Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-10-31

Work for All

1t FITS always D. e4f cur aim to
make Mar .lii>burg Il grow ing and
thriving To n,ani Be-aeiey coun-
| ~, prosperous ani s,'al,ly. To
this end we have from slm4 a. time
| thrown out various rnsae> lions
and givea various i'm p:uycInen
thought lul labor AID alirfit on
The county only requires smaller
farms, and Improvement in Yield
per acre would follow in propor.
ton as the land received closer at
tention and cultivation, through
reduction of the number OF acres
to be cultivated by the farmer.
That is part of the method, for
increased value and population in
the county, the srowt.l Of tie town
furnishing increased demand fore
farm productions, completes there
quirements. One rests with these
who own land in the county; the
other " 18th the people of the town.
We are among those who believe
in home effort to build up Mar
tinsburg II is idle folly to wait
for the b. & o. II. r. to increase
their shops and give employment
to more hands. The fact is, there
is not any probability of their adj
ding to their workshops here. If
they purchase the Harpers Ferry
property, whilst they will not re-
duce their works here, still, what
ever additional facilities may be
necessary will be placed there, it
being the junction of two roads.
Much has been accomplished in
the past. by local effort 1t matters
not who claims or who gets the
honor of what has been done in the
past or is to be done in the future.
Get iron furnaces, cotton or wooden
mills and Their manufacture
established. and the fact that they
are here, will be glory, enough for
all. Success cannot be attained by
divided effort. A number of our
citizens own land containing large
deposits of iron ore. Each on
| looks out for imself, sells the ore
at royalty and il is taken away
| without any special benefit to the
community, and with little profit
| to the owner, on account of its dis
lance from furnaces. Fifty cents
per ton royalty is paid. If we had
furnaces here once, dollar and
half could be readily obtained.
Taking this as basis would it not
be better for all those owning ore
land to combine together and make
an arrangement with iron manu-
facturers to give them a third
or half interest in the
ore, provided, they erect
furnaces here, or it would pay the
town to assist the land owners,
by contributing to enterprises of
this kind? Would it not pay both
town and owners of ore land to or
ganize and appointan agent to look
up their interests, and organize
companies for this purpose Could
not the Board of Trade assist lit
tie in working up these matters?
| All that is needed is little ener-
gy, q little push and daring, and
all can be accomplished.
This section of the country was
almost inanimate for nearly CEN.
fury. The young men as they grew
| to manhood went West, and there
joined in the enterprise that has
built up and populated that section
of the Union. Is it not now time
to learn of them, and to engage in
those things that shall not only
keep the growing generation at
home, but will attract from abroad
emigration and capital. 1t does
not take very smart man to see
through these things, and we trust
that our people will with one ac-
cord, lay hold of these importan
necessities, and proceed toput them
in nnaratinn