The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-08-10
HOW WE MAY GROW.


The Dalfes is IN many respects the
best situated cityin Oregon.s North for
sixty miles, so1tfIefor Zone handled and
fifty the Cascade range presents, atleast
until further developments, an impassa-
BILE barrier to communication between
tween Eastern and Western Oregon and
Washington. In consequence the travel
and traffic between the sections named,
ih forced to come TO and, throhghs The
Dalles. To thfs-faet heretofore the city
owes its prosperity. The handling of the
products of Eastern Oregon and Wash
ington, and the supplies for them, has
given us the solid financial standing that
makes our merchants rank in Brad
streets as gilt-edged. The same circum-
stances that have made Portlandswhat
she is, have 5been at work on a smaller
scale here, and wealth has beensaccum :
plated moFe5as StoH gatherer gath3ersi /.
IN, than as producer. This condition
may exist indefinitely, but if so it will
require some action on our part. Nature
has done much but man must stand in
to close the loop holes left.
With the opening of the Columbia,
now to be speedily realized, we will be-
come the head of navigation for several
years at least, and with this advantage
in our favor it will be our own fault. if
We do not continue to hold that suprem-
3cy which heretofore has been our boast
To do this, will require action. We
must start factories to supply the needs
of the country around us. We should
have wool securing plant, woolen
mill, more flour mills, factory to sup
ply fruit boxes, tannery, a distillery
and the dozen of other factories neces-
sary in these days to supply the wants
of civilization. Heretofore the great
obstacle to anything of this kind, has
been the high wages of the Pacific coast,
as compared to those of the Atlantic sea-
board has been ehangedsand the
freight on manufactured articles from
the East, would counter-balance the
slight increase,in wages We must stop
the importation of things that we can
produce, and instead manufacture them
for export. AS long as we ship hogs to
Omaha and import bacon, hamaand lard,
the balance of trade is against us, and
we are building up the cities of the East
and increasing their pay ROLLS instead of
our own. We ship vast Quantities of
fruit in its season, and on every grocers'
shelves in the city, can be found canned
fruits from California and the East,
canned corn from Maine, and tomatoes
from New Jersey. We can find at times
butter from Iowa, while our mountain
valleys produce the finest grasses in the
world. We can find at times cases of
eggs from Iowa, and at the same time be
told that 100000 bushels of wheat are
rotting in Eastern Washington because
it will not pay for shipment. We i'm
port leather and its manufactured pro-
ducts, and thousands of hides are wasted
because they will not bring enough to
pay for shipment East. We import
glass while the indignant west winds
bury the railroads with the finest of
sand. In short, we do those things we
ought not to do, and we leave undone
those things we ought to do. and there
is neither energy nor public spirit among
us. sssssEE ,sfe@ggl Fss 81 TT fsl n =
A week ago articles OF Incorporation
were filed, and cannery was promised,
to be completed in time to handle fruits
and vegetables yet this summer. What
has become of it? Is the stock to be
subscribed or is the matter to. end
where it began? It would not take
much capital, and it is perhaps as good
an opportunity to make start, as any
that will be offered. If we are. to hold
our supremacy, to keep up with the pro-
cession, we must furnish employment.