The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-02-18
o. ECON AND KANSAS.
Eus7tNE Cry. 0. T. Dec. 25. l85

Eu5tSE CRY, o. T., Dec. Is, 1857.
10 the Edito. of the National Era:
Il wish to I esent, through the medium of the
National Et ~ some facts respecting the re-
! sPechve men of Oregon and Kansas Terrific
Eries. have resided in Oregon Eve years, and
feel that l q tolerably prepared to point o1t
It's advsntag and disadvantages.
: The cline is mild and even. 1t is very
rare occurr' Zee for the thermometer to fall
as low as zeSs, and as rare for it to rise above
80. The MI Ats in the summer are uniformly
cool-so mt! so, that person can generally
sleep comfortably under q blanket. The win.
tiers are so tolerate that many families have
lived for yesr3 in log cabins, without anything
to stop the eSscks, except clspboards nailed on
sthem.*
; The healtis incomparably better than any
eportion of tIscountry east of the Rocky Noun.
/ tains, and tSh which have any acquaintance /;
and / am tsisrably familiar with the country
and the ascsat of Laurel Hill, in the Allegheny
|. As to the. soil, it is all rich bottoms, val.
zleys, hills, nhd mountains, producing wheat,
rye, oats, bailey, potatoes, cabbage &C., of the
/. finest qualita, and in great abundance. Thun.
der storms are almost unknown. 1t is not
likely that & lightning-rod will ever be erected
in the Willasnstte valley from the fact that they
would be coasidered utterly useless. So much
for Oregon. Nov, for Kansas.
1t is well known that Kansas is q high, open,
prairie country; that it is subject to great ex-
tremes, both of heat and cold. Winters in
! tensely cold, with deep SHOWS. The summers
very hot, and at times sultry, producing musqui-
toes to any sknount. Again, that country is sub
ject to the most violent and destructive thunder
storms. In zansas, beasts and men are often
destroyed BY lightning.
disputed. 8, far as Indian corn is concerned,
it is far abe I'd of Oregon but as to wheat,
Oregon is jI ct as far ahead of Kansas. And
when we coz 70 to speak of the health of Kansas,
there is no comparison with Oregon. Bilious
complaints, q various forms, such as chills
and fever, b Iious fever, typhoid and congestive
fevers, are common in Kansas. / have no
prejudice az inst Kansas wish that country
and it's inha. itants abundant success as free
State. But in truth, am bound to say, if any
man wants, q pleasant and happy home, let
him not stoy east of the Rocky Mountains, bat
make his ! ~ to Oregon, where 10000 more
Inhabitants are now needed, mostly in the
way of me 1anics. Having drawn brief
comparison, between Oregon and Kansas Ter
ritories, I 8, oil now write short chapter on
suC niuo VI OTcSOu uccu5.
First we >~ant skillful mechanics, industri.
Gus, sober mechanics, of almost all kinds
smiths, cs Penters, wagon makers, carriage
makers, b., 7ness-makers, shoemakers, tanners,
hatters, brtbm-makers, &c. We are importing
all sorts &C manufactured articles from the
Eastern States, from an eighthorse- power
thrashing ,naachine down to a clothes-pin,
when almoss all of them could be manufac.
tured here GUST as readily as in any other part
of the worlE if we had the mechanics to do it.
We have sGy amount of the finest water power
in the word: We have an inexhaustable supply
of the fne.g timber that ever grew out of the
earth-susa as red, yellow, and white fir, pine,
yew, and edars of gigantic size, white oak,
black OAK maple, ash, balm, and many other
kinds too tedious to mention. The price of
labor is 800 high-smiths charge from So
to IS for shoeing horse. Iron is worth
ten cents per pound. Carpenters get from
three to fse dollars per day, common laborers
two dollae5 per day and their board, and other
kinds of labor in proportion. Thousands of
common lSeorers are wanted, and could get
ready employment.
Again, Oregon needs first class school teach
ers. Such teachers are very scarce, and receive
from fifty to one hundred dollars per month.
CompeteHs female teachers are greatly needed
They cou get from thirty to seventy.fve dol
lars pes ,onth. The great difficulty in keep
ing sup sly of female teachers is, they all mar.
ry off in fep nsonths-no matter how homely,
old or yorfig, they all marry.
The neg question is, how are those emigrants
TO get to .t,resona I answer, they must come
by sea; 9. d if they have not the money to pay
their pass5 ge, they must borroD it from their
friends q d if they are honest and Industrious,
they will DON be able to pay it back. Colum.
bia Colle1 Q, situated at this place, Eugene
City, has about $50 students, and large por-
ton of the are females. 1t is in great want of a
female te, cher, but there is none to be had.
Repe fully, &c,
JAMES 81. D. HENDERSON.
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