The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-28
SHEPHERD TALKS
FOR EXPOSITION y 1
Says the Affair "a Il is for Whole
!. Country an and Alone
s s.s ..5. forsVirginia.

IN an interview Win Nll. VI. L.. 6Hep-
pcrd, secretary Of the jamestown Expo
stion Company. who Is now In Rich
mond In the interest Of the appropria-
ton bill now before the House, he said:
"The Jamestown Exposition Company
will never be ablo to fully evidence It's
appreciation Of the interest that has been
taken in the movement BY the newspa-
pers Of Virginia. If Virginia were as
progressive as the press desires her to
be she would forge to tho front, and take
the place Which Justly belongs to her, rs
the foremost State in the Union. The
press has been untiring in their efforts
to make this what 1t justly should be,
and will be, tho greatest event Of this
generation Tho State Is thoroughly
aroused to the necessity Of making q
grand success Of this undertaking. The
various boards Of trade and business or
CARNATIONS endorse the movement and
pledge their cooperation and support
The Richmond Chamber of Commerce,
which is the strongest business organiza-
ton in the South and which has GER
tainly done more for Virginia than any
other orgunizatonFin in existence on Feb
ruary 10Th, only endorsed the move
4 ent and pledged its cooperation and
support, but appointed a special commit
tee, whose duty 1t shall be to cooperate
with the Exposition company and rem
| der them all the assistance possible.MIn
addition to this they requested their rep
resentatives In the General Assembly to
support hea rtily and enthusiastically the
bill now pending before the General AS
sembly asking for an appropria ton from
the State.
1T is not only n State affair but a
national AFFAIR, and the nation as we'll as
the State will be benefited by the holding
OF this Exposition. If there Is any coun-
5ty or citySof the State of Virginia that
does not feel the good results of hold
ing a great exposition at Hampton Roads
in 1907. It Will be that city's or county's
own fault III
i"Whereas It Is necessary to hold this
Exposition at some one point, he benefits
& to be derived will be felt throughout the
entire State-from Norfolk to Bristol, and
and from Alexandria to Danville. The
General Assembly Of Virginia by joint
resolution in 1901 decided that an exposi-
4 ton should be held, and and on March
10. 1902, after having considered the mat
ter for son d three months, decided that
the State could be most benefited by
holding this Exposition on the borders OF
Hampton Roads. and we have every rea-
son to believe that the State has good
sinteton of making the appropriation
asked FOR. r. In tltnelre5 lIiaHii!iouS. coo'ii7
mendation to the House the Finance
Committee havea put every safeguard
possible around this appropriation. The,
provide that a the ii money shall be pa1c
in instalments, covering a period OF more
than two years, thereby relieving any
strain upon the State treasury and
further provides that the majority OF
THIS money shall not be paid in until one
half million dollars have been actua lly
paid into the treasury Of the company
So you can readily see that the members
~ the Finance Committee have fully
safeguarded the State in every way pos
sible.
eve trust that the General Assembly
will not delay this matter any longer
than is necessary as the terms OF oul
charter provide that one million dollars
shall he raised between now and the first
Of January next Certainly without the
States backing 1t win be impossible fol
us to carry this Exposition to success sss"'