, 1883-05-05
4 MUTUAL BENEFIT.


In passing down Nam street lAst even
ing, ne chanced TO hear one Of cur would
te representative men make this remark;
who lie Henry Willard, anyway, and
what has he done for this country that he
should receive more courtesy than any
other man" II that individual will read
this issue Of the STATESMAN, he sIil Ind
our answer to his query. But hrst We
~ill put the question: What ~as this
country before Henry Willard took the
reins Of the .. r. d y. and Northern
Psci6cl We can answer both these prob
lens, and will Try 10 DO 1t ID as brief
space as possible.
Henry Willard is a purely self-made man.
From . poor newspaper correspondent Ht
he has risen step by step, 10 the toPmost
round Of 6nsnelefing fame, and 10 dayihe
stands with no peer IN the United STATES,
and We may say few in the world "hIse
20 admit that much OF his success has
come through unuSu5 fSood luck 1t must
Be acknowledged thafr,s2' man OF deep
though, and indomi,sb.e Will S.nce his
advent To the tLrUne Uf the Northern Pa
ciGc, that corporation has been bcset on
iii sides by ImprdImenls that, 10 a man
Of less determination, would have seemed
inpassibir By his strong wrl. aud clear
logical management, he ieaSsnreI the
moneyed men that @sre the boLe aHd
sinew OF the corporation al that tune, and
ovsrcame every obstacle While he was
bs,tlIng with the element IN aud around
Washington and Wall s;reet-an e.c.Eeu;
that would have crushed HIM Ike cpbTa,
did 1t out once .e. hm within rs dei" )
embrace, he vas all the tImr pUsiIn. the
work OF construction As he completed
each successive mile, So much III propor-
tIcu was the credit ni the company re
stored, tlll now, with nearly 501 n.les
yet y finish, Northern Pacific stock stands
head and shoulders above the script Il
al other roads. And all this Mas done
by the master Inamasem.l; "t "ne man
Henry Willard. So much fnr he query
a. to who is Henry Wizard
Now for what he has done ior tn, north
west country. -Four years ago It would
take three days to 20 from Nalla Walla 10
Portland by a succession of changes from
steamboats, to cars, and then It was uno"r-
tain whether you cnuld ct through or
not-more especially IN winter. NV
you can make the TRIP IN less ban twelve
hours, and not leave the magnificent pas
s.nger coaches once IN the transit. Inen
it coat something like Sl3 per ton ior our
farmers to ret their cereals to seaboaTd.
Now it costs but 81 per ton for the sane
transportation. Where you INV ste
thrifty, xell.tiilrd farms, stocked wl.h all
the comforts Of New England farm hfe,
but q few years back we're barren desert
wastes. Then Spokane Falls was a mere
hamlet and Cheney, Spragne, Prescott,
Endicott. Pullman, and a myriad of other
thriving villages throughout Eastern
Washington were unheard OF. Then you
would soc An occasional immigrant wagon
crawling over the Blue Mountains. NJ"
you SEQ thousands upon thousands oi
thrifty, energetic settlers, hurried mt"
this northwest country by means Of sPlen-
did s,eamers and railway cars, al = COM
psrs,isely nominal cost Of transportation.
Then you could buy splendid land for a.
most nothing within a stone-:hgow Of
Wslla Walla, and after II was purchased
or ,ettled was Of no value, btcdus. 0f the
lack ot transportation facilities, with
which to market your produce Now you
cannot buy this same land at any price,
and whyl Because Henry Willard has
snvironed the country with anrt work oI
the soil and market the produce. And
thus We could 20 on enumerstlng the
great good which has sprung from the en-
terprises, So successfully carried "u: by
this man. We acknowledge he has reapei
benefits from his great work, ,bI these
same benefits revert back 10 all OF IA
The railroad company populates aud opens
up the country. and III return transports
our produce To- market. Is not tha- 4
mutual benefit On this coast be has
besn most ably seconded by such men Of
executive ability as I. F. Oaks, c. H.
Prescott, J. NJ Buckley, John Muir, Su-
pervisiug Engineer Thlslsen, and other
vsll.kpuwn sfiicers Of the q. K Il y. and
p. r. r. companies; and 1t IS TO these
men We would give Il ting recep;ior
to-day.