The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-01-16
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wealth and the development of
West Virginia that makes most in
teresting reading. The various
facts have probably been published
from time to time. but their pre-
sentation in juxtaposition from a
wonderfully striking whole. Below
viii be found some figures relative
to the industries of tho State that
indicate a growth beyond all pre-
cedent and almost beyond credence:
In 1889 the oil production Of the
State amounted to rs, 44s barrels.
In 1892 it was 3, roo, 600 barrels and
IN 1893 the output was S,4O0, 600
barrels, representing more than
S5,0OO,OO0. From tabulated figures
already received the Governor
estimates that the oil production of
West Virginia for 1894 will amount
to over IS, oOO, 900, representing an
increase over the production of
1893 of 100000, and over that
of 1892 of more than s6,OOO,O0O.
And though the value Of oil pro-
duetion of the State now amounts
to this enormous sum, yet. the mes
sage says the rich oil lands of the
State have been barely touched, the
supposed oil territory scarcely in
vaded.
With regard to coal producing
States of the Union, West Virginia
now has fourth place. One twenty
seventh of all the coal mined in
the United States is the product of
the mines of Kanawha and Fay
cite counties alone. The Kanawha
total output of coal in West vir-
GINA in 1876 was less than 9OO,-
100000 tonsl In the production of
coke West Virginia ranks second
among the States of the Union and
in quality she has first place having
distanced all competitors at the
Worlds Fair in 1893.
According to Governor MacCor-
kle, the State contains the largest
body of hardwoodin the Union and
one-third of all the poplar in the
United States is found in the forests
of West Virginia. And notwith-
standing the vast amount of lumber
cut annually, there are within our
borders vast bodies of the finest
timber in the world, whose stiffness
has never been broken by the wood
mans ak, scarcely by the voice of
man.
In the production of farm and
factory, the progress of the State
has been almost equally remarkable.
The amount of mortgage indebted
ness of the State is almost as little
as any in the Union. In conclud-
ing this general view of the wealth
and progress of the State, the mes
sage says:
"Every element of commercial
success, lies within our borders, or
right at our gatcways. We have
well watered-vaIleys, and hills fer
tile to the very tops. We have the
best iron ores at our doors and with
in our confines. We are centrally
situated for trade and commerce.
Our people are intelligent and en-
ergetic, and the very genius of
health rests within our valleys, and
in our hills"
These words have the genuine
ring of the man interested in the
future of the State, proud of her
advantages and the position which
her wealth has given her among
the States of the Union. A culti-
walton of this spirit by the people
of West Virginia, will cause the
next two years to witness even a
more remarkable increase in wealth
than in the two years just passed.
The advantages of West Virginia
in all that goes to make material
prosperity, are beginning to be rec
ognized and the day is not distant
when she will take her place as
first in several of the country's
great Industries.
The above are some of the most
interesting facts of this unusually
interesting and complete document.
To touch upon anything like all of
the many subjects of which it treats
would be to re-write the message.
Every West Yirginian should ia
miliarize himself with the instruc-
tive facts which its contains. Kama
leha Gazette.
The Citizens Duty at the Polls.
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