Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-11-05
FRIDAY MORNING. NOV. 5. 1886
ANOTHER CHANCE FOR AU-
GTSTA COUNTY.

ANOTHER CHANCE FOR AU-
GUSTA COUNTY.
In the very heart of the city of London
there is going up building of iron and
glass, several acres in extent, and around
which are other similar buildings located
On ground twenty-five acres in extent
These are the buildings of the American
Exhibition Association. chartered year
ago, and they will be opened on the Isl of
March, 1887, for the exhibition of the
products of the soil. the mines, and the
factories of the United States. The fol-
lowing card will inform our readers how
this exhibition may be availed of by them
selves:
loving been commissioned by the Governor
to represent the State of Virginia at the Amer
lean Exhibition to be held Il, London in 1887,
and having made arrangements with the rail-
roads in the State to have shipped to me here,
free of charge, all specimen ores until January
LIST, 1887, marked ''For American Exhibition,
London" I hereby call attention of all own
ers of mineral properties throughout the State
who wish to have their ores exhibited at said
exhibition to send on such specimens as ra-
pidly as possible, not weighing over. 100
pounds And I.would be pleased to have the
assay attached to each specimen where such
has been made, extent of veins, location OF
property, distance from railroad, and owners
full name and address. Those who have other
than minerals to exhibit, will please commu-
nicate with me here.
E. B. MooN
Richmond, Va
Urging the advantages of this oppas-,;
tunity on our people ought to IassN -
Gus, but Augusta $ exp with the
New Orleans Fzposls-- conVlnceS us tnat
It liz nov. notwithstanding the loyal and
persistent efforts of Maj. Jed Hotchkiss,
one of the Virginia Commissioners to that
Exposition, it seemed impossible to arouse
our people from their lethargy, and so the
representation of Augusta there fell la
mentally short. Perhaps this apathy can
not be better illustrated than by an Incl
lent in the experience of Mr. Sew. Ker,
whose labors under Maj. Hotchkiss were
particularly, almost wholly, directed to
,stting a good exhibit from this county.
All that was required of those who had
,.nything to exhibit was that they should
1laul it to Stanton for free shipment to
lew Orleans. On one farm was an ar
icle that if the attention of the capital
SITS could be attracted to 1t, meant for
tune for the owner. Mr.. Ker made spe-
cial visit to the owner to induce him to
lend sample for exhibition. The owner,
after some consideration, agreed to send
it if the commissioner would haul it to
Staunton and furnish the necessary pack
ing. 1t went unraag esented. We trust
that this spirit Las 54e this died out aud
tbe pragant offer of free advertise
5yhiOition of resources, to the
.al. will meet with better re-
object of this Exhibition in London
is to call the attention of foreign capital
ists to American opportunities for invest
lent; to give the world an idea of our
N aterial and industrial resources, and to
exhibit to it the skill and ingenuity of our
artisans. The hoped for result is to insure
American manufactures into countries
n which they are at present little known
Dr. wholly unknown. 1t is not an exag-
geratiOn to say that there is not a county
n Virginia more interested in the display
shan Augusta, and very few who have
within their borders as much to create
chat interest. If capita! is once directed
10 the development of her resources.
Augusta would soon be a county tenn
ing with life. The single article Of man.
ganese is a case in point. at but one
mine of that ore here there are nearly
Eve hundred persons engaged. She has
an iron deposit in the Southern end which
will employ thousands instead of hundreds
when the magic hand of capital shall
reach it. Her marble, iron, manganese,
0chre, woods, can be changed into gold
by the touch of that hand, but capital
cannot be expected to furnish the eyes
and hands too. All it asks is to have tie
place for profitable investment pointed
out, and it will do the rest. 1t is these
exhibitions that supply the eyes. 1t is at
Them that money and natural resources
get acquainted, to their mutual adyan-
age, and our county should not be
absent from them. It is stated, and the
list of investments has been published to
sustain it, that the State of North Caro-
lima drew to herself Six Millions of dollars
of Massachusetts capital by the exhibi-
ton of her resources at the Bo ston Exhi-
billion about four years ago. 1t gave her
ksuch an estimate of the value of them that
t the New Orleans Exposition she was
kresented without regard to expense,
nattracted the attention not only of
Tn1on. but of European States
or example Augusta ought to feel
led to make the same effort.