The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11

them. in addition to an academic edu,
cation. many opportunities Tor special
training. but there are yet broad fields
for specia work which I!i have 5 not yet
town. or at some other place. it should
he our aim 10 add these lines OF
special training, 10 the end that any am
bilious boy or girl in West Virginia
prove Of his talents and increase his
usefulness at the most moderate eX-
pense. In this great state Of ours prob
ably 10000 men every day go TO their
daily toll. They work in mines. facto-
RIGS and in work shops. on the railroads
and in the mills on the farms and in
tn" lumber camps. 4 Thousand differ
rnt lines command their attention. yet
in the whole state. from the north 10
the south, and from the east 10 the
far spent on education. We have not
n single institution that processes to be
able in IN" slightest degree 10 train the
son nf working man In the trade OF
community Is a large mass Of skilled
labor. We could wipe out every indus
try. We could destroy every glass house
and every mine and every mill and every
factory. and If VIC could retain our large
body of skilled working men we could
soon restore 10 its original strength
every industry In the state. We hear
much nf tho dignity of labor. but there
is no dignity TO labor that Is not accom-
panied by brains and conscience. and II
the great industrialism Of this state is
TO be maintained II our mills and fac
tories and mines and work shops arc 10
prosper in tho years 10 come. II must
be the aim Of the state 10 provide the
means by which the earnest amhit ious
boy can learn tho Utmost secrets Of his
trade and can make himself a better
and more efficient working man; not
only learn the routine of automatic la
hn
chemical combinations that produce re-
suits. the secrets Of successful salesman
ship, OF factory operation. and all the
manifold details IF business. look
forward with confidence to the day when
West Virginia will provide In the Ohio
Valley and other sections. great institu-
lions that will be devoted to the sclen-
tifc and practical study OF our indus
trial problems; training schools that Will
turn out skilled workmen. laboratories
Of research. that will make experts and
specialists. let us with wisdom and
courage forward that day. and we will
TO q very large degrees solve the labor
quest ion. and will Insure West Virginia 8
industrial Leadership.
We have in our interior counties some
or the most magnificent scenery to be
found In America. yet the splendid ristas
Of the Allegheny and Blue Ridge Noun
tains are almost sealed books. simply
because 50 far We have not built roads
W
We must face the road problem. In
splte Of the enterprising efforts of a
few counties for road improvement. we
can be absolutely sure that we will never
have good roads until the state takes
the work In hand and provides state aid
and state direction In road building. We
could afford TO spcnd upon our roads
every year a sum OF money equal to the
entire amount OF the states taxes at
the present time. and every dollar Of 1t
might be spent wisely and well. With
a good system OF roads. West Virginia
will become the Switzerland Of America.
the summer play ground for tens Of
thousands Of tourists: and hamlets to-
day unknown. villages Nesting in OBJ
security in our mountains from the north
to the south. will become popular re-
sorts and enrichd with the patronage OF
distant states.
Not only this but a system OF good
roads Will give the greatest possible
stimulus to agriculture. and especially