The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-07-29

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at the bottom Of, and is the foundation
of every other pursuit aud calling
seems 70 have but few friends in th
Legislative Halls Of the country.
And CONNER CO, which should b
the lhandmaid Of agriculture, and IL lef
free would be, is so clogged and ham
pered by Legislation that she is yerl
little help TO that great avocation q
which we oil look for our bread an'
butter, and to-day the farmers Of Ore
gon are suffering for the want Of fre'
ships and free trade.
AS ! have before remarked agrieul
ture is the greatest among the arts, foI
IL is the 6rst in supplying our nesessi
ties. '1t Is tine mother md nurse oi
nj! other arts. IL favors aud strength
ems population il creates and main.
tains manufactures, gives employment
" navigation and materials 10 com.
merce. 1t snimates every species oI
industry and opens TO nations the suresI
channels Of opalence. IL is also the
strongest bond of we'll regulated 30
ciety the surest basis Of eternal peace. y
OF the City millions Of people ia the
United States it is estimated that at
least ono half OF them or twenty five
millions, ars engaged ia agricultural
pursuits, thus demonstrating the fact
that the American farmers are the
backbone Of the great American Re-
public. They own most of its soil;
they have created Inost OF its wealth,
and they form the mOsL Numerous aud
influential body among its population.
Then why 10 il that their interests lave
not My been neglected. but nnneces-
sary and unjust burdens have been i'm.
posed upon them The answer Is that
that they have failed 10 exercise the
power tbOy bold in their own hands.
I.et them, whilo devoling large
POT tion Of their time 10 working their
fan ms 30 as To make them the most
profitable, 10 studying the brst manner
of plowing. following, subsoiling, drain
ing and Inanuring, so AZ "a produce the
be,t crops aud save their land from be
conaipg too mach impoverished; give a
little attention u the question Of how
TO secure the best market aud the best
price for their produce, aud also how
to procure the necessAries Of life the
cheapest. These ara questions that
come home Lo every one Of us with
greater force perhaps this year than
ever before, and aro oi tho greatest im.
portanee.
oae Of the greatest heaclits 20 30 ds-
.sixed froE CUR state Fair is that men
gather here fnoIn all PORTIONS Of the
state. and free ihteEchznge cf thought
upon all these important Questions
takes place among peoplgs0f VI trades.
professions and callings, but eaRsclaliY
the farmers, free from any political ex.
element or partizan bias, and it must
fnally result in great COOL TO those most
interested. And the same may be
said OF other states IN which their great
annual fairs have become very attract
i've and beneficial, not only To their
own people but 10 the entire Union, for
fairs, like many other institutions, have
somewhat changed in their character
since they were first founded. We find
that they were originally gathering
for the purchase and sale OF goods or
hiring of servants, and that the ancient
Greeks held fairs in connection with
popular assemblies for political pur-
poses. la our own conatry they are
held not only for competitive exhibit
tion, but they are the great schools that
are educating the farmers TO "know
their rights and dare maintain them"
When we look abroad in our own
state We see that the great body Of peo-
pie are engaged in farming and stock
raising. We also see that their pres
ent financial condition Is not the best
in the world too many farms mort
gaged) and their future prospects not
the brightest; we also see that for them
to be able to pay of these mortgages
and be prosperous they must depend on
a foreign market for a remunerative
price for their produce. IL seems to
be part Of the divine economy and a
very material item in political economy
that one portion of the world should
produce bread for another. The United
States is said to be the gsanary of the
world; and since an American horse
won the great national race Of England
at Derby, and another American horse
won the great French race, and all the
loose change there was circulating among
our French and English cousins, we
have a right to claim that we have the
best stock and are little the fastest
people in the world Every American
feels just pride in the success Of
American horses on the English aud
French turf. All honor To Lorillard
and Keene for the energy and pluck
they have shown in putting Ame lean
horses in the lead.
When Oregon, which already raises
the best wheat that is shipped, con-
tains q population of two millions of
people (which is only a question OF
time) she will cut no small figure In
the amount she will furnish to make up
the grand total of supply that will be
furnished by the New World TO the
Old.
But it is to the present condition OF
affairs to which | desire to attract your
attention
The following table of exporting and
importing wheat taken from the VII
lamette Farmer will show the condition
of the different countries on the subject
as to the demand end supply for the
past year:
EXPORTING COUNTRIES
Bushels,
M. rt.ttaa c..4o. oal 900 n0f