Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-09
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE
TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY
sVirginia'S Governor, Chamber OF
= Commerce and Other Representa-
tives Getting Together.
WANT SETTLERS AND FARMERS
Southern Settlement and Develop
ment Organization and Its Work.
Ready to Help Rural Parts and
. Build Up the Commonwealth.

n The conference TO be held in this city
fnext Wednesday. which has before been
sreferred to, promises TO be one OF the
most important meetings yet held for
Fthe advancement or N!rginia's interest
along agricultural lines The Cham
Der OF Commerce, which takes great
interest In the good work of the South
ern Settlement and Development Organ
ization. has sent out through President
Reed. invitations To leading men
throurhout TN, state 10 attend this
conference. and numbers from all parts
of the Commonwealth have siSniiicd
their acceptance OF the invitation. Gov
ernor stuart is acting hand in hand
with President Reed. and he, TOO. has
sent out special invitations to sevcra!
hundred welI-known Nirginians, and
there can he no doubt tha> the con-
ference will he largely attended by rep
resentative men. Representatives of the
Southern settlement and Development
Organization will he here to confer
with these NirEinans and fully explain
the aims and objects OF the organiza-
ton
The real object of the meeting is to
consider the best ways and means to
hring more settlers to Virginia TO oc-
cupy and cultivate the idle acres. That
the southern Settlement and Develop
mcrt Organization, which is not rea!
estate concern and n specializing COM
ing il free of cost TO those most TO
be benefited by its work is in a posi-
ton TO help old Virginia along the
lines suggested. there Is no longer
lingering doubt.
EVERYBODY GETTING TOGETHER
FOR TIE GENERAL GOOD
At this conference the representative
Firginians. those who know the lay OF
the territory, its needs, the aericul-
tural advantages of the different sec
tons and value Of the lands therein.
VIII II" brought; into close contact and
r.ous conference with the managers
ui the settlement organization and
with the Richmond Chamber OF Com
ntcrcc. both of which want TO do. and
are doing. all in their power to adj
vance the cause Of agriculture in Vir-
Einia by bringing more people here 10
cultivate the lands. etc. These repre-
sentatives will also be brought in con-
ference with the state and National
Agricultural Departments. and with the
Governor, and they. too. are hand In
hand and heart 10 heart in the good
work That all OF these agencies may
be brought together and decide upon
the best and quickest means to bring
to pass the good things they all have
al heart Is then the object Of the con-
ference
There will he two meetings on We'd
ncsday. held in the auditorium Of tho
Jefferson Hotel, the irst beginning at
u o'clock and :he second At $ J.. VI
There Viii lac no long addresses bu,
short hcart-to-hcart talks and formal
and informal conferences
y NJ tdrrington. member Of the
executive committee of the Southern
Settlement and Development OrSaniza-
tion. cN-prcsidont OF the Chamber O.
Commerce and jus, now giving his
time ana thought to this Forthcoming
conference. In short talk with the
industrial editor, said: This Southern
Settlement and Development Orcaniza-
ion y now in a position to be If IN.
greatest benefit TO the South, and csp.-
c!ally 10 Virginia. In this state are
so many untitled fields thai should b..
and can be. taken in. not only by new
farmers but by homc-makcrs No
"hcr" on the face 81 the earth can
there he brough; forth such variety OF
AGRICULTURAL products. Especially is
this true az the southern. eastern and
Piedmont sections al Virginia No
where arc such Inducements offered 10
the u7-to-dste farmer TO become ahso-
lutslv Independent while living on IN.
Fat of the land. Then. TOO, every dav
IN the wear when ii is not raining some
kind % work can be done on tho vir-
sinia farm and this lonr-season adj
vantage, rs compared with the shnrr
seasons Of the North and Northwest
and Canada. should be n great Induce
ment 10 settlers and immirran,s ana
all that is necessary is 10 get bcforn
mem IN" lhfoIint on that is $" familiar
10 you and I.
TO LET NIRGINIA's ADVANTAGES
BE KNOWN TO TIE WORLD
Now that is just what the Southern
Settlement and I~volopmcn, Orra,i
zation proposes 10 do. and that is what
the Chamber OF Commerce. Governor
stuart and the state Agricultural Do
partmcnt proposes to help that ora.n,i-
cation 10 do. Ave want TO advertise
NirEinia's advantages, ana do il i'm a
way that Will tel ana that viii pay. by
bringing the desirable settlers here
We need TO advertise in an Intelligent
way what each section OF the state
has TO offer in the way Of opportunities
TO the farmer. and be In "a position to
adjust each now conner 10 the farming
conditions that may best suit his par
ticular wants.
"a larc" majority OF the newcomers
to Virginia within the past decade
have done we'll, and the increase i'm tho
value Of our lands has been wonder
full. and Vet half tho good work has