Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-01-25
The Southwark Movement.

cnu ale OF Tue OOutu mas OcSuh III
in eaInestGattOn mills, locate {
- RchHSetts that have beer
enormous business and
q been frlly established fol
years, now admit that they
& compete with goods manu-
Tred in the South; and it they
"a Time business. it must be done
by erecting manufactures, in, OF
by removing their plants to, the
South. 1t is moi, however, cOndn-
ed 10 the manufacturers, bat farm.
ers in the North and the North
west are dispOslDg of their farms
for the purpose of purchasing
farms IN the Soath. r cent in-
Cuiries for farms IN this section
have been received by number OF
persons.
Virginia has not been been get
ting her share of this immigration,
The reason for this is, IN part, the
hostile legislation and, in part, the
lack of enterprise upon the part OF
our citizens.
Some years ago, when real estate
agencies were established in al
most every county and the farms,
upon the markets, were advertised
en pamphlets circulated through
: ont the northern and western
states aud through the desirable
sections of Europe, our Legislature,
ussnssssting to realize a handsome
placed a heavy tax upon
Estate agencies. The re-
hat the smaller agencies
lately driven out OF
Nm a short time the
{5ies which were
Footsteps. The Leg
I1fe has since made approRrl'
"a lions for an immigration bupeSq.
or something of that kind, bat hae
meyer repealed the tax and hcense
imposed upon real estate agents.
Individual enterprise upon a line
which would nave added immense
Iy to the revenues of the State, vas
thus destroyed and the feeble effort
to accomplish the same thing by
state officials has prove d almost, II
not quite, a dead failure.
The sale OF farms in this section
of the State to new settlers would
prove beneficial to both the old
residents AID tit new corners.
The tute adage "Times change and
we change with them" is as trse
now as it was when IL was FL st
written. Thousands of years
ago. We must accommodate our
selves to the changes of the day.
Crops that paid handsome profits
years ago, do not pay now; while
-ofhers that received little or no at
teniiOn these, afford excellent
profits now. New blood, new ideas,
new methods, aud a conservative
mlngllng of all of them, will help
to place the Shenandoah Valley
where she properly belongs, among
the first farming sections Of the
country.
The tide IS turning South, but
we will not he benefited so long as
we fold our arms, and look with
astOnishment at the progress made
by the more enterprising Sec
ti0ns. We must he alive and
take advantage of the opportunities
presented. We must let the world
know that there is such place as
the Shenandoah Valley, that it's
farming lands are almost unsur-
passed in the country and that
new. settlers will be Welcomed
among us. Almost the only adj
advertisement the Shenandoah
Valley has ever had Is that given
it by the northern soldiers whe
tramped through 1t duriug the war,
and those who were not killed or
captured were captivated by the
charms of this lovely section OF
country. Let the world know what
We have and that they are welcome
to enjoy it with US ard we will
soon find that there is much "hfe
the old land yet"