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VOL. XI.
SOME PLAIN TALK.
Wo havo often asserted that tho Oregon
farmer was destroying tho future of tho Stnto
and robbing tho chlhlron of their horitago by
continual cropping of land to wheat, tho most
exhaiutivo crop they can raise. Wo this
week met n farmer from Ltnn county, ona of
tho prosperous peoplo thcro, who spoko moro
despondingly than wo hcliovo was necessary
of tho present nnd futnro of tho Willamotto
valloy. Ho was dlshcartcnod by two partial
failures of wheat nnd satisfied that continual
cropping to wheat deteriorated tho soil to a
point whern wheat growing offered less In
ducement than iu tho past. Wo also publish
a letter from on intelligent farmer who has
lately visited Yamhill, Polk nnd I.inn coun
ties, and speaks his rrdnd plainly. Wo regret
that' wo havo no excuse to express disbelief or
to blamo his judgment. What ho says only
confirms our expectations that havo been fro
fluently expressed iu tho Farmkr. Wo pub
lish n paper to bcuclit tho jicople, not to Mat
ter thorn, so wo cannot conscientiously Igunro
this matter but propuia to tucot it fully md
manfully, at thu samo time expressing tho
belief that last yoar'ii experience need not bo
accepted as n suro test of fututo prosperity.
Tho lands that l.avo been cropped for twen
ty yearn must rest nnd bo rccuicratcd. Na
ture had been thousands of years engaged iu
preparing this vnllry to 1 a homo for man,
and it takes man but n generation to was to
what Tuna has luilt up iu a thousand centu
ries. Wo mutt stop while, wo can and savo
our lands whilo thero Is something to build
upon. Thcro Is only ono remedy, and that is
found in cliango of system. Tho farmer says:
I cannot roll nnythlug but wheat! Mixed
farming, as carried on in other great States,
that support heavy manufacturing and mining
industries, is not possiblo fort's, but thiscon-'
tinual growth of wheat Ml'ST stop, or it is
only a question of time when it will stop it
solf. Mr. Archilbald, of Tangent, says ho has
put ono hundred acres of his old fanning land
down to grass timothy to inako pasture of
it, and complains that tho trouble here is that
grasses produco no fodder of conscquenco in
tholSummcr. Tho remedy lies in combining
stock railing with grain growing. One-third,
at least, of the land should bo in grass good
pasture, created by tho sowing of many
different grasses, as they mako permanent
pastures in England that last a hundred years.
These should bo iu small fields and allowed to
rest, and in that way will support one-third
moro stock than if used all at once. Wo cannot
raiso ordinaiy stock on tho valuable lands of
tho Willametto, nnd owing to our wet aoa
sons cantiot turn heavy animals upon tho
fields and keep paturca good. Tho fewuattlo
and horses kept should bo of tho best, that
can bo housed aud fed in wot weather, and it
looks to us as it good sheep, whoso fleeces
will pay a profit nnd whoso feet touch the
'od lightly, and whoso enriching power is
greater than any other stock and which nro
a great help as well in wheat culture, offer
the best solution of tho question. Let us
raiso good sheep, and cattlo and horses,
such as are calculated to supply tho uccdi of
Eastern stock raisers, and wo shall have a
moro enduring basis for prosperous and per
manent farming.
Sheep havo this preference that wool has
as sure a salo as wheat an J entails no damage
to the land.
Tbrre winters ago wo raised a question
about pasture grasses, and after much discus
sion wo seem to ascertain something more of
tho value of orchard grass, and also that vel
T" vet grass or mesquite grass, though not so
well liked by all' stock, grows Winter and
Summer and keeps 'greener in Summer than
any other grass. White' clover also is valua
ble, and it is probable that mixture of orchard
grass, velvet grass, timothy, clover, blue grass
and perennial rye graks would make k pastor,
that would bo profitable, andaftera'fewyears
leavo land, pastured by sheep, in spleudfcl
condition for wheat. ,
Y.ears ago, in view of these facis, we as
sorted that pasture grasses offered the most
important subject for experiment-1 The na
tive pastures havo disappeared, and.the quea-
tionhas not yet been decided aa to what"
grasses cam be kept gre:n and growing and
succulent through the dry Summer. That is
the'question we put before our readers to-day,
and wo enunciate with renewed earnestness,
tho assertion that without some relief from
tho desolation caused by constant wheat
r.raiinc. the Willamette vallev will not. in
another generation, be worth much even ftr
sheep pasture, and tho same fact applies with
even greater force to the wide eastern regions,
where toils are leas clayey and therefore leu
lasting than ours.
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The old established nursery of 0. W
Wa'lins 8m, Oswego, is prepared to fill
heavy orders this aeascn.
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE BAIL-
ROADS.
Wu will publish noxt week tho petitions of tho
National Urango concerning tho vnactmout of
laws to reliovo tho country from cxccsslvo ex
actions of railroad companies. Tho Chicago
Tribune, in a lengthy editorial, urges tho ne
cessity of prompt action by tho government
to accuro fair rates for transportation, and no
ono who is disinterested can doubt tho need of
soma legislation that will cheek and thwart
tho rapacity of tho giant corporations that
control our land. Tho immenso fortunes
mado by Vnndcrhilt, by Tom Scott, by Jay
Gould, and tho California railroad kings wcro
not acquired by rates that gavo tho producers
a fair chanco to llvo and thrive, but grew out
of tho power thoy possessed as monopolists to
exact rales thoy combined to agree upon. The
creation of such fortunes is n public danger.
Thcro is no hope for general prosperity if tho
exactions of corporations nro not sharply held
under control. In no other great nation r.ro
they allowed such imperial nnd despotic sway.
It is a tcrribto uritr.u against man to nllow n
w hole region to bo held In bondage by cor
porato power nnd Kept no serfs to earn divi
dends for great monoy powers to divide.
Money should earn a good healthy profit, but
not bo allowed to hold in c'.iccli thu fortunes
of tho labor (if n whole continent.
I'ractically, a rallioad is moro or less cf n
monopoly, simply brcnuso whilo ono road may
bo unreasonable in its exactions, capital
knows that two roads cannot bo built over
tho satno ground, Tho adding of another
steamer to an ocean or river trado is ixissiblo,
but a railroad, with its fcodcrs and branch
roads, cannot bo opposed by competition, for
it would bo a waste of millions to undertako
it. Tho only remedy is in legislation to com
pell reasonable rates, or better stilt for tho
government to own the great trunk Hues and
run thorn in tho interest of the average pro
ducer aud consumer. Tho objection is raised
that this would plaeo too much power in tho
hands of tho general administration, but wo
believe it could bo as successful hero as in
soino of tho great European countries.
Oregon has her rivers to depend upon, and
when tho Columbia is mado freoto navigation
as tho Willamette now- is, our producers will in
a mcasuro bo reliorod by natural competition,
and Stato legislation ran interfere to regulate
fares and freights, but this petition calls for
national legislation to rcgulato intcr-Stato
communication by railroads, and this is also
a matter in which wo hopo to have an inter
est at no distant day,
THE HECKNT SIORM.
As wo learn moro fully tho devastating ef
fects of tho storm of Friday, tho t)th of Janua
ry, wo realize that it left calamity in its track
and it is very doubtful if the history of Ore
gon for a century back, could it bo truly
written, would show any similar devastation.
Tho description given by correspondents from
from different sections show tho frightful
naturo of the tempest and glvo a cor
rect irteaof tho ravages committed. The scene
lioggared description Iu maay localities, and
was accompanied with loss of life and do
struction of much stock and injury to valuable
proerty. The losses incurred form a very
serious sum total, aud Vto venture to assert
that not less than one million dollars would
place tho country back iu the position it was in
before the storm occurred. This seems a large
sum, but the sum If losses Is" cnonDsrus,jin
many cases the damage to timber is not easily
estimated, and besides the actual destruction
accomplished a great deal, of damage was
caused to fields and fences that will cost a
great deal of time and labor to repair.
Tho most serious apprehensions are enter
tained of the f consequences that may be
expected in case that tires shall get abroad
next Summer. JThat fires will catch or be art,
if there (fan ordinarily dry season, we have
no doubt. For miles and milts of distance
the forests fie nearly prostrate and the im
mense amount'of dry and infiamable material
that will be spread on the ground will invite
terrible conflagrations, and if they occur may
result in great destruction of' valuable crops
and property. r ,,.
The greatest care must be had, and when
ever possiblo to do so the fires should bo an
ticipated, and where the ground cannot b.
cleared of rubbish any other way, it should
be burned over with care so as to anticipate
the wilder sUrm of fire that will be sure to
follow a general .conflagration.
The calamity comes hard on many who
were already suffering from failure of crops,
and U to be greatly deplored.
CoitBRCTlojf. Mrs. C. E. Shipley was
made to ay that tho finest scenery she saw
was at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, while she meant to
say that the finest scenery aha saw in Ohio
was at Mt. Vernon. Ohio furnishes uo such
scenery as can bo seen in crossing the Sierra
lor the llocky Mnuutaius
PORTLAND, OREGON, JAN. 23, 1880.
AMONG THE FARMERS-
by onk or TIICM SO. 1.
Editor Willamette Farmer:
SOBER ltErLKCTIOS OX A HXOWY DAY.
Fanners ought to bo a patient class, for
they must disposo of what they havo to sell,
at such prices as aro offered them, and for
such articles as nro bought by them thoy
must pay wlmtovcr is asked. Then tho far
mer plants in tho hopo of a good crop and
must patiently wait for fututo developments.
I sometimes think that farmers excrciso too
much patience, or rather tako things too easy,
which soon gives way to carelessness, which
in turn gives way to iiegllgcnco nnd ignor
ance. Mauy farmers coaso to think (or them
selves and blindly follow tho teachings of
thoso as ignorant as themselves. Young. uion
aro sent to law, medical Jtnl music schools to
mako of them law-yo's, doctors and musicians.
Many farmers condemn book learning. Hut
wo may profit by tho experience of our neigh
bors nnd brother farmers. So I think and
act. II. only threshed l0 bushels of oats, is
rnnnins two teams, ami buyi in fi'cd, lint ho
raised n largo quantity of carrots which ho
feeds to his work bono nnd other stock.
Hut I ask, can't wo raiso moro feed with lera
labor by planting sugar beets or mangel wurt
zcl! II . cannot answer that question, nnd
its solution witl furnish mo with nn opportu
nity for study and experiment. Aud trying
to ascertain what will uroducu tho crentcit
amount of feed per acre, I may also learn
how to grow tho greatest quantity of farm
products with tho least labor.
Another farmer, J , feeds his horses car'
rots nnd bright oats straw, nothing elso, nnd
bis horses do well. Of course it is cheaper
than threshed oats and timothy liny. Well.
if it is cheaper and stock thrivo as well and
do as much work on tho first as on tho second,
there is a saving- to tho farmer, and a saving
by every fanner means much to the wholo
people.
Farmer X piles manuro from the atablo out
In tho rain, allows it to stand, to beat and
to burn. That is wrong. I can teach him
something but would like to know more about
making tho most of manures myself beforo I
try to instruct others. I'crhaps somo of your
readers can toll us bow to treat atablo and
other manures in order to dcrivo tho greatest
benefit therefrom in tho shortest timo. My
method Is to pilo when it begins to bent, fork
it over and perhaps repeat tho ojttration, then
at odd spells in Winter haul and dump in
piles or spread from the cart direct, I onco
knew a farmer (!) turning a stream of water
into his barnyard, thereby cleaning the yard
in short order. It saved him work, but rob
bed his laud.
I am a young farmer and havo much to
learn. Farmer K has a lino farm, with a
lino house and a fine barn, has plenty of
money to run his farm with and aims to make
it pay, I suppeso ho docs. I leant some
thing thero too. Ho is fattening a nice lot of
hogs, iiu feeds them on barley and potatoes
both cooked together. It is cheaper than
wheat, and makes good bacon. However ho
might save considerable lab6r. The floor to
the pen in which tho hogs aro confined is six
feet higher than tho vat in which the food is
cooked, necessitating a great amount of labor
for nothing.
Thus we may leant from each other, and
my neighbor's experience may profit me great
ly. All wisdom is not in us. And if my
neighbor's experience profits me, when given
by word of mouth, why not'as well from his
pen ? Then books may belp us, even though
wise in our own conceit. M. Vox,
Moiuwk, Oregun.
To Core Leach in tho Liver.
Editor Willamette Farmer!
As there appears to be considerable said by
learned gentlemen through tho Fanwxn con
cerning liver fluke or leach of the liver, but
fail to giro the readers of the Paiiukk a
speedy cure of this disease. The cure is w hat
the farmers of the Willamette valley waut.
There are different theories among farmers as
regards the origin of this leach iu th. liver;
some think the sbeep eat them with the grass,
others say the sheep drink them from stagna
ted pools of water, etc.
My theory is that the leach is natural to
the sheep the ssme as bota to the horse. I
am led to believe that all sheep have the leach
more or less, oven tho deer of the forest have
leaeh of the lirvr. Joseph Hamilton, of this
county, tells mo he never examined a sleap
or lamb that had been killed for mutton Lut
whit had leach is tho liver. My opinio is
that sheep well kept are sel loin troubled with
leach.
Jfowor tho cure or prsrtutivsi On. pound
of ssleratus mixed with sah enough to salt a
hundred head, given oace s wtl for three
weeks, will curs the worst caa:s of a diseased
flock "bf skcp from Jeaoii, sad e.ntinue to
give every two or three weeks a half pound
mixed with the salt, and my word for it, your
sheep will never be troubedwith leach any
more. (J. l Uicuuaiit.
Albany, January 12, US0.
Currency and Resumption.
Editor Willamette Farmer:
Aa you havo generally given space in your
columns to farmers and others for an cxprcs
sion of their opinions on subjects of interest
I again avail myself of tho privilcga granted,
bearing in mind that if wrong in my con
clusions, that through tho Farmer, nil who
dosiro may havo tho opportunity to correct
irro, ((Including tho Editor.) It is n rccog
nizod fact that tho press of tho country is
tho primo educator of the pcoplonnd wo nro
educated light or wrong in ncconlanco with
its teachings. Taking this viow, how thank
fill should tho farming community ho (who'
aro perhaps as much interested in tho futuro
wolfnro and education of tho people as any
other profession) to havo tho opportunity
offered by tho press to present their viows to
the i public on such subjects as may affect
their iutcro.it. In this connection I would
liko to ask tho fnrmcra of Oregon to contrast
tho course of tho Wim-AMItit. I'aiimeii and
that of tho Orcgnnian tho ono offers tho
wiijcit rnngo to individual liberty by giving
space to tho diverse opinions of lorrcspond
ent! tho of-cr (If wo may jmlgo by '.ho way
it disposed of Mr. Lang's nrtlclo on wool and
somo others), vou'd suppress r.11 ndvciso
opinions by refusing publication to anything
not in harmony with tho manager's opinions.
Mr. Langs article on wool growing showed
that ho had ovideutly given tho subject con
siderable thouuht, and it would doubtless
havo been of interest to many of tho readers
of tho Orogonian, but it did not accord with
tho policy of that paper, and accordingly
would havo been most effectually suppressed
had it not been for tho Farmer or soma other
paper of rcasonablo llborality. Tho Orogou
ian may bo a good newspaper but it is cor
I tainly a very selfish ou, and how fsrmors
can conscientiously tax iiiemscivcs 10 sup
port such an imposition is hard to explain,
tboughl suppose it is becauso they do not
understand its xIIcy.
Mr. Editor, I seo from tho Oregon press
as well as from Eastern papers, that there
has lately been something of a revival in
business East and I have heard it character'
iied as a boom born of spoolo resumption,
llutas tho waves of prosperity that havo
swept tho Atlantis during thu last few months
havo not yet reached tho Pacific, we look
with anxiety to tho future. It is admitted
that thcro is always a cause for effect, and as
wo know that thero has been a slight revival
in business which .lias' furnished work for tho
unemployed, (that were getting so clamorous
for broad aud clothes of late), In order to
judgo whether the revival will bo pormaucnt
wo must learn tho nature of tho cause.
The active demand for breadstuff's iu tho
United States seems to havo been causod by
tho almost entire failure in European crops.
The extra work required of transportation,
whereby railroads havo mado forty or fifty
millions by raiso on freights), was caused by
both thu largo surplus in tho United Stutcs,
and tho moliey realized from tho raiso on
freights and tho profits on extra freighting, at
thu original ratos made it possible for rail
roads to repair, which is found to bo necessary
every few years, and this has given work to
tho iron manufacturers.
The extra work for railroads icema also
to have Influenced English capital to purchase
United States railroads and this is certainly
good policy in Europeans, seeing that the trans,
portation companies hare it in their own
power to set their own prico on transporta
tion and consequently have the jwwerto con
trol the price, practically, of produco in tho
United States.
But I have not heard of any boom in the
price of laud, neither in this State or in the
East. If some New York or London bauker
had bought several million dollars worth of
farming land it would havo looked more like
a permanent boom in business; it would havo
shown that they thought thero was money iu
farm lands, but the prico of farm lauds it
seems hare not been affected by the boom in
the least and there is where the boom should
have, begun, at the foundation, and went up,
Now what effect ordinarily would resumption
of specia payment have on business! Would
it mako money plentier and cheaper, or
would it be more like an individual engaged
in business turning all His resources into
money for the purpose of lifting his notes.
Suppose his notes were circulating as money
and bo bad promised to redeem them at a
certain dato in money and consequently was
hoarding his money for that purpose, would
that cause a revival in busiuess when business
depended on tho circulation of money!
When tho prctent contemplated demon
stration of tho outstanding J.V),000,COO
greenbacks take piece; and when the gonrn
mwnt is hoarding gold for their redemption,
where will tho boom bo then, when Eurico
has a good crop and tho farmers are in debt!
Then tho bjom willylcpeuJ ou thu circulation
of National bank notes subject to bo con
tracted at any timo by the bank that tlic'r
convenience may require.
Now ono moro question I will submit for
tho timo. If thcro Is no constitutional power
to crcato money, paper monoy, oveept in caso
of war, where is tho constitutional power
found to crcato an object that can crrato paper
money. Hut somo ono rises to explain nt once,
and saya that National bank notes nro not
legal tender and consequently not monoy.
Then when tho greenbacks aro demonetized
nnd the gold locked up wo shall havo no
monoy circulation and tho boom is a failure.
Omervei:.
Taxes and Labor.
Ci.vciCAstAt Co., Jan. 7, I8S0.
Editor Willamotto Former!
I will ventuto to put in my say on tho sub'
jeet "Lorain" and " II. E. H." havo present
od in their oorrrKndcnce, viz: The hard
times "xperionccd by so ni.-i.iy of our farmer.
I havo found by my own oxpciirnco iu
clearing up a farm in tlio brush nnd timber
that mutch) must bo freely applied, and that
backed with good Judgement, before unj thing
of profit it cau return, mid if n person hns nut
tho innsclo himself ho has to biro it, and thcro
I:i whero tho pinch comes. A fiieud of
initio onco asked mo when I expected n ro
turn for tho money I was paying hired men
for taking up tlr rtiotn and leveling down hill
sides'. I told 1st lit ho would havo to figure
that for himself ns I could not answer it, yet
It had to bo done beforo I could cultivate tho
ground.
In spito of our best calculations wo nlmost
invariably find our oxponscs greater and our
profits less than wo anticipate, aud therefore
often venture moro than wo should. Iu re
gard to our taxes I havo noticed that gencr
ally thoso who havo tho most to pay say tho
least about it, and the cry comes from thoso
who have but littlti or no taxes to pay, but
simply want to be heard, and with all their
noise thoy aro very careful to novor ever hint
at the greatest of all tho burdens in tho way
of tax, that cooios as tho legitimate fruits
from the schools taught iu thu saloon, with
tho following resultsi 1 Lack of attention
to business, 2 Poverty, 3 Crime; when
criminal costs comes iu as tho tax payers
share.
I would say to " II. F. H." to rnver mind
the appeals; go to tho foundation and roll
the saloons over and our ci'rla will wither
like thistles cut before they havo bloomed,
but with tho saloons in blast as they aro now,
we can batter away at appeals aud it would
lie like mowing the old dry tllistlo stalks after
thoir aeods have flown.
"Loralnu's" figures aro well worth ponder
lug over, and to the man who usos both to
bacco and whisky I' would suggest, for his
family's sake, that he ttavos off oue bottle of
whisky and ono pound of tobacco for tho
year 18S0 and subscribe for thu WjLLAMETrie
Farmer.
Wu need more sober industrious people
who will bo contented with from forty to
eighty acres of laud, as that .amount will
abundantly snpjiott a family if well cultivat
ed. With the present imputation land is
uccessarily owned in too largo tracts and
some who hold unimproved land borrow
money to Improve .it, when th.y find pay
day comes around before a profitable crop
aud with present rates of interest thy often
never catch up. fend to us, iu Clackamas
county, a thousand families who aro able to
buy forty acres of laud each, and if they
will lot whisky and lager ator.o, and thon
some of the old settlors sign the pledge In
tamest. I will vouch for the welfare of the
country. I do hot tupjtoso Clackamas
county is any worse tnau tho rest of the
Stato, but 1 say fearlessly that the hardship
of all hardships; the weight of all Wefghtsi
thu drawback of all drawback in thjs com
munity, is tho habit of drinking and drunk
eucss. Perhaps yo a think I am somewhat
fauatlcal but it is to me a truth and I will
say it if I live a hundred years aud lietur get
an office,
A word to A. W. Steers alut China labor:
Last Spring I gavo a contract to somo white
men of grubbing. They worked for a shot
timo and then threw up tho job, ami I plain,
ly saw that if I depended upon white labor
thu gtulu would continue to grow, but tho
Chinese canio to my asiiatiiucvaud my ground
Is now eleared and I anticipate Cnttin a tron
next year. The wages they made was but
littio over CO cents u day, He further states
that there uru ISO.OOO Chillis, ou tho ooast.
If he will UkjU at thoScieutiliu Amcic.iu ol
Dee. '.'7th. on liauu 113. ho will lilld it stitcd
t'lat tUro are but G2,0l'0 now on thu coast.
,- n.i Wly must I hi mlla'ko.i; aul Iu regard
to that lwrtlo'i of their wav-s that i bt to
in I if it is as well earned tu thu money v.'ij
I p-l 1 then, it Is not ba II;- !ut. 'V. 11.
Whfhi n- r 1 asiny fruit tries do not forget
tlr.t tho tre-s sold ly tin railroad nursery
ate v,arra.te 1 true to name.
t3T With tht sdiled expense of n en
tUTtl Lsrae wfl tiutot afford tho ft
without p-rrnent it lea thin
H.oo,ia
Hereafter otit InruUMs charge will be)
SB.OO a, Tronart
UmSUSLT
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NO. 49.
VETErlry.
Blind Btaggen.
Editor Willamotto Fanner:
Having received a letter from n reader of
the Farmer asking for information regarding
tho blind stagjors, I would say, that in my
opinion it is purely n, nervous disease, pro
diicod by somo poisonous subslanco existing
iu tho food; it nets by, paralyzing tho stomach
and congesting tho brain. "Synptonn aro
drowsiness, tluggithncss "at wprk and fre
quently falling asleep; appolllo pretty good,
which produces an over dis'tehiion of tho ah
ready torpid stomach. This stato of things
may contlnuo sovoral days, followed by an
Imperfect control of tho llmV, causing tho
horso to sway in walking; tho drowsiness iu
timo gives place to restlessness, muscular
twitching, springing' or dashing violently
about, contulslons, etc. Treatment consists
In stopping ingestion of tho poison; brisk
cathartic, witli somo sedative are tho proper
remedies; fora e-athartio give nno utinco ikiw
iter niece, onooiitioo powder ringer nnd half
ilrxn podophyllls, mix nnd gio m half pint
of warm water, iib.itit six houia after clviug
tho physio give four drams of bromldo of po
tassium in n littio water, repeat with twu
dncs every six hours, until tho patient bo
comes quiet, then givo tonics, such no gen
tian coiichouidla, etc, feed on bran maihcii,
or glvo linseed traj iu dry weather turn on
green grass, or Fall grain,
Usir-i WiriiveoMiii:, V. (1.
Care for Bad Times
Editor Willamotto Fanner:
I havo noticed several communications from
"Loraine," arid in all, without any exception,
ho talks of hard times and advocates econo
my, In his" article of January 2d ho saya that
it costs us 'on an average 2S per hoad for to
bcc. and 833 for boverago or whisky, as well
as a few dollars for tea. This may all bo, but
what of that t "Loraiuo," I ant surprised to
think you complain of audi small items and
contribute it all to making hard times in
Clackamas county. Let mo tell you, we, tho
peoplo up herein Marion county, usoallthcao
articles, besides paying a tax of 21 mills mi
tho dollar to support two officers, namely:
Clerk and Sheriff tho former at an uxpenao
of 9-1,000, tho latter ?I,MK, or at the rates of
$10,000 per year,. ond.lf to be nice, say S3.t
per month. Now, "Loraine," I cannot con
coive why you complain of hard tlmesl I)e
not go so far front home anil I think you will
find other causes than thoso you sneak of.
Should you not sell out and move to Marion
county, wnsro mo people aro an nappy: it
mayibo truo our land does not produco 40 or
CO bushels of wheat to tho acre, as of old, but
wo havo as an offiot to this a mortgsgo on at
least ono.fourth of our land to compensate ua
our loss. This, 'iogethcr with tho satlsfao
tlon of high taxes aqd good, fat ofilccs, a so
called temple of justice, costing us 81 10. 000,
'standing as a monument of, extravagance, why
should .we noB ba hsppy, Ifiyouare not? Liko
charity,! let us begin at iom6,nduca all tho
expenses to minimum, pay every man in of
fice or out of olfico a Just compensation for libs
labor,) not more nor less, and should thu law
be to the contrary, change it, and in order to
do this elect no man to oflloo that does not
stand pledges to such a re-form, let him lie
Democrat, Republican, Oreenbacker or any
other man. lt this be tho .watchword for
)o-S0 of ) sry laboring man in Oregon, When
this is douo, with true economy at home, wo
can remedy all evils, and till tljsn wu cannot
expect auy change fur the better.
A OltANUSll.
Sft.Vr.nT0K, January 0, 1850.
Good Benia In To.1.
Editor Willamette Farmer!
You mention that thero ought to bo soma
legislation to make money matters essy for
the fanners, Now all or the only way I can
seo is to sell more 'and buy less. You msy
write all tho editorials you may, no person is
going to furnish funds If thero is nothing to
give in return. Thu ouly way to legislate
for the debtor class is to make a law that
debt cannot bo collected, as it is tho princi
pal as well as interest that smarts farmers.
Now I do not care whither you publish thus
ouly to give thu opinion of u constant reader
of the I'.tiitint. Thomas Jonxm.
Forks of the Sautiam.
Wo advocate a lower rato of 'interest, bit
have said nothing about any legislation to
mako uiouuy in Uters (other ie) easier far
thu fanner. Wu oppo o extortionate m.u
npoly anduxceulvo uaury.
Answer Thu.
DM you ort r fciilw imy iwson to bo SU,
without luaotiou cf thu Stomach, Livor or
kidney, or did tou over know onu who was
well wl.ih i-.t'i rt.se .'rueted or inactive;
nud d .1 jj ewr k.k'.v or hear of auy case .
id thu k tl. V . Hitters would not cure! )
Ask yorr r.oalibor this question '1 imis.