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Willi tho pi os.cn t low r.tte fit which
I'osiAii Noif.8- cim be puichnscd on any
money ordor office wo must iiT'i-t upon
our subscribers bnjing the in ami lemit
ting to us tliicct. It tonus that agents
tiikotho money and ohm go us for the
fee, and nil tho xvay fioni 10 tents to 2.'
cents udditionnl. Tlii i not right and
xve shall horeaftei ciedit the subscriber
lor just -what money we lcccivc. Our
only agents niv J. H. McClung, Eugono;
TV. II. Baber, of Junction City; and
Millor Bros , Portland; F. L. Kinton, Al
bany; Win. Cyrils', Sclo; and Jno. W.
Itolnnd, JoH'orson. James McFhillips of
McMiiinville. All of whom' do it
for nothing, We also lmvo a Mr. Shin p,
vho is in Washington Tenitoiy at pres
ent, who has iiuthoiity to sedicit This
uilcr will in nowise iutorfero with those
who got up neighborhood clubs rind who
ntc indivdunlly and personally known.
"The Man or iiie Hoitsk" is tho title
of a Btory book that comes to us from
Iho publishing house of I). T.athrop & Co ,
Boston, ono of the youths books thnt are
so interacting and convey ft n u that
is excellent lli'iibon Stone, a 1 tile fel
low of ten, tries tti help his lumber to
vain a living in u lntgo city. Tbcy hac
n hard time of it but Iteuben tries to be
"tho niim of the house." and Micoecdo
eiy woiulei fully. Having good princi
ples ho atttacts attention and they all
. omo out hnppy mid prospeious after
-ev ore trials. The adventures and mis
baps of Reuben, and his xvotuleiful de
tenuination to be .1 boy with leliable
principles forms the intcict ofctho vol
ime. It is iem.uk.ibly will written and
is. liable to the chiugo of being too good,
find "Hcubcn i a wonderful bovv to do all
he Unedited with." Tho book -is cry
Entoiesting for young people audi eal
filiated todo nu harm, a the marvellous
wonder stoiio of the tiny am apt to, but
plainly iiiontcMU good principles and
tho value of religion cliaiaitei ''The
Man of the lloiiso" will be lead with in
(etost by iho oldein ab well .ih ihe jtmng.
As 1 m: fails ciiiuo-t light we leain
i he details of the in.mii"! ui which tho
(euihlo wivek of the illaid eoinpiinie
f'liino about. Jl r-eems tb.it m.ittois
wcio not oprnly and f.tiily eonditctcil.
AVhen Mi, Villard wished to come on
tholaet Hjiike evciUbinu, ms the New
Voik Sun, he'dioirowi'd the million
dollars of ' booiu fricndi-," toicinjuy
Ing oft' pressing ela'uuh against the com
pany. Tho diicotoinof thb Xoitbern Tn
c'fiu did not know (but tho road had cost
many million moie lli.iu the rttiniatc..
N'illiiul know this but dnvd not tell the
other dheetor?. bee.iuise of the trouble
sine to follow. Ho oxphumd nil thU,
liowevcr, to the fricmN, bankers in New
Yoik, ho boi rowed too $5,000,000 or,
and then came away with hi ocuiion.
These ''bosom fiiomU" nitl IbU knowl
edge to oiganliro the '"beat mid" that
followed. They mde omo millions by
It, by uiiiiiug Villard who gute them
)ii conllilomo. The whole story is very
disgraceful, except that Villuil, as they
t.y, HHcritiejHl nil his iminni property
to mako good tho securities belonging
to the roiupany (bat lie hypothecated to
aiso Ihe money, lliai is the only gletm
of light in the IrKUsaciiunt. Ilia friends
iuhumauly M rayed htm. Villiuxl Vuew
that Uie Xorthem Pacific w greatly
involved and rial not m (bootMr dwec
inn knuw it It lnt (j th way tliry
W1LL.AMK
do in Wall Street, it is no hotter tlmn a
bunko gamo, mid not as good by any
menus as a square gambling gamo.
THE FARMERS AND THE LAW MAiER
We bolicvo to tho fullest in the organ
ization of tho producers of 'our State in
closo fellowship aud social ties, to'enablo
them to rise superior to prejudice in
working or their common interest.
They represent the State and their land
is what makes tlio State. They have an
interest in each others wclfaro because
one common interest governs them all.
This communityof interest should make
them woik in common to insure good
government and healthy legislation.
But there is no harmonious co-operation
and no general fellowship among
thun. We hear many complaints that
nic futile. The remedy is in their own
hands and is riot applied.
Spring will bring another political
campaign and political parties will sue
cessfully claim tho allegianco of their
old-timo following Tbcy will put up
men fir oflice who are partisan1 without
inquiry whether they ioliably understand
and will woik for the iutuA. of fann
ers. If our htiggeitiou lo oiganize faun
em' clubs hi tuery neighborhood could
bo cauicd out and tho farmers of the
country meet theio in familiar and social
fellowship to discuss ovory topic of in
terest, such clubs might answer the im
portant purpose of calling out light
views on taxation and ovory other matter
of moment. As it is, tho legislature
will be elected without sufliciont previ
ous consideration and mcmbois will go
uupiepaiul to thoir work, whereas, if
farmers met and debated important ques
tions, tho work of tho session would be
in some measuie piopared.
Our State is auming proportions that
aie far beyond what wo have known and
it is entering conditions that loquire to
be thoionghly understood by our legisla
tors. The forty days of session go by
and littlo good is accomplisned. The
time is long enough, if work could be
properly laid out, but bo shoit that do
signing men can manage business in a
way to prevent proper work being dorio
There are always sharp practitioners in
a legislatiuo who arc too much for unso
phisticated members and manago to
"pull the wool over their cyo-." If a
good bill passe il is dofeatcd by somo
fault purposely perpetrated. The ways
of pieon,ting needed legislation are
many.
There is no hope of united action
among fanners lo scenic the nomi
nation and election of the host men and
most tapable. Wo should know in ad
vance what lo expect of our members
elect. They rdiould be sounded as to
their piefurenie fen Tinted States Sena
tor, and as to their views, concerning a
State lt.iiho.nl Commission. Kxperience
at tiie i.al, snows tn.it sticli a connnis-i-ion
ih tho onl w.i to protect tho iuter
Cft of all (oucerned No corpoiation
cm faitly object to ueh a commission
and raihoad companies begin to lealizo
that fair cuntiol h State law is an ad
vantage. Wo fhall mo a national rail
loadfommifoiou established by Congress
and oteiy State muht woik in haunony
with it. Ihnionsoi maliciou persons
have .made a gieat ado about the Fn
mi. us po-itiou with icgaid to monopo
lies, but oni coti4iiut icadeis know that
wo hnn always insisted lhatcoipoiations
and traupoitaiion companies should bo
le'gulatcd by law; that we hao never
tdiown the least subitvieney to money
power of .m kind.
If money i to bo taxed our laws need
to be made o po-,itio that there can be
uoeniou and that taation shall be
equal and lon-istent If a taxpayer
icpoitN debt for exemption, he should
giw awutlui ttatemeut of excry dolhu
exempted, and swear to it. The .is
K'or should lo requiied to pwforui his
duties thoroughly. To se'euro full re
turns of money there must bo very strin
gent lequhometttN'iind such a penalty
that no one will daro to tiant-gre.
We chould like to Me the mot intelli
geut among our fstmeis in the next leg
ihlatuio prepaiinl to undemtauil thee
question and ote upon them ANo,
jiiepaied to elect a Senator of the 1'nit
ed States who will be a biave ropreson
lativu of the pvople and not a tool Ur
any Uhly. That il one uf the duties the
next LcgiMture mut perwim. The
Senator w ho giHv.s (6 represent Oivgon,
hould bo a nun among men aud an
honor to our State. The next I.egisl
tuio has impoitiiut duties U pciform
and if the fanner, of the Stale asset t
thonn-eluo they can divide how and by
xvhom tlHwedutio-:. shall K pel formed.
nmntaiarM
A ckuous of Deaiocj-alic Senators was
held the other day to cotuWer what ac
tion lo take on Sherman reaolution
concerning Southern outrage. South
ern Senators suilthoy would noi let Hch
elurge Ui mad ant Northera Senator
showed thoi'i how their repliea to such
aecuaatioiu aud the free trade tarUT
view of tlc solid South liave a tondwey
to puke Iho North solidly Republican.
WAKMEB: SALEM,
WHAT WE SAY.
Wo publish communications on the
niortgxgctax law um we nax-e a mi oi
actual eiiwricnce to relate that is worth
more than mcro argument. A prom
inent hardware merchant in SalCm, met
us on the street tho other day and called
attention to the county tax roll, especial
ly to tho fact that his taxes cbinparo with
the tax paid by men of much greater
wealth, that loo, while his property is
not all in Marion county. Ho asks :
"How is it that I pay more tax than
somo who aie much richer and half as
much as men xvho are at leaat"tcn times
as rich as I am?" .Sure enough.how is it?
We hax-c no disposition to call in ques
tion the honesty of the men he named
oxer, a dozen or more of them, but tho
fart stares the world in the faco that
men of moderate means pay the ta.xos
and support the goxernment. The very
wealthy men do not often respond to tho
assessor in proportion to their reputed
w oalth. How to overcome this is a very
important-matter. To sccuic a full re
tiSn of property might answer but that
is not easily dono. They say : " I ha-c
money due mo but I don't knoxv that
these debts can be collected and don't
choose to pay taxes on them. In many
cases they evidently don't leport them
at all. When it is suggested to tax pay
ois that one way to work a remedy xvill
be to not tax money, then a cry goes up
"You arc sold out to tho money lenders."
The same is said if a suggestion is mado
that money can be unduly taxed under
the mortgage tax law. But the money
lender can bo reached if his money is
not taxed, because monoy lei coitain to
como here fiom abioad in that case. It
will become abundant and cheap. In
torest in California on good socurity is
six and soxen per cent, and soon xvill be
so here if wc encourage it. That is one
view of the mnttcr but not the only one.
Tho assessor should receive from every
tax payor a sworn list of his assets and
debts. Mako a severe penalty for non
compliance or for fraudulent returns, a
penalty that xvill hurt, and add somo
time in a county jail besides, and then.
wc shall sco somothing like reformation
in taxation. The assessor should be
compelled to demand a written statement
from every person and swear him to it,
with his signature attached. Of course
the rich man will complain of having
such nn inquisition made into his affaire
but thero is no other xvay to accomplish
the desired end. l'ersonnl feeling must
give xvay to the public good. The man
of moderate means cannot exade the
assessor very well. The man xxho is
veiy wealthy xery often can. It is nec
essary to luxe the laws amended and
for that purpose an ordinary session is
insufficient There xvill be a Senator to
elect and that xvill very likely demoral
ize the w hole session. Forty days ill
not nearly ansxver to pass our rexTiuio
laws and do ecr thing cite that needs
to bo done. Wt hear it advocated that
a Constitutional convention shall be
caiieu to ievio manors ami gio um
Stuto a new stun. Thero is some danger
in that' but not so much if the people
aio left to nitifv tho work of the con
xention. While we occasionally piescnt the
aigumcnt in favor of not taxing money,
and do not hesitate to say that xxo
should like to seo it tried, we havo no
expectation to we it adopted, and meiely
show that side of the caw to bo impar
tial. Tho piexcnt tax law should stand,
with tome amendment. perhaps, and
with some addition to mako the duty
of assessors plain beyond a doubt. Tho
tumble has often been that they had too
much latitude, whereas they should hao
none at all, but have their duties specified
so that they must tie.it tho poor and
neb alike. Wlau we look at it the mat
ter takes this shape: We have protected
men in making money and acting under
the piotection of our laxts they have be
come rich. One would think such men
would b glad to recoguiiu the law that
has thus protected them in huines,and
insured their pnperily, and bo glad to
pay, out of their wealth, a fair share
towards supporting the goxernment that
h.m and doe benefit them so much.
lint too often the very men xxho owe
most to the law s-trixo the hardest to net
it aside. They sbiik their taxit. and
actually defraud the government that
has been their protector, If any thing
can possibly lie meaner than this wc
cannot see it, untes it would U) to take
bread from the mouths of orphans, and
most likely the man xho could do the
one would do the other.
1-11 -U- I ' I
SlfFBRSNT SCHEMES OF TAXATION.
Mr. Kilers? of Polk county, write again
on the much discussed tax law . He puts
the plain question: As money is actu
ally the best property why should it not
be, taxed? To thtse answer ; It U per
feetly right and just to tax money. Tho
only question Is, heiher it expedient
to do so. Now, m Mr. feller sari farm
er' clubs are forming, we will review
OREGON. FEBRUAKY.
this question of taxation fiom every
standpoint. To commence with, let it
bo understood that this time tho Far
mer makes no argument of its own, but
sets forth the arguments advanced by
other.
Firt: The general sentiment says
The mortgage tax law i right in making
it impossible toevado taxation. If money
is to bo taxed let us invent laws to secure
full returns of those- who own or loan it.
As Mr. Filers says: Lvery tax-payor
should sign his name in full and maTio
oath to return. If money is to be taxed
and debt is to bo offset and exempt, then
tho assessor must learn from every debtor
whoheoxves; hax-e a list made of his
cicditois and what ho oxves each. That
has been time after time stated as the
proper xvay in the Farmer. Wo htixe
advocated what tho Itemizer has, that
ox cry tax-payer shall make a full, writ
ten statement and swear to it, and suffer
a heavy penality if he sxx'enn falsely.
Mortgages show for themseh C3 on the
lecords. but other debts do not, so the as
sessor must gather them in by sworn
statements. This will necessitate corre
spondence and book-keeping, because a
man's creditors may be scattered through
tho counties of the State and the debt he
oflset3 in one county must be tax-od in
another. This cannot be done xxithout
great expense and after all the cieditor
can say his debt is not a good one and
refuse to bo taxed on it.
The principle of the mortgage tax law
is entirely correct, but to carry it out
fully will require great expense and, do
tho best you can, a part of the debts oft-
set will ovade taxation. When a man
says his debtor is uncertain how are you
going to prove the contrary?
Second : Tho monoy lender sayb ho
pays too much tax when his mortgage is
assessed at its full face, because other
property is assessed in no county at over
30 to 40 pet cent, of its money valuo or
cost The money lender says the tax
law is right it cither property xvas as
sessed at its full value, as the law re
quaires, or, by just equalization, money
was assessed in proportion to the valua
tion placed on properly. We have nex-er
scon a money.lender who complained of
paying taxes, but of paying too much
taxes they do complain.
Third: --There are those who say all
land and property should be taxed wher
ever found to whoever possesses it. Not
ftom a question of right but than meiely
as a question of expediency, money and
accounts should not be taxed and debts
should not be exempt, simply because
both lead to fraud and complicate the
business of raising levenuc. They claim
that exemption of money fiom taxation
will work no hardship; will not increase
taxes on property or do injustice to any
class xvhatever. ' Tlrty say: to exempt
money from taxation xvill cause money
lo become abundant as it xxill come here
freely from other countries and reduce
interest to 7 per cent. This will com
pensate to the borroxx'oi for paying taxes
on his property and for abolishing the
present exemption of indebtodnes. It
will increase tho State revenues largely,
and decrease the cost at collecting'it. It
will do away with fraud and demoializa"
tion that now prevail and the farmer, as
a tax paver, will not pay any more than
his just share. The piesent exemption
for debt is about ten millions in Oregon
more than the total of "money, notes
and accounts" that are returned for tax
ation ift the asc.smcnt. This shows
tho extent to which fraud prevails and
tho ditliculty that will attend nnj at
tempt to enforce the proent law. To
begin with, this ten million-! of indebt
edness xvill swell the general aJcsmont.
Who would be injuicd The fanner
will be assessed aud taxed just as he is
now if out of elebt, and if he is a eMrtor
ho xx-ill soon get money at leduetil iutei
est, which will make him whole. The
money lender does not adx'ocatc this
proposition to make money free1. We
have not seen one that iloes, all theyask
is that money shall bo taxed in propor
tion tet its actual value as other pi opt rty
is. Our leaders, or correspondents, teem
to misunderstanel this matter. The
money lender is willing to li taxed, only
he claims that by the prewnt way of en
forcing the laxv he is unduly taxed. The
proposition to omit money from asess
nient is purely an economic question
Jpropo-etl by advanced students of polit
ical economy as worthy of trial. They
say: money is always represented by
soma investment It U loaned to the
government, to corporation, to individ
uals. If you tax property in sight you
include the money it Ixirroxv. Those
who have ami use money havo rutiny
ways; to conceal it and evade taxation.
So many do this that it causes demorali
zation, so this class- of political econo
mists advocate, not as a question of
right but merely as a question of expe
diency, that money can be left untaxed
without detrimont to the State or tho in
dividuals who coiiuwiso it.
Above e have given the views of dif
ferent systems of taxation anil the rgn
menta advanced to auMain them, very
brifflxMttated of course.
1, 1884
FARM TALKS
What ciops to raise and how to laise
them is the impoitant question in farm
life. Tho xicissitudes wo meet with
make it impossible to reduce to certainty
any branch of fanning, but somo nio
more ceitain than otheis. Our legion
too has a better reputation for reliabili
ty than most others. We read of fail
ures very commonly in other lanih and
can be thankful for what xx'c have. Tho
farmer who has a laige acreage in wheat
has been looking with apprehension at
the cold xveather, feaiful that injury may
result, but so far the winter has done
little harm and crop praspects are good.
Many are purchasing imported stock
and putting down improved pastures.
The sale of grass seeel incieases cvciy
year. It is well enough to raise wheat
but it seems to us that our Western Or
egon farmer should improve his methods
in xxheat growing and laise heavy crops,
not be satisfied with fifteen to twenty
bushels to the acic. Hast of tho moun
tains wheat will be grown on summer
fallowed lanel with success for ninny
years to come; Barley stands now at ft
price that would pay well and wo won
der why more is not grown with us.
East of the Cascades it makes a good
crop almost anywhere, and even in tho
Willamette valley tuins off well. Isnl
it a mistake then, not to grow it as a
change of crop? It is claimed that
barlev' alternates well with wheat ; that
wheat does, well following it and that
barley straw is much bettor feed than
oitt or wheat straw. Some one has told
us that barley straw a-id mill feed mako
good fodder for milch cow s. Barley, too,
is good feed to make pork. Ffve bushels
of barley is equal to four bushels of
wheat for that purpose. We no'ice that
barley bears a high price and is import
ed from California. This valley cannot
do better than to alternate barley with
wheat occasionally.
A corresponelent wrote last week that
Lincoln gross does not answer expecta
tions on their farms and advisos jteople
not to sow it. Here seems to be a differ
ence of opinion nnd we must study the
question to decide what makes it answer
well for one and ill for another. Perhaps
there is a difference in soil and locality
to account for- it. We shall be glad to
have our friends discuss the matter.
Daiiying is ceitain togiow and become
an impoitant industry and homo dairies
must soon render us independent of Cal
ifornia and the East. We see that Port
land houses have a better supply of but
ter than heietofore. Theie is good
dairxing land to be had along the moun
tains, aiulnii the river bottoms,in all parts
of the country, so that the new comor
who wishes -to engage in dairying can
have the opportunity todo so. Probably
no country offers greater inducements
for that branch of production. How
ever good the natural advantages may
be the dairyman should prepare feed for
winter, and perhaps as wedl, when he
has dry pasture, for summer. He can
giow corn to make ensilage here almost
as well as anywheie.
Mr. 1-. S. Brooks.son of our old friend,
the late Janus lliooks, of French Prairie,
sends sis a jar of clear honoy mnele from
Elk xveed, in anxvcr to an assertion
made of late that the Elk xveeel honex
xx-as llax-orlcss. All argument would be
xvosted with that honey to refute it for it
is clear, deliciou, bos no taste unpleas
ant, no quality but is needed in honey.
We take it thot tho Elk weed is the tall
Uowerthat giowsupin tho mountains
after a burn. If it can make such honey
a this, and jt does if Mr. Brooks- says
o, theie is money or should bo in
lux ing U-cs to xvoik it up into delicious
honey. This paragiaph to be complete
must give Mr. Brooks ciedit for enter
prise as well as skill in managing bees.
.Hisjipiary is on Silver cfeek, abox-e Sil-
vcrton, and he -produces thousands
of pounds of honey both comb and
strained. lie must be in the far-famed
honey belt xvhore honey dew falls so
heaxily. But this is not from honey
dew he sends to iv. Ho puts up his
honey nicely and no doubt finds a good
market for it.
In instituting these fc Form Talks'
we
hoped thatour numerous correspondent,
would help us out with occasional facts
and fancies. It is an excellent idea to
work up in brief paragraph things that
aie worth telling, and to get down the
little points for others to Jake up and
toss about. Many a good ihing may be
brought out in this manner. Come on
then, and take a baud in the game.
Si i.m mkkrs xviu. plea buy a postal
note or send by registered letter to us
direct. Don't pay it to any one ele but
remit to ns. We will send a receipt
showing exactly how their dates stand
on our books. We cannot pay agents,
for the price is low m wc cat) afford
to publish the Wulamettic Farmer.
Term, one year fi.QO; six months,
11.85.
FENCE POST.
Mr. Dexter Field writes lo us about
his want of success in securing fence
posts to last, and it is evident from what
he says that neither fir or cedar posts
can be depended on to bo pormanent.
Tliprc is something (or people claim
theie is) inrcntting timber when the sap
is up jn the tree or when it is not up,
and xve have often read during many
years time that expert woodsmen can
tell when to cut timber for rails or posts
to have it lemain durable. We have
seen coal-tar commended, so once on a
J time we dipped the end of well-seasoned
posts, fir lumber in thorn,, into hot coal
tar, stood up tho butt of tho post in the
iron 'kettle that held the boiling tar.
They got a good coating of it, but when
we took those posts up last year they
were all thoroughly decayed, and we
could not see where thp coal-tar had over
been on them. This experiment was
thorough and gives us all the evidonce
wc care for as to tho.valuo of coal-tar as
a preservative.
We have heard that to set a post the
top end down made them last, as it ex
cluded water from soaking In. We read
lately of a man who has had x-arjed ex
perience xvith fence posts, and he says
that he set sawed posts, that were cut
tapering and the butt alternated tit
cither end. As they all rotted at tho
same time be couldn't see any advan
tage. That is our experience also. We;
read of posts that endure a lifetime, anc!
we also read of ships a century old. If
seems that circumstances sometime
make timber very lasting, while tho ger
cral evidence is that no timber is reallr
enduring. '
One prescription xve have seen, tlit
looks reasonable, and we shall try it
thoroughly somo time, but perhaps soie
one has already made a trial and en
give experience. e refer to the pin
of painting the butts of seasoned p6s,
of any kind of timber, with boiled linsed
oil thickened with fine charcoal dust
give it consistency. The theory.
course, is that the oil is a prescrvatte
aim siriKcs in uuepjy aim too coai uit
forms an indistructiblo coating the
combined make the wooel impregnate
against time's ravages or the effectsif
soil and climate. This plan may be ek
and satisfactory, and if so should e
known and appreciated. It is truly 4
important matter, x-ery important, as t
expense of fencing land actually keel
people in moderate circumstances pof
all their lives. To invent a good post
to solve a great question. The wi
fencing of this age if we could ubo
with imperishable posts, could redui
the whole business of land anctrits cult
x-ation or use to a certainty it never yi
has had. If any one can tell us aboil
tho virtue of posts of ordinary woo
painted with charcoal dust and oil xv
shall be glad to hear of it
We once made a fire and laid th
butts of dry posts on it until they weri
thoroughly charred, bclievincr that char
coal would preserve the wood, but those
posts went the way of all other fence
pests in about live years,
OLDS&KING,
180 First Street,
PORTLAND, OR.
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