Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-28
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FOLKS OF THE PENINSULA.
THINK ON THESE THINGS
ohi" Grnin and Indiana Hay That
should he Grown re
uinSuIu

NEWPORT NEWS. NN. February -.
-'Thcr. is good deal Of talk about
some OF tho Northern ports Robin.
Newport News Of III least Il part of the
advantages i, has been enjoying in the
matter of shipping horses In the war
ing nations beyond the waters rhc
good things that have come To this
port were set forth In the Industrial
Section OF The Timcs-pispatch Two
sundays ago. Newport News is not at
all uneasy about the more northcrly
ports getting this business. for none
OF them is in Il position to do the bust
ness quite as well as Newport News
can d" it. and the agents OF the nations
At war found all of this out before
iheE selected this port as their snip
ping point. the facts in tho case
being settled - their satisfaction DO
fore they commenced the business. ana
the facts sim holding good it is not
likely that they viii change their
| methods. The chances are that New
port News Will continue to be their
shiprinS point, and viii continue to
obtain the emoluments, such as they
are.
AS has already been stated in The
Times Dispatch, this port is doing Il
right lively stunt in the horse Sh p
pins business as we'll as in the cat
! tie and coal shipping To the nations
that Virginia is not drawing from this
business all OF the good things IL
ought 10. That, however is Nirginia' :
! fault rs set forth in The Times
/ Dispatch. the horses that are assembled
3 At this port for shipment abroad in
/ these days of war eat u great deal
! OF grain and hay while lingering here
which costs Il great deal OF money
money that comes right in over the
counter as cash. figure out that
every horse that comes to Newport
News for shipment abroad eats some
thing like SlG worth OF feed while
awaiting transportation, and quite as
much while crossing the waters. and
the latter must he put on shipboard
I before the animal leaves.
/ Where does this grain and nay come
Z from" Well the figures of the mcr-
/ chants who supply it, and they make
a good thing in the SUPPLYING SHOW
that the grain came from Ohio and The
! hay from Indiana, Kansas and the
| Lord only knows where else. Anyhow
! very little OF IL of either variety grew
/ in Virginia. Every pound OF tho hay
and every peck OF the grain that have
( been required To feed all of these
+, thousands of horses ought to nav.
been grown on the Virginia Peninsula
b that is 10 say. on the farms between
here and Richmond but. as matter
! of fact. absolutely none Of il was
grown there. and il all came over the
railways from the Middle West Think
| what the Peninsula farmers have lost
/ 1t would not he so bad if this loss
was only for this year OF war and
! trouble across the waters They. tho
| Peninsula farmers. are losing inSt ms
] much every year. Why vii! not these
: farmers grow the hay and The grain
that tn" ports are always calling for?
, 1t would pay them 10 DO H. Monde.
II they are always Goins: - keen ON
fishing and osyterins. for 80 cents" a
i DAY. while their rich hay and grain
/ lands grow up in weeds and briarS ?
Tn" rich Lands of the Peninsula viii
. bring much better profit If drained
and set To hay and grain than il they
remain as they We're hundred years
ago. swImpcd ana sci To oysters ana
/ catfish. There Is something in his
FOR Peninsula folks To think about.