The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-09-29

Democratic weekly. Such a paper
would be read with more or less in
terest by Republicans, and the Tribune
would then have contemporary at
home with which it could intelligently
discuss the issues of the day." Our
esteemed contemporary should know
that the East Oregomian is worthy
competitor. is good Democratic paper
during presidential years, single tax
advocate all seasons, and fair popu
list organ at all times.
The Eiffel tower is to be removed
from Paris to Baltimore at a cost of
$500.000, aud set up over the latter
city as an ornament and speculative
enterprise connected with the fair to
be held there In 1897. 1t paid very
well at the Paris exposition, of which
it was one of the chief features, and it
doubtless has satisfactory financial
future before it IN the new location TO
which it is destined, but it will seem
rather top-heavy decoration for so
small town as Baltimore. When
one gets to the top of it there will be
nothing to see except the xaters of the
Chesapeake and the blue enclrcling
hills of Anne Arundel and Carroll
counties, spectacle not without grace
and charm, but hardly worth climbing
so far to gee. Still, everybody will
wish success to the enterprise aud the
fair, of which it Is likely to be the
most ambitious feature.
The excess or improper use of any
thing is an evil, and this is as true of
debt as of everything else. If
man mortgages his property for lux
prious or rlotous living he commits
crime against himself and his family;
but if he borrows money to support
his wife and children or improve his
home his action Is commendable, and
he NAV in time be greatly benefited
thereby Nearly all the mortgages on
property in the United States have
been made for improvements, and the
land, in many instances, has doubled
in value on this account. In many
communities these mortgages have
been the source of great wealth. be-
cause they have impelled forward the
development of natural resources.
Debts may be great evil in some
cases; but in others they are absolutely
necessary, end have saved many from
want and starvation. Great Britain has
become notoriously wealthy on account
of her pubic debt, and the four billion
which the United States incurred
during the civil war proved no i'm
pediment to her wonderful growth
and development since.
The silver monometalists claim that
supply and demand have nothing to
do with the price of products, but that
the present decline in values is due to
the repeal of the Sherman silver pur-
chase law, says the Salem Statesman.
Since the beginning of this year, how
6NcT, SAlNcT uhS ucCllDSu u C6IltS per
ounce, while during the same time
corn has advanced Is cents per bushel
and pork $l,50 barrel, and wheat
has declined 7 cents a bushel. The
real cause of this is the corn crop, esti-
mated to be no larger than the crop
of 1887, which was l,500,000,0 900
bushels. and the wheat crop is placed
1T 10000, 1000 bushels in excess of last
year, the same as the crop of 1887, the
total crop being 450,0o0,000 bushels,
which is just an even average of the
crops of eleven years previous. The |
corn crop, on the other hand, as esti-
mated for the year, is 100000, 900 |
bushels less than the average for the |
eleven years previous. With the i'm
in business already noted |
the indications are that all |
If the food products of the west will
advance in price, no matter
which direction silver may take during
The same period.