The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-10-01

canal will cut no figure in the coming
contest in our neighboring state. Re-
puhlicans will support the nominees of
the ticket the same aa usual, and Dem
ocrats will do likew .se. This is as it
should be in presidential years.
1t may appear strange to the friends
of free-trade that nearly all of the
British colonies have adopted the eco
nomic policy of protection. If, as
English statesmen claim, it is the only
solution of industrial questions, why
have these dependencies of Great Brit
ain taken different view of the mat
teri
Hamburg is recovering from the
cholera ssourge, and the streets again,
give evidence of business activity. In
few weeks the commercial life of that
great city will 60 on the same as usual,
and there will be no outward sign of
deaths rich harvest, except in the
silent dwellings of the dead in the
cemeteries.
The Albany Democrat, in its last is
sue, informs its readers that the party
is carrying on a systematic campaign
IN this state. This cannot be doub bted
if the columns Of the Democratic press
are taken as an index. for there never
has been the same amount Of trash and
twaddle published in these papers as
during the present year.
The people of the Inland Empire
are anxiously waiting for the contract
to be let for the construction of the
locks at the Cascades, as this Is con-
sidered "the beginning of the end"
When work is being prosecuted by
private contractors, our producers be-
lieve it will soon be completed, and
this cannot be too soon to please our
rate-oppressed farmers and shippers.
The New York HeralGs correspond
ent at Hamburg has cholera prevent
i've, and is now using all kinds of tests
to ascertain whether he is proof against
the disease. He has slept between
dying men and done other acts, and Is
not dead 1t would seem that he has
the proper mental calibre to hunt deer
in Oregon and make one of those accl-
dental shots by which several persons
have been killed and wounded during
the past few years.
A friend hands us Rylands Iron
Trade Circular, printed in London,
Sept. Sd, which leading industrial
document, issued in the present month,
says with much emphasis that the
troubles in South Wales In the declin-
alton of the tin and iron trade is '.going
from bad to worse; 10000 workmen
are idle, Is works have stopped for
good and 80 mills have shut down and
large number of their workmen are
on their way to the United States to
Join works established there by Welsh
manufacturers.
The letter of George Ticknor Curtis.
in the american Economist of Septem-
Der 10th, is good campaign literature,
and should be read by every fair
minded citizen. Mr.. Curtis is law
yer of national reputation, the author
of several textbooks on legal subjects,
and a Democrat. The opinions of
man of such mature wisdom are worth
consideration, and have more weight
than volumes from some men who have
never studied the subject of constitu-
tional law and the science of govern
ment.
The cotton-spinners' federation in
Manchester, in free-trade England,
have received replies from firms repre-
senting 100000 spindles in favor of
a 5 per cent. reduction in wages. These
operatives now receive much less wages
than those in our own country, and
such arguments the people are receiv-
ing constantly against changing our
present protective policy. In the face
of these stubborn facts it is not prob
able that the Chicago platform will be
endored at the November election.
The development of the northwest
must wait until the Chicago exposi-
ton closes in 1898, and then undoubt-
edly it will experience an era of per-
manent growth. All eyes are now
turned toward the City of the Lakes,
and every possible dollar is saved for
a "good time' at the Worlds Fair.
When men get through with sight
seeing at Chicago, they will turn their
attention to eligible places to make
homes, and Oregon abounds in many
such attractive spots.