The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-02-28

Proposed Boards of Trade Rt Bell
aIFe and Cambridge, Ohio.

EIUpUbEu buuIuB VI AAudV Nv D0h
aIre and Cambridge, Ohio.
These two neighbors oil Wheeling ar
becoming ambltiouG They each dCsir
Board Of Trade in their midst. Wheel
ing used TO desire a Board Of Trade, AM
she has moved In that direction severa
times, She actually got up one in tn
year 1867; hired a room; hired secre,
tary; took the telegraphic dispatches
and every day ats Pm. a few people me
ION Change" 1t was a huge affair, Gnt
soon convinced every body how necessary
II was to the business interests Of the city
BY being discontinued in a few weeks
There was nothing in 1t. The proof o
this Is that business has gone on as vel
without 1t Ss 1t did with 1t, and thos,
who have had occasion to deal with any
particular person have gone to his plsct
of business and dealt with him.
1t Is Of course natural that the news
papers Of any locality should favor al
such movements. The mission of ar
editor is to give tone to the community
in which he lives, and the ambition Of all
oil them Is Of course to giveas high a tone
IS possible. What, for instance, can give
higher tone to 3 community than the
establishment Of q Board Of Trade in its
mldstS It goes out to all the world that
Wheeling, or Bellaire, OF Cambridge has
an institution Of the sort among them, and
the effect is Of course stunning In the
rural districts. The people naturally
associate Boards Of Trade with an i'm
mense amount Of commerce. They iden,
tity II with the rush and roar of business
with dstracting sound as Of the rush
Of many waters. Is there any rush and
roar at Bellaire and Cambridge? Moth
ing very tumultuous we apprehend. We
have a good deal Of 1t here, but we man
age 70 worry along with 1t without the
aid Of q Board Of Trade. The railroad
trains and the steamboats, come and 60
every day without Board OF Trade. The
streets are filled with drsys and wagons
carrying goods to and from the wharf and
the railroad depots, and all without a
Board OF Trade. Thousands OF kegs Of
nails and many tons of glassware are
shipped every day without Board Of
Trade. Nobody sees where such an insti.
tuition could very materially enhance the
business ofthe city. But this may not be
the case at Bellsire and Cambridge.
There are perhaps peculiarities Of location
at these places that render such institu-
tions necessity. AS a matter OF curl.
osity, however, we would really like TO
be informed what these peculiarities are.
The reasons given by the Bellaire Lnde.
pendent for wanting Board Of Trade at
that place arc as follows:
1.-THE principal object, at this time, is to
create some official body whose duty it
shall be 10 collect, digest, and distribute
such statistics and information in regard
TO the resources ofour place as shall have
their due influence upon capitalists, or
others engaged in industrial enterprises,
who may be seeking or willing TO make
new location for themselves or friends.
Without such aid our city has up 10
this time made greater progress in popu-
lation and business within the last five
years than any other town In Eastern
Ohio. But II Il Is hourishing in spite -oi
our neglect, how much greater progress
should we have q right to expect Il We
were taking the same pains as other
towns to advertise our sdYantagesG"
In regard to the foregoing, will the In
dependent permit US to say that one live
individual employed by the town council
oil Bellalre can collect all the statistics
that q Board Of Trade, Gan collect, and
more too, for as General HAILEcK once
said about Councils Of War, that "they
never fight" so may we say about Boards
of Trade, that they never collect statistics.
They only employ some individual to do
the work, and any town council can do
that with more authority. A live news
paper Is a constant gatherer and publisher
Of statistics showing the industries and
resources OF the place in which 1t Is pub
lished, and II Is only in this way that
statistics can be gathered in small cities
and towns. 1t Is the work of an Individual
or two and not OF Boards Of Trade. =
We notice that the Guernsey Times
seems 10 feel quite set up with the idea OF
having a Board OF Trade, and describes
the wonderful institution as follows;
ut iS stipulated that there shall be sub.
scribed ct least two hundred sharea M Sb
each, making basis Of 81, 900, on which
1t Is conceded that assessments to the
amount Of fifty per cent per annum shall
be made for the legitimate expenses Of the
Board. This Is the minimum. Suppose
We secure, as We doubtless will, five hun.
dred shares, increasing the basis Of assess.
ment to $2,600, giving Us g. $50, II neces.
sAry, for carrying on the business OF the
Board during one year; would that be con.
sldered the thinnest kind of skinned
milki Our Board survived tor, a season
and wrought q good work on Cam
bridge, with no provision whatever
ior expenses, save that Of volun-
tary contribution. We can see that
our men OF means have business In their
eyes and that there are greater things in
store Tor Cambridge than have been
dreamed Of In the philosophy Of fossils.
Let all who are intereste6in the growth
and development Of our town and her
interests, lend hearty cooperation In
the forward movement, and Grandmo,h-