The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-06-19
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ThetFacts.sof thssS Situation

cAspnsessy nl 5psIaIf seems INST To- have
reahhedtites: core of the: sitnation, aid
stated fe SO positively 9ttiats it needs no
srfork Is comprehend it The MATERIAL
RESOURCES. eksthe North East and West
haveshsensn drawn anpon1s Until tireylsnow
yield no attractive values The day tot
big things HIS passed, il is to the South,
kept back 1hy circumstances wkich could
not bsawehtav oided, that the capital ana
energy sofs'tha csuasty@sfe hooking. III
Is here .sMhefe dad hk OF years iii
the snterpsissss al die NORTH and West,
amasstsfind profitable. elnployntent And
no where nnder the sun are ssdppertdhi
ties more inviting: While Mr.. bepev
does net specially, mention Virginia ih
his refe rsneeeto .the South, .itis because
he has newer ,traversed{ hestate andad :
.yestigataa her ..rebonIces..s Of ;afl tie
Statesip the gnieM abe il. the richest in
naateriaiiresourcas.li 4 N tsevea ! fennsyl-
vaainnii4, il her virgin days could safpass
ben in minerals. 70 timbers, in clays. and
AGRICULTURAL. n Possibilities i We, yelnture
nothing III sd fngt that til e-iroIl ore.re
sources 81 thif State are .uineduaEed in the
iipnion ana yet Wa iiaye conn araitaffvIeiy NO
industries Ito fepreseht them 1t,is only
i'd recent days thataeApitals and. skilled
knowledge. have been: :attraetea to- these
iasondiiiohs.i And the more iInvastigation
is lnade theamnre thu wehdss th at.sach
marve15as M salth has SO long, lain dor
lhapt... ss5m d. yshas come, and ME.;De
|.pew presents ths, future az Virginia. in
the lanshages De .spnles to- the South
while at the saiae stime the whole South
Hand heayes and throbs Under new fa
pulses and new iinspiratiolis, TheHs is
| nothing; stor. has. there ever. been any
|; thing, id tbs CASTOR. West tpo compare
|. with The natural resources. the South is
Funfolding and which are laagnetizing,
3 the mmds.ani ,nhnaele oefs the. seo,,H5ry.
We are Just eflterillg dpoIt the .infaudy
= Of Dir sdeYeIop1Hsiits justy breakiig tile
[;crust which .eoneeals thes wealth that
nature has. 50 lavishly bestowed, :: IA. and
which E5n.fst command, the ca. nitaI and
enterprise Is convert into the uses pf
civilization Mr. -Depews sees -all thi|F ),
and as much IS says 50 N z The fol!ewi1
THE. net result 'oof this Visit to ,,tAe
South to my mind, il just this that The
haveheyeleped all the great and sudslea
/ opportunities: for wealth.. Or most, Of
them, in our. Northwestern States and
T on the Pacific slope But here il ,afvasf
F country with 1.-The ybest Climate sfi4 .tlie
wurida with conditions' of z health which
are absolutely unparalleled, with yast,foF-
ests untouched, with enormous Veins bf
/ coal and iron. which YET have not knew n
any thing beyond their original c6ndi-
! tionsa with.soil that. under proper eulti-
gatien, for.little capital, can support a
tremendous population; with conditions
ii the atmosphere for comfortable Hvihg
1 winter and summer which exists mo-
l. where else iasthe epuntry;t and that lis
1 to be the attraction for the young men
who go out from the farms to seek set.
Element, and not ny Immigration from
]7aabfoadA for do not think heytWM 90
by the internal imMigra.
k ton from O,lr own country it jig to be
/ come in time as prosperous as any other
! section OF the country and DIS PROSPEROUS
F by a purely sAineffean developneh
8 Others see it aas doee Mf Depe w. and
I I'VE know it, especially as at. RELATES 10
Virginia. We are indeed entering ION
+ q lew era. I've ARE stsfipink upon the
7fhfeshold OF "a new mhteriais birth, and
our growth and prdgress CAIN only pc
Measured by the effort thar isspuf forths
j The South with ola SAsirgthiasfntkev van,
is colhihgg; sand cohzihgt TIE stay tddi con;
tribussr her WONDERFUL resources It'd the
progress and grandeur of the nation.