Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-11-29
Virginia in the Very Infancy Of Her
Industrial Development.

i N'1S- 800 r
.There are too many hooms7 i
is impossible that so many new
towns should grow. Some mus
fal'!!' The man who gave utter
,,ance TO this profound remark il
we'll known. He is not hard tt
find. Look into any town in Vir
GINA where the moss is growing
anil the spiders spread their webs
ACROSS the street and you will SET
him and hear him TOO. He stands
upon the corner eXponnding the
law aud the pre- fits of industrial
development to all who will hect
him. He has been here fifty
wears. liz knew allahout Chicago
aud ST. Louis aud San Francisco
and Cioc matt aud he praphesled
future with evil forebodings con
crrning i rmlneham ami Roanoke
and Minneapolis and ST Paul. II;
moan.d when Denver first came
into prominence, groaned when he
heard of Dallas, held M his hand.
in diSmay ut the Kansas City boom.
ard wept when Duluth bryan to
grow. He has stood all his life in
one spot with his eyes shut. He
is deaf 10 the tumultand toll Of the
ipdus;ral life around him. Sreing
nothing and hearing nothing, he
does lnthng hut prophesy evil aud
woe. lie has been knocked out Il
score of times. hut without fail he
turns, ua fresh aud far for SuR-
davn with his monrninlf6reb odlngs
and snrrowfnl anticipationSl per
pe,uaily dropping FROM his lips.
I've cannot stop him. Roanoke
would not stop him, nor Brmins
ham, nor ST. Paul. nor Chicago.
Tie world could NOT stop him.
Fifty wears hence he will be here.
looking as wise and as sad as lie
does today. The moss will look a
little n,o,e gray and the cobwehs
cling ahout him alittle thicker,
that is all. The croaker is clio
ouent. His voice is pIalnEivc and
mrlancholy. but he does not deal in
far $. He learns nothing OF The
int, re bv the history of the past.
You have heard him many times.
Now hear the other side once.
What men have done. men cdu do
again. Whit Massachusetts has
done Virginia can do. The Bay
State has only one advantage over
rs. Her cold east Winds have CAR
RED the crodkrr to he only place
cold enough anil Clark enough to
make him feel ar home. lie is
dead and buried. He croakS 10
more. So much for !. bad climate.
In ali t,n'h and soherneSS. Mas
sachnsc,rs is superior to FirginIa
only in lhc splendid energy and
daring business courage Of her
men. If any o,,e knows OF one gift
with which nature has more richly
lowered her !!l;n Virginia let Ii IN
nam- r..
Let us compare the two States.
Tn ,;limatetle Old dominion is to
tho Bay State as Paradise is to
Purgaloly In the variety of her
crops and The generosity of hcl
soil, Virginia is unsurpassed. In
harh0rS and in water power, in
timber and the variety and wealth
Of her mineral deposits, few if any
States SurpasS her. Taken in all.
the round world buds no iairer
realm. Massachusetts has an area
of 5000 square miles. Virginia
has 1925, or five. times as much
Territory, capable of supporting
two men where Massachusetts sup
ports one,
Now. let MS compare the cities
and towns of The two States. Here
are Soule Of the cities of M;iSSa-
chusetts. with the population OF
each. 1t should be remembered
that in some Instances the figures
are several years old:
Boston, 362 900: Lowell, 10000;
Worcester. GS.O00; Cambridge, Sc.
coo; Fall River, $4,000; Lynn, 45,-
600; Springfield. 10000; Lawrence,
80. 600; j, ew Bedford, $4,000; Som
eryllle, $4,000; Salem. 2S.0On: Chel
sea. S.hUO; Holy 27.UOi; Haver-
hill, 5,U0G; Taunton, 5000; Glou
ccSter, 10000; Rrocktop, 20 coo;
Newton, $4,000; Fiichburg, 10000;
Maiden, 10000; WaltIam. $1,000;
.Sewhuryport, 1000; PittSfeld, A..
600; Quincy. l4,0U0; Baltlehorough.
1860: Norlhampion.l2 .UOO; North
Adams, 70 0GU; ChicHpee, lI:0Gc;
Woburp, 1,uOU; Marlborough, TO-
600.
1t will he observed that Massa-
chnSetts has only one city with n
population of 3G2,OU0. five with So
900 or more, seventeen With 90,
0pO or over, ard thirty ono with
10. 600 or over. bul this is not all.
Besides these cities she has fifty
towns with a population OF from
1000 to 10, eco each. Nov. no ma,l
of intelligence will deny that Viz
ginia is. capable of supporting q
much denser population than Mas
sacllusetts. Let us be moderate.
We have Il territory five times as
large. Let us say Virginia will
cease to grow when she has five
times as many inhabitants. Unless
somebody eau show that this is
Unreasonable, we must expect our
cities to continue to grow nntil
Richmond and Norfolk have 3d..
600 inhabitants each. and three
new Giles of equal size have