable buildings OH
the grounds. Encouraged by such liberai
ty, the grange ordered $4,000 feet of lumber
10 erect buildings with, and soon the quiet
of the camp meeting grounds at Falls
Church will resound to the echoes OF the
carpenters noisy tools. Alexandria,, by
half an effort, could have secured the loca-
ton. But it is net too late for your city 10
avail itself Of the advantages of such an eG
hibition 50 near it. Every merchant and
manufacturer should secure the best. loca-
tons for exhibiting their wares, and they
should do all that thy possibly can to dc
monstrate the fact that Alexandria is not
only able but willing to caller to the needs
of the people Of the surrounding counties
further that she does not intend that other
people shall step in and take her trade and
rob her OF her natural rights. / speak as
one who has Il right to speak in behalf ofthe
city in which my father was born and died.
and my grand parents lie buried. | appeal
to the people IF Alexandria as the friends OF
my youth, TO take such steps as will protect
their interest. am not an outsider trying
TO attract attention 10 something that will
build up another city, bat am at this time
largely engaged in manufacturing in Alex
andria, and therefore, while a non resident,
claim my interest, not only from blood and
birth but from financial standpoint, and as
such trust The good people of the once
great city will bestir themselves and help
u.s. the patrons of The Northern District,
help them in extending their trade and
building up their community.
II 100000 people can be cornered into the
Cumberland Valley to an exhibition Of the
kind proposed, surely larger number can
be brought 10 this one with the immense ad-
ditional attractions offered in Alexandria
and Washington, aud ut Mount Vernon.
No such opportunity was ever offered for
advertising community as this, and still
the good people of the town seem slow to
take hold.
Alexandria and every town in Virginia
needs advertising. They need to show their
advantages to others, and here the opportu-
nifty offers.
The District Grange does not come as
beggars asking for bounty. We come and
point out to you advantages to accrue to
your community and say come and join with
us in building up our section. Let US act
for our mutual advantage and help each
other. The grange says, We have assured
the success of this ID Getting, we have secured
the grounds, the buildings, and arranged all
the details. Now, friends of Alexandria,
we know you like the contry in hot wealth.
er, SO come JOIN cur camp LOT week 6nu
have good time.
No premiums are to be paid, hence the
expenses amount to but little, and no charge
is made for admission and the crowd will be
very large.
Exhibitors who offer goods for sale will be
charged small sum to defray the expenses
naturally falling upon the committee in
charge. A few dollars in each case will
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dress the crowd daily from the grand stand.
Order will be preserved by special detail
of police from Falls Church, and all who de-
sire pleasant time for few days or hours
are cordially invited to be with US. trust,
however, that the merchants of Alexandria
will make at least some effort to be repre-
scented as business men during the exhibit.
Respectfully, ALEX. ]. WEDDERBURN.
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