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if -, .-, ; ' . - . - VOL. III. . . itlLLSBORO, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1875. .' - THE INDEPENDENT. M-BLt-mlD AT buuvw . Oregon X.TJ O 3D. XI. Editer and Proprietor. I ERM8 OT SUBSCRU'tlONtCoJn)! Oil. f-AT, Hit An nth',. ' Thr. mouths, ' I 00 1 00 10 PATE OP ADVERTISING (Coin): . . . Ittyulr Adurtltrrt. timi 1 K 1 wick. 1 5" a titu. a do 1 UOMTU. 2 W 9 not. 4 5') e mo ; no i iol 3 50 4 50 5 00 V 00 1 00 SO 00 tool 10 00 15 00 20 00 30 00 50 00 00 00 1 00 j oo 8 00 u oo 15 00 oo H 50 It 00 20 00 20 00 60 00 I vsta. 10 oo tn.l.nl .ilrortiwintnU. $2 00 1st lll- lnr)as; nadi additional iimcrtion, f l 00. Loul No-ncss. 20 ct-uts l r lino for eitf-h inu-rtiou. No imlii-e li'itii Minn f 1 00. Summon, rlh.rtr. Ifciles, Mid all oihor legs! nutter, fl 50 xr Mjuiiru, lt inner lioui tscli additional insi-rtinn. 75 ooit. 1 lMli4a Is on. iuuli up or down the column. AGENT AT 1'OnTI.AXD. O.T.OON -L. KlUUKLt AOBNT AT SAN t UANClSCO - L.T Fihii- s, ruomn'iO & 21,.Meri'baut'.Kxvkniii Csiilotniitr. - r. AOKTS At 'KKW YOHK CITT-fl. M. I rrrssiii.t Co., 31 Turk Kow. n.r. It.xtkiiinii Ht.-(lso. 1'. 1UWKUL & Co., i I l'nrk How. AGSSr. AT 8T. LOVIS-Ilor.i.ut CuuxtM. Cor, Tliinl nnl Clietnnt St. OFFICE Tn Hillsboro In tlie old Conrt HouM Hnilding on the public tMiuitra. rUOl'KSSIONAIi CARDS. DOCTUK 11. PKYCn, hyloian and Surgeon. tirra s,oi;njmmm, FMIK'.TON. . - , JAMES WITUYCOMBE, Vitsrinsrr Nsrsn, UlLLhUOUO, .... OREGON. ty Will St ) Orypon I.ivry SalK Cuiim-t of M'rrion nnd t'irnt Ktrrt-U. l'ort sd, swry rridy. I,r8tf . JOHN VITK, M 1. '' FWiai ad Sureoa- tuLLsiioito, oitr.t;'. TIKS, alto CllltOSIC VLCF.nS. OFFICF.-Mnin litre, t HilllfM. Or5oit. A.IIAlLFY,.M I. Physician, Burgeon and Asooncbenr. HIILSBORO. tiREGON 'VFIri-sJ thnOnin Un. llKSIDKSCJi-Tiire. Itlocks Drun Ktor.. South of nliyl M ILSON HOW Ml Y, 31. I. rb)kicluu and Siirtcon, r-BCMT CEOTK, - . . tJKKtiOS. OFFICE--At i Kesuleor., Jobnuou Plsntng Hills. Went of ' ' X. II. SAYLOIl, 31. ,r. ri I... Phyiioian and Surgeon. , fOREST GROVE, -r OREGON ' TtKflTDEN,K-Corn.rt4x.ndniockioulh et lb. rmn Htnn. luiJJy T. U. II AN' DM' Y, ATTOItXEY A XI) C'OVSSELLOIl AT IAW. iFFICR-io the Court Iluavt, IlilNboro, breB"n. inyi:t-tf , k. SALL. BlLItOB BTOTT. BAMi &. STOTT, A fTOUNE i A TliA i i Ho. 6 pokum's Illork, . j PORTLAND, CRF.OON. n ly - r Mrfir ein.ni. a , aiiarK J. Catlln U Klllln, , ATTORNEYS ASD COUNSEWU AT LAW. . "' "'.' bnknm's Itnildlnjf, First Btreel, ' " I'OUTLASD. OREGON. ' ,.tn6lffA8H. TONGUE. Atlorner .at-Law, ? 'tiifljhorti, 'tVsshluiiton County, Orrgon. 'riOD.1 IIUMPHUEYri. .Utrfxnr fffnuc and coxvkyasckr a - ....... . , LEQAL pspors drwn and' dlwttoiia lfcimd. BtMiimss entrustod to his cars vndd to promptly. OFFHT. Ncs t'onrl Hoitss Annual Address. WBaB 1 ' By Joseph Gaston at the Washington County Fair.: , t . Fellow CUium, LadifH and Ventlt" men: It is meet and proper, tbot at tiie clone of a bountiful harvest, gathered without loss in the xaovt delightful climate, and in Die midst of general good health in the county, that we should meet at this harvest home'gttthering to hold the annual Fair. Tree frohl the insect plagues which consume the farmer's crops in the States beyond the Rocky Moun tains, and turn his life into a con suming cure, and far removed from the devastating floods and storms which ruin in an hour tho labors of I lifetime, the Oregon farmer ia nut only vouchsafed with scriptural fidolity tho promise of 'seedtime and harvest,' but ho has also added thereto, a luxurious climate which enables him to bow his seed in the dreamy days of mellow Autumn, or in the brightest days of jovons jfpring, and thou gather his harvest without fear of e'estrox ing stormi, but with cooling brevr.er to temper tho Summer heut. These circumstance which sur round usta'l for thuuks to the "Giver of every good and per'Cct gift," for thwse unity and iucompar-1 able blessings. It is thrrcfore with i no ordinary feeling that I cougvatu- .... " lato the OOkori and Director of the Agricultural Society, nud the people 1 1 . . - . i in attendance, on tins suspicions ortiihjof tnrir Ninth Annual Fair. The Oldest County Society. j I believe that (hit is tho oldest J culture of plums, prunes, nnd other j for their business is, nil things con County Agricultural Society in the I fruits, to be dried aud shipped to i sidered, the poorest paid of any iu Hlnte; and the rgnlnr aununl bold-! foreign eowuirias. j the United States. - - ingofits Fuir (or uiiie siu-coaivo The Advantages bf the County. I know it is the custom of tho pro year would b itfelf be a fact of just j -vvashiii-toii county, althon-h lonsr I febi.al politician, and often heard pride to the people of tho county And when we ndd to this, the fact ; that it bus annuuUy increased in ini-1 porlance, deepening and strengthen-1 ing its inlliicneo with tho prople.ntid j yearly nttraetmg n gitoter measure of uttciitiuli fiui.i tho I'eople of the Stato and surrounding Territories, wo a citizeiiM mny do a litt'o boast ing of substantial progress in this direction. I well remember when visiting the firt Fair held on theso grounds eight years ago, when the Society was youug and weak, nnd in debt for its land and most of its improvc m:nts, that not a few croakers could bo heard sa ing that it must soon fail, that debts nnd interest would ent it tip, that it was only a "horse race" anyhow, nnd Simmon's wonld get tho land back with pood board fcucejnto the bargain. Tho proph ets of evil had their say, but the)' havf not yet seen their day; and judging from present nppc.if.mccM they am not liLe'y t ; and I know I but express tho hearty wish of every ttuo friend of tho county, and every true farmer, wliett fl liopo tbnt no lukewarm friend or open enemy tuny ever live to see ' tho Washington County Agricultural Society com pelled to close its gates and haul dotvu its banner of progress and public spirit. And that thcro shall be no abatement of the interest and improvement of tho Society atid itt beautiful grounds and nuuunl exhi bitions, lei every citizen joiu hands with the Board of Directors to en courage them not only with roai sur ing words, but also with larger nnd more varied exhibitions of tho prod ucts of the county, and with larger attendance, so that "gato money" and eutrnuee fees may be fully ccpisl to an annually enlarged premium list, current expenses, aud better iiu provemouts to meet tho demands of a rapidly growing county. j General Benefits of Fairs. , Xo man need now say that these annual Fairs are not beneficial to the county and tho pcoplo. The benefits of Fairs have bean proven by the experience of hu dreds ot years in all civilized coob- i. ' i p.. i L If ''. T . tries, and It a not now necessary to disease the-question. While this Fair is more particularly a l'ninici's institution, yet it brings together all trail oh, arts and professions, devel ops publia spirit, encourages public and private improvements, and last but not least, enlarges the sympathies and creates friendship and good f moling among all clashes of society, who thus once a year meet and min gle on a common level. Agriculture itself is greatly in debted to other workers besides those who follow the plow. There are many present who can remember when all the produce of . the great Mississippi Valley bad to be reduced to the smallest bulk, flour, whisky or baon, Atld floated to New Orleans ill the "brondhorn," the bold navi gators returning on foot or by pony through the "Indian country" with the proceed.! of their year's labor in Spanish coiu; while tho dry goods, Groceries ami hardware for tho scct terin; settlements in all the West were hauled orpackod ovor the Alle ghany Mountains. The introduc tion of the steamboat on tho rivers, tho railiovl on Hio land, MeCor mickV and other Reapers in the hnr- vest fi'j'ul. speedily transformed the Western wil ls an I creatod au Ein- i,ire in tho Mississippi Tullcv. But in thousand of ways is the furmcr indebted to the busr brnin and skillful hands of the mechanic and inventor. The recent inlrodurtmn into Orogon of tho Alden and Plum mer Fruit Divers is ft notable in- h tbe rnecll0,.ic W ) s:nnco in wutcu itie media j r..ntt roj Rltfal 8t.rviCo to the I an,j 0lciiar(ji8 nmi )V whicl e farmer h thous- ... ,1u . ,.. ..i. ,i ,,. tlvely Vfthl0,ess lau j u IujJo productive and profitable in the COUhjll(.rotl a iittie tut 0f xfo waT jlOHHesS?s uioro 0llvnntages for 0 1cr. ;1Bn(,nt bomw.witli greater prospects f . j le v t ahlU 1bn i M (l,liCl. ,.ounlv ju ti, State. It is to I ..... i r.. -...i;.. ..f n, j ;;oi, or to any future commercial en trepot which may be built up at As toi'ia, just wLut Chester county is to Philadelphia, or Westchester is to New York it is the nearest body of good latid lo the City. " We hold onr Fair to-day within seventeen miles of Hhipn' docks at Portland, and within forty miles (ns tho bird llies) of the Pacific Ocean. And wo stand in the centro of n cir cular valley of n half million acres of flsdosirablo prairie and interven ing wood lauds as can bo found any where on the globe. And the future railroad development of Oregon will unquestionably place this leautifiil Tullcy orouu.l tho railroad tripod of tbo State, tho pivotal centre being la the vicinity of the "Orove," while one arm leads to Portland, another south through the Willamette valley, nud tho third piercing the Coast Range, will givo the Washington county farmer the choice of Port land, Astoria or Nevada markets, i From the speaker's stand on this Fair Ground the obsorver can tako iu at one view ono of tho grandest panoramic scenes to be found in any land. - The entire boundary of vision is skirted by gently ruing hills, wooded to thoir summits, while to tho ent tho mnjestio "Hood" domineers the landscape, aud to tho north the hcarccly less pretentious "St. Helens, " crowned with eternal nOs. The entire topography of the county combines the useful with the beautiful. The "hill country" too surround ing tho valley, will in time be set tled up as laud becomes more valua ble, just as all other hill countries have been settled. Roads will in sinuate themselves through yonder foothill nnd up their gentle slopes. 1'locLs and herds will occupy the "ferny openings," and orchards of never , failing fruits will take the place of superfluous woodlsuda.. The public schoyl bouse will crown the eminences or nestle in the vallnys.it-' elating tack the glorious iatliiynces of our own "Pacific I'uhf rsilv." . All of this will witnessed by some of those within the sound of my votes to-day.. And than will (be shepherd from the heights of Cheha lem, the fr.iit frowers from the "Portland bilU," with the farmers of the Kcappoose and Coast Ranges, gather here with the old families . of ths "Flaius" to take up lie labors you most br and by lay down. ' , Soma Other Mattert. . It will be observed that I have so far rjred ho ad vie an to lb bast methods of cultivating the soil, or the most profitable crops to be raided, or the most desirable breeds of stock to be kept. You will un derstand the wisdom of this oo my part, when I frankly admit that it i doubtless true tl at most all of you khow a great deal more about that than I do. While I was raised on a fatm end helped grab one out of the beech woods and limestone bills of Eastern Ohio, ret it ha been s.i long ftiuce t did much at practical farm ing until my recent return to this honorable calling, that I do not feel like an oracle on the subject. Yet there are some things which I do know ubout the business as well as anybody, and knowing them I have always embraced every op portunity to express my. sympathy ' nnd ftieudship for the farmer and his interests. I know what it is for farmers to strugglo from year to year for the bare necessaries to clothe and educate their families, their bruins and muscle conHined with labors which permit little or no re spito or time for reading or recrea tion. I know their necessity for counting the value of 6inall things, too in Agricultural ' addresses, that the farmer is le most independent of n,l l',,lH8(,s of eocieir. And while tUis is trttc.-snd it is the glory of the turner Unit it in true yet these same on tors who count it so great au ad vantage, forget to consider at what coxt of toil nnd stlf-denial this inde pendence is maintained. The farmer, his wife and children, can appreciate as well S any the comforts snd luxuries of looks, mus ic, leisure, travel, elegnnt furniture, goodly raiment and fine houses. And yet how fow there are who can afford them without saciificing'thcir honest pride and independence to the muster of debt. Why is This So? .' Why is It that tho farmer and his wife have to labor so milch harder for so much less than bis seemingly more favored acquaintance iu the city? I'll toll you the reason. It is because the farming interests of the country have been the oyster on wuich the trading professional and non-producing classes bavt) been living, and living too at too high a rate of pced. - ' Farmers go on from year to year hoping to make this or that improve ment, or hoping to send one of the boys or girls to school, and wonder ing why their means slip away so fust without thoir being able to com pas the coveted pointr Your earn ings are swept away by the unreas onable cost of reapers, threshers, wagons aud other farm machinery, while tho sto.o bill nre largely in creafed by unjust import 'duties. And to these taxes upon necessaries comes the burdens of' taxation im posed by a high priced and 'outrage ously expensive (to use ' no harsher terms) government. Think' of an army of one hundred thousand Fed eral office holders in the United States, added to our own State and county officers, each one of whom are paid from five to one hundred times as much as any of you farmers could make on the best farm iu Ore gon. Think of the Army and Navy too, necessities to the; goveToroeot of course, but grossly and unneces sarily expensive. " Think of all this array of patriots ."who Withef toil nor spin,'! and not forgetting . their stealages (commonly celled iricgu- larities) and rememberitte that in numbers and rapacity they compare with the loeasta of Egypt and the grasshopper of Kansas, and yon might well be surprised that yon have plow on your farm or a coat Uyour back. v ' " Ne Use jo Blame the Offtee-tiofders. . It U BO use to condemn the office holders, except those who steal, for you have never aeen but very few of these fellows who would not take all the Jw. allowed. Tbe fault is in the law wuicu permits in justice. uai do you think of a law which enables an officer to save thirty-five thousand dollars every year, iu addition to a good salary, cut of a fund oi seventy thousand dollars annually given him to do public work? How is that for a good fat place And yet that thing is being done here in Oregon iu this very year of grace 1875. And the officer is not guilty of any viola tion of law, or any dishonesty, as the world goes. He simply lets contracts to bis friends at the rates and in the manner provided by the law, and when a man is favored with a two thousand dollar contract he comes around the next day and ma'tea the ofioer a preaint of a thousand dollars to testify' his high consideration for the aforesaid pub lic functionary. It would seem to be the dictate of common sense, t3 say nothing of justice to the taxpayers, . for some law maker to rise in his place and try to have that leak stopped by an amendment to the law, which should require all such public work to be given to the lowest responsible bid der. And yet where is the man in (ithcr political parlies who has made the effort? The fact is that to many of our ' representatives connive at just such practices in order to create a corruption fund to keep themselves in office. .. y This is but one ico n. There are plenty more all ovr the country, in all departments of the public ser vice, state and national. : And it is this unnecessary and corrupt expen diture of public money, amounting to millions upon millions of dollars, which being saddled upon "the in dustry of the country, and all of it iu the end wrung out of the tillers of the soil, which makes your, life nnd labors harder than they need be. ' The money to support an. expen sive government, I need not tell you ia collected either by direct taxes, or by duties on imports. And it don't make any difference whether you pay it directly on your land, or on beer and tobacco, or indirectly in the higher price of your clothing,' lard ware, groceries or machinery, caused by a tariff which works injustice - to the Pacific Coast, in ort!er to foster and aid New England factories, which buy but' littlo or no' Oregon produce. You have to pay it in the end, and 'will have to continue pay ing it until the law are ' reformed, not only to secure si more economical administration of tho government, but also te more' equally distribute j tho burdena of taxation and tho ben efits of the law among the different sections. Chartered Monopolies. Another species of imposition up on the producing classes is found in the power which the government has either directly granted to ' cer tain private corporations, or which allows them to assume it, and by which they make inordinate and un just profits out of the people. , The -bevillufe,tiolM ike first -class, of monopolies may be found in the Na tional Banks. -While I would not in the least decry the ;afety of the National Bank system jet it is so organised as to be a grievous, burden upon, and a daJigerou power to the, people. ' These Banks are not only the custodians of large "mounts of the people' money , out . of which they make profits, but , they - are al lowed te draw interest fa both- thelt securities ' and 'their -circulation notes, thus J givihj ; :-' them double, interest on their money.1 ' In addition to this they have a monopo ly to thfc8 advantage.',; If !o;cn well-to-d farmers waste! ia atari . bank and do th banking basinee ''' of this county, end it wont b loaej ; oatil'such AaiatiloJioa is seeded,) you can't have the benefits of the National Bank Act. because a few capitalist in Portland have n red all of the benefits of that lawor Ore- , gon.Aud for the saw reasons all the ' " otier counties, with the large tows of Silera, Albany, and other place are shut out from the benefit of-' I teat law. ' That such a law should ' r ' bait Ittt ptuid U wonder in a Republican form ' of gor eminent; but that it is now tolerated'-1" and maintained on the neckt of tho people, almost without ques tion, shows only tho overshadowing power of these Banks and theirmoa' ey to control the politics, parties nnd legislation of tL'e country. ' The law ought to t'e amended so as io ' compel tho Banks to pay a part of ' ' their enormous profits to the govern- ment for the benefits they receive, 1 so as to lighten the load of taftarioa on the people, and so as to ' allow T every locality to have a many Banks as the business of the country demanded. s- A fair specimen of the second class of monopolies referred to, fa to be found in the Trans-Continehtai : Railroad Companies, which assurssH ' and uses the power to unjustly tat the people who are compelled to ns its line. Oregon fee! e this injpoti--tiou directly iu the high rat of fare , and freights charged against the hn migration and merchandise corning' to this State. While the Act tf Congress chartering these railreads does not in express words grant, it does not forbid the power to irapoae any rate of freight or passage; . and the companies are exercising the power te collect such f ate as will pay then dividends oa aaiUiot t of dollar of. watered stock .Thi power ia being exercised to w to prevent Immigration to Oregon, and settlement oi tha State, and. alto to one rously tax our farm machinery nnd other merchandise coming over that line. We have settlers ia our county now, and there are man more in Oregon, who . have crossed the "P.'ains" this year with ox-team in the old fashioned way, chiefly be onus the fare on this line of railroad, built by the people' money, ia too outrageously high. ; , . - ' The Remedy. '-.'. I neod not discuss to the I'sfmers' of Oregon, the power of Congress to regulate these Corporation Abases. Congress" has as much power, and It is just as plainly its duty to exercise that power, to control these Bank and Railroad monopolies, as the peo ple of this State have to regulate bur own Railroads. The people throtrgh their representatives, created tfiese corporations, and the creature cannot rise superior to the creator. The only wonder is, that the power to protect the rights and to promote the interests of the people has trot been exercised by Congress and ' the Legislature long ago But the Legislative body can only act as instructed by the people. If the people waut reform they mast vote for , it. Somebody may " any, "you are disuing politics at 'a Fair". Very wall, if this is politic it is just, the kind which needs agi tation here and everywhere. If any politician or party feels aggrieved at this sort of talk, it is only evidence that their politics' need reforming. Tho evils I have montaonod are pressing down the industries of the country, and especially the Farmers,' everywhere, and daily f giov ing worse.. ,We bear a universal com plaint in the United States, of hard tiuaes.That it is not worse In Oregon' than it is must be credited to our prolific soil, regular crop and Com mercial' position , which generally commands fair piicesV Bat'' tfcis great cancer of extravagance in" (he Public service and exorbitant profit to r chartered 'monopolies, easing, gnawing,1' and eontibnally i-wpprng the fitals of the trtion tone? aoeaer or later brinsr tile itevltabht resets o( ( iMK'luiVil nn fourth pg. '