The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-06-19
THE CARRIAGE FACTORY.

stock for the. new carriage factory
would all be subscribed by Saturday
the 13rh, but it seems that some ot
our business men are slow to take hold
of the matter with the enthusiasm
and interest that should be manifest
ed toward such an enterprise. They
have not subscribed as literally as was
expected, while some who would be
directly benefited by the establishment
of the factory here still hang back
waiting for others to take the stock
and let them receive the benefit with
out putting up cent.
Gentlemen, this is not the proper
spirit to show toward an enterprise OF
this magnitude. If Corvallis ever ex-
poets to be more than a mere village
her business men must put their shoul-
ders to the wheel of progress, and pull
together as one man. They must not
throw cold water on each others efforts.
Do not put everything off on to the
shoulders of few public spirited and
enterprislng citizens, but lend them a
helping hand, speak an encouraging
word, subscribe as literally as you can
according to your means, to any legiti-
mate enterprise that will be of benefit
to the city. Don't say "times are
hard" Times are always hard with
those who do not try to help them
selves when they have an opportunity.
Don't say the town is good enough fer
you, that you don't care whether we
have factories or not, that you can get
along without them, for you know you
are not telling the truth when you
make such assertions. The more life
and business there is in your town the
easier it is for you to earn your bread
and butter.
Factories giving employment to the
laborlng classes, and live, pushing, and
liberal. spirited business men are the
life blood of any town. Progressive
business men do not set back in their
offices and let the cob webs accumu-
late on their front windows or the moss
and grass grow on their awnings while
they complain of hard times, that the
town is dead, etc. No they don't do that.
They advertise their goods in their
home papers, their goods are tastefully
displayed in their show windows, their
stores have an inviting appearance to
their customers. They are liberal and
public spirited, they aid both finan-
cially and by their influence every
legitimate enterprise that comes along
that may be of benefit to the town.
They can afford to, for they are the
ones that make the money while their
mossback neighbors sets back bewail-
ing their misfortunes and the hard
times.
Corvallis has advantages that few
other towns in the state has. She is
SO situated that she has easy access to
the markets of the world, both by sea
and land. Their is timber, building
stone and mineral wealth in abund-
ance in the hills and mountains near
at hand. The soil of Benton county,
of which Corvallis is the county seat,
will produce more to the square foot
chan any piece of land outside of the
state Of Oregon. Now why should
not Corvallis be city five times Its
present sizel Because we need more
factories, more enterprises to give en-
ployment to the laboring classes. Our
imports must be less, we must manu-
facture our own vehicles, our own
can our own fruit, and keep
the thousands of dollars that are sent
out of the the town and county ev cry
year, here at home.
Gentlemen, you have an oppor-
tunity of having one of these factories
here now, the only one of
the kind on the Pacific coast. Think
of it, the entire trade of the coast in
this line coming to Corvallis, sending
out 25 buggie wagons and carts every |
day of the year. 1t means $50 new
homes, $50 more families to supply
with clothing and groceries. What
are you going to do about it2 Are
you going to throw cold water on the
enterprise and let it 60 to some other
town. There still remains about
$4,000 worth of stock to be subscrib-