Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-13
BERKELEY COUNTY REPRE-
SCENTED AT CHICAGO SHOW
Great Interest Aroused Among
the Apple Growers.
ALL ARE ANXIOUS
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County VIII Have Finest Exhibit In
the State AT Big show--Too Much
Petty Jealousy shown, Thinks Mr..
lmbaeh, and Board Of Trade Needs a
General Revival - What other
Boards Arc Doing.
Since It became known. exclusively
| through The World. that Berkeley
county apple growers will be repre-.
scented at the Chicago Land Show
/ without cost, a great deal OF interest
has been stimulated, and the indica.
/ lions now are that the county will
have the best exhibit it ever had in
any similar show in the country.
Mr. Theodore l.. Imbaeh. who has
been IN the city booking after the ex-
hibit before leaving for his home at
Morgantown today, stated that he had
received every assurance from the ap.
pie growers that their exhibits would
be there. and that they would be of
character, which would occasion sur
prise. After learning what the show
really win be, those who raise apples
sought Mr. ImRach for Information
and when he thoroughly explained the
la, ~ 4,
assured of many exhibits.
The State Board of Trade, with head
quarters at Wheeling, is looking after
/ the States interest. and viii see 10 II
that convenient quarters are secured,
and that every exhibitor is cared for.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
/ Company TO assist In this work, and
to advertise the State properly before
/ the country has agreed to transport,
/ without cost to the exhibitors, their ex-
hibits And for that reason the com
! pany has it's representatives travelling
over the State In an endeayor to Sc
cure exhibits 80 il can be shown what
/ is produced among tho hills and noun
tains of West Virginia.
Mr. Imbach expressed the belief that
Berkeley county would be represented
as never before, because this will be
the first time in History that free
transportation is offered to exhibitors.
And further the exhibits will be seen
by more than one million people as
compared with few thousands at
Pittsburg last year.
In discussing the apples of this
county, Mr.. Imbach said that more
were grown this year in the county
than in all the rest of the State com
bined, and that the fruit is far SUI
perior in quality and size to
that grown elsewhere In Jefferson
county, he said the yield was a good
one where the cedar rust had not done
its deadly work, but in many instances
the fruit had been ruined by this
blight.
To increase interest among the ap-
pie growers and the business inter
ests in general throughout the county,
Mr. Imbaeh believes that the Board
of Trade should take on a new lease
its members is needed; that there IL
too much petty jealousy existing here,
and that it would be wise plan to
invite State Secretary Roy B. Naylor,
of Wheeling, to pay the city a visit
and see II he could not do something
toward getting the business people TO
work together in more unison and har-
mony.
In many cities the boards of trade
are raising funds to help defray the
expenses at Chicago, although they
will not be represented with exhibits.
This might be good suggestion Tor
the local board 10 consider.
| This section of the State, Mr.. Inn
bach is of the opinion, is destined TO
become the best known Of any section
/ throughout the country, but he also
/ thinks that to bring this about petty
/ jealousy must be laid aside and all
must work for the same thing-the
| good of all.
( Asked about the tomato disease in
| Morgan county he stated IL was large
ly the fault OF the people, as they
usually gathered the best of the crop
and permitted the remainder TO decay
( on the ground which caused the soil
to become thoroughly inoculated with
/ disease, and when the next crop was
planted the disease was there ready
/ to make an attack as soon as the prop
er time arrived.