Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-06-18
LET THE wATCHwoRD BE "DEvELoP ALL OREGON"

There great danger that the city of Portland becoming
provincial
Outside of few men of prominence Portland is not back
ing the fight for the development of all Oregon.
The great campaign for railroad through Southern Idaho,
across Central Oregon to Coos Bay is not attracting the at
tenon It deserves in the Oregon metropolis,
The Portland Journal has backed the fight to development
of Oregon and Idaho
The Portland Chamber of Commerce came to the rescue in
the struggle before the Oregon Legislature,
About twenty Of the solid men Of that city, under the leader
ship of President MacMaSte helped the passage OF the rail-
road amendment to the constitution
That about completes the recital OF the work done by Port
land
Neither the Portland Commercial Club nor the Chamber of
Commerce are paying any attention to the development Con-
The Chamber Of Commerce Bulletin and Board of Trade
Journal have not word tor the great struggle OF the undeVe
oped Interior
They are either indifferent they do not represent the COM
mercial interests of the metropolis
they could attend OF these great development con-
yenonS such as have been held in Idaho and Oregon in the
past year. they would be awakened from their S0mnoent
poppydream and perhaps mbbe little OF the interior en-
The June Portland commercial publications tell about land
advancing from the sage brush to SIPS and $500 an acre.
They tell about great interior valleys being converted INTO
great alfalfa and fruit lands,
they tell about settlers looking for homes in the undeveoped
portions of Idaho and Oregon 80
The Portland commercial clubs have been very DuSy WIN
They have been entertaining delegations OF Japanese visitors
They are very much interested in the commerce OF the
Oriental countries.
They are struggling to keep the army headquarters from
being removed from Vancouver to Seattle
They are worrying about the dumping OF refuse and the
repairing OF their bridges.
But the slogan develop all Oregon" falls upon ears that
are deaf and souls that WOODEN IT. indeed they do not
belong to the bltuithic age,
About ten men in that city are awakening TO the CALLING
necessity for the development OF the INTERIOR ,
The great city sleeps upon its commercial aureIS tor which
is entitled to about much credit as water is TOR unnngI
down HILL
So far no railroad line or steamship line to an Oregon port
bears the earmarkS Of Portland paternity.
OF twenty men we could mention who have awakened out
of the Rip Van Winke sleep OF the ehoc Portland Pluocacyl
so far only one man has been willing to 90 out and attend
development conventions who is not a salary booSer-Col
Charles Erskine Scott Wood. i
II has been impossible to pD loose from their idols any OF
the rest Of the big guns who are chasing the almighty dollar
in the Oregon metropolis,
They are splendid boosters for Portland but there stops
The president of this Development League did coax steam
boat load of Portland C0mmerCaSS down 10 Coos Bay 10 al
Development Congress, i
AS result of that trip fOur-fthS OF the jobbng trade OF
Coos Bay that formerly went to San Francisco now goes TO-
Portland
Portland fnances are making great mistake in not meet
ing the interior country halt way in their struggle Tor deVe
opment
Every dollar spent and every word spoken at session of
the 0regondaho Development Congress is for the upbudng
of Portland.
interior once gets an outlet to Coos Bay or Butte Mont Port
land will reap harvest OF neglect al the hands OF the territory
they now ignore,
II this writer could Portland to its true interests even
at the risk OF mourning personal unp0puar he would be rem
denng that city and the state great service,
4 Chamber