The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-20
WOOLEH MANUFACTURES II WEST
/ VIRGINIA.
Rhnt Gan be and ought 70 be Done
The Probabilities OF Success.
To the ElltoH OF the IntalllKencar

Nuut jim DC anu ought 70 be Done
The Probabilities OF Success.
To the Edition. OF the IntelllKencer
For the life OF us, we cannot see WIN
Wooden factories cannot flourish az
well In West Virginia as elsewhere,
Let US see. But where will the wool
come irom2' We think that there Is or
ought to be enough wool grown In each
county to supply factory; 1t Is true
that the amount Of wool grown now
would not support very extensive
mil; but as the manufacturing ability
OF the State increases, In the same ratio
will the wool production increase.
our county (Tyler) can afford and
sustain two wooden mills. The third
has been in operation during the past
season, but has since been reduced to
ashes, and reduced Its owners 10 pow
erty. We lament their loss.
The. original two factories have been
In successful operation three years, and
have got all the material they could
work each year, and since the third has
been In operation we presume 1t too
was supplied. We do not say this wool
was all grown In Tyler county, for
wool has been received from GIlmer,
Doddridge. Richie, Wood, Peasants,
Wetzel and other counties in this State.
as we'll as Ohio. But the wool Ia not
all manufactured In Tyler that grows
thereini we think that as much wool
10 exported from, as there Is imported
Into Tyler. Then there Is q consIdera.
BILE amount OF wool carded on 'countrv
cards. and manufactured BY hand.
which should not be done, There Ia
plenty OF work for the wife or the
daughter, to do without killing herself
manufacturing wool by hand.
Why Is this wool e1ported2 Whv mt
manufactured In It's own State or coun.
tyr Because they can get more for IL
by sending It away than they can get
at home
/. Why Is that2 Ia not the wool manu-
featured and brought back and sold 10.
-perhaps-the original owners OF The
wool2 Cannot wool be manufactured
as cheap In West Virginia as In The
eastern States 2 Cannot it be mann fac.
tured cheaper In the country here than
IN Philadelphia. In many instances
power costs nothing here, while 10 Phil.
adeIpnia it 10 great cost. Rent costs
put tritle here. while In Philadelphia
II costs thousands annually; the ship
ping charges on wool to and goods from
Philadelphia, a profit to the wool buy.
er, profit 10 the wholesale merchant,
each say 10 per cent. and profit 10 the
retail dealer OF say Is per cent, &C., &C.,
can, and would be saved by having The
wool manufactured at home. This no
one can deny. ..
Why. Then, cannot West Virginia
manufacturers pay as much for wool
as Philadelphia wool buyers pay i?
We assert that they can, and more, too.
But they can make better goods In
Philadelphia than we can here.' Why
can they7 They cannot. AS good
goods can be made In Shiloh or Sisters
Vile, or anywhere else as can be made
In Philadelphia.
They can or do make finer goods In
Philadelphia than are made in West
Virginia; but It Is not fine good that
the people want. They want decent
goods 1t Ia true. But they want GOOD
goods; goods that will stand wear.
We can speak OF the Shiloh mill
from personal observation. The Jeans
and tanuels are as good as any person
can ask; tlannels Weighing IL to Il
ounces per yard, and will wear with
any OF the homemade Tits weight;
and jeans, yard wldeL weighing pound
per yard, that cannot be surpassed; and
last. but not least, the blankets.
We have seen blankets that were
manufactured that weighed s pounds
per pair. fulled and buried, set for IS,
that defy competition. They can not be
surpassed. They were awarded the
first premium at the Olarksburg Fair.
Aud other articles OF equal quality too
tedious TO mention.
Perhaps some may think this exaR.
Eeratlon. But they can see for them.
selves by visiting the mill, or sending
for the article.
Why don't some capitalist visit every
county In West Virginia, or until he
finds u situation suitable for the pur.
pose, and build wooden manufactur.
Ing establishments, NJ did some Sleu-
benvillers ut Clarksburg2 1t Will
surely pay. II PhilRdelphIans make
money under those circumstances, why
cannot West Virglnlans with the un-
paralleled advantages the State otferS2
They can.
Go TO work, you energetic men, Or
ganlze q company In each county In
West Virginia, and try to improve the
State. It needs something Of the kind,
Aud success will crown your efforts.