New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-21

trance to the Columbia and the oppressive CHARGES
OF a confined towing and pilothge in"uop"'y, u n"c
remeded. may divert the grain-shipP'hR ouS,noos
10 the deep wide and perfectly sale estuary vi
Puget Sound, when a through railroad cohhec,Iuii
is completed next year between the oreSoh anu
Washington wheat fields and the Sonhd PorIs' ..
Last wear lB sailing vessels TOOK SbrIo vi
wheat aud flour ont Of Portland, ana az nul ono
went to Liverpool Queenstown or ialIh""'n;;
Thus it viii be that the entire eSpor, ttaue OF
this little metropolis ot the racine N"rt""S>' -
with Great B5itan direct. SO p'ohtahc l- Nh'dS-
carrying that SHIPS can afford e. come here III p"I-
last for the sake OF r"turn ,agocS 10 EuI"pc;;
They bring some pig iron, railway lon SAT- anu
TN, but not one snip IN "A dozen when enters t'o
Columbia from a foreign port has any cargo at an.
If abuse of the American t1rlt h1d any Mclen''
however, they would all come well laden, I"I nc
English captains do a fTightiul amount o. swearing
at our protective system which excludes the cheap
British wares they would be glad to bring over Tor
triding freight charge The ordinary rave on
wheat from Portland to Liverpool Il from 30
10 go shlllngS per tOn--npt Tar from Az ccht0
per bushel. The bushc measure Is not u.od on TINS
coast tor grain, the price being always 50 much pr
centai-iwenty centals making ton lhe cheap
ness Of sea transportation Is well illustrated 10y 'e
fact that the price o. wheat "A Portland y about
the same in Fargo. the chief mart OF the akota
wheat fields, although the oregon gram ifa ,t
over 10000 miles further 10 reach Liverpool tuah
that raised in Dakota Tho farmer ~ the Nliia-
mclte Valley is practically a. well situated lot
getting his staple product to the Market Will
LIKES its price, as the farmer OF the wheat Ieglo,
w"st of the Mississippi an important lact WHICH
explains the prosperity o: Oregon ana Is stIi1i.Iv
Inc the rapid settlement OF tie newer WheaV fcs'ohs
Not much Notwithstanding is done here There
fOundries and machine shops "hlcn "aho
steamboat aud stationary engines. stove l0uhuly'
a few wagon and carriage shops using Eastern
ma cral. number of furniture factories, making
cheap articles from the native soft wOOd,-thcre Is
no good hard wood in this region.-a shoe factory
"A buckskn-Qlove factory and lew MINOR IN
dustTcs of small account 1t Is evident That great
e, pausIon Of manufacturing cnteiprl0e must soon
follow the rapid Increase OF population on the coast
and the steady DEVELOPMENT OF the coal helus'
The best opening III any particular line wouln seem
10 be for the establishment OF extensive IRON WORKS
to make brr iron, rails. nails, car wheels, bridges
and general railway supplies. Nothing III TINS way
mas been attempted yet Only one fifnaco eA.S'S
IN Oregon. "a small charcoal slack at Oswcgo on the
Willamette which works up the native hen atitc ore
found close by There Is one furnace IN Na>l'hg-
ton Territory, on Puget sound now beng rebuilt
which ~ adVanUagc0usly situated Tor gettlhS orc
coal and llmestone, but Is thus far not out Oh the
experimental stage
In speaking of the climate here in Oregon one
treads on delicate ground. The people do not IKE
to hear anything sad about their winter logs ana
rams. and II rs hard for stranger coming here III
the lovely summer season 10 get the truth from
them about the weather from Uct0ber 10 APRIL
suppose tho long and short OF INC matter Is mat 9lA
months OF the year are delightful. two toicrahe.
and ivur detestable. Inc summers are perfect.
Rarely Is the heat oppressive, ana during the lew
days when the mercury goes up to 9U@. there Is no
discomfort felt indoors III the shade. and cool
breezy night sure to follow. You begin your
sleep with one blanket and pull mp second before
day break. Most of the summer the weather IL de-
lighttul Tor walking and riding. People wear mod
eratelv thick woOilcn clothes and lannel undersar-
mcnts the year round. In winter lU~ above zero is
thought an exceedingly coid tempera, ure' ne
usual lowest range Of cold spells is not below ~,
and tho ordinary range is from freezing point mp TO
90. There Is not much snow, and what niue tails
Is speedily mel ted bv the warm chinook wind, but
there il "A great deal OF rain IN the aggregate. A
chcerlcss. mcnOtOnOus duzzlc seems To ne the
normal condition of the weather IRON late October
to March in all the region west at the Cascade
Mountains between the fOrty-third parallel OF
latitude and NancouysTs Island. The inhabitants
ter to the sharp cold of tie East Perhaps they do
AT all events they seem 10 thrive IN their peculiar
climate. They look healthy and robust. IL may be
that,tbe moisture which produces the enormous FIR
forests and develops the elder bust of our Eastern
pastures into a Tree big enough 20 shade house,
10 the human plant.