The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-27
IhtqntelLiaetlftn:
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11.sJi lAle AIb4S'V
i'' .', held out to emigrants by the
,s,,p land, and timber and mineral nsssiI.l re
's's, s,,, - one hundred and City letter.
". s.'o D,,tit. desiring to make invest d
". :. n sod homes in this State. H'
'an s,,,. :, ,I,o tbat the other gentlemen
pa.i il lb. TtiSaD.'' article. as parties Etsi,.
y. I,a'. aaII .upply information TO inQnir'
Wv ~. r,c.irsd their quota ol letters
'ti,,,u ,ssregats perhaps Ot not ies'
y, S' , thousand letters from as many
..,,,s, y. J..irou, Of becoming better ac-
a,.,,l rith the resources Of the States
'I' r,s~ hi. data the Courier reasons that
,iI.,,l ann Of money had been sp'
D..,,i,l.J BY the legislature for the pur'
p. r.I d an .ecurale geographical sur
:. I'm. State, and for the distribution
.,,r.. n and other Documents 10 regard
",s, diSsru! counties Of the State, a
W. ~. ,prs.d interea, could have been
,n,.s.d 81 throughout the Eastern and !
wIiL States vhich would have resulted
!, ,Dip, materially to the capital and
',opI.sioo Of West Virginia.
4, hardly think that the Legislature
-, h l,itly Arraigued for forthcoming
n d. r..ptc. referred to. We are not to ,
i,,,,l that $4,000 were appropriated
~, in 1876 for Centennial purposes.
wa Nj, money building was erected
.MC.nl.nnill grounds wherein speci.
T.., d the coal, wood, wool, grain and
-i,,r,b, uud 10 fact all the products Of
a, s,,.., we're gathered together and
D,,,.rl, classified for the inspection oi
d, ,otId Of people who visited the great
,,IiHdou. An elaborate and yolumi-
,,, book VA. ll.o published, containing
ma, deal Of Information from all parts
dS, Sl.le, which was freely distributed
=, II p,,tis. maniies,ipg any interest
|, Vet virginia's resources. We
LJp agenl also on hands 10 talk up
s, dim. and attractions, aud it is to be
rssa.d from all these preparations,
.,s.i,, .ud Influences, that the State was
Fsly r.ll advertised.
UpOthi. Tim. the seed then sown does
saIy.lr to have borne much irpiL 10
q. opinion Of many persons II is not
hE,Iy 10 bear very much. Such modus
,s1Ddi, while apparently calculated to
,ir,rtl.e the resources Of the State, did not
EfiEs deserving people Us productive oil
,taulis results. 1t would be mistake
Rb,p to .Ay that the money was
yp!sd, and yet ii would be difficult to
,sos thlt We we're materially bendtted
y d. $1,000 expended. For our
Rlr,, We have very little doubt that IL
d, nousy bad ben used 10 prepare and
PsSlbh pOpularArIicles in leading news
hpt, more zeal lasting interest would
Llt been awakened among those whom
nnusht to reach.
Tie present IA a favorable time to tap
ald. Of emigration. A few thousand
!alin veil expended would do more to
Una portion Of the tide into the State
alu many tiues the same amount in
htusr years. Agreat necessity, such IA
Gu not been known since the panic
d 1910, j. laid upon thousands oi
Rnous TO seek homes where they
"a sd cheap lands in q health
III climate. This same necessity
illUuliuus lnd increase thi. year, aud
vii exhaust itself until perhaps hal
inllliOn Of persons are compelled te
'ak homes on the cheap lands Of the
s'HEy. There i. no reason why, il The
FcR tdoh was made, ten thousand o
st% PtftOns cannot be secured to thii
saA Weh,Te contended that the proper
PtnatO make this effort were the own
tioi large bodies Of cheap lands in The
Interior II would be a comparatively
ts! natter iOr them at q time like The
Fsst 10 open correspondence with
l'aN.n Of influential persons whose in
HaI u would be TO spread whatever
lsdaaHsnt, they might offer. Well writ
tsael'ealH, placed in such hands, setting
I0tsA specially The facts about particular
Hsalitis, would soon bear fruit and
nsaly rPly these landholders. 1t Ia Il
a'it inatet TO DO this, and the expense
's'0a tishdully fall upon them. No,
aii We would object, il the Legislator,
'Hia session, to an appropriation on tht
P3' OIL the State, but the Lesisla-
y a' l. not in session, and now Il
a' lime to move with view tt
scouting emigration this fall. As thing
SMsSlugin the manufacturing regions Ol
=" EnsIInd and Peuusylvania, there vii
s@ immense exodus ere long Of per
sa' driven to seek a liylihood by farm.
lad i0aInuch "a very many Of thes,
,sSen have small amounts Of capita
Wy 's desirable class to secure a
soI'" 90 our cheap lands.