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astmssanneus. WZDLMETTES FARMER. uw U" "Xfe IILteZflSHHn "1fT ' WV9 - lr Salem, Saturday, Feb. 8. HEnevAL, The PiHMin offirc Ml bf en remorcd to Slew. rl' block, Commercial .tiect up tltlr, Irtt (lixir at the left. Lkctuiik. Itov. W. Jt. Stewart delivered the second lecture (In the course nt Itced's Opera House Tues day evening, Fob. 1th. Ills subject wiw4.'.Mcn Wanted." Tho'fgroiit wnntoftho ago Is men of Integrity, industry, intelligence, firmness. We want thorn in the highest places of trust and in the humblest places of labor. Tho subject was well Illustra ted by tho lecturer, and also by the hIzc of tho audience. The long rows of comfortable seat", that greeted tho Hpcuker with their helpless and beg garly emptiness, seemed to cry nloud at tho end of every sentence, "Men Wanted!" To Faiimkiis. Wo call attention to tho address of tho committee appointed by tho recent farmers' meeting printed in another column Wo have "o often ad vocatcd fanners' organizations, that wo nerd do no mora now than express satisfaction itt tho wide spread Interest tiikou in tho matter, and tho .substantial and !iitorprising charactor of the men who aro helping tho present move ment. Wo Jiopo each stop will bo taken with due consideration, and that tho substantial Interests of the HtAto In general, as well as the farm- er In particular, may bo benefited, t Lot every Intelligent farmer consider carefully his own duty in tho mat ter! ' ' YleaaatKxitffritloB. K, The world's fnlr nt Vlnnna oenm Mrj likely to equal in every respect and v.. vt.ta ail .iit.iij llin Ul 4. I lo. ,411 parts of tho world will probably bo moro fully represented, and all pur- ties will have a better understanding than they had five years ago. Foreign governments give no pro tection to our inventions, and many have doubted the propriety of giving tho French nnd Germans a chance to stent our inventions by exhibiting at these fairs. As regards that matter, inventors must watch their own In terests and run their own risks. But as regards tho material resources of our country nnd tho products of our soil, there can bo no question. These should Iks represented Just ns fully as possible. Wo see it noted recently, that a Minnesota man took the first premium on wheat nt tho Paris ex position. In consequence largo num bers of emigrants from Kuropc seek homes in Minnesota. Now wo be Hove Oregon enn fnco tho world on tho whent question, nnd that she can make a fair showing in many other things. It becomes her citizens to see that she Is decently represented. In inventions nnd lino arts sho can not tnko her stand by tho sldo of the older .States, but sho can show that she has the foundation and tho re sources to make her as great ns tho best of them. What sho wants Is people, and every opportunity wo have to let tho whole world know tho simple truth concerning her re sources should bo industriously im proved. In addition toscudingNiui pies of our produce, why would it not bo well to send somo of tho flue photographs that huve been taken of our scenery'.' Anything to lot tho j world know what our country is and how it look". Wo think theso international exhi- iiirm t the Ttrmen or Orfgoii. Tho committee appointed at a meet ing of farmers in Salem on the 25th of January, to prepare an address to tho farmers of tho State, met on Monday, Feb. 3d, and Mr. T. W. Diivftnnnrt: not Iteinsr present. Mr. T. L. Davidson was chosen to fill tho vacancy. After duo delIberatlon,the committee united In tho following ADnnnsx. Fellow Farmen of Oregon: Thn undersigned weroanDoilltcdn committee at the Fanners' Meeting in Salem, Jan. 25th, to addres you through the papers of the State, upon tho subject of organization for tho protection of our mutual interests and for shipping purposes. We regret our inability to do Just ice to so great a trust, but the past year's experience In respect to our commercial relations has satisfied us that the hopeof Oregon depends upon the organization of the tillers of the soli. If we wont the country pros perous, tho waste places redeemed, tho solitudes inhabited, our homes I .t ....A. tmf .. ....An. ..4n liaat .! i iiiiLtimi'u, uur iiusii::is iJiiiiiviicii, and our calling dignified, we must do something to stand clear of the rluirs who luivo combined to steal from us our hard and honest earn ings. We need not state to you, now, their acts: most of you are familiar with them. Tho question is, Will you tamely submit and let tho coun try go to ruin, or will you rl.io like men and show yourselves equal to tho occasion? Single handed wo can do nothing; organized, yon enn ship your own surplus and realize nil it will bring in a foreign market, ex cept tho cost of traniortutlon, Insur ance, nnd commission. This, we can confidently assure you, will securo to you n better price for your products than you can possibly realize with out It. Had such an organization been in existence tho present year. It would have saved to Oregon n million of dollars, enough to have purchased ten of tho best ships sailing upon tho seas, and In five years enough to ex port nil our surplus and import all fiifctoryjls In full blast on ouo corner I of the upper floor. Mr. .Myers has gone to San IViiuoNco to make fur ther nrrangemeiitH, nnd it Is to be hoped tho regular business of tho In Ntittitlon will soon bo inaugurated. Wo can think of no projected enter- piiso lintho manufacturing lino that promises to nivo more money to our stnto than would be .ivul by mnnu lacturlng our own agricultural implement. our forolirn commodltlc AoiticTirniAi. WoitKH. Tho fluo I'ltlons will have n good tendency in It may seem an Ideal thing to unite Inrhlno wheel recently placed In ik- ""y directions. They not only uct mo inrmers or tins htnte in a com sltlan In connection with this huMd- '- lJS iWnWAS "BrfwiwiimuiicuiiuuiiiHuiuy. itwt j .. ..... oi moneyed men to carry forward wish and door factory of Cooke lV These assemblies stimulate thought glpntic project, nnd which In time I onnlsoceimles one-half of tho luwcr d begot friendly feeling-. They will cover our whole country as a net floor, nnd Mr. L. ('hcosbrouirh's bair are tournaments whore me rereut weapons ami contend 'different -iili-It than in tho inentsof old. They aro peaceful bat-. accumulate millions in n tow short.'01' tie fields whero nations meet to eon-V0"!- im 'ot 110 to "no re of our I Into ........ ,.,.i. ,,n.m. i.'.,r.ru. if ... "i'"iKw poorer every day. Their 'I' " "W "" - -.,T .. only wars and conquests that brought nations together. The nations of Kuropo never became thoroughly ac quainted until they Joined each other In tin Ir oru-udes against tho Saracen". In tho old times, kings: mid iiuiuMi senium iiici oiien oilier except ujKin tho battle field. Hut at CMmh Law. Lot all who enrry these Industrial shows, the kings and guns look out for tho game law. nations meet In peace, oven tho Sul I eer and vlk aro now protected. Tho tan and his Turks breaking over old birds will bo protected from the first prejudices nnd Joining hands with of April, to tho first of July. Twenty tho rulers and people of progressive dollars Is tho flno for killing lirgo nations. ijjiTKB FROM rORTWNB. PoiiTtA Nl, Feb. C, 1 873. Editor WIIUmctteMrmer: t,. A careful perusal of tho last few numbers of your paper lias some what inspired mo with a now hope 1 in a brighter future for ourinenus I in !. cow counties." The gioom and darkness financial which I have firmly believed I have hitherto seen settling like nn Impenetrable fog over tho most densely popuinieu por tion of Oregon, Is, in some very small spots, becoming translucent enough to ndmlt now and then a ray of light. To me, and perhaps to n few others, this darkness, which, like that of Egypt, could to us al ready bo " felt," was, till lately, with tho "honest yeomanry" generally, umllteerniblc. The fact that It iwm uiidlsjcrnlble to the sovereign people who alone held the magic wnnd with which It could bo dispelled, nnd who could, tho niomont they saw any ne cessity for it, say 'Let there bo light,' nnd there would bo light this fact did, with me, nnd perhaps others, intensify the gloom, and make it the more horrible. Tho lato movements among tho Itubles, tho Finlnysons, Davenports, Davidsons, Goers, and a host of othor husbandmen, who, cov ered with "sweat and honorablo dust," arc calling conventions and, through the medium of prose and lioctry, arc " crying nloud and spar ing not," show to mo that tho ad vanced intellects In tho ranks of agri cultural progress have also discover ed tho dnrknes or at least they have discovered that something Is radically wrong. In this discovery by them, and in their faith that they can ovoko n remedy, I see tho glim merings of light, whether It prove to be the day-dawn or not. Tho move ment on their part shows that these men are sensible that tho body finan cial Is diseased somewhere. Wheth er they all bo convinced already that it is a malady curahlo by proper mo- dlcinnl applications, in tho way of physics, emollients, or poultices, or whether a largo number bellovo it in iisodif- work, moro despotic Injtholr power i to be either n devil, which enn only "th ,, 'r- io tournu-jFho veriest slave. Moneved men i iuul lmiycv, or a "direct intorposl- oi I'roviuenee," to bo turned oino other channel, or with- lilnui'ii l..w.t. .... . II- I -.11 . soil Is wearing out, their 'improve- " 7. "2?' l.L. ,'r' incuts nro iroimr down, and out nfi the hcncn, by tho " effectual, for- .. .. " .. ' . .' - ..... ..-..... r .11.- .. . . .. .. iiieirnouiuiaucc tuey are in want. vi injvr oi uie ngnteou," it Tho groat law of natural, "You .nutters not. The Dutchman who "Organize," and fbno the. specula! 'yy'f '' mvliir "one lectio tor and inoneyodfarlstocr.it to repect ' Bmbbll" in his boot, never thought you as human beliiL'-.taud iwt ik mi of looklni? after tho ;m n,iJn gnmc out of eaou, mid five dollars lor small game, tho flues to bo doub led for tho second offence. Game' willdjo hotter and plcntler in u fow .venn If this law Is inHrly enforced. All true .sportsmen will obey the law themelve, and it 1 to bo hoped that they yijl form associations and take active, measures looking to Its fullest enforcement, lit would bo It should Iki our aim to gain only such victories as will lwneflt tho con quered as well as tho conquerors, this .-pint wo wish to seo Amcrlc 'many eattlo driven to the Miamblcs novaneo. tin in.t ,,t..i. ' i for laughter i ..j-. " luvmuiuy- I Hellovlng that an efkvtlve organ- ""l:Qme painful. Ills theory ization ror -liliplng purpo-es, otllccr-1 l,"a ,l tfv w ono lectio grabhil,' ed by your own choice, will secure to or even " ono lectio debbll," in his ?!?" P!1.."1"1 "Jlto'jtoiy wuHh in , Kot, might have caused him to do- mini! n iiiu iiiurKuiM oi u worm at i.... i.i.i.. .i i . ,. . ----- all time, and that you cm sec urol "y Mi. ,n,lu,r lnto " real cauoof this only through a State Hoard, '"'Spain; whereas, If ho had really miusu uusiiic-s ii win ocioiouKnr-iviiuwiiiii.il u was ins rmw'a ... i con- M,1?1!"al,il,r' n,IMl aNo aw ivou "ct',, ,Uo BnulTcrs " which woro disputing rlcii. In (Viiniic ivik.j. ..(.,.. ......i. ... ... ablv luivo nnuleil lilu l.t r,r ...i... 'IV V"""V "' "ii viivii vuuiiiy I ----.- u uwui vn iiivii mwl t Irmrmi u n n irl tf V iiiniti.i i.i- I I'llfW'.fl i f VillliK" ltnnr.1 nf nftl,... n ' flrt lin fnlf lu. li.......Ai - "t; ..:... '":.;.;;.,:i";r .. iv... ivr " .,. . v." '." . . "'"" '.vvun;iice. ow resented fairly III all these iH'acefui;li",l!i'stl ", a. ' 'rosldont, Ice I'resi-, the only salient nnglo in this Dutch- j inairs conduct on which tho eve of Wo do not wish to entice contest", n single emigrant to our State who will not bo hcuolltrd by coming. Hut we do not wish to stand In the jdont, Recording Secretary, Corrcs- the State convention nt Salem willed I faction, was tho point Just whero tho '" !'eet. V'AvA'l'Jday the lOth of pain wmd him to L,,,,;,,,.. ,1 ! well to print tho law In a convenient Imek-irround throuuh neuleet or ex- f," "I """om, one additional oiidii 1.1 w-w . nJ r.i . . . ------ ----, - - - w Mieiegnie loroiicn form and post It In public places that ccssot modcsly. It by .sending an tho coUniv wllUn lHiuiiinirBeereiurv. ami n "rK.iiii, . " v" " i ."'. , .. ... .. -.JMtMl 41 . . I ... aim mat you send theso officers to I "" .'""Osopiior rests with any hatis- nll may know it provlloii'. HiMi'r..Ni:n. S. J. McCorinlck, tlio lt'fro tho world ltt a better light pioneer IxNik-dralvr In Oivgou, whool" wo vo ever appeaitHl hoforo, entire tock was ilcsiroytd at the Port- tll,) opportunity should not ho lost laud lire lnt December, htm rc-opcmsl , tld the expense and trouble should Hie Fruukllu book stom at Id Flrnt '"d '' grudged. tmot, wllli a coiuplcto stock. In, -- .. buying at 1'oipimd, g to him for any A Xi:w l'l.AXKT. Mr. .1. 11. Hind, thliyr In tiu book iuul ntutloucry Hue, , the astronomer, shows that there Nn .... . I high proluddlity that a planet eiivu- Hen. Albeit J. .Myi.r, fhlef signal 'htos Ih'tween Mercury and tho uu, 4t. l.I. .. . tl - . 4 . . product or club hi , ' " "" lY. ? . M imm InlnyMn IT to llto t in nr. ""I'-ses H 111 Ills P0C rv nddreen,l ' Agent to Vienna, or by .ending f.peo-1 gnnlzatloti. to tho Farmer.' Club In Llun countv Mi.lfi.iu iirnii. I...lii.iii ..... ...in ........ Wn Wfllllll fllvil rifmillili.iiil ....i.in-f ....... ... ' i.uvinm uui ,iii.iv. , nu 1,111 iiiivtii , ,- .i.ii knu (niiiur- .iun, uruicn, UI1 Icfp )onr I J ;nent organization in every precinct in mo i-oiiiiuus. ns you will alwnvs luivo somo loi-al questions to settle, such as storing grain and the collec tion of statistics of vour surplus, that will Ihi stiWivt to the order or vour Sfato Hoard, and that the precincts meet on March 15th, and tho countv convention, March 2th. IMlifc n.iti.ttliA.. t - 411 I . .. ..v Mumiiit.ii nnve uiougnt it ein, nave neen tlio progressive nml Kst to change the dates of meeting, lucky men of everv ine rt m to give yon more time to organize. ii,i ....,.. i . ?. ? ly frlend The cfulH already organlrcd In tlio "' ,e "wy ,h,nk lni,t wherever wo 1 4-uil .. .! " A"ty) youfriiet open, and look:" What a text for a philanthropist to talk about, nnd write about! Thoe who have "kept their eyosopen nnd looked," looked "forwnni.n im... Iwckward, and looked all nround oiuoorl'.S. A., Washlngion, I), v., havingn period ofravolutlonor about 'State aro sneclallv recommended to'00'1 wealthy farmer, ho ha. nn.n iinsoiirtnuui fot a copy of hlsuunual, nineteen days. )v. Hind suggests leptirt for 1NT2. It Jnn bound volnme' that, on March 21th next, tho sun's ef 500 pngf III future, wo hope to. disk should ho watched, as noonjuno. Imvo occasion to .peak of Ifs contents " r this hypothetical planet with nt luiirtli the sun will invur about 10 a. in. on iK-w-T.v.i ,,m,,,,,y- Hoi't. at Ni;w Yomc. Kiiiiiml . , . 7". jonu take an active part In this matter. I Id muiivy, -in lnos n,aji i. .u mo eimorsor the state are cor-' Shrewd ti-ulmi n i. u . Av dlally Invited to aid this en orprUo . "Z n ' , ?' or 'y 'vlngon the a. much ns their good will wilfpcr-iiJ 'l " f a,rouml hl, "seldom nilt by publishing this appeal for a -N Ul s0, I'roducts of the farm" .i-is iiiiiiiii, ur e.MRicis inini it. may oo evni-i v .. ...... ....... - 4. ..,. IV. . II..... .,k. .. ...... ... ., ... W..II...,.A,,I t. 4.... .. U.IINWAI.-UI1I, JOIIII MUUII ...... -.. . lin I'lvnrt. iitup.ii'n ill , ,, .. j, .. .. . . IfcVlll III II .Mill 0l lll-. Hl-VI YUWIIII, I ays since. Jlor bopn atittlvlvut to last till April 1, He called on u a fox? da Salem, Feb. (.'. 1 Dl'UKilAllT. m.. i ' 'V.Ji. Daviu-on, Committee. I lT!l 1 t-Mlmnti-NtuattiMiM baWs-of foreign 7' VV lie .. '. I ' v '' l,iS' - w who mm liom-wlll l " rwulh.l Tl " I , "i',,"', u" 'thiu'authorlty bus N-cii ' -. ,,,.... t who put in hi ,t!: ... ..i . 11"or ,H 'xlglvon tomUon bandofMNHit on llu! Thanks. Wh iiiv under oUlmitiuiikillt It In well n -"r. . ' T""U;r." XT Y K-'vullnii, to light iiKulnsl tho lu S,.mtor, Kelly n a It" St Is of So l-.2 being still quoted atsV..'52ccnt. .Modoc. . ' Miu.lry valuable publlo.l.vuincn". any lt tern' a I ,does It prove that he who opens his eyes and look cannot produce . rtrttoy the arm," even at less cost than he who shut his eyes' Does ho iirubt in Sentembpr. nud raises flftv hii-i,. each ncrii. ci,,.,i farmer than ho who daubs It In Into in tho spring, nnd gets from six to fifteen bushels to the aero ? Tho farmer, by " keeping hi, eyes open and looking," hns discor ored that " Providence " generally smiles on acts done in harmony with nature's laics. Tho farmer who nets contrary to nature, may bo a very pious, praying man, may credit i-roviuvuro- wuii an mat Is good and charge tho dovil with all that is bad, but goes nhend, making failures all tho time, because, by "openlnc his eyes nnd looking," he has not yot discovered what lie might havo discovered, nnd what his neighbor has dlscovcred-thnt it takes a great deal more Providence" to makefftu bushels of spring wheat on one acre than it does to make it on an acre. tr,i put in in September. But who nm tho "small fry" farmers, who, like Pharaoh's "well-favored kirn, nmi fat-fleshed," aro daily devoured by Mr. Ruble's " wealthy farmers " ? 4Vro thoy not tho men who dlsregnrd tho voice of tho Albany poet "Now, former all kctp your eye open " The "wealthy farmer" and the "shrewd trader" tnko tho papers tho "smnll fry" doesn't. Tho far mor rends all tho papers ho can get hold of, oxninlncs tho commercial reports nt home and abroad, and then uses his intellect In sifting out the true from tho false, In determin ing who nro paid and interested wri ters for tho papers, nnd who nrehon- est, or measurably so. From nil this, ho, with "open eyes," draws his own inferences ns to ruling prices in the future, and then proceeds to sell his own crop, or buy the crop of his "small fry" neighlwr, ns ho may think best. To be sure, ho may often miss it, with his " eyes wide open," as tho wisest man can never sift nil tho falso from tho real ; to never fail, would require un Intellect loss un clouded porhnps than that of tho lof tiest seraph. Hut such a man will hit it often enough to outweigh In wealth half a dozen of tho "small fry " in a very fow years. Tho for mer sees, by rending tho Willamette IXtrmer perhaps a paper he reads, and ono which ho is intelligent enough to bcliovo Is owned by no monopoly, no speculating rings, no gold gamblers, nnd by no railroad, steamboat, or warehouse companies this man sees that sheep, for In stance, will In nil human probability soon tnko n sudden rise, or fall. If tho former, ho buys tho band of sheep owned by his "small fry" neighbor, who is compelled to sell something to pay n store-bill long since duo. If tho latter, ho sells his sheep. Just so with wheat nnd ev erything else. Tho " small fry " farmer has no confidence In paper?, consequently ho takes none, oxcept It bo perhaps some one-horse politic al organ, in tho honesty nnd truth fulness of which " small fry " de clares ho has no sort of confidence, yet ho is -iiro to go nnd voto every tlmo Just ns his paper tolls him to, no matter whether It bo for a thief, a drunknrd, or somo tool of a power that Is trying to grind the "small fry" to powder nil thot "small fry" wants to know Is that tho candidate belongs to "our party." Jlccnusc he knows his own paper is venal, cor rupt, and unreliable, he believes alt others are. Ho has no faith In man, and very little In woman unless per chance thoy nro clothed with the ha biliments of "divinity," or carry a pair of saddlebags stuffed with Escu hiplnn nostrums. In that case, both soul and body aro unhesitatingly handed over, to bo "saved" or " cured." Ifo groans bcenuso a mo nopoly extorts from him two prices for freight and passngo to Portland, yet tle niomont un opposition line is put on nnd prices reduced ono half, lie refuses to patronize tho opposi tion if, as is usual, tho monopoly will carry for loss motioy. Ho persists in doing this till tho opposition is com pelled to sell out or withdraw, nnd then ".small fry" sits down nnd sheds crocodllo tears because the monopoly hns raised its prices high er than bofore. Small fry " seems always to bo going into Mime kind of "Jaws "always going with groan ing, but generally going voluntarily. The Kid feature of the case Is that
