Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-01-06

it is that not only as citizen of the
state, but as one born into agriculture
and still connected with it personally,
l will devote my administration, Il
elected, to the betterment of agricul-
tural conditions. Productivity is the
source Of prosperity. The soil of West
Virginia can be made to produce much
more than it now yields: the methods
of marketing can be made more profit
able both for the farmer and the con-
sumner. A large part of my administra'
ton will be devoted to this most i'm
portant matter.
"West Virginia is the home of
greater quantity of raw materials in
the way of minerals than any other
state in the union. Here, again, the
principle economic factor toward pros
perity is increased productivity. And
this can only be accomplished by an
administration of the laws of the state,
that, while bringing about justice to
all engaged, will protect the property
and employment in which they are en-
gagged. In the end, the interests of all,
both the employer and the employe,
enter in that kind of mutual justice
that will keep the mines, the wells and
the other sources of mineral produc-
ton at their peak; which means also
the least amount of interrupted opera
ton.
"West Virginia is becoming a great
manufacturing state and can become,
in time, the greatest manufacturing
state for the laws of economics ordain
that manufacturing can be best done
where the greatest amount of raw ma
terial going into it is located. Trans
portation of the finished product will
always be cheaper than transportation
of the raw material. To this end, the
mineral resources of the state should
be devoted, subject only to the inter-
state commerce clauses of the consti-
tuition, to their transportation into
manufactured products within the
state. What I would like to see would
be the greatest amount of raw material
resources sent into other states ana
foreign countries in the form of nm
ished product. / am proud to be able
to say that the years l have given to
the development of West Virginia's re-
sources have been given with the pri-
mary purpose of helping to build up
the manufactures of West Virginia.
believe the natural resources OF this
state should be used so far as posi-
BILE within the state, and that the poi
lev of the state should constantly aim
in that direction. The chief economic
factor is productivity, not only fac
tor in directly increasing wealth, but
also a factor in taxation. While ex-
penditures for state purposes will nat
uraily grow corresponding to the
growth of the state, increased produc-
tivity should increase tax assessments
and. thereby. decrease the tax rate in
the state, county, district and munich
paIity. /.
1.-THE men, women and children OF
the state should constitute homoge-
neous society of English-speaking
American citizens. The people Of a
state are its greatest asset, and no
money is wasted that is wisely spent
"a training the minds and bodies. n
slevating the vision andNwidening the
OPPORTUNITIES for the children of the
state. Our educational and, humane
institutions deserve not only liberal
support, but ! think q very larger
moo S,lre of Sunport than they have
heretofore received. Particularly !
xould like to see large additions 10
such humane social work as the pre-
Eention OF tuberculosis. Our santa
rum at Terra Alta is doing good work,
out It Is far from meeting all the de-