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WILLAMETTE FARMER; SALEM, OREGON, DECEMBER 5, 1884.
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AIIVKKSHINO ItATKS 1
A'ivv I H.IX-H1- vtltl In m-vttnl, proviJIrij; til aro
tv("U''le, it Hit fMlontn.' ' li of ratcol
On Itnh of m' ):r UiMith " 2i?
Cbr Im liw ol mnio vr n.o'iiii WO
rnvhtlf rnlumn iir innmh 15.00
On Miliuin t 'ointli 30.00
HLF-mpIe roilo mm fr. on application.
rutIltllonO:ll-H- ,v.i 'Vitthlngton filrett Up
Mlrf, room No. A unci M
tho wintry foliage. Wo nroclosing 188-1
with mildness of ecjiboii no other Stato
can show in tin's latitude.
the mortage tax law.
Tho near approach of tho legislative
session brings up for public consideration
tho question that has aggitatcd our
people for two yearn past, sinco tho
mortjngo tax law was paused: "Shall
this law bo repealed V
Tho Statesman has a letter from Hon.
A. II. Cornelius, incmbor elect, who
oro sold out toraiso thomonoy thoy owe;
of merchants who arc pressed for means
and cannot borrow and so cannot wait
on thoir farmer customors. Wo favor
legislation calculated to invito capital to
Oregon with promiso of good troatmont.
A law to tax all property, wherever found,
will answer all purposes of tho Slato and
fill tho treasury. What course to pursuo
to mako money abundant at low ralo of
interest wo do not say, but whatovor
course can secure that end will do away
to a great extent with hard times and
SOMETHING; FOK HOritlNO.
tfTANYON'K UKCKIVIKO A COPY OF
THIS VAVIUI Wlf.I, CON'SIDKK IT AN
INVITATION TO SIT11SOR1HK.
wishes it w oro possiblo to havo tho rolicvo "ny who are now in great dill!
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Wo will ml tliv WliTAMBtTi: r'AlMIKIUo any
new ulisf tllitri frn'i dolo mr I' J -titury 1, ISSfl for $!.
in civta or ti:.v
Tho t'AI'.Sinilcotnn'.vSll cr 81. M each mid an
cxlrii(0y to llioacttir iiiol Ihitluli. Try It.
IN CF.UII3 Of 1IV1-:
Wo Mill tend tlio KAUMKK (onoycui) for 88.73, or
VI. "J cH-!i,nnd nn olro 03y to Keller up of club.
A ntKC COI'V.
four New ul (criteria) ftMncli cp.lltlci tho club
T icr to a roji) ono jenr frto nnl will ubo cntltlo cadi
new ii!itrlLi't to tlio aur until January 1, 130.
Kcmlcrdcra In Immediately ami cct tlio alwnU;o
of our itruit efr.
ftriul .Miincy Ii.v .Homy Order m- Hr-cUli'i-ril
llfri. Unit .Vnnirt in ii l nil lie M'lil nl
mm lime
Aildrcni: VII,l,AllirrTi: I'AltMnil.b'nlcm, Or.
This Visit Cmuiiiii!Ionorn on hna
Tcachod Oregon again and waits on u side
tracl; in 1'ortland waiting for thojo who
linvo carp ponds or suitable places to
heep carp to come and get thorn. Thoy
nro not to bo given away promiscuously
lull used with discretion to fcciuo tho
propagation of carp. There aro -1000
loft, in 1200 buckets coutaiiiug '20 each.
Tim ear will ho gone bcfoio this issue
goes out but another car will no doubt
como next year m those who will prc
jiaro for Inking euro of them can obtain
them in duo timo. Thoy must apply to
(ho Fish Commission, Washington, mean
lime, give their iiamo and addresi in
full, ho I hum can bo no mistake.
Iluoic Walnuts grow fairly in
"Western Oregon and especially in this
valley. Tnivclnrs on tho 0. t O. road
from Portland south, 111118 havo noticed
tho beautiful avenue of black walnut
(roes in fiont of tho residence of Mr.
Win. Harlow. Tho old Iioiihii was de
stroyed by firo last spring and u now and
more beautiful 0110 has risen in its place.
Tho II ro (lend did not roach tho trees Unit
lino tho avenue and thoy lend additional
grace In tho homo that grow from tho
ashes of the old ono. Wo havo received
n box of nuts from Mr. Harlow that grow
on tho trees wo havo mentioned and his
hind reiuombraneo recalls thorn to
mind. Thoy usually Mipply him with
nil tho walnuts ho can makn use of.
SiTAKi.Nii or roii.N as a crop in this
valley wo know that it had been grown
Hueeossfully in rich valley land but worn
not fanguiuo as to ability to grow it in
tho hills. Tho other day we asked Mr.
CJoflVy, who has a largo farm on Proa
poet 1 1111, eight miles southwest of Salem,
if ho could grow corn as a crop in tho
vod hills and he answorod that ho could
do no. In lSSIl ho purchased a now
variety of heed corn said to lx suited to
this Mill mid climato and hud a very fair
orop, which ho fed in tho ear to his pigs,
lie made the corn eiopauswer iuplaeo
of it summer fallow and put tho laud in
wheat tho same fall. Ho says what of
couio is tiue-thivt tho corn product
depends upon thorough cultivation.
.'Plow deep, and thoroughly pulverize
the hoil and it will bring good corn,
which will mako good pork which will
usually sell for n good price. Hero is a
chniu'o for mixed farming that ought
not to bo neglected.
Divkmiiku comks ilia little foggy per
haps a god deal so but remarkbly lino
weather for tho season. This is wilder
tho genuiuo winter month is present
with us. December is tho bynonyin
for all that is chill, drear and old. It
dignities tho eloso of life from veritable ago
and neither jwotry or proso over seems
to waste words in its praise, savo when
the legend of Kris Kringlois revived by
tho Merry Christmas bells, and tho
Christian world celebrates its Savors
birth. That is tho 0110 great redeeming
feature of this drearest and wlnteriest of
tho mouths. It is enough to redeem tho
veriest winter to havo such a joyous
anniversary, lint our December, albeit
there aro fogs and frosts to bomo degreo
present with it, possesses charms that
are worth colobrating. Tho fall sown
wheat is growing, vividly; tho pastures
uro luxuriant, with grasses mid tho hill
tops nro sparkling with strawberry
'blooms thnt glitter like bits of life among
wishes of Marion county plainly indica
ted. Ho says, so far as ho has been ablo
to ascertain, tho majority of tho votes of
this county profcr to boo the law repeal
ed; it is ovident tho law cannot bo en
forced and what collodions wcro inado on
mortgages in Multnomah county was
dono under another law. Mr. Cornelius
adds that the law socms unwise and
calculated todrio foreign capital out of
tho Stato and keep homo capital in bank
vaults.
It is too heavy a bunion on tho money
lender, ho thinks, especially in towns
and cities where taxes ato high. Ho
favors doing away with this law and to
ronuiro all proporly to pay taxes. Do
away with exemption for dobr, havo a
Stato Kqualizing Hoard and havo mat-
tors on a fair and equal basis.
Tho Oregonian of tho 20th, in an
cditoiial on this subject speaks of tho
general scarcity of monoy. All the
monoy of tho banks is required to
strengthen regular business and keep up
trade. Foreign capital is nil that can bo
relied on for other purposes and tho
passage of tho mortgage tax Jaw dis
gusts foreign companies. Thoy wait to
see if it can bo repealed or modilled, and
if not nil loans will bo called in and
taken for investment to other Stales
where no impediment exists. That paper
goes on to show that an open Held,
with no hostile legislation, will soon
make monoy abundant and interest
lower than over 1ms been the caso in
Oregon, Capitalists- aro not compelled
to loan us thoir money and will not do
it unless our laws protect thorn well and
rent llioin fairly.
Wo givo tho substanco of both tho
matters wo rofor to. . Mr. Cornolius and
tho Oregonian aro coVrcct in their views
and tho pasago of tho mortgago tax
law, in tho slmpo it has, wns a great
mistake. All wo objoctto, or that capital
objects to so far us wo havo convorscd
with agents of loan associations, is tho
unfairness of a law thnt actually taxes
monoy twico or thrico as much as olhor
property. Wo havo ofton shown how
this was so and it is not nocessary to
repeat. To permit tho law to stand is
to drive monoy away, and if theio foreign
companies go to work to collect theso
hard times, what is duo them, it will
ruin thousands of debtors who borrowed
and cannot easily pay back their loans.
Those companies hnvo shown great for
bearance; thoy havo permitted men to
pay intonwt on matured paper and no
doubt will continue to practico tho
greatest leniency if our laws do not drive
them away, ho far as wo know thoir
nets, wo do not bhuno them, nor shall wo
blame thoni if thoy forco collections and
ruin thousands of debtors.
Hoeauso wo spoko plainly on this sub
ject soon after tho law passed anil pre
dicted that its ollbct would ho prejudicial
to the wolfaro of the country, wo wero
denounced nnd actually proscribed. Wo
no doubt lost many subscribers for that
causo and became unpopular in somo
quarters. Wo only gavo our honest views
and shall nover take them back. We
denounce unfairness in taxtation as
wrongj mortgoges nro unfairly taxed if
tho present law shall bo enforced.
Many talk and act ns if to own and
loan money was n crime. Somo plainly
say that thoy wish to seo monoy lending
taxed unduly. A projudico exists in
many minds towards thoso who loan
monoy, whioh is simply unroasonablo
nnd narrow. Wo donounco and shall
oppose any polioy calculated to unduly
favor capital or le.wo it untaxed. Mako
it pay its full share of taxes and no
more. Wo havo no partiality to express,
no favors to grout, no exception to mako
in favor of capital, but as a matter of
common sonso and publio economy let
usutot drivo money out of tho Stato and
compel those who manage cnpitnl to
culty. Money is as plentiful as ever in
tho world. It cannot bo decreased in
volume, but tho owner can and docs
hold it more tightly in such times ns these.
It will go to tho sections whero it is well
treated and ono great duly of tho
logislnturo that will meet in a few weeks
Is to pass Biich laws as will romovo nil
prejudice capital now entertains and
indtico it to freely scok investment nnd
security hero. Xo country, moro especi
ally no now country, can prosper without
tho uso of monoy and legislation un
reasonably hostilo to capital is suicidal
in its cll'ccts on nil branches of trndo and
public prosperity throughout the State.
WHEAT aftOWINO IN THE FUTURE.
When wo consider tho rapid growth
and development of tho North American
continent, thero comes in question this
thought: What will our condition he
in another quarter of a century It is
now 1SS5, or nearly that. Sixteen years
more will bring vast ehangos, so let us
consider what will bo our condition at
tho close of tho present century. Tho
census of 18S0 gavo tho United States,
in round numbers, fifty millions o( peo
ple, 1111 incroaso of ten millions in a de
cade. If we incrcaso in proportion
through these two decades, up to 1SS10,
tho population of tho I'nilcd States will
bo 75,000,000. Uy that timo the Tacifio
States, that now havo only a million and
a half people, will havo five millions,
and tho Territories that occupy tho mid
continent, wost of tho Mississippi river,
will all bo States. It is not likely that
thero will lw a singlo Territory in exist
onco, but nil will bo States, nnd tho num
ber of Stntos will bo increased to nt least
fifty. Thnt timo will seo our Atlantic
region almost ns populous ns Kuropo
and our Middlo States fully ns advanced
as tho Atlantic rogicn and Now England
aro now. All east of tho Mississinni
and much mora torritory bosides, will,
within sixteon years, bo as advanced and
cultivated regions as Illinois and Indiaun
nro now.
As our country settles up donsoly it
abandons wheat growing and becomes
idontihed with tho progress nehioved.
Tho soil is needed for mixed products
such as great cities nnd manufacturing
points require Look back twenty years
and wo seo Ohio nnd Now York produ
cing breadstulTs on a largo scalo whilo
now tho wheat growing region is re
moved west. The point wo wish to em
phasize, is this: tho progress vo aro
making identities tho country more closo
ly with manufactures and requires
mixed farming. Wheat growing is con
fined to tho lands specially adnpted to
that purine. Illinois and Indiana, part
of Iowa and nearly all of Missouri aro for
corn rathor than wheat, and ns corn is
uod for feeding stock it enn bo iiuulo
moro profitnblo on account of its greater
yield. Corn growing will outlive wheat
culture. ,
Tho time is near nt hand when West
ern Oregon and much of California enn
not afford to bo exclusively devoted to
wheat growing. Tho Paciilo States will
double in population every decado and
growth of population will givo us some
thing to do with soil besides grow wheat.
It is possiblo that our country has
reached its greatest ptoduction of wheat
already. Two fotees work ngainst it.
Tho natural growth of population calls
for other products and mnkes mixed
farming profitable whilo tho uncertainty
of foreign markets teuds to decreaso pro
duction. That wo shall always continue
to grow wheat largely is not to be
doubted but as fast as it is demonstrated
that other crops can pay better than
wheat fanners will change their system
to correspond. It is very likely that
wheat production from cast of tho Cas
cades will crentlv incrcaso as that seems
tho most reliable crop to grow thero but
wo boliovo corn will actually pay better
man wuent, 10 mternnto corn and
wheat will bo cquol to summer-fallow
and will add greatly to tho products of
this region.
Tho many advertisements that wc seo
promising to givo vnlunblo goods just for
cutting out a slip from a nowspaper, ac
companied by n fow stamps, or for act
ing ns ngont in somo way, determines
us to Miy a fow words. Wo know of ono
hard-working young man who ncnt fif
teen dollars, expocting to got a fino sil-
vor watch and also reccivo a mngnzino
for a year. Tho paper camo twico, hut
no amount of letter writing brought u
reply about tho non-appoaranco of tho
watch. Wo could toll of hundrod9 of
people, who aro ashamed to .havo it
known how easily thoy havo been gulled
by flashy advertisements. Thero aro
thousands of vile men who live in cities
just in this wny, promising diamond
rings, Bilvcr spoons and gnld watches
for littlo or nothing, and it is slrango
that a Fcnsiblo, thinking porson would
send monoy off to a ttrango person ox
pecting to got somothlng nico for a fow
etnnips, whilo this person would hositato
to trust his next door neighbor to n dol
lar. When tho city police occasionally
raid such 11 fraudulent firm thoy will
toll of finding thousands of letters from
thousands of silly fools, all containing
monoy, snowing how profitable theso
confidence men find tho business of gull
ing others. Ono should rather bo wil
ling to pay a reasonable prico at homo
to n responsible dealer, whero thero
would bo recourse, than to hcnd hard
earned monoy to anjr linn that sends
out 11 glittering advertisement. It stands
to reason that n mnn will get tho value
of his goods, or you don't get them.
OREaON'S VOTE.
Wo publish tho following tablo not so
much for tho political news it contains
but becnuso it shows Oregon's rapidly
increasing jiopulntion most admirably.
It will bo seen that tho voting iwpuhv
tion of tho Stnto has incroased 11,800 in
four years, or a trillo over 20 icr cent.
In 1SS0, when the voto was 10,700 tho
population was 17i,7C9 or If population
to tho voter. Taking that as 11 basis of
calculation tho population of tho Stato
is now a littlo moro than 225,000.
NEW THIS WEEK.
TOYS
TOYS!
TOYS !
YjT? CHRISTMAS 4WHH
Em) comInc lm,
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Ho! ida v Qoods
AT
PIONEER STORE
COVXTIIJI.
llakcr
llcnton
Clackaiii.il ,,
Cluttop
Columbia...,
C001
Crook
Curry
Dousln
Omit
JicVion
Jottplilm..
(Klamath...,
Uko
fan
I.lnn
Marlon
Multnomah, .
Polk
Tillamook
Umatilla
Union
Waco
Wuhlnirton .
Yamhill.
T0UI1
Nov.
1SS0.
.3.
1,011
2.03S
070
610,
1,101
"'jui
3,301
807
1,W5
478
ooi
9,101
3,003
3,133
o,0J0
1.4S3
SIS
2,7M
1,653
2.8SS
1,158
1,999.
Juno
mi
1,103
1,82s,
1,UM
1,200
6M
1,10.1
' ' isi
2,01!)
013
1,013
600
6U
2.233
S.OW
3,303
0.2J9
1,397
233
2,700
1,73
2,313
1,470
1,031
Juno
1833
l.COS
1,877
2,322
0S3
1,373
74 k
325
2,400
1,1U
1,081
397
317
310
2,410
'.',U40
3.131
8,099
1,011
339
3,359,
2,430
2,680
2.008
fov
1S3I
" 1,703
t;,ou7
2,493
1,(30
m
1,45
Oil
NO
2,374
1,3.11
2.275
6)9
S33
387
2.360
3,107
3,010
0,020
l.WS
377
3,923
2,330
3,012
1,817
2,2iW
CutoIT from Waaco in 1SSJ.
tout en from Lake In 18s3.
40.70fi 4I.07U 40,33ll 31,030
ruin all tho debtors in Oregon to get
possession of their own again.
It is no particular hardship ton money
lender to romovo his means to somo
other State and loavo our own
State., lie can make his interest and
collect his principle, no doubt. The
hardship occurs to tho dobtor, to tho
man unfortunate in business, who wishes
to borrow money to tide over his diffi
cult v. Wo nmwsn tin.. ..in.r.,i f -.,:,... Oystors in any stylo at Amos Strontr's.
in the interest of men who will bo ?Ioalf.crvctl nml everything obtainable
1 , ,., , , ... . w m the season. Choico cigars and
rained and their untitled beggared if thoy tobacco's at nil prices.
Drugs compounded into prescriptions
by a compotcnt druggist at Good's Drug
Store. XooUUtock kept.but everything
pure and fresh. Also rt full liiio of
cigars nud smoker's good. Try our
Punch cigar.
Blaine's Majorities.
It is not possiblo to givo tho majorities
for Clovolond in tho states but wo aro
told by tho Oregonian that Mr. Blaino
carried eighteen states bv tho following
pluralities, fractions of hundreds being
omitted: JInino, 20,100; Xow Hamp
shire, -1200: Vermont. 22.000s Jlnssn-
chusotts, 27.S00: Ithodn Island, 5000;
rcnnsyivama, oi.iuu; Uluo, Ul.SUO;
Illinois, 2S.200; Michigan, 2900; Wiscon
sin, I-l.uuu: Iowa. 1S.700: , nneso a.
ll,bW; Nobrnska, 17,000; Kansas,
GJV.I0O; Colorado. 5200 : California,
J-J.UUU; Oregon. 2200: Nevada. 1700.
Total, 102,200. From which deduct
Cleveland's pluralities: Indiana, 7100;
Xow Jorsoy, 1100; New York, 1100;
Connecticut, j.;iuu total, IbU00 ;
making IJInino's net pluralitly in tho
northern states, HS8,:J0O.
Wo shall jivo Clovclauds majorities
as soon as wo can ascertain them.
Holiday Ooods.
Elsowhoro wo publish tho announce
ment of John G. Wright, made- to those
who want holiday goods. Thoy havo an
immenso stock cnrofully selected for this
ospecial trado. Their aim has been to
combino both quantity and quaiity. Tho
list includes goods that aro usoful as
wpII as ornamental. It is a mistako to
think that chiidron's pleasure should
bo over looked, oven if it wero hardest of
times. Fathers and mothers live in thpir
children and joys and wo feel assured
tlio holiday trado of 1SS1 will surpass
any previous year anyone will take tho
troublo to call and and oxaniinoMr.
Wrights display thoy will bo moro thnn
satisfied. An invitation is extendod to
nil to call and inspect It will pav thoso
from a distance to come to Salein nnd
purchase of John G. Wright, the
pioneer of Salem.
JOHN 0. WRIGHT
JIa Juit rocdoJ completo Mjortmcnt of
Holiday Goods Such as:
Decorated Cups A Snucer.s,
Slinviiig Mugs,
Decorated Mugs,
Childrcns Tea Sets,
C'ologn Sets,
Vases in Endless Variety,
Moustache Cups & Saucers,
Doll Carriages,
jwj'h wagons,
Itird Cages,
Fancy Matcli Safes,
Pocket Knives,
Harmonicas,
Dominoes,
China Dolls.
Muslin Dolls,
Patent Dolls,
French Kid Dolls,
Wax Dolls.
Negro Dolls,
Dressed Dolls,
Doll ltodies.
Kubhcr Dolls,
Rubber Toys,
Dolls Shoes,
.Murines.
CrandaU's Toys,
A. It. C. Mocks.
Jfoy's Tool Chest,
Toy Irons.
Saving Hanks,
Toy
'toy
Pistol,
4. ml.
Drums, Trumpets,
Toy Watches,
Rubber Halls'
Noah's Ark,
Dell Chimes.
Tin Toys of all Kinds I
And hundreds of other Holiday
Goods too numerous to
montion I
An Euglisn farmer says; 'For two
winters I placed sis horses upon tho
following wcokly allowances : Forty-two
pounds of oats, twenty eight pounds
maize, twenty- ono pounds beans, twenty
ono pounds hay cut into chafl'. fonrt for.
pounds oats straw cut into chaff, soventy
ixmuds long hay. Total 10G pouuds of
loou per wecK ner norso. rion Hi? fVwi
tho horses havo dono admirably whilo in
constaut work."
I AIo bate om IUiU one or (bo Lanett
and Moat Complete .Slock of
Fancy & Staple Groceries,
PLATED WARE,
IVORY,
CHINA LAMPS,
SEMI PORCELAIN,
NOTIONS, ETC.
.... Inthacity. ....
Each and tyenr ono li cordially larlUJ to call uul
exainlno my itock before burlnffliwneic. '""
JOHX G. WMIGllT,
Commercial Street, Salem, Oregon.
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