Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-09

one large industry in this way and still
more Important ones talk seriously Of fol
lowing. The Bodley Wagon Factory ha.
already left US for Staunton, Va. A. j.
SWEENEY and SoN's extensive foundery
and machine shops have almost decided
remove TO the same locality. The Nor
way Tack Co., has signified its inten-
ton to remove to Norristown, Pa. Not
long ago the Central Glass Works was
on the verge OF removing to Findlay,
o. Though we are large and solid
enough not to feel perceptibly the drain
OF two or three such removals, still It
will be none the less a large
drain; just so many hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars annually will
DO withdrawn from our circu-
lating Medium and we will be poorer
and handicapped to that extent A
forcible Illustration OF this truth is
presented in the case OF our neighbor,
Bellaire, several of whose large glass
houses have removed TO Fndlay, taking
away many hundreds of thousands
OF dollars in wages, which circula-
ted there annually. 1t was heavy blow
10 town OF less than 10000 popu-
lation, and BellaIre has felt its full
weight in stagnation Of business that
has dried the town up aud rendered her
dead compared to what she was once.
The Belare stamping works, Also
propose to remove shortly. Yet
Bellaire is most favorably situated
for manufacturing purposes. The diff
Guilty was that her people stood idly by
while the Fndlay boomers were at
work enticing away her industries, in
duStrleS which filled her local arteries Of
trade, which supplied her life-blood.
While Wheeling could, of course, stand
probably q much greater drain, without
any marked decrease of her prosperity,
she could not stand a prOportjOndte drain
without similar results. When once
such an exodus begins, it is bound to
continue and increase, unless the infiu-
ences at work from without are counter
acted from within. And this can be
done effectively only by the establish
ment of permanent committee or asso-
citation with a permanent Office and paid
officers supported by private cOntribu-
tions after the manner of the Chamber
of Commerce, to look after the interests
Of the city in this respect.
When the terminal railroad system
here is completed and in operation, to-
gether with its numerous connections,
Wheeling, with her direct connections
with fields of raw material of unex-
ampled wealth, will be the ideal manu-
featuring metropolis, combining every
attribute from a stable government and
reasonable taxes to cheap fuel and raw
material. Yet, if we do not present
.heSe facts TO the world and keep on
them and hammering them
n, the world will never know about
hem, and more enterpriSing cities, with
rot half our advantages, will not only
yet the industries that would come to
Is if our advantages were judiciOusly |
advertised, but also fitch from US our
already established industries
1t would be an easy matter to estab-
Iish the committee or association OF
which we speak. 1t would cost but
little money and would be one of the
best investments Wheeling business men
ever made. Let us get TO work and at
least show the world of industry whatwe
have to offer it to come to us. We can
make an infinitely better showing OF
real and substantial advantages than
nine-tenths of the cities in the country
that owe their growth and prosperity
to advertising themselves. 1t is high
time that Wheeling shook off her leth-
argy and awakened to her true interests
and to the stubborn fact that so long as
she hides her light under bushel just
so long will it remain unseen and the
tide of industry pass us by unnoticed.
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