THE CORVALLIS GAZETTE, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1891.
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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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Oregon fruit interests are be
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Don't forget, brethren, that it
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The "tin-plate liar" seems to
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