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4 THE OREGON STATESMAN : F1UDAY, AUGUST 20,1880. T7EEKLY STATESMAN Published every Friday by the , STATESMAN PUB. CO. SUBSCRIPTION BATES ; One year, hi advance , W OC Six months, in advance... , $1 OC SUBSCRIBERS DESIRING THE ADDRESS of their papers chaued must state Uie una of their former postorlice. as well s of he office to which they with the paper changed. All subscriptions outside of Marion and Polk nuiitle will be stopped promptly when the time puid for expires, unless the subscriber has weli-known financial standing. You may al ways ee to what date your subscription is paid by looking at the tan ou your paper. I ..' ANOTHER COMPfUORV EXOUVf. At last, Alaska has grown famous. This is the country for which "we" paid seven millions of the dollars of our dad dies, and which we would make money on, by selling it for one year's interest on that amount, at eight per cent, per an num. Somebody remarked once, in the writer's hearing, that "Alaska was the biggest tiling on ice." It would be a good thing if the ice were to melt, and let this "valuable acquisition" disappear. There are a few people up there, iu that benighted country, who respect the laws of this nation, and her treaties, pretty nearly as much as they do in Tacoma, and Texas. Ex-Gov. Hoodley of Ohio, Mr. Haven of Chicago, Bishop Warren of Colorado, have just returned from there, with an accuuut of the expulsion of Chi nese laborers from Douglas Island and Juueau City, in the mining districts of that country and of their being inhumanly set adrift, on the bosom of the mighty Pacific, in an -unsea worthy schooner, and - without sufficient food or cloth ing.. The deed was, to say fhe least, an exceedingly dastardly one, and one that this government should not countenance, for an instant. These men who disobey the laws of this government in that way, are just as guilty of treason and conspir acy, or, perhaps more, than the anarch ists of Chicago. These things have occurred too often for the good of our country's fair name. We are all of the same opinion, as regards the Chinamen ; no one believes that we want them here, nor that they are a de sirable population. But the honor of our nation is at stake, and its maintenance must be assured, "though the heaven's fall." In the telegraphic dispatches of yester day, information is given of China's hasty announcement and war preparations, and fears that Bhe intends to turn her atten tion to the United States, in retaliation for what her citizens have undergone in this country. China is well prepared for war has a good navy a good army, and, the best of all she has good ordnance. She would prove a formidable enemy, even on our own shores, were she to try anything. The Pacific coast has no sign of defense. Her harbors are all open, and undefended except at San Francisco. But even Fort Point could not put forth any thing of a defence against a large and strong naval force. The reasons are manifold why the Uni ted States government owes it to herself and her citizens to give as strong protec tion to citizens of other countries, as she asks from other countries to her own cit izens, and the above is but one reason. L.KHH SLOTH ANI MORE ACTIVITY. Speaking of Cleveland's vacation, the Cincinnati Commercial moralizes thus ly: Instead of getting on the cars and going west to see the country, Cleveland betakes himself to his old hiding places in the woods. The idea of a man as ro bust as he is talking about rest and retire ment is ridiculous. If he was of the sort of stuff men of force are made of, he would show his young wife the coast of Califor nia and Oregon before the re-assembling of congress. It is sluggishness that takes his heaviness to the wood-pasture of New York. Why doesn't he go "where rolls the Oregon" and hear many sounds save her own dashings? He doesn't need sloth and more weight, but activity, see ing things far off, learning that this coun try' has breadth, that New York is a prov ince of the nation on the eastern edge. It is now put down as a foregone con clusion that Chas. Voorhees, "the son of his father," will be renominated as dele gate to congress from Washington terri tory, by the democratic territorial con vention. Ezra E. Sleeker, the Puyallup op king, will probably be the nominee f the republican convention. Repairs of the bridge across north Mill Creek, at the Capitol Mills, should have been authorized at the last meeting of the county court, as it is, many farmers from down the river have to drive several blocks out of their way to get into the eity. m Mkxico has no navy. Then you "bel eherlife,"wecan lick 'em on the high seas. We have a navy or at least, recently a acquisition was made for several thousand pounds of "black navy" chewing tobacco, for the sailors and marines. The Australians are filling a want long felt by organizing an expedition in search f the south pole. That pole has been greatly neglected. A Southern newspaper announces that "Jefferson Davis is a patriot still." And the 8. F. Alta adds : All right. Just let kirn keep still. THE STATE FA IK. The time for holding the stato fair rap idly approaches, and interest in that com ing festival is growing stronger every day. And well it may, and rightly, it should. There is no state institution that merits the hearty generous support of the people especially those people who represent the agricultural part of Oregon, more fully than does this institution, that bus lor its object, the improvementof farming or ag ricultural facilttiea, the improvement of the stock of the country, and the mutual interchanges of ideas on farming subjects, so as to bring forth a healthy, and to Or egou, much needed improvement in the manner of farming. A great many farmers have become taken up with the idea that the state fair was gotten up as a "big horse trot," and only to give persons who own "flyers" a chance to sell a few pools on a race. This paper must admit, that the trials of speed have been about the main attrac tions there for some time, but the farm ers will also have to admit their laxity of interest in the institution has been the cause. If the fair presents any other at tractions than those of the race course, then it must have Borne other attrac tion to present. Notably : It must have attractive exhibits of grains, produce, flowers, works of art, machinery, stock, and of everything that is used cr produced in the country. The farmers are the ones to whom the public look for the greater portion of these exhibits. If the farmers take the matter in hand, with the honest natural pride which they feel iu their life work, then one can depend on seeing a state fair that will attract the attention of the people of our own state, and the won der of visitors. Oregon has more to ex hibit, and to feel proud of, than any other state, in the way of agricultural produce, and the Statesman hopes a creditable display of her produce will le made at the coming fair, and that the coming fair will be made a complete success. Remember the date: Bept. 13, to Sept. 18th. Entries must be made by 7 o'clock p. m. on Monday the 13th. GROUNDLESS APPREHKNglONS. The Chicago Interior for August 12, says: From time to time during the last few years serious apprehensions have been felt that the prosperity of the wheat-producing sections of the United States would be seriously jeopardized by competitions in the London market, with the products of the large, and enlarging, wheat-producing sections of India and Australia. Thus far those apprehensions have not been realized. Their realization does not seem to lie in the immediate future. The ex tension of railways into what was sup posed would become the richly produc tive wheat-fields of India, does not seem to have answered the expectation of the projectors of those supposed highways of commerce. The difficulty in the matter is that, while the highways are there, the expected commerce does not seem to have materialized. The profits of wheat-raising are not full of encouragement to the Indian ryot. At thirty-two shillings per quarter, about the usual price of wheat in the London market, the profit to the In dian farmer is about four and one-half cents, American money, per bushel. This was the amount realized on the crop of '85, which does not seem to have had a stimulating effect even upon that easily satisfied tiller of the soil. But when the price declines to thirty-one shillings per quarter, a3 it has, the profit to the pro ducer is only about one and one-third cents per bushel. Another fact pertinent to this subject is that, while an excess of 10,000.000 bushels was confidently expect ed in the wheat crop of India and the na- j tive states for the current year over that of last year, there is an actual decreaseof 21,006,000 bushels. So remarkable a de cline in the face of the fact that railways have been introduced into what were sup posed to be the largest wheat-producing sections of India, is strongly suggestive of the opinion that the production of wheat in that country is not likely to be largely increased for many years in the future. Australia, .another British dependency, has also sadly disappointed the confident expectations of Iondon wheat dealers. The production of wheat in that country is signally uncertain. It is subject to wide fluctations, and has, upon the whole, declined during the last six years. Just before the beginning of the last harvest, six months ago, statisticians confidently predicted an export of 10,000,000 bushels of wheat from Australia. The result has been that, instead of a realization of these predictions, this expected increase dwin dled to a negative quantity and there finally turned up a deficiency of about 22,000,000 bushels, which has been sup plied by purchases in San Francisco. It looks as if the United States need have no fears of competition from either India or Australia in the wheat markets of the world for many years hereafter. Mr. Daka's presidential booms are be coming immediately fatal to the victims. Chicago Herald. If this is intended to carry the impression that Mr. Tilden died of "Sun stroke," then the Herald onght to be frozen to death, for the perpe tration of such a vile joke on the Amer ican people. All the cannon foundries of Europe are overrun with orders and working day and night. While they make guns abroad we make ploughs and work to raise the food that mtwt support the luxury of war. HLAINK'S CHANCES. The death of Tilden has silenced the voices of a democratic boom for him for 1888, and has deprived one wing of the democracy of a candidate for the presi dency and of a leader and political guide. The democratic party is not satisfied with Cleveland and his administration. If that party is compelled to accept him for its Btandard bearer in 1888, which ifbare ly possible, he will be an easy man to de feat. He will not receive the vote of his party, which he did in the accident of his election. If, on the contrary, the democracy puts forward such a man as Hill, of New York, he can also be beaten. He would no doubt receive nearly his full party vote, but this will not elect him. But where have the republicans a man who is equal to the task of defeating such a man as Cleveland, or such a man us Hill? They have one man who is equal to the task and his name is James G. Blaine of Maine. Blaine is stronger with the people of this country to-day than ever before. He has no Burchard now. He is the only man who can be reck oned aa certain of carrying every Pacific coast state; he can carry New York against Cleveland and against Hill. Hen dricks is dead ; Blaine can carry Indiana in 1888. He is sure of losing no strength, and with New York and Indiana, ho can afford to lose a good deal. The battle ground will be in New York again. That state, with its thirty-six electoral votes, will decide the election one way or the other. The republicans have no man who is as strong in New York as Blaine. They have no man who is as strong with the people of the whole eountry as Blaine. And why?' Because Blaiuo is the Gladstone of America. He is the great est living American statesman and ora tor. His is a great mind, stored with great treasures, trained to great events, exerting itself in all times of great public necessity, skilled in all the details of great public trust, and adapted by nature and education to lead in public affairs. He knows our country's needs. He has stud Jed her people, and is acquainted with and proud of her institutions. He has helped to make her history. While ho has made enemies among the leaders of his own party, he has gained friends among the people. A man without ene mies is a man without individuality and a character of his own, is a man without the "audacity of genius." It is highly probable that Blaine will be the republican candidate for the pres idency in 188S. We have been told by Joseph Medill, the very able editor of the great Chicago Tribune, that his nomina tion is a certainty. We want no better leader than Blaine, and if he is nomina ted the combined strength of the whole political opposition cannot defeat him. The republican party has other good men and able statesmen, but Blaine stands head and shoulders above them all. HON. ASA McCl'LLY. By an unfortunate accident, the honor able and upright citizen and pioneer whose name heads this article has an swered the summons of eternity, and left his field of usefulness on this earth. Respected by all and loved by many, his sad taking off is a sorrow and a loss to the community and a calamity to his fam ily, who can rest assured of the profoimd est sympathy. When living he was faithful to every trust and obligation, his word was as good as his bond, and he was the embod iment of honesty and honor. Terrible as death is, coming in any of its myriad forms, a sudden or accidental death adds a tinge to the sorrow. We can in a meas ure be prepared for the shock of a death after a lingering illness. Such sad occur rences as this serve as reminders of the uncertainties of mortality, and the very narrow dividing line between time and eternity. A VETOIST FKOTvKTOVILLK. A Rochester N. Y., paper has prepared the following table which shows how of ten the veto power has been uned by the twenty-two men who Have filled the pres idential chair: Washington, 2 Taylor, 0 Adams, 0 Filmore, 0 Jefferson, 0 Pierce, 10 Madison, 3 Buchanan, 4 Monroe, 1 Lincoln, 1 Adams, 0 Johnson, 21 Jackson, 11 Grant, 25 Van Buren, 0 Hayes, 12 Harrison, 0 Garlield, 0 Tyler, 9 Arthur, V 4 Polk, 3 Cleveland, 111 Twenty-one presidents vetoed 106 bills in ninety-five years ; President Cleveland vetoed 111 in eight months. Certainly Cleveland is the boss vetoer. The S. F. Alta has brought forth an other and a very potent reason why a war with Mexico is inadvisable at this time. It says -.Considering this war with Mexico, it is well to remember that Americans hold largely of Mexican bonds, and that merchants in that country are heavily indebted to our manufacturers and commission men. War means repud iation of these debts. Mr. Jkpkkkso.n 1avis is strongly op posed to the bill against bogus butter. He thinks he would have vetoed it, but, a veto got a lick at him first. KEEP A STIFF I'l'PKR UP. The Heppner Gazette has the following words of encouragement and cheer to the poor unfortunates of the bunchgrass coun try: "That the present season is a dry one cannot bo denied ; that the crop is short is apparent. It is discouraging for the farmer to see the year's labor bring but poor return at the harvest time. But this should not dishearten the settlers among these bunchgrass hills. Hather let him be spurred up by the present partial fail ure of crop to find out how to secure at least ah average yield in a dry Beason. Not all the fields yield a small crop or aro cut for hay. Just before the. harvest there could lie seen thrifty, fresh and strong stands of grain in close proximity toother fields iu which the grain was short and parched. Such circumstances should be investigated and the knowledge thus gained used to good advantage at the next seeding time. Perhaps one cause of the poor yield of some fields is in the manner in which they were pnt in or cul tivated. There is no agricultural sharp ou the staff of this journal to ladle out useless advice to farmers, who already know more about the subject than he does; but it may be stated as a fact that land which has been thoroughly cultivated and then well rolled is best calculated to hold moisture. In an ordinary neason this is not so necessary ; it is the dry sea son which proves the truth of this asser tion. Examine the tUHsecks of bunch grass were not fed down to the roots, and green shoots will be found, no matter how hot and arid the season. Now it stands to reason that soil which will maintain green grass the year round is well fitted to withstand drouth. But when its nat ural condition is disturbed and the soil broken in order to replace the wild growth with plants which shall produce food for man, it should bo the aim of the agricul turist to so manipulate the soil as to di rect that energy expended in the produc tion of the wild growth to the grain, veg etables or trees with which he replaces it. Farming here is but in its infancy. There is much to learn in regard to this bunch grass soil. For this reason the settler should not lose faith in the future of his farm oh account of one short crop, but should endeavor to learn wherein he failed in bis duty to his dirt. Experience is a hard schoolmaster, but its lessons are well taught. Be of good cheer, striving settler, with a crop of hay where you ex pected grain, and remember this: Y'ou live in a healthful climate ; you have a productive and lasting soil to start with ; your neighbor has a good crop this dry season ; success is often the direct result of previous failure. Go in and win." A TKHRIHLE ARRAIGNMENT. Tilden was a democrat. He was the brains of the party. But for him tne or ganization would have never been in con dition to gain a national victory. When this democratic congress convened he ad dressed them upon an important ques tion, that of the coast defenses. He urged them to take some action towards fortify ing our coast against the possibility of an invasion of our enemies. His words of wisdom fell resultless upon the ears of this unappreciative democratic congress. Later on he upbraided them upon their inaction, aud expressed his profound sor row that they should pay no attention to so grave a subject, and reminded them that he was backed in his views by seven hundred influential newspapers of this country. Still they did nothing. In fact it was a congress that distinguished it self rather by doing nothing than other wise. Tilden's last public paper was that up braiding this democratic congress for its inactivity. He died with this terrible ar raignment on his lips 1 Who can doubt that his disgust for this democratic con gress hastened the hour of the final disso lution of the great sage and statesman ? Who will profit by this lesson? Will the democratic party do it ? II ard ly. The republican party is the one that should and will profit by it. It is the par ty of improvement and progress. It is the party that builds ships and public im provements. It should go before the peo ple in 1888 with a plank in its platform favoring the principle that Tilden advo cated, and of which his party was un heedful. Itwpuld bo in accord with the spirit of progress, and would be a bugle note of victory. The I'endleton East Oregonian says the Keady liquor law is a failure in its oper ation in some of the small towns of Uma tilla county, from the fact that it fails to operate that is they keep saloons in de fiance of the law, without license. The temperance people up there should talk less and act more. Bkpokb Gladstone lost his grand old grip he made a peer out of Sir Michael Bass, the brewer, The London press sug gests that "Baron XXX" would be a tak ing title for the new Lord. Tin New York World admits that there are some good things in the river and harbor bill; the. appropriation of 7")0,000 for the improvement of the New York harbor, for instance. Ovb Navy 1 1 The United States man-of-war Vandulia has just been repaired at great cot, and came nearsinking from a leak ten minutes after she got out of dry dock. OUR SATURDAY NIGHT. Editor Statksman: The circus sea son is upon us, aud the small boy in the junior knickerkocker period is in the zen ith of his delight, the seventh heaven of his glory. There is now bound hither ward , and the dead walls are emblazoned with the loud announcement that there will positively soon appear hero onk ok the gigantic aggregations of wonderland, the unrivaled and unparellelled collection of the curious, the unique and the beauti ful of the earth, the great convocation of the nations under one tent, the gigantic combination of the earth's wonders, the most stupendous assemblage of nature's most capricious production and the most extraordinary physical phenomenon of the age, the Titona of size, the Samsons of strength, the gladiators of endurance, and the intrepid Argonauts of daring; the paragon of beauty, the paradox of in fection, the reigning king of amusements; perilous episodes of border life, vivid pic tures of the wild, wild west by the orig inal 17-yard-wide cowboys, the danger bugs of the plains, the acknowledged bell-wether of the world's flock of tented wonders, the symmetrical and successful blending of the Occident with the Orient, joining together in one happy family the creatures of the land, the water and tho air; all this and more that wortls cannot describe nor eyes see and the price of admission is only a dollar. Fall in line aud march up to the ticket office when you hear the steam cal liope play. With our electric lights, now. bridge in course of construction and many other evidences of improvement and progress, Salem had begun to put on metropolitan airs, and imagine that she was a city. But one of her residents was in Portland recently, and in conversation with out) of the citizens of that village, tho Portland man remarked that he was thinking of going "to the country" to sieiid a short vacation. He was asked what objective point he had in ins alleged mind. He answered that he thought of going to Sa lem. We all object. Christine Niln.-on has been married to a gentleman with the corduroy name of Count l)e Cassa Meranda, of Spain, and she is no doubt satisfied, and the Spanish gentleman has a soft job, that of playing husband of an actress. It is not stated how much is his salary in his new posi tion. It can be Counted tqion that it is high. Before the final dissolution of tho late lamented Portland Standard, its editorial page was often made up of long disquisi tions on the tariff, civil service reform, and kindred subjects of about equal inter est to the general public, and, almost in variably, at the conclusion of one of these articles would appear the advertisement, "Use Rose Pills." Of course, it was al ways accidental, but there was a kind of suggestive symputhy between tho edito rial and the advertisement that some times made me grin. A young mun "starting out in life" is tieset with questions and doubts as to what business or profession for which he is best fitted, or would the best conform to his tastes and inclinations. A young man not a thousand miles from the "city of churches" had had the subject under con sideration for some time, and in consulta tion with a friend, said that he liked the profession of a lawyer, but didn't think he could be a consistent Christian and a successful lawyer, all at the name time. The friend answered that he thought he would make a better Christian than law yer. Nk II. I'kll. THE WTATE FAIR." Nearly every paper in the state that comes to hand this week contains a hand some advertisement for the stute fair, aud most of them have eloquent words of praise for the state's pride. There is a healthy feeling now all over Oregon for this institution, which presages future success. So lui:g as the people are inter ested, and regard themselves as partly renponriiblo for its success, there will be no such thing as a failure in the future, or even a partial failure. There is no doubt now that the fair for this year will be a grand and unqualified success, a regular "boomer." The newspapers are boom ing It, and everybody is. booming it. It will, boom itself, from the fact that it will be a creditable exhibition. THE FUELING IS MUTUAL. In a recent letter try "one C. H. Jones," of Jacksonville Florida, Mr. Cloveland, president of the United States, says: "I am surprised that newspaper talk should be so annoying to you, who ought so well to understand tho utter aud complete recklessness and falsification in which they so generally indulge." It is plain to see that the president does not admire the average newspaper. It is hardly nec essary to state that tho feeling is mutual in numerous cases notably, tho New York Sun (democratic), the New York World (also democratic), and several more too numerous to mention. Tins record of the late session of con gress is said to bo 1500 pages longer than that of any previous session. The time it will lay without anyone in this country taking it up to read it, will be longer still, THE NEW NAVV. We have a navy now of four vesselB. and even if congress cannot be inducsd to do anything more weshall shortly have eighteen. This, of course, is leaving the hulks of the old navy out of account. Snys an exchange, we nre really In a slightly bettor position than thoHO figures would indicate, since the old vesRelH, while worthless for modern warfare, do very well for some purjwses and thus on alilo the new ones to be put where they will do the most good. The Tennessee, the Lackawanna, the Trenton and our other woodeu relics can be used for store and receiving Bhips, for scientific expedi tions, for chastising troublesome savages, for carrying on hydrogruphic surveys and for various other necessary purposes. Our eighteen modern vessels will thus be a net effective force. In comparison with the past we shall then bo in a very re 8octable condition. We shall have a bettor navy than Mexico, Chili, Ilouma nia or Venezuela. It wiil be small, but it will lie complete and well assorted. With four heavily armored monitors for harbor defense, two armored sea-going cruisers, several unarmored cruisers of high siHied, a dynamite gunboat, a first class torpedo boat and an elegant dis patch boat, we shall be in possession of a modern naval sample case. The sight of that ought certainly to inspire congress to do more. We pay more now to keep up our navy than any nation in the world, except England, France and Russia. In the quality of its personnel it is equal to any service, without exception. Y'et we have permitted it to become tho butt of both hemispheres by refusing to furnish shiiw and guns. We aro returning, slow ly hut unmistabably, to a condition in which wo can tuke pride in a service that never shirked an arduous duty. THE COMMERCIAL STREET lilt I HO K. The mutter of the petition of A. N. Gil bert, If. S. Wallace and about oigbty oth ers of the most prominent business men of this city, to the common council, pray ing for construction of a pile wagon bridge across Mill Creek at the north end of Commercial street, was referred to the council committee on streets and public projKirty, on Tuesday evening, giving ttiat committee jwwer to act in the prom ises. The committee will meet with the county court to-day at 8 o'clock, and will try to got tho county to pay one half of the cost of construction. If this is agreed to by the county, the. bridge will be con structed, thereby giving Commercial street an outlet at both ends. This would Imj a great improvement to tho city, if built, and the bridge would prove a great convenience. The county court will certainly do what is fair and just in the matter. It is estimated that $000 will cover the entire cost of con struction. Commercial street being the main bus iness thoroughfare of the city, it should, by all ruoans, be opened out both way. ON A VACATION? His "excellency," the president of this United States, is off on another vacation, and has left word beffind that "no mail will be forwarded to him, nor opened by him, during his absence." And still, less than 3000 out of the whole lot of offices in this country, have been given over to men of the democratic par ty. Yet even in the face of all this, Cloveland gets right up out of bed, and goes off with his tent and frying pan, for a month in the mountains, where lie can't be found by any one who is office hungry. Democracy certainly has re ceived another blow., CAN HE CARRY NEW YORK? A Philadelphia paper says ; The ques tion for republicans to consider now, for it is time to be preparing for the contest, is, can James G. Blaine carry New York aguinstClevolund or Hill? It is certain he can carry every other necessary state except New York. Is there any doubt that he can make a bettor fight next time? We do not think there is. Will any dem ocrat deny that Grover Cleveland is not weuker in New York to-day than when he was elected by tho narrow majority of 1,100? Tun New York Sun wants the congress ion, il committee on rivors and harbors abolished, and wants the committee on appropriations restored to its old powers. The appropriations recommended by the latter committee, are usually "squan dered" on the Atlantic cities, while the river and hariior appropriations get too far from New York City to suit the Sun. Mk Lud Saunhukv has made a speech to his icllor-citi.ens, in which he proposes bullets and bayonets for the tenant farm ers of Ireland, because the Orangemen of Belfast have already killed eomo of them. That is to say, ho proposes to hang Cath olic Irishmen for the crime of having theit countrymen killed by his partisans. . What's the matter with trying to whoop up a little "woolen mill fever" here? Mrs. Henry Ward needier use and (tive. away over three hundred Allcock's Porous Plas ter every year. Hhe writes that she hatt found them a "genuine relief for most of theacheaand palim which tUwh to heir to." Hon. Bumuol J, Kandftll said that tl.ey cured him of linlamma tlon of the kidneys wheneverythluK elite failed, and cured him of a severe cold thnt threatened to run Into pneumonia. Hun. JanieitW. llusted wrltON that ttmy cured his son of chronic rheum atism and relieved him of serious yitliuouajj troubles.