The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-20

after election day to throw spizerinc-
! tum into their movements. But the
! campaign is practically over now. ana
| in a short while there Is going to be
/! something doing in the. way Of push
I ing those small industries right to the
| front.
Courtesy and Business.
The New York Times reports that
mot a little discussion Is going on IN
Gotham lust now as to the wisdom
and propriety of banishing from bust
ness letters the formal phrases with
which il is now customary to begin
ana end them. The scientific apostles
OF efficiency assert that these express
sions of affection and humility. these
assurances Of sincerity and respect
are almost or quite without meaning
and that the writing Of them in every
business house innumerabie tunes
every year consumes an amount y.
energy. to say nothing OF paper ana
ink. that could be put to more prac-
teal and profitable use. some h.his
have already banished them from their
correspoudence. and from several d.
rec,ions come appeals for others to IN
s+i+ute the same reform and to cut
,hsir letters down to bare commercial
bones.
| The matter is not one altogether
simple The arguments OF the aooii-
tionists are firmly founded on unques-
tionable fact. The phrases to when
they object are in most cases pure!s
perfunctory and mean nothing. wn'ie
in not a few the Dear Sir is 1oi
lowed, and the Yours respectfully Is
preceded, by lines that prove them
to be absurdly false as well as a waste
of time
Well, 1t may De tha.
fast New York, where everything Is
done in a hurry and sometimes NOT
we'll done because Of the hurry they
are willing to sacrifice courtesy TO
: save a little time and little paper
nd ink. but down here In Dixie MY
Dear Sir" at the beginning ana
.yours truly" or Every respectfully
at the ending Of business letters will
continue business at the old stand for
many long years to come.
Reminder to Durkevflie.
&c. White. the president OF the
West Virginia Board of Trade. Reports
mar there is some danger Of great
railing of in the supply OF naturai
gas in that State, and urges tnat
means to stop the present waste De
adopted. A similar report comes from
the natural gas regions OF PennsSi-
yania- These things remind me tnat
III. Pittsburgh people, who have oeeh
n-osnectinc about Burkeville, In Not
towav County, for oil, believe they
win And natural gas there also. ana
~ so II could be piped to FHchmono'
Petersburg and Norfolk. so they say.
That would make the BurkevNie an"
Nottoway County people rich BUT the
Pennsylvania prospectors nave peen
given the cold shoulder by rev own.
ers Of some mighty poor land IN ."a'
legion. These land owners ought 10
wake up.
The people Of this country con-
summed biscuits, rolls, crackers ano
1cayes last year that required In the
making Ss7. 600. 900 bushels of wheat
ana then lust think of the thousands
and thousands Of bushels Of corn that
went into the best Of bread-Oid VIZ
ginia corn pones. batterbread and ash-
cakes.
7, getting ready for the parcels post
service the frst thing Uncle sam mao
TO do was to order $s'.Voo
scales witt, a twenty pounds capacitS.
Many Thousand pounds OF Ricnmono
GOODS will De "cIBhCA Ves VS.
tree scales and many thousands OF
pounds Of virginia-grown STUN VIII %
balanced on the same.
Houston. Texas. has had q "S4aoe-in.
; $1,000, .rnosttion. Richmond man
,,r..eure-s you'd not even get up q
$500. R,chmond~ parade during
state Fair week. but several OK them
!. .-e expressing much regret that they
dH NOT. They Will come up TO the
yack all right next year. 20 some VI
them say.
tn. Goshen Motor Works. OF
Goshen Ind. want to establish q
nan. In the South and write shat tnes
sr. looking for location wnefe raw
material Is a: hand. think tness
.,e .,r he accommodated In Vir-
gini,. and know Of no better lcea-
,,on for another motor plant fnah
pirnmond. At EN-. ye business Ut