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Lebanon Express.
H. Y. KIRKPATRICK,
Kditor - and - Proprietor.
That man is blind to hie own in
terest, bo bin calling what it may,
that would hinder by word or deed,
the 'development of our agricultural
interest, or threw any obstruction
in the way of our farmers interest.
The farmers certainly have ae ranch
light as any class of men on the
earth to organize and protect them
selves by any and by every legiti
mate way possible. We have been
all our lives in sympathy with the
toiling masses. A laharing man
ourselves, we believe in honoring
and dignifying labor by all possible
means, and we regard that man an
enemy to society who would in any
way detract from its dignity. The
farmers are preyed upon by evory.
class of cormorants known to seeie
ty; fleeced and robbed by tricksters,
,eajoled and coaxed by agents, over
reached and oppressed by designing
Sharpers, that it is a wonder they
have not arose in the majesty of
their strength, and in the name of
outraged justice and vindicated
their righlB long ago. Now that
the Alliance has solidified the hone
and sinew of the farmers' strength,
woe be to the man corporation
ting' confederation a party that
gets in their way,
"Pelf -reliance" says
Trofesser T. A. i'ortson. of
Clarke University, in the Atlanta
Times, a Colored paper, "is better
than the Farmer's Alliance." The
latter proposes to protect itself a
.gainst political intrigue and legisla
tion adverse to the farmer's inter
eats, as well ag to protect the far
.jtiersfrom esmmerciul gulling. Self
reliance proposes to use the advan
tages which naiure has abundantly
placed within the reach of every col
ored farmer, ... This is an instance
in which men may not fall through
.tSisiuiited. Every farmer can act
independently and Bueceed regard
less of the system og his brother
farmers, l'rof. F. adds "A due re
, .gartl to what is advised in the fore
going will do more to elevate the
farmer than all the Alliances of the
nation could possibly dohim if they
'should direct their energies to pro
tecting his special interests. ; :
The Farmers' Alliance may favor
"visionary 'schemes," so called by their
opponents, liut there is na denying the
. fact timttlie movement includes a very
large number of . earnest, thinking
farmers, who desire above all things to
ibetterliieeondiliou of the agricultural
classes, and who are working and will
work lor Hint end Ail great reforms
are brought about by agitation, anil
.while the wildcat of theso "visionary
eelieines" may not be brought about.
Ibis agitation may bring the farmers'
interest to the fore and his condition'
tie nmoriall benefitted by it To say
the least the movement will educate
the farmers u to a belter understany
itig of their duties and .privileges.
i Thefarmers of Linn county ought
'to begin now and save fine speci
mens of .fruit, grain ami grasses for
exhpifision at the State Fair and
.Iwhu-irml Exposition, to be held
epiC!-;uer, ho,th of which- lire pure
ly Oregon ;exhibits. 'Ji'very ..one
ought tt) hove Some ambition to see
our comity, the banner county of
; the Stato, i L-pfeBeiiti.'.j a! these fcilrg..
Come now, lot everr rum tfo his
; dutyand see .that i hl Linn takes
tite lend this year; , . ,.t .:
- Keep your eyes open. It is re
ported that hofius peciihiKks are
, in circulation iu Salem., .-Kau'ctUB
; the case it wiil wen he circulated
'.'all over the country.
' ! Some people never look' pleaeant
unless they ate (shipping some -.one
,3ii tiicfaceali the time, Exchange.
, . .Patience 'ban indispensable' vir
tue.' Without.it most of the enter
prises of -the world would fail.
.'Without it temper would have no
master and the .pleasures, of life be
greatly lessened, .....'-., ',;i',.:-y .;.
A word of caution, aays President
Polk's paper, The Progressive Far
mor, to tho State Alliances, which
are to meet in annual session in the
near future. During the next Al
liance year we will doubtless be
confronted with stupendous prob
lems. Men of our order and espec
ially our officials, will be tested in
every way. Wo know that elforts
will be made to buy and bribo
them that thoit patriotism, thoir
devotion and constanoy to princi
ple, their moral mannood will be
tested as never before. It is all
important that men be chosen to
lead during the next year who are
sound and Bolid to the core, who
can withstand all manner of temp
tation, who will prove pure metal
in the furnaoe, and who are abso
lutely unpurchasable. Take no
man for a leader who has the office
itch. The stato presidents for the
next year and the delegates to the
supreme council are the most im
portant positions to the Alliance
peoplo that are to be filled for a
year (if not years) to como. The
brotherhood should keep their eyes
wide open and see lhat none are
selected to theso positions but the
"tried and true." This advice, so
excellent and so much needed,
comes rather laic, and therefore
cannot be called timely. Too ma
ny of the leaders already havo the
"office-itch" and are scheming dem
agogues, but they have'secured such
a foothold in the AlliaTjJe.riinks
that few, if any of them will be
thrown overboard this fall. It is
more likely that the .reformers and
paoteBters will have to "walk the
plank."
The County Alliance of Florida
have a schedule arranged for meet
ings so that no two counties nssem
b!e on the same day. This gives
State Lecturer C. B. Collins the fa
mous "Tom Sawyer" of the press,
time to attend the regular meet
ing of every County Alliance with
out any conflict in his appointments.
The fojlowlng which wan addressed
to a Texas editor is respectfully referred
to the Oregon Fanners Alliance
Mv dear sire, you are firinr vour
guusat. noise made by the eiicmU-a of
too Alliance mm not at mo Alliance
firlnciples, von seem to think 1 Al
ow me to iuaist ou yoqr reading the
Declaration of Principles of the Far
mirs'Allninee and Iuddstrml Union
before you become alarmed Ht a noise
or flee from n shadow The Declaration
of l'riucliik-B will teach you no Alliance
member can advocate the transform
ing of the Alliance Into a third party
unless he be void of ail principle, truth
and honor Jieither can he advocate
the Alliance going into the first orsec
oiui parties for reform unlets ho divest
mmsclt ot all honor and truth (Don't
fo get this) The Alliance is a political
oretmizntion, tiut not a party arininizn-
tion (Don't forget thin) Hut it is or
should be a conservative element ask-
InK and demanding, such nolltieal ro
form as in the judgment of its members
will protect mem bent Irom tne usuri
ous robbery that has been practiced on
them for twenty years by class lejiisla-
tion 'J lie Alliniee is made up of every
political parey, fame as the 'Christian
(.'burcb or the Masonic fraternity, but
it dare not take sides with either hint,
second, third or fourth political putty,
only as individual citizens For God's
sake, and in thenameof liberty-loving
Americans, I do ask that you do not
deter us by your slung and vituiierntion
from 'easting our votes (if we see At) for
a parly that has never as yet roiiheu us,
or held while lieinir robbed Perhaps
you are not aware of the existence of
thejN w .National farmers' Alliance,
the National Citizens' Alliance, and
other reform organizations whose priv
ilege it is io go solid for any party of
tneir enoiee, an ot wnicu are entirety
separate from the Fanners' Alliance
and Industrial Onion If there was
any deleetito sent ey the Fatniers' Al
lianeeand Industrial Union to the Cin
cinnati mass-mectiiu;, he wsb a fraud
and wholly unauthorized Gentlemen
and the Texas Farmer, if you have an
idea in your brnlne that will give 'the
down-trodden farmers sure and .inure
prompt relief from tlieumiriuusoppres
sion they now labor under Ibrn the
sub-treasury, for God's sake give it to
us at once . .
''',' ' - :: ' '" ' , "
Sir Dunning figures It out this way:
'NaltonHl hanks set Sai3,u,(lU0 from
fliegoveriiment at one per cent They
have had, free of charge, 47,0MM0
(rem the surplus Tiiis makes f ass.WW,
001), which costs the bankers $1,100,000
They loaned it In tlie bttsiiiewt world
at fi per cent, which amovnls to over
$21,WI(),(KW-Het profit to the hanks
over the business world, ' Jtfl.OOO.OOO
And all the time they -were getting
tneir 4 per cent on the bond!) which
they bud deposited as collateral.
At the City Dreg Store,
Backed by twenty years of
experience at tho ' bench,
he is able to do any work
that may be done in any
city, and at strictly Kastorn
prices.
He can make old Clocks
positively as good as new,
which customers are hound
to acknowledge, when shown
the manner iu which the
work is done,
He alio makes solid gold
rings and Jewellery of other
descriptions, also silver ban
gles and bracelets, aui'mnnnt
ed with lettois and ornamen
tal engraving.. , .
Ho is justly termed the
winking man's friend, mak
ing good .time-peices of watch
e to be worn out ; rospecta
alile jew'elery out of. that
which had been laid aside as
worthless at prices all can
afford to pay, ' ,
He carries a nice line of
Watches, Itpectaclea and
Eye-glasses.
He can successfully adjust
glasses for the following de
fects: """ j
Hypormetropia, natural for
sicrlitnew: Arthenapia, weak
nuilit: Myopia, ior siglited
nesa,, incident to old age. ;
All work on short notice
and when promised.
H will not disappoint you
iLebanon.Ore.
''.'Hi. Blatant Bisplsy
of MILLINERY: of . all
Kinds, ' '; ':.
a Hats trimmBil in .the
lMest style,: ;
J..L 0VA,V ' -" 3, t..E:IKT0S.
BANKZLEBANON,
LEBANON, OKEGON.
Transacts a General Banking Mum.
ACCOUNTS KEi"irfl.'l)JKCT TO
:-x,';i.':-check;
Uwlianae sold on New York.Bnn Francls
eO, and Portland and Albany, Oregon.' ;
Collwtions midc on favorable terms. ,.
RATES:
Board and Lodging, I to 8 j por Day,
PorWook, M.SO to 0.00.
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I am now prepared to do till kind of work in
the photographic art, at a very low price SATIS
FACTION UUAKENTEJ) or money refunded.
I am making
I crayon and india ink framed all ready to
hang on tho wall, foi tho Kinall sum 'of
V ' .TEN" DOLLAs ;;
Sold every from eighteen to twenty dollars.- .."
.. Will take some good wood and hay exchange
for pictures. : -
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