The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-24
S1Lre QatelIigenrer.
WHEELING, JuNE "a, 1so1.
west Virginia and the WORLDS Fail


Colonel ]. w. st. Clair, OF Fayette
county, who. in part, ably represents
this Staten tho national directory OF
the Worlds Fair, makes IN excellent
and important suggestion in regard to
economizing the appropriation made by
the last Legislature of $4,000, and at
the same time advancing one OF the
States most important interests, that Of
lumber.
tits proposed to utilize one-half of
the appropriation in West Virginia
building of commodious proportions,
one that, placed, as it will be, by the
side of New York's building on the
ground, will reflect credit on the State
and attract the attention of the millions
who are expected to visit Chicago dur
ing the six months Of the Fair in 1893.
Colonel st. Clair suggests that those
who are especially interested in lumber
lend helping hand, and inasmuch as
they can be specially benefited by gen
crosby in this matter, it will be sound
business policy tor them to do oil in
their power to make the building q
great success and special point OF at
traction in the array Of State buildings
that will ornament the grounds.
West Virginia is the great hard wood
State of the Union, the greatest by far
OF any and AL the States. She grows
more hard wood than all the States put
together. Therefore this great natural
resource, all important as it is to both
the State and the country, should
come to the front at the national ex-
hibit Of 1893. Every large lumber con-
Germ in the State should desire to be
represented in the building, and in no
way can concern be 80 well adver-
tised as by finishing a room in the
building, or apart of room at least,
with dressed varieties of our hard
woods.
The West Virginia building is to be
entirely constructed OF West Virginia
lumber. There will be no lumber in it
that is not grown upon our soil. tits to
be designed on large scale and is to be
notable not only for its beauty OF de-
sign,but for the excellence OF the home
grown material out OF which it is to be
constructed, and especially for the skill
with which that material will be alter
mated and harmonized in the finish Of
the various rooms.
1t is proposed to give all the hnrd
wood operators Of the State chance for
advertising their products to good I'D
vantage by allowing their names and
addresses to go into their work,where
twill be read by numberless people in
terested in lumber from all parts OF the
world.
This scheme will not only enable the
West Virginia commissioner to put up
a building worthy of the State but one
which, If paid for out Of the appropria-
ton, would exhaust large part OF it.
II viii also be a grand advertisement of
the States lumber resources and Of the
lending producers OF dressed lumber,
and thus be the effective means of
directing and concentrating the atten.
ton OF investors upon this greatspccial-
ty OF West Virginia. All the various
minerals, also, of the State will be on
exhibition in this building as well as in
the separate buildings OF the Fair, es-
pecially designed for such purposes.
We trust therefore, that the suggestion
Of Col. st. Clair to the hard wood men
throughout the State will receive the
attentionwhich its importance deserves.
This is their opportunity. And mas.
much as the building is now being de-
signed, It'll important before plans and
and speculations are finally adopted to
communicate with the State Board, al
Parkersburg, an early day. The various
newspapers OF the State should give this
matter general publicity.