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WASTE MAKES WASTE,
Waste makes waste. This is very, apparent to anyone who has travelled the highways, of Virginia and1 seen thousands of undeveloped ac-' rcagc-' Land that is ‘‘itching’’ to be excavated for the foundations of large and small industrial plants. Land upon Which, as1 .the old saying goes ‘you. couldn’t .raise he-11 or an unmbreila: yet 1 productive in terms of work fdr skilled and. unskilled labor potential in the ‘ sense of producing business, wheel* within wheels, never dreamed of before; provided it. becomes the j site of an industry, o;~ industries. J
But land cannot speak. It cannot promote. It cannot ‘‘travel” except in dump carts, etc. But its owners can if they don’t sit by and expect industry to beat a path to their acreage.
With the phenominal development of goods and services brought abouf by scientific research, waste landVan be a powerful factor in promoting community development and its corrolary—prosperity. - Around Rappahanock. County there is much “Sleeping Beauty Laid.” Who will be the “Prince” to waken it with the ‘‘Kiss” of' foresight? . ’ Cattle raising and orchards .are the basic industries of Rappahannock. True, but not the limitof its potentialities, provided it is realized that out of these two basic industries could be developed other industries On adjacnt ‘waste acreage. v V / -i;
To bring about a new er» of prosperity’ all that is needed are selfless men and women, energetic men and women, and “pathbesrters” to the headquarters .of big industries and capital.
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