The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-11-24
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good roads. The county court OF thi,
county has entered with enthusiasm
upon the construction Of a better svs
TEN OF roads, and has already accom-
plished much. I would advise tbi,
CLUB to cooperate with the county in
every practical way to promote thi,
most important object which win dc
more than any other one thing to nd
vance the permanent prosperity OF
ooth city and country. Through In,
enorts of Judge Scott, who is the rres
ident Of the State Good Roads Associ
alton. the next annual meeting OF this
association will be held in this citv
and most hearty welcome should he
extended, and a practical illustration
IN road building should be given that
VIII not only interest every citizen
put have an important educational eff.
feet upon our road builders.
The matter Of car shortage should
have your careful consideration and
| recommend that this club join other
commercial organizations in consider.
ing what action, legislative or other.
wise, can be taken that will tend to
prevent future occurrences. The great
lumber interests Of the valley ANNA,
to be in a state of practical paralysis
and other producing interests do NOT
seem to be in much better condition
The recent raise in rates upon lumber
combined with the inability to get
cars, even at the higher rates. has had
most serious effect. The great OK.
pansion In tne lumber business ip this
last great timbered region of the Unit
ed States, has been long forseen by
the leading lumber men OF the coup.
try, and they have acquired immense
holdings OF timbered lands. and the
management of the great transporta.
tion lines should have been equally
long-sighted and provided adequate
facilities for handling II. II does not
seem right that a corporation should
even have the power to arbitrarily
throttle a great industry, even for the
purpose Of furnishing solely needed
facilities for other interests. I have
no desire TO cast reflections upon tho
local officials, who are. no doubt, doing
all that can be accomplished with
present facilities.
Efforts have been made during the
past year, but without avail, to estab
lish a starch factory. tannery and
other manufacturing plants.
Let me say here. that the way to
build up manufacturing establish
ments in our midst is to patronlzo
them ourselves, and assist In finding
a market for their products. / have
in mind a small plant In this city tina
is turning out a superior article Of
general use in every household: | In
Quired at nearly all the stores whers
such an article should be kept, and
found II in only two out OF six; this
condition is not peculiar 10 Salem
only but, as nothing succeeds like
success, other manufacturers will be
far more apt to locate I'm a community
where home concerns are Loyalty sup
ported. Patronize home institutions
when we can succeed In establish.
ing a manufacture where the local
conditions make II possible to turn out
a product OF superior quality or at less
cost than elsewhere. II will bo only
necessary to get Il started; II takes
no fostering care thereafter, and IN
this connection would recommend
that this club see II II is not possible
to prevail upon one or more OF the 10
cal mills 10 enter upon the manufac
ture OF breakfast foods. / am IN.
formed by one In a position 70 know
that not less than 100000 bushels OF
milling oats are raised In this county.
which practically all finds lis way tc
Portland and San Francisco, there
worked up into breakfast foods and
large quantities returned here for 10
cal consumption. Why not turn out
the finished product here. instead Of
only furnishing the raw material and
allowing some one else the cream Of
the profit?
Finally would urge every man
ia mind the necessity Of cooperation
with all other bodies and localities for
the general good Of the entire coast
and urge upon you 10 continue this
most strenuously. There lies IN the
future a measure OF prosperity that is
ample for every city In every state Of
the coast. aud each one will reap q
larger individual share II all work TO