The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-06-13
The right to tax every article we buy


or sell before VIC can bny or cell ttiat
article, we, in a manner, belong to that.
company, and this is our fix exactly.
Eastern Oregon belongs to the o. S.
N. Co, and unless we caf have a
|"Ilock and Dam Swindles at the Gas.
cades on the Columbia we will con-
time 10 be owned by that company.
But any person or party that would
undertake TO build Locks would
he met with the same Opposition the
Stale had to contend with in the con-
strnction OF The Locks at Oregon City.
No company is going 10 loosen their
bold on the purse Of a people without
n desperate fight. The O. s. n. Co.
has too good thing TO give it up
readily; but what has been their good
thing has been onr curse, for that
company has cost the country more
money in regular downright "hogingo
tEan any other institution this side ofthe
White House. It has bindered the
prosperity Of the country; let me show
an instance or two. The DaIles is
the head of navigation on the CcIdm-.
bIa; il Is second to none for natural
water privileges, and it is destined to
be at some future day great manu-
featuring city-.t should be now-but
il is 10 the interest of The o. 5. n. Co. to
keep capital from investing there, for
they know that capital interested in
preparing any article for market must
demand cheap transportation. Capt.
tai would construct these locks at the
Cascades place competing lines on
the river and force cheap transporta-
tiof. 1t was for this reason that the
DaIlcs Wooden Mills was killed-the
fear shat one branch of industry there
would create another, and thus bring
in capital This country needs those
mills To- work up our wool crop, and
this brahch of industry would grow
every year, as a large number of the
settlers are engaged in sheep raising
who have TO pay the company fifteen
dollars per ton TO transports their
wool to SOME other kei; thea fiji
teen dollars TO bring the cloth home
again, instead of having it worked MP
here. Ii capital was invested at the
Dalles il would soon be the largest
j ~
Another business the Daiies shoald
be engaged in is beef.packing. 1t is
the best adapted of any place in Ore
gon, but the beeyes that are raised here
are driven direct TO Portland, and then
packed there, thus escaping the
heavy freight on the river. The at
linosphere at the DaIles is better for
packing and preserving meat than at
Portland; beng light and dry, while
at the latter place it is heavy and
damp. Another advantage Is. the
Dalles is situated in the heart OF the
stock raising country, and nothing
but the outrageous ta,iff on the river
prevents her from monopolizing this
trade.
The Dalies is destined, as have
said, TO some day be the place of con-
. siderable Importance; it is the rail of
none; the place can compete for the
trade that goes there surrounded by q
, vast country that is dependent on it
Tor its trade II only lacks capital to
take this position il rightly OWNS, but,
so long as it is crippled By the present
ruinous means of transportation. cap
iial will seek an opening elsewhere.
! High rates for freight will continue
until we have competing line OF
; boats on the river, aud that will not
, be until there is locks constructed at
the Cascades. 1t, would be money
!, for Eastern Oregon TO tax herself and
! buiIi the locks alone The money
! would soon be payed hack in cheap
i eued transportation We could save
4 SIP per ton on all our freight; Sl.5C
4 on beef cattle which we ship in the
] spring, besides il would open up our
!, | country. FURRY TEETERs.
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