The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1879-05-17

them by hand cheaper than they
can bei made Yimaehinery in this
country Ntany.ofY these chandel;;
iers arc sent to London, 50 the pend
ants makestwo voyages across tie
ocean. Speaking of.theiiron busi:
ness, there arc owimportant works
at Quinnamont, on tho Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad. Valuable do.
posits ofiore have been found on
NewSRiyer, on the line between
Virginia aud West Virginia. These
are manganese ores, from (which
SpiogcleisenF and sBessemer steel
can! bc cmade at a price far below
the ordinary cost Of manufacture.n
FFArcjyour coal fields being work;
cdr 4;
tFaTo a much greater extent than
formerly sinceithe opening of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Road. We
have more coallinproportion to our
territorial extent than any other
stateIin!the Union, and "a much
greater variety too. I'VE have BIT
luminous, splint, semiscannel, can,
nolI and:a peculiarly fine CRATE coal
known as Campbell's Creek coal.
Many mines have been oponed
lately and are being worked. Our.
state,i wonderfully endowed with
natural wealth: 1ihavoI notspoken.
ofouri lumber interests, (which are
quite important. We have white
6nd,yollow pinem abundance along
tile Gresnbrisr and iElkiRiyers and
intthe Cheat Riyercountry, and a
good deal Of cherry and black wal
nut. Many new mills have been
erected inthe last few years ;3
" sIs.your State Government eco
nonlically!adnl d2'1 I. 3;55 5555
gAeI believe there are no com
plants on that, score. In fact We
are'ratherip otour success in
cutting down expenses. The cost
F:of feeding the convictsIi our pen
itentiaryiis only 6b cents per day
for; ;eacli convict. Our Insane Asyi..
lumtmakes, AM equally good show;
ing! The cost of;maintaining each
inmate, including al expenses, is
only $2!sS per week. I#doubtEif
anyisimilari arifnstitutionEi tho coun=
tryEeanz show better 9 financial.
management slg
IsE s4NyhatI Iisfyour' State debt? ?'',ziizz5z
5RalVelhave none. y 4I=sss5=55 n
.Y ou still gdecline to shoulder
your shareFoftthe debt of the old
State. isa=tH:iia 6 f7#ta ::;izs S
@sNot at all 1--WE have always been
readytoassumc our equitable share
but not the share that old Virginia
insists We ought to payalye have
been unjustly blamed as seeking to
rrepudiate ot,r obligations because
all the facts are not known : When
the separation took place, twas as
sented to by the Legislature Of Vir.
ginia, sitting at Alexandria, known
as tho loyal Legislature, on condi-
ton that West Virginia should as
sumo her equitable proportion Of
the debt of the State as it existed in |
1861, TO bc asccrtained as follows
West Virginia to DO charged with
all public Improvements within her
borders, and her proportion of tho
expenses Of the State Government
since 1924, and to bo credited with
all taxes paid into, tho State Treas,
ury,by the counties of,which she is
composed since that date. We
have always been ready to settle
on that basis, but Virginia, has per,
sistently declined. In 1871 she ar
bitrarily set apart one.third Of her.
entire debt as belonging to us to
pay. This amounted to s15,000,-
600. For this sho. issued csrtifi-
Gates to the bondholders, payable
when West Virginia should settle.
,Wo appointed commissioners in
1871 to arrange tho difficulty, and
sent them to Richmond, but Gov;
or-Walker declined, to appoint
any one tovact with them. { They
figured on the basis Of tho ordi:
nance Of separation that we owed
the ; old State about 100000.
Subsequently the Committee on
! Finance Of our State Senate went
over the calculation and brought |