The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-04

eral that did not meet with opposition
/ from some one who thought. however
| vaguely 1t might have been, that he was
But II feel absolutely confident that
when the people OF this State or the In
1telligcnt officers who represent these PEG,
Pile in the Legislature now In session shall
have probcd to the bottom OF this mat,
ter and looked at 1T from every point or
view they will be quite ready to ack-
knowledge that the State itself must take
funds for the education Of the crowded !
l:(and worthy masses In the old world
| as to the advantages which they might
enjoy in tho new. ard especially in this
| good State OF Virginia, than which there
never was a better land for human ha abb
tation or the enjoyment Of life.
The scheme OF Commissioner koiner
to havo an appropria ton by the Itegisla-
L turc or 10000 to $4,000 for the purpose
| OF spreading the gospel of the advantages
offered by this State is one Of the wisest
|iand ysanest that has been advanced IN
iIrecent years. 'ss,
1.-The real salvation of-rurals Virginia. and
! until something like this is done this
State will continue to suffer stagna ton On
iinfthe line OF agriculture and OF every
possible industrial pursuit. Any effort
| is better than no effort atsall. &; q.
| The very first cry Of the conservative
and exclusive opponent to the project is
! that It might bring to us an undesirable
| GLASS OF men and women, unused to work
t,and unfit for our society. And this nrgu-
mentyis fallacious on It's very face. Three
hundred years ago q white man .lad never
! set his foot on Virginia soil. All of us
] except some hundreds of thousands OF
4 lAfl, cans-tlge Europeans Is or !. sons and
daughters OF Europeans. and :. our. an
the people OF England, Ireland. Scotland.
Wales and France are to-day. II out
ofan stock brought in times past from
these countries we have built up a So
= IN +.
We can. out of those whom we may be
able to-day to bring from these coun-
tries, recruit our society and Increase lt
/ so as naturally, to produce the best re- e,
suits from the cultivation OF our soil
and the establishment OF new Industries.
/, r am not looking at this matter from
the point of view OF dreamer or seer
OF visions. | know from practical expe-
lrience and observation what am writing
about.5sI spent q good part Of last sum
mer in the B:itlsliIIsles and France not
going from city, to city and tourist fe.
sort to tourist resort but away out nut
common people. talked with hundreds,
not to say thousands, Of people who pc
long to the great middle class OF England.
ireland and Scotland and was convinced on =. {,
zcns. WORTHY OF OUR SOCIETY AND.
WILLING TO DO HONEST LABOR,
would tomorrow be glad to come to e, THIS rs
land of promise II the way could 20
When in ireland / avoided the tourist
tracks. and Travelled out amongst the
peasantry visited ,six sh s ont OF e erv
ono OF the Important cities and many of
tho obscure country VILLAGES, ! met. IN
every part of Ireland men and women
who had hardly heard 1of. Virginia. Every
one'.gof them knew of New York and
Massachusetts and 5Pennsylvanla; because
thousands Of their sons and dltshters
and brothers and cousins hau gone there
lt,,oo nd fhASaa
to gf,ecome rich: but not one in tenRthou-
sand had ever found his way to Virginia.
and none Of them knew. anything about
the Inducements which this State had To-
offer.t -,
( i Wished many times on nlytrlp through
Ireland that / had some hnnd-books on
Virginia, with pamphlets and maps, that
! might distribute 70 me many M MhSv eag Ware
not loafers and vagnbonds and tramps,
Int they were Intelligent, conservatives
honest citizenst who We're tlretl OF ,t!es olg
world and itsfrulns of the spast and !onged
r. get into a land Of freedom, energy,
and sunshine. !,
I mot in the very heart of ireland, IN
obscure villages. men and women W ;a.,,
wa have here In Virginia; and fwe
could get such here We would be for
tllnnte indeed, met on a train between
limerick and ya aalWag but diatnctiy
rotated 10 our own Stonewall JACKSON,
and sho has many relatives, young mon
and women. living in ireland t9,auy;
IL we can get some more or TINS Stock
Of s stonewall Jackson and of Janes Buoh-
anan and William Mckinley ma AhareW
Jackson to settle In cur Stnte ARD rear
IN l families here, we shoNc LatpAg !, q, =,
Willing to interpose any objection to their.
ireland and Scotland and even England
are gloomy countries The elina ne,d q a ,ns
damp, ana is depressing beyond anything
thatWe can conceive q here casv s0f fha
land question hard to manage; money Is
always scarce, and the poor must always Us
be poor, There are thousands WHO Wish s
TO get away into this fresh, sunny free
land.
What we want to do Is to Inform these
ipeople-who are sensible and Intelligent
as we are--and allow them 10 know the
advantages. Of OUR rich State and its
empty lands, III rs III
III one travels closely through the Brit,
ish Isles, with tts thoroughly de,yyelopeat
hosts Of inhnbltanls. and then comes buck