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

vito its members 10 make suggestions to
mo freely and advise me regarding mat
ters in which they or their section arc
Interested. or which they conceive to be
OF public concern 1 thoroughly appre-
cate that the members of the General
Assembly are the chosen representatives
ofFthc people commissioned directly by
them to legislate in their behalf. and ]
am sure their patriotism is pure and their
purposes lofty.
Honest and Economical.
shall endeavor to keep in close touch
and accord with the other executive de-
partmcnts of the State, and earnestly
unite with these officials in giving Vir-
ginfa an honest. economical and efficient
administration of affairs. The time has
come when Virginia should forget fac
tionai differences cease partisan politics,
and devote all of her energies to the
development of her resources. to the
moral and educational elevation of her
people, To internal Improvement and pro-
gfess There is :, Virginia of the past
Tesplendent with the heroic achievements
of n great and glorious people; there is
Virginia of the present crowned with
possibilities that can surpass the splen-
doris of the proud past and make all that
has gone before in her history but the
prelude to a greater destiny
No state in this Union las richer or
more varied resources thun Virginia.
Tier mild, warm, equahle climate fur
Ilishes a refuge alike to those scorched
by the suns of the South, or chilled by
the winds of the North There is not an
agricultural product known to the tenn
peratc zone that cannot be profitably.
and is not successfully raised In Nir-
ginia, In extreme Southside Virginia are
seen great white fields of cotton, as rich
in beauty and luXuriant i'll growth US
can be found in North Carolina or Geor-
Gia. In Piedmont and Southern Virginia
nre produced the great crops of tobacco,
which largely contribute TO the worlds
supply The magnificent Valley of Nir-
Einia, raising great crops of wheat corn,
oats and hay, is almost unspeakable In
her prodigality OF production. The beau
tiful hilltops and mountains of South
west and Northern Virginia, with their
spontaneous and perennial growth of
i1lue grass. have browsing on them herds
of cattle and sheep This lovely section,
with its witchery of scenery, salubrious-
ness of climate, rich return for invest
Iflents forms combination rarely seen
and unsurpassed by any section of this
Union. In eastern and Tidewater Nir-
gina we have large truck farms and gar
dens. which furnish the vast population
of the eastern cities with their vegc-
E tap!eS anu LOCUS. Lie profits VI tlllS III
dustry are already immense. but the in
dustry is still in its infancy and its
possibilities for tint future are immeas-
urablc. Nowhere can fruit grow to
greater. perfection than in Virginia, and
her great crops of apples. peaches and
cranes arc bringing her immenst re-
turns and have brighter promises for the
future.
There is not a farm product known to
the temperate zone that cannot be raised
in the varied soil, climate and cond-
tons of Virginia. Everywhere in the
State are seen evidences of intelligent
and scientific farming. of progress and
prosperity. The Increase in farm pro-
ducts and values in recent years has
been striking and eXcelled by few States
in the Union. We have produced this
immense agricultural wealth and yet not
more than half our land Is under culti-
walton. When the population OF Vir-
Einia. which is each year rapidly in
rreasing, shall put under cultivation tho
entire soil. the farming wealth Of HE
State will be amazing. With near and
inaccessible markets. no State offers finer
opportunities or greater inducements to
farmers than Virginia.
Rich in Minerals.
But, great as. are Our advantages In
agriculture, our superiority in other-di-
rections is still more pre-emment. There
IS scarcely n useful mineral known to
modern civilization that Is not found and
cannot be successfully mined In yir-
sinia- We have zinc. copper. iron and
coal mines all in profitable operation
We have demonstrated that iron can be
produced here as cheaply as elsewhere
and the products of our furnaces are
distributed TO all parts of the world.
'nn1 iC No dot nf
1ous Industrial advance Of this country.
Upon II Great Britain built her naval
commercial and manufacturing suprem-
acS. Already in Virginia and the eastern
part OF West Virginia, which from its
Location must DC used and developed
Through Virginia, have been disclosed
almost US many square miles of coal, and
of superior quality. as that upon which
Great Britain established her pre- -emi-
ncnce
The imagination cannot picture the
vast manufacturers, the varied indus
trial enterprises which the possession of
this vast supply OF coal will bring to vir-
Sina. Besides. the rivers that run from
our mountains to the seasnore the Po-
tonac, Shenandoah. Rappahnnnock, Ap-
pomattoS, James and others. are DOS
sessed of Immense water power capable
of operating large and innumerabIe es-
adjustments, In Chesapeake Bay, which
skirts our Eastern Shore, we have the
finest and safest harbors on the Atlantic
coast This bay is the finest body of in
land water III the world. and upon its
SMOOTH surface could ride almost the
worlds fleets and naYies. These mag
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