The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-08-07
TRAIN ONCE MORE.

ularly of our Railroad prospects:
"The West Side aud East Side war expect will
rage as savage Us ever in the Legislature and Con-
gress, beth making strike for the land grant
each trying to beat tho other In finishing twenty
miles otroad before November, aud both failing 10
accomplish what they undertake. Tho fable of
the monkey dividing the oyster with tho cats--hc,
tho lobby member, ate It, and each got shell.
(Laughter.l A railroad eanrot exist 10 pay with
cut freight or passengers, aud can see neither.
Who will furnish tho money! What capitalist
win investl From Portland to this plaoo there are
not "a, 600 people Who ever built 200 miles OF
road, costing S5, 000, 900, for such handful OF
peopeg (Sensation.l There are plenty Of cities
that largo III the East, surrounded by cheap land
aud numerous villages. that have not yet got rich
enough to have railway ton miles long. How
then can You expect outside capitalists to ieyest
s., ,o0O 000lor your bcnoft9 Six per cent interest
would be $500 900 year. beside the road could
not pay expenses Of running, saying nothing OF
depreciation and interest, whore money IL worth
two por cent. month"
II Holiday has the Bank of California or tho
Central Pacific back Of him, hc may got rs far as
Eugene City. but tLsFe the locomotive Inust stop
for want Of fuel
Again, tho fate Of small towns IL 10 temporarily
die when locomotive passes through them. Port
land and Sacramento. both ends, will grow fat,
and Jacksonville loan, If the history Of tho imtne-
diate effect Of railways on villages 10 to DO cred
tied.
Oregon viii some day DO gridirousd With rail-
ways. but not immediately.
Mn. TuRSER.-"what do you think Of the
orcgonians and their futurs"
Mn. Train" The hour is too late for debate,
but will boil down your history In paragraph.
The early pioneers were heroes. Half century
hence you will be spoken Of rs the great column of
progress. They worc giants in those days. Zap
plausc Six months on the Buffalo and Indian
trail, facing fover and starvation, aud six days on
the Pacific Railway in a PuilmAn Hotel Car, arc
two distinct eras Ia civilization, as shown in my
epgram on the Pullman Palace Car"
Train don't talk all Of this incongruity
for nothing. The idea underlying all of
this, is that the State must help build
Railroads must change its Constitution
get into debt-cover itself with mortgages
scatter abroad its interest bearing Bonds,
All very nice but it won't wash here
Mr.. Tram We believe is railroad dabbIer
himself-owns stock in the U. p Il. r.
a road built By Government and owned by
aprivate corporation. he wants Oregon TO
saddle herself with debt, aud build road
which is to be the property Of few indi.
viduals. Perhaps Train would generously
consent TO become part owner-would
find it as good as Omaha lots.
If the Railroad is such a non.paying
institution when built by private cash, VIC
are afraid it won't make large returns il
built BY the State.
From Portland TO Jacksonville, there
are more than twice 10000 people-more
than twice that number in the counties
which the proposed East Side Road will
biseet. Here are some figures, based on
the popular vote Of 1868: Clsckamas,
Gas, Marion 1890, Linn II $40. Lane
AGO Douglas $3.50, Jackson 6,650 To.
tai 81 POS. This does not include the
counties upon the West side of the river.
Dir. Train is welcome TO these figures. We
hope he will avail himself Of them.
Suppose the road built to Eugene, where
Train says it must stop, its construction
can't exceed in cost two and half mill.
ions-wont reach it. Six per cent inter.
est is s150,000. Within the year of the
completion of the road to that point, Lane
county will singly pay it that sum for
freight; Marion will pay it much I1rgcr
sum, and Linn will double it. This is no
idle speculation. 1t is calculated upon the
products now sent 10 market. as derived
from sttainable and authentic sources.
Linn county will pay this year $3.50, 600
upon her grain crop, add to this her bacon,
butter, eggs, wool aud other products, and
you may approximate what she pays on
exports alone. But the marvellous effects
that all railroads have had upon the coun.
tries through which they are built, show
that the capacity for production is the
true basis upon which 20 calculate tho
business that road will receive, and thi,
would multiply our figures many times
| Slr. Train thinks We cannot compete il
inducements to emmigrants with Iowa
| Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. W.
certainly have soil as productive. Weart
much nearer 10 the two gates-San Fran
cisco and Puget Sound-by which thu
commerce Of Asia is TO enter. We car
get our 45O million pairs of boots, and ou
450 million felt hats to China quicker ant
cheaper than they. The crickets do no
eat our crops. Our bridges are not torn u,
onr towns blown down and our haryes
fields inundated by tornadoes and food
in July. Moreover, aa evidencing tn
comparative resources of Oregon aud tn
States mentioned our citizens have NOR
dollars per capital than they.
These brief amendments we trust Mr.
Train will read to his future audiences
and give them the opportunity OF vote
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/ The Herald has commercial editor
aud yet gives no market quotation o
State warrants. Do any of these warrant