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Graded vs. Thoroughbred Hog.
Mitr, Cheek Fahji. 1
November 12th, 1877. J
Kd. Farmer: Again with your permis
sion I will mako somo comments upon Mr.
ilunt'n article of Oct. 20th.
Mr. lluntsaysho was much surprlsod at
tho position takon by Mr. Cross. Now, I
am surprlsod that Mr. Ilunt ban gono Into
personal mailers that ought to havo died
out long since, and aftor rovlowluf hUartl
olo 1 will mako a correct htaloment of my
business In tbo liust so tho pooplo can judgo
for tbomsolvcs, hopInK tho matter will rest
there and not havo thoso that ought to bo
my frlonds slabbing mo In tho back.
Mr. Hunt says when ho camo homo from
Fair his bloodod hogM wero afiuoallrjjc
nronnd tho barn and bin scrubs woro out In
tho Hold, This spoaka nothing as I found
mlnotho samo, all of tho snmo family of
llorkshlro. It amounts only to this: Thoso
tiBod to being fed will como around, thoso
who nro not will bo hunting tholr living
clsowhoro. I bavo about fifty head of full
bloods they not beon to the barn Blnco I
turned thorn Into tho slubblos.nnd thoyre
In good condition. Again, he mys, here
llos tho gist, tho paying part, he fattened
ovorythlng ovon his lato Spring pigs, m
Mr. Cross strongly advised him. Again he
sys, fatton everything that will weigh ftty
pounds. Now for a llltlo ozporloncn his
frlond putchasod u iliio sow and pigs, fed
liberally, charged for all Iho fied, fallod to
soil plirs at fancy prices, killed for pork find
found tho feed account tho largest. Prob
ably ho was llko somo farmors who charged
me, whon driving pigs to kill, ono dollar per
bushol for wheat whon they only get seven-ty-llvo
conls aftor hauling ton miles. To
inakoapolut horo.ho ought lo name tho
blood and Binount of fnwl nnd jrlco.
Again, "Mr Crow has good ho but a frloud
or his locking ut thorn mid to mo, theso
graded pigs aro tho worst wltnosfos Mr.
Cros could havo brought lo tho Fair to
provo his particular breed or hogs a good
one tocrosn with." Iloro Ish direct mlsrep
rosentatlon. 1 said In my article I wesop
jrasod to a crosH upon forubs and took thoso
pigs iwpocmlly to provo Its fAllaoy In hores
toconvliiroMr. H.or h' mlstnkonnd Ido
not profess to havo any rnrlluulur breed. 1
olnlui lo huvo tho llorkshlro got up byothers
bettor vorHod In tho inattn llian inj-soii
lint 1 must ylold tho palm lo Mr. II. If ho
mti dhcotor a dllloronco In hcrubs and
full bloods picking up tho wasto. Ho says
ho fr a his knowledgo gooi very few men
havo niadn money In Iho West brcodlng
thoroiighbiod stock. I admit nnno have, but
many havo lost thousands of dolhusat Hand
tho roiison Is, Just such men as Mr. II. cried
Ildownuiid used their Irlliipnco against ll
until nearly or all tho good blood Is driven
out of tho country and Oregon Is worso oil'
to-day than sho van twenty ye-urs ro and
thero Is no Hlato In tho Union that has as
llltlo good Ntook iw this, mil humlrods of
thousands of dollars havo been lost to tho
Htnte. Mr. II. anysho liBlUnoi Urn ordinary
fatnmr Is too shy of buying full blood
malei to linprovu his stool: with, but whm
a farmor finds lilumoU In pussi-slon or good
natlvo stock It would bo well for him lo
pausokoforo Milling his pioont slock mid
piuhlug Into tho lluo slock IiuMiiom. Now
this proves Mr. II. opposed lo good blooded
stock and ho blows hot and cold both In tho
lino breath. Now ho says I ndvlo him to
kill his Spring pigs 1 do ll mjself and urg
nil to do It. Hut let us compare tho weight. I
havo killed iiiuuy weighing from two to two
hundred and oouty-flw minds at nine
months old, and Mr. David McUully Inform
od mo on Hilunluy luit ho got In a lot or fat
hogs nearly one hundred head a pig of
my stoalt plggrd ll ot Maiuh and kllld the
ilrst week In November, net weight 27(1 lln,
fml and raised In the hiuuo lot. Nov how
does this ('ompnrii with Mr. lluui'k
welKhlngas ho wiy liny pounds,
TIioho I purchased from him generally
wolahod from eluhly to ninety pound and
1 auknowledgo Mr. II. n good fouler and
this Is whom blond lulls. Now, as to Mr.
Hunt' full bloods I hao omu doubts
about him having them as I huvo been In
that business twenty llvo years and I never
knew him lo buy ona. I found lilin too shy
to expend his money that way and npiKwrd
In siMiudlng money In lluo slock, and when
Mr. II. came Into print mlvooalluii scrub
stock, I deemed It my duty to glvn mv
views, not that I bad aught against Mr. 11.
but being fully awaro bo might lead some
an tray. ....
As Ibis nriloln Is louuer already than H
ouuht to be, I will May no more about blood
until next article and will Klvo soiuu praoll
cal Information fioui lime to time, and will
now lako up a more unpleasant part.
Again Mr. 1I.hh It will do for such
public spirited mn as Mr, Cross, especially
as he has the talent, lo make as much in one
year dealing In tho Utstern pork as a com
mon farmer make In two or throo yean
hard work. Now Mr. Kdlior, and iho
bat am friends of mine. I will showjou
t josUb Mr. 11. Intends, As many of jou
are well aware, in the or seventy-one
I weut lo Chloago anil put up pork In tit
month of January. 1 have mentioned thU In
a former artlelx ami would not mention It a
this time hud 1 not been attacked In print. I
lad a Urgu (lovuruiuent contract and IihiI
had It former years, and a number beoanm
Jaalous of my proiirlly and mat; In n'erttt
caucus and Hitmod Into a Mioiik uomblua
lion and uitreed that 1 must be mailn to wy
nnu dollar xir huudrtit more thsti any our
elMior llioy would not sell lo uin.aud lhy
oarrli-d It out lo such an evteul that 1 old)
uul tin e hundred hoga when It look live
ilioiuaud lo till mv contriui,the lormer wr
1 took sl ihmisaiid ll . I was advised ot
thfo iMiiihlnallnii, and Mr. Ptu'l Dark and
mynelrtslktil tho mafor over In Dwemlmr
and 1 then told him 1 could not pay
thn mice usniixl and told him I vs
lully v)teilnd 1 could do much better by
going lo CUVauo and would have lo do It or
throw up mv contract and to do (but would
bo aokiuiwlidnlnir thev had nuccceded In
cornering mo and 1 wriit, and as Mr. il-syi
1 made moro mouey than a farmer working
hard two or I hum years. Ye, and 1 have
the paiHtik lo proiw 1 made mom money
limn Mr. II. did In ten years of his farm
but I hereiukMr. ll.'.ir he has nn. In ulklnu
about Hits, representel that 1 lot a larir
M.t.mi.tl kf iiiiiiuu .it Urn. fit .ar'AIHlv
noheuiT Now this Is the representation
and no one will bo better p'.aed than my
self If he can truthfully deny It; now last
Mr. H. how he knew about what I made or
lost. Now for the information of my friends
I will state about my contract, facts as Ibey
exist and have tho papers in my possession
to prove them, my contract price for side
bacon was sixteen and ono-half cents per lb:
hpms twenty-ona cents per lb; I paid In
Chicago eight and ono-half cents for sides;
twolvo to tblrteon for hams; realizing olght
and one-half cents gain upon sides; and
about eight upon hams, average price sell
ing nineteen cents ; promlum upon gold,
twelvo prr cent ; that making upon one
hundred lbs, two dollars and twontycetm;
I paid freight two canM and ono-fourtb per
ID. so hwiii oaseon i was out no raonoy
upon frolght, mid furthor.'my moats were In
suchdomaud thoyorat least tho sides wire
nil Fold nnd I went to tho telegraph olllco
andhougut ono hundred thousand pounds
of Mp 'or which I paid eight cents, and It
was toll In Han Francisco and Messrs.
Allen A: Lewis nald all bills and took out
tholr commission and roturnod mo a bill of
nalo wl-h not profit of threo thousand eight
bundled dollars and Mr. Allen wroto at tho
bottom of tho bill this nays a llttlo monoy.
Now Mr. Hunt I havo thoso bills and
papers f back me what havo you to back
you lion you s'ato those slanders?
And yju say 1 looked cross when you sold
your pork for moro money, I herostato that
you did not sell it for more menoy and lean
prove it I called upon the parties purchas
ing It this morning and thoy showed me the
figures paid you taken from their books and
they told me at tho time you sold 'o them
and I think I bad a right to feol hurt and
look at least cross, for I certainly cousldered
I had bought your pork, and was astonish
ed wlmn It went to another butcher shop,
and It follv convinced me you was In the
ring; and It would mako you look cross If
you ombarked In a business and oxfoded
twenty thousand dollars In tand end Im
provements and llvo thousand dollars in
box lumhorand slavos anduso It two years
and havo a fow Jealous hearted poplo com
bine and ston vou and have ihein go to
westo, and pay Inlorost and compound In
terest until Iho debt amounted to noarly
Illy thousand and Jeopardise your landod
property worth over ono hundred thousand
dolla-s. You spoko of my talent to got to
stab mo In tho back, It you had been sin
coro In unmlntr tho talont and mv frlond
why did you not namo somo of my laudablo
acts dnno at home? Who has waived moro
laudations In California papera? No one living
In Orogon. I havo tho honor or focdlng the
host steor ever on tho coist, and sold him
for nine hundred dollars; and took forty
hoadto Victoria dressing from ten hundred
to fotirteoii hundred pounds. I havo fatton
o I until the last year from ono hundred to
ono hundred and fifty boas, and In tho year
ISO'J I fattened two thousand hogs and hid
them all In Iho lot at ono lime, and good
onos. Why did you not namo somo of thoso
net? Anil In conclusion say I will b"
plonsrd Ifjou enn deny giving color to what
I havo limned uhovo ami hm: you u yon uo
not chuckle over tho dig given mo In last
a rl tele?
Mr. Klllor, ploain excuse mo for thh
lengthy article. I lmo hot nn moro slant;
Htid abuso than I thlnlc 1 ought nnd have
let It go In at ono ear and out nt the other,
but when It comes In print I think It Is llmr
todnft.nd. I doslrn this published without
any abridgement, Jf jou pleao.
Thomas Cross.
TrE flKETS.
"Tho Wheat Market.
There Is no material uhanso In tho Whott
market, mid an Itnmenso amount cTTIt I
dally ronchlug market. Thrco trains a day,
at lest 80 car with ECO tons or produ:o past
down tho Hast sldo road dtlly, and tho Wen'
sldo road must bo carrying lu proportion,
making it would appear ono thousand
tons of whoat reoolyed dally by railroad ni
Portland, while about tho wuno (luautttj
must roach that placo by ttoAtnboat, as thr
Lo Us on tho Willamette go down loaded
tlireo h dty probably, and from tin
Upper Columbia rocolpts aro said to avorace
threo hundred tons of wheat 1 or day.
Wo do not present theso figures ns definite
but iipproxlmuto aud eoorlng tho cason
nearly as wo can conjccluro from nppuroni
facta. Wo prusont tlioso facts (o show tin
prodtiors of this region tho progress tlioj
aro making and tho lulluenco thoy exorcist
on tho world'n markets, which must rupldly
luorenso, for whatever tho growth of pro
ductlou shall bo In this valley nnd tin
UiiiMiia wo contldoutly ox pout that tin
country Kast of the Mouutilus, tributary lo
tho watoraof tho Columbia, will within ll
years equal, and not long after exceed the
production of whoat liiWottoru Oregon. The
future of this region halts for the o polling of
the Columbia ltlvor and tho coming of the
North l'anltlo railroad, but It cannot wait
oven for those great events, but must make
prnxrein agalust all natural obstacle.
The Liverpool market remalus firm with
out change ot Importance. Tho shipping In
ihu Columbia river is abundant, and Ifdlgtits
are low enough to compensate for any
changes lu Liverpool since the commence
meniofthe Reason, but even with all the
transportation facilities wo have alluded lo,
that seem crowded to their utmost, It Is fout d
impossible to supply cargoo as fastasdi
mauded, and as buyer have largo sums ot
money looked up lu purchases made at ir
terlor warehoutes, au4 as the money In
command for purchase of wheat Is limited,
transactions are aometlmos a llttlo hIuw ami
tho market appears dull wlmn with an
abundant money supply It would Iw actle
ami perhaps scouro a trifling advaucoou
present uxurcH.
The Salem Market.
Wheat lu farmers bauds f l.ivsi,' per bush
ol; oats, 4So for good, leas wherticclored by
exosurtiio weather; butler, 25c; eggs, 30c
IKiruiu ; apnies, -id io.j per nusuei; kji
tooi, 2.V lo 3oo (sir liushel; bacon, aides, 12:
12 V; shoulders, Ss; iard,
Pnu.: uauii,
I'.'oto lie,
Europeau Qruiu Market.
Wahlnetou, Nov. 10. The department of
state Is lu reoaipt of further communication
from our consul at Leeds eoucenilinr tho
miMral Import and export trade of the Unit
o 1 Klnudom. and how to enlarge the trade
oftho I'uhedSittes therewith. Dmlng the
Ilrst lnlit mouths of tho prfseut jiw llm
otal Imtiori or bread atutft Into tbn United
Kiugdoni wro: Wheat. 10J,;0 H00; other
tiralus mid Hour, jiU.SCW.OW: meal, dead aud
alive, f.V),(VO,000; builer, ehe'so, aud euc,
alvout 50 lKH),tXHl; mllcellaniHnis, SlO.Cf I.IW;
making to'a) firm products of the enornunu
uui of JJOJ.760,000. The harvest report
render It certain that the Impoits for tne re
uuiuliiglour months will beoveu greaur
lu proportion than the atovo. Of wheat liu.
ports the Uulted States supplied alnut sixty
mllllouaoflutbels, HumU thirty-four mil.
lions, and India eighteen millions. Jump
ing from the 10th In 1875 to the 3d in 1877, it
Is expected India will become a damrarons
competitor of the Unltxl States in tho grain
trade, as no pains' will be spared to develop
ber resources In lhst line. Imports of fresh
meats from the UnlOd States, as soon as
prejudices are dissipated , will almost become
illimitable.
Liverpool, Nov. 13. Breads tuffs firm.
Whoat 12s Bd(3t2i 101 lor averags Califor
nia white, 10 4d(gills 7d for red western
Hprlur. lOiOJrailid,! tor red winter: l'' Mil
13s3d for California club. Itecelpts of
wneat tno past three days, VifiW quarters;
American, 21,00.
PonTf.AND WiikatMarickt. Tho Orcgo
nmnNov. 11, says:
Tho weok opens without any speclnl
chnngoln matteis In tho domostio produce
markot. The wheat market Is very quiet,
and though buyers aro not very urgont,
they tako freely all oiler of good lots easily
a"cesplblo, at current rates. Tho receipts
continue to bo qulto heavy, mostly, how
over, of prior purchases. Tho lato heavy
rains have made tho hauling very bad, and
many farmors will make no further elTortlto
market their surplus until spring, as the
Idea Is very extensively entertained that
prices will be kept up during tho entire
Harvest year.
Mm Francisco market.
lar TXLxonirn.
San Franeitco, Xor. 14.
Wht-Sh!pptn?, 3 !0i3 13; milling (2 !UiJ3 30.
New Goods!
-AT
BREYMAN BROS.1
AT tUt
WHITE CORNER.
Clotiiing.
DRY GOODS,
BOOTS and SHOES.
HATS AND CAPS,
GROCERIES,
Eto., etc,
Til In Stock liun just liccu piir
chnHiMl by Mv. WUKSr.a IIUKY
MAX lit Sow York anel San
Francisco, anil, eiwlirr? to tlio
extremely low irlccs In Ciootls
and Frclslits, ivo are allies to
give better bargains than ever.
i
V2 ALSO MAKE A SPECIALTY OP
Carpets. Oil-cloths,
Cut'tuluH, 3IattIiitrH, vce.
FARMERS' PRODUCE
Tukcu In i:chaugo for Goods.
car call at tho Whito Corner.
IIREYJHAN BROS.,
Oct. lu Mnloxsa, Or.B
S. FRIEDMAN,
Is again at his
Old Stand
AT
DURDIN'S CORNER,
Willi nu Immense Stock or
Dry (uols,clothin, Hats caps,
Hoots mitl Slioes, Yankee IVo-
tious, (Jent and ladles Furn.
hlu us oil,Toluceos ami
Cigai, Trunks, and Vn-
lNes. In fact, Kvery
thins- In the Dry
(mills line you
.want, at prices
that Mill
DEFY COMPETITION!
Kiitrj
1
OOLBPLATCBWATCIIEtl.ClMiwI
mtti kD0q uotM. zampl lru(cA'iY to
JilU, AU4TMS A. buv.rsa m, vutagu.
$2500
AXKIH. AfuUwmtl.llnl
n Uitltltutf . IHrttctUnfrM.
4lrwJWOUTBi:o,SlUiiU.k.
A."vrurtlecl
Rubber
SALEM, Ocrounii llTH, 1S77.
Your Committoe, appointed to inquire into the
merits of the MIXED PAINTS on Exhibition at the
17th Annual Fair of the Oregon State Agricultural
Society, beg leave to report : That, after an examina
tion of various specimens of PAINTING-, we have
oome to the conclusion that the Rubber
UPaiM.. exhibited by the RUBBER PAINT
COMPANY of SAN FRANCISCO, is, in ALL re
speots superior to ALL OTHERS exhibited.
ItKSPECTKULLY, T. B. ODENAL,
A. H. JEWETT,
To W. P. WATSON,
President Oregon Stale Agricultural Society.
Upon tho nberc decision, Messr.
Of the OREGON STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, for the
Further rclcrcnccH can be given
JOHN
Oct. lO.
IVEW GOODS.
Mammoth & Turn-Table Apjile-Parers,
Fletcher Post-Hole Augers,
Mcat-Culters and Sniffers.
Blacksmith Drills,
TirvBondorn and Up-Sottors,
Pruniog-?aws, Knives, and
SAWS.
NOKTIIKUP &
TIIOHIPSON,9
WllODEKALC AND ItKTAlL llELm IN
Hardware, Iron, Steel, &
Wagon hml Cirrlaire Material
OK ALL KINDS
120 A: iai Trout St.. PORTLAND.
Oldest Houso in the Trade.
J. IB. COiVGLE,
MAXurACTUKr.r..
Wbolotnlo auU ltelall Dealer in t-11 kinds of
91 SADDLES.
IIKIDLKS,
- WHIPS
M.asfac5,Truiiks
Ko. 13 Trout Street.
PORTLAND, - - UHEGOIv.
Al'o, Keep conmntljf on liauil a U's-i n-'oiliiiciit at
AND SADDLERY HARDWARE.
JUT" Soli Attout In Oron for tlio CHrbollzcd
Iloho, At .Sin l'ranoUco prlcua,
with I'relKlit 8ild((I.
Reimlrlnsr rrouijitly Attended to
Carmtnative
For Diarrhoea and Dysentery mo Dr.
Jajruo'a CaruilontUe UnUnni. Ah
changes of cllmnto or water, anil In
discretions in eating often produeo
thosoeoniplalnts, travelers nndothors
should always keep a liottlo of this
romedy by them. It never falls to
subduo tho most violent attacks,
nnd It Is equally servlceablo for
Cramps In tho Stomach or llowols,
Griping Talus, Ac.
For Cholera Morbus, Cholera In
fantum and ColiC uao Dr. Jnyue'a
Cnrmluatiie Balaam. It removes
all BoreuesH of tbo abdomen, allays
tho Irritation and calms tho action
of tho Stomach. It may always lo
relied on to glvo I m mod late relief,
and besides being effectual, Is n
pleasant aud safe romedy, easily ad
ministered to childrcu.
For Asiatic Cholera and all Bowel
Affections uso promptly Dr.
Joyne'a CanulnatUc IlaUnui. It
checks tho Diarrhoea, suppresses the
Crumps which generally accompany
attacks of Cholera, and coiiquers
tho dlseaso in lts.inciplency. It has
frequently been admlnUtored lu
neighborhoods whero the Cholera
has been raging epidemically, and it
has seldom failed to glvo luuuedlato
nnd pormancnt relief. Tho Carmln
ntlvo has ntalntaliied Its reputation
as n Cumtivo for nearly forty yours,
Is equally eireotlvo iu'all lntitudes,
and as a Standard Hou-ehold Ito::io
dy, bhould bo kept in every fttuily,
T A. DAVIS 4 CO..;YlwU'M:e Asonti. Poit'and
mmu
I'ov tlio
Paint !
G. W. WALLING,
committee.
JESSE IIE4LYd;CO. received tlie
HVElzsceca. Fftlxxts.
to any nnrt of the State, by
HUGHES,
-A-GoaoLt, Snloxn.
FALL TRADE, 1877.
Great Bargains for Cash !
Having bought our Full Stock nt
Great Induction on l-Vincr Prices !
Wo "aro prepared to slyo our customer tli licrtcflt of
thu reduction, and offer a fall lluo of
Gents' ami Boys'
OIL-O T3EII3Nr3.,
at let i than at cr before. A!o.
DRY GOODS,
DRESS "GOODS,
A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT,
To mlt our Lailr customer, at reaioually low price
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Huts ami Cloys,
At Prices that defy CouipstlUou I
GROCERIES,
CROCKERY,
HARDWARE.
A full stock of thoso article, to eule tho
Country trade, m both prices aud quality.
CARPETS AND OILCLOTHS.
Wo will do-so our stock of thoso goods
out AT COST I
VolnlteourfrIcndi to
Excliango Country Products
FOU oun GOODS,
And wo will not only sell at reduced CASH
ratbs. but will allow tbo hlRbe.t matkot rates
for all thoy havo to dispose of.
Call and See our Stock.
L. & E. IIIKSCII,
GRISWOID'S BLOCK,
e!SmJ Commercial Street, SALEX.
SALEM FOUNDRY, &
Machine Shop,
SALEM, . . . OREGON.
B. F. DRAKE, Prop'r.
TKAM ENQINES. SAw"5lIXS. ORIST MILLS,
3 IlMpeti. Pamp, and all klLd and tUWi of
:Wne.TT made to order. Machinery- repaired at a bort
noitcTi , J'?-kln5 doue In all it various formi!
and all Had ol Bra and Iron Cattlns furoledat
ROrt nottce. AIo, manufacturer of ENTEHI'iiLSK
?.Va "ATCUEH. and bTICUEBb and
aUAfitKri i!4u
WHEAT AiD OATS
Choppod into Foed,
I"or Ono-Tonth Toll.
Sash, Doors, Blinds,
3VXoxilcllxi.K .
Tuinlnsr. SUHr work, lletlNtcadN,
OurenuN, Clauds, Tablcn,
FANNING MILLS,
Aad all kind ot rurnlture.
At B5D-R0CK PHIC5S, Shop a AiHcnVn-al Wrfk.
balUlrc. baleiH, C -9I O V. BEAMS,