The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-24
CIVIC ADVERTISEMENT.

4 0rlOuS SuluS-DOOiNS, liciS w iS.S9 oS-
/ signed to advertise the city, have been
! COMPILED from time to time in Richmond;
| and for certain exposition purposes the
/ Chamber iof Commerce once issued a.
booklet expatiating upon the social and
/ commercial advantages OF this metropolis.
1aent has never been made. and at pres
F! ent there does not appear to be any or
ganized activity at all along that line.
| We are a Iong-settled and a conservative
pcople, and our oid-fashioned habits OF
| thought cause US to shrink from con-
maintain a systematic propaganda Of
publicity and promotion" without the
least injury to that dignity which is one
of the best assets OF this steady old munic-
ipa;ity
The cities of our class In population
yoril in the search and pursuit OF i'm
migration and capital for their enlarge
rent and development. illustrations of
| this enterprise may be found in the CUES,
1 for instance, of Los Angeles and Seattle
on the Pacific coast; Of Denver, San An
tonic and Memphis in the middle ground,
! AND Birmingham, Chattanooga and At
/ lanta nearer home. Now there is Atlanta
which, before the war, was a provincial
town of no great Importance. But it was
/ n natural railroad center and iron and
coal depot, and men that We're called there
t,,, tn 10 3S hos bo,-
lived to exploit it into the emnence
which it enjoys to-day. There were only
aDolI 500 houses left standing at Atlanta
/ when Sherman's army got through with
/ It,
/ Moving the capitol from Milledgeville
| to Atlanta in 1877 was the first strong pull
| for metropolitan standing, and the ener-
gy which secured this advantage also agi-
/ tateG for an exposition, and in 1851 the
! Cotton Exposition called the attention of
/ The world to the rapidly developing bust
/ ness and manufactures of The Gate City,
! Of Georgia. It was this exposition which
really brought on the extraordinary de-
| velcpment which found expression, in 1885.
| in the Cotton States and International
| Expo sition. Ttirty-seven years ago At
| lanta was PROSTATE desolate waste,
Wit; hardly dollar to its name; to-day
| it is the business center for 10000 people
with bank clearings aggregating Sill. o0O,-
oap-a highly improved city of 5000 houses,
many of them as handsome solid, bust
hecs blocks as one can find anywhere
Aside from the expositions. undoubtly
/ the most of Ailanta's wonderful growth
] and prosperity is due to successful adver-
| t;sing through its old Board Of Trade
] and present Chamber OF Commerce Dur
ing all these years, whatever local inter-
csts may have cfashed, good of Atlanta
has always been the rallying cry. There
! is not a business man in Richmond who
! does not recognize this principle Of ac-
i lion. and also the certain results OF ad-
| rertising when it Is a good thing that is
! being advertised. Undoubtedly if We
4 should establish an efficient and active
/ permanent bureau of publicity and pro-
/ motion" for Richmond within the Cham
1 Der of Commerce. great material benefits
| would follow for Richmond and Rich
/ mond's people. For tho greater our
| gifts, and the greater our growth and
e, osperity, the more there is to be eS-
pected of Us and the higher are we sup
posed to mount