The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-01-20
PendietOn's Point of view.

A good -natured rivalry has sprung up
between Pendleton and The Dalles re-
garding their commercial advantages
and growth. The following article from
the Pendleton Tribune gives that papers
views upon this question and its loyalty
to Pendleton is commended. However,
the statement made by THE CHRONICLE
that 100000 was paid into The Dalles
for wool during the past season is ap-
proximately correct, and for the number
of pounds 5000, 900 is a much more cor
rect estimate than the 100000 allowed
by the Tribune. The price paid per pound
here ranged in some instances over IL
cents, while large quantities sold for IL.
In Pendleton the prices ranged much
lower. We envy Pendleton her wooden
mill and securing mill, but The Dalles
passes her as being the wool emporium
of the West. All the more reason why
woolen manufactures should be estab-
lished here, where the natural product
is at our door and transportation rates,
by reason of an open river, SO cheap.
Here are the Tribune's remarks:
In another column will be found an
interesting article from The Dalles
CHRONICLE under the caption, aTime to
Advance" wherein the opinions ex-
pressed. by commercial travellers con-
corning the leading towns in Oregon are
referred to, supplemented by deserved
tribute to Pendleton, which is acknowl-
edged by The Dalles paper to be a 'lusty
rival"
THE CHRONICLE says that for wool
alone 100000 was disbursed by The
Dalles banks last summer.
The Tribune is willing to admit that
The Dalles leads as the wool market of
Eastern Oregon, but is inclined to be-
lieve that the figures quoted above are
too high.
Conservative, estimates place the
amount of wool handled at The Dalles
at about 100000 pounds. This is in
excess of the number of pounds shipped
from Pendleton last year by about one
million.
1t should be borne in mind, however,
that while The Dalles for years past has
Der of pounds handled at this point pre-
vious to the establishment of the scour-
ing mill, less than two years ago, never
exceeded million and quarter.
A ''lusty rival?" It would seem so,
when it is known that not until last year
has it become generally known to the
people of Eastern Oregon, that the rife
com petition existing between local buy
ers combined with the other advantages
she possesses, Pendle:on easily leads as
the most advantageous shipping point
for the wool men of the Inland Empire.
1t is now confidently expected that
during the present year Pendleton will
handle over 5000, 900 pounds of wool,
nor will che then have arrived at the
zenith of her possibilities as the great
entrepot of the wool product of Eastern
Oregon.
The people of Pendleton are deserving
of the enviable reputation they enjoy as
reliable and enterprising business men,
who never fail to contribute toward any
scheme calculated to benefit the town,
but the fact should not be lost sight of
that nature has done much for Pendle- |
ton, and that it is to her natural re-
sources that the people of this city are
largely indebted for the city's rapid |
strides to the goal of her am bition-the |
ideal inland city of the state-leading all |
others a commercial and manufactur-
ing center.