Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-03-22

ducer knowing that his wheat must ge
to market, while the roads are dry, ha
rs "A rule, neither provided himsel
With sacks or grauery, and at harveS
is compelled to Use the warehouse
mans sacks ana storing room, fol
which the usual charges are five ceun
per bushel. This apparently smal
tariff on all the grain marketed in thi.
county amounts to the above seventy
five thousand dollars yearly. II does
not stop here, by the provisions Of It's
system, the farmer places himself in
the hands of the great milling and
! shipping companies where if they were
so disposed, the temptation is to
squeeze them for few cents more; to
say they do not do it is to say they
do not embrace a fue opportunity, TO
gain or that they are more merciful
than the average man in this age Of the
world
The wheat speculator studies his OWE
interest, not the grain raiser's.
We are living in an age W hen every
thing is worked for all that's in H..
You are aware that the almost mi.
versal charges made against our public
officials are, that they work the govern
ment for all that it is worth, often per.
fectly regardless Of the high position Of
trust to which they have been chosen.
and if the farmer does not take the hint
and look well to his own interests, he
may rest assured that nobody else will
The farmers wants come with each
succeeding day, and the only correct
and safe line Of action for them to
adopt, is for them all to go in for the
general improvement of the roads, so
that every time they go to town to buy
supplies, they can haul something to |
give in exchange, thereby stamping
out forever the accurse1 and dangerous /
policy Of going ia debt It's the grow
lug curse of the age. 1t seems that no.
body can be happy until everything
that is terrestrial is head over heels i'm
lebt. / have known men that were
delighted at the thought of
'eing able to float few Of their notes {
n a community, aud thai they were
legotiable at the banks.
The government in debt, farmers in s
iebt, merchants in debt, all the states Z
debt, towns bonded, counties bonded. !
ohool districts bonded, railroads bond I
d, and almost everything else that t
an think of is bonded and drawing t
lterest, even to much Of the growing i
mber that is to make our burial cas-. c
cts and build our future cities. il {
)nded and controlled largely oy for 4
gn capitolsts. \
And now comes the crowuing states. C
an and economist Of the age and b
auts to bond what little there is left fl
raise money to build roads on sl
ost truly the people would do well TO ca
ep the roads up after they are built. "
alone paying interest on their CON to
'uclion' The man that talks of bond. Of
the county to build roads on, ought
be treated as a common enemy to
prosperity, and his guns spiked. Iaa
t Us have good roads, but let them We
paid for as fast as they are built. /
The most truly sensible thought og "d
subject of reform and the grovir.g ~ i..'
OF the age, is we'll outlined in the W.
o message Of Mayor Catch, ON the C..
thtr bonding Of the city ofSarcur. ac,
sixty thousand dollars, wherein me-
'ws that speudthrirism is not
ing to live Oh of the profits of An.
Iness Of the present generation, Inn 2
lts to reach into The future and ,on. {
ne the substance and suns the in, 8
trial wheels Of the generations VET :
'orn' Why such. a priuctp.e d. !
us, and ought to lie derr,car,d n, :
good men eyeryv here. {
ak ABOUT men wanting the world :
D extravaganza would uuts,op sborr Z
'' "'4NNl7t OF tHl. MOI
der times are hand, and they vi. g
,'II harder unless We quit drawn. s
cavity upon cur tu.urc rts.u-o.. s.
s''p purchasing somauy gcwg.y. {,
adopt more correct prluc.p.e. of 3
omy' The generations that follow 8
have a hard enough struggle +, g.
e a living, without WORKING IN
date debts that have been tbr,., 80
them 10y a thoughtless and ev. {
'gant parentage, II we .u,fbva
'e cream OF the laud, scarcely cam +
thrive and pay our detts, or n,
fusIs We have left. On.
en- as there is provision made f,ro or-I- I
missioner ofroads, let ds pool opr H. Rus. nosu
and ask the coming legislature o ..
Is a law that will place means 81,
to enable the good WORT ----
we an early and substantial Le
ns' Nhy not pass measur.
l'hs that each county having q H9l
.l'e number Of population be- rsr 'N''
i To employ the convict labar. I