The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-28
DECEPTIVE
CLAIMS MADE
BY PUBLICITY AGENT OF THE
COAL OPERATORS OF
WEST VIRGINIA.
Statements and Figures That Do
Agree With Records of
The Tax Office.
TO The Editor Of The InteIllsencer.

4" ne Edltor OF The Intelligence.
SIR -" Ninc TypieHi Coal Counties
giaring headline 10 an article bv q 4.
Mclntosh. press agent OF the Coal Oper-
ators Assoclatiou. appearing Ia numer-
Gus newspapers OF the state II h. the
humble judgment OF the writer that tbe
SSsi interests campaign OF education
VII aud should iail n no more potent
argument can be advanced than the mis-
statements and false assumptions CON
tanned IN this article The peopIc 81
/ West virginia will not be fooled by such
mlsrepresentations. and In my Judgment
ne coal operators could spend fheir
money 10 better advantage than having
their representative attempt TO deceive
For tho purpose OF showing I'm i'm
pressiNe fashion what the coal devotion
ment has done Tor West Virzinla's gov
eminent u a. stated that the nine
typical coal counties in West virginia
oesr nearly oue-third OF the entire as
ses-ment on real estate and personal
counties named are McBoueu Fav-
cite. Marion. Logan. kanawha. Harrison.
l.alelEh Mercer and MinEo. with a total
assessment for the year i9i2-lf a.
shown hy the report ~ the state Tav
commissioner. Or f1g6. qb3 f0e. These
t,sures and others that viii appear IN
. thiF communication do not agree With
those used in the article above referred
90 but are correct
Unfair To other Industries
DO is undcnlablc that the coal indus
even though "the thing that o. sought TO
ne impressed Dr. ne magnitude Of the
coai business is 90 not unfair - the
"thfr inauetrles of the state 10 ghe o.
ithe coal Industry credit FOR that OF
which they are properly entitled Even
the counties mentioned above az the tru-
..al coal counties have interests which
arc paramount Oh The aggregate. so the
.oal lnourtfl. Th'e is reflected hv their
Total assfased value OF urorcrfF. the
coal property being but forty tfot.D per
~ HU Al NHm q ~
gut ~ against more than $4,000 600
Iei oih"r property. Instead. therefore
~ PAYING 'one-third Of the tasca" paid
~ at property within the state tho
coal Industry within these nine Typical
..al .nlntier paws Irra than one aelnhfh
no ,N' ie fnr.n"r In Kama ~ ha
coal PRODUCING r0unties-out of Il total
HfHeaaod valuation 81 more than ftt-
100000 tIela-ifl coal properties are aa.
ressed af ices than a. 600 600 Yet. even
though only ten u0eI rrf cent of fnr
1sseased value Of the property of tho
nit n coai PROPERTY. thc afo-efaid
f1e whole credit Tor al OF che rountr.a
'rrWen dona Development ignoring come
r.etrlr BOO Immensely valuable oU and
Industry be- extensive aericuiiurs. be-
rreaf municipal Development etc 10 the
writer t1is clearly appears 90 be- a case
Just a. rorcsfui
NJ nav nf SAID with just al much
Inr"N INnI fIN nine lfuIrHI mauufHE fura
ing counties Of ohio Marshall Wood
rabeii kanawha. Uarrison. Marion. 40
nnnrHIa and Taylor wtfh an assessed
uHiuf % 500. Ita ffn. show In even more
lHI urrHaINr fashion" ErrHuan ~ fnaIr
Errlfrl valuation what the uanufscfuf.
.Ia have dome fur Weef virginia. COVE
eminent nr fne nine "fFuirnI HHrIlHIf.
'IrH| counties Of gfrenIrIfr. UnrrInur.
Ne ".IF. Preston. Jefferson. Hnhr.|.
Marion. Wool 1rH nnHfrIdrr with fnrff
.ufal asaeaaed value of t1lfIsTg10. NAV
.r pointed fn fn show Iu impressive
fashion what tHr farmers have done
fnr West NIrnIuIn.r rntrrnnranf.f rr|
fIe raaraerf value 81 fffafGffUr of ffs'
nine typical Faa and on counties of|
HulurInrr Harrison. Lewis. Marion
Mou0uFHfla Weferf TYLER Kanauna anH|
MARSHALL. uaV DO cited 90 show Co., FIN
ureaaINn fashion what tho naa and nT|
interests have done f1f West NirFin.l