Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1914-10-20
Board Of Trade Succeeding.

secure members. over $50 members
have been sigued since that meeting, and
1t IS the hope that the 100 mark will he
reached by November rst. The $50 MEM
bers now thoroughly represent the coun-l
try. but a larger number is needed TO |
maketh the organisatit u success. Grea. en- |
thusiasm and interest is being displayed |
by the merchants, meeting and smoker
has been called by Messrs. M. Palmbaum
Geo. c. Marsteller and S. H. Lands to
be held in the Jefferson Club Tuesday
evening at $50 o'clock. This promises
to be the greatest merchant meeting ever
held in this co immunity and all merchants
will be present. An informal social meet
ing will be held before the discussion of
business. 1t is purely meeting of the
merchants to get together and decide
what things are needed and what things
should be advanced for the community's
good. All merchants have been extend
I'd an invitation and are urged to attend,
Over fifty industries were invited by
the Board of Trade last week to locate
in Charles Town. The Board of Trade
is being furnished with lists of industries
wishing to locate and each is sent an in
vitation to come to Charles Town, With
such determined effort to increase the
industrial activities of such community
some results will be shown soon.
AT special meeting of the Board of
Directors held Tuesday evening in the
Board of Trade rooms at which time the
piano proposition was discussed thor
officers of the company to visit Charles
Town and look over sites and go further
into detail regarding their enterprise.
The enterprise is very anxious to locate
in this territory to be near the Eastern
markets and want community where
satisfactory accommodations can be
made for their employees. The firm
comes to the Board of Trade well recon-
mended and upon visit of the officers
to this city determined effort by the
directors will be made to locate them
here.
Aspecia committee of the Agricultural
Bureau of the Board CT Trade is busy
preparing definite things to be worked
upon in this line. This committee will
submit its suggestion and such suggestion
will De mailed generally. Interesting
facts are revealed in the study OF agrI-
cultural conditions IN Jefferson County
when one makes a comparison Stats
tics prove that England's farmers aver
age 80 bushels of wheat to the acre, Ger
many 81 bushels, Holland 80 bushels.and
Jefferson County IS bushels. In Ger
many 200 bushels Of potatoes are raised
to the acre, IN United States So bushels.
In report upon the agricultural condi
made of the fact that perhaps the soil is
being worked too hard and proper at
tention is not being given. When one
stops to think that the backbone of these
United States is the agricultural one
naturally stops to think what is being
done to increase farm productivity. We
have heard great deal about the lpca-
ton of Industries in a community. No
one disputes the fact that an industrial
city is busy city, but right here IN
Jefferson County the farmers combined
and organized and working for their own
interest could increase the productivity
as speaking in dollars and cents TO the
extent of 100000 in increased yield.
| wonder If we are giving enough atten
tention to this fund mentalfact. Farm
ers and business men Of other comrnun-
tiles have gone into this very anne sub
Jet, and while 1t is slow work they are
gradually solving this fundamental prob
lem and later the farming OF the United
States will be revolutionIzed. 1t 1T quires
patience, study and hard work. The
farmers of efferson County ali realiz-
this. They realize that they themselves
must give more thought to their prob
lens in an organized way. This is being
manifested in the number of farmers
who are interesting themselves in an
organization to develop the farms so as
to receive great production and reve-
nue. from them. Fifteen men have been
selected to start this work temporarily
in the Agricultural Bureau and with
their NATIVE gre at results are expected
AS soon as the Agricultural Bureau has
been formed and a certain number of
farmers have Joined it an election by the
members will be held. This is not |
time to be skeptlcal,N but a time to look
things in the face and do the best thing
that will promote and protect the pros
perity of this county, Jefferson County
like others reaiz. that this must be done |
and the farmers must JON hand in hand |
with their fellow neighbors in this new
awakening