Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-09-29
The Prosperous Northwest.

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The cloud of Il coming financial strin-
gency first casts its shadow over labor, |
and it fingers there long after the sun
shine has frightened the outlook for
capital The croakers who are waiting
for the slump that is to follow the Fair
in this city have for weeks been strain
ing their eyes to see this shadow of an
expected event, but it remains nvisi-
BILE. Labor and capital alike are enjoy
ing period of prosperity impossible
to check for an indefinite period. From
every part of the Pacific Northwest
comes unprecedented demand for labor.
The farmers of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho have just completed tile har-
vest OF record breaking wheat crop,
and, with this work out of the way,
thousands of laborers were released.
Long before harvest was over, how
ever, the railroads began making heavy
drafts on the ranks of the harvesters
| lOE lllch " Duilu bllC NUMEROUS biuhNa
lines that have been projected for the
three states. There is unparalleled ac-
tivity in the logging camps and il the
manufacture OF lumber all over the
Coast, and hundreds of fishermen who
took in their nets from the Summer
fishing season few weeks ago found
immediate employment in the mills
and camps along the Colum bia river
and Gray's Harbor. Wheat has not
yet begun to move freely to tidewater
but there are more men employed or
the Portland waterfront than ever be
fore at corresponding period There
are, of course, idle men to be found or
the streets of Portland and of Other
Coast cities. They have been with Us
always, through good times and hare
times alike. and it matters not witt
them whether the country is booming
along on high tide of prosperity or il
} sunk in the depths of adversely.
They are the mistits of the labo
world, and their only mission in lif
seems to be to afford the croakers al
opportunity to state that "times can
be very good, for there's lots OF idl
men on the Streets" There are me
; engaged in business who, through mis-
management, would land in bank
ruptcy, no matter how prosperou
might be the country or the commu
nifty from which they drew their sus
tenance. Bpt for the able bodied, her
est laborer, skilled or unskllled, or fc
I the business man familiar with the lin
D in which he is engaged, conditions hay
' never been more favorable than at th
/. present time.
There has been liberal increase i
the population of the Pacific Northwe:
during the past year, but that increas
q has not been great enough to keep pat
with the increase in new wealsh p'
capita that has been created from o,
l. marvellous natural resources. TT
S wheat crop has exceeded all form'
s records. The output OF lumber is fl
j. in excess of that of any previous Sc
e son. The salmon pack produced Il
" usual number of millions. The he
't yield was larger and finer than ever b
y fore Fruit. wool and livestock are
t' abundance, and prices are satisfactor
3, These are the factors which are certa
y to keep both capital and labor from e
periencing any reverses in the imm
diate future. Anything like a sluu
under such conditions as now exist {
q. over Oregon, Washington and Idaho
an observation-disclosures