Year: 1878

Go Slow.


All nrudent mel, before embarking III bus
mess enterprises. requiring the outlay OF
money, generally give the subject mueh
Thought and are always guided by their cool
Judgment. They never go off "half-cocked'
"a The saving is neither do they let their
svmpathies and predjudiees Obtain control
of their better Judgments Business Is
business" and all propositions should be
treated in business like manner. A great
deal of valuable time is wasted IN pursuit OF
the unatainable men imagine that certain
state of things ought to exist, and beng
finally convinced that they do, start oil with
a conviction that all that is necessary Is they
should mt their shoulders to the wheel, and
the object VIII he obtained. Certain things
can be done. and there are others that can
not; not, at least. without great deal of
labor and the expenditure of an immense
amount of capital. There are, on the other
hand, some that can be accomplished with
the use of but little of either. Enterprises,
pregnant with great results, are often brought
forward. and all men admit that II they can
be carried out TO a successful end, much good
wouH follow. A railroad from here to the
Sound is universally admitted as an under
taking that xould do much To promote onT
welfare. The construction OF q line connect
ing the Columbia river with Salt Lake Is a
proiect tha. bears the approval of all. A
1,,a ha 4 al MI =
something that we all pray for; and most of
us are OF the opinion that our future pros
perity is inseparablv connected with the free
and unobstruc.ed navigation of that great
highway of nature Here we are, therefore,
divided upon three propositions, VIZ: the
Seattle road, the Salt Lake enterprise. and
the opening of the Columbia river In all
things, aid every man who has seen anything
of life. knows that success must have for It's
basis concentration. In union there Is
strength without it, failure is the result.
AS with individuals, So with communities.
A shiftless man, first Iii this business and
then III that, building an AIR castle here and
another there, sooner or later comes to finan-
cial ruin, loses respect, and, no matter how
high his intellectual attainments may be,
little or 10 attention is paid to him or his
enterprises; he Is looked upon as n dreamer,
whose ideas and schemes are visionary
Years ago. when some OF orr citizens were
stark mad about another enterprise, wecalled
a halt, and directed their attention to the
importance Of securing congressional aid for
the opening Of the Columbia river. A little
work and without the expenditure of dol
lar sees that undertaking already inaugu
rated and each succeeding year viii bring
an increased appropriation. That great de-
sideratum is now almost an assured fact.
And again, a. time when large number
OF our people thought that the salvation of
this section was wrapped UP III the construc
ton of the Seattle road. we advised the
building of a railroad from this town to the
Columbia river as a project that could be ac
complshed, and as something that would
prove of immediate benefit. After great
difficulty. and Jpainly through the iastrnmen-
tality of one of our own citizens, that road
was built, and the results We predicted have
all been realized. "Go slow" and the other,
"tlrst be sure you are right, then 60 ahead,
are good notices. Don't fritter away your
substance upon idle projects-projects that
have their origin in the minds of schemeing
men, who desire to hold the purse. The
STATESMAN, i'll all the long years gone by,
has stood between this people and oppression,
whether ut home or abroad it has always
been the friend of the farmer and business
man, and, at times, too, when Its friendship
was misunderstood, and when men, whose
thoughts are always houndedby the narrow
confines of the present, sought to make cap
ital out OF otYr course, simply because we
looked far into the future, and saw that GER
tam projects could not be carried out, or, if
successful, would result disastrously. The
same policy that governed our course in
the past governs Us now: and, therefore, We
say to our citizens TO ''go slow" embark III
no enterprises unless you have the evidence
that they are substantial, and never 60 into
any business scheme Where some one viii get
all the revenues and you furnish all the
money.