Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-02-28
The Great Awakening Of the
People to the Truth.
PROGRESS aid AcrIVIfYTHE WORDS
West Virginisns Dstsrmins to Push the
State into the Commanding Position
Her Natural Advantages En-
title Her to Stand.
WHAT PROMINENT CIfIlBIs SAY.
Valuable and Interesting Lsttsrs from Hon. ].
N. Camden, Hon. A. 9. Dayton, Of Bar
bour, and Hon. @. D. Camden, Of
.Carksbug = Meetings ia y.
Select Dslsstss

Select DslSstss
c9sy''e.
HON. ~: CAMDEN.
=. =. Unable to be Pessent In Person Hut
He Is Thoroughly b sympathy With tho
Aims and Objects sfthe Big Convention OF
To-Morrow.
CHARLOTTE HARBog, FLORIDA, Feb. IL.
Jas B. Taney Editor RsyfSer:
DEAR SIR have received your letter
and copy Of the resolution Of the Wheeling
o. Commerce inviting me to n
meeting t. be held in Wheeling on the
2sth inst, to represent the business inter
ests Of the State. regret very much that
I cannot be present. But / desire to assure
you and the meeting that ! am in full
sympathy with the sbject Of the call, and
with all efforts to promote the business in
terests and development Of the various re-
sources Of our State.
More than twenty years. ago thought
Of changing my residences % some other
State that might afford grsatsr advantages
and inducements, and with that view
spent considerable time In visiting and in
vestigating other States and SEC
tions Of country, but after
such investigations and comparisons as
am able to make Of the advantages and
disadvantages Of West Virginia ss COM
pared with other States and localities, ]
became satisfied in my own judgment that
our State possessed more Of the elements
of
COMFORT AND PROSPERITY
with fewer drawbacks than the average
of other countries. Its healthfulncs, hne
water, abundance of timber, building mf-
terial, fuel, minerals, climate aud soil,
constituting the elements necessary for the
comforts and con7eniences Of life, as well
as wide field for The profitable enterprise
such as are rarely found in such abundens
anywhere else. II Is true
that some States posscss some qualities In
greater perfection, bat lack othsf sdvant'
ages which exist N great abundance In
our State. So that all thing, oopsidersd,
I satisfied myself ct last that West VII.
ginis lacked only development and capital
to make IL one or the most Desirable and
richest States Of the Union, and
had no hesitation in making up my
mind to remain in West Virginia.
Since that time / have had opportunities
of seeing more Of our own country, and
much of other countries, and am more than
ever satisfied that West Virginia affords
more varied advantages for enterprise and
homes than many other sec-
tions that are attracting more attention
and filling up with population and capital
OUR GREAT NEED
IS railroads and transportation facilities
Transportation Liust either precede or &C.
company all mining, manufacturing and
lumber Developments, and IL equally e.
sential in attracting immigration and
Such Developments and tbs
attraction of labor and capital for thcs.
purposes to our State cannot exist without
and transportation facilities. 0al
people ought 70 appreciate this fact.
The meeting invited by the Chamber o.
Commerce Of Wheeling comes appropriate
ly from our chief manufacturing and com
mercial city, and ] hope will produc,
good results. As 0 rule. there is no
that liberality aud encouragement towards
enterprises looking 10 the development o
the State that ought 70 exist, considering
the great benefits TO result to the peopl,
and the State; there Il too often dispo
sition when projected enterprises becorn,
fixed facts, TO demand erhorbiiant price
for rights Of way and other needed facili
ties-the cry Of monopoly" is sraised, ant
under this cry Of evil omen unrsazonsbl
demands are made aud justified, and rc
gret TO say too oitea enforced. Corpora
tions having for their object the develop
ment OF the resources Of our State, shoul,
be treated as fairly as individual investors
and given TO uoderstand that they will b
welcomed and fairly treated. Such Dc
yelopmsnts cannot be be made exoep
through aggregated capital In the form
Of corporations. Corporations are there
fore only the aggregation Of ipdiyidua
interests. Most Of the capital must b
invited from abroad, rs we invite immi
gration, and public opinion should b
directed to its encouragement by the eam
kind ol Just and liberal treatneut extend
Cd 10 toindividuals-
Our laws should In some respects
BE MADE NoRE LIBKPAL
In permitting the ownership by railroad
Of mineral and timber privileges a. Ia
basis OF security 70 encourage capital ;
build roads for their development.
I congratulate the city Of Wheeling mo,
the unAnimity with which it voted th
subscription TO the Union Bridge. Tb
bridge when built, win Gil q long felt wan
and must be Of great benefit 70 tho int<1
ests Of the city. Convenient TRANSPORTS
ton facilities, and convenient ingres ap
egress 10 and from city must acoompsn
its proper growth and the building up Q
its industries. The proposed bridge vii
proper rsilroad terminals In the city mua
add greatly To its imPortsace, growth an
prosperity. Tie building Cf the brids
will also, ] trust, be the means Of giyin
to wheeling cheaper coke by iuducir
railroad connections directly 70 tie ookir
coal fields. / have been told that Wbes
ing pays about double the freight On col
paid By Pittsburg, and yet must compe'
with Piitsbufg in the Same kind Of mani
fsctured productaL The coking coal felds q
a near 70 Wheeling 60 10 PittsburE, o.
direct railroad connections would 81
Wheeling a. cheap coke - her great rivs
a rezult which, In my opinion, viii sos
follow the bsii6ing Of the bridge.
| III were nked what was mcs. inpol
ant 10 W. Va, ! would reply, Railroad
and II asked what wAs next IN impostanf
I would ny. more railroads
| I have aaid more than inteated In u
informal letter, and win only add that
hope the meeting viii be pleasant, .,
that II viii promote Q generAl spiit ofe
terprise and gtod feeling throughout (
Stste. Very truly youfs,
| ]. y. CASfpEN.
i ALsTON 9. DAYTON,
A A West virginia Kafhusis,t Tells Of r,