Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887, February 22, 1873, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text2 LBTTKIt rKOM WASHINGTON. r.uiToui i. tomti roNt)EMr. Washington, Jim. 1!0, 187.'). Wn.shlnirtoii'ls not essentially u republican city more tlinn every other city of tho United .States, but It has certain peculiarities tnai make n u Th(1 M(,doc war lias assumed start representative of the Itepubllc, am i,,m,,njt,jc.u(iuiiHtedeonsIder-i there Is here a spirit oi cnango aim an aitsenco oi tuo m ra mw . wealth in w.dety that Is interesting lo observe and worthy of comment. New York and every other great city 1ms lis normanent bu!ni.oss mag- nm..4. iim l...l ..u-niiHiiiiil aristocracy . "i - - or money mill wenitn, inn win inn- our great men generally live in plain I and ropuiiiicnus.yie. iit fiuiittrii ii nviuiu miri in miiiim ""' "" " .7 .. . . . I upon uiu reurviiuoii wan iiiuiii,uii ......,,..., ,...innf ,,..,. .-. extent, Is not Ilia ruling principle. .. ,.,, , am.t a ro.(.r. " "';''? "" ' , ."', " There are grand re-ldenccs and line ...,.. sIv .,.. Mlll..0 ,. lho .,.. n'w'" ', '' ,. l, "" i' time commerce and shipbuilding, I to tho ffiiiliHiirci uiifl ull that, but they do v ., n.Ur...i i """ lnner-, or w,,iiuu, w uhsiili- ... . , . . .lov,,1()1cti arc ulvliic not represent the power that makes 'X, to . r the Immediate I J E S!? Unlle.l SlJd m l-andlug a thorough and practical farmers Wash iiL'ton L'reat. or the lirlncinles ...,.,..,.. n i throughout Hie L nut i iviiitiioin ,,,.,,,.,,., Ilf ,.,,. ,nt thorough shmilii! ..four I.HI1.III...M t.. which thNcityi " r .,:, " h .luring the entire mon l.orui; .ic citizens; and no-dvliar rcHimniN mill to honor which It 'V; ... ,,.. ,., ,...., i.tn WT "". v?"K. .' '" "' ...,,, ,,, ,!,. ,.i., i found in and vol "xiHtK. ' ..,;; ;,.'; t, .V,;. , ; dl o I ". J r-. J,".,,.et.",.!c.,ro,V.. !! " irreater W.incn..W. than among the than It in ii remarkable fact that while ' .n . m,.ii . ?..i h..h i.nb imii ' vr l"iao V"""" "'''' "' ""' '. i.if.,lllfroiit .mil i.ractical fanners of 'pers of tho (iovernment bi nK- are more I . .. i. "...7'r... k ll,t0 0l J''"",t'r -" ". '"- .M"; lU ii,.. Let tho men who arc the ! -el and than palatial, as they should bo to ' '"' - .fi! . ,.v .: . . J J tV""."" mM" ,n,ol, n.!,,,?ll" " main .,,., of society In this State 'can r,mr,.M.,.l II. imiiiili.nr nfll ntlnll. ' ""v . -. .. . l"-' aieil UIHIOr WIICIU 1.1 IBi-l Will ...,....,.,' .,,,. ,, ..HI. ,,.1111.,,, ' I.....I 1 - rr i ii'iiMi'j iiuirii iiiiii iiii iiriiN in iiiihi. occupies the reMiieiico provmeii i.y ; s n In(olls fL.0M,r ngalust land """" "-"'i'1 V .... V. ,, ,' tllL' theatre of action will be an Is consigned, and consequcnuy mo the nation, and whirl. It maintains, , , rallroa.N, 7,ut this wlcr-ZSm?m 'the mrtTf ""avoidable M.cce-s, and redound to farmers by organizing for the pur- lu princely splendor, but you mi;t I JrNo , llllllu.,(i0'na,,iL. ,,,,. and ' ? "r l'n aH ZnhrJl proH.-r.v ot the whole Stato,lpo-e of shipping their own grain, him on street walking as ....protend- 1l. ,,, h MMmwll that the sales of 1,? as well as to the Individual interests! could do llkewhe and receive tho I.igly along as any one, and oven ,,, (r(J ((, ,)(, ,,, , K(lvc.ril1L.nt .' , ih'" "' ' " 'v",; 1 1" , '. "' "' of the farmers, them-elves. I say the greater part of tho value of their when ho receives In his own l";"'', in,i tl0 j,n,cei'.ls Ko to tlu mail. It'lsi) '",?, , ., " . ',?,! . s,,, ,, v from """Mnillvhluul lnteretsof the farm- grain at onco without being com- ho appears ,. simply as you could ii ,,r,,vliluil tlmt tho mulls nro to Ikj ,,?;,",, nil lw fi tf.. FiiN crJ' tliomelve-, became, if the pelled to wait several months for tho i. r....iil,ll...m Priwlii.nl li. iiiiiwiir. ' . - - .. .... HlK-Oll Ullll t0-llltllS IrOIll 1110 L 111- , ,,.. ...til I... .J I i .....I... l.n ,.,..nren In I in Hiding down wiM fliu liilc lK.Nirt- ,irivI-ltiiH tins liiuc-Ii moru rcii-umtlili- i.ient one day, the ear driver said to ,,, C u,r1s r iy ttlwr n,road me, "the As-lslanl Secretary i.r State . ml ,, (iy wimmulMl tlicniil ves rides down with me every morning, ' (o (.ol,,.nitllllf specially in view but Secretary l-'Mi always walks." jof n. Bn.,,t needs or Idaho and Kast Holtlsoriiio,torthoi..enwho...the ,m 0ri.pm ,, tlll. fuct Clint that nation recognl.oas'' great" and lion- u rol w, ,.,.,, lll,1,Vll,ll,IL.,, Illlt or as such, and who give ashing- ,u, ,,,, .rthio.ss ami unoccupied ton n lu-terof greatness that changcx , mttnmX Wlll ,,0 (.!,..!. with each iHililliiil epoch, but which , 4 11()t Bl,,llinily klM,wn ,lllt It h shall live upon the pages of history rai., lu.Ver,hele, that by the llud when the pride of mere wealth that , slirv,.y t hlis ,cW, (L.mollstrated exists iiroimd them Is forgotten. ,, V),m )ilvu ,,, ,.r,lU wm ll0 Washington Is es-entlally political, . Bro.,tl.r,.t,iiu.l. than fromOgden mid without thai It Is nothing. The I (), .,n i.v.uicIm-o. great men hero are tho siiccos-ml This road would then give the peo olitlcliuii, tho-e who either possess ,u of OHr s(Mtu W tUr(!vt a n ,() polltlnil shrewdne-s to plan and exe- Sa LltUl,t rttttmt ks,s ,m thu rule, or tho-o who have the states-. Inw,.r 4M,spp Ms San FrancNco iiianshlp that guides and guards the hlN u wmM ,.,, ,. tt valuable nation. And It Isa who ofeoiistant ' rt..(lur , ,. j;01.(h Paellle, ami with munition, i. naiige is wriueii on lion follow each other, Cabinet mill istemaie placed and displaced, Sen ntor. are tleetlng shows, and Itepre sentativesare periodical event-. It i- true that the K'ople ehiMi-e Mime men to honor and keep (lie... In pub lic life because of faithful public serv ice, but the lap-e of a decade will M'arcely leave beie one In a -core of thoso who now represent the people lit Congres. I have been casting iiIhiiiI to rco what Washington has to depend up on in the future sive the excitement of political life, and what could mis. tnlu It aside from the lit fill surge of the political sea. At pro-cut It is only a city where the nation holds its council ami trau-acts the dull and multitudinous routines of olllclal In- lor, where men and women labor In otllccs ulKitit as moths work In dark closet, with mechanical con M'lous.ie.ss and without living and In vigorating Incentive. 1 um inclined to think theie Is a future for Washington, and that it can still maintain il political life Intact, and also support great enter prises and make them successful. the falls of the Potomac, twelve mile ,0 miles lw utll- ik there or still distant, and this imwer must I ted for manufactures. I think Is roiisltlcnihlo wiilor imw everything. There is no permanence Woud have great railroad facilities. ---M' , "", , V. V PX Kon who does not de.-ire the welfare 'county ought to organize lor uieir here of Individual.. The Wiwrii.!" , ,,,!m'U",,;-Ilt " !!"lt0, " (1 , of the farmers." This is rather an !'" "'ttl1 "' , ,4I , , men. Hself-thank fiod-ls perma-' ,msl,. li ,1 h e vrV few C " l'";'nvlngdo..i will require!. ambiguous expre,ion,a.,d ono well , Itw:s then pro-ed hat the Club .unit; that ha be,,, tried and the ' J J ?.""Vh t ,' r ',,' J uI.H H . from Septen.ber I, is,,,', to Aug- ...n,, , uUlve tho trim inenn- ,,:,,,, monthly ineetliiff at this l-'V ''"., because the Pi lo ". , h UenuU.. "S2 t;"5 ".''. demagogues who make ' 'fj " S'': theiii-elvesiirepi'rinaiient. Change ..,,. ,..,,., ..,. ,. lltl,P1.,, t ll.,. L" m wheat an m noun , r next, in order that Its members may makes Individual-. Presidents and ' , " m '' , ' "J ,J, .' , , ,l to :W,-J.W..1iU bu.-hel-, and had , ,rllL.-thInkIng, or right- " Tf, e" Proelnct Cabinets come out of tho people and ' ' ' J, ' ,' S, ,," " l--'p. o'r 4JI, 1S.2, 1. ,- , , , , ', lmM ,- ( meeting to be held at Kola on the go down Into history, hut they are ft J ', , l, , ' ,; l ' ,.W bushe , making :., 1 K.,V. 0 of ' wwm, Satunlay in March, for tho .,..v...r v..r.. i.m.r i a .i ...1..1.1 .. ' ", iv ""m V 's "' ' ". l0 ".J ,1,rci ' ' bushels ulreiulv provided. Showlll ,,.,,.. ..nvtl.ln.. .in l... i.,n. ' nuriMise of choos nir de emites to tho .. lllMt nnm hi li'ii tiitin hi "iihwii !"... u..ll..ti .itnl Iii.Im.HiI it liiHlro H1ll . i t l .a .tilHIHIinilll- One IbiliL' In lis fiivur Is that there ""'""i """ "V "e re-iuiN m ine nopo ie,lliei:irmer-woo raise wneai uire, ,uu im.' u uiu iiciiiui reuiuy . . ., ,...i.. ..j. ..-vi, luiwim uiio iiiinj, in is iaori huh iiure .,.,. v. verv reiiiunerttlve of homeless fitniilles, laud ess freiufs prwes-ion staiul sill mid uncover lu I u tendency to create hero a great J "M""" ""ij i n 1,ll,m would reiele irj rtmiinti.i.io ointv nur.s. brought alwut bv the street, wb le the process on passes, rallnmd center. New midsaro planed U' """" ' .''."" ," " "n V , ' ,U ,rk"lN for ,,u'Ir ,ttU,r! ,mt as "l1'0 tluio m,W An.o.t touchlngtribi'itetothonfemory and wlll cerlalnlv be built, and when ""v"4 1-."K''"' will have to monoimlle are nt the present time "Interested " sKH:iilators, Let u.,tof ,,,e ,k',ul- this city Is made central In that man- m' rt " ",.r,,'. " J!'"" ' yJ "l!1' nU-iHiworful, they will receive the then, act the ,rt of jvi In this, .. Hl, . lirz;.,, , Irn1nilll ner a great trade will be nos-lble l'U1' "'"-"V""" i--,i.v.iitiiiik ,,r ncliMl InMietlts. HKX. iciirii i MrugKie. mug imck we uc-i wnVn,, fittw to cltUiiisl lu Intl . mr, a urtai iraue win in pos-iuu w , ,llMlll i i . cusation or "Ignorant tanners," and , r,.iti Va .. (-irpiiit r m An Iniinense water imwer exists at v1v.t. come out n the full nrldo of our .1 " ..?. a. sl-lrcult -u" on hutur- nearer. We may then look for the Innovntionoftradoandtheencroach utt'iits of commerce Into this city, hitherto considered not exactly sa cred hut devoted to the nrcna of .statesmanship, and to the acrobatic ' performances and the feats of jug- ,, onht! politicians lJ)!c illmi.t K.,u(t congress propo- ses to have the facts concerning the M()(, ,, olu, fll,t tllllt U liniwrt-l'fj , , ;,mt V(!, l(U. s cr. ,.,,,,.., a,,,,,,.,,,,.,. ....m,.,! the In- ...... , .,.... . ' V., "... A ......V,.: ,'".,....-.. .,.....,,, ., wero unwilling to go .,......,. ,..w .... .... -.. v umitroM i ii f lv ifiiniiiiiM iinrfMimirv , .. (K4 ,s V( ,,,. mt ,,... w,n ,,,, ,..,. u ...... .iru..i...i nr,..r,,.. construction ofliiiud, though corrup-, tlon would seen, to exlMwIiere such great dlviden.N were so rapidly paid upon a par investment, more especi ally as in Mime Instances the divi dends wero u-ed to pay forthe -tock. Very few Congre.nien are shown to have held the .-tock nt nil, and in a number of iu-taiices, members re turned the stock' anil refu-ed the dividend- when they saw the nature of the transactions of the company. The Investigation of the Senatorial election in Kansas two yea in ago is progressing and It detail- are very disgusting, Ifonly beciUi-e they. show the malice and acrimony of disap pointed politician. It is ImpoDtic to doubt that money was largely ued by all the parties interested in that election and it I expected that the .sitting Senator wlll be expelled. It Is the ca-e that in many of the new States and In the South, -eat- In the Senate are held by mean of corrupt Intltieuce, ami in Kansas this one seem to have lit , iuii. uiiuiiiii; uiui jmiiii'iii limit Jiii'ii !..... . n...i i... ...... 1. ...... Iterally been put up 1,B,lr.,Vop.ilU to the wheat grow l'm' lug regions of tliU country so far a to the highest bi Mr. Alcchl, tho ureal rclciitltlc The principal doctor who atuiulsl , tlu. hist hours of Napoleon, Dr. Thorn- Vn, U the iuhii whollnH pwH)sel the. fnmotiM Pre virTeterroucoily iicrlt- ..... ......... .. .... .. ... . .. ...., . ..........:.... .. .... ii... .1... ..I ...i..... ti..... ...... .. r...;nH... isl to 1'rof. Tyiulull. WILLAMETTE FABMEB. The Wheat l'rosnecls. , , 1Q-., Chicago, Jun. 31, 18i.i. K.lltor WHUmctlo Knrmir: The prospects are the demand lor ' wheat In the United States the com lt.iiL3 iln nrmi. ' inir year will exceed the supply. The supply of wheat, Including the stocks In granary at the principal points oi accumulation at the lako and sea- tinrlij tiiu nl ll.n ntntn nf 1S7!. .1.533.- j f-;.'" ,-;., time In 1871: ""'"'? r"CS SSo ore ml slotk of flr Ob, f. ,tss V" "J" . '.' V. U, ., .? J ol"ais i,,,y.M,o .nisncis ui wiium. Tho Produce J:xchwje -ays of .. ..... . ...... ..f ..i . ;-.! iirifniM ' r n rnfiiiirfMiii'iiL1) . " V .... ... ..... V. .... ..... ,-"-w " " - ..- x ()1 l0 L,,m(M IVIMUUIII, W 'IV n"l' i.rove one of tho shortest on record, and this following one of the mo,t ted States; in IK71, two-llfths from Itussla, undone-fourth from the Uni ted States; lf2, one-half from Itus sla nncT one-llfth from the United State. Hut now the principal sour ce of ('rent Hrltain'.s supply from continental countries are ilcllelent In wheat, which will compel her to buy from this country at high price-. Holland, Helgium, Switzerland, and France, had about an average crop last yoarliHiuantity but not In qual ity. Spain and Portugal had mi ave r.igo crop and will huvo to Import heavily. Hungary Is importing. ItiK-ia had a short crop. The Haltie and Azov ports were 111,000,000 bush els fhort during navigation season of Is7i', witli small stocks at tho princi pal flipping ports The wheat crop in Austria was only an average one. Kgypt may have have a few bushels ,11W , ,,, ,rt m)W , Au sl . ,,.., ,,,.,.,, msIl,K Whoro Is , ,s omit , tnm lstIlCM,U0,. tiou to settle. 1 lit l iilu'ii Mates and France will have more surplus from January lt, to August :11st, than in lh7i; while Itus-ia, Hrlti-li North America and Kg.vpt will be dellclent, and the other countries named will be but little varied from the three previous year. The stock- in France anil in South ern itussla are very much less than formerly, while in (iermaii port they are less than at tliechiseof ls-71. Tho dellciency lu the Azov district i- es timated at twenty-live percent, lie low the an average. This condition of wlie.it supply woiiiu inuicato ..ni Im. ..i.n.r...i (.. uwillleobllgeilto u the I nited btates that tiieat llritai import grain froi in larger quantities than heretofore From this outlook, the farmers may reasonably expect higher prices for their wheat during the next -even o.ix.ll. Tlil -Into of llillli'S Is dollars and cents are concerned. If It wasliot forthetniiisiHirtatlon, mo. husiut ilivllnt-.l hu olU-rof marriage from u wealthy lover wlune nnme Hussey. ltlimHlblenot to admire the spunk of that woman who refuse to be called a Hussey for any man. STATK FAKMKK8' CONVENTION. IMltor Willamette Firmer: CnS0 allow me a small space In ,.,, "i .,, flint I mil.V glVC VOUf w, . tho .. v..- farmers of the Stafo of Oregon should unite In Inaugurating and malntalnlngaOencnd Farmers' Con vention In tills State. Oregon, as a State, owing to it pccullar geographical po-illon, and its unbounded and varied resources, . is now demanding, and always will, demand, ndlirercnt system of pollti- cal economy from any other sister I State of this Itepublic. Her pecn-1 ., - -..,,.,,.,. i, tinniunir inmis - .. .. 11411 .UIIIIIVIV. f iiv -v,v..-.. - trie-", and, above all, her interior v-teni of commercial tralllc, man-1 , , , otw. 4,t.i.,.f...,ri.-nr iim not nrncoods of .i.i..i.Llin.iu.,i,,i,,,.,.,i nwi; in lilt niuviii jnwti u'"fi "" want for a pro-perous State, a pros- porous people, and for prosperous miiiivi luinpui-, ii.i;.v nm u n , vwui i.i imiu ...v .w..,- ." - times. Then, If tho prosperity of I It was claimed that the present tho whole State is dependent upon 'system of shipping Is ruinous in tho the individual Interests of the farm-1 extreme to the agricultural Interests er, carried on by taxes which hi; of the State, and that therefore tho honest hands have earned, and .-up-, farmers mut either take shipping ported by the golden returns of hi- matters into their own hands, and broad acres, and Individual energy, ' thus do honor to their Interests, or why Is it that in tho execution of that yi. abandon the farmers' occupation pro-perity he should take a back fr .-omethlng more remunerative, seat, and reserve the Just honors, After dl-cuslug the question at somo which, of right, should bo placed to length, the Clubeamo to the conclu tho credit of his own account, for tho SU)n that the farmers' to accomplish more Intelligent f.'J, unscrupulous, ( anything in tills matter, must orgnn iind damning Awiovt of the wily pol- i.J in sucli numbers and work with Itlcian? I Mu., energy, as to bo felt by the iner- Wo have heard It from thvo -:tmo , climits and capitalists of the State, political demagogue, and, still more, , without further deliberation the fol from men who jtrcteml to be "honest .lowing resolution was adopted: farmer," that "there I not a man, I 4wm, That it Is tho opinion of woman, or ciiiki, in tuc Mate oi (ire - , , , ,,nVlor,7y i ,, ,, ,lu,t .11 menare thus ' their actions not deny, sensible of on tho fu - tore pro-perity of tho commonwealth of this State,' we do most earnestly proH-'si. ineieacn wiiicn i graau.iIui ,,a.turage" was taken up. and ally eatlmr out the very vuiiis oi ine .-henneries Hock, mu shepherd's (lock, and tho borer, uliii'li i iirmliiiilii but kiii-iIii .vitln,- up the tree, both root and branch, are equally anxious with -onie das-- es oi our citizen, in wishing lorthe iim.ni'i'ltv of their nrev. for tin. i.li. reason that when "that good time coining'' shall bring them in the most prosperous condition, that they may the more ea-Ily pounce upon anil devour them. Let us not, fellow fanner, from the slight respect that iKili-hed man- nersand titii-licu education tmutd Hiiiu.lllil ll.illkllll fllllk.iilllii.1 -, t . I. .. .VS"-'";-'4" !"'. " ' "ry" " "" . "' l ofiJu-tK of these prey- of society. For n Jf , . w ,u,,,ynM, t.tfHitlon, but, give them into the hiiiuls of au iiu-crupulou- niiiu, and u itirns mt sage lawyer into tho He signing olltidau, and the honest merchant into the defrauding specu- laior. Farmers, beware ! Tho times are very auspicious for tho "pounce," and if you stand, with folded arms, calmly awaiting the coming events, you cannot hold yourselves entirely blainole.-, If, in the no distant fu- P""ll,fW"s "!':" n,lt ' i pml '""5 l0 aNt" U1L . l,'sIHcis. Again, 1 say, liewai t, i. ,1 1 1 ruj I nw in.in .t ...!. ,llll... l.t....l.uv.. i, llivi. I.Vlt ,.,.l tttltll.L, coming evil ire of boring demagogue, leaching speculator-, and smooth tongued sophists. They tire destined to work your ruin unless the spell Is broken, and they nro compelled to loosen the gripe they have already acquired, upon our oth erwise beautiiul and prosperous State. ' V- " s- Kola Precinct Farmers4 Club. UitfriH Coi.mxii:, Feb. S, 1873. The Club met according to prevl- ous arrangement ami wis ca e iixo order by the President, i M y The Secretary being absent, 1. II. Starbuck was chosen Secretary pro tern. The Club then took up the subject of a farmery organization w uu muii own shipping. Mr. m. Hublo Uc- llvered nsiion niiiircs- m ir-.iIU question uiuler consuierauon, -oino Items to the ellect Hint could organize, do their own r, and realize at least ono per bushel for their wheat, rv often considerably more that sum, that tho grain ship- Portland after" loading n ves- havlng tho cargo insured, immediately draw on tho Fort- 1....I.- An- ..nmn .wn-thlrds to ihn ,., i ii, market to which it Liiiii Mijw ..w ...... foreign market to which the fanners i wished to send their grain. , tills ciuh, that mo larmcrs oi i'oik fanners' general county meeting; tho proposition was adopted. ' The question, " what kind of irra-s Is best adopted to our soil and elimato to afford the greatest amount of hay .... it ... i .. n .I. i after some dlscu-slou it was decided that tliiiothv was the best that had been tried by any of tho members nrosciit The question " what wlll kill cub bage lice," was propounded, when a member replied that soapsuds would effectually destroy them, ti... fini.'ii..,.. .11 ... .i ii...iiw.. I he Club.then discussed tho utility "f growing turnips and beets for feeding to milk cows. The oue-tioii printed for discus- " slon at the next meeting was. "Tho , . best ilea t and most economical method of ring our l.uul of oak grub." Adjourned to meet at li o'clock on the tir-t Saturday in March. T. II. Staiuii'ck, Seo'y pro tern. - --.- - . 1-'i'.ni:iiai.s. The sttipiil Inilin'ereiico with which Americans regard tho ' passage of a funeral procession is proverbial. Now, the French people, "r u regard to the feelings of mourner. as well us respect for the memory of There is reported dellciency of over twenty-two millions of bushels of wheat In the KnglUh wheat crop of HMJ t4tutl.lt. K.