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SALEM, OREGON, OCTOBER 26, 1877.
Volume IX. -Number 37.
THE OPEHIflG ADDRESS.
nr MB. W. A. LURLMNO.
Ladle and Gentlemen of the Oregon Stato
Agricultural Boclety: In tbo samo spirit
which aotuateour worthy President and no
lesipralse-deaervlng managers or this as bo
elation wo welcomo you to the seventeenth
annual fair of Oregon. Indeed we are re
joiced to behold ho many pleasant, familiar
faces, no many god people who havo Ore
gon's "onward progreis at heart, and who
thoroughly believe In her perpetuity and
advancement." Frionds, theso few daya oc.
cuplod apart from your homes aro of no cr
dlnory Inlorostto you, for here you lourn
moro Bound Interesting matter concern
ing dlfforout paits of this Stato than you
possibly could at homo lu half a year; now
frlonds aro galnod, who will boast of your
achievements and choir you through life:
ldoas are gathorrd which, whon turned (o
account upon your fartim or In your work
shops, shall moro than repay jou fortlmo
apont here; again, It affords us no small
amount of ploaMiro to meet and convene
with old and tried frlonds whom wo havo
not seen sluco our last mooting.
And now, frlauda, permit us to sny that
thoso or jou who hao nrilcln upon exhlbl
tlon ospeolally deserve credit lisc.iuao wo
know that ou tiro endeavoring to bring
vour productions nearer to porfictlon, nml
by to doing not only aro you boneilttlng
vnnrnnlvns and VOIU lielullllUrf.llUt tho WtlQlO
Stato oa well. Wo woro placed here upotvl
Oregon noil to Impiovo ouru'lvos and every
thing mound m; therefore wo earnestly ela
slro of our Stato that alio fchall loud her sup
port to thla institution which was established
for hor good. Probably you aro itwuro that
thiahoulcity as Instituted undor dillloullles
In tho year 1831. Sluco then It hnMuiicoun
toretl a torlra of obstacles, null up to tho
proocn'lYlme, though t.m restful In tho main,
it has noteulliely Mirmuuittodthcin; but by
your united cllorts and honest llvos, wo
hopo soon to soo It rlo pre-eminently above
all opposition, nu orvmilrallou worthy or
tho retpect which you have paid.
Wo, on h Slaio. iced l t-o advertised
Whtnoi.o of our hutued leijlilaloM mud
"tbatwoaro too well ndveriintd ulieudy,"
postlbly ho mado unruly a mMiiku of his
uilud und not of bib bent, for every man
and woman who a IntenMe-d In Orison'
wolftro, knows that faho In by lar too luipcr
lectly know u to tho petiplo of other States,
Kaatorn pooplo generally uro very Ignoiant
as to our boundaries, ollinato, resources, pro
ductions ami natural advantages; therefore
it bohoovoaua to Inform mem tuaiwoaroa
Stato by ourselves; that our cllmato Is free
from the extremes of tholrs, notwithstand
ing an occasional mist; that our resources
are unsurpassed by thoso of anyoouutry;
tuat our productions from tho aoll aro peer
less lu quautliy, quality aud s!; that our
natural advantages are groat and nuiuorou ,
and shall yot be modltled so as to bring
us unbounded wealth. Though our Inter
nal fdcllltloa for shipping are nccossary and
-oonveulent. yot thoao are not all wo
should desiro. To tell tho truth, we need a
.great deal moro. Direct railroad communl
cation with the Eut la ono thing we must
have and all should agitate this important
question till even tho hills rosound;wlth fa
vorable acclamations. Just tbluk oi it.
frienCs, what a vast markot would bo open
to this State If it were connected with tbo
Eastern country by rail, aud besides our
production would command prices moro re
munerative than they do now. May wellvu
to see the llmo when this scheme shall Le
carried Into effect.
Mr. President, my romarks upon this oc
casion are Jutendtd to bo Introductory, but
if I havo deviated more, 1 trustthatyou will
pardon me. How undenlibly necessary is
It that our turplus productions be stamped
with this luscrlpllon: "Raised lu O.egon."
Our Stato has ablppod tons Hud tons of the
ne6tgralusln the world.for which tho has
never recelvod tho credit, ard we fear that
to-day this is onoof hor principal drawbacks
Oh, friends, If your Intends aro at stake in
Oregou, If you would ceo her pro per, thon
be on the alert to crush out forever thin ler
rlbloevll which IsBJppIig her truo riebnoa
nd aiding notblmc to her narxu.
ladles and gonl.emen, though there Is
considerable ol the bad pertaining to Oregon
yot wo can but use our might to destroy it,
at the name time remembering that it is fur
exceeded by the good. Yes, we have ays
tenia and plans from which we derlvo our
name, our fame and our blessing. Hut these
systems and plans ought to be enlarged, so
that our name might be more exalted, our
dame moro rnowued aad our blessings in
creased. Oregon, In proportion to hershte
contains more available grain land at the
present time than does our slater State, Cali
fornia. Many persons there are who pol
lively deny thla fact, but nevertheless statis
tics show It and California papers substanti
ate it. It Is true that our grains are slow
here in Oregon, but they aro aura, If we but
apply ourselves In tho propor manner. If
we wish to succeed In our undertakings we
must not over attempt to grasp overythlng
at onoe. It becomes our'duty as Oregoulans
to bring about certain conditions that nur
position in life may be botterod, but It is
contrary to natural law to bo over grcody.
Mr. President and frlonds, wo Oreitonlaus
have had a most favorablo year; howovor,
this is not an uncommon thing in Webfoot.
We havo reaiiod a bountiful harvost. In
spllo of tho criticisms parsed upon our
"wot rains," wo may well be proud of our
oxertlons.
Fair Oretron, by thy works must thou bo
known I Tread on aud on lu tho paths thou
hast chosen. Hy wielding tbo copter of
truth and usi fulness In the futuro ns thou
hiistdono In the past, thy destiny Is certain
to boa glorious one.
THE ANNUAL ADDRESS.
hy a. j. nurun.
Mr. Fresldout, Ladles, Gontlemon, and
Manapors ol tho Stato Agricultural ooltfy
of Oregon: It Is with pride and. run I satisfac
tion I meet you hero to day, as n represent!!
tlvo of agricultural Interest?, (o address you
on thoso subjects which havo developed tho
.present proporlty, and now underlie tho
futuro well bolus ofourSlhtu.
Knowing, as wo do, that tho basis of an
ondurlng prosperity has ccon laid bread end
deep, ami that tbo futuro of our Statu has
bcou Hocured, It would bo useless for jno to
recount tho Infancy and childhood of our
Oregon, from tho llmo when It first crept to
tho polls and raised Its tiny voice In the
nurtory. of civil inun!a!ralltrtn; down to this)
day, whon In lt dawning maturity It taken
rank as onoof llij most prosporoim, vigor
oils, mid athletic young ohlldreu or (his
grimd Hlsturhood of States.
Tho plonoors of Oregon, w ho llrnt crefpo I
tho Kooky .Mountains, and planted fiitniHon
tho IMoIlla (.lopo, hur.iriled a doulitful ex
periment, tho rrault of which no ono could
furoieo, but tho bonollts of which tho ex
perts from our furtllo poll nnd rqiiablo
ullnio, cause tho dostltuto mllllouN of oldor
htu'HH nnd ni.tlona to acknowledge and hU,
llnta i;rat Sueto is nt midjltiufow
short years, and wo havo but Jiut nntorcd on
tho era of our Industrial doolopmout.
It Is liuo wo havo tamo grasses In our
meadows, orchards and vineyards on our
hills, herds and Hocks continually Increas
ing; but when wo oontemplato our unde
veloped mineral woaltb, our extenslvo for
ests of timber and bhip-buildliig rosourcos,
tho capacity of our flsborloa aud sure roUirn
of our ceroals, our almost unlimited capaci
ty for producing fUx and wool, with our
water-power to manufacture them, we can
truly say, our past IsstlUgroen In memory,
tho prosent Is now upou us, but who Is able
to foreshadow, or even comprohend tbo
groatness of our future destiny.
Tho benolita resulting to society from in
dustrial exhibitions llko this, aud their sani
tary Influence In progress and political ooon
omy can scarcely be overestimated. Especi
ally have tho labors of tho organizers of tho
Agricultural Society of this State boen
crowned with succefci, and their patient loll
and disinterested eflorU boen pro-luotlvo of
tho most happy results lo our people.
On tho lt dav of October 1WJI, on the
banks of tho Clackamas river In the county
of tho Hume name, was hold tho first Agri
cultural fair under tho auiulcea of iho State
Agricultural Scolely of Oregon. Its with
tho greatest Batii-facilou that I again meot
manv of those old pioneers who have for the
Isst sixteen years, with moro than parental
earn, waiubod tho growth of thoso exhibi
tions, and from time to time oven loaned
their names to procure money to tldo over
tlnanelal requirement, until without State
nittriniAiiv. without tiio least encourace-
ment by legislative aid, this society has at
tained a standing from which statesmen
may draw let-tonx of financial and ialltlcal
economy, and every lover of progress and
rerjrm feel Justly proud. Lt me ay to you
thou, freo and noDle mlndtd xiren and mat
rons, your disinterested eflorts are neither
fnruottou or unappreclMted; and, In jour be
half, perml'.niH to weh oino this vest multi
tude to this, tho eereiitcenlh, annual har
vest feast or the Jinlttilftl ina.raotOr
(Kon, not ro much that ynu may bo impress
ed willi tho galoiv of tho acino, or by iho
pleasure it insy givo the 010, as thHt whBt
you seo here may nioateau ehtlinatuof s-al-ues
in your infuds, and, hiving created,
may build up an appreciation ol tbeVo val
ue that euav Intluenc.) 3.u, and, Ihrougtt
tou.fenerailoDH to como, and thould tbo
question bo oked and Iho query Mill ro
uiain, O' what practical utl.ily to the State
have all those annual KtUieiltiUH been? per
mit mo to answer. They have stimulated
InveMlirailon, lby have arreMed thought,
they havegenersted energy .they have broken
down false pride, and through euqulry sug
gested by facta developed, have liberalised
the professions, and endowed tho products
or Industry with a value horotororo un
known. And at the dawn of our nation's
new centenary era, this aocioty by prlvato
contribution placed pur fruits on exhibition
whore for excellence and beauty thev to-
celvod honorable mention and thn iiiuimt
commendations from tho representatives of
an 100 civiiizeu nations or too earth. And
It gives mo ploaaurn. yost It Is one of the
prouuosi aota oi my me to io auto to present
to you Mr. President, and through you fo
our Agricultural Society, this ereelltablo
commenuation and boautltui diploma which
tho collective exhibit of tho fniliM nf nr.
egon t.o Justly won, and not only our fruit
but our wools and flx, our Umber, our
flora, cereals, ferns and ginstos, togother
wiiu imriy uinor uiimouius auu mouals
awarded to private oxlilbltors, w ith a special
diploma for the colleutivo exhibit ofotir ma-
torlal roxourees woro added to tho honors
couierreu upou our atato.
It may appear loo much llko boasting far
nu, uw iijib iiiiiu, 10 sy 10 yan, umi me pro
ducts of Or. gon at tho world's exhibition In
187(1, with ail tho dlillculties and disadvan
tages under which they were dleplayed,
Having to ho lniU).porte,d a giualortllstanoo
aim ni a greater d latum o an 1 at a grottor ex
potiso than from any eulior Suilo in ttio
Utiliiii, untl In fot ttiuu elmnst any of the
exhibits from Kuropo. Yisl It would kccui
too muoli fji'sumu ofm old Oregon frlonds
to bellow, were I to toll them, that our on
tiro Stato exhibit crealcd as great un enquiry,
whs ns miiuli admired, and rectiived hinher
eommeiidatloiiN for hiiiiorlorltv mid ex.inl-
leiico, tliiiu any other colloctUo exhibitor
iiiomaierini resources mul prodiirlhid tho
anil brought from any part iiftiio world, anil
lu prool uflhli 1 will roid lu ou tim report
ol ttio International Jury appointed to oxam
Inoauil report ou ttio uvtilblu tlioro dis
played. 'lhoso aro tho names nf gentlemen nf no or
dliiary uttalutuonts, Coiuliig from Switzer
land, llei nmny, ttio Argoiitlte) Hopnblta mid
tlio older Slates, lliety give, lo this lep'itt mi
itnpor nine, of which, attbo next IVmuunlal,
our ehlldrens ohlldreu may bo lastly
proud.
Hut It has leen aebl by r.'imirtlmt.modiibi
mid illplointm ve'ui'MmtfwMbyalirxlilbir
orMtniiucrlmlialely. Stf Mrtiom Ibis being
ttio case, I will xv thnt one nf :;i) (UK) nitupHt
Itlyo made, only I t-''OO ret Ived nwiirds, and
ol tliesoOrccou roeelved llilrty-elx, or three
outof every 1,000 or the uwiinN uudti.
Having given this review of tho Hiatus the
Kgrleul'iiral iimkIiio'm or our State recti plod
lu ihli gre at show, 1 stmll ooiiIIiiiim to ilevlate
Mimnwhat from tho a.Hiraeguiienillv pursued
In mi Hurkuitnrnl inlilre, nnd bv eptclnl
re quest diivoto a nliort eeacii to thn nrlotis
exiilblls, mill national bencfltn rcMiltiug
from thoCoutonnlnl KxpoHliuui of 187(1, mid
especially the Influoucottexcrtcd In ullayiiiu
tho pruvlous feuds aud factional uiiirr.oltlLH
that have heretofore oxNud lu tills nation,
nniklug c a tlinu when tlio ixoplo from all
imrtN of this brnsd land bliotild meet lu
oaco around tho allar or llherly, and si v to
each either, mid to the nations or artli tliero
assembled, '-I, too, am acitU.mof tho Unit
ed States, and pledgo myall lo erpeluato
tholr union," For, In splto or tho fouiM
bltlorness that Iihh been fiiread brnsduMt liv
subsidized periodicals and designing politi
cians throughout tho length and breadth of
tins, our once prosperous country, iihh reun
ion of our peoplo, and grand Centennial Ju
bilee, doveloped the fact that far down in
the American hoart Is a doop-seated rever
ence for the memorlos that cluster around
Independence Hall, whero a Jomta O.la,
Patrick Henry, and others, pointed out tho
way of liberty, whllo tho Declaration or In
dependence unlocked tho gatosrorthe Rev
olution lo enter that famod field whoso bar
vet has been freedom, order, peace, aud
equal rights to all.
And here, ladles aud gontlemen, let me
say that it tbero la a placet In the marah or
humanity that claims u lasting monument.
It there Is a field where patriotism deserves
an immortal shrine, ir thorn Is a ground
whero civil and religious liberty should
havo an "Altar of Light" burning and
shining, it is where tho American Revolu
tion can be most vividly portrayed and I a
grand result be most clearly Impiouscd ou
the human mind. Hut thote and kindred
teachings wore not the only bfaiie-litH derived
by paying this great national tribute or re
spect to the msrvulous rfhultH of Inventive
Industry, and skilled labor, uuthereel tliero
f.'oni all parts of tho world, for It was a
proud satUfactlon lo every true American lo
sfftso many of hlsown country muiii'iiuiiult
Irig with fcreli:nerioutliiilndutrlul prosper
ity and real interests of all mankind. And
msklni! the central exhibition crouudH a kind
pf matroMlis or comtneieia eunpoilum, tor
tho exhibition of tho goods, ware, und mer
chandise of tho nations of tho whole earth.
I mustconfaos that I looked up'iu this exhi
bition as a grand Industrial council of the
wholo earth, where a solemn procession of
natloimllt'ert brought to a cniniiiuu allar In
this country, tributes to iho uinjesty of labor
under tint direction of tkill aud t-cieui-o.
Wliolu embassadors weiro lo tho pioilttctlvu
Intenwts, and ludustrlsl economy of a'atea
slid nst'onx, what MlnWiera I'ltnlpotf utlarv
uro In g'lvermeutal dlploiiiucy. t'omirig hh
thefifi erriluvMiilnrs did eomu Irotii the ex
inmesorall the ontlnents, Irmii lands hop
arated bv seas and from tnu UUiuU or viry
ii.-j-iin, here (lie student, the phliinpher and
statesmsii as they saw them ktaiidlugsldoby
siilii, wero ensliled lo study Iho national
o!nraoerlMt:ciof thedeswiidsnlHof thoisreat
Mogul and shrewd Yanke, the trapper from
the it xik v Mountains, and itie htitijeets of Iho
Czar er Muscovy. As we were Jostled by
Armenian and Jew. Scandinavian and
Frenchman, the Impulsive miner Irom the
I'-dllci Coast, and the rns and danuhters of
our staid Puritan forefathers from New Kug
land, we were forcibly remiudod of the old
phtloaonhor. who belnv aakad h.l nallnn
allty he was 0r, replied: " I am a oitlxen of
w worm.- as aimost every degree or lati
tude and longitude produces acmothlng pe
culiar to itsself, here was spi-eaa out for in
spection the food of ono country seasoned by
the sauces from another; the fruits of Portu
gal corrected by tho produota or Barbados;
the infusions of the China tea nlant. iiuun.
ed by thojuloo of an Indian cane; the mutf
anu mo tan nore came togeinor rrom the op
posite ends of tho earth; tho tcarr sent rrom
tho torrid r.ono, bore hung besldo tho ttppot
rrom bsnoath tho pole; tho beautiful brocsdos
rrom Peru, glittered with diamonds rrom
llludosUn, whllo the rich sables rrom Alaska
wero porfumod by the myrrhs, gums, and
apicos from Polynesia. Tho potters from
nhltta. mitt ut wa.i-ah fNim ijiMt.. I..-..
displayed tho produoia of their skill; nor
whs u mo iosskii ono's oujoyment to know
that hero ho could vlow the products of tho
north and tho south, and bo free from tho ex
tremes or heat and oald necessary to prodtico
them. Hero worn spread out bororo tbo
world, tbo manufaoturlrs of llrltaln Iho
MiurcM or all her power. From Franco camo
articles or tastiiBtid utility, oxquislto in do
slun, and perfoot tu exojutlnn. From lttissw,
Iron nnd leather no other nation haa ye t learn
ed to produce; Irom liarlln aud Munich nr
listlo produotloim In terra ootta aud bronr.-jj
rrom Swlt:r.rlaud, hor uticqtiutod wood carv
Ingu, and dellcdo watch work; rrom Itoho
inla, tlio porfoollon or glass-blowing, Htid
musical liistruuieiits fiotn tho black forest.
Tim progress nf the applied arta wnro hern
displHyed from all lltirope; from China cutiio
herourlmts wnrkumnship, the result or aoou
initialed Ingenuity reaching back beyond
tho tlmo when history began; mttchlcMs lao
qttor work rrom Japtn, mui rrom far Iitdls,
her treasures raro mid vvotntniful. Tlio gore-onus
Librics or Turkey nnd Persia, diversi
fied the ftcoiih, whllo In this tribute or res pi ct
paid by governors, emperora mid kings, to
tho triumph of mind over nutter, mid thu
superiority or labor Industry ami artistic
aktllnver courtly MIch and ompy nsmns.
tho Queen or tho 12ist pssdng tho Sue, a unit
crossed tlio groat deep, bowd her turbuurd
liiH,iililnjoiinif (JUiitof tlio West; aud ho
pointing her etibjeols in the achluvumontM or
a single osntur.v, exolatmdi " My Mwor la
vested In tht(educatni.or:4h.fiiia3Ms ,uud
tlxUvvrolgtUy er alfmv l Jpln. .
Hut llmo reminds mn'T havoulreadr devo
ted loo tnuoli epiim'n (bin materivl show,
and Unit u psHelugtrlbtiln Is due to the patient
toll and tkllled labor that producd It, for
upon tlxiuchlevoiiieiits ofluir.l handed labor
ruted tho whole oT (III- msgi iricuntilNplsv,
while the broad Niioulders ol Kin htisbtuil
man, were pedltuetits or thin spli mild pyrn
mlil of Ainntleiii achievement; and in no
moro lUlmglaiiKiiigon.ui no pay tluttrlbiitn
iluu lo tho miijiisty or labor ilmu In the grim
grand wy In which Tnom.is Carlyln tukes oil
his lna to thu mui whir "pliiAH, hoes, naiH,
und mowKfiiud thrashes Ms wheatfor bread."
'Votioruhlo lo mo Is thn toil-worn crafts
man, who with oirth undo litstriiiiieuiH lu-borotu-ly
eonquors tho earth ami makes her
man's.
Veuorablo to mo Is thn hard hand, whero
In lies it cunning virtue. Indefatlably royal
as the scepter of this planet.
Ye-1 Venerable too is Iho rinrirnd Tsca
with Its rude Intelligence, fjr It is the fscoof
n limn living iiiiom man.
Iiuk all nrntiiid, lot busy ftnoy wing
iiirouKiioute-ariu's circle,
aid,
call lu memory's
And ask what comfort life to us would bring,
Itut for tho pleasant things his art assayed.
Your taper fliurer, lady wears the ring,
Ills own itrowu rough with honest toll hath
made.
Twas tho mechanic formed for you tho chair.
Ills fingers made iho number twos' jou
wear. '
Iet lawyers plead, lot pious paraons pray,
And doctors jihyslu thoso who trust tholrsklll
Let merchant buy and sell, and bankers lay
Their wits togother, how their vu ts to fill,
And give them all duo honor, but the bay
And laurel, worthlost hhould crown hlinatlll.
wtio fills our uvea witn comforts piauuou
and wrouitht.
By skillful hands and long and patlont
IllOUgUl."
Ah tho great Htiljort of "reform " is agita
ting tho putilio muni, anil ciiestlnns tearing
upon tho economy eif labor are holngdlscuss
ed In the club, the Orange, nt tlio street cor
ners, and in the lulls of Le.lidaitoti, pttrhaps
a few remarks relative to agricultural reform,
siul the recognition It khnnld recolvo Irom
Sao and Nation may not bo out of place at
this time. Without economy, sj stem und In
dustry in Individual, M.ate, or national, pros
perity is Impossible; and as thn material
prosperity ol iho Individual Is thu corner
Mono oi national greatness, hlsadVHiiroiucut
morally, intellectually, and materially, be
o'inics a euestiou ol vital mniiieut, and
sliould uotiimiind the inns', ovsoful atteuiiou
or tho nolitlcal eeonomlst and Ntatesman.
The agricultural portion of every communi
ty being removed rrom the corrupting Inllu
eueo (d trfdoand spculallou incident to city
life, (ototitutH the most ouimrvatlvn element
lueooiiity. Why then Is it that rrom thla
usua'ly contented conservative clas prliu.l
imlly, wu hear Hie ery of reform. It is use
less lu deny the fret tfiativ tenoral depress
ion lu IiiiIih-hs ( in its prevadex ulmost all
the IndtiHirlee or tho country. Why is tills'
Is it due h ili 1 v to m vladmliilstratlnii lu, and
er.rrtip.liu In olllr-isl eireles. Is It duo lode
(eels In the llnatiQlsl svstem 01 inn couuiryT
Is it due to Hit. failiim oftlio general govern
merit lo slford by Internal Improvements
propor racllltleM tor chesp tranp)rtatIori? or
Is it due lo lbs failure ol indlv (duals lo roal
Izo eliaiiu.-a or e-lieuiiiHtatices which uecesnl-
tatn changes of piilluyaud praetlco.
It Is due, prhaps ill part, to each onoof
theM. causa, but mainly to misdirected in
dividual enterprise re cklets speculation ard
ruinous credit system. It U truo largo
leaks have been discovered In blghofflctal
circles, and a reckless expenditure or the
people'o money has doubtlessly been made,
while tbo fostering care of national and
State government has not been sufuoiently
devoted to tho nursing breast of a nations
wealth ''Agriculture" There should be re
form In all thosa respsots, and those large
leaks should be stopped, but thla will not en
tirely eradecato tho evil that surrounds ua,
wo must atop thn loaks on the farm before
wo can roillrs substantial prosperity for In
dividual, State, nr nation. The farm must
bo mado more than self-sustaining, tho bal
anoo must bo In Ilm favor. To loompllsh
this, brains must bo used as well aa muscle.
Histlessand speculative farming must be
abMi lonrd,arcdiisand high ratesot Interest
must Imd aponssd with, and a more conser
vative frugal and cautious system of busi
ness transaction must be oonduotod on a
solid cash bisls. This Is the key to the
whole matter. Makn tho farm produce tint
Its own t-urplloH, Hmi after that its largo
surplus as possible for mnrkot. Hut In urg
Ing (linim)ortanoo or individual coonomy
aud retronehmentand reform In agriculture,
the question at onro arbes, Is thoro no legiti
mate way by which stnto and national aid
can bn rend-irod lo naslst lu accomplishing
Ihnxodo'drAblo reforms. Wo answer, Yes,
In this respect vvn must have stato and na
tional reform. Tliero is much that thn pro
duiH'rHofa cnmmonwnalth can aocompllsh
through government which oiniiot bo
roached by Individual entorprlso or by tho
orginlxnd elloilM of voluntary association.
Agrleeilluro being tho Auindallon and top
stone of our imuonul greatnrns, should re
elevn Iho ros.tcilng caro of atato and national
government.
In what way can slain and national legis
lation bn moro wNely directed limn In pro
lliotlnir the woslth mid Intelllcniienof lis
oIllaHDH. Too long Iihh thn nublla mind
been divided from pritctlenl IhxutH Involving'
tholr vi'al inlercsts to thoso ofau ephemeral
imturo born only of a fanatical brain. Willi
tho most magnificent onuntry noon which
tho sun ever'hlione. with evorv varletvof
anil and cllma'e, vv h tho boast of ur abili
ty to (rod and e lotlio Hut world still vibrat
ing In thn air, Is thorn nn7 good o-vtise why
wo should havu-brsHil and Ubir riots. In
h'ettul orwbnfitii toil iiinUi)?r1iotify -u tlio
UIsoiishIoii t epiee-fotiH pur My iwiilt c"il or
on tliopasknt;e oriaPM lecil lu tholr applica
tion, aud lu priHtuily ihTloirnr nttho
"or.dn," lot our Matnsuxn Muily ihernuuhlv
Ilm Miurco or mater tl woslth oflhe Stito ami
nation, tlinolis'neleN In Iho way ol tholr de
velopment, mid the melius of Incnwslni; tho
pro'.pt-rlivor tho uliUnns. I .-it tliom look
moro to thn menus or preventing nrltnn than
for Mm enoctiunut of livurt for Ita punishment.
Lit them by wl anil Just legislation en on
uiiumg'tthn prntliietlvo forces of ciur Stato
lliat p.iaco and pl-ittty slmll surround (tie
clliaeus, and thoto will b-i lltllo need of
crlinliml cndi-H. We ned In nil thoStstia
a moro praut'eal Htntusmmishlp, nun whloli
looks more lo tliomlviincemnitnfthocltlr.oii
In InloHlu'enne nml msterUI proiporlty. ono
which regards thn covornmoutof the State
moioHNim instrtiniPiitaiity for promoting
tho general w el tarn cr thn ohUe-ii than as a
eysteui of mschlneiy for the collection of
taxes and thn punishment or crlmo. We
need lo hoar Iihh ofKtate righla and morn of
State development in material wealth; lose
nfimlltlc.il recnnstruollon, ami moruoftbe
reeoiiNtrtintlon of iudlviilual and Stato pros
perity. Whllo thn battle ou tho arena of
national pnlltira Is being fought with tho
watchward "Iteforiu," let us as t he represen
tatives of tlio grand army or producers, do
maudesrtsln measures or reform that 'iiii
millions oragtl iiilturists shall bo more thor
oughly represented In the United State
goverriiuiuit. We havo a department or war,
u department nl tho navy, let ua now insist,
upon a doparimetit of '-Peace," presided over
by a representative of tho great productive)
Interests of tho nation "Agriculture." Let
ui Insist until wo shall bo hovrd by the
recognition of K mllllnusof agriculturist
who food and clothe the nation. For the
want of a voloo In the outwits of our nation,
thn m tterlat lulerosts nf our people am lan
guishing, our fao ones idle, and our forgo
and furnace cold. Thon !el those who own
aud till tho hull, as well as tho artisan, tho
iiu-olianli-, and tho man who industriously
labors for his dally bread, uiilto in one grand
brotherhood, forgetting all that Is unpleas
ant lu thn memory or Iho pant, forgetting
section, forgclinK all aavo that wn aro cltl
muh or a common uotiatry etifateed In a com
mon cairns, as stnwards oflhe (lod or nature,
charged with thn duty or dnveliiplni; and
heauilfvliig thn laud which ho has given us,
rente tuber that nu us re sis (ho responsibility
or Improving and cheapening thu methods
hy which man Is fed sntl clothed, aud whllo
our watchword Is 'Hstorm," let our plat
form be "The prosperity t thnolt'r.tn, ami
iho development or tho material resjurcs of
tho Statu aud Nation.
Pruntabl'j.
('apt, Ditmoy, of thn steamship An con re
cently Informed an Interviewer that thu en
tlrnexpeixsnf a trip of a Hrst-cIat-H sinmuer
Irom Nan Fi-iiucUci to Porelaml mid return
is about $ (M), From thla H Is easily eeeu
how thn two steamship compinlen makn it
piy to run nt nresnut latts, fhey catry an
averagn of I.MH) (tins of trelitlit e-tieh way, re
eelvlrgJ per ton, or iM.OcO for freNlitonly;
mid tli pavsiMiyur irado moro than make up
the delliiiciii'y,
Bieuilit up.
Sterlin:, J. Jeiney, or Portland, brought
up this I'lreiiuou three pereoua who have
tieeit elected la Iho Multnomah county court
tnmrvH lu ninth lokiim homo presided uver
by SiiperlulonduutHurch. Two of them for
larceny aud one for adultery, The former
two iret ono year each, aud tho latter six,
months.
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