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THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1891. 2 Cortallis dajcttc. navto r.YR.r fmday moksiko bt S'TZA.-PTJS: CONOVEH. 8UBSORIPTION RATL3 Per Year, $2 00 W Months, 1 00 Three Months 75 Single Copies 6c r Year (when not paid in advance)... 2 50 If tliia administration had done nothing else than to compel the German's to receive our meats and meat products, which have been prohibited by that country lor several years, it would deserve the thanks of every American citizen. He is a sanguine democrat who can extract any consolation out of the spring elections throughout the country. There are indica tions that the republicans are again "torching elbows" preparatory to a national victory next year. To put it in slang: Italy's big bluff failed to rattle Mr. Blaine even a little bit, and the prompt ness with which he planked down the chips for a raise so completely knocked out the macaroni eater that he laid down his ace high hand without more ado. Moral: Europeans should let the Amer ican national game alone. Gov.-Skxator Hill is smarter than some of the other democratic presidential candidates. He has announced his opposition to free trade. This makes an impassable gulf between that gentleman and Roger Q. Mills, the free trader, who hopes to be the next speaker of the House, by the aid of that other distingnished free trader, Governor Cleveland. The republican party is recover ing from the knock-down foul blow it received last fall so fast that it astonishes the gentlemen who were so positive that it was entirely dead. The republican party is typical of truth, which may be temporarily crushed by falehood, but which never iails to prevail in the end. The resignation of Senator El munds, although not entirely un expected, is a serious loss to the republican party and the country. He is justly regarded as one of the ablest expounders of constitu tional law in the United States. "We trust that the gentleman may eom recover his health, and that he may Jive long to give the party he has so ably stood by for so many years the benefit of his ex perience and advice. One by one the charming patri otic stories of our childhood are proven to be myths. Rev. Mon ure D. Conway, for many years an industrious student of the his tory of George Washington, has published a magazine article to prove that Frederick the Great did not send Washington a sword inscribed ''From the oldest general in the world to the greatest,'' or in fact any sword, and further, that there isn't the slightest evidence for believing that Frederick was at all impressed with Washington's greatness. Fie, fie upon you Mr. Oonway, you should have kept the discovery to yourself. The legend was entirely too good to be thus ruthlessly destroyed. In view of recent occurrences it would seem proper that a law should be enacted compelling all foreigners who come to this coun try with the intention of engaging in business, in any capacity, to re nounce allegiance to their former country and make application for citizenship in our own. At first glance such a law would appear to be unnecessarily harsh; but it isn't. Its opponents will charge that it will restrict immigration, and it will;-and that is just what this , country lias got to do sooner or later, the sooner the better, and in what better way can it be done than by compelling ' all foreigners desirous of enjoying the ' advan tages of living in this country to declare their intention of becom ing American citizens? ALASKA HOT A "SUCKEDORAXGE: It is no wonder that New York capitalists were willing to back Captain Carroll, for the purchase of Alaska, with twice the sum paid for that territory by the United States through Secretary Seward, nor is it surprising that the old "shellback" announces that the offer still holds good. What may be the settlement of the seal difficulty, it is certain that the discussion of the question will give our Alaskan possessions a wider advertising than they would otherwise have received in many years. Facts are coming to light that show the industry of catch ing fur-bearing animals to have been of greater value than was suspected. As everybody knows, Secretary Seward bought Alaska from Rus sia, paying therefor $7,200,000. Since that purchase in 1867, ac cording to a census bulletin con taining an abstract of the report of Ivan PetrofF, the special agent of the bureau, sealskins to the value of $33,000,000 have been shipped from Alaska and sold in the London markets, and other furs to the amount $16,000,000 have been sold. Nearly fifty mil lion dollars have been collected from furs alone. But this is not all that has to go to the credit of Alaska. The sal mon fisheries since 1884 have yielded $7,500,000, or more than the cost of the territory. In 1890 there were 3,000,000 salmon taken at Karluk, where the largest com pany in the world is located, and 1,100 men are employed. The codfish catch, which is reported to be susceptible of immense devel opment, has exceeded $3,000,000 in the last twenty years. The herring fishery yields annually 150,000 gallons of oil and nearly 1,000 tons of fertilizing material. The whales caught in the Arctic in 1S90 yielded 226,402 pounds of bone, 3,980 pounds of Ivory, and 14,567 barrels of oil. During the same year the pro duction of gold was about $700, 000. These figures are hishlv in teresting as showing how much there is in it for us if we can maintain that the Behring ismwe clausum and closed to the trading proclivities of all the world, ex cept our own. Welcome. OREGON WEATHER BUREAU. CENTRAL OFFICE, PORTLAND, OREGON. CROP- WEATHER, BULLETIN NO. 6. FOR WEEK ENDING, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1891. WESTERN OREGON WEATHER. The temperrture has been from a normal condition in southern part to 3 degrees above the nor mal in northern part. The actual temperature ranging from 40 to 75 degrees. Showers occurred on several days, on the 13th and 16th, thunder accompanying them. The winds have been light to fresh in force and variable in direction. No frosts have been re ported. Cloudy or partly cloudy weather predominated, with warm, bright sunshine at intervals. Marked growth in all vegeta tion, during the week has been re ported. Fall wheat has had rapid growth. Early sown spring wheat is above the ground and growing remarkably well. Oats are healthy, and equal wheat in growth. Spring seeding has been rapidly pushed and considerable progress ha 3 been made. The acreage has been generally largely increased. Fruit trees are all blooming and leafing; generally some bloom is falling. Fruit pros pects were never better. Gardens are coming on. Early sown seed showing above ground. Straw berries in bloom and small berries, size of pea formed, in the early va rieties. Sheep shearing in pro gress. Hops are being trained and growing rapidly. ' - B. S. Pague, Observer, U. S. Signal Service. They now call Mr. Cleveland the "claimant," because of his persist ency in claiming the democratic presidential nomination. THE DUTY OF THE HOUR. One of the most thoughtful arti cles that has appeared in the North American Review for along time is that of the Hon. JV M. Rusk, secretary of agriculture, on what he terms the "Duty of the Hour. This duty, he declares, is for all intelligent patriotic states men ';to undertake at once an earnest thoughtful study of Amer ican agriculture to acquaint them selves with the needs and condi tions of American farmers." The farmers, he asserts, were forced into their present political attitude by ths fact that they are not receiv ing their due share of the prosper ity of the country. It is true that the farmer of to-day is much bet tar off than the farmer of fifty years ago, but this is no answer to the complaint, nor does it justify the unequal distribution of good things among the various classes of the community. Moreover, the very fact that his condition has improved makes the farmer more eager for his full share of the gen eral prosperity of the country. His improved advantages have enabled him to grow in intelli gence and he sees, therefore, more clearly and realizes more painfully the widening gulf between the prosperity of the rich man of the city and the condition of the resi dent of the country. Politicians have been neglecting the farming interests all along until now the farmers have been compelled to assert themselves. There are now, says Mr. Rusk, 5,000,000 farms in this country on which 10,000,000 workers toil unremittingly, and by the product of their labors are all other industries maintained, and 75 per cent of our exports are the products of agriculture. Despite these facts the department of our government which receives the least consideration and is endowed with the smallest appropriation is that of agriculture. It is, there fore, evident that some change must be made in the way in which farmers have been treated and to study carefully how their demands may be met and justly complied with is one of the supreme duties of our political life. Mb. Harrison has earned by hard work the vacation he is now taking, and by his intelligent and statesmanlike manner of conduct ing his administration he- has shown himself to be fully entitled to the ovations he is certain to re ceive at every point at which he stops. An effort should be made to have the president and his party visit Corvallis. There's one good thing to be said of Governor-Senator David B. Hill. He doesn't believe in free trade; but so much can hardly be truthfully said of his principal competitor for the democratic nomination Mr. Cleveland. The democratic "rainbow chas ers" have once more made a miser able failure to connect with that mythical bag of gold, but they will continue to win republican states on paper, as usual. 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