The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-12-15
STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT.


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the p. Trans. Company. We expected
this, and hence we are not taken by sur
prise nor in anywise disappointed. We
oxpected that Tray, Blanche and Sweet
heart would bark and snap at our heels
Under the circumstances il is fair to pre-
sumo that both these editors have been
bought up by the Company. We appre-
hend it did not take much of the money
they are daily hauling in, by the scoop
shovel full, to set these two worthless af-
ter us in full chorus What the Gazette
has to say VIC copy in full because it shy
far the better defence of tho two. When
We state that the editor Of the Enterprise
was, all last spring and summer, very hos
tile to the old line of steamships, on the
ground that they were monopolies: and
when We further state that, on one occa-
sion, he vas so Extensively personal that
one of the captains knocked him down on
one OF the wharves of Portland, the pub
lie will agree with Us that something must
have crossed his palm Else why change
about so suddenly and defend monopoly
on the Willamette? All the Enterprise
editor did, when his applicant was capsi-
zed, as above set forth, was to pick him
self up, adjust his slightly dilapidated
beaver, heroically seize his cane, and
walk off! leaving the belligerent captain
aforesaid alone in his glory. But enough
of this. Here is what the Gazette has TO
say -
"Tho editor Of the State Right. Democrat in his
last issue. poured his ''vials Of wrath" upon the
Peoples transportation Company. lie has dis
covered that the scale Of prices for freight and
passage on the Willamette is much b. CHER than on
the Missouri and Mississippi rivers He also intI-
mates that the boats do not furnish good Gnoaia
for fifty cents he did while in the hotel business
/ in Albany. lie complained Of the walters coffee
potatoes, hcefsteak, wash room, towels--in fact
Everything seemed TO go wrong with the aforesaid
editor. aud 10 such fearful cktept that he inagin-
cd thS butter "smelt like niggcr perspiring freely
tof bot day" We are no Apologiat for Inonopo-
lies, far from IL. We should like to see q line Of
!
ette and prices Of freight and passage reIueed--
/ But nj the same time, We do not thiak there is
good ground At the present, for crying out against
/ the +. L. Go. They have expended large sumo Of
money in boats, warehouses and improvements cf
tho upper river, 20 cay nothing Of their gigantic
/ improvements at the falls. Suppose they have
made money off the public They have not
boarded IL up. 1t has been placed in circulation
aad every dollar spent in improving and facilitat
ing transii at the falls is direct and positive ad
vantage TO this upper country. Farmers can now
ship their pEoduce TO Portland or to San Francisco
I IN good shape. Ipstead Of being cartsd for three
fourths Of mile over rough road, - formerly
/ il now only has TO pass through the warehouse
/ from the boats above the falls to those below For
this outlay Of capital, II II right and proper that
/ the Company should have remuneration The
same "hue and cry Is frequently raised against
the o. :. y. Co. without which the mines Of East
! ern Oregon and Idaho would scarcely be known
The samc objections might be urged against the
/ Oregon and California Stage Company. the tsle
graph, and, in fact, against every Improvement on
/ the pTm tive mode Of communication or convey
nnce. At the time mentioned. tho boats had not
commenced making their regular tripa. IL is diff
ferent now. Whatever may be said against the
+ +. I. Co, this upper country would move very
slow without il. And when Eish % visit Port
/ land or Salem, VIC are content to pAtrOniIe the
boats, and give the delightful mud " CONS Of the
stage company" wide berth. We hope friend
Abbott will be ia a happier mood the next time he
has occasion 10 visit the metropolis, and perhaps
he will see things in different light
The Gazette editor says he is no apollo
gist for monopolies. Why, then, write a
long and labored article in defence of one
Of the most crushing and grinding mo-
nopolies on this coast? If our Corvallis
friend must fb occasionally, We advise
him not to cause his fibs to stand out in
bold relief on the very face OF the article
containing them. The one under copsid-
Grafton is so plain and palpable that the
wayfaring man, though fool, cannot a.
void seeing it, The editor AYERS that he
would "like to SEQ line of opposition
steamers running on the upper William
cite, and prices of freight and passage
reduced" Yet he thinks it isn't right to
say aught against the p, Transportation
Company. lie frankly admits that they
shave made money off the public" but
he claims that it has been put in circula-
tion that large sums of money have
been expended in boats, warehouses and
improvements of the upper river, and in
Gigantic Improvements at the falls. -
What would be thought of robber who
should plead, in extenuatlon of his rob-
berries and blood-shed, and as reason why
he should not be punished at all, that he
had expended his ill-gotten pelf in "gi-
gantic improvements" in this county p
Would any intelligent and honest jury
clear him on such grounds Would his
crimes be any the less aggravated and
heinous a? Certainly not. Yet his plea
would be quite as weighty, and as much
entitled to respectful and serious conside-
ration as is the one urged in behalf of
the .plucking of the public by the Peoples
Transportation Company.
The editor of the Gazette says that it
is right and proper that the Company be
repupcrated for their outlay of capital
To this we agree. But this is not the
question in issue; and the Gazette will
permit Us to say he has completely eva
ded it. No one objects to improvements
being made up and down the Willamette
river. Everybody likes to see warehou-