The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-12-01
ALBAxv AND .rs rRlDucEns.

bany has It's periodical spells Of general
depression. Nor is AlIaay entirely
free from chronic grOwlers, sorsAsads
and grumblers. sho spend ths. s.long days
Of summer and the longer nights OF win-
tsr, standing on the street csrnsrs Or
sitting on dry goods boxes, predicting q
speedy collapse of ell businsss sntsrPri'
ses and industries. We have just been
passing under little cloud, and IS We
emerge, We behold the faces Of these
gloomy prophets Of ill.fortunO, even
new unwilling to adasit that the duh
ness Of the times was only temporary
lull, and that for all they have said and
done, Albany is still the most entsrpris.
ing gstown ia the valley. And nov what
Is the cause of this much ado about nstA-
ingi What forces were at work 10 Lot
lsOss the tongues Of these gloomy sa-
gesi Simply nothing. They must
have text, and the more unpleasant
The text the lsngsr the sernsn.
The business Of Albany gsasrally ID
In healthy condition. True, there has
bean lively ceupstition Of late on 40
count Of the fact that two or more large
stocks Of goods have bssn sold sff at
auction here. This is not . matter ol
any great moment to the people il en-
barrasses the merchants = little, but
they will all tell you that in the long
run, their business is bettersa BY such
condition Of affairs.
Albany Is in no danger. Situated %
is is, ia the heart Of the Willamette
Valley, and in . country, that is second
TO meme in The State, Albany will a.
ways be central business point. Iss
trade has net fallen sfi = particle, On 90
count Of either the west sids rail-roai
to Corvallis, or the branch road to Lab
amen On the contrary just - much
wheat is stored here % in days
past when neither of said roads wa
thought Of. Mere than that, the
amount of goods received and ssld here
each year, has been gradually iacEeas-
ing and the comparative wealth Of the
city and county growing steadily
What reason is thsre then TO a2Pre-
hend that Albany is on The decline
Merchants and business men generally,
whs are in positions to speak arthorita-
lively say that they have no complaints
to make, either as to the amount oi
their business or the class Of their Gus
toners. Their patrons pay up prompt
Iy, and il is conceded on ell hands that
money is more plentiful than it haI
teen for years. As an evidences Of thu
present healthy condition Of things, il
is simply necessary to call attention u
the fact that it il next 70 an imFOSsibil-
ity to fnd = vacant dwelling or dssiIa'
bic stsre building in the city. Tkss'
stores that have been vscant for ssDG
time past, are being repaired aud made
ready for occupants, and everything
seems to indicate that the boom thA
recently struck Salem, is soon 70 reacl
Albany. Desirable property finds rsa
dy purchasers as soon as il 10 pat uPoG
the market, and Commands higher Pri
ces than ever bsfore.
The fact is, those whs grumble an.
growl so much aboHt dull times an
predict the same fate fer Albany ths
Osfell Sodsm and 6emorrah, will smel
the same destroying element in extreme
ly unpleasant quarters, long before Al
bauy has visitation. They have beel
preaching On The same old tsxt eve
since Albany vas FIRST laid out, an
they will always keep IL up. notwith
standing the fact that they have garn
cred their wealta in this sslfsame littl
city.
No, Albany Is not on the decline b,
any means. 1t is only thsss same sl.
GROWERS at work. What il needs {,
place it foremost among the valls.
tswns, is few entsEPrising men 10 talk
the place of chrsnic ssreheads. Onl,
that and nsthing mere.