The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-10-06
RUSHING
TO THE FRONT
How OTHgOnFlOuTlShHS Under In
ltlatlVe and Referendum
PROSPERITY SEEN ON ALL SIDES

Marvellous Increase Shown In Popula.
tlon, Railroad Building, Postal Re-
eelpts, Lumber Shipments, Farm
Products, Manufactures and Build.
Ing Permits In Cities and Towns.
Terse Reply to the Effuslons Of a
Chicago Bond Buyer.
A Chicago promoter went to Ore
gon the other day and delivered him
self as follows:
Because of the case with which
your laws and state constitution can
be changed, there is a disposition on
the part Of the eastern financiers to
proceed cautiously in the matter of
placing investments in Oregon or
otherwise operating financially in
your state" said l.. A. Trowbridge, a
Chicago bond buyer at the Portland.
an this respect" he added, "the
initiative and referendum are re-
tarding the physical growth and de-
velopment Of your state, and at the
same time discouraging extensive in
vestments by the moneyed interests
of the country"
On this high brow advice the edi-
tor Of the Portland Journal has this
to say:
Mr.. Trowbridge halls from Chicago.
That is in the state of Jackpot" law
making, where they pass or beat bills
at so much per. It is also the state
of the Honorable Hines who raised a
100000 "barl" to buy a senator. 1t
is also the state Of the Honorable
Lorimer for whom senatorship was
bought in the same way butchers buy
hogs.
The Honorable Trowbridge thinks
the Illinois plan ideal, and the Oregon
plan wrong. He thinks it better for
big business to contribute $4,000
each and buy senators than for the
people to choose. He thinks the Illi-
nois plan of buying or beating legisla-
tion with money better than passing
measures with peoples votes. Where
lawmaking and senator making is by
that plan, he says, "the moneyed in
terests' feel safer Certainly, but
what about the people?
oregon has grown more under the
initiative and referendum than it ever
grew before. Portland has grown
more under the initiative and refer
endum than it ever grew before.
Portland led the United States in
wheat shipments last year. Portland
is the greatest lumber shipping port
in the world Portland led the country
in percentage of increase in bank
clearings almost every week last
year. In growth Of postal receipts and
increase of building permits Portland
stood in the very foremost rank of
the cities of the country last year.
Under the initiative and referen-
dun Oregon's population increased
62 per cent last year, and the most
of it was in the last five years, a per-
iod Immediately following adoption of
the initiative and referendum.
Under the initiative ard referen-
dun, Oregon has built and is building |
more railroads in two years than it |
built in, twenty years before.
Under the initiative and referen-
dunn, oregon is building more new
farm homes and other farm buildings,
and building more city homes and
more skyscrapers and manufacturing
than it ever built be-
fore.
Under the initiative and referen-
dunn, Oregon is getting along very
well, thank you, Mr.. Trowbridge. Is
Chicago with her moneyed interests,
her Honorable Hines, her Honorable
Lorimer her jackpot lawmaking and
her sensational national scandal do
Ing as well?