The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-04-19
VIRGINT1 INDUSTRIES.
The Many Advantages which the State Or
fers Settlers and Purchasers.

For The Times.l
When person leaves Virginia to find in
vestments. enterprises or anything which
contributes to human thrift and comfort, he
goes farther but fares worse.
These facts are attested by the actual expe-
rience Of thousands of modern trials, by the
universal report Of first discoveries, by the
rapid appropriations of our lands, by the
progress of it's people in wealth, power and
influence. and by attachments which lasted
until changes swept away farming facilities
and revolutionized hereditary habits, Gus
toms and pursuits.
Especially are these facts pertinent in that
large area. protected by mountains on the one
side and whose climate is tempered by ocean
currents on the other. This section ls filled
with navigable waters. which furnish cheap
aud easy highways to market and also an
abundance of the most delicious natural lux
uries It's hills abound in ore of variety.
its forest is full of excellent timber. and It's
standard products are so diversified that for
two and half centuries this region has been
proclaimed the garden spot Of America.
THE OLD AND THE NEW.
Natural conditions led the Northern section
Of our country 10 mercantile commercial and
manufacturing enterprises and Virginia to
the production of raw material. Our people
accepted this condition in good faith, and for
$50 years resisted development OF their min
cral resources. the establishment of factories,
the building OF cities, the increase of popula-
ton and any and every innovation tending
to change hereditary tendencies. The changes
they were powerless TO resist. and thus closely
hugging the tenets Of their fathers. they held
on until their fencing became dDapidated,
their cultivation restricted and partial. their
teams and implements inadequate, and they
were yet content with such results as would
pay taxes and leave themhOg and hominy sui
Tor tfo1 anti
We thus reached the verge Of bankruptcy,
and were reluctantly forced into competition
with the industries Of other localities.
OUR NATURAL ADVANTAGES.
Now the hidden mineral wealth Of our State
is coming 10 the front; factories Of every de-
scriptiOn are sprlnging up. Our waste OF wa
ter aud forest is yielding handsomely pOpu-
latiOn is increasing. capital and enterprise is
flowing in, and the cry is, open up anew
the dormant agricultural resources. utilize
soil climate. and diversity of crops to full
capacity and the old State will promptly re-
gain lost prestige and be more prominent than
in the days of former glory. We have lost
nothing by temporary neglect ana desertlon
We boast of climate exempt from the ex-
tremes of weather.
Lands are selling far below intrinsic value
Taxes are very low, labor cheap. abundant
and crops are produced at minimum cost
Natural and artificial highways run to and
from every locality. and whether attention Is
directed to the raising Of grain, hay. cotton,
tobacco, peanuts. fruits. trucks horses, mules.
cattle. sheep, or hogs. the yield is large, de-
mand certain, and prices good.
CHAP LANDS.
A farm whose market value was ESQ. 900 in
1860, can now be bought for about $40, 900
You will get buildings upon it worth more
than price asked for land equipments and
buildings trifing outlay in fencing will
at once double value. and the crops Of one
season will frequently yield enough to reim-
bUrse entire ontlay. Virginia has lands that
will yield $50 bushels corn. forty bushels
wheat. sixty bushels oats. 125 bushels pea
nuts, three tons hay, 1900 pounds tobacco.
and other crops in proportion and q market
value of these crops at your door is very far
i'll excess of same crops on the Western
pralries.
ADVANTAGEOUS INVESTMENT.
Complete restoration will be prompt and
costless. because 1t comes with tillage
Whether our Virginia lands are bought for an
nual income, for speculation or for luxurious
homes, we assert that no more profitable in
vestment can be found, for an equipped Viz
GINA farm is always in great demand. COM
mands choice tenants who will pay
for il from 10 TO 30 per cent
Former immigration has about filled
the once vacant territories Of the West, and
now the cry Of Westward. no." is about TO
lose its charm natural advantages will super
sede other inducements and profits will
govern future settlements.
The writer is no land agent, is not interested
in any land sale but viii reply TO inquiries.