The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-11-05
Thrifty Oregon.

Thrifty Oregon.
Not many States are making as gOOd
progress ON Il solid AID enduring basis to-
ward the llnes of agricultural and COM
mercial achievements as our thrifty neigh
bor Oregon. Her popnlation-175, 535-
Is comparatively small, but 1t is like a
thoroughbred horse in training for long
heats, all bone, muscle and action. In
1850 it numbered just as many as San
Francisco-15.000. In 1850 the figures
were 52,465. In 1870 they were 9O,923
and by the census this year l15. .535. This
shows very fair rate of increase for new
State so isolated as Oregon was from 1850
to 1870. In 1870 Portland. the chief town,
contained but G,7l7 inhabitants. 1t now
has over 10000, and tor a place of that num-
| ber exhibits N ore commercial vitality than
any city in the Union. A few compara-
| tive figures of export will explain the rapid
| growth both of POI tland and the State in
production and commerce.
| In 1867 Oregon exported but 120,9S0
| barrels OF flour and &c. $50 bushels of wheat.
! None of it went TO foreign countries. In
| 1870 the exports of wheat and flour amount
ell TO SI.050, 500. OF this amount, 316,-
| 4SO bushels, valued at $379,61s went direct
! from Portland to Europe. IL was the in
! auguration of Oreg0n's foreign trade
and it gave a great stimulus to her pro-
| ductive industry. In the next year the
/ foreign wheat trade aggregated 1881. .6S9.
In 1874 the foreign shipments of wheat
and flour employed fifty-two large vessels
and were valued at 81 1874 The total
receipts from wheat and flour exports that
year to foreign and domestic ports were
S4, ,O37 GOO. In 1875 there were seventy
three vessels employed in the direct trade
from Portland to ports in Europe, China
| and Australia. and their outHaid carSoes
embraced 1900 600 centals of wheat and
10000 barrels of flour. In the same year
S25. 600 centals of wheat came from Port
land to San Francisco. Reducing flour to
wheat. the total shipments in 1876 amount
ed to 4.272. 39S bushels. In the harvest
year ending August 1, 1878. the total ex-
ports to foreign and domestic ports aggre-
gated 800, 0O0 bushels of whea:, valued
at s., ,635, 156. And now comes to us the
animal report of the Portland Board OF
Trade with these astonishing figures of ex-
ports for the year ending August /, 1880 !:
Salmon exports in cases to San
Francisco . ........ $3.50, ,61o
Wheat, flour, oats, hops. hides,
POTATOES. lumber and picked
salmon to San Francisco -. 2,902, 473
Lumber, wool. etc., from Coos
bay to San Francisco. -. 2,155,1 ,147
Foreign exports direct, of wheat
and flour. r....N....... 4,7s6,6
mon. direct 1,l9a. .2O5
TO China. Hawaii, etc 443,376
Gold and silver 100000
Total exports $13, ,957, ,4Ss
r The total exports of wheat, and flour
reduced to wheat, during the year just
ended aggregate 4,47O, ITO bushels, against
but 3I6, 4S6 bushels in 1870 404, $50 in
1872 and 3,133, 333 in 1875. This aggrc-
gate of $I3, 957 ,4SS by no means covers all
, the exports OF the State for the year.
/ There were lumber exports from Astoria,
and coal exports from other ports not
taken into account by the Portland Board
of Trade. In 1875 the gross exports from
all parts were barely $40, 175, 600, includ
ing 81, 278, $50 in treasure leaving for
merchandise exports but 81. 1896, $50. From
1879 to 1880 the merchandise exports
have increased about s5 per cent.
In proportion TO her population Oregon
! is now producing more wheat than any
: other State. hardly excepting California
In 1877 her crop was estimated at 1906
I 900 bushels and her population at about
e 10000. It gives 6034 bushels per head
The average per head in the United States
h last year, when we produced the heavtes
:. crop ever known, was but 1873 bushels
Tn no other country in the world is tn,
}. average above 25 bushels per head. Th'
II average in Oregon this year is hardly les
than SO bushels.
Her recent progress IN railway construc
II tfon and the tipping of new and vas
agricultural regions has been quite up t.
i that of any other State and the result Q
e it is an unprecedented immigration, whicl
gives the prospect that in five years NOR
: oregon may rank among the four or fiv
great wheat-producing States ofthe Union
: IS. n. Chronicle.