The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-12-01

Wttnoub MIX. we toOk sip OF thu aux
pushed it aside. Butter was rancid ant
smelt ike niger perspiring freely Of !
hot day. After tasting it wc cOntentet
ourself by merely pointing our case-knif'
at it. Rolls were warm, but clammy and
too sour for our palate. Of vegetables
there we're none except Irish potatoes. -
These ne had, first boiled, secondly fried
and thirdly boiled, and fourthly fried-a
great variety of murphys all will readily
admit The walters were slow, confused
and simpering. This was our breakfast
We went before breakfast to the wash.
room and washed, but oh! horror on top
of horror when We essayed to wipe we
found the towel as wet and dirty as dish
rag. We suppose it safe to say that thir-
ty to fifty poor pilgrims had used that tow
el that morning ere We went to the wash
room for the purposes of ablution.
Why should this Company charge so
|exorbitantly ? Why so much more than
in the States? Money there is worth II
per cent per annum. 1t is about that in
Oregon. Steamboat hands there receive
$50 to $40 per month, and we are told
that is about what they get here. Fuel
there is worth SO to 81 per cord; and it
worth no more here. Provisions are ac-
tually cheaper here than there. The old
Willamette river is not nearly so difficult
and dangerous to navigate as the Missis-
sippi and its tributaries; besides it never
freezes sufficiently to impede navigation
while the northern Mississippi and Mis-
souri, rivers, for several weeks, and some
times months. are closed by ice; and of
course the capital invested in boats nav
igating them is unproduetive during this
ice-embargo. Again We demand: Why
should the Peoples Transportation Com
pany charge so much more for freight, or
passage than they do in the States? 1t
may be said that there is not business e.
nough to keep the boats fully employed.
But this is untrue. They are loaded
down, as a general thing, each way, and
ordinarily have more passengers than
they can comfortably accommodate
The true solution to the question is this
The Peoples Transportation Company are
a heartless, soulless, monied monopoly
and true to the ancestral fame of all mo-
nopolies, they pluck the public goose
while they can, because just now they
have the power.
But we trust this viii not always be
true. They may have no opposition this
year, nor next; but they cannot expect
always to have things all their own way.
This coast is full of sharp-sighted capi-
talists; and in due time they will see that
the Willamette river offers strong induce
ments to them to invest some of their
capital IN an opposition line When the
steamship Montana first made her appear
'ance at Portland, there were those who
prognosticated that she would soon be
hauled off for want of sufficient encour-
agement. But she still continues IN the
trade, and there is scarcely citizen of
Oregon but is either directly or indirect
ly benefited by the Montana Long may
she wave!
We hope to live to see the day when an
opposition line Of steamers on the William
cite will be in full and successful opera
ton. We here and now pledge ourself in
advance to do what we can to have it suit
ably encouraged by the public.