Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-03-28
7TFXANDRTA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER.
ALEXANDRIA TO THE FRONT.


TIsE.
Thst publicity is the kay to modern
business succe IS is 30 apparent THAI 1t
would hardly seem necessary to argue 1t,
but individuals and communities do not
always see and think slike.
The msn who hes business and
wants it 10 grow must advertise To some
form or oths'. 1t is advertising that
sends the stuff that makes Milwaukee
famous to sll paris of the country, not
merely BY car loads but by solid trains.
The names of the millionaire makers OF
soap, chewing gum, stove polish, and a
score Of other articles. which would not
be Known beyond the city where made,
except for advertising. will occur to the
intelligent reader.
The general laws or principles which
apply to individusl business growth ap-
ply equally to States. counties, cities,
towns and villages. To sell goods they
mus. be advertised, and to settle up a
community its resource and advantages
must be exploited.
To build up city the people living
there shoald let the world know their
commercial and il dustrisl opportunities.
All enterprising cities and towns in these
days have commercial organizations
Alexandria has one, and it Is doing a
good work. 1t can do more with the
whole community back of it.
There is no community without It's
strong points for manufacturing the
woods. metals, clays etc., Astounding in
its tributary territory, In connection with
lis resort, residential, commercial and
other forms of home ard business life.
The capital stock Of town is found
in vacant farm, garden, and orchard
acres; in undeveloped beds Of clay, coal,
iron ore, stone, etc., in silent forests of
merchantabIe timber, and In trade OPP
portunities within its sphere OF influence.
Thtss are what the community has for
sale.
Every new factory or shop for which
there may be proper opening, every
new farm or garden or orchard opentd
up, every new man or family brought
into the community, adds in proportion
to outcome but that much to hs re-
sources of the neighborbood, though the
increased productive and cOm'umptive
power and outside trade increase.
The question of how best to do it is all
important. First of all there must be
harmony OF opinion and union of effJrt.
There should be nothing Of the spirit
which JAMES Whitcomb Riley his so
sptly set forth 10 rhym':
Sand I've known some to lie and wait,
And get up sOon and sit up late,
To fno rome fellow they could hate,
For going at faster gait
1t is surprising What can be accom-
plished when even few men "get to-
getber" in building up community, or
10 killing it. The microbes of progress
and harvest, or OF delay and decay, can
make or break a town. M community
should be envious to hatred Of what may
be going on elsewhere. Let enterprise
beget enterprise,
The world is big, markets are incress-
ing, the public is demanding new and
better things, and there is always sale
for the best. There must be no dog in
The manger spirit displayed when a prop
osiliou comes to establish second or
.hird enterprise when one is already prof
Itably employed. Had that sort of dis |
position been exhibited down at High
Point. North Carolina, there would not
now be upwards of six furniture factories |
In what Is bustling city, one not on
The map when the war left the South
PROSTATE.
Each town or city should do it's best
with what it has.
Alexandria is ore of the most straget-
cally located cities in the union In the !
matter of rail and water connections
with home and foreign markets. Raw
can be brought in and manu-
featured goods can e shipped out at as
little cost as from any other point in the
Alexandra can be made manufac- |
tufacturing center and very prosperous.
All about is country of direct access,
Astounding In raw material and food sup
plies. And great markets can be reach |
ed by car or boat loaded right from fac
tory platforms. Never was there bet
Ter time for Alexandra to speak than at
this time, when money is looking for safe
The Gazette intends to help along the
good work of telling Of AlexaDdria's ad-
vsntsges and bringing in new enterprises
and people but it must have the support
OF our citizens.
An extra issue OF the Gazette is under
way, and it Is hoped and believed that
every person interested In the city's well
fare will Join heartily 10 the work of
sending copies to friends in all parts of
the nnion. Every man, however hum
BILE, hts his influence. Every citizen
By sending away the Gazette to a friend
sends an invitation to that friend to
come to Alexandra and join the pro-
cession.
Mr.. Moses Folsom, for q number of
years connected with the land and in
dustrial department of the Southern
Railway, will aid the Gazette in the is
suing of the special edition.
DEATH OF MRS. KELLY.