The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-07-12
THE DALLES as A MANUFACTUR
ING POINT.

We can learn many lessons from the
eastern states regarding development
of resources For years that portion
of the United States has grown out OF
its youthful tendencies, and now in its
mature existence has many practi-
cal illustrations of the necessary fac.
tors of commercial life. Mr.. Saml L.
Brooks, of this city, who has been an
active business man for the past thirty
years, has lately returned from an ex-
tended tour of the eastern states, and
has made careful examination of the
impelling forces which actuate growth
in the older cities. He is an acute
observer, and his conclusions can be re
lied on as the result of clear judgment.
Speaking of manufacturing industries
Mr.. Brooks says he was surprised te
see towns of from 1000 to 5000 in
habitants with two or three factories
in them. These Kept large amount
of money in circulation, and was the
principal support of the population.
If The Dalles, he emphatically
says, would pattern after some
of these little towns and inaugu-
rate factories her commercial
advantages, and the large agricultural
country trabutary-the city would soon
have from 10000 to $4,000 inha5i-
tants. There are a dozen industries,
he says, which could be operated
successfully in this city, and for
which The Dalles has better facilities
than many eastern towns. Any one
who has paid the least attention to
factors of development in any city
knows that every manufacturing in
dustry increases the wealth and popu-
lation of the community, and will YER
ify the statement of Mr.. Brooks. The
Cascades are full of the most desirable
timber for manufacturing purposes,
and could be made available for
factories with the expenditure
of capital. Thousands of cattle,
ready for market, are shipped every
year from our local steck-yards, and
these could be used in beef-paeking
establishment and tannery if these
were started in the city. In connec-
tion With nth these these a soap factory could be
operated at. little expense. During
the season the run of salmon Is sufi.
cient to keep another cannery running.
The vast amount of wool handled
every year could be turned into fab
RIGS to an advantage, and there are
better facilities for woolen factory
than anywhere in the state. We
might mention other Industries for
which we are especially adapted; but
these will suffice to show what bright
and prosperous future there is before
The Dalles if our business men had
sufficient energy and grit to grasp the
With these factories in
operation, and an opposition line of
boats to seaboard this point would be
as safe trade center as there is in the
state of Oregon. We recollect the
time when the annual run of salmon
was unheeded, and not dollar was
realized from the millions of these
fish that swarmed the river. This
season, we are informed, one firm
has made $4,000 in the catch of
'almon, and other firms smaller
amounts. Formerly few loads of |
Ipples or peaches were transported by
wagons to Canyon City or to Klickltat;
'ut now there are several firms Ship
ling fruit east in refrigerating cars,
nd a reliable man told us that
e had sent 1000 boxes of peaches
rom his own orchard to st.
'aul in one week last fall.
he possibilities of the future are IN
and our children may live
, see the time when The Dalles furni-
ire and woodenware made of Cascade
mber; The Dalles leather, manufac-
lred- from the hides of bunch grass
d cattle; The Dalles cloths, loemed
ON the improved 1eeces of Eastern
RECON sheep; The Dalles canned fruits,
cious as any in the world, and The
allies bacon and hams shall be in !.
most every city of the East. We do ,
1t expect to see the day, for as regards
terprise or business, our people are as
ad as though they were fossil re-
aims of the pliocine period. :