Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1893-02-17
NE WANT PEOPLE.

in order to provide a supply. If
Portland wants 250,000 population,
there must be 100000 people in the
state. If.Oregon wants half a dozen
cities of $4,000 to $4,000 population
there must be over a million souls
in the state at large, says the Port
land Telegram.
Oregon wants people. 1t wants
them not only in thousands but
tens of thousands. How in the
world can any manufacturing enter
prise expect to start up, which may
be solicited, unless the projectors
look around and see population
to buy their goods? The millions
in the Central West and East do
not help them any. The old estab-
lished manufactures look after them
in way that brooks no competi-
ton from this Coast. The Oregon
manufacturer must, be able to count
on an Oregon constituency, while
the Massachusetts, magnate looks
not only to his states, but to the
Northeast. to the whole Atlantic
seaport, to the Middle states and to
the Central West Suppose Oregon
has 100000 inhabitants at the pres
ent moment, for that figure will
cover it easily, being large in
crease over the national census;
one-fourth Of that is right in Port
land, leaving 100000 to be distrib-
uted over an area that can readily
support 100000.
1t is almost ridiculous to belive
that Oregon's $4,000 square miles
hold only 100000 people, while
Massachusetts little 1915 square
miles are not crowded at all with
its 100000 inhabitants. In other
words, Oregon ranks seventh in area
and thirty-eighth in population of
all the states, while Massachusetts
is fortieth in area but sixth in
population. The Willamette val
ley proper, the part that's the very
cream Of it, could hold two Mass
achusetts, and the latter is teeming
with busy cities, which in turn are
teeming with manufactures. Every
acre of tillable ground therei also
occupied by smaller landowners,
and farmhouses by the score are
seen along the country roads be-
tween the frequent towns.
Let our immigration board under
take its work with greater energy
and let the country cooperate with
the city to bring farmers to our fer
tile soil. There cannot be too great
industry in this line. Every effort
possible and legitimate should be
exerted If necessary. legislative
aid should be given and immigra-
ton made popular subject of dis
cussion. All this requires money,
but Oregon's business men can af-
ford to be liberal on this PROPOSE
ton. andrso could the state. The
harvest will far more than pay the
cost Of the seedtime. Oregon must
not slumber, when it is the early
bird that catches the worm, and it
must be confessed that Washington
is the early bird in the contest be-
tween these two states. Bailroad
passenger statistics, as well as the
filling up Of the country, show this
An increase also in Washington's
vote Of 10000 over the very last
election and a total Of nealy 10000
show that our northern neighbor
is not going back in population,
despite dull times.
Let the influences which are nee
essary to1bring legions Of people to
Oregon be more earnestly exerted.
Somebody or something is not
thoroughly aroused. Wake up,
wake up all along the line, and
start the ball rolling which shall
give Oregon 100000 people by the
year 1910.