Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-12-04
Mr.. NASH MAKES PLEA
FOR HOME INDUSTRIES

LullOT LedueT we are pass
ing through a very critical stage
in the develo pment of our
county. In short words it is
this-we have learned that we
cannot prosper along the old
line Of leach man for himself"
and we have not we'll learned
the new lesson of "an for each,
and each for ALL"
There you have the text. Now
for a short serm OH.
An old resident coming back
sees that a great change has
come about in the last few
years-by the many new faces
be sees, by the improvements
on the farms and in the homes,
by better schools and more of
them, by a rising valuation of
our lands and town properties,
by better stores in our towns, by
somewhat better roads, by bet
ter farming, by 4 higher grade
of stock on our ranches and,
most noticeable Of all, by the
cream cans waiting on every
) stopping place to be carried by
every train on our one railroad.
So the world moves, but in
Lincoln county the rate is very
slow indeed In one line at least
we can quicken the rate very
materially. It has been driven
home to us that we have one of
the best dairy counties in Ore
gon, and, going on in the old
"every man for himself" way,
many Of those OF our ranchmen
on whose place one hears the
hum of the cream separator,
have not yet learned that the
selling of the butter fat is not
done for the greatest good of the
greatest number when their
cream is shipped out of the
county to outside creameries.
When there was no Lincoln
county creamery to ship to ii
made no difference to the county
to which outside creamery the
cream went. Now, as one OF
the greatest county improve.
ments of late years, we have two
creameries-at Toledo and al
Nashville. Both are owned an6
exceptionally well managed by
Lincoln county people. Current
running expenses ought to bt
spent here. Profits made BY
the manufacture and sale o.
Lincoln county products ough
to be shared here. And this
not only because it shows poo
business sense to allow outsid,
people to get the profits from
Lincoln county products, bu
also because on our ancien
principle, we owe 1t to our neigh
bors to help them as they he'll
US. This would be true even /
we could not do quite SO well b,
going through the whole, com
plete business in Lincoln county
How much more true, then
when our home creameries pa.
every cent as much as the out
side creameries for butter fat.
So Lincoln county is the lose
by every can of cream shippe'
by her own citizens to outsid
people. Every business-an
creamery business is no excep
tion-when set going has t
pass through three stages, in
cubation, Matching and growth
before it reaches the final stag
of steady prosperity.
Before Tillamook reached tn
prosperous point two newl
founded creameries had to shu
up shop. Now she had sixtee
factories where butter fat
used up,
Lincoln county did better tina
,Tillamook. She has steadil
supported her own two cream
cries. But it ought to be tn
universal rule to keep her butte
fat within the county boundarlc
and to distribute the profits
the manufacture among her ow
people. So only will our o.
rule have full sway.
Now, whoever reads this lie
ter and is one of those who fee
II is addressed to him, let hi
consider that he is not asked
incur loss or run risk by havir
his home county creameri'
handle his cream. He is askt
to encourage a home industl
to the direct profit of the cor
munity in which he dwells.
Wallis Nash.
Nashville. Or.