The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-04-11

ton. She closed with a reference to
our own wild flowers, (which WOO US
with their beauty to love them, and the
poor little children may gather them in
clusters, and their golden or crimson
hues shine just as brightly, or in their
whiteness teach lessons of purity full as
well as though they were inmates of the
conservatory"
"Everywhere about us they are glowing
otS SS0me' Ike stars tell us that spring is born
Stand like Ruth amid the golden corn.''
After another beautiful selection by
the String Band, Mr.. Henry E. Dosch, of
Hillsdale, read a paper on the subject of
'sThe Nicaragua Canal and It's Probable
Benefit to the Oregon Fruit Grower"
AS representative of the Portland Cham
Der of Commerce, he attended the Mica
ragua canal convention at New Orleans
in 1892. In this capacity he had two
objects in view-one to present in it's
true light our varied resources, the other
to learn what possible benefit it would be
to our people. AS producers of raw
material the Pacific coast possesses un-
questionably the most varied, richest
and most abundant supply offered by
any other geographical area of equal ex-
tent. Besides metals, cereals and fruits,
we have millions of acres of forests, and
those of the East are dangerously
denuded. With cheap transpor-
tation we may food the East with
all these products, besides delicious,
pure and cheap wines. What we want
is a short cut, waterway connection.
This is the completion of the Nicaragua
canal, the missing link, this natural
maritime highway Our products in
the order of their Importance are wheat,
lumber, fruit, and comprehensively fish,
wool, cattle, hides and rich minerals.
To ship carload of wheat from Fort-i
land to New Orleans costs at present As
cents a bushel. By the Nicaragua canal
it would not cost more than 12 to 15
cents bushel. Railroad freight on l.
600 cases of salmon to New York is 500;
complete the canal and the rate for a
like amount would be 5000. A like
benefit was detailed by the speaker on
evaporated prunes and other products.
He spoke of how it would benefit the
small grower and bring fifty buyers to
our doors where there is now one.
Every man. woman and child" said
Mr.. Dosch, sis directly or Indirectly in
terested in the completion of this
canal and we should never cease talk
ing it until it becomes an establish
ed fact. Our representatives in congress
should be urged to give it their untiring
support" He impressed the audience
with the nonsense of the claim that
there can ever be an overproduction,
and concluded with statements of the
necessity for this canal project by such
prominent Americans as Gen. Grant,
Presidents Harrison, Cleveland, HAYES
and Senator Morgan.
The paper of R. D. Allen was post
poned until this evening.
The table in front of the speakers
stand was occupied with collection of
choice apples, donated by Messrs. Baker
and Southworth, also by two models of
fruit dryers, Mr.. Chrisman's being ac-
ompanied by u display of the dried
product after leaving his dryer.
WEDNESDAY,.
The various visiting members of the
society were driven in carriages this
morning to the fruit farms of Mile and
Mill creek and practical instruction
given in grating and other subjects. :
At the afternoon session, Mr.. S. A.
Clarke, of the committee attending the
Spokane convention, spoke as follows:
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