The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-03-14
would be granteds No; emphatically,

The very first requisite towards in
ducing cooperation between interested
and disinterested people In any enter
prise, business, or pursuit, is for the
interested persons to show their con.
fidence in the enterprise. How do
they manifest that confdence2 Is it
by loud talking or smooth talking or
blooming" things which means air
castle building, no! The people who
have been industrious or keen enough
20 command capital are not to be
caught by such chat. They require
something more substantial. They
want to see little more local capital
thrown into sight
Let us apply this to our own selves
a little. Last season a strong effort
was made to induce the citizens of this
community to take stock in a creamery.
The name alone is enough to suggest
the value to any farming community
of such an enterprise. A market
would be afforded for our produce,
employment would be given to num-
Der of persons and we would have
commodity manufactured at home to
export in exchange for, WHAT; for
gold. And it is this process which
leads to wealth. And how did i5 fare
with the creamery project4 Couldn't
be done; the community did not be-
lieve that it could be made to succeed
| and it was not established. An arti-
fetal ice project was likewise frozen up
before it could hardly have an oppor-
tunity to explain what it proposed to
do. While about this time building
and loan association came along and
was covered like flies on syrup in sum-
mer time, and with the same result.
And our more recent efforts How
have they been seconded by our pro-
gressive people? Our canal project
Our bridge idea} Our Brownsville rail-
road extensionl Our street railway
How have these projects been received2
With most sublime apathy! with y
most unprogressive interest!
! Now, let us state facts. We have
been liberal to advertlse-abroad.
We have spent, how much for Ore
gonian and West Shore advertisements
More than thousand dollars How
does the practical manufacturer or bus
mess man look at this sort of invest
mentl They call it blooming" move
ment. Has Il mississippi bubble"
ring to it. Gives clinical tinge and
radiance to our borders but no internal
warmth or development. What we
must do if we expect to maintain our
proper place is to invest in our own
town. Not in buying up large tracts
Of farming land and selling it off as
city property Gn the country, but to
| build substantial business and dwelling
houses, take stock literally in these
public enterprises according to our
means and be united in all this. 1t is
of no avail to the rapid advancement
Of our community for us to lean back
on our dignity, or our posteriors, and
leave these things to the board of
trade Who is the board of trade
anyway and what is its mission2 1t is
composed Of ourselves; and of it's mis-
sion, hereafter. It will not do to leave
these things to this factor because
without our individual activity the
board of trade is an empty sound. Be
ready to support your council when it
tries to improve our sanitary condition
by constructing sewers and cleaning
streets, and remember that to do this
takes money and the council will have
to raise this money and, very likely, in
the form of tax; SO don't oppose it
under penalty of remaining filthy. Be
ready to extend fire limits and to build
substantial buildings therein. Sub
scribe to the street railway, and let us
all get off of our boxes and put up our
knives and be ready to do our part in
the development of our city and the
name of CORVALLIS will be the syn
onim of prosperity, Of power.
CITIZEN.
| Corvallis, March TO-,
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