The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-15
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.At the VV Vonderful
4 Progress u.
M West Eirginfa Induktries, Sen
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saf9rs Scott, who has. I jnst Ssffnsd
,,lEom 'fortnight's trip Through the
south ern part, OF his state, brings to
Washington aiawinE4Feports concern
ing the marvellous growth of the in
dustrtes Or West Virginia. !,
g.sEII had not been In thxt mart of NV
state for a couple of years - !. said
Senator Scott tonight, $50 tran down
tnere to keep pace with: its growth
and developments, and it..is something
truly wonderful There is PROSPER
5sity everywhere. The manufacturers
and M mine owners are making more
money than they ever made before.
The laborers ana the mechanic are
getting better wages, and ali live bet-
ter and !, are shorough 4 eontehted
with existing conditions: 2. s.:2s /. !, &,
B Then perhaps, they ars 4aott: over on;
s,iy enth usiastio for tsesX Retiston?',
was suggested to the senator. ~. $E
Reyisionl" he calculated, "Why.
bless your. soui, the, peopleHof West
Virginia do not WANT 5tariYf revision,
We are all stand-patters:e why, 5ns
democrats in our state are stand
patters. Times are too good for a,ss,sy any
one In West Virginia to want any
tinkering with the tariff law, .,-.5,',, 4,
y Perhaps the greatest development
In West Virginia, the senator con-
tinued, Ms folnd along the line Of The
Norfolk and Western Railroad. The
development OF the coal industr ry dill;
slorag this road from 'BluefieldYssa at
one terminus, to Che Ohio river az
the atats sline, Is phenomenal ="
when f. first entered the senate
the population OF Bluefield was be-
tween 8,0a0 and 5000; nov, It is
around At q ] 1000, There are In the:
failroad yards there rs iailas v Of
tracks Z Y ma every foot ia fllJsd with
4 tfrelg e car When the prssg fifa con I
sA ID ~
~pians for the" increase :Sfa terminal
facilities, there will be ITO miles 6R
sldetracks In the Bluef1eld yard.
'The coal and lumber oiitput at
this point Is surprising. + talked
with one of the large lumber deal
ers who said he had no complaint
to-make- relative to the freight. rates
charged. He said he would be salts
fed to pay more If it were possible
for the railroad to get mis- freight
out faster. This Is q fair illustration
of conditions all through this sec
ton OF West Virginia -------
Extensive as are the coal opera
tions In the state, believe our de-
velopmenb in this industry is in its
infancy. Coal lands that 20 years
ago found purchasers with difficulty
at $3.50 an acre are today worth
from $50. an etashrdetaoshrdlun
from $50 to $50 an acre, and not
much Of this property can sbe had at
that price.
"These increases in values indicate
some Of the large fortunes that have
been made In West Virginia lands,
to say nothing of the production Of
coal from lands there. Nowhere in
the United States Is coal so easily
mined. .H
ION thing that will surprise tk@
visitor to this portion Of West Vir-
ginia Is the treatment Of their oper-
atives by the coal operators. The
property Of T. E. Huston at Elkhorn
is a fair sample of the coal district
generally. The Illusions were among
the first mine operators to come into
the state from Pennsylvania. The
frame houses they have constructed
for their permanent employees com
pare favorably with the homes Of
workingmen in many Of our cities,
These houses are from six to eight
and ten rooms each, depending upon
the size Of the families, and Huston
personally looks after the comfort
and welfare Of the families> Of those
of his men who have shown their
loyalty to his interests by years Of
service. Nowhere are miners better
treated or paid better wages than
In the mines Of my state.
'Tt is a great part Of the country,
and II I we're to give advice to young
men / would reverse the admonition
Of Horace Greely and say: Go to
Southern, West Virginia