Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-23

DOWN East brethren. How to construct
county roads; how to maintain pubic
apirit which arouses 4 whole community
10 the importance Of all that promotes
It's well being; how to encourage tnriIt'
ana how % teach cleanlinsss ana tidi-
ness In homes. however humble. these
are some Of the things we may learn.
he says, in New England.
A PROSPEROUS COUNTRY.
Mr.. Munford said that section felt tho
depression In business. but II was better
able to stand II than the West, because
IL Is a land OF vast denominations OF
wealth. The war was godsena 10 u.
There IL still tide OF money derived
from pensions. interest on the nationa.
debt. and the profits from the tarin
fashioned for Its advantage. which are
stllI flowing into New England. The
aggregate deposits In her savings banks,
which In a measure represent the savings
of the working people, are simply enor-
NOUS Her facilities for transportation
whether by rail, river, or road, are UNI
surpassed in this country and thousands
NJ dollars are carried every. summer into
the section by tourists from all over the
Union.
Mr.. Munford said he was especially anx-
ious to find how the prosperity OF inc
farming class compared with that OF MS
neiphbors In other callings. He FOUND that
amid this general prosperity the farmers
were each year falling behind. Deserted
farms. and young men crowding to the
cities were some OF the signs which ne
found Astounding in New England. as ne
had found IN every other section or the
country.
From a Vermont paper he gathered the
statistics OF the last census. from wnien
IL appears that there are fewer acres Oh
improved land in that State To-Day imam
there were in 1850. and that the Vaiue
of farms, fences. and buildings thereo"
had fallen from sl39,oO,co0 In lS.V 10 s ,oo.
600. 900 In $780, and TO $So,ooom IN lo'V'
Mr.. Munford said that In his humble 1udg-
ment the reason was not far TO ma tor
this woful decedence In the most I'M
portant element of our wealth as peopie'
NEW ENGLAND POLITICS.
Politically. he said. New England was
about where she had been during the past
decade. The best chances for the Demo.
cratic party were I'm Connecticut anu
Massachusetts,. The results In vermont
and Maine in the recent elections did NOT
indicate any change in popular opinion
Because OF divided leadership among the
Democrats, large numbers OF that iaith
stayed away from the polls. In Mare
where the large majority LOT pie"NeS
oointed 10 as an evidence OF the growth
of Republicanism. 1t Is only necessary 70
point TO his vote in 1892, which was o'.%v.
and in 1894, 69,06i; an increase OF only
1164 There are no more Republicans IN
Maine than formerly. he said. only the
Democrats at this last election did not
vote. -,
PLEASED WITH BOSTON.
Continuing, Mr.. Munford remarked tnat
Boston was the centre OF New England
life. and one OF the most interesting cities
he ever visited-whether in this country
or abroad 1t is a city filled with places
Of historic interest all of which with COM
mendable pride her people have been care
full to preserve. In the more modern
portions splendid avenues and handsome
buildings abound. 1nnumerable monu
ments and statues adorn the parks ana
squares THE splendid new library build
ing, In which Will be housed the great
free library, impressed me-" he concluded,
"as being at once her proudest monu-
ment and the surest sign Of her pro-
gress Across its great front is carved
in the stone the suggestive sentence: The
Commonwealth requires the education OF
the people as the safeguard OF order and
liberty"