Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-28
VIEWS AND NEAR VIEWS,
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
Newport News md Richmond Might
Get Observation-Disclosures That Are
Worth tn Tags.

The Newport News Times-Herald,
talking by the wayside. says:
I'VE have long felt that the relation
ship between Richmond and Newport
News was not rs close as 1t should be.
Newport News is indebted in some
measure to Richmond for its very
existence. When Coils +. Huntington
conceived the idea of extending the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway from
Richmond to Newport News. he asked
OF Richmond the right to tunnel Church
Hill. one OF the chief residential sec
lions of that city. Naturally, there was
opposition. but the privilege was
finally granted, and the railroad was
built.
Since then. the Chamber of Com
mercc of Richmond has never failed to
extend Il helping ham to Newport
News, when its good offices were re-
quested, which has been more than
once, and distinguished citizens of
Richmond have shown a keen personal
interest in the welfare of the ship
building city. But it seems to us that
the city as Il whole has not cultivated
trade relations between the two towns
ms actively as might have been. Rich
mond is the chief city Of the
wealth. and Newport News is Rich
mond's chief port. Newport
News and Richmond is n large aericul-
tural region, which is in sad need OF
development, and now that the Du
Points are erecting II plant near Will
liamSburg on the banks of the York,
Richmond and Newport News should
cooperate in making the most and the
best of the opportunity now offered to
build up the interests of the entire
Peninsula.
I'VE wish the commercial bodies Of
the two cities. one at the head Of the
Peninsula. and the other at the term
mus. might have IA Joint session. form
an alliance and devise ways and means
OF greater development"
The rural press of Virginia and some
of the good journals that are not rural
are complaining that Richmond has too
many tag days. Maybe so, and there
are some Richmond people who are
much OF the same opinion, that is to
say, those people who so very often
have to cater TO tag day: but, all the
same, can anybody suggest Il better
way to contribute in a small way to
the worthy enterprises that every now
and then claim a tag day? The tag
does not cost much, and every one who
gets tagged can name it's own price.
As long as itself does not
complain, we hardly see why the WISH
tors within the gates should They do
not have 10 invest in n tag. 1t Is a
mere matter OF privilege. or choice. OF
whatever YOU may call il. In Rich
mond we consider it somewhat OF Il
privilege to wear a Tag on any of the
too numerous tag days"
Two or three, maybe four or five
lengthy articles on bird preservation
have been turned down this week he
cause OF lack of space and becaus al
the high price of print ape and i
is we'll enough that they were, Wh,
should we preach that doctrine AN!
longer-thc doctrine that tells 81 tn
value of birds and the ACCESSIBILITY o
keeping and preserving them? No nee,
Of it. The Virginia boys and girls
have learned the lesson. and the bird
are being protected all right enough
There are more thrushes and robin
and mocking birds and cat birds an,
all Of the other Kind in Virginia thi
spring than ever known before, an
ever known before. However. it ma
he we'll to remind the boys and girl
tina; protection OF the birds is still /
vogue and a very interestin proposi
ton il is.
There was a who'll lot of complain
about the dry season that came alon
within recent weeks, and there is n
, doubt that the dry season caused man
people in the rural districts 10 weel
But then There Carne along the his
| toric long season in May and no.
the ground is wet, the whole earth
!; in fine condition., and all of the pros
\ poets are for good seasons TO follow
, Are we all taking advantage of I'll
good eaSon And are we dismiSsin
all thoughts of any future bad season
: and trusting In the good Lord that Fl
y will do all things we'll? There
9 something 10 hin about in these fe
n remarks. Let us think on these thing