The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-22
|DyEnTIsE VIRGINIA, NOT THE
WEST.

DyERrISE VIRGINIA., NOT THE
WEST.
or course. it is none of our busi-
ISIS to criticize. supervise and censor
Q columns OF other newspapers. But
IL not, TO say the least, little un-
Ecessary for our Virginia rural con.
mporaries to devote editorial space
booming other and, in measure
val communities? Every now ant
en- we run acfbss one of these over.
nerous boosts glowingly describing
us say, the great profits of truck
owing in Florida or the wonderful
ari,s of the Hood River apple coun-
i, A typical tribute of this sort
pears n the latest issue of the
irfax Herald, which gives valuable
advertising to the State of Texas.
Is a magnificent Commonwealth,
lcludes this editorial, and yet It's
nepse resources have scarcely been
med. Hurrah for Texas Undoubt-
Texas is a first-ratc state. though
newhat oversrown and primeval' and
wish ii very we'll But we GER
My do not wish it we'll at the eA-
use of Virginia. The effect OF such
liberal puff as this is to start IN
minds of Virginia farmers an I'M
Sc 10 go to Texas and pull Out
he of those immense and untapped
ources for their own use and profit;
ii seems to us that this is the
v last idea that any Virginia news
Ter should want to set stirring in
mind of any Nirginian.
ere we are. a great agricultural
to with enormous areas of excel
farm land either not fully de-
opcd or not under cultivation at
and with other sources of wealth
ust the same early stages. For our
kwardness we are indebted not
-aw youth. like some of the West
States. but to long continued
atiness of population. More than
other one thing just now. Vir-
needs population OF the right
She needs to get started towards
a vigorous stream of immigration
in especial she needs to cut dow,
continuous flow OF her own youn
which has so terribly drainc
Slapped the strength of the sta
he last half century. The Timc
patch has gone to some pains
past to show how heavy this strai
been. We have shown by II
Ius figures of 1900 that the col
t outflow of population had lie
.inia in that year with net, III
pensated loss of nearly quartz
million of her own white nativ'
To very appreciable eNtel
new West has been built up G
inia brain and Drawn. This
well indeed for the West, b.
so we'll for Virginia. The tim
come now, certainly. when Viz
needs her own. The time ma
when the net losses of past year
be wiped out and converted int,
gains. Population+ rs, ,.readil.
hble quantity. Ir"caT BE brough
be desired numbers to Virginia a:
as been brought TO the newe,
s. Even more important, it car
very large degree be kept al
!, though nor if we insist on ham.
lg into the heads of our own PEG.
The supposed advantages to BIT
elsewhere.
editors of Virginia can play !;
rful part in furthering the era
.pansion and development. upol
lreshold of which their State nov
S, and nowhere can they hell
il seems to us, than in con
lg and developing the state
alton for her own growing needs
ing this they will benefit the in
lals no less than the State as
Virginia has ample resource
cupy her people profitably. !
States have the advantage owe
some respects, no less has sh
dvantage over them in certai
respects. Let us keep remindin
eople OF Virsinia's advantage
the advantages of those other
permit Texas and similar stat
their own advertising, at spa
for a while. And IL papers an
10,
are to contribute gratis TO L
ng of other States. why not
rn and Northern papers do scr
ng for Virginia and the South
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HER LOCAL OpTIONIsT DI
COVERED.
eibitionists in the city who HI
bs been misled by the Richmol
ne Journals friendly and a
ly sympathetic references
canse will be interested in t,
ing straightforward statcme
by that paper yesterday:
Journal favors. continued a
to the principle OF local o
nd viii consequently argue /
rinciple if the question Is su
but we do contend for su
!.
congratulate the Richmo
6 Journal on its determinati,
svealed. we believe, for the fiji
0 uphold the Democratic lie.
u self government. and oppc
itradictory theory of State ".