Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-05-30
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS design in N

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the consideration of the citizens Of Wheeling
the surrounding country, the business men of
Baltimore, and the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
Road Company. We design to express our
views III full without fear, favor or affection
for any class or body, or reserving any infor-
nation in relation TO our wants, our deficien-
cies, or what should be as a community, our
action. We intend the suggestions we pro-
pose for no individual emolument, but for
general good andif those suggestions arc car
RED out in the spirit in which they are made,
we pledge a knowledge gained from years of
observation, that they will be productive to
all Interested, of precisely what is required.
Some will raise objections, some will ask what
we know about these matters, and some will
say we know nothing They may be right /:
but we are very much mistaken if they can
ind errors in our reasoning, facts or figures
Wheeling is admitted TO be, in all natural
qualities, equal to any town in the Union for
manufacturing, and far superior 10 any in lis
coat, salubrity of climate, and fertility of sur
rounding country: three very important items
in the expense of manufacturing Why, then,
hasit not progressed farther, and why are not
greater number of men employed here in
manufactures? One palpable reason. Though
1t Is but one among several,) is the high price
put upon property, for many years, by the
owners of the soil, who seemed to desire that
no one should settle here for manufacturing
purposes unless they did so ON such terms as
would keep the manufacturer ALWAYS poor.
though laborious, while the proprietor was
wealthy an, 40. This will not do, as they
have discovered at last. Men will moi s;:h.
Ject themselves, By extraordinary prices for
property, toa life of sorvitude This evil has
happily been greatly remedied though at a
late day, previous to which many an honest
heart, clear head, and strong hand, had been
located Ii other places and built up other
towns; thesr men have, however, discovered
their error and have brought property down 70,
price adapted to real improvement, not TO
speculation alone
Another evil operated heavily upop US
There were many here who would not labor.
Were disposed to live luxuriously and FASH
lonabIy, and those who came in and common
ced business entered into the same shirt. neg
Iected their business and followed their plea
sure. They must fail and they did fail. This
evil is now remedied to a great extent. and
men who attend to their business have taken
their places. But there has been another
cause that has operated strongly against Vince
ling, that has not been removed. The wrong
end OF the string was taken hold of at first.
Our manufactures could not prosper without
home market 1t is too expensive to depend
upon sales abroad, involving freight, charges
and commissions for the entire stock of a
manufacturer. Indeed, unless he has home
sales Tor very considerable portion of his
manufacture, he can never hope to succeed i'm
business The market that CONES by travel
from distance, mag answer his purpose: but
Tor Jul success he must reach the trade of the
surrounding country, because with that trade
his prices can b. made more firm than with
those who have the choice of many markets.
mat country must be fertile, populous and
cultivated. There must be- a class of prospcr-
Gus farmers and thriving villages. These can
only be made by roads. We will mention cases
IN point. Cincinnati has no more facilities for
manufacturing than Wheeling, and. in fact
not nall as great; but she first made roads to
'he interior, then became able to ennaoo In
railroads and canals-arms that reached G,,-
ther-and while the one populated the imn,e-
date vicinity and gave the business of hume
'ous rIch iarms and villages to Cincinnati. the
oilier brought in distant trade. Cincinnati;
enterprise made most Of those roads and the
roads made Cincinnati. Below Fourth stree,
III uateity, Is the river business: above the
county tride. Which employs the most Of ,hs
ninety thousand people who inhabit Cincin-
matte
we VIII take another case i'm point: Day
"h--cVen her manufacturing water power is
p'oSuy made ny changing the course of streams.
ye' IL has population of 10. 600. From, tba ,
'o"h mere are slH turnpikes leading into the
surrounding country besides the National
Road We might cite other instances oC a.,
enects OF roads bat we have said or,,,,,I.
iiad lew men owning property and enter.
prise, twelve years ago. when the Chart, ,,....
Hstiganted BY The state. raised s,ock r., g..
amount OF $4,000, th, state taking two fifth,
OF the 10000 required and constr1ctoda oooI
tunPik' road to Clark-burg. as economicslIv
as possible, aud put toll gates on it with mod.
erd'' toll. they would have realized five NO,
cent Out OF their money, injuccda dense and
rhsP'r'us population there, and brought In.
"'ieot u wholeteg,n to Wheeling. Anoth
" TO "aynesbursb; and another TO B,,olc
comfy ani 'ha western part oG'washiug,on
anothar TO Cddiz. tlIrncc to b. built TO the
akes by Others another to pcnot,ate Che for.
es'H Of Monroe, and another to Crave Creek
60 towards MidtIcbolme, would have soon