Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-11-01
OREGONS OPPORTUNITIES.

That state which is S, fortu
nate in situation and natural re-
sources that its people may en-
gage i'll agriculture, commerce
and manufacturing has all the
elements of material greatness
and intellectual and moral prog
ress. The Pacific Northwest,
and no portion of it to a greater
degree than Oregon, is exceed
ingly fortunate as respects both
situation and natural resources.
That our neighbor north of the
Columbia river has gathered pop
ulation and made progress along
certain lines more rapidly than
we have is not because she pos
sessed any natural advantages
over Oregon. It rather be-
cause her people have been
more actively public-sp;rited,
and chiefly because her ad-
vantages have been persistent
" presented to the world by
powerful corporation deeply in
terested in her development.
Our fields, forests and mines hold
immeasurable possibilities of
wealth, and all the prosperity
which attends or follows the de-
velopment of varied and exhaust
less natural resources. Two
magnificent rivers afford unequal
ed facilities for the transportation
of Our products to our chief city
and seaport and thence 10 the
markets of the world. Our
wheat, -four, lumber, salmon
and hops are already exported in
large quantities, and because Of
their most excellent quality have
found favor and increasing de.
mand in foreign markets.
Our new insular possessions
and our trade relations with
China and Japan promise incal
culable commercial development
to the Pacific Northwest, and to NJ
portion Of it SO much as to Ore
gon. We have but to grasp ou
opportunities to insure our COM
mercial supremacy.
The development Of mauufac
turing enterprises has receives
considerable attention and ha
made creditable progress. I
would seem that more earnest eff
fort should now be made to estab
lish and to develop nanufactur
ing enterprises. There are nu
merous products of the mill. tn
factory, the workshop whic
now enter largely into our HON
consumption, and are in deman
for export which we can an
should produce. 1t is manufae
lures rather than commerce an
agriculture which employ 1arg
numbers of men, develop ou
latent resources and carry pros
perity' to the greatest number
Oregen's possibilities in this d
rection are most fortunate. w
need but to lay hold of the varie
material with WHICH nature ha
SO bountifully supplied us an
fashion it into the countless form
of use and ornament .demande
by our advanced civilization {
required by the people wit
which we have commercial rels
tioas.
There can be no question ths
capital judiciously invested
manufactures here in Orego
will find certain and most desir:
bic remuneration. .
The salubrity of our climate, tt
wonderful productiveness of OF
soil, the wealth of Our forests, tt
expansion of our commerce, Il
possibilities of our manufactur,
invite immigration. The cal
italist may find profitable inves
ments here; the man of s1na
means can find his best opportl
mites here; and he whose so
capital is Drawn and brains ca
win competency most surely he,
in Oregon.
Pioneer conditions are pas
Our communities are well esta1
lished. Churches of all creec
are organized. Excellent schoo
of all grades abound. Ever
such advantage found lin old
communities are found her
In addition to these we prese1
unexcelled opportunities to Il
honest, industrious and law abb,
ing for home building and COZ
sequent happiness.