The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-12-27
.FAYORS
OTHER
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VI Spending Worlds Fair
APPROXIMATION

~ 'uo| oi Hood RiverD
H. instead of Incorporating tho
Lewis and Clark Fair Commission tho
I,'l1ens Of Portland had incorporated
lne Portland and Asiatic Transnor,
,allon Company or the Portland and
AS'atic Banking Co., Or Trading Com.
pany or some railway company to ex.
'euu INTO the interior Of Oregon. and
mad subscribed S5OO,OOOO 90 TO its stoci,
ana then sent business man rost
'or additional subscriptions. then thew
might have raised almost any sum
Oh money up to ten million dollars
Ihen they would have started an an
terprise that would remain with tbem
and develop into something larger and
better year after year.
II they were to go before the lepls
lature and caused to be passed an act
app opriating S5OO,OOOOO. not for a
fair, but for public hlghwayo TO get
access to our undeveloped lands then
we might expect many more of tho
thousands who come here to remain
win us and help develop the country.
or II they were to put 800 900 90
into a sawmill in Portland. another
SSOO'OOO.OO into building parks and
cleaning their streets, they would do
much better than putting It into
clumsy fair buildings to be used for n
Oriet three months. The Fair will not
develop Asiatlc business for us That
Is done by commercial houses sending
agents there with samples of what
we have to sell The Chinese will
not come here to see the Fair We
must take our goods there and quote
them low prices to induce them to
buy.
II it is immigration that we want.
let us remember that the most de.
sirable people for us are those who
want good property; and good prop.
erty in a town should always be on
graded streets with sewers and water.
mains.
Good property in the country can
be nowhere else than on good roads.
The construction Of a fair building
will grade no streets or roads. and
viii lay neither sewer-pipe nor water.
mains.
After the whole thing has come aud
passed away We will find that we
rave misdirected our energy wastod
,ur money. and that the good citizen
las bought a ticket and travelled
and that only a few Of the
.esirable and many Of the helpless
nd distressed have remained with us
We will have paid too much for our
thistle
We want nice people. and we want |
usiness people to join us as citizens |
nd ncighbors. A business man will I
iore readily take a hold with us, II
g sees that we are willing to take
hold ourselves.
II II Is the scheme of the state 10
atch the eastorrer by a Rllttering
how for the trap, we will find sooner
r later that our trap Is too expensive.
Il is not necessary 10 have a fair 10
how our lumber and shingles for
iat Is already on exhibition in hun.
reds and thousands Of lumber yards
n over the east II Is not necessary
advertise our fruit for that we can
md easier and exhibit incontrast with
lelr fruit. We are the only people
no have salmon and that is known
/ over the east Any other articles
e can easily send them there for
.em TO look at II II is climate or
emery that we want 10 exhibit then
I us open our roads and streets, and {
y our sewers and water-malns and q
AXE living here easy and attractive, a
II il is manufacturing that we want q
EN- to engage in, then let us put our "
,ney in with them. II We have !
oney TO invest in a fair then we '
rely have II 10 invest in factories. {