The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-02-27

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| aon, biliousncss, sick headache, INDIGESTION 25c
their obligations. Why is this?
Some will say it is because they
have no market Tor heir produce.
Others say they do not produce
the right kinds Of products. Others
say it IS because there is no price
for what !hcy raise, which amounts
to The same hing as no market.
V ccllcrs say Ila> - rest is too high.
Now all Of these people will
admit that there is a great Unequal
ity between the rate Of interest
that i. contracted for and the pos
sibilities of making it out of the
soil. No one will deny that. All
agree that in the first place these
debts ought not to have been con-
tracted. But that being contract
ed they should be paid as agreed
upon. This inequality between
the possibilities of the product We
energies of the soil and the pre-
vailing rate of interest is subject
for wise and prudent legislation.
Perhaps, in order to understand
what is best in this direction one
has to take into consideration more
than the state legislature and the
lawful rate Of interest. do not
pretend here to indicate what is
the thing to do. But we all know
that where there is an inequality
so great there must be an adequate
remedy. And that remedy must
be coming out OF the people them
selves.
1t seems to me that this is the
point of divergence between the
populist idea and the older politi
cal ideas which we have been fol-
lowing for some years. | do not
want to be understood as having
any populist leanings, for such is
not the case, but that makes no
difference so far as this matter
goes, because this ia In relation to
principles and not to 1ndlviduali
ties, and while | can respect the
popullst who has left a party be-
cause he has despaired of ever
| seeing it become pure and subser-
Went to the will of the party vo-
ters, the more respect those
! patriotic citizens who remain in
their parties and fight to the last
breath for clean and pure party
methods, and for candidates who
have the courage of their convic-
tions, and who can rise with the
need of the times and apply the
remedy the people demand, and
insist that Others shall do likewise.
| AS we approach the coming
elections, it is we'll to look care
fully to the kind of men we send
to the conventions. the kind of
principles they put into the plat
forms, the kind of candidates they
nominate for the offices particular
ly the legislative Offices and con-
gressional offices which have to do
with the making of laws. and the
ministerial offices which have the
enforcement Of them. We need
men of courage, and prudence.
Men who will do just what the
laws make it their duty to do. and
men who will do just what the
people electing them to office tell
them to do. Men who have no
principles, OF those who are afraid
to speak them out like men, for
fear Of offending some voter, |
imagine the people do not want.
There are questions coming up
before the next legislature, which
require careful and prudent treat
ment. We want good men there.
The congress which is in sad
need of a political emetic will be
affected by our votes. We need
wise and above all honest men
there. Ministerial officers should
be chosen with care and regard
to their fitness and their willing
ness to keep politics from interfer-
ing with their duty. Outside of
those offices [ care not how much
politicians trade and scramble,
but those offices all affect the peo-
pie and their rights and interests.
and as l am one of those people
those are the offices [ want to see
filled with the right kind of men,