Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-05-20
Must Help Ourselves If we Expect 9th
ers to Help us.


out cent, says he anticipates per-
manent prosperity to this country,
especially to the iron and steel trade.
He announces himself an optimist,
says the country has never entered
upon aperiod OF activity, under con-
ditions so favorable This is his state
ment of these conditions: many years
of inactivity and saving; splendid
crops for two years sold at high
prices to the foreigner; great advance
in methods of production; an enor-
nous trade balance in our favor
But a large part of this prosperity
is in the great cities and their vicin
ity. Pittsburg alone is estimated to
have increased in wealth over 500,
100000 in the last two years. Three
rivers and many Railroads, with the
development of the great coal fields
are at the very foundation of her
solid growth.
New methods, new enterprises and
new avenues of transportation are
necessary to meet the rivalries of
business and of other cities, towns
and communities Morgantown cant
sit still, without helping herself, I'M
less her citizens are willing to see
her 90 back instead of forward. Do
we want to share in the great pros
perity Of the country at large? Do
we want any part of the golden har
vest that is being reaped by Fair
mont with her great coal industry,
by Connellsville with her enormous
coking plants, and coal lands worth
over 81, 900 per acre and her three
great railroad systems, carrying her
products to all parts of the country,
by McKeesport, Bessemer and Home
stead with their many gigantic iron
and steele works, or by Charleroi,
Jeanette and Wheeling with their
varied forms of glass manufactures?
Then vote for the railroad, develop
the steam and coking coal, the lime
stone and glass sand, and the tim
Der which are found along nearly
every mile of this proposed railroad.
The lower Monongahela Valley,
the Youghiogheny aid all the coun-
try for nearly hundred miles in
every direction from Pittsburg is a
vast hive of industry, wages are
high, employment general, lands ad-
vanced in value, domestic markets
the best for all that the farmer,
gardener and dairvman can produce.
Bank accounts are full, rates of in
terest low and the greatest activity
prevails in every department of bus
mess. Shall we share in this activi
ty and prosperity, or stand idly by,
only enjoying that which we might
have as well as others, if we would
only help develop that which the
God Of nature has placed in all our
hills and valleys in most abundant
quantity and of the best in quality.
Vote down the railroad and CAPT
tai and enterprise will say 'you
don't want us, we can't thrive in
such an atmosphere" and will pass
by and seek more congenial sur
roundings. Vote the subscription,
and money and men Of energy and
enterprise will come to help us and
to share in the general good "Heav
en- helps those who help themselves
The timid and fearful never sue
coed. The man who is afraid to in
vest IL cents out Of a 800 in a new
railroad, will never lead in any great
enterprise and will always be dead
weight in any community. The pro
fits will come to you in one year at
ter the road is built, in the increased
labor done in the increased value of
land alone, in the increased value of
timber, coal, and general markets,
while the money spent in this Dis
trict while building will be nearly
double the subscription. You will