Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-07-05

zoe 1nl0tne t1Ou~IHHs Ol wv ouitu-
ings ereeted annually in POFtland and
otiier cities of this region Is brought
hete rom faetories three thousand
miles away. Aud sa 1t goes, from the
top to the bottom ~ the list; Oregon
produces vastly more tnan she can use,
but has 10 nay someone else TO tit IL for
consumption The reason ,for this is
very plain and is one of the best
guarantees of success 10 the manufact-
urer who will endeavor to alter the
situationg Until recently, this region
had no transportation facilities upon
which manufacturers could rely,aor by
which the various sections could he
easily and cheaply reached. IL Is only
five years since Portland had its first
railroad connection with the east, and
now four great trans-continental. lines
are competing for the city's traffic, with
a probability of two more being added
within less than two years. By all
these lines thousands are annually
pouring into Portland and the, tribu-
tary country, creating a home market
for products and manufactured articles
which never existed before. This de-
mand must be supplied, and until the
various manufac;Ories are established
here, the supply must come from
abroad. The local market for butter,
eggs, hams, etc., was not large enough
to justify their production on a large
scale, aud now that this market has
Decn so suddenly and so largely in
creased, the State finds itself unprovid-
ed with facilities for supplying it. 1t
can not be expected that people who
i fOr hnat, ooonctnn1ad fn
condition of affairs will be able instant
ly to readjust themselves when that
condition Is suddenly changed. This
accounts for the fact that manufact-
lures of various kinds have not kept
pace with the rapid increase and eX-
tension of the market. The exact stu
alton is observed and realized by new.
conner much more easily than by the
older residents, who cannot easily rid
themselves of the customs, ideas
preiudices and habits of thought ell
gendered by years of living under con-
ditions radically different from those
now prevailing. 1t is, then, to the en-
terprising men of the east who are
looking westward for All opening fol
their energy and capital, that Orego.
offers these most inviting @pportuni
ties. .s | i,- sii @sna'-
Portland is city which, with its i'm
mediate suburbs, contains population
of sixty thousand. 1t has a banking
capital offs 1907 900, distributed among
twelve banks, and a capital of $50, 900,
600 invested in mercantile enterprises
In 1887 the city exported products t.
the value of $l5, ,703, 900, and whole
cnl h,,ciR,ncc ayonh1inor Geo 0l0 001
During the same year $2,784, 900 wer,
expended in building Improvements
Here, then, is a city transacting Il tire
mendous business, and growing in siz,
and commercial importance at al
astonishing rate even in this age o
rapid progress. In such a city as this
already rich and populous, and tn,
financial and commercial center of ;
rapidly developing region as large as al
empire, it would seem as If manufact
ories could be established with every
prospect of the highest success. 1t will
be Ofinterest to call attention to tn,
advantages oflocation the city possesses
as viewed from manufacturers stand
point. f''# }elri rit.".'.
Portland is the head of deep waite
navigation on the Columbia anC
Willamette rivers, and its harbOr is con
stantly filled with ocean-going vessels
both steam and sail. Fifteen miles III
the Willamette river are the celebrated
falls, having height of forty-one feet
and developing a power at low waite
exceeding those at Minneapolis by fort,
per cent, and by one hundred per cent
at high water. The falls have beer
carefully surveyed and plated at an eX
expense of A,000.00, and are the prop
erty of the Willamette Transportation
Co., which also owns nearly all tn,
J land suitable for manufacturing pur
poses. This company offers to manu-
facturers the land upon which to erec
factories and the water power by whicl
to run them. The land will be ffe,
gift, with title in fee simple, and tn
water power will be free for period o
: ten years, a reasonable charge to b.
made for power thereafter, at con
tract price to be designated at the tim
of making the original agreement. Th
development of the power, so far as it
practical application to his own uses
concerned, must be made by the partie
using 1t. Two lines of railway and tn
river offer cheap communication be
tween the factories and deep water a
Portland. In fact, so far as the receip
: and shipment of freight are concerned
i. Portland and Oregon City are practical
ly one. This situation seeems to mar
, Portland as one of the future grea
manufacturing cities of America. N
other seaport city in the United State
is blessed with such magnitude q
a, ailable water power at its very gates
nor are any of the great falls of Americ
SO favorably situated, both as to neal
; ness to the seat of production of ra'
!, materials and to Il seaport from whic
r may be reached all the great markets {
e the world. A few moments of though
q will convince any practical man that i
the falls of the Willamette Portland ell
joysa valuable gift of nature, not voucf
) safed to any other seaporton the Pacifi
S coast, and that the falls themselves, i
their accessibility from tide water pos
sess advantages of location superior
any other in the world. The falls ths
have made Minneapolis SO great
manufacturing city are more than
thausand miles inland, while these al