The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-04-16

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Ii Il be true as reported that the ap-
preparation in the River aud Harbor
Bill for completing the entrance TO va
quina Bay is only eighty Thousand dol-
lars, the result will be . serious disap-
pointmsnt TO the people Of the William
atte Valley. The appropriation for this
object began, we believe, In the year
1880. The original estimate for the
entire work was si65,0e0. Four or
Ave appropriations have been made
aggregating 100000, leaving the
amount required to complete the project
$S05, 900 The present estimate ia for
100000. All these weary years the
people Of this valley have been looking
forward to this outlet for their trade
aud suffering for the want Of H. The
appeal was made to Congress to com
plete this harbor, so that when the
railroad connecting the sea with the
rich granAry and tseming wheat fields
Of tho Willamette Valley should be tin.
lshsd, there shsuld then be water
enough for large aea. a.gcing vessels TO
bsAr our products TO the markets Of the
world. Ali this involved to the Gov
srnment only moderate expenditure,
but to the farmers aud business men Of
this valley il meant relief from the
chains of grinding monopoly, short
cut 70 the open sss, wealth, comfort. cd.
vancement to avery farmers home and
the rapid development in population
aud national resources, which would lay
the basis fer new and moro varied in
dustriss These reasonable helss have
not been met. The railrsad connsction
indeed was completed long ago. PHI
vate capital and energy has done well
It's part Of the work, sparing nothing IN
cost or personal sndsavor, and yet the
fall contamination Of the great plan Is
postponed for how long We cannot say.
The Government work at Yaqnina is
still unfinished. OF the money rsquir.
81 for the purpose only about one doll
lar in three has been 80 far appropriated.
At tho scale now proposed IL vii! take
four years ana mare TO eompiete the
harbor work, even il Congress should
pass a River and Harbor Bdl evsry
year, Of which ~ the way there is nc
certainty Nh.tsver.
IL Congress were FesolY-d or gen
sral bisgardly pslicy towards the State
Of Oregon, this treatment would be an
lust, but il might be ses down to igno.
rance of cur resources aud wants, OF
perhaps to tbs ineflieisney Of tbs Con
gressional representative Of Oregon Ia
laying these wants before the proper
committee. Congress, however has noi
bsen illibsral 20 the State As whole.
We hear Of two hundred thonsaad dol
lars allotted u the Cascade Locke, cu'
hundred and fifty .houssnd dollars fol
the mouth Of the Columbia ,ons hundreC
thousand dellars for tha lever Colum
hia and lower WiIlametts, and very lib
sral allowances fer other places. Th'
question naturally arises in The mind o
every nan: Why ~as ons hundred and
fifty thoasaod dollars sum inside th'
Engineers eslimaio-not secured fer thl
improvement at Yaqnina ? Did Dir
Hermann deem this last work n mer,
local object Did be consider it as 0
less consequence and vslus 10 the stat
than the improvements on the Columti
, River ? Does he thiak il wise or JAS
TO allot Eve or ak dollars to the C2lum
bia River and lhsn dole ont only on
dollar for Ysqaina Bav IL hs prspar
ed TO say that the former outlet Is iiv
times AS bsnsfciAI TO the people Of Ore
gon as the latter-for this is wast thes
appropriations do say in substancs
Such an injostics ~ this might be ex
Ousabls in Representative Of dissan
state. but il would be nnpardonabie il
Mr. Hermann and be will not dare t
say that the Yaqaina Bay outlet is eysi
of secondary importance TO any other il
tie siate.
| But Mr.. Hermann will have some
tiing 70 say by way Of excuse. TIL,
average politician now-a-days il gener
ally supposed TO be elastic and 10 d
ready 10 fall anil reboaad like q piec'
Of rubber. Mr. Hermann will say thai
this discrimination againss ylqnin,
Bay was all the fault If the Committee
Hs was innocent Of this sio. Hs was
. "widow" and knew what be wanted
for the Cascades, for the mouth of th.
CoIumbis, the lover Cslumbia, Coos
Bay and Coquills and be got it. Here
bis genius came to ths front aud tbs
committee yielded to tis persuasive,
tongue. But when 10 clms 70 Ysquins
Bay his resources bad al given out. He
was like Samson With bis locks shorn OF
rather like locomotive which after
running awhile very rapidly is boarded
and nkiIIsdn By the atrikers. This line