The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-11
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SS SSCongr Glass, OF u syncii iiburg /. viii o!a
owns ~ farm fiji Camp bell Y count ~ repltels
forS the farmers. e q noi out
the TAD 4 that twas dues toa the great os-
'pltalit tys of} Roano U II tttut s
continued Its sessio ons In tile MI gic&
,Iia said that the pr linanca ofSpersonTS
'ality. In this altering young NH
sons of an unconquera race--t i lers Sofs:
the soil. n sy siS,S
Our ia theirs made the m stake $of mi ilTS
IingSto organic and q lscu IS me mods per
itaining to their cal Ing T heS3 ifarne iss
the producer, he feeds $al the clas es burts
our cltl les and Il cave tie farms. mn they
will 8 reproduce them; s. but des tllns
farms, and the cities Will fall into deca! \
and poverty, !, and want NV liz st ever
the land. IT would be- a ruined col,n
The farmer Is eindisp ble,y and tssSal ls
with him ana the course that he Spurssu uesss
that as largely going to \ de ternline the
future OF our old Commo on veal tn.
Upbuild Virginia: tsss||
President u, =. Johnson. /. Of I he; Norfolk
and Western railway, poke on he Up-sSS
building 81, Virginia. a fter referring Sto
Yirginin's ante-belluln pros osperity and it, 4
recuperatlon al ter the Civi War, he said 81
was not prepared to find such a$ Sec
Stion when r came to y rginia nine years \
ago TO #.the stranger pa ssing thrY1ghg v
the land @hurriedly, It Is, In man & sec
stions, d land or rocky pas lures and bleak:-$s ak:s
looking mountninsa but to the man vho IL
really knows Virginia, It iss ono of g n a.,
lture s. bounty spots. Beginning ~ e Lynch-s
burg. running west, lie g bout twenty;
counties Of Virginia with the farm and !.
lat i, 4 average elevation above the sea
81 two-thousnnd feet While the noun
stalns rise from two to three thousand Il
feet higher. Between these lnou ntat ms
which run like huge ribs nj thee st and
southwest lie the Il farms, and ,s nes tling 4
5up, even towards the irS submits. "a re FER
tile coves inviting cul tiyat ions IND
everywhere the ttlckestSo Of the blue grass i;
and the brightest OF wa ters, a 70 soil In
America can produce "a greater and more
gsucculent variety Of every cerea ], fruit
and vegetable III hat suppor nImal IA fe,%
II East and south OF I.ynchburg we find 4
a more level country wi tn soil % e an en-
5tirely, di fferent kind from wha t is known Z
as Southwest Virginia, but capable 9 tS
producing y ts own y ety5 Of crops, priT-s 1
ycipaly tobacco, corn and peanuts; !; and, as i
sTidewater is reached, then such ga rtiensi
or truck product ts as Ga mot be excel lef 4
anywhere, North and northeast from
Roanoke. along the James River wa ters.RR
.overen to the Shenand doah Hey, extend a
ling to the borders OF Maryland, n oil tter-s
ient section again confronts Us. than for
which ature has never pro oNtded a more 4
'productive soil nor one capable Of SprolTsSs
ducng better grain, better grass making
those ideal farming lands for5Whtch his, &
last section Is famed, Therefore. as an
agricultural State, Virginia Is unsu rpa ssr +
ed by any territory within the boundaries Z
sof our country 3;S psg g3s 5
The Backbone.
My friends. do you realize what tssll
EisGthat makes country prosperous alAu
builds IT up? DO YOU imas Inc that AZ is !
the, banks, or the anlufaetulrilng con-. 4
-cerns. or the minerals lying In tnss
ground9 If you do, you are mistaken
That which makes tho country pros spero US &
and desirable to live IN Is the country + I
which produces from the soil the g reates \
quantity OF supplies, All else are sinnly8
tadjuncts thereto, VI sseis }s' sssg
There Is 10 subject which SO en- sak w !
the minds OF bankers, nnannr titFer rs,s an ami
all classes of business, as the supJsst 81; q,
what the crops are going to 5he. vs. hsass hs's
sure as the sun shines. when the repoE y
begin to arrive In the East that K "a q 4 \
wheat crop is assured that the, ga 81 pa Y 4
lev. rye, fruit and potato crops look Fay5s
vorabie, and that there Is q reasonapls
prospect Of q large corn crop, then ~ I
wheels OF industry buzz and work NSllh'ssSs
the greatest yispr. Tho hanks ara fean
Ia send money into clrnula ton, lapor ~ Y
}fiilly employed. churches and scho0ls aE I
Well attended and the smile of 80 atlssacTs
ton can be seen,on the faests of sss
+ Now, what shall We do 20 tnsthe rs w
Mid Virsiniag po,you need the coal tfla n
lies In the mountains OF yolir sfataf sl lso
wo,1 need the iron ore which Il made into
Big Iron, thenoa Into Aaey ~ "a 81 pls X sea
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