The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-07-30

tramps and beggars, and those who
So, 900, 9oG Of the present day, for the
potent reason dat ',er- arr more pro
pie now; aud naturally these classes viii
grow with the growth Of the country.
Furthermore, during the last fifty
years VIC have received large acces-
sions to our population from foreign
immigration, and the majority of these
have gravItated to the 10 wer strata.
This was undoubtedly leading cause
of the increase OF poverty up to the
time of the rebellion; but after that
epoch other factors came into opera
.ion. At its close the industries of
the country were bankrupt, and dis
charging hundreds of thousands of
men, who had followed camp life for
years, increased the number of
those who lived from the industry of
others. As our army were citizen sol
diers in very many instances, there
were fewer oilers from choice than af-
ter disbanding any large army of mod
ern times; but there was little work for
any to do. The great factories were
not In operation, and there was little
employment for skilled or unskilled
labor. If the Morrill, tariff bill had
rot passed we do not believe the
United States would have been able to
recover from the heavy burdens of the
war; but the fact remains,-the ma
tional debt has been greatly reduced,
our industries re. established, and there
is no more unequal distribution
of wealth among the masses in this
country than have generally resulted
from the natural causes named. To-
day there is more inequality In England
than in this country, which is to be
accounted for by reason of our more
favorable condition. 1t must be con-
sldered in this connection that the de-
mands os larger population are more
urgent than those Of smaller one,
and to accommodate people with the
conveniences of modern times requires
great accumulatlons of wealth and
likewise great expenditures. We
could not spare one of the many trans
continental lines of railroad now in
operation, nor one of the telegraph
lines across the continent; neither
would the people be willing to do away
with any of the large iron and steel
mills, or other manufacturing in
dustries. Still, each of these enter
prises must have at its head men who
count millionS like the poorest class
count dollars. The stage coach, the
freight wagon and the pony express
are relics of q past age, and to carry
on the machinery of this fast epoch of
the world there must be men of colos-
sal fortunes. There never would have
been the network of railroads that now
exist in the east and weston the thou
sands of miles of transcontinental lines, |
or the great iron works around Pitts
burg and other immense industries of |
late years without there were Jay |
Goulds, Vanderbilts or Carnegies in
The United States We do not say |
they are right or wrong;
put that great undertakings
must have great minds in the
cad especially adapted for the
purpose. And with all due consider
.tion for the opinions of our brothers
# the Democratic press, and with
determination to do everything in our
,ower for the amelioration of our fell
ow-man in all conditions of life, we
re firmly convinced that the present
tatus of labor and capital is the result
f natural causes, and which has ex-
sted in all past ages of the world and
'ill continue until "time shall be no
nore."