The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-01

OF manufactured goouS Tor which we
will not he obliged to exchange in
goods. but which will bring rs money.
In other words by introducing manu-
facturAS We supply our own needs
without buying largely outside and
crease demand nj our very eloors for
our produce thereby saving one halt
its value, which is now lost to us in
the cost of getting it to market We
need rail roads and competing lines OF
transportation and undoubtedly they
would be Of benefit. But we need far
worse an increased population. diver
sity of production, and above all We
need manufactures.
Seven tenths of all the manufactured
articles consumed and in use to day in
the Willamette Valley could be manu-
Factured here at homo rs profitahy as
anywhere. Grant thatwo would have to
pay for them the same as they now
cost rs, manufactures would still be
benefit, inasmnch as they would give
us home market for our products and
thus save us the money now paid to
transportation companies. We have
ample facilities in the way of water
power, material etc. We lack only the
enterprise to develop ana pnt in motion
a large and comprehensive system of
manufactures and We should then find
ourselves more or less independent of
railroad nonopolies We hear upon
every hand and almost every day COM
plants aud forebodings for the future.
Money from the eastern states is heing
loaned upon our farns and homes un-
til hardly farm home in the Valley
exists without the shadow of mort.
gage resting upon it. bringing dis
quietude and unrest To The inmates.
This state of affairs does not appear to
be encouraging, and yet it is just what
almost every section of country through
ont the entire Union has experienced
or is experiencing Someone has said
the curse of the American farmer is
his propensity to run into debt. IL
might be shown that il Is one Of the
necessary methods Of developing new
sections of country. 1t is true many of
these farms VIII be sold rs the present
owners will be unable to redeem them.
But they must be sold 10 some ono.
There is no danger of their heing al
lowed to 90 10 waste. II they are
bought up by the capitalist whose
money is now loaned out upon them,
there is every reason to believe
that he viii make them productive.
lie viii not allow his money to remain
In them and allow them 10 20 TO waste.
He will at once see the necessity Of
dispCsing of them and getting his money
back again. lie viii offer them Tor
sale, aud if there are no buyers here
who will take them he viii find means
of bringing buyers here who viii. lie
viii sec the necessity Of making them
profitable by afIording an easy ard
ready market for what they produce.
The experience Of the world shows that
only manufactures will DO this, together
with railroads and other improvements
that invariably follow in their wake.
To save himself and make valuable |
what he aheady has the capitalist niust |
invest more money aad slevelo,, the |
country. The process we have briefly |
outlined is the process through which
nearly every eastern state which poss-
esses any very important m anuiactur-
ing interests has obtained them. The |
very fact that capital is coming here Is
in one sense of the word an encourag-
ing one. Capital Is selii-h and moves
slowly in any direction unless il is as.
sured of its pound of flesh. That it Is
now coming into the Willamette Val
ley, and coming here freely and at lower
rates of interest than we can borrow
what home capital We have here, is a
strong evidence of the faith it has in
the future prosperity and welfare Of
our Valley. Before We can expect the
predicted era of property the tFans-
must be passed through 1t
involves perhaps much suffering and
much dispiacing Of old landmarks,
many divisions Of old homesteads. But
it brings with it broader and more
solidiy founded prosperity than We have
ever known, and that because it will
be IN a large measure selEsupPorting
and independent.
OH DOEBLR NEHBER.