The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-10

Fifty-four millions OF tons OF hay,
! nnety-four millions Of tons Of cereals
elk mlllins Of tons OF potatoes, ana
total OF one hundred and hfty-sM
| millions Of tons, not counting the mud
| on the wheels were drawn by the farm
ers' teams which cost twelve hundred
| Reflect for a moment upon the saving
| OF horse flesh and In the wear and tear
| Of wagons. with good roads. Think OF
| the loss Of time. the cost OF the feed
| OF horses standing idle and the impos-
| sibiuiy Of taking advantage Of markets.
/ with impossible roads.
Eevry good country road increases the
| value OF every farm along It's course
| and brings promptly buyer when the
| farm is for sale. Raise the value OF
| farms In the Unitcs States only per
cent and you add six hundred and hfty
! value Of farms in Virginia only per
! cent and YOU will increase our farming
! wealth fifteen millions dollars.
4 DEFECTIVE SYSTEM.
Tho general system OF roads in our
! state is most defective--it is almost a
| rut. in which we have been for genera
| lions, the better. This Is not the time
| or occasion Tor me TO suggest system,
| but | trust the farmers OF the state. In
whose wisdom | have great confidence,
| will give the subject careful considera-
| ton. and that we viii soon see them
moving in a solid phalanx in the line OF
| good roads.
| Ladies and gentlemen / congratulate
| you all upon the suspicious opening OF
| this Exposition. This mighty gathering
| prociams the spirit of our people, ana
this splegdld ehninii u.s ipad;Sh ''e iii-
For more than twelvemonth our Whole
| country has been suffering from man
| cial depression, almost without pdIaiIeI
| I'm our history. We are just emerging
| from a season OF business distress, in
which the fires Of the furnaces were
| quenched the mouths OF the mines cIostu'
the voices Of the factories stiiied, tnt
| ardOr OF enterprise dampened, the spliIi
| of agriculture broken and labor deprived
| Of its reward from one end OF TINS lanl
to the other We have listened for wear
| days and months 10 the cry OF hafd
| times, tight markets. low prices, sih3H
wages and little money, and read dally
! OF labor troubles IN various sections OF
| the country. until our hearts almost gre"
faint When we. therefore, consider the
circumstances which have environed us
and the difficulties which have embar-
| raised as we have. indeed great cause
| TO congratulate ourselves upon the mag
! nficent scene that spreads out before
| us We look around and see all sections
| OF Virginia represented, each sending hef
The Piedmont section rejoicing in the
! heavy Yields Of her diversified crops, her
| orchards. vinc-clad hills and diaries; the
! Southside prominent and strong In her
! special product
| (Which from East to West,
| Cheers the tar's labor or the Turkman's
| rest
as well as in her Indian maize and other
! resources: the Tidewater blessed most
| bOuntiiully with the grOwths Of both land
and water and luXUr.es the year round;
! the Southwest marvellous In minerals and
| fertile in soil, with her cattle upon a
| thousand hills" and the Valley, lovely
I'm landscape and rich in her smiling glens,
golden fields, Rreenswarded meadows and
| lowing herds-all have sent their repre-
sentatives to this grand assembly with
exhibits of their productions and evil
dences Of then material wealth.
CUR BEsoURoEs
Well, indeed could this Old Dominion
state challenge any one Of her sisters
in this bonded Union to present such
a combination Of withdrawing re-
sources as she displays on these grounds
under this October sun.
She brings TO this Exposition all the
cereals, every staple vegetable known to
the vegetable kingdom, nearly all the
fruits of which American horticulture
can boast-all perfect in quality. She
brings her tobacco, unsurpassed in it's
commercial standing, and her peanuts,
unequalled in their richness and she
shows that her friendly soil can and
does produce even the cotton plant, whose |
opening bolls so delight the eye. She calls |
upon her pTimeyal forests and they con-
tribute their cuTled walnut, tough hick- |
DRY, soft poplar and durable locust, their |
many spedies of oak and pine, as well as !
their cypress cedar. hemlOCk and spruce. |
She calls upon her mountains. and from
their peaks and gorses they respond with |
specimens Of their iron and coal Z!nc, |
lead and copper while from her mus |
she draws her manganese slate, granite, |
limestone, sandstone, onyx and marble.
PROM HER WATERS,
From her beautiful sounds, bays and |
rivers come the toothsome oyster, tlnny |
tribe and water fowl TO swell her collec- |
ton. From her clover plots, timothy |
fields and bluegrass meadows come the |
heavy draft Norman and Percheron, the |
sturdy coach-hOrse, the quick roadster, |
the fleet trOttcr. the swift runner, and |
all-gaitad saddler, the shOrt-horned Dur |
ham, beautiful Hereford and sWeet-tem- |
pered Jersey. and with them the soft, |
1eocy MerinOes, SouthdoWn and co.'s |
void while from her farmers stys come |
the Berkshire, Poland-China, ard Ches- |
ter, as we'll "a the pOrkeT which furnishes |
the Smthfeld ham TO crafty eplcurean
taste. What more could any land present !
10 bring gladness to every heart ana com |
fort to every home? ! simply speak WIN
the tongue of truth | make no attempt |
al rhetoric: my words are plain and un-
adorned. Here Is an object lesson WhlCh |
al can study. This scene speaks Tor IL |
self in tones far more eloquent thaI
those Of man. Nirginia's elements or !
strength can here be seen, drawn by no |
pen, painted by no brush, but standing |
out in breathing reality ana lNllS FORM, |
and i wish representatives lt'll '''iE |
state of this great land could look upon |
them and learn for themselves how lrln- |
lv entrcnched we are in all that goes 10 |
make a state powerful and people |
strong. There is nothing fancilui' unreal
whimsical or changeable in these eie-
ments They spring from what nature mas
given us-our climate, soil, streams MN
erals woods and stones. No human hahd
can take them from us. our heidS WIZ
continue to yield their crops ana the
husbandman to reap his reward, our
mines and quarTies 10 give up lnc4I
treasures and resOund with the shoEel |
and nick. our forests 10 ring win me
woodman'a axe and furnish maleril Ior
the palace OF the rich and the cottage OF
the humble. the hand Of enterprise anu
the demands of trade, ana our streams
10 supply food for the high ana 10" anu
whitrn with the sails OF commerce;
Where is the state mat can 80 ut,IEHt
the vision and enrapture the soul 9oiie
nave their special attractions, ana III
them may excel Virginia, some may SUI
mass her in some things, but what ol2tg
can measure up to the general sIahGdlu
of this historic and ume-honored O0ih-
monwealth?
THE BEAUTlFUL.
II Won seek not the substantial II you
look MOI 10 material stTn8ln, II you an
Tor the lovely in nature then mere lhe
cr,v inps of YOUR soul can be SrdtiHou' a.
Won roam among the shady bowers, aloIiS
ibG crystal riVulets. through bteh ,'uu
dell and over mountain and NalisS, Heie
the eye will never tire, tor ne soe 10 80