Willamette farmer. (Salem, Or.) 1869-1887, April 12, 1873, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textw ST7H,.L - z is - - iy r -. jr jvy ,fy - " vs. vr y, -. u ' -jxwi v 1 r $2.50 )pr Year, in Advance, NOTICK TO NI'lISCltlllKHS. The Inlc nppenrlnij nltrr the printed name on the paper 1 the date or flic KXrilt.lTIOM or mibxrrlpllon. NEWS 3 V TTiT.TSCtRAPgl. Now York, Apiil S A new-paper c'Drrt'xpoiulont, who went down to the wreck of flic Atlantic yesterday, nays: "Tlioliull of the vessel has broken in several Inccs mill tin cargo has brok en bulk. Hodlei or men and women arc jammed among boxes nnil crates Limbs lire strewn around, broken from bodies by tbp cnnthititil action of tlio water. At tlui companion-way of tlip steerage were n hundred or more bod ies lying In confused heaps, some dressed, but many hnlf-niuJo. Child ren wore clinging mothers, and husbands cltisjilng wive. At tin . companion-way of tin steerage tlio bodlt-s of nipii, old and young, wpro together on tbo stairs with distended nostril, gaping mouth, nnil staring glassy eye, giving some hlen of their horrible death in (ruining the deek. In the sleeping apartments were numbers of bodies of men, with bed elothlng'strewn among them. Hrokon stanchions nod Jagged, splintered wood-work bud torn the tlesh from the faee of many. Others were more bruiscdand battered about their heads, whloh nre red and bloody, contrasting horribly with the features of others. Dubuque, Apill 7. Peaslee (Demo- erat) (selected Mayor by r,700 ma jority. Hartford. April 7. Midnight l'he livening Jit bus teturns from IW) towne, whleh chow an opposition gain over histSprlngnf 7,r8-', of whleh 1,877 Is for Smith, Temperance candi date for Governor. Ingersoll's inn ioritv for Ci'overnor will be about I. "000. Hnrtfoid, April 7. Two a. in. The Senate will probably Maud 11 Hcpub llean to 10 Democrats. Last year it It ltepublipans to 7 Democrats. The 1 touo Is very close. 'I be chances are that it is Democratic by a snuill ma jority. Toledo, April R.-At the elty elec tion, vostordiiy, Jones (I)em.) was probably elected Mayor by n small majority. The City Council will lie Republican, nnil mo-t of the Hepublr ean eltv ticket Is elected. Cincinnati, April 8. Tlio city elec tion yesterday went Joniocraue. They elected tlielr Mayor and coven out "of eleven Counellmen. Cleaveland, April 7. Charles Otis, ' Citizens' candidate for Mayor Is elect- ' i ed by SIX). Stevenson, April 7. Louis Carglle, born in North Carolina 17tfi, the old est eiti.eii in Jackaon county, died yesterday, aged 10S year. He lived hero sixty year.. Anuapullc, April 7. The entile He publican ticket, for Mayor, Itccordcr and four Aldermen, was elected by majorities ranging fiotn 100 to 350. New York, April 7. Congressman Hooi-pvoll ha" given liN back pay to the Hoard of Kducatlon of this city, to lio used In furnishing prizes for deserving pupils. Hartford, April 8. Heturns from . overv town in tlio State give Haven i Hep.), for (iovcrnor, :i!),'J00: Inger- . soil (Ucm.). 41,000; Smith, (Tcmper- aneo), 2.001 IngerMiU'H majority, :t,0iK. New York, April 8. There Is n ; heavy llood in thu Genesee river. At -oven o'clock this evening the water within two feet of the high-water murk of 1805, ut the time of the great llood. Considerably damage has been , done along the river to bridges, etc., and all railroad Hues In Western New York sutler considerably. One hundred English farmers, bound for Minnesota, arrived yesterday, and ' two thousand fanners are exacted , tho present year In the same section. Ilt IrMU the Hodor War. Yreka, April 8. Tho following will ' appear In the Yreka Journal of to morrow: Headquarters, Iavu-ociI, April 0. Hoston came in to-dny. His message is for tho three CotuinisIoiiers. Gen eral Cnnby nnd Cllllem to meet Jack and seven etliern ut the second cuve; no others to come. This was refused, tx treachery was evident. Then he v cfyt fl K-5 V i wild if they would meet them and have a talk, then Jack would pome to neutral grounds and talk again to morrow. This tempting proposal was I refused. He then purposed on behalf of Jack that If they would conic and i hold the talk to-uioirow, all the tribe , would conic lu and go with the Com ' mlsslnucr wherever they wanted them 1 to. This bait also failed, and llo-ton returned. It was seen that -" warlors i were at the proposed place of meeting, where only eight were to be, and they returned to the cavu seemingly dlsnp- pointed. Hoslon and ltogus Charley came again, and were told to Inform Jack that if he wanted to talk at a ' suitable place, and on equal terms, the Commissioners would meet him. ! We are momentarily expect Ingt ton ble, as Colonel Mason was to move ' his force at one a. in. to-morrow near i Jack's cave. He was Instructed If the Modocs tired on him to return the tire , mid hold the giound. Should guns be hea rd, the troops will attack at once I from this side. It is ten p. in. now, l though we may be awakened by the tattle of musketry before daylight. Apiil 7. AIJ (jiiiet. Mason moved his troops yesteiday at one o'clock p. in. No opposition. Hoston came In , and said Jack would meet, at ten o'clock to-inonow. live men on each side. The Commissioners will meet them and make one more oll'ort for I peace. The Commission will give a Html proposition and n reasonable time for the Modocs to decide on accepting - terms. They are having a big council , talk among themselves to-day, debat ing the piopiisltlon made. It will be 1 insisted by the Commissioners that tbev surrender and leave the lava-bed, and no other teimswlll be accepted, for any other course would be Indefi ' idle war. Tho statu of the question was telegraphed Jo Washington to-day ; whleh states the ultimatum of IV red ami to be discussed to-morrow, and 1 which does not vary from the first 1 proposition made by Steel, though no I place is designated for removal and no particular locality will be Insisted .on. Amnesty was tlrst promised In 'ease ot Mil render, and the Commis sion will stilctly maintain their llit i promise. If they refuse these teiins I General Ollloni will then do ills duty. McKay und lib Indians are expected to-morrow, and then the force will be i complete. When a hostile In llau comes to the Peace Commission he is treated with ' the greatest consideration, his horse I fed, and lie loaded with provisions and pieseuts, while the friendly Indian 'gets nothing for either self or horse, I thus setting a piciuiuiu lor the fi lend i ly Indians endeavoring to aid lu mak , lug anil preserving peace to become disorderly and thieving like the hos 1 tile Modocs. Prodably Jack's men seo that they will be treated liko the friendly Iiiiiiaiis wlieu pence Is intnle. An ell'ort was made on the part of ' outsiders to Induce the recent grand Jill v in session here to bring a hill of Indictment against the Pence 'Coin- missloners as mccM-orics to the I mil -1 uns in stealing stock and killing clti I ens, t'H a I'.ilrod'sct to the Oregonlans I of Jackson county In tlielr ellbrts to i hang the Indians. Ipriiliig itfjaliM Monopol) In Illinois. Cine Ado, March iS, H7;l. KJItor WirjuuUe firmer A few months ago this country was occupied in a great istlitical con test. To-day the farmers of Illinois have lost sight of politics and nro now engaged In n contest with rail road monopolies. The camp fires nro burning throughout tho entire State. Tho great question now engaging their attention paramount to nil others N tho railway question. Tho discussion of till question has made the peoplo everywhere In this State one, anil has stilled the seething jnit of politic. The peoplcof thUState uro endeavoring to find out whether they ure freemen, or whether they nro servantn of the transportation mo nopolies. The mrmorH are aware that they have commenced none too KNZi SALEM, OKEGON, APRIL soon. Hail they began twenty years ago, before the Iron fetters of 7,000 mile; of railway had been so Hrmly riveted to their limbs, It would have bjen better for the whole country. During this year of 17.1, the golden corn of Illinois nnd Iowa in some localities lias been burned because it was cheaper to use it for fuel than to sell It for fourteen cents per bushel and buy coal at fifteen cents per bushel. Though this statement may seem .strange to the farmers of Ore gon, It is, nevertheless true, and is the unvarnished fad. The ques tion uiise.4, what are the remedies for the evils that aie grinding" the farmers Into dust and Into poverty'.' It is an anomaly in our government that a free, independent, and intelli gent people should submit to the dic tations of moneyed corporations. The farmers have put their hands to the plow and do not propose to turn back until their rights are fully as sorted. It will take time to throw olf this oppies-iou, hut it will bo done. Nowhere in history can there be found an instance where tho people were united and acted in union that they did not ncccoinpli-li the end for whitch they fought. It took long years and bloody buttles to wret from King Joliu the great Muhui Vlmrtu of Hritisli rights. So it wit' in tlie foundation of our Republic. For eight long years did our fore fathers struggle for liberty, mid then they achieved tlielr independence. The farmers have undertaken no small battle; it will be a bitter war, but they will ultimately triumph. One great cause of this eonlllct, is mi erroneous Idea that has grown almost by uiniiiion consent, that a railway charter Is a contract. Some of tho court 4 have verged m near this Idea lu decisions that had this remained unopposed it would have become tlio cstnbllihcd law of the laud. The railways claim they are private cor pojations; they are public corKira tionJust like the city of Salem or any other city, and are at all times under the control of the State Legls-1 lature. A railway isalways charter-1 ed for the public good. A private corporation cannot take away the fnrmurs' lands without palng them their price. Hut the railways take land liecatisoit In needed fortliepub lie good, and this. shows that they uro public corporations. The people do! not wish to deal unfairly with these mud, hut they do demand Justice. Hut when railway claim that their charters are contracts Hindu and en tered into on tho part of the State and cannot bo violated, it is time that freemen arise up and throw oil! this bondage nnil vindicate tlielr rights. It is one of the tiist prin ciples of legislative power that no Legislature can delegate uiiyjiower that another Legislature can neither utllrni nor remove. Some suppose that tlio farmers ure not in earnest, but a inoro earnest nnd determined people never lived than tho farmers t)f Illinois whoaro ttowllghtlng trans M)rtHtion monopolies. That the farmors will ultimately succeed no one ofuMncrviition cun deny. HKX. Clcii at AVMHVU.I.K. a farmers' club was formed at AuuiMville on Ma roll 29th, with S. C'ondit, president, nd J. C. I'eebles, secretary. 12, 1873. Letter from Douglas Coiial). t IMHit Wilhi.ii'tti I" II r.irr : i Situated us 1 uin, in the rmpqmn valley, away from the uiiti1 fnelllties I for transportation, nnd having culti-. vated a farm here for twenty-two years, 1 cannot but feel a keen solici tude for the successful efi'orls of my more favored brethren of the Wil lamette. The formation of farmers' I clubs there will soon be imitated j here. Already the subject Is being i gravely discussed among our most intelligent tillers or the soil. Hud we the facilities of transportation by water, or by any other reasonable means, our farmers, Instead of being burdened witli debt, would show a clean balance sheet for the past, with brilliant prospects for the future. We had looked for the advent or the railroad Into Douglas county as a panacea for all the Ills of (he past. The farmer would grow eloquent In telling of the "good times coming," i when long freight trains, filled to the utmost capacity with the golden wheal of the ruipqun, would bear it with railroad speed to Portland, there to yield to the fanner the don- ble eagle- In return for hi- honest labor. I The fir I part of our dream I- real- j ied, nnd the railroad I- Indeed here, ! but the fond spell of enchantment is broken, and, instead, we find the charges so enormous for transporta tion that it amounts to an absolute prohibition, so far an our ceroids nro concerned. The account stands in this form: Wheat here !.- worth sixty cents per bushel; suppose the fanner wishes to ship It to Portland : he gels It sacked ut tun cents per bushel, then II cost- thirty cents per bushel to transpoit ny rallioad to Portland (the transportation costing Just half the price of the wheat); the whole cost of the wheal thuii Is one dollar per bushel, saying nothing of the ex-1 poiisc of getting it to the railroad, or i of drayige, wharfage, warehouse, ' vc. Now, if a number one article, ' he can got ninety-live cents lu Portland- !i certain loss of five cents per bushel. So you perceive that this phantom that looked so beautiful In the distance has vanished like the Meeting visions of u dream. Lu-t fall nnd winter thu farming community, under the stimulus which the advent of the railroad im posed, put In at least fifty per emit, more grain than ever before. Oui'i farms almost groan under the weight f of our growing crops, and never since tho settlement of our valley did our fields promise a more fruit ful yield than now, but the most in telligent gravely nsk the question, Where will bo the market fur nil this surplus? Certainly not in Port land. Practically we are as far from market as in the days lioforo the scream of a locomotive revtjrlsjrated among our hills. Of course we would j not 1k guilty of the folly of ad vising I the railroad company as to the prop er course to pursue, but icr.y they should persist in charging freights which put an uloluto prohibition uK)ii carrying our grain, and espe cially so when the cars run out from Hosoburg comparatively empty, Is, an enigma which the wisest of ua have failed to solve. It seems that wo are to be reduced to tho condition Vulmno Y.--Number 8. of the farmer.- of Iowa, where it costs live bunhels of com to transport one to the New York market, and that Stale inosonts the hltiiHil.tr as. peel of the farnier's granaries filled with corn so unsaleable that he uses it for fuel, and is unable to raise mo ney enough to pay his tuxes, and at tho oilier end of the continuous line ofniilro.nl which runs by Ids door fifty thousand pcivons are nearly starving for the corn thus consumed by lire We cannot but feel the iujusttco of all this. In ourcuso, Government generously gave this Oregon and California Kallroad Company twenty square miles of bind for every tulle of railroad which the company should build, and our Legislature provided by law for the company to force their rnllmad through the cen ter of our farms, mid all this for the suppo-ed benefit of the people. Are we not in about the same .situation as the frogs mentioned lu Ksup'.s fa bles'.' They wanted u king, and .love, to appease their clamor, sent them a stork, who, when once In vested with the regal title, com menced gobbling up the poor frogs without mercy or compassion. I am not prepared to say how far the Slate would have a constitution al right to regulate these exorbitant tarlir-i. It lias long been conceded that the Legislature may regulate the interest which u man may re ceive for his money loaned. It may regulate the tolls on grist mills, fer ries, turnpike roads, bridges, Ac Ami why not on railroads'.' I hope ere long to see Mich a com bination among the producers of our State a- nIpiII force a state of atfalrs equally Ju-t to the producer and tho transporter, ami to this (ml I hall the opposition boats on the Willam ette as one of the first rays of day light heralding the coming dawn; but the farmers must be trito to themselves. The bonis or the rail road company can, and probably will, carry cheaper while the opposi tion lasts than the new comnauv. be- eau-e six millions of foreign capital Is a strong antagonist, nnd should the new company finally fall mid bo compelled to sell their boats, then the railroad company would enhance Hie price of transportation to u fig ure which would repay them for the loss arising Ironi the competition, mid which loss' thu farmers would bo comiicllcd to mako good from their own pockets. As for ourselves In southern Oregon, as Hen Fniukllu once ohncrved, " we must light tip the caudles of industry and econo my," and, Mlcawber-llke, wait for .something to turn up. Yours, respectfully, Jami'.s P. Ga.i.hv. Cauyouville, April I, 1873. ' h hlittlUfuirirrr' .uetrrhon Tran.iHjrtallnn, Ii-IIicikI al the Ul r.liu ul I'Migrc., Dwki.i.imi 11uiini:i. Tho Hue residence of P. L. Willis, lu this city, was destroyed by tiro Inst Monday evuulug. The contents of tho house were entirely saved. Wo hour that there whs an Insuraiiceon tbebulldlng of $2,000, Tho fire wus discovered about half past six o'clock, and was evident ly lb work of an liicvudiury, u tho family were ubsent from the city at tho tluio. J-ue county !iljisl one t.iuUMUit 0ou riflf tat wpi-k.