THURSDAY, JUNK 18. 1801.
v ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT.
t This (lc))artint'iit of The Scout Is open to
1 any ono who wishes to contribute nn article
on'tinicly topics of interest to the alliance.
Write plainly and on only one side of the
manuscript."
THE PROTEST OF THE FARMER.
An Aadrea3 to tho Alliance by President
L. L. Folic.
Sir. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen
I desire to oxprcss my sincere appre
ciation of tho honor done nic, through
tho kind invitation of Branch No. 1,
Citizens Alliance, and tho opportunity
thus afforded for presenting before a
Washington audience some views on
tho irrcat industrial and economic
questions now agitating tho public
mind throughout tho country.
Wo aro hero to discuss principles,
not parties; measures, and not men
Principles come of God, and are as
eternal as tho throne of justice itself,
Men aro of tho dust of tho earth, mid
aro as transitory as tho dowdrop on
tho morning (lower.
Doubtless thoro aro thoso present
who will live to bo numbered among
two hundred millions of American poo
pie. Thoy may live to seo this mag
nificcnt country, scotching from
ocean to ocean, in all tho glory of a
hiirhor and happier civilization than
lias over yet adorned or blessed a poo
pie, or thoy may live to eeo it tho
bleak and desolate abode of the genius
of ruin. They may livo to seo this,
tho lumpiest, most prosperous and
most powerful people that over figured
in tho annals of tho world, or thoy may
livo to seo our (Jod favored land trans
formed into ono vast mausoleum, in
which shall ho buried forever tho
splendid wreck of our past and pros
pectivo glory, and with it tho world's
, last hope of civil and religious liberty
And thoso possiblo conditions ol power
or impotence, of happiness or misery,
of glory or slnimo, in tho provideuco
of God, as 1 boliove, aro to bo deter
mined in thoso closing years of tho
nineteenth century. Mighty forces
aro being marshalled which must test
our virtuo, our manhood, our patriot
ism, our appreciation of self govorn
mont and our lovo of liberty.
Ilistcry is over repeating itself.
Tho march of human progress is strown
with tho wrecks of empires, kingdoms,
Bystoms, throned and governments.
Many of thorn went down in violence
and blood. Wo stand to-day in tho
midst of a great revolution peaceful
and bloodless. I pray God it may be
but tho mightiest, social, industrial
and economic revolution tho world
has over witnessed. It has not been
heraldod by tho ilaro of flambeaux, tho
beating ol drums, or tho thunder of
cannons. Tho millions who aro on-
listing in its ranks aro marshalling
under no ensign of hato, of blood or of
carnage, but thoy allien themselves
undor a banner on whoso snow whit
folds aro emblazoned in characters of
heavenly light, tho words: "Justice
equity and truth," and from ono ond
of tho land to tho other tho battlo cry
of this mighty host is: "Equal right
to all and special favors to none."
In tho rapid development of our
advancing civilization that equipoise
botweon tho great economic interests
of tho country botweon tho promi
nont elements of our civilization whicl
aro absolutely essential to nationu
happiness and prosperity and to tho
life of tho ropubllc is seriously
threatened with destruction. No ono
of thoso elements can dominate nn
other with safety. Evon tho authority
and power of civil govornmont can not
do it. Rome had this under a ropublio
for hundreds of yoars. Commorco can
not do it. Carthago nnd Tyre had
this. Intollcctual culture and devel
opment can not do it. Grceco itood
prouudly pro-eminent in all this. Tho
elcctivo franchise can not do it. All
tho republics which havo flourished
nnd perished had this. Concentrated
wealth with all its powor cannot do it.
Whon tho splondor of tho Roman ro
publio faded into night, eighteen lain
drcd of her citizens owned tho then
known world. When Egyptian civili
zation perished from tho earth, three
por cent of her peoplo owned ninety-
eix per cent of hor wealth, and today
tho onco fruitful fields of tho orient
aro given over to tho wild wandoror of
tho plain, and tho splendors of its civ-
ilization lio buriod beneath tho drifting
snnds of tho desert.
Will wo, as a pcaplo, profit by tho
won of tho past? How stand wo
today? To tho student of industrial
prosit nnd economic development,
Hit mummloHB condition of affairs is
pfei.td. The rapid .expansion of
owr riiiiHviy jWh, utretchinK 150,000
mm m11 ow ur lnd nnd funiWifng
transportation equal to tho demands
of our productive power tho success
ful development of manufacturing
pntcrprihe in all its varied departments
the magical growth of villages,
townr- and citic-, the grand rumbling
of trains, the inspiring scream of
wliitle, tho ringing clatter of ham
mer and trowel, the musical hum and
swelling din of workshops and factor
ies, the mighty riiBhing tramp of our
biny millions, the tinkling ring ol
hammer and anvil all join to swell
tho grand chorus of the world's happy
song of industrial progress; and yet,
agriculture, "the art of all arts, the
science of all sciences, tho life of all
life," is languishing, drooping, dying.
Instead of the happy, cheerful song of
plenty, contentment and peace, which
should bless tho homo of tho American
farmer, wo hear tho dismal and uni
versal wail of haul times all over tho
land.
Let us investigate, briefly, tho situa
tion and see if we may find the cause
of this unnatural and dangerous con
dition of a flairs.
In 18(10 our farmers owned over 70
per cent of tho wealth of tho country;
in 18G0, about 50 per cent; in 1880
about 'A'A per cent, and tduy thoy own
less than 25 por cent, and yet they
pay over 80 cents in every dollar that
is collected in taxes.
From 1850 to 18G0 farm values in
creased 1U1 per cent; from ItsbU to
1870 farm values increased -I'A per cent;
from 1870 to 1880 farm values in
creased only !) per cent.
Notwithstanding this alarming dc-
clino in farm values, tho aggregato
wealth of tho country increased 42 per
cont from 1870 to 1880, and tho agri
cultural population increased over 29
per cont.
From 1850 to 18G0 agriculturo led
manufacturing 10 per cent in increased
valuo of products ; from 1870 to 1880
manufacture led agriculturo 27 per
cent, showing a difference in favor of
manufacturing of .'17 per cent.
Tho valuo of tho ten leading staple
crops of tho country in 180(5 was $2,-
007,102,2:11. Tho valuo of tho same
crops in 1881, eighteen years later,
!j!2,Oi:,500,-181. During this time tho
cultivated acreage had nearly doubled
and agricultural implements and ma
chinery had vastly improved, and yet
tho crops of 1881 sold for only 2 por
cont more than tho same crops of IS(5(5.
l'ho avorago valuo per aero in yield
of all our crops in 1S07 was 10, and
in 1887, twenty years later, tho avor
ago valuo vus about $9.
Wheat, I8(i0 to 1870, average prico
por bushol, $1.99; 1880 to 1887, $1.07.
uoru, loou 10 ioiu, averago price
por bushol, OB conts; 18S0 to 1SS7, IB
cents.
Cotton, 18(50 to 1870, averago prico
por pound, .18 J conts; 1880 to 1887, 9
cents.
So that today a dollar costs tho
wheat farmer two and one-third times
as much, tho corn farmer over two and
one-half times as much, and tho cotton
farmer over four times as much as it
did from 1800 to 1870.
If a farmor had given a mortgage
for if 1,000 in 1870, ho could havo paid
it with lUiil) bushols of corn. Toil to
and properly accredited delegates of
tho various county organizations afore
said shall nsscmblo, for the purpose of
adopting a constitution nnd tho elect
ion of oflicer8 for tho said Stale organi
zation. Each county organization shall bo
entitled to two delegates, and one ad
ditional delegate for every five hun
dred members in good standing, or a
majority fraction thereof.
Brother Alonzo Wardall, of Huron,
South Dakota, is hereby appointed
and empowered as national organizer
to bo present at said meeting and
effect the said State organization.
When the body thus constituted
shall havo adopted a State constitu
tion, and shall have elected ofliccrs in
conformity to the constiution of tho
National Farmers Alliance and Indus
trial Union, and shall havo adopted
the secret work of the said Order, the
said StatcJ organization shall bo on
titled to a charter from the National
Farmers Alliance and Industrial Un
ion, ana to an tno rights ana pnvi
leges appertaining thereto.
Given undor my hand and seal at
Washington, DC, this.Jthe 1st day of
June, 1891.
Skai,. L. L. Polk,
l'rcs't N. F. A. & I. U.
An
nounce m e n t,
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Have on the way and now arriving, several ar o:.
ricultural Implements.
The Company ill hereafter carry n full and complete stock of
Specimen Case3.
b. 11. uiiiiord, row Uassel, Wis., was
troubled with Neuralgia and I'heuuiatiui,
his stomach was disordered, his liver was
effected to an alarming degree, appetite
fell away, and he wa.s terribly reduced in
llusli and ttrcii(,'th. Three bottles of Elec
tric Hitters cured him.
Edward Shephard, Jlarrisburg. III., had
a running sore on ,'his leg of eight years'
standing. Used three bottles of Electric
Hitters and seven boxes of Uueklen's Arni
ca Salve, and his leg is sound and well.
John Speaker,; Catawba, O. .had livo large
fever sores on liis leg, doctors said he was
incurable. One bottle Electric Hitters and
one box ltucklcu's Arnica .Salve cured him
entirely. Sold at Itrowu's drug store.
Alliance Notice.
Tho secretary of each sub-allianco in
Union county is requested to send the
county secretary, at Telocaset, tho
charter name and number of their
alliance, and dato of monthly meeting,
with names of president, vice-president
and secretary. W. A. CATES,
Sec. Union County Alliance.
Reduced Rates.
Hates over the Union i'aeiie line, on tho
certificate plan, have been made for meet
ings specitied below; passengers paying
full faro going will he returned at one-Hth
fare on certificates signed by the secretary
of the meeting:
U. U. Church l.onteronoe, to ho held at
Hood Kfver June 17th to liL'nd inclusive,
(trom ran stations 111 Oregon.)
V. II. IIUUUIUKT,
A. (3. 1 a.
FARMING
8?-This department will he under tho management of Mr. Kilpatrick.
2-19-tf.
THERfl. &'M. Go.
-DEALER IN-
All Kinds
.A-IsriD
Latest Styles.
.Inst Received, Direct from the East, a Largo Invoice of LADIES' and
MISSES' CALFSKIN SHOES, the Rest Ever brought to this Market.
Also a Fine Assortment of
GENT'S -:- FURNISHING -:- GOODS.
My Prices will suit the times. Drop in ami see me.
C. VINCENT, Slain Street, Union, Or.
Are You
Ore
ri?
siii:nii'i'"s sai.h.
-VTOTICH IS IIEUEItY OIVEN THAT
X by virtue of an execution and order of
bale issued out of tho Honorable Circuit
Court of tho State of Oregon, for Union
county, hearing date tho lid day of .Mine,
1S!)1, and to me directed and delivered up
on a judgment and decree of foreclosure
and sale therein entered on the 7th day of
March, 1801, wherein tho A. V llotalins
Co. is plalntilV, and .1. C. Clayhuru et al aro
defendants, for the sum of l'ilteeu Hun
dred Dollars with interest thereon at the
rate of S per cent, per annum from theGth
day of October, lSMl, and the fuithersuin
of 'One Hundred and Seventv-live Dollars
attorneys' fees, together with cost.-, and dis
sovonteon venrs later, it would have bursomonts herein and decreeing the salo
. , . nr-,, 1 1 1 of tho following described mortgaged real
takon, without interest, 2,02 bushels estate, to wit: Commencing at the north-
to havo paid it, and so with his other
crops. Tho farmor pays his debts
with his labor. His crops cost him as
much labor now as 111 lb V. but ho
receiyos only from ouo-fourth to ono'
half us much for them. Must wo bo
told that tho law of supply and de
mand regulates prices? How, then,
east corner or 10c uumicr twelve irj) in
block number ono hundred and fourteen
(111) in Chaplin's addition to l.u (irande,
Union comity. Oregon, runnmir thenco
southwesterly along tho ont lino of said lot
twelve, twenty-two ('.'.') leet; tlionco at
right angles to said lust line in a north
westerly direction ninety-four (!!!) feet:
thence at right angles to said last line in a
northeasterly direction twenty-two (22) feet
to the nl ov hue ol Mini block one hundred
and fourteen (ti l); thence at right angles
in a southeasterly direction alonif said alley
Irmiir to Ulrmf nn
mm lu nam an
Of Payette, Ada County. Idaho.
Has the Largest General Nursery Stock in the Mountain Country 120 Acres.
Trees from Tayetto Nursery will roach Grande Rondo valley in six-
hours from the time they are taken from the ground.
EVIotsntain Grown Trees are Hardy, Vigorous
and Healthy.
Do not order until you have visited
our prices. Wholesale and retail.
our nursery, seen our
agent or go
(5-2(J-vl
"VTOTICK IS IIEKKBY GIVEN THAT
, ii hv virtue of an execution issued out
, of the Honorable Circuit Court of the Stato
; of Oregon for Union county, -bearing dato
the 2Utn day of Aunl, 1U1. to me direetcu
and delivered, upon a judgment entered
and docketed therein on the 27th day of
February. 1891, upon a mandate from tho
Supreme I'ourt of the State of Oregon upon
a iudmnent entered therein on the 8th day
I of December, ISfX), wherein A J. Curtis,
' plaintiff and appellant, recovered Judgment
against the l.a Grande Hydraulic' Water
Company for the sum of One Hundred and
Kitty-six and WMO0 dollars, and Two and
m-10iI dollars accruing eo-ts in said Circuit
Cour. wherein lam coifimandeil to make
the One Hundred and Kfty-six and
iiO-100 dollars now due on said Judgment,
' with interest at the rate of 8 per cent per
, annum from the fth day of December, 1S00,
' and the further sum of Two and 07-100 dol
lar.- costs, of and upon this writ, out of the
personal property of said defendant, and
11' -ullicient personal property cannot bo
found, then out of the real estate ol said de
fendant in my county on or after I-Vbruary
27, 1M)1. and not beingable to li mi any per
sonal property out of which to make such
judgment. I have ryied upon and seized
all the right, title u. id interest th it the de
fendant herein, the i.a Grande Hydraulic
Water Company, had on the L'7th day of
Fcbinary. ISOl.'or has since in quired in
and 10 die following described r it I estate,
tow.t: Commencing ten chain- south of
the NK corner of the of the N'WK of
S. c 18, Tp 3 rt. It 3H E W M. tin- re South
ti 11 chains, thence Wet ten ch.'i' -, thence
.N-Mih t,y 1," degs. East to place f begin
ning, containing 5 acres, (the uwia lines
aie intended to follow the government sur
vey) also all the water rights, iht lies and
water pipes belonging to the said La
Grande Hydraulic Water Company. nls all
the right, title, interest and cliii'n that tho
said I.a Grande Hydraulic Wat. r ompany
had on the 8th day of Deeemhi-, 1MX), or
ha- since acquired in and to lo aces in a
sijiiare from out of the SE corn. n. thoXW
4 01 the of :-cc. 18. Tp S ii as E W
M. all of the above described prop- rty be
ing situated in Union county, ir g .J and
by virtue of said execution "and Uvy 1 will
-ell at public auction at the c n 1 V house
door in Union. Union county. rcgon.on
Kiidiiv the 2fith day of dune. IM)1. at 2
o'clock ii. in. of said day, nil the iignt, title.
( aim mid interest that the ,d", nilant had
on the 27th day of February 1 -'d or has
si'iru acquired therein or su'flicii m thereof
li satisfy said judgment, inte -', costs,
disbursement anil accruing com-.
Terms ot sale: Cash in gold coin tome
in hand.
Dated at Union this the 20th m. v of May.
18i)l,
.1. T. HOU.ES.
Sheriff of Union Countv, Oregon.
l!y W. II. ITsiiint. Deputy. 5-28.
PATENTS
Obtained, ami all I'ateut liusine - ttouded
to I'rofliptly and lor Moderate i-V -
' Ouroflice is opposite the U. Patent
Ollire, and we can obtain I'ateii,- in less
time than those remote from Wellington.
Send MODEbor DKAWIN'i. .V- .mvise
a paiitentabiiilv free of -li:t i- uid we
nn.ko N'O CHARGE UN'hEt-S I'A I'HXTIS
SMTltEI)
We refer, here, to the I'o.-i. ,
hupt. of Money Order Div., and
the 1 . b. I'atent Olliee. ! 1
ri ice, terms and rotl'ereiices to .
ts in your own State or Count
O. A. SXOW&
ui-lie I'Mteni OlHee. Wnsi.n.
i'!iomsoii I'ursel arc
ri'lebntted ( Cyclone Wim. Y
on prices 011 tlieiii have Iht
1 -Minced linn nro now .
b of all. Sample mill t
ncir pinner in North Tn'oo
r examine it.
1 .r. the
oilicials
ireular,
111.1I eli-
nte to
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is for
mid
the
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(Jail
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may wo explain that wo produced nine line ninety-four (HI) feet to the place of bo
und mio-half bushols of wheat nor Kinniug in satisfaction of said judgment
unu ono-iuui uusiiois 01 wnoai per suui at'eroo. Now, therefore, under and by
capita in 1S81, and it was wortli if l.lfi virtue of said execution andorderof sale as
... ... , , . ,pcn aforesaid I will sell at public auciion at the
por bushol; whllowo produced m 1SS0 courthouse door at Union. Union county.
onlyBOVon and ono-half bushels per Oregon, on Monday, July ii. ism, at l:!io p.
... ., , m. of said day, all the right, title and intor-
capita and it was worth only 7i conts est of in and to tho above described prom-
nor biiabnl? 'l'ho onorations of Ibis ises uiat tiiosaiu .1. i . t layourii nan mere n
por DllsnoiT -ino operations Ol tins ou (ho(it, ,lny of October, 18.su, or has
ancient law in trade havo boon prac silice acquired thereto, and tiny and all
:.t..i... t 1... I. . I 1 . 1
!1U. n..iilln,l nr fiiimdn,.,l lvv w s nuui Hi!, u. , tiiioiiuii u u.iuer nun
""""V . ..j.t ... nv r e it acnuiret since said
I have now on the road from the east two
ear loads of
F U R N ITURE,
Which will arrive About March lath, and in
coniieclioii with what 3 now havo on
hand will comprise (he
LARGEST AND FINEST STOCK
of Furniture ever Brought lo Eastern Oregon.
SgdgHDo not fail to call and select before i
the rush. S. C. MILLER. .
I A pamphlet i Irfornii'tnn u
vObiciu iv.tems, c.ivei tii, i
plants, topyricliti, . ):
.AiiarMo KIUKN 61. CO.
1 llramvxay,
4"
tuoro imperious law of greed as now
enforcod under tho mandates of mo
nopolistic combinations for tho pillage
and robbory of honest labor.
(C0NT1NUKD NKXT WKHK.
OlUclal Proclamation.
ner
by right acnuired since said nth day of Oc
tober. 1SM1, or sutllcionl thereof to satisfy
said judgment, attorneys' tees, interest,
costs, disbursements and accruing costs
herein.
Terms of sale: Cash to mo In hand in V.
S. gold coin.
Dated al Union this 3d day of dune, 1891,
J. T. HOI.I.HS.
Hv W. K. Usiiur. Sheriff.
Deputy. (I-1.
.MlMMi Notioi:.
Union CountvOreaon. April 10. 1SUI.
ro William u. fowler, or to ins Heirs
ex
ecutors, administrators or usuigns :
TOV AKU Iir.ltKltY NOTU'fKDTIIAT
.1.
Wabiuniitox, D. C Juno 1, 1801.
Whereas information having boon
filed in this olllco through logallly
constituted authority, that a sufliciont
number of county organizations havo
been ofleoted in tho Stato of Oregon to
forma Stato organization, under tho u',un eouniy, uregon. in oner io noiu !
constitution and laws of tho National tlon ifci! Kevieed Statutes of the t'niteil
Farmers Alliance and Industrial Un
ion,
The Centennial Hotel,
Union, Oregon.
. J. GOODBROD, -. Proprietor.
i lleeognlzed by all as tho
Leading Hotel of Eastern Oreo-on!
INU l.AUdi: SAJtri.K KlIOHS For tho AeeiMiiiMlntlmi of Commercial Traveler
CHARGES KKASONAHLE.
SOO IMPORT!:-'. (
and RetfiVUiieci .
Clyde, Shire, Per-,
cheron & Ncrman
StnUions. For Side from .400 to
900 eiieli.
Thii is the lime to 1 ry in order
to have them pcr.-'cly accli
mated Tar next sc.. and we
I l&ki&Uf-i&'f mu " '" mala
nxm for new urpurt-.tion-The
freight or, a har-js to Portland,
Oregon u only 380.
Every animal fully Warranted. Term Eaiy. Send
for Cuulosuu. Address
i Dr. Valerius & Co.,
I Waiertuwn, Wis.
wc have expemkHl $200.00 in labor
and iiuiiroveiuent ution the I'oroat Queou
Lode, hltuateil in tirimito MIiUiik Dintriet,
Union county, Oreuon, in order to hold
COIflBI
11 u ii d feed mm,
States, beinir the amount rouutred to bold
tno Maine lorinoyearsenuinu' I'tveiuiioriiist !
1SS). and DeeeinberaUt. 1S1H. to-wit: the!
j 1 1 i .....! I
mi t i t i i i i... ..f ii Mini ciWt tumuu nu ii ui siiiu vuflra. ami .
inercioro i, iu i oik. uy viriuo oi ,,, ,, ufter ., 0 llri. wMica.
authority vested in ino as president of turn or this notleo. you or your iwraouid
your proportion ui auoii exiu(iiiiire s aoo
tho National Farmers Allianco and
Industrial Union, by tho constitution
of the same, do issue this, my oflloial
iroolatnation, designating Portland,
Oregon, um tho jilaco, and Wednesday,
the 8th day of July, 1801, at 10 o'clock
.a . . al
a. m., an tno tune, at wiuen ino icgai
(OrrOSlTK CENTENNIAL 1FOTEL.)
m. E- Bowker, - Proprietor.
Hverytlitng First Class. Tonus Vry Hoasonablo.
'Hus t(?anil Fiom the Depot Making Connection with all Pass
ISV 'HE OHLY TRUE
W TOMQ
owner, your lnierot in Mid claim will be
come tno pn
snld section:
eonie the propnrty ol the tubcribn under
sender
Trains.
J. T. KYKWL
JNO.UA UWSY,
(iltO. W. I'KltrCKVS.
As Hxoautur of INiate of ltuhu Porklns.
l)ialflid. "
tHI J. II. iUlllJMJliUll.
RINTING!
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