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About Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1872)
afEWftiiil mzmwmm SalcmrnFurdayrMay 25. Portlaad AkoT- U HAMUKr,,1 Ocncrl AdttllMiiff Aft nl, I nuthorlrcd In net n rote Ajrcnt fur thf FAKMrn In lVrtlind to rtci Ivc Md receipt for abtcriptlimi and Klvtrtlium-nl.. 1KN UtXLABAY IX KITI CHAPTKK8. Read, at Maai ( year Iff Ighbor. Wodonotdoal In sensations, but In sober facts and calm reason. Bend ers of tho Farmer, Citizens of Or egon, theso things nro published for your good ; as frlond forewarns friend, ho wo forewarn you. If you profit, not thereby, it Hhnll not bo our fault. Although Ilollutlay, with his wealth of million", ban seen fit to miiko wur tiiou uk, struggling by day's work for dully bread, and with huso libels attempted 'to ruin our business, yet o shall toll you Holwr truth without any admixturo of mat It'O. And this brings tin to consider MUMiADAV AHA I.AW-MAKKIl. It hiM not been forgotten by the peoplo of Orcirou. and esiiccinllv not by tho people of this elty, how IIol laduy went Into tho Legislature or 1808 and .secured from that Assembly tho hind grant franchise on which tho Oregon and California Kail road linn been constructed. It was the Hhnnic of this elty, and tho disgrace of u mtOority of that Legislature, that irolladay and his satellites held high carnival In Hlarkoy's Ulock, with wine, whisky, women, and feasts, 1 which were added, not Infrequently, midnight rovellugs and drunkenness. Kiisv-imlnir mem. hers of that legislature were wined, dined, made drunk, and put to lied, to waku up supple tools of the great llolladay. Those of a financial turn of mind orurntij(l to start stoek runehes, and saloon, buy elegant homesteads, pay oft" old debts, and even huvo $2,0(Mi checks tit bet on "poker," albeit they camo up to tills city as poor as church ndee, to servo the eoplo at three dollars a duy. Wo have heard It said that tho little resolution passed for him cost Mm fifty titnwand dollar tn yotd coin. Tho corruption and unlawful means then made use of by him are notorious and undeniable. But'lioro bear ft" In mind that we have never denied, and do not now deny, tho right of Mr. llolladay to seek by honuraldr and fair menus tho legislation he desired. Hut, mark you again, It Is to the unlawful, criminal, and trtvkrd manner of his proceeding, and to the dangerous corruptions ho made, mid makes, uo of, that wo do object and pro test. Then, for the tlrst time In the history of our fair young State, was purpose of preventing lien llolladay irom speculating wlth these lonus and extorting1 high "prices from the poor settlers. And how has Ben irolladay rcspcctodlhutiluw' of,Con gre?Wo itnswery again, that ho has deliberately violated every pro vision of it, and basely perverted a law, designed by Congress to aid, protect, and benefit poor settlers, as well as hocuro n railroad, to his own selfish purposes, and to add millions of dollars to his already colossal for tune. According to his own ontlf In tho Elliott case, Den llolladay has deserted tho poor, landless, home less men of Oregon, and sold this great land grant to a company of wealthy men, oT which he Is chief. called tho "Oregon and European Lmd Company," who are now do maudinir from four to twenty dollars per acre for these lands, which were intended to bo hold only to our set tlers for two dollars and a half. At tho maximum price placed on these lands by Congress, tho grant was probably worth ten million dollars, but nt tho rates it is now Iteiuir sold by these speculators, it will put In their pockets, as n free gift, thirty or forty million". If the proceeds of these lands were applied to the extension of Oregon .llL..n.l,. II ,. ,.!., .. T" .., iiiiinHiup, muru iingiii n flomt) snow of excuse for this violation of tho law. Hut tho price of tho lands is not so expended. The railroad Is IK-Ing built with tho proceeds of the sales of the bonds, according to Hol iday's own testimony. The lands not mortiMircd to secure the WILLAMETTE iSMSB: "" r : : . I 7T. : manufacturer, or capitalist is fool enoiigh to coma here and Invest his money where ho can plainly see that ins loriune ana investments may in: ruined nt any time by this factious nnd unreasonable railroad king. They have stopped coining. No poor mnn, knowing the stnto of affairs here, will como to pay llolladay nuirn fnr (Imtinrnnil finish bind than good prairie wlllcostln Kansas 5 nnd especially not when he learns that not 11 rmsAPtiirnr or a pound of freight can get in or out of the State with out paying tribute to one man, whoso only rule of action Is might, nnd not fight. Call you this n beneficial state or affairs? Call you tho man who are bonds nothing but the railroad. lieu .llolladay has got all tho money used In building this road (according to his own oath) from sales of bonds. Ho has therefore not invested one dollar or his own money In this rail road. Wherefore, then, Is the rea son for allowing Hen irolladay, In addition to the railroad purchased with tho ImiihN, millions; upon millions of dollars, tho proceeds of this great land grant, and fiir all or which ho has never paid one dollar or one honest day's work ? This brings us to consider KOI.I.ADAV TIIK HAINT AMI 1IKNK-I'ACTOH. It Is the Pleasure or some especially those " Wlm lx-hil the uplr hliii-i of the Vncr, 'I In I Ibrin itinjr fulluw raiilnir," to iKilnfio Holladay ns n grontYbonc factor of tho State, Wo do not grant this. He has done nothing more than thono ho found hero were enga ged in doing, except to kick out nil men, the nlonnni-H In (hn wni-lr. . -.Tlw ..nit. dlfferonco is'tMt'IU4i and others did? not pretend tohaVeany money to uuim roads, wbUo Holladuy has Ixiastcd loudly of what he had. but Mnt not dollar of his own, but scattered that or hit German bond punhawrs. The construction of our liroduccd It n benefactor ? ny, veri ly ; ho is Oregon's worst enemy. 1IOM.ADAY AH A I'OLITICIAK. Every citizen has a right to his jKilitlcal views, and to tho free ex pression of them. Hut what right has Hen Hollniliiv. 11 citizen of the - -" 1 --- -- -- ---- State of New York, to be Interfering In tho politics of Oregon? As the owner of property hero, ho has a Ight to demand eoual protection for property aloncr with that of our own citiens. And now we ask, has he not nlways had ft? Whoro Is the citizen, where is tho party, that lias oyer proved any Injustice to him, or one rulo for him and n different one for other peoplo? There have been two sessions of tho Legislature since ho camo here, in both of which ho sought for and ncttntl njwclal oeiuficlal leffltlaticejavort to himself. And where was tho member that proposed to do him an Injury ? The ract is that Hun Hullauay has been feted, and honored, and netted, and fattened by tho peoplo of Oregon ns no other man ever was by any other State. And how hns he returned our hospitality ? Ixik at his malign and corrupting influences in our Le gislatures ; look nt his violation of tho land-grant act, in quadrupling tho price of Innds upon poor settlers ; look nt the employment of his " red shirts" in tho Portland elections; loolcat his recent Intcrferoncain tho primaries of a political party in tho same city; look. it his hostility mid malice spit out upon every man that does not obey hls'ortlew nnd wishes; look at- his compulsion of, mnn in give up their steamlibats, hackstand dray., or submit to ruinous opposi tion, tils political platform Is "Huh, or ruin," and, for one, wo propoe to give mm a good squnro tight to see whether ho can, nnd Independence of labor nnd la boring men all tho time. Give u nn honest mnn, who will stand by tho working men, nnd oppose tho monopolies, and we enro not what ticket he is on. WnrkhifMiipn. farmers, mechanics. nnd merchants, citizens nil, read this nnd pass It nround, nnd If nny man flint mm ht herein nmiss. demand his -.-- .B. ..u.v , reason, nnd send It to us for reply, If you need to do so. But If this doc trine suits you, then wo nsk you to buckle on your armor nnd go to work nt once, for tho time Is short. He member that your enemy is organ ized, has money to spend, nnd un scrupulous hirelings nt work. At tend nil iKilitical meetings, call out the candidates, and mnko them pledge themselves for or against you or tho railroad klnir. Demand fence laws for tho railroads, payment for killed stock, equal taxation of the railroads with other property, and full protection for producers and shippers of freight ; nnd, lastly, de mand that no man be sent to tho Le gislature, to Congress, or to tho Soiu ate, who will not plcdgo himself to enforce tho two dollars nnd n hnlf clause of the laud-grant act. Holla- day's minions will give you a tcrrl bio fight 5 but go to tho election to ns.sert nnd maintain your rights ns freemen. If you nro opposed by force, or mourn ritier. in nnv nnrt of the State, meet it nromntlv nnd effectively : " Strike fur four nlun and jour fini-, Strike "- and leave not 11 single perjured, base born wretch to tell tho tale. ......, , ...... h . mimv, s (..miiimi.T iic wiimavuuii III (III tho vile leaven of corruption Intro- railroads by honorable and reason fliKuul lit nil I,. til. 1 .f I. ...I .1.. tt .... I nil., kkkABk Mt.i .&i-u.. a 1 duood Into our halls of legislation. Then, Citizens of Oregon, did the K)lsou ap of monci'injturnre Insert his fangs into tho heart of Oregon politic, to out and destroy with it lonthesomo virus tho purity of our laws nnd elections nnd tho honor of our public men. Such was the moral code used by Hen llolladay In his efforts as a law-maker In Oregon ; and such will over ho his evil Influ ence until rotnl down by the voice of tho people. Hut, looking further, wo see that tho resolution of the legislature of 1808 was of no uso to Holladnv with- out a eonfirnmtlon by Congress ; ami to secure such ratifying act of Con grcsn, to give him the lands bow paionuMi to bis railroad Mr. Helta day agrrttl to nnd 0jtof the fol lowing proviso : "And provided further, That the 'ndf granted by the Act aforvigild shall bo void to actual tflllrrt only, In quantiUw not greater than one quarter ecUon to one purchaser, and for u price not CivttdiHO ttco dollar and . 0 JVtV ctl$ ixr acr ThU u another illustration of law making, and which brings us to con alder 1IOM.AUAV AH A LAW-UHKAKKIt. Why did Congress put on these railroad lauds tho nbovo restrictions as to price ahd'sottlemeh't ? Wc'an swer Hint it was done for the cvprttw able men would certainly have boon a great benefaction to the State ; hut lion liouauay has proven to Ih a curse. We charge that, by his In trigues and fthamclew Interferences in elections and, legislation, he has demoralized publio sentiment ami corrupted public, honor: and that tho wrong nnd Injury thus Inflicted 011 the commonwealth exceed any ixissihlo iiecuiiinry benefit. Wo charge, further, that the above-mentioned violation of the land-grant law, by which four millions of acres of our hinds have liooit handed over to a little clique of foreign speculat ors, with llolladay nt their head, and the prices so raised as to render every poor man settling on them a veritable slave, and for which nei ther tho Htate nor tho cop!o receive a single dollar or another foot of rail road wo charge this to lie tin Injury to the State, Incalculably in execs of any passible railroad benefit from Hen llolladay. We charge, further, that, by reason of llolladay 's monojv oly of steamship", railroads, river boats, drays, trucks, uud bucks, and by reason of his domincerlnc nnd tyrannical nature and disposition, that he has alarmed the uuhHc ami aroused suspicion, that ho has fright ened aWMV till rnnttnl tint I,, M .. Interest, aad effictuallv checked Ihi. migration. No IndeHndeiit linker. I TIIK 11KMKDY. Tho ballot-box offers' vou thoonlv remedy to free voiirclvw from tim iuiiositloii of this unreasonable man. Ami wo appeal to you, citizens of Or egon, to iMss not these words lightly by. Ytiii men of bronzed cheek anil horny hands, in tho sweat of whoso honest toll your dally bread'ls earn ed, how do you like tho picture 7 Are you ready to do Ilolludav's hid. ding nt the poll, uud thus iveroctn. atu his jMiwer over your lalsir and earnings ? And you Immigrant ami settler mi yon distant hillside, with your till sioreu m mat Humble cabin erected by your hands ; you labor like a gal ley slave to clear that land, earn a living, and for years pay interest nnd ten dollars tier acre for fond wliid, Congress told Hen Holluday to sell you ror two dollars and :i hair. Vim Itlld VOlir wife hnvo miim tl.m.. ....I.. of iulc to settle in ami build u homo in ralr young Oreex)ii. You worn tnhi that land was hero, cheap ; and, once here, you cannot rotmeo your steps. The Congress of your coimirv i..w endeavored to protect you, but this King llolladay has set at defiance the law made for your protection, and is now engaged in robbing you by slow decrees. N'n iv)tn..t., ... lK)lltlcal party In Oregon has dared to speak out in your defense. Hut tllO WlIXAMKTTK Kaiimvii k.. ,l. wl to speak, ami will contlnuo to do- euti you, ,ThU lpcr viw tetabllsh eu and is publishoii r.r i.n i,.. the laborers and farmew of Oregon. mil uour iMt luinrrh .- Wool, in Sak FJiAKt'ibco. The Itcific Jlural I'rait, Maj' 18th, speaks as follows of tho wool prospect in tho San Francisco market: There seems hardly a possibility that wool will maintain even Its nroscnt value. There arc now In store. In San Fran- clseo, over 18,000 bales, Including all grades, una every day Is nddinglts quota of receipts from nil parts of tho State. If wo compare tho present amount on hand, with tho wool clip of last year, it Is evident that u very largo quantity is still in the hands of tho growers, for some of which prices ranging from 40 to 02 cents have ul rcady lieen paid. The receiptor this, in addition to that now on hand, lessened only by 11 few light sales, will have n tendency rather to lower tho price in this market than lift It ton higher figure. Much of that now coming in Is not sold or contracted for, and for tho most part is in small lots, from tho growers on a small scale, many of whom feel compelled to realize, even at low rates ; mis will have a further tendency to lower prices ; nnd wo now hear of sales of small lots at prices ranging from !W to 40 cents. On tho whole, wo do not see what there is to warrant n belief that wool Is to advance in price greatly beyond Its present market value." l)n. Livinhstonk. Tho safety of this renowned explorer has nt hud been assured. Some time since. Mr Bennett, proprietor of tho Now York Jieraid, sent out one of his reibrters, Mr. Stauly, who started from Zanzi bar, iHjnetrated tho wilds of Africa, and found Dr. Livingstone nilvo nnd well. We shall doubtless soon hovn full particulars of this adventurous cxpiott, which redounds so greatly to tho credit of tho New York Ifrmhi for Its energy and enterprise. Ksi,ani). The strike of the ag ricultural laborers in tho central eoun tics of Knglund has not vet been nH. Justed. The demand by the ntrrlcul- turul Unions is for nn Iucmhik nt wages from $3 to $4 n week. In Warwickshire there have been elght teen district unions formed, and three hundred laborers on the strike. and threatened, nor luilii.wi ht k.. .' , ' We know neither of tho political paf no", Din We fight for the fn lorn TllK Dkiit. The Secrctnrv of tlin Treasury reports the reduction in tho public debt, for the month of April, at over $12,000,000. This makes the total reduction since the 4th of Morcn, ia, about $328,000,000. n.Mi.AL,-nm. m. uami, iq., editor of the Dalles Uountalurer, made us a call yesterday. un ABOCT BAIKM. Th0Uh .li'JdlJfcront persons about dull Times in Salem There nro thoso of our own citizens who seo but a gloomy prospect hi the future. Perhaps there is reason in some of the long croans thnt. nM .. tcrcd on this subject. Therelsarer. tain degree of dullness. And there aio reasons for this condition of things. The temporary Imnulsn that tho railroad gave to buslnosa nr .. cessity ceased when tho road went beyond us. Wo are not yet In rnll. road connection with tho oldor na tions of tho country, and are really as much isolated as wo over wore. Pop ulation is tho ono thing wo need to mako business lively, nnd tho bicri,. ways by which population can come to us aro not fully opened. It is dull, and will continue to bo dull so inn as thoso reasons for dullness exist. But we can find much to cnnnnin on tho principle that "misery loves I'nmnnnv Notwithstanding tho boosted term inal prospects of Puget Sound, there is not u point on that "finest body of water In tho world " that has nny thing liko tho life nnd business thrift of our own city. Even in Portland, our boasted commercial emporium, there nro numbers of imniN ui. complain of Insufferable dullness. Tn proportion to tho number of peoplo nnd tho advantages of wealth and lo cation it is nt least ns dull to-dny in Portland ns it is in Salem. In pro portion to tho size of tho two places there nro more omntv bulldlnm. there than here, both dwellings and ousmess nouses. There Is nothing 11K0 1110 nctivity 111 renl estate there thnt there was two years ngo. Even n more striking example is that of Sun Francisco. Time nnd again tho telegraph has reported to us mo iouu crj' or " dull times from Montgomery and Market streets. There is a great depression in her stock market and an immense shrinkngo on former prices. Even tho auction stands aro dull and we aro told that fino horses aro sold un der tho hammer for half price. Wo have witnessed tho almost fmnt in r forts the grcatcommlttee of ono hun dred has been mnklng to effect now railroad combinations for tho evident puriosc or saving Sou Francisco. These things should teach us a les son. Wo do not expect to becomo a great commercial city. But wo nro located In tho center of tho best running region on the Puciflc coast, ond nro sure to grow ns tho country around us develops. Our education al institutions, our agricultural facil ities, and our natural hold upon tho capital or tho State, aro sure to make us finally u substantial, growing, and prosperous city. Tho only thing we really have to fear is tho blindness or meanness of some of our own citizens. Men who own large property in our city, nnd seem to think thnt ull they have to do is to keen it and crumblo about tho taxes thev nnv nn It. nm our worst enemies. Men who will not lift a hand nor pay a cent to secure tho building of a bridge across tho Wlllamettto nor tho removal of tho depot into tho city, aro doing more to injure us than Ben HoUadav. with all his monopolizing tendencies, over could do if these men wore cured of their meanness. Wo need more local nrido and nub ile spirit. Wo need to have, more influences brought to bear to pro moto public spirit. When has there ever beeu a public meetinir to eonsld- cr so important a local question as mu i-uuiiging 01 me track and re moval of tho depot into the city V Which ono of our dally papers has turned away from its disgraceful po litical slang or one sided partisan fight long enough to present fully and clearly to Its readers any of these great local questions ? And what we say of this communi ty applies to all communities and the State at large. Any town or State that would crow and prosper must, have public spirit ed men. Vigilance and activity are necessary to urinsr nmanArlrv tn City as tO brillfir success tn Ufa in nnv individual. Union of action is . nec essary, hard work, midline degree
