The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-06-21
splendid Ohio valley. the richest OF all
tie great valleys Of the earth.
Love- Srata ana PeOplea

splendid Ohio valley the richest OF all
the great valleys Of the earth.
Loves state ana Peoples
u love our state OF West Virginia. I
Tow" her people. love her magnificent
mountains and charming wales I love
IN" majestic ohio river as ~ sweeps
past our homes ON ITS meandering way
70 the sea. bearing upon It's bosom the
products OF our mills. our factories. our
farms and our FORCES iemmed IN on
eitror side by Gods grand halls. rocked
Ribbed ami towering ia the sunlight.
wh4cH look down a. uuwaVertng Senti-
neiS upon our splendid achievements our
mary c'ouS development and our maEnifi-
cent destiny.
could do otherwise hut admire such
a rIvcs and such surroundings Nv
friends. God never made a richer and
more beautiful valley than the charming
and prosperous valley of the ohio. Talk
ar !"u may 81 tie i.hiDC and the Krone
and the Seine. and the Arb. and the
Tihcr and the Thames THESE valleys
are all large and b.autiful and grand. hut
tn" ohio. our own palo. with It's salt.
and its clay. AMI its iron and IT. coal.
and its oil. and it, Eas. ana its stone.
and It's climate. ana its soil. and ITS
scenery eNceiis them all The possibili-
ties 81 TINS valley are incalculahle. It's
wealth lik" tat ~ troeSuS can not Toe
estimated and It's inhahl,aUts are among
tho n"ulest. manifest ana braVest people
to-day beneath Gods sunshine. We are
IN tie business Of doing things ourselves.
We aren't ny any means lNIng supiUcly
or oar backs up here IN our West Nir-
gina hills. We are digging coal AT "A
A.AaEHfA fatt. the rdfnllldr CLICK OF the
miner'9 picks az" daily heard IN many
Of our mountain Sides as they bring
fortn ere fusky diamonds which brings
mi..lofA 81 dollars IN our JCrSetS every
Ne4r TIE hum Of ire mul saw luis
our inouutaine-rs To- sleep and awak"ns
them from their SiumO"r> al the dawn
Have Everything Hero.
We are pumping oil in sufficient
quantities every Gay ont ~ our West
Wig MIA hills 9" grease all the axles on
tho EARTH AMI have enough left 20 luhri-
cat" th" u"rt1 pole. and 81 &c singcs OF
every lrsustr. IN tne world Moreover
Ne haN" most cvcryt1i- else up here.
inrludius. -" best people beneath the
stars We are fg-t regtnning 70 app-e-
ciat" 'u i'S fullest ." t-,Ic grandeur OF
our lit'le mountain state. under whose
Tag all classes and races 81 men can
walk erect IN u" dignity OF unrestricted
freedom. T ank God IA our great state
no man owns another. and better than
all. labor Is f"rcl er free. VI last We
have learned ~" lesson . ough - was
written ir blood t.at labor Is 81 COD.
ant '~at nothing ~ more sacred ana
more TO be respected t1au honest. faith
ful toll
Labor is wealth AMI man needs no
better passport to fame than he earns
his living ly tlr sweat 81 his brow.
Tree labor and free Thought. my friends.
have tHf" nlnr" 'tgn all things else ~
rie,at" naudhinl They have chained
IN" l-rfH.iE. conquered steam. hriIl'd
in.' in"tf. broken n'Wr asst AMI up-
lift"d mon ANY man who DOES not he
E"f" 81 ft"" labor and free trouE 70 x
an "ueluH ." human i'ugresS and an er-
'n' &" himself ais well a. 90 an fuau-
kind
We ro'o.,o today that ours is 're
f'r"u1"-' state tu''- all states. Here.
unt"r ti"'ts f'"" ~G"iir.t. here. "~ our
works ar" Tanned hy 'h. aii e.: liberty:
zero. 80 "'" 90 IN" l.N'~t and most pros
r"r"uS OF all states o. tl" republic.
here. uu Tor pie, protection - TIE stars
AND Stripes. .'r. rr 'h' banks 81 IA"
great casio b. '.' A'r.nuin- 90 tf" tW"u-