The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-01

! toIh5 IN loolI llO,olltVAis 4LU faSNa
. Of coal In West Virginia 10 1876, ~ ese
/ mated by Slward, was 6OOOOO tons;
D 1885, 1000 900 tonh.
0 This great increase IL likely To oontinu
j. In tho same, II not & greater, proportion
z With more coal than either PennSylVI
/ mia or Great Britain, West Virginia pre-
/ duced In 1885 only about l.l5!h Rs mucl
! % PennIylvaniA and l.l0!h Hs much 8
, Great Britain. This Is owing very lATRel!
. 10 want Of capital and energy to deyelol
: II and transportation to move II. With al
she has 10 contend with, In tnis particular
| Ghe is sending coal to the whole Atlantic
seaboard, a. far north as Estpoitr Ne,
! and As far south M tho Gull Of Mexico.
We are In q fair way now, however, 4
get better railroad facilities, which will
open up new territory and bring in peo'
pie Of enterprise and capital. The tive
great trunk lines which pass through the
northern and southern portions oi the
State-ths Baltimore 4 Ohio and the
Chesapeake & OHIO ByBtems-Are owned
and controlled by outside capitalists, and
have been worked 10 q large degree In the
interest Of other States and sections. Mat
teIe appear 10 be changing for the betteTl
In this particular, especially with the b.
& o. road, and Il nov looks as II more at
tention would be paid to the developing
and fostering Of local interests and enter.
priSes In the State; aud this is as Il should
be, for no road can or ought 70 be pros
porous that negleCIs or TetArda the build
ing up Of the waste places on its linea.
COAL DErosITs.
Did you ever stop to think Of the great
value Of coal compared with other miner
Als7 Without coal the manufacture OF
iron, steel, brAsp, copper aud all other
minsIAlS would coat double what II does
now. Nearly all our heating and cooking
10 done with coal. It Is the foundation Of
steam, and but for Its usO none oi our
engines, steamboats,, or ocean steamers
would be moved. The fact Is coal 10 the
moving power Of the world. Let us make
personal, strong effort, and put West
Virginia In the front rank oI coal pro-
ducing States, where she properly belongs.
West Virginia not only Cxcsls In the
quantity and quality Of her minerals and
timber, bat her agricultural lands are
fully equal 10 many Of the Western States,
and far better than the Northern StRteB.
The valleys, hillSldes and mountain tops
yield good corn, wheat, rye, oats and grass.
LAst summer made trip along the Val.
10y river to Mingo Flats, and found that
country, especially around aud near Hut
louisville, equal to any In Ohio or Penn.
BylyAniR for general agricultural purposes;
and II affords 40 good grazing as any other
section Of country in the world. There
is q fair prospect for q railroad 10 this
twha,, lhfa yI-fli hAaann 1na ri tha
moSt desirable locations In any State.
West Virginia 10 60 lAv0rably located
that she 10 neither subject 70 the billiards,
cyclones and droughtS oi the North and
West, nor 10 the intense heat and
fever devastating BcourgeS ol the
South. The suffering in the North.
west this winter has been intense, and
numbers Of persons have frozen TO death,
in some Instances whole families being
eIterminAted, while the stock destroyed
has run up into the hundreds Of thou
sands. While deeply BympAthizinR with
these euderer0, we say 70 those living In
the region visited by these dire BcourRes,
make your homes with rs, where your
chances Of success are As good, II not bet
ter, and you will have entire freedom
from all such terrible calamlties.
Low rAxEs.
West Virginia has low State taxes. As
the years roll on, aud her railroads multi.
ply and manufactures Of all kinds In.
crease, the rate Of iAx will grow lees. She
Is now but tAbout twenty-five yeArs old, yet
she has built and paid for her State CGpi.
tol, Penitentiary, Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Iustltution, InBAno Asylum, State Univer-
city, State Normal Schools and thousands
Of school houses, and has no debt to look
after. These things accomplished, let Us
foster the building Of railroads and en-.
courage the starting Of all kinds OF indns.
triss, and my word for 1t, in few years
the people will scarcely lsel the taxee they
will be called upon 10 pay, they will
amount to 60 little.
TWenty.Bx out Of the thirty. y.eighE StAtes
OF this Union have, In some form, a Bureau
Of Statistics and Information. The LeRis-
lAture ot Maryland 10 now In session, and
q bill has been introduced Appropriating
$40 900 for such q bureau. The Weat Vir-
glniS Legislature will be In session next
winter, and will, have no doubt, take
this subject into favorable consideration.
In the meantime, that no time may be
Loaf, can We not, by private subscription,
organize an Inexpensive bureau and put
some competent person ct the head Of II
that will enable parties ouEaids the State
who might wish 60 settle or invest their
capital with us 10 get information Of the
opportunities In the State for investment
or location, This would not cost much,
and for one AN willing 10 help tho move
financially and personally.
hanamR n Yeaidant nj fhia Sfata in lgh9
and have no idea Of ever changing. My
home is with you and my fortunes are
identified with yourB. IwRnt here to ex-
press my appreciation OF and deep grAti-
tude for the many fAvors the people Of
the State have bestowed upon me, and 10
say that stand ready 10 do anything l
can TO aid In forwarding her development
and intereBtg.
There 10 no good reason why any per-
son should leave the State, and hope
none will, but that millions will settle In
the State instead. There are rs good
chances here for the farmer, miner, man
uiacturer, merchant Apd laborer to get
fair returns for their capital and work as
anywhere else. The resources and capa.
bililies Of this State have never been
properly and fairly known 10 outsiders.
Let rs do oil We can 10 lot the world know
where We arn, what We are and what we
have, and that all who come among Us TO
aid In putting the State where she ought
to be, in the front rank, will receive
hearty welcome. Brains, energy, labor
and capital can command and secure a
good reward In West Virginia,
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