The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1893-10-27

respondents, after which the first day
evening session adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, 10 A. M.
j The male quartet again made it's bow ant
began the program with pleasing melody
and were succeeded ON the rostrum by Prof
iGeorge Coote, who delivered descriptiv,
and entertaining talk upon Horticulture
After the professor had closed his remarks
several questions were propounded to which
he replied in satisfactory manner relativ,
to the proper methods of propagation o
fruits. .- 3F
| MIR. s. A. Clark, Portland, then took thu
floor and offered the following preamble anc
resolution:
| WHEREAS, The prune industry has al
ready become of great Importance on tn.
Pacific coast and can attain immense pro-
portions as soon as trees now planted shal
fully bear fruit equal to l5O, 900, 600 pound.
per annum in California, and half as mucf
more in Oregon and Washington; and
| WHEREAS, The national result of such
production will be to cause prices to rule
low from home competition, so that the
grower cannot expect more than fair wages
for labor, and rent for the capital invested
and .
WHEREAS, The prune grower suffers
from dIstrust that duty now collected OF
foreign governments shall be removed and
subject him to ruinous foreign competition:
THEREFORE,, BE 1T RESOLVED: By the
State Horticultural society of Oregon, that
we respectfully present these facts for con-
siieration of the congress of the United
States and memorialize said congress and
the president of the United States with our
petition that the present duty on prune i'm
portations should be sustained for the fol-
lowing reasons: lst-That such protection
will encourage an industry of great I'M
portance to both producer and consumer.
2nd-That our cured prunes, under such
protection, are acquiring excellence of a
high order that will increase if the industry
is festered. 3rd-That our dried product
Is far more cleanly and healthful than the
common foreign prune. 4th-That the
law of supply and demand must regulate
prices on the fair basis of the needs of both
producer and consumer, in the home
market of the future. ..+t- ...t. -.
The gentleman had hardly finished the
reading of his resolution when motion to
lie on the table was made, followed by a
heated discussion in which the politics of
the participants largely predominated. de-
monstrating the truthfulness of the old
adage that it depends upon "whose OK is
gored, ETC., etc. Ridiculous as the matter
appeared, it furnished considerable amuse-
ment to the spectators, and as the new ac-
QUESTIONS to the society, who were anxious
TO vote. filed to the secretary's desk to de.
posit their initiatory dollar speculation as to
the fate of the resolution was rife. Order
was finally restored and a vote upon tabling
the resolution was lost. The president
then placed the question before the house on
the adoption of the resolution. Prohibition
ist populist, democratic and protectionist
views were expressed pro and con, and
when the vote was announced it showed
that free-trade theories had been thoroughly
exploded and that practical illustration of
the republican idea of protection to Ameri-
can Industries as against the competition of
foreign industry. pauper labor and all that
Is embraced in the opposition to our home
market was what was most desired by our
American producers. As in this, SO it is in
other branches of business. If you raise
sheep and make it business to produce
wool for market, it is the. wool industry
upon which you want protection. If you
are q ship builder, glass manufacturer, an
iron worker, a fruit grower, common
laborer, or no matter in what enterprise you
are engaged, when it comes to an inter.
ference with your particular line of busi-
ness by foreign competition it is then you
desire protection. The good Judgment of
the society was rendered in favor of the
resolution. our ''3.- ''' 30
I Here the program was changed and the
subject of fruit driers considered by Messrs
Clark, Dosch, and others. Mr.. Dosch dis
sected the subject in a systematic manner,
saying . good word for several varieties of
machines, and closing with the opinion that
about thirty-six hours was necessary for
the proper drying of the prune. After this
was had until I:3O D. m. HG
Z. -ssrla AFTERNOON SESSION. cfSf 81
Again the pleasing strains I, from the
melodious voices of the O.. A. G. quartet,
filled the auditorium and restored silence,
following which came Prof. F. L. Washburn
with an instructive paper entitled "Birds
and the Horticulturist. !" The professor has
given the greater portion of the past six
years to the study of birds, bugs and in.
sects3with regard to their habits, ETC., and
furnishing much interesting data concerning
this class of the earth's inhabitants. His
lecture was based upon scientific investi-
cations and with the assistance of his chart
his demonstrations were made in clear and
comprehensive manner. He closed by urg-
ing horticulturists to use due care in de.
stroying birds and insects lest their efforts
might be directed towards classes beneficial
rather than detrimental to the fruit growers
s'Cultivation" was then presented by M.
o. iLownsdale, of Lafayette. Owing to the
gentleman's indisposition his paper was read
in sitting position. His remarks were
directed to the cultivation of young trees,
and he emphasized the idea that too much
cultivation was detrimental.
/ The next number was the piano solo by
Miss Dorothea Nash, and her neat execu.
tion required response to an encore before
the audience would be satisfied. -.
Mr.. E. II. Skinner, Newberg, had been
advertised to read paper on Twenty mis-
takes in horticulture" was absent and on re.
quest Mr.. Henry +. Dosch acted as his proxy.
The ssmistakes" were not confined to agri-
culture, Horticulture nor horticulture, but
were extended to household economy.
It recited story of an honest old horticul-
turist who was in the habit of buying ready.
made clothing and on one occasion made
the mistake Of purchase of pair of pants,
the legs of which were about four inches
too long which he delivered to his wife
with instructions to reduce to the proper
proportions, and which, good wife that she
was, set out to obey. Her first move was
TO corral the family shears and whack off