Show ENCOURAGE ENTE enterprise mote oa on with t the lib age ag e of Pro cress desdee I 1 cortland fort land the fie cra croaker aker ie is the most tiresome creature in the world PoE possessing a natural aj unity for the dark eide side lot every ques question ii he blink blinks like a mole in the day daylight fight at the very suggestion of prosperity 1 lie find vera a 3 bis his chief comfort in the profound advice af the physic physician ia u who encouragingly agin gly r assured his patient that if he had adl no drawbacks draw backa he be would be worse in a a week theology literature and society are crow crowded det with thia undesirable class even business circles are not exempt when any anat propos proposition ia is made for a new enterprise that will stimulate bus nus eair ip the old stagnation infuse neave new life and activity into the they timidly shake their heads and murmur something to the effect that it wont pay anything that ia is short of what in popular 0 u parlance ie is called a de dead ay sure aura P thing with a vi visible sible certain certainty ty of an immediate re return of 20 per cent per annum is shunned as a suggestion eug gearion of the evil one any r proposition to enlarge the resources of the cit city y is is ize ngew aqif not with av with ith iti eu cl ch cold as to discourage healthy enterprise all warnings of the manner in which eastern ern cities are cutting into the trado of hie terri territory torl tributary to td rort portland lind are met with the we chilling response from the front street wholesalers that they hake no beaire to extend their business A any ily E suggestions b ons of starting new manufacturing en enterprises t er notwithstanding the importance thereof which an rn of the inter interstate state commerce law emphasizes ore are simply pooh as u h worthy of consideration has it never occurred to our busi busine nets cs jn meu enAnd And capitalism capita capit lisK alista now blessed with all this worlds goods to ensure their comfort how selfish Y aud jid t shortsighted short sighted this policy js alt ret retard rde the growth of jh idi the d jhc thc development otho co country it if drives away I 1 capital pit and fosters discontent among laboring men mein it discourages investment and enterprise and invites stagnation and hard limes times it is adapted to stimulate ern emigration il ration rather than immigration it bur our rounds tte th e community with a chinese wall of conservatism apparently impervious to all the demands or of reform enlightened paralyzes all attempts Attempt if to build up a metropolitan wealth producing city if the prosperity which has at tended this city in the past is to be continued there must be something thiu ilmore more of public spirit than hitherto the welfare of the city at large as well aa as that of in divid divi duals mast bo be considered because the villard boom of years ago met with a calamitous calami toul r reaction ea chiou dejno reason why the people should court a chronic condition of humdrum dullness there can be prosperity without inflation a well grounded commercial activity without t a half crazy era of exciting speculation it will do no good to shrink fr from om outside capital if ifju jt wants to come let it be ens elks coU raged rather than kicked let every legitimate enterprise b be e welcomed and lei lel all the resources ot of the city expand as a nature mature and commerce require never mind the croakers we can get along with out them |