Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-04-13
to attract attention to that country.
AN AGENTS WORK.

| AN AGENTS WORK.
| Judge Grattan explained the Importance,
and opportunities, of the right sort of
man as an agent of the company to go
West He could distribute pamphlets,
hold public meetings; address them on our
advantages; could enlist their interest
in our section as a place to live in, and
he could give them the best routes to get
to the different sections of the Valley.
| WELCOME AID.
Mr.. M. F. Peterfsh, of Stanton, said
he had been elected by his Assembly of
| Knights of Labor to attend the meeting
; of this committee and represent to its
members that the knights of Labor were
in hearty sympathy with the movement.
and willing to help it in every way in their
power. They believed that the immlgra-
ton sought would bring with it manufac-
turing, and that many things which are
| now manufactured out West from timber
| sent from this section. would be made
here.
Judge Grattan moved that the thanks
of the committee be rendered Assembly
1NO. Ai1Ia ~ w LIZ, lUI SSuOiHR ACPAC-
sentative here, and for the assurance of
their sympathy, and with these thanks
the assurance that this movement was
intended for the benefit of the mechanic,
the farmer. and all our people, of whatever
occupation. The motion was unanimous
ly adopted.
NO POOR FARMS TO BE ADVERTISED AT
HIGH PRICES.
Rev. Mr.. Driver said that the charge for
advertising farm by the company should
] be in proportion to the size of the farm.
| He also said he wanted honesty and in
tegrity to characterize all the work of this
company, and that lands should not be
put in by their owners at exhorbltant
prices. 1t was not honest. and in the end
would only inJure the company. Mr..
Driver read a letter from General Pas
senger Agent Fuller of the chesapeake q
Ohio BY. promising that that corporation
would do all it could for the company, and
saying he was very glad to see this move in
the Valley-it being the first move in this
direction that had been made in Virginia.
Maj. Fuller gave the assurance that his
road would do all in its power to forward
, the movement.
Maj. Chrisman endorsed Rev. Mr..
Drivers remarks about honesty and ex-
horbitant prices. He said he had spent
fifteen years OF his life in the West and if
you fool those people once you will never
fool them again.
Croft on r1rhf maj
who cannot talk honestly about the land
this company will advertise, cannot talk
we'll. To go West to sell land at SIS
which is not worth $25 is a sWindle, and
this company will neither countenance nor
permit it.
OUR VALLEY FARMS THE BUSINESS IN
HAND.
Rev. Mr.. Driver said that in the former
! meeting some of the speeches about the
ills the Western farmers have to bear were
rather exaggerated. though Of course un-
Intentionally 60. Especially was this so
about the Kansas farmers.
Maj. Chrisman.-Our business in this
company is to tell the Western people
| about the advantages of our country, and
to say nothing i'll about anybody else's
country.
Mr.. Driver.-That is right Mr.. Driver
went on to say that the Company wanted
it distinctly understood in the beginning,
that it sold NO mans land. 1t was not a
Land Agency in any sense Of the word.
It simply contracted to advertise the land
with push and enterprise, and let the land
owner sell his own land when the purcha-
ser came.
COMMITTEES TO INTERVIEW THE
COUNTY SUPERVISORS.
On motion of Judge Grattan the follow
| ing gentlemen were appointed commit
tee to urge upon the Augusta County
| Board OF Supervisors the plan put forth
by the Richmond EXPOSITION essrs. R.
w. Burke, Ed. A. Fulcher and John FL.
| Crawford.
On the motion Of the same gentleman,
tne following gentlemen we're appointed
| committee to urge the same plan on the
Rockingham Board Of Supervlsors-Rev
Samuel Myers. Cornelius Driver. John
|
LIGHT HID UNDER A BUsHEL.
MI. Pratt earnestly urged the impor-
lance Of the plan of the Richmond Expo
sition. He said it was one Maj. Chrisman
and himself had fought for in the State
Fairs for several years-that each county
represented at the Fair should make all
individual show. Mr.. P. also commented
on the obscurity of the facilities which had
existed at the capital of Virginia for get
ing information about the agricultural in
ducements offered in the different parts of
the State. Not long ago On the cars he
fell in with two gentlemen from the West,
one of whom had already bought farm
in East Virginia. They asked him where
they could get certain information in
Richmond. He replied ''at the office of
the Commissioner of Agriculture" One
of them replied: 81 have been to Rich
mond often and never even heard Of a
Commissioner of Agriculture" On get
ing to Richmond, added Mr.. Pratt, and
trying myself to ind the Commissioner. L
was not surprised that strangers had never
noaTu OI nlm. Ills oluco was locateu Ill d
dark place, up several flights OF stairs and
1 actually had to scratch a match to get
light enough to find the door knob.
This was not the fault of the Commission
er but of the State which would give him
10 better quarters. II the State hides her
resources as we'll as she does the Office of
the Agriculture Commissioner, it is not
surprising they are hard to find. The leg