Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-09-10
A Faithful servant.

convince the people that Ben Holaday
is a great and good man. Now, Mr.
if that be true, the people
will find it out in due time, and you
can dispense with your expensive insti>
tuition at once.
But We call attention to the eloquent
language of the editor, in one of those
leaders. Here it is:
"In contrast to these men. Mr.. Hol>
laday amassed his large fortune in 9th
er portions of the Union. The attrac-
tions which Oregon offered to men of
capital and of giant energy and great
public spirit become known to him
Our people published to the world
warm welcome to those who would
come here and embark in that class of
stupendous enterprises which the State
most needed to push her on to a bright
destiny. and in which the wealthy men
resident here had refused to embark, or
were indisposed to venture upon. At
tracted by these resources and cheered
by these expressions Of welcome, Mr.
Holladay came. Speedily he perfected
his plans aud proceeded to the accom-
plishment of the grand scheme in which
he eplbarked-that of constructing
line of railroad from Portland to con-
meet with California and the great over
land railway Mark the consequence.
All along the line of the road real es
tate, which year before could have
been bought for hundreds. rose to
valuation Of thousands of dollars
Tracts which had been source of
trouble if not of loss to their possessors
suddenly made those owners rich
Farms which had been Il drug at pre-.
emption prices rose in value from ten
to even one hundred dollars per acre"
Where is the great fortune amassed
by this giant mind and brought to Or,
eson to save this people from starva.
ton =? O'Meara seems to think that
everybody in Oregon is situated like
himself, dependent on Holiday for
their bread aud butter. Now, We ven
ture the assertion that Ben Holiday
has m m4de more money on this coast
than he ever expended, two to one.
Let any man figure the amount made
by that monopolist in freight and pas
sengers brought to Portland alone, and
he would have larger sam than Ben
has ever expended in Oregon. And
why should he be paid premium To
como here and make money more than
any other man? "Stupendous enter
prises, in which the wealthy men OF Or
egon refused TO embark" Isn't that
brilliant? Extracted by our resources
and cheered by our expressions of vel
come, he came, speedily to perfect his
plans" Yes sir, and he did perfect
them, by getting our West Side land
grant and impoverishing the people,
then purchasing our franchise Of the
West Side Company. to whom Con
yress had donated second grant, and
with an air Of triumph, bid defiance to
our complaints. "And his grand scheme
of constructing line Of railway from
Por tland to California" No, Mr..
O. Meara, if he did come here and per-
feet his sheme- to construct a road
from Portland to California, why now
threaten the people of Southern Ore
gon that, unless they vote for Williams
to go back to the Senate, they shall
have no railroad? Amt you OVERRIDING
the matter, Mr.. Bulletin.
"Mark the consequences. Yes, Mr..
Bulletin, the people of the West Side
have marked the consequences to their
sorrow, and it is true, as you say, that
all along the line of the railroad real
estate has risen from hundre Is to thou.
sands Of dollars. Thus you have de.
monstratcd, by your logic, just what We
haze all the time charged, that the peo
pie of the West Side have been robbed
of their millions. And their farms
which ought to have been ready sale a
from $50 to 500 per acre, are Offered
to-day for from s5 to s15 per acre, anc
no sale. Will the people be convinced
when the Bullet" agrees with us
Robbery is stamped in living, burnip;
capitals upon this whole railroad trans
action.
:. = In the same article we find thes
sickly lines applied to Ben Holiday
"As man Of unbeunded energy an
vast enterprise, a. witnessed in severa
m Of the great operations he has success
:, s. fully conducted, goodly number fror
!" the Western tier of States have com