The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-03-18
OUR DALLES CORREsPON.
DENCE.

Not long since there appe ared in the
columns of our county paper eulo.
gium on the city of its birth, in which
the author, editor or composer, which
ever he may be, spoke in high commen-
dation of the many commodities, advan-
tages, structures, &c, of our prosper
ing town, mentioning among many
things. (some which we have forgotten. J
the existence of "woolen factory in
active operation" telegraph Office,
connecting Portland and the Dallcs,' -
several "miles of railraad," "the
seat of the U. S. branch mint" and
" Printing Office Well, 80 far,
very good but we, the residents of
this enthusiastic town, should like to
make u few comments upon that ex-
tracted paragraph, and very calmly
inform Lin that he has SO far jeopar-
Gized his veracity rs to publish few
prevarications concerning the merits
of the Dalles, as we suppose, for the
benefit of persons unacquainted with
the district. To be sure, we once had
an old shell of n factory, but from the
beginning it was an abolition swim
ding affair, but long since the clatter
of the "noisy wheel" has been still
4 word more for the "woolen facto-
ry." We certainly will admit there
were once n few refused fleeces, work
ed up into socks, very lily made and
work enough left TO be done by hand
(if properly paid for) TO more than
cover the profits. BY and by this
work was advertised in the Mou,fainee,,
''as nice, equitable employment for
ladies'" &c. Well, Indies took these
dirty, greasy, filthy socks to make /;
little girls took them and worked
faithfully every spare moment from
school and what reward did they
reap? Why, instead of being paid
for their pains, and praised for their
promptness, they only heard "old
Cunninghain's" bear-hke growl that
they ''wern't half made, and payday
don't come till the 10th day of next
month" To You and me. TO whom dis
are nothing new, i. mat
ters little or nothing, but the idea of
swindling child A set of abomina-
bic abolitionists But why need we lie
surprised? No lNte mean thing is too
lille or TOO mean for ii Yankee Radical
TO do. But enough about the factory,
suffice it to say, each successive owner
burned his fingers aud the present
one sold the socks con tick" and seeks
i'll vain for n marle. for the machinery.
This, indeed, is "actiye operation. -
As to the telegraph and railroad, we
have no word of comment. They
were constructed and are owned by a
"soul-less monopoly" and reflect
neither merit nor demerit on the citi-
zens. The U. S. Branch Mint i,
simply den of blacks, where a white
man stands no show at all and then
there is one famous printing Office
Yes, the city of Dnlles affords print
ing Office, which tells us of all our col
ored friends, and about the woolen
factory, in fact all the little news
about the streets, not emitting to de-
lineate in glowing colors our prosper
GUS condition. Well, this is, no doubt,
q lively place ; we have party or ball
occasionally, and once in a great while
a runaway match; plenty of gossip
about my neighbours expensive ward
robe, and at least f,co slick bits in con-
slant circulation. This is what we
call enterprise. Your correspondent
FROM THE DALLEs.