The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-28

rqaal 70 1884 PET cent
Value o. lumber producis. from 49,
0 DO e sse5 700. 900. 81 81 ss2sDOOs
CW equal 10 $50 per cent
Inmber cut nom s.4iO2sl.0eo tset
10 1SsOssssiooo feet b ~ 1853,
essoO0 feet. equal TO 4ee per cent
paleue o. farm products, from $780,
10000 to s2,2250oo!000, or BY si,56F,
900 900. equal TO 2s7 per cent.
Bales Of cotton raised. from 67ss..
,sl to 10.5s2.ss6, or by 4,s5s,OSs bales,
equal to So per cent
Value Of the cotton crop. not includ.
Ing seed. from sa1e, 100000 to ;st4,-
Osf. 900. or by 1901 $4,000. equal to
Oh per cent.
Corn, wheat. and oats raised, from
5i7, s2S.44O bushels to s1S.s1S.OOO bush.
els, or by 24O.7Ss.56O bushels, equal to
a per cent.
Value of mineral products, from Sls.
$500 to s2SeslS.347. OF by s2i3t-
@o,417, equal to 1876 per cent.
Coal mined. from 6,0S7yOOS tons to
E4-S29.sS5 tons, or by s ,7s2.sS2 tons.
mual to 1.47O per cent
Iron ore mined, from S42,454 tons to
ts16.O27 tons. or by 5,47S,573 tons.
co ual to 64s per cent.
Petroleum produced, from 179,0OC
barrels to 27,2Ss.O57 barrels, or by
q .O6O,O57 barrels, equal to 1918 per
cent.
Phosphate mined. from 1870. 76s tons
10 2,253,1sS tons, or by 2,O62,435 tons.
equal to 1,OO71 per cent.
Railroad length, from 20 612 miles
10 67,1S1 miles. OF by 46,459 miles,
equal to 221 per cent.
Exports from southern ports, from
1924, 905,75S to .$G4s, O9S, lis, or BY
$3.50, 192.962, equal to las per cent.
Aggregate resources OF national
Lanks, from $171, 464,172, to sl,1OO..
t17,s3S, or by s02S,65S.6 66, equal &c
sal per cent.
Capital Of national banks, from $46..
6SS,93O to S162.55S,2SO. or by S115..
$50, 300, equal to 24S per cent.
Individual deposits in national banks
from 1854. S,249 to $531,177. 5Sz or by
S466,544,2SS, equal to 721 per cent.
Deposits Of State banks, savings
banks. private banks, and loan and
trust companies, from ~$SS,444576 to
S624752,4S7, or by s544,SO7 1861, equal
to 649 per cent.
Expenditures for common schools
from S9,796,O4O to sS7.6S7.615, or by
S27.S91,575, equal to 2S5 per cent.
What a marvellous record these fig
ures show! What ownderful future
les before the Southern States!
West Virginia, the State which |
have the honor in part to represent in
this Chamber, has been wiser than
some OF her sisters in the South. AS
a State, she is &c years old this com
ing June. For years ignored by the
eastern portion of tie "old Dominion
Inc western part was looked upon a:
a mountain wilderness. Now the world
knows West Virginia.
The value of her coal can scarcely
be estimated. Ten thousand miles o.
her territory is underlaid with thi,
mineral. This gives only a faint fdes
10 the general mind of the immensit,
o: this deposit, To say that there arf
over 100000 acres of West Virginia
in coal land gives but a little bette,
idea. When it is stated, however, thai
the coal OF this State could supply tar
markets of the United States for two
hundred years with bituminous coal
at the present rate of production, some
idea can be gained.
Her wealth in petroleum is IN.
known, and what the future Of this
product may be no one can tell. Last
year the oil output was valued at over
twenty millions of dollars. She is also
r!ch in natural gas. and the value OF
the production of that article last year
amounted to overv eight millions Of dol.
But in these three items, eac1
great in itself, only a portion of our
wealth is known. New gas wells and
new oil wells r being found every
lay and new coal territory Is being dc.
seloped.
In addition to these there is other
great material wealth. Sandstone of
elmost any size and texture can be
quarried. An abundance OF good pot.
ter's and fire clay is found, and West
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