Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-01-15
For West Virginia State Board Of
Trade Bulletin.
PREDICTS 1910 BANNER YEAR
Says Business of All Kinds Has I'm
proved in Past Six Months--Says
West Virginia Needs Better FaciH-
ties for Getting Her Products to the
Markets.

In the January number of the State
Board of Trade Bulletin. which has
just been issued, appears an inter
esting letter from Governor Glass
cock. The letter. which is very en-
thusiastic and optimistic, is as fol-
lows.
Il am happy to say that business
in this State of all kinds has greatly
improved in the last six months, and
this statement will he verified by the
banker, manufacturer, the business
man, the operator and the laboring
man. The banker has witnessed an
increase in deposits which is little
less than phenomenal; the manufact-
urer has kept his mill running at its
full capacity and is now making prep
aration for the enlargement of his
plant; the business man has been
busy with the duties of the day and
discussing plans for taking care of
an increased business; the ccal OPP
orator, who, few months ago did
nothing but complain of the market,
would now be perfectly happy IL he
could get more cars; the laboring
man can find employment of so many
kinds at so many different places that
he takes his choice of jobs offered
In short there is general feeling OF
optimism among our people.
Il think the year 1910 will be one
of the best If not the very best, in
the history of the State Why? Be-
cause there is not a single cloud that
l can see lowering over the business
wcrld. and especially is this true in
West Virginia as can be found any
where. and their optimistic feeling
convinces me that they are going into
the new year with zeal and earnest
ness for success that cannot fail. We
have great mills and factories capable
of giving employment to many thous-
ands of people, and with cheap fuel
and ether conditions so favorable
their future prosperity is assured. The
coal mined and shipped in 1910 will be
limited only by the car supply and the
miners who can be employed. The
farmers graaaries are full and his
bank account inspires him with con-
fidence in the future. You can hear
of no merchants who are thinking of
curtailing his business, while on the
contrary many are planning for a
largely increased business. The pes
simist will have but few people to lis
ten TO his tales of woe.
"One of the things most needed in
West Virginia is increased facilities
for getting our products to market.
We need more railroads and better
harbors, and our navigable rivers, or
at least some of them should be inn
proved. | am not advised as to what
river improvements we may expect in
the near future, but i feel confident
that we are entering a new era OF
railroad building.
There is hardly a section OF the
State where the building of one or
more lines Of railroad is not being dis
cussed, and in some places the road
is in process of construction. Not
wnhstanding the financial depression
we built last year 1905 miles of new
road.
West Virginians, be of good cheer.
No other State in the Union can of
fer you better inducements than you
can find among the hills and valleys
of the Mountain State"
Yours very truly.
WIN. e. GLASSCOCK.