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improvement, social advantage, and moral power, as 

 well as political equality. 



4. That the present phase of the woman movement 

 does not arise from domestic grievances, but from 

 governmental injustice. 



5. That woman suffrage is a question of human 

 right, in exact accordance with the fundamental prin- 

 ciples of a republican form of government. 



6. That we demand the ballot as a practical appli- 

 cation of those principles of liberty and justice which 

 are taught in every district school among girls as 

 well as boys. 



I. That "the present phase of the woman movement 

 is practical, and it is woman's duty to assume the re- 

 sponsibilities of citizenship whenever possible. 



8. That the Executive Committee shall have the 

 power to appoint picked men and women in every 

 county as committees upon political action, whose 

 duty shall be to attend primary meetings and nomi- 

 nating conventions, and secure wo man- suffrage planks 

 and resolutions in party platforms. 



9. That it is the sense of this convention that uni- 

 versal suffrage is both a civil and a natural right, 

 and as such it recognizes neither sex nor previous 

 condition of servitude. 



10. That as universal suffrage is a civil as well as 

 natural right, it carries with it the duties and obliga- 

 tions of citizenship. 



II. That it is the sense of this convention that God 

 made it a law of this universe that justice is the high- 

 est expediency. 



12. That we heartily concur in the recent act of the 

 State Legislature in granting equal property rights to 

 women. 



13. That we thank the Legislature of 1880 for its 

 just and generous act in passing a resolution for so 

 amending the State Constitution that it may be legally 

 possible for the next Legislature to submit the proposi- 

 tion for a constitutional woman-suffrage amendment 

 to the vote of the people in 1884. 



14. That we will use all honorable means to elect 

 men to the Legislature of 1882 who are pledged to 

 sustain the woman's suffrage resolution passed by 

 the Legislature of 1880. 



The Oregon State Temperance Alliance met 

 in Portland on the 16th of February. The 

 following are the resolutions adopted : 



Resolved, That the Oregon State Temperance Al- 

 liance takes this the earliest opportunity afforded of 

 expressing its profound disappointment and regret at 

 the course the Legislature of this State pursued in 

 refusing to pass a civil damage act for this State, or 

 any act whatever to check the growth of thd terrible 

 scourge intemperance. 



Resolved, That we renew our pledges never to ceaso 

 our work and labors until the organic law of the State 

 of Oregon is so amended as to for ever banish all kinds 

 and classes of intoxicating liquors from the State ; and 

 to the end that this object may be attained, we favor 

 submitting to the voters of the State at as early a day 

 as possible, an amendment to the Constitution provid- 

 ing for the entire prohibition of the manufacture, im- 

 portation, sale, or giving away as a beverage any in- 

 toxicating liquor whatever. 



Resolved, That as an efficient means to the accom- 

 plishment of all the ends had in view by this alliance, 

 we look to and rely upon the assistance of the Chris- 

 tian Church and Christian people, as well as the united 

 and hearty co-operation of all other oriranizations of 

 the State whose object is to reclaim and reform the 

 inebriate, and build up a strong and healthy temper- 

 ance sentiment among the people. 



Resolved, That we invite all lovers of temperance 

 and sobriety, of all political parties, and all brandies 

 of the Christian Church, to join in the grand work of 

 redeeming our State and nation from the curse of 

 strong drink. 



Whereas. The liquor interest in Oregon is organized 

 and consolidated as a political force, demanding and 

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receiving consideration from the political parties: 

 therefore, 



Unsolved, That while in the judgment of this Alli- 

 ance no separate political party should be formed, yet 

 we should be consolidated in political action. 



Resolved, That a balancc-of-power party should bo 

 now formed, whose members shall be pledged to con- 

 certed action not to vote for any but temperance men. 



Resolved, That a committee of twelve men be ap- 

 pointed to outline and organize this work. 



Resolved, That we will unite our efforts, and we call 

 upon all the friends of temperance in Oregon to unite 

 with us in petitioning the next Legislature at Salem 

 (1832) to enact a stringent civil damage luw at that time. 



At a meeting of the Executive Committee, 

 held in the same city, on the 30th of July, it 

 was determined to circulate petitions and take 

 other measures to induce the Legislature at its 

 next regular session to adopt the following con- 

 stitutional amendment: 



ARTICLE I, SECTION 1. That the manufacture, sale, 

 or the giving away, or the offering to sell or give away, 

 of any or all kinds of spirituous, vinous, malt, or any 

 other intoxicating liquor, within the State of Oregon, 

 is prohibited, except for medicinal, scientific, or me- 

 chanical purposes. 



SEC. 2. The Legislative Assembly shall enforce this 

 article by appropriate legislation forthwith after the 

 adoption of said amendment. 



The exports to foreign countries of wheat 

 and flour from Portland, for the last four calen- 

 dar years, have been as follow : 



The value of all exports ia 1881 was $5,324.- 

 503. From Astoria there were exported dur- 

 ing the year 474,336 centals of wheat, valued 

 at $739,170; 49,652 barrels of flour, valued at 

 $248,752; and 342,149 cans of salmon, valued 

 at $1,736,993. The total value of wheat and 

 flour exported from the two ports was $6,312,- 

 425; and of all articles, $8,124,368. The im- 

 ports to Portland amounted to $639,316; and 

 to Astoria, $220,218; total, $859,534. The en- 

 tire shipments from the Columbia River for 

 the year amounted in value to fully $14,000,000. 

 Adding to foreign exports shipments to San 

 Francisco, consisting of wheat, flour, wool, 

 salmon, and other products, the value of which 

 at a moderate estimate would be $6,000,000, 

 we have the total above indicated. Salmon 

 alone shipped to San Francisco reached a total 

 of 222,000 cases, valued at $1,100,000. Wheat 

 shipments to that city were about 400,000 cen- 

 tals, valued at $600,000; and flour shipments, 

 320,000 sacks, valued at about $400,000. Of 

 wool, 27,762 bales were shipped, having a value 

 of about $1,400,000. Oats, tlix-cnl. ]mtMt<ws 

 hides, hops, etc., would make up another half 

 million of value. 



The Willamette Valley yields an average of 

 150,000 tons of wheat in excess of the demands 

 for seed and home consumption. There has 

 been little gain for four or five years, owing to 



