News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-22

land and his frequency damages the
city correspondingIy. He has no
idea of any kind of business except
shop-keeping ami lending money.
His natural sphere is behind a coun-
ter. Who ever heard of a Jew man
ufacturing anything? He adds moth
ing to the wealth of country. The
Jews control Portland and aspire to
dictate to the whole State. An at
tempt to repeal the usury law Will be
at the coming session of the leglsla-
ture. Even nominal ten per cent.
is too great restriction on the finan-
cial abilities of the sons of Israel.
The need of this country is for man
ufacturers and scientific, wide awake
farmers. Hides are in abundance,
but they are sent east to be tanned
and made into boots and shoes for
us. Starch is imported from New
York, and so is cider vinegar. Thou
sands of bushels of apples have rotted
on the ground this year and no one
has had enterprise enough to gather
them and make cider vinegar of them.
| bought a can Of string beans the
other day, put up in Maryland,
and two beans will grow here where
one will In Maryland. Everything
one buys here bears the label of the
eastern manufacturer. Manufactures
are needed to rout out the money
lending Jews and Scotchmen, and
farmers to displace the "moss backs.
But right here we are confronted by
a difficulty. The land available for
agriculture in this State has been tax
En- up and is owned by these "moss-
backs" Under the peculiar land
laws which existed in the State some
yeas ago, they were able 10 acquire
largo tracts, which they Will not sell
except at prohibitory prices. A farm
er with small means, be he ever so
thrifty and Industrious, cannot obtain
a fooL-hold, because he cannot obtain
possession of a farm. This is what
has kept the State back, and is keep
ing it back. Immigrants do not set
tie here because they cannot get cheap
land. Out of the hundreds Of thou
sands of immigrants who came to the
United States last year, only few
hundred settled in Oregon. The
owners of land are content to squat
on a few of the many hundreds of
acres they own and see the tide of
emigration go by. If anyone at
tempts to buy land here the prospect
OF customer makes the "mossback's"
greed overstep itself, and the price
asked drives the disguised settler to
Washington Territory, or more fire.
quently to California. Oregon is a
laggaFd in the race of States. Had
the Portlanders, and they are but
samples of all Oregonians, but trifle
of the spirit that animates Chicago,
Kansas City, Denver, or even frozen
up and fiinty hearted Minneapolis,
instead of being sea port on creek.
Portland would be the great CONNER
cial and manufacturing metropolis Of
the northwest. Did her people reach
out for business instead Of initiating
a setting hen, waiting for something
to hatch out, their highest idea of
business being lending money at
big per cent, she would have had the
whole northwest working for her adj
vancement. AS it is now, few can
tell whether she becomes a way sta
ton on railroad or great metropo-
lis. There few cities in the United
States whose business men have so
unenviable a reputation as those Of
Portland.
l commit this letter to the care of
the post-office with touching conf
dence that it will one day reach you.
1t may go. by the way Of San Fran
cisco, or it may wait till the thaw
comes. The postmaster here, not
knowingj how to get the mail impris-
oned in the snow with the train, tele-
yraphed TO Washington for instruc-
ions. The Postmaster General, with
l promptitade which marks the Ma
ooleonie mind, and causes one to
commemorate his sad fate next 4th
'fs March, replied "Send sleigh af-
er it," And now our Postmaster is
humping himself to find sleigh to
20 for the mali bags, and if the COM
'ined genus Oregon can produce a
'ehicle, that mail will be here in
week or SO. Why the passengers are
lot brought out of their horrible pris-
IN in sleighs is a mystery only known
o the 0. r. & Cos. officials.
Doctor.