The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-02-14
Address 10 the Farmers Of Oregon,

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farmers of the State. met on Monday,
Feb. Sd, and Mr.. L. w. Davenport moi
being present, Mr.. I. l.. Davidson was
chosen to fill the vacancy. After due
delibeation, the committee united In
the following
ADDRESS.
Fello,e Formers Of Oregon:
The undersigned wers appointed a
committee at the Farmers Meeting in
Salem. Jan. 25th, to address you
through the papers Of the State, upon
the subject Of organization for the pro-
lection of our mutual interests and for
shipping purposes.
We regret our inability to do Justice
to so great trust, but the past years
experience in respect to our CONNER
cial relations has satisfied us that the
hope of Oregon depends upon the Or
ganization OF the tillers of the soil. If
we want the country prosperous. the
waste places redeemed, the solltudes
inhabited. our homes improved, our
prospects frightened, and our calling
dignified, we must do something to
standsclear of the rings who have COM
bined to steal from us our hard and
honest earnings.
We need not state to you, now. their
acts; most of Won are familiar with
them. The question is, Win you
tamcly submit and let the country go
to ruin. or win you rise like men and
show yourselves equal to the occasion?
Single handed we can do nothing Or
ganized, you can ship your own sur
plus and realize all it will bring in a
foreign market. except the cost Of
transportation, insurance, and COM
mission, This, we can confidently as
sure You, will secure to you better
price for your products than you can
possibly realize without it.
Had such an organization been In
existence the present year. 1t would
have saved to Oregon a million of dol
lars, enough to have purchased ten Of !
the best ships sailing upon the seas,
and in five years enough to export all |
our surplus and import. all our foreign
1t may seem an ideal thing to unite
The farmers of this State in a common
bond of union, but look abroad over
,ur country and see the unions of mon
.yed men to carry forward gigantic
projects. and which in time will cover
)ur whole country as net work, more
lespotic in their power than the great
81 monarch Of earth, grinding the
armers to the dust as the veriest slaves.
d0neyed men accumulate millions In
few short years, and yet the farmers
4 our land grow poorer every day.
Their soil Is wearing out, their I'm
are going down, and out
f abundance they are in want.
The great law of nature is, .'You
must help yourselves Farmers of
)regon. once more we would say, ''Or-
anize. " and force the speculator aud
noneyed aristocrat to respect you as
unan beings, and not as so many cat
e driven to the shambles for slaugh-
,r.
Believing that an effective organiza-
on for shipping purposes, Differed by
our own choice. will secure to you
ood and satisfactory results In some
{ the markets of the world at all
mes, and that you can secure this
nly through State Board, whose bus
less it will be to look after the matter,
nd also that You need a County Board,
'e would recommend that when yOu ,
re assembled in County Conven-
on, each county choose County
oarl of officers to consist Of a Pesi-
ent, Vice President, Recording Sec
,tlry, Corresponding Secretary. anda
reasurer, and that you send these Of
res to the State convention at Salem
He'd to meet on Thursday the 10th OF
pril, and with them. one additional
elegate for each precinct or club in
le county willing to 90 into the or
We would also recommend perma- :,
snt organization In every precinct in a
Ie counties, and as you will always o
i've some local questions to settle.
ch as storing grain and the collection =
statistics of your surplus, that win Il
, subject to the order of your State /
Oarl, and that the precincts meet ON
arch 18th, and the county cOnvell-
on, March 2Sth. =
The committee have thought It best
change the dates Of meeting, to give :
~ time to organize.
The clubs already organized In the
ate are specially recommended to
he an active part in this matter.
All the editors Of the State are cor
ally Invited to aid this enterprise as 4.
leh as their good will viii permit by =
blishing this appeal for a farmers
ion, or extracts from It.
q. p. BURCKHART,
WIN. RUBLE.
Il. L. DAVIDSON, q q
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