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li te- IP: ?- VOL. XVI. 4$0rr$g0ndttif3. (EJIlotlil Corrcipontcnce.) LETTER FKOM MEW YORK CITY. New Yonic, October 30, 1881. Editor WilUmctto Farmer; All tho world about bcro Is so wrapt In political excitement thnt business is at n stand still nud publin attention is (U vided between tliotwo no.v famous can idatcs for President, Kncli of whom is nt hand to ninko nil tho capital possiblo for thcmsolvcs. It is astonishing to see tho immonso turnouts when n populnr demonstration is mndo on either sido. I liavo told how I hnppcncd in Chicago when Blalno was there niul twenty thousand peoplo turned out by torch light, to givo tho ltepublicnu chnmpion an ovation. It wan nn immenso thing to drop in upon, nnd I enjoyed it becnuso it culled out n hundred thousand peoplo ot nil Borta ns on-lookers, while twenty thousand in unifonufl, on foot nnd on horsebnek, mnrshnllod in tho various broad Btrcots. Chicago was nlivo nnd nblnzo with torches, gas lamps nnd clcotrio lights. Coming to Now York I happened again on another tomendous ovntion. Blaino had reached tho motrop olifl of America boforo.mc. Last week n business man's pnrado had greeted Olovolnnd nnd tho Republicans wcro bent on doing nB woll by Blaine. It wns a day-light demonstration and proved to bo tho greater ono of tho kind over know here. I hnd not been East in many years and felt liko netrangor. I timed it no as to rench tho city in early morning, bc causo I was not certain what I wanted to do or whoro I wished to go. I had frionds in tho city, but a dozen years had mado ninny changes nnd I stood bowildorcd, in a brown study, my vnliso in hand and my slouched hat making mo as a strnugor. Just imagino how small a man must feel loking on tho throngs of n elrango city, even tho' that city was onco his homo. Now York has changed amazingly since, ovor half n contury ago, I looked from tho windows of No. lit Broadway and saw Andrew Jackson and Martin Vnn Huron drivo up tho street in an open baroucho; tho boy is now a gray haired man, almost thrco score, nnd tho city is many times greater if only half a contury older. A half contury is not much in tho ago of a city. As I stood thoro a short, stout individual accosted mo in tho heartiest manner. Ho grasped nt my hand: "How do you do, and you haven't lcon to fcco us. You didn't mean to go away and not boo us did you?" Hero I got in a good, squnro look of contempt on tho wretch and ho concluded I wasn t his game. This was my first oxperionco of a "Bunko Steoror." I hadn't safely got my back turned on this chap when another addressed me. Ho was not so cheeky as No 1. nnd directly concluded ho had mado a mistake. Ho thought I was n friend of his, Mr. Kink, and apologized. Ho no doubt was looking for a soft snap. Tho next ono was a tall, seedy looking fellow who inquired kindly if ho could do anything for mo? Ho didn't live in New York but had business hero occasionally nnd wos well posted, All this in threo minutes and not livo minutes after I had arrived. It has been my pride that in all my lifo no ono had tried to play a "Confidence gamo" on mo, and hero they raino after mo at the rato of ono a minute. I concluded to withdraw from public gazo, so I drop ped into a restaurant for breakfast, left my valise tbero and went out to prospect. I saw by tho director' that the oflico of a near relative was within easy reach. Tho landing of the Norwich steamer was actually adjoining the railroad forry and I was going there to visit my only brother, bo I purchased a passage, put moat of my baggago aboard tko Norwich boat and took a street car for down town. Half an hour later I was at my friend's office, writing letter home. lie was visiting SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER T4S 1884. his machino shop9 in Brooklyn (ho deals in railroad supplios, otc.,) nnd did not como in for nn hour, but when he caino ho recognised me, desplto tho years thnt hnd gono and tho grey hnirs that hnd come, and mado mo ns welcome nn could bo. I wns thenceforth at homo in Now York and folt no further hesitation or loncsomcness. A homo was open to mo with frccit hospitality. To givo nn idea of how peoplo livo horo, my rolativo lives in Brooklyn. His oflico is near Broadway, not over a quarter of n milo from tho Fulton Forry or tho Bridge Landing ; it is over n milo ncross this fnmous bridgo nnd his beautiful homo is four miles back from tho water. So it requires an hour's tinio to como or go. Tho streets are all built up, solidly, out to his home, nud beyond. A pleasant incident occurred bcloro I went to his homo. His sister was coming over to witness tho grout iwrndo in honor of Blnino nnd wns to view it from ono of tho greatest of Now York wholo snlo Dry Goods houses, on Broadway. So bo gnvo mo n lino of introduction to carry mo in, and I wont there also. Somo time nftor my nrrivnl sho camo in. It wab on tho third floor of tho building where n largo spneo was devoted to tho singlo item of shawls. I sat an an arm chair on a conn tor overlooking a window. After a long look sho uttered my nnmo and gnvo mo tho warmest possiblo welcome It is a great pleasure to thus meet dear frionds who formed part of your mommoncs nnd hnpplncss years ago, whon life's hopes hnd not turned into dull nnd ofton painful realities. I shall ftay horo a few days and then go to Connecticut and then in a week, or less, shall bo on my way homo, .for Oregon is homo. To drop in on frionds and vpond a fow bright days is charming. Briof visits leavo tho most vivid impression. I am not much of a sight seer, but I happen to bo East in tho last days of this most exciting political campaign and seo theso monster demonstrations as a mcro looker on. I wns greatly interested in watching dio changing foatures of tho country all tho way from tho Bad Lands of Western Dakota to this city. It was wintor in Minnesota nnd Wisconsin nnd n light suow hnd fallen over somo of tho country wo trnvorscd. Dakota has excellent whent Innds but is, npparcntly, not a good couutry for. corn, though somo is grown there. Thoro is a distinct -character ns to chmnto to regions whoro corn nnd wheat grow. Dakota nnd tho northom art of tho routo, say nbovo St. Pnul, showed more or less of fall wheat, gonerally in small fields. Wo hear of tho famous Dalrymplo farms whero wheat fields occupy a township, but you generally find small fields and tho farmers eocm to bo usually on n small scale. North of Chicago thero were fow orchards, nnd north of St. Paul, none. Thoro were fow farms of any sizo j straw and foddor wns stackod. As wo swept along to tho south improvements bo como moro substantial. A days journoy of five hundred milos brought us much nearor tho old civilization. Nearing Chicago wo found, everywhere, corn fiolda. Somo had boon gathered and tho fodder hauled ; others wcro shocked in tho rows, and sometimes tho corn stalks stKd as they grow. Horo were fruit trees and farming appeared to much better advantage. Beautiful towns and villages, comfortablo homes and woll improved farms showed nn older civilization and much higher progress. Eastward from Chicago wo found old corn-fields j wintor wheat grew in small fields, as green as emerald; towns crowd od tho road lino; more orchards showed than heretofore and many teams wcro plowing. Michigan is lovel and highly farmed. So far as I saw it. Wo crossed tho St. Clnir ri ver to Canada and journey ed tho length of InkoErio in tho Queen's dominions through Ontario. Evidently thai part of ' the dominion is very productive and well improved. Here too wcro npplo orchards, but not cxtonsivo ; thoy grow no such variety of fruit as wo do in Western Oregon. Apples nppeared to bo tho only trees plnnted extensively. Michigan is vory justly credited with rnising apples of tho greatest excellence. Wo crossed Niagara by tho susponsion bridge, catching a glimpse of tho great cataract and seeing tho eternal cloud of mist that rises from tho hoilingcnuldron. Through Western Now York wo traversed such n region as no casual pen can de scribe, ono that man has expended his greater genius and efforts to make benulifulproductlvo. Whcnovcrtho time shall como whon tho Willnmclto Valley shall havo rcachod tho high state of cultivation attained by thoso favored regions of Now York Stnto, then wo can compare product nnd nocd not fear tho ordeal. This gront and wonderful Empire Stnto is Queen among States and Nations. This great City, with its surroundings, includes two millions of peoplo, and its wealth is equalled only by itB poverty. I livod hero long ago but havo no dcslro for hucIi n lifo in tho future Tho real lifo is that of tho country; tho people who mnko tho world what it is, who givo vitality to commerce, who build cities nnd railroads, without whom tho world would bo a doscrt nud cities would crumble are tho men who till tho soil and furnish bread as well iib nil tho staples of life. Thoy wield tho destinies of tho wholo world and yot thoy do not Boom to, know . hv It ,ia timo thoy exorcised their might with such prudenco ns to mnko imossiblo tho corruption thnt exists nnd tho misgovcrnment that rules tho world. a. A. U. Finances tho Seal Iuue. McCoy, Or., Oct. 211,1881. Editor Willamette Farmer t I thought I would indito n fow thoughts on tho coming crisis and the money question. In thoFAit.Mi:it, of tho 22d of February, is n comment headed "National Questions." In Judgo Waito's lotter referring to Mr. Minto's roviow of Sonator Slator's letter to tho wool grow ers, you say Democratic nnd Rcpubli can politicians favor, tho ono, a hinall amount of protection, nud tho other, a small amount of froo trndo, nnd thnt it is n whole8omo stato of affairs in tho nation whon politicians havo no serious difl'oronces of contest. To me, such 41 stnto of tho leading minds of the two groat parties would forbodo groat wrong to tho people. I refer you back to liiu closo of tho wnr, when tho two great parties vory noar agreed on finance, which resulted in tho setting aside of tho solomn pledgo of tho govornmont to tho masses, and adopting a policy that wns unjust to lalwr and against its best in terests, and in favor of monojioly and tho money dealer, nnd brought distress on tho.-o who create tho wealth. It looks to me, Mr. Editor, liko thoso politicians you spenk of are non-committal lecau6othey don't know yot whothor tho peoplo will act through their projudico on dead issues or through titer intellect on living issues. So they stand ready to jump either way. Mr. Editor, tho tarift' is not ono half tho importance in this nation as tho finances. I refer you to tho period of history from tho issuo of currency to tho time when contraction of tho cur rency wns comploted. Between thoso two periods tho volumo of money was sufficient to stimulate and move tho in dustries of tho nation, and people launched nut into now enterprises, and it is a fact which has gono into history, that tho valuo of wealth, tho product of labor in manufactured articles, doubled in amount to what it had over before been in tho history of this republic. Tho Amoricau people, on that volumo of money then in circulation, would have entered into competition in tho markets of tho world, and mado money nt it. But, alas! contraction came, and left tho peoplo a debtor people. Then it was that the politicians, or so-called states men, of the two great parties declared that ovor-productlon of wealth was tho causo of all tho distress brought upon thoso who crcato tho wealth of this nation. You say all measures of liimnco will bo ndjustod on conservative principles; you say finances is n closo science, nud thnt this nntion must slcj) forward or go buck. "Wo can't stand still. Whcnovoryo think ye nro porfect thou yo aro on tho rond to disorganization. This government was mndo a progressive govornmont bj its foil ml era nud hence, dono nwny with tho necessity of n revolution nt arms. It can bo advanced by tho peoplo as fust ns thoy discover nn error or a bettor way. And as for financo being 11 closo scionce, it has been managed so closo that it is nil on ono side, nud resulted in tho crea tion of n mouoy aristocracy nnd tho cen tralization of wealth, and thu creation of millionaires by tho thousand. Tho fact is, finances nro vory easy Htated, and so is nil truth, but tho present system of financo is complicated, with nousouso wrapped around, until nonsonw has be como profound, and only amounts to lcarnod ignoranco, to mystify and dofcat truth and justice If yon havo n com plicated account of a matter you mny bo Huro it is three-fourths error, for truth is easy stated, simplo.ond straightforward ; and, Mr. Editor, I con draw no such con clusions ns you havo drawn from Judgo Waito's lotter. Tho conclusion which I arrivo at from that lottor is that it would bo unjust and wrong to throw off tho high protection to nominal rovonuo only on wool, nnd leavo high protective tariff on manufactured woolen goods. But I will now return to tho money question, as being of more importauco, to my mind, and I think your comment reveals to mo that you rogard it as such, but not from tho samo standpoint nor in tho samo light. You say a ''small" amount of money, in somo measure, can bo mado up by drafts from ono commer cial center to another, but a large amount is dangorous from tho tendency it would havo to stimulate speculation. Mr. Editor, thoro is nn eudlcsti chain of speculation going on all tho timo, but tho money dealers intend, whon this crisis comes, which thoy nro bringing about by having tho government help them, when it comes thoy will only havo a very small amount of monoy go from 0110 commercial center to another, n small amount, a fow dollars, only enough to rake in all of tho real estate that will then have to bo hold at a sacrifice or a song. Ui.AitK Piiehcott. Tho abovo letter came to hand somo weeks ago and treats of nn old subject. Wo givo it spuco even at this Into day. Profit In I'oultry. Sam:m, Or., Nov. 8, 1881. Kdltor Willamette K-rmert Perhaps 1 stand in 11 bettor situation, nt tho present timo, to know just how fnr 11 person can engage in thu jKMiltry business and mnko it profitable, than most any othor person i- i vicinty. since I havo passed throu; ii i , ", in aw us (inioreui pnases, irom tn .1 m.:. small wny to quite an cxtonsivo attempt. In a small way poultry is profitable. I know from oxporienco that a Hock of threo or four dozen fowls will pay a profit of from ono hundred to two hun dred per cent. Increnso this number to any greater extent and tho profits aro small. Again, increase your flocks to hundreds, and do as well ns you may, tho busbies ecucs to ho pmfitnhlc. Thoro U ono obstacle or difficulty piled ono upon another, tho main one i in keeping tho iwiiltry healthy, especially tho young. I latched, by bns and tho incubator, over threo thousand chicks this season, and havo not succeeded in raising four hundred healthy chicks from tho whole number. There is a dis ease hero in thu valley among chicks at certain timo or seasons which cannot be controlled and is incurable. In small numbers this disease is not so prevalent among chicks, and is scarcely found in chicks hatched in Jannary and February, Theso aro healthy months for tho young, - NO. 0 but it will cost fifty cents to raise ovcry chicken hatched In thoso two months. A small houso incubator is good to hatch early chickens, nnd by tho uso of a brooder they enn bo easily raised, if it is kept in a warm room, as the consump tion of oil is small. I havo found that winter hatched chicks will lay tho follow ing winter, and summer hatched will lay in tho spring, when eggs are cheap. Thoro is no apparent diUcronco between inrubatordiatchcd chickens nud thoso hatched by lions, for ono is ns healthy ns tho other. If any person engaged in tho business hero can succeed in raising his slock, nnd hns very cheap land, and can ailbrd an unlimited range with plenty ot cheap food, possibly tho business could bo made a success. But, I shall want to sec this done before I believe it. Mr. Editor, I shall content myself with a fow very choice fowls, becauso I know there is a profit in them, and whon my friends and customers call or send for fowls or eggs, I can bhow or send them fowls and eggs that they, as well ob I, can lo proud of. (li:o. I). Goodhue. Lano County Pomona Orange. IuviNo.Or., Nov. 12, 188 L Editor Willamette Farmer 1 l'lenso publish that I.nno County Fo tnonn Orange will meet on Saturday, Novcmbor 22, 1881, with Springfiold Ornnge. All I'atrons in good standing invited. A. C. Ji:nninoh, Sec. - 4 - .j , j Large Counties. An Oregon paper siwnks of Grant county, in that state, ns "n region of magnificent distancos. It is 201 miles in length, 00 miles wide, and has a super ficial area of 18,!1(!0 square miles. It is more than thirtoon times ns largo as Rhode Island, nud nearly two and a hnlf times ns largo as Massachusetts. If tho county were divided into farms of 1(!0 ncres each, thero would bo Til, 110 of them, Grant county joins Humboldt county on tho north, and though it has a largo superficial area, it does not ex ceed Humboldt so very much. Hum boldt is nearly 100 miles long from north to south, and tho Central 1'acilio railroad, which crosses It from enst to west, pays tnxcBon Ml J miles of main track. It hns a superficial area of bo tweou 10,000 and 17,000 square miles, and, consequently, is not much smallor than its northern neighbor. Virginia City Chronicle. ltoio Eytlngo Coming. On noxt Saturday evening at Reed's Opera House will appear tho renowned and accomplished Rose Ey lingo, siq porled by tho Union Square (Now York) Theater Comjmny. They will present the great Parisian play of "Felicia," or "Woman's Lovo," tho most decided pop- mar mi 01 mo season, rromincnt among tho comnahy aro John Malono. Cvril Scnrle, W. H.Williams, Horaco Vinton, Logan l'aul, Borry, Miss. .May Wilkins, and Helon Lowis. Owning to tho treat expense of bringing this company t jo I'ficiflo const, tho admission prices .11 Ih .fl.r0 nnd $1.00. Tho doors wi.' ) "l""i nt nnii-past t, and llioporjornn...i:o ....I t;iii at H :!J0 sham. After pin vlng horo t'io comjpnny will appear ut .no New Market in Portland, thence to tho Hound country, whon they will go to San Francisco, whero thoy will open on tho 10th of December for a bcabou in tho Baldwin theater. Good Nursery Stock. Mr. H. AV. Scttlemiro, of Tangct, Linn county, Or., announces to tho publio that ho has a full and complcto stock of nursery goods. His trees aro frco from all 'insect troubles nud truo to uamo. There will bo a great many now orch ards started this season and wo trust that thoso of our readers who Intend put ting out an orchard will remember thoso who ndvortiso in our columns. Wo feel assured that wo can promiso good treat ment to nil by Mr. Sottleniire. Send for a catnloguo at onco. Harried, At tho rcs'donco of tho brido's parents, near Brownsville, November 2, 188-1, by Rev. W. S. Walker, Mr. Isaac "Whoaldon and Miss Adolio Fletcher, both of Linn. county, Oregon. Jl ,1 i 1
