WILLAMETTE frABMEK; SALEM, OREGON, JANUARY 23, 1885.
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ttTANYONK KKCKIVIKO A COl'Y OF
THIS l'AI'KR WILL CONSIDER IT AN
INVITATION TO SUHSCKIliK.
ation of Portland managers has beon
felt bo long that at length thcro is re
bellion against it. That probnbly is
tho plain truh and well expressed. The
pooploof thoStnto losont tho fact that
tho session of 1882 was wasted in great
part over a struggle to make John II.
tho forks of tho "Willamottc us a boy.
Ho sayH :
"Orogont Tho largest, longct and
heaviest wheat heads in tho world. And
then tho fruit I Thoroaro no pears in this
world nearly ko large as thoso of Oregon.
Mr. Wilkins, is in charge. And, nh mol
Mitchell Sonator and they don't proposo tho old days, tho memories this honest
to havo it repeated. Tliero is, of course, i old pioncor faco of his brings up. Many
why any sectional projudico shall mart and many a dayldrovo thooxenfor him
tho unity of Stato affairs or injuro tho! barefooted nnd bareheaded ld, whilo
ho hold tho plough to break and subduo
the soil which grow some of theso very
petrs. And tho briers wore sharp and
thick, and tho rnttltMinkos wore mini-
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Wonllli'nd tho WIU.AMK.tTK FAHJIKa to any
new itibacrlbere from date unlit January 1, I860 for 12.
IN CLUD9 Or TKN
Tlie FAIlMKIl coat only tlJ or tl.W each ami on
extra ccp" o tho seller up of the club. Try It
IN CLUI1S OK FIVB
Wo wUI lend lie KAUMKIl (one) eat) for SS. 75, or
arh nd an oxlra copy to (tetter up of club.
A FIIKB COl'V.
Four Now Eulnf llicra at Si each entitles the club
n acr to a ropy ono car frco and III alio cntltlo each
new itibacrlbcr to tho apcr until January 1, IB'-(I.
Send orilcra In linmcdlately and get Iho advantage
of our xrtat offer.
Hrntl ,Mn my liy Moury Orilrr or Jtoiilalcrril
I'llrr. litili NiimrH mutt nil lie anil nf
nnr llmr.
Addrcaal WILLAMKTTB KAIIMKII.Silcni, Or.
was a farmer in England or any nation
protccts of our people. Tho lesson ho hold tho plough to break and subduo of Europe, would certainly co to tho
cannot bo learned to coon that tho mo- the soil which grow some of theso very wall and bo ruined as quick ns timo
tropolis is only a part of tho State and petrs. And tho briers were sharp and could do it. 'Wo havo among us many
not essentially tho managing nnd leading thick, and tho rnttltMinkos wore mini- English and Germans who wero bred
interest. Wo cannot stand dictation or crous." up to farm in their native countries, and
consent to givo tho lion's shavo of honors Mr. Wilkins returned from Now never ono of thorn Imb attempted to
to city men j at tho samo timo thcro is Orleans a fow days ngo and reports that carry on farming hero on tho sanio plan
no ronon to doubt but that tho metropolis tho Exposition is a great success nnd j that was necessarily pursued there. For
that Oregon, though only represented in i ono thing our fresh soil is capoblo of
u small way is much nppicciated. Hero J producing without assistance of fertilizers
countries, bu, it can only bo when wo
havo much greater homo population
nnd largo manufacturing and commercial
cities to create n profitablo markot for
meats, poultry and dairy products.
Injustico has been dono our poopio by
rash criticism that denounces without ro-
Uecting docply. Our hemo markot is
limited. Tho farmer who should at
tempt to farm hero as ho did when ho
will receive its full shaio of all favors
and honors. Country and city should
exist in pleasant accord.
A MHKKAIj on i:r.
A "HAUD TIMES" OrrEU KEEP
YOUR MONEY AT HOME.
An) one, whether ho or her are now a mbicrlber or
not to tlita MK!r, can upii aemlliiu nnr or mure
M'.Waiiliirrlltrra get tho benefit of our club rater,
which 111 I. .',11 A alHK That U lo ii) Wo wilt
aond tocople, or more of the WuUMriTR Fa ax in
to any addrexupon receipt of tl.Mcaeh The extra
tlbacrlbere to be pcrnona not now taking tl.o pncr.
Kattern wccMlcaarotl a )eir and tlila la on!) an
advance of Mccnta a ) ear over Ihctr rat, and If we
bad 6,000 aubacrlbcri wo could afford to putillth thla
pnr for that iuiii.
Let Ihrroba Immedlatowork dono and thorough at
that. The FAKMta la andean bo mado moreuaeful
to you, ono and all. Let no one tar Faclflo Coatt
paper aro too httfh when we offer tho Wnuxrnr.
Faanaa at inch a low rate.
IKin't tlelny, lint nrl nt on rr, tide effrr will
only itandirood tor a abort time ami Uab'o torHnl
at any lime.
(lube of TK.V compoeeil of old and new tutiecrlUri
and rent at ono time, FIFTKKN DOI.I.AIIS.
IlKNKWALBihould he lent b) Honey Older, lUg.
litcrcd Utter or I'oiUl Note.
Tin: Skkatomal qi'etion' rotils but
does not sloop. Next Tuesday will seo
tho battle commonco and no ono knows
when it will end. Thoro will bo no
caucus to nominato but n conference to
consider and it may bo that tho Hopub
lican majority enn agrco on a candidate.
If they do not and balloting is kept up
on a frco basis tho contest may bo pro
longed. If tho Democrats will do with
tho Senatorial question as with tho
speakership tho (iron! farmer element
in that party may assort itsolf. It is
said that tho (llo loaders of that pnily
insist on holding together to indicnto
their actual profcrcneo and niauitaiii
tho party consistency.
Bojii: of our readero aro curtitling ex
panses and n'lullng for Eastern Dollar
papers. Don't send iiionoy away solid
us on subecribcro and $.'! for a yours
subscription for two.
Tin: nauiiow iiAUtii: railroads arc in a
very unhappy condition of late, having
simply been wrecked instead of managed.
Tho UuiHo not holding good tho stock
holders aro in a quandary. Wo seo that
it movement iri on foot to organize u new
company with half a million capital, to
finish tho rouds to Portland and bridge
tho Willamette- to connect them. Tho
incorporators aio many well known
gentlemen of this valley and woMipposn
the enterprise is roton foot by Mr. Win.
Iteid, who is very competent to push
nmltoiH to a successful issue if it is
poViblo lo do it.
Hon John MviiiiK, of Clackamas, has
introduced a bill to chtnhlish u bureau
of immigration under the p.itroimgoof
tho .Stale. The meiiMiro is iiiiKt (tint
ai.d if well managed can bo made of
great tin) to bring good citiiem to our
State. It is not possible to mako suit-
able growth without effort and tho effort
hhould comu finiii tho State. It concerns
tho State to mviiiv good citiens to build
up its prosperty and no ono else is ablo
to expend tho nieuis. Wo have a sur
plus on hand to enable the doing of
whatever is necessary but whatever shall
bo dono must bo k guarded as to tecuiv
economy in its rpendituie.
Tin: HsoroMiioN to call a eontitu
tioual ionontion will in all probability
fail to pass. This reason of financial
dillieulty in hardly it time when the
pcoplo of Otegon will talk with favor
on revising tho constitution to croato
greater salaries for etnto olliccrs. Wo
hao prospered well under tho present
constitution and though it might Ih ad
visable to hiciviteo tho salaries of Statu
otllcers and Judges a little, if times wero
very prosperous and tho imputation of
Oregon was rapidly increasing, it is not
a good time to do so when wo suffer
from hard times and population increase
but slowly. It is a good maxim "to let
well enough tilono."
Tin: n:(HHi.Ai 0111: is now nearly through
tho second week nnd is Hooded with bille,
in which tho Houso takes tho load as to
number introduced, though only slight
ly. Tho total number introduced Tues
day was almost two hundred. Tho only
way to ncconiplirdi results in a short
session of forty days is to dispose of
many of IhchO bills on tho first rending.
If they aro nllowed to consiimo timo it
will not bo possible to pass thorn and tho
best way is slny those that do not appear
of groat importance. Ifow to do that
is something difllcult to say but every
sensiblo man can seo that tho session
will prove it failuro unless measures that
aro not impoitant can bosctasidoin
favor of tlioflo that arc usoftil and
necessary.
THE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Considering tho serious diflioultics
that havo attended tho Agricultural
Society for a number of yoars, its direc
tors havo dono well and deserves tho re
spect of all interested in agriculture.
Thoy havo had to contend with many
dilliculties tindor disastrous circum
stances. Ho tho Society is involved,
whilo good weather and Hush times
would havo mado the State Fairs more
than prosperous. Tho failuro was un
avoidable. It should bo remembered
that their services havo lcon without re
ward and disinterested motives actuated
them. Tho local feeling that oxist aro
Considkkaiiu: talk is iiuulo ovor tho
npiunmt hostility to Portland manage
ment in tho Legislature. As ono of tho
bent known men in Oregon and a lead
ing republican lawyer in l'orsland pnU
it : For twenty years past all tho in
teroata of tho Stato have boon subordin
ated to tho election of Jtomo Portland
man to tho U. S. Sonato and Uto domin-
detrimental but Salem and Marion
county purchased the giounds and
elected tho main pavilion on conditions
that havo not been fully complied with.
The Society owes i27,(XH) and with good
times could eaily pay it, but matters
seem hopcles as it is and thoro is neces.
sity for some radical changed that will
disarm all local feeling and oreato Inter
est throughout tho State.
Tho object is to foster the most im
portant of industries and deserves such
support as will plaeo it on n sound
financial basis and onlM tho sympathy
of tho whole Stato in its uccus. Priv
ate means cannot bo relied upon in times
of general depression and the only ro-
eouoo is for tho State lo take hold and
insure its success.
The stockholder aro ready to transfer
tho control and ownership in whole or
in part, of their valuable property to tho
State itself, and tho mauiiagers will
either givo up coutiol or assist in any
way possible to secure tho best results.
Thir only object is torccuro good results
and lKMiellt agriculture while it may lo
necessary for tho Stato to invent some
thing at tho btart thcro is no good reason
why the income from Stato Fairs shall
not in a fow years reimburso nil tho out
lay to Im) mado,
Tho present Legislature should givo
tho matter careful attention and do
what can safely and reasonably bo dono
to extricate tho Agricultural Society
from debt and make it capable of suo
com in tho future.
is what ho has said to a rcportor, whicl
wo give, as wo have not had tho plcasuro
to meet Mr. Wilkins.
"Tho collection of exhibits displayed
there is greater than haB over boforo
boon gathered anywhere in tho world's
history. Every Stato in the Union has
utilized tho great space sot apart for it
in somo manner or another, with tho
result that in magnitude tho piescnt Ex
position far surpasics thatnt 1'hiladol
liiu in tho Ccnlonnial year."
According to n rule adopted by tho
managers of tho Exposition, no col-
lectivo exhibit can bo entered for a
premium, and our collection, although
complete, could hardly lxwr dividing.
For instance, it vn required that thoro
should bo a display of a bushol of
any wheat competing for a premium.
To havo taken n bushel of wheat from
our State exhibit would havo left it look
ing very badly, so I had to havo it talk
with tho managers and explain matters."
"It was finally decided to reduce tho
amounts for competion just one-half,
which gave Oregon a chance to compote.
I divided tlio exhibit, entering nearly
everything for competion, for it wns
well worth of it, and by judicious man
agotnont, which I was aided by my
colleague, Mr. Allen, wo mado nn ex
cellent display of Oregon products in
both buildings."
"Wo had a placo along tho main aislo
whom wo built a latticokork eighty foot
long, which is covered with display
grains on each side, and cannot fail to
attract tho attention of every visitor.
uimcrnoaiu encn ntaiK ot grain is n jar
filled with tho gram itself, together with
somo vegetables, fruits and canned goods.
All tho salmon, five brands, aro entered
in competition for diplomas. At ono end
of tho framework of grain wo havo our
largo Bign, besido which nnd fairly over
topping it stands our sheaf of oats, eight
feet high. Then thcro aro two largo and
long tables covered with fruits and
vegetables of all kinds, which, togethor
with wool, woolen goods, handsome
furniture, woods, etc., makeup our ex
hibit." "I beliovo tho Oregon exhibit has re
ceived moro praiso from tho very first
than any other thcro. I took particular
enro to havo everything in order and
displayed to tho very bet possiblo ad
vantage on opening day, and I havo
sinco felt amply lepaidforit. I beliovo
that Oregon was tho only exhibit that
was ready on opening day, and tho re
Milt was that wo p'ofited by it to no
small extent. Thoro was a great throng
tho llrstday nnd everybody cimo to take
a look at Oregon. It made us lots of
friends, and thcro has kvn a throng
around our exhibit overy day since. It
did not tako tho people very long to find
out whoio to go to seo tho big fruits, tall
grains, etc. I happened lo overhear two
reporters talking and one said to tho
other, pointing in our direction. "There
is n Stato exhibit that comos nenrer to
showing than any other In tho entire
building." Tho fact of tho matter was
we displayed what wo had and didn't
build up anything around it to hido it
to sccuro a yiold.4 Our climato is moro
mild and stock do not rcquiro to bo fed
as thorc, and tho products of ho farm
correspond to character of soil and
climate. Then iig.un, wo havo but a
limited li'modcmauu and must depond
on tho l.'ioign market for meat and
breadstuff u . Im only reliablo sourco of
income. Wheat nnd wool and mutton
and beef aro all tho great staples that
wo can roly on. Outsido of that small
list there may bo specialties, such ns
dairying, fruit growing, gardoning, and
tlio like, that succeed in tho vicinity of
townii and cities, but can thcro boensily
overdone.
Tho farmer mint tal.o his chanco
when ho goes outsido of tho groat staples,
but ho is safo in doing many things in
a prudent way ; as for instance, tho do
main! for poultry justifies his keeping
somo good hens ; a fow good cows yield
ing rich milk to mako good butter: choice
fruit that ho can dry if ho cannot sell it
green ; a fine lot of hogs that ho can
mako into valunblo pork t vegetables that
bo can feed to stock, if it is not casv to
soil. All theso nro within' tho limits of
judicious fanning and n farmer can
often havo evory ono of thoso as his ro-
sourco for mixed fanning.
Hop-ijrowing is now below pnr, but
tako hop-growing as a steady business
sinco 1870, and it has paid largely. Wo
onco said that no man should plant a
hop-yard unless ho had tho means to do
so and to Btand up under a low prico for
two years remaining. Tho man who
can plant and raiso hops and has tho
means and tho "grit" to -'stay with it."
has always mado it pay.
Mixed farming in Oregon means to
produce all tho variety tho condition of
things existing in this country will ad
mit of, and tho producer must oxcrciso
good business judgement to determine
for himsolf what products his soil and
his location will cnablo him to prodtico
with profit. Every mau must plan his
schcino of farm work and his variety of
crops with regard to tho naturo of his
soil nnd his distanco from market. Thcro
is often in much mado by good manage
ment as by hard work, and tho work is
often wasted for tho want of tho good
management.
further west. So tho Central Pacific,
without tho oxcttso of rovongo for punish
ment of rebellious subjects in their ter
ritory, actually charges to points cast of
San Francisco through rates of Sau
Francisc, and then local rates back.
"Wns it not evident that tho railroad
should bo restricted from exacting moro
from a short haul than from n long ono?
Continuing, Van Wyck said; "Tho
toilers in tho coal mines of tho oast nro
suffering for bread, nnd tho farmers1 of
tho west aro, suffering for coal, and tho
railroads nro to blame. Your sympathy
expands for tlio paupor labor of Europo
and India, whilo your hearts scorn
steelod against tho cry for bread of
American, who aro forced to work at
starving wages, or have tlioir places
supplied in tho mines owned by spec
ially protected mino owners, by paupor
and convict labor, imported under con
tracts from Europe. It is tho cry of
tho toiler scoking labor in tho furnaco
heat, nnd in tho underground labyrinth,
and tho sctlcr in tho dugout on tho
fiontier of Kansas nnd Nebraska, whoso
wives and children nro drawing warmth
from corn, because- tho grcnl corpora
tions rcfuMj to reduco rates of fricght, so
tho coal of Pcnnslyvanift may bo ex
changed for corn of tho west. For
twenty years thoso corporations .mvo
grown licit, strong and dollant towards
tho law, and now let us seo to it that the
protection of tho law shall bo given to
thoso who nro tho victims of their ex
tortion."
Sinter explained that his amendment
would havo tho effect to prohibit a com
pany from charging from Chicago to
nny point west of New York n greater
sum than it charged from Chicago to
Now York. If it charged a hundred
dollars n car to Now York, it should not
charge moro than ono hundred dollars
a car to any point botweon Chicago and
New York. IIo defended his amend
ment, ns tending to build up places of
mcxloratA sizo, instead of concentrating
population so densely in ft few largo
cities. IIo also cites rases of extortion
growing out of discriminations by rail
roads in favor of lorgo cities.
Senator Hoar spoko of tho groat good
accomplished in Massachusetts by tho
railroad commission that has beon in ox
istanco thcro for many years. It is not
becauso tho commissioners havo obtained
powor that they accomplish results
hardly less than marvelous, for thoy
havo only power to hear complaints and
mako suggestions, bnt tho moral effects
of their suggestions effects all tho reform
that is desirable. Corporations daro not
antagonize their carefully proposed de
cision and clmllongo nn appeal by tho
commissioners to tho courts of tho law
making powor. IIo thought n national
commission whilo it could not cuter into
all tho minutno that a 6tnto commiss
ioner could, would still accomplish good
rosults.
from viow. Kansas, right next ,to us,
built a great houso and covered it nil
over with ears of corn, alternate white
aud red, and then they had another
house or two covered with other grains,
aud you couldn't seo anything elso of
their whole vast exhibit although there
wore forty carloads of it."
Tbo Inter State Commorco BUI.
Tho Sonato hns been considering tho
Iteagan Hill nnd Sonator Slater, of Or
egon, offered nn amendinont to prohibit
charging a highor rato for transporting
tho Mimo kind aud amount of property n
shorter than n longer distance. On this
amendment Senator Van "Wyck two
days aftor addressed tho Sou.tto.
He said that sjneo 1872 all political
parties had demanded 'tedress from
griovanco in transportation, but party
managers seemed to learn no lesson
from disaster , and wero still trying to
amuso nnd cajole people. Tho people
demand reasonable rates, no discrimina
tion, no pooling, no rebates, and
greater ehargo for a short than a
THE LAST WORLD'8 EXPOSITION.
Tho Now Orleans Exposition is said to
lo a grand affair and exceeds tho Cen
tennial iu many respects but is troubled
in its finances. Among tho many notices
wo have seen is tho following from tho
Philadelphia Record, whoso correspon
dent la Joaquin Miller, who was living in
MIXED FARMINQ.
Wo have often urged tho good of
mixed farming as fulfilling tho old
maxim that to havo "two strings to your
bow" makes you independent in enso
ouo fails. No doubt there is advantngo
in having a variety of farm products but
it is undoubtedly true that iu our region
farmers aro restricted in a degreo that is
not known in some older countries where
it is necessary to grow root crops, to feod
to stock. The timo may come, and
may bo near at hand, when, our farmors
will bo obliged to pursue similar
methods to those followed in older
no
long
haul. This," he said' "is no time to
delay. Tlio work of deception cannot
longer bo carried on. You cannot pro
tend ft willingness to do something, nnd
that an obstinate or unwilling houso of
Itepresentativcs refuses. If tho Sonato
falters now to accept tho Houso Bill an
in dignnnt people will believo it falter
in a doublo sonte, and is seeking by dis
agreement to prevent legislation so long
donied." Tho roads owned and controlled
tho elovators, and tho farmer, if he de
sired, cou'd not possibly ship his own
grain or cattlo to market, for ho could
oomin no reoaies. a no power or nn-
soluto control by railroad was not always
exercised in n similar manner. To illus
trate: Tho Union Pacific became in
censed at Columbus, nn activo interior
sity of Nebraska, whoo citizens wero
onterprisingandaidod to soouro another
road. Tho company determined they
should bo punished for such temerity
and rebollion, bo unfair rates were
charged, and moro worn charged from
Omaha than to Kearney and points
A Holiday Kunbor.
Tlio Nortowestnrn Miller is always in
teresting nnd offords information of
valuo to any ono who appreciates tho
iraportnnco of milling business nnd
tho greatness of tho northwest.
Minneapolis is a typo of tho great West
and this great journal is a fair roprosen
"tntivo of tlio city and State. Last year
wo spoko of tho unique churactor of its
holiday issue, and wo liavo to acknowl
oilgo tho rocoipt of another effort for
1SSI ut surpisos about anything wo
havo received of tho kind from tho most
pretentious journal. Tho uniquo feature
of tlio number for 1S81 is "Tho Millei of
Deo" printed with many quaint illustra
tions nnd engraved antiquo stylo of lottor
instead of type. This poem runs from
pago to pago through many and is
of itself worth moro than 25 cents charg
ed for tho number. Besides milling in
formation it has many charming stories
expressly suited to meli n publication.
Minncopolis is such ft wondor among
manufacturing cities that n magazino
that reilects its business nnd shares tho
character of its industries should recoivo
wido support. Wo woro thero a fow
weeks ago and regretted that it was
not possiblo to spend n weok instead of
a few hours in observing and noting tho
many great points of interest ns well ns
tho ninny evidenco of wealth nnd cul
ture that cxis', for not only aro its mills
most wondorful in their capaciay and
in their exccllenco n possessing the
most perfect system of tlouering known
but its private residences aro ns beauti
ful as wealth and art enn make them and
ita business quarter fully corresponds.
Many havo thkon ndvantago of our
liberal offer on pago four, Wo intend
to givo everyone a fair chance during
these hard timos but wo will soon
withdraw it So that thoso who intend
t take advantage of tlio offer must do
so at once.