The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-02-09
IMMIGRATION IDEA
APPROVED BY PROMINENT MEN.
a letter from Ex-senator Davis to the Cham.
Der of Commerce COmmlttss-Hon. c. p.
Dorr on The Plan, which he thinks
shOuIdhAvo been adopted IOngaEo.

Hon. O. P. Dorr, ex,member OF the
House of Delegates, sergesnt-at.Arms Of
the last House, and one Of the leading
men OF Webster county, said yesterday
to an INTELLIaENcER reporter: ~ am glad
10 SEQ your Chamber OF Commerce has
taken the right step in regard TO immt-
grafton. The idea Of State Convention
Is good one. We ought to have had o
general movement on foot long ago. l
am on my way home now from Pennsyl.
vania, but l want to get back to attend the
Convention on the 10Th. That Ia matter
in which my county Is deeply interested.
The Convention can attempt both to iu.
ducs immigration into the State and to
keep home capital hero. / notice in
Pennsylvania and in tho Western States
the people invest their money athoHe. Ia
West Virginia when man makes $4,000
or 100000 he puts 1t into Chicago or
kansas City real estate. tell you we
have "a good investments in West Viz
ginia as anywhere. We have ores as rich
as those Of Alabama or the Superior region,
coal Gs good for coke ss the ConnelIsville
field, and limestone-all the raw materials
Tor BeeRemer iron on the same tract.
And everybody knoWB our timber Is IN.
excslled, our gEaziRg lands the best, our
soil rich. l tell you, We only need to lot
people know wku! we have. I'll be here
February &c."
The following letter, addressed to the
Chairman Of the Chamber OF Commerce
Committee, has been received and will be
read with interest:
PIEDMONT, W. Va, Feb. Q, 1888.
C. u. Hart, E'q Chairman, WAeeliHO ". Va:
My DEAR sIR:-I notice with pleasure
the call for q West Virginia business
gathering ct Wheeling on the 29.h inst.
That is q long step in the right direction;
good for the State and people will surely
come out Of 1t. Already the move has
had good influence in and out Of the
State.
The census Of 1880 shows that the GEN.
tral location, moderate climate and pure
atmosphere Of West Virginia make the
State oneof the most desirable and healthy
in the Union. We are entirely exempt
from the bliZzarts, severe cold and des-
tructiVe storms Of the North and West,
and the extreme heat OF the South. The
censua OF 1880 also ssyB THAT no State in
the Union SURPRISES West Virginia in the
variety Of coal 1t contains, nor does any
contain an equal amount in proportion to
Its area" The same can be said OF tim.
Der, salt, petroleum oil, and few excel it in
the variety and quality OF it's agricultural
lands, especially for grazing.
With kha pYNanffRn ~ pAnHau1Tysyto
the West Virginia Goals are much nearer
ttde.WateE and the great manufacturing
interests OF the country than those Of any
other State. In railroad development we
are now about where Pennsylvania was
before the war.
There are millions Of acres OF coal and
timber lands in the State that can be
bought at from two to Eve dollars per acre,
underlatl with an excellent quality Of
coal, which, at one cent per ton in the
ground, would make land worth fifty to
one hundred dollars per acre. Awaiting
energy, brains sud capital arc farms, man
ufsctuEes, mining, numbering. the build
ing Of rsilrogdG, and other industries, with
prospect Of good returns.
We ought not to sit still and wait for
something to turn up, but nhould let the
world know where We are, what We are
and what we have. A few yeGrp $50 the
merchantC Of tie large cities waited for
customers to come; now they send their
agent to the town and country stores with
samples, and they who do not keep up
with the times are left.
The West Virginia Central gGilroad will
make q rate OF one cent per mile to all
persons who will attend the business con.
ysntion at Wheeling on February 29-that
lie for 25 miles the round trip will be fifty
cents, &c.
l think there ought to be Bureau OF
Information and Statistics organized and
kept In operation, to aid which We will
contribute $500, and more II necessary.
l hope to see West Virginia advance to
the front rank among the States and to
this end am ready to work. am in full |
accord with the movement Of your people
and hope to DO present on the 2ath.
With great respect, l am,
Very truly yours,
a. G. DAVIS,