The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-08-18
EDITORIAL NOTES.


To carry out their pledges to the
country the Democrats have intro
duced . separate bill to put sugar, iron
and coal on the free list. This will
not pass, and durIng the coming No
vember elections the Democrats must
stand or fall on the Wilson bill, with
the senate amendments.
Wheat. growers in the distant inte-
rior may not be greatly benefited by
the reduction of freight rates on the
line of the railroad; but those in the
vicinity of the river may save consid-
erable on transportation charges. The
Columbia river Is the natural outlet
for the Inland Empire, and when its
waters flow unvexed to the sea rates
on all produce will sink to the mini
mum. Water transportation is the
only effective way to solve the freight
problem, and such a solution will last
for all time.
Hon. Thos. Reed, of Maine, is a
power in congress, and his words burn
themselves into the memory of his op
ponents. This must have been par
ticularly true when the Democrats of
the house were SO completely defeated
by the sugar-trust senators of their
own party, and the man from Maine,
in the hour Of their discomforture,
lacerated their wounded feelings by
scathing, sarcastic sentences. Maine
may have 9 bleak and weather beaten
coast, but she has tall trees in her for
ests, and very heavy intellectual mel
come into public life from her woods.
There is nothing very strange about
the execution of the sentence of death
on Caesario Santo in Paris yesterday
for the assassination of President Car
not, except that justice was more
quickly meted out to the criminal than
1t would have been in this country
and tbe felon did not exhibit the usual
bravado of anarchists on such osca-
sions. His actions since Imprisonment,
and when about to meet his doom
were not characteristic of the hard
ened criminal; but had more of the
elements of poor, weak, misguided
youth.
And now comes the Daily Neaos, of
London. and says that If Great Brit
ain will not interfere and put an end
to the war between Japan and China
the United States should. If the
British empire would refuse to furnish
the sinews of war for the belligerents,
to China, there would be
some hope that the conflict would
soon come to an end; but while there
Are British merchants and ship builders
who will sell arms and ammunition
and furnish war vessels to these coun-
tries they will fight until one is
whipped. Japan is in harmony with
western civilization and China is not,
and therefore the termination of hos
,ilities would be in the line of the
progress of the age. Ohr'stendom is
in universal peace, and
when the advancement of japan is at
take should show great concern in the |
inal outcome.
A reduction in the transportation |
'ates over the o. R. & n. Co.'S lines
md other railroads will he direct
,ain to the farmer, as every decrease
n the cost of carriage will be so much
.dded to the price of bis wheat. As
he o r. d. n. intends TO reduce
wages of employees to make up the re-
luction. the returns to the company
will be the same as at the former
ates- There Is no question that ship
,ers have heretofore suffered from
ligh freight rates, and in many in
tances these have retarded the devel-
lpmen. of the natural wealth of the
ountry. Transportation companies,
y studying the interests Of the peo-
lie and making their charges only fair
md living rates. will increare their
,wn business and be great factors in
he growth and advancement of the
egions through which they operate.
The future of the northwest will be
Fright and prosperous if railroads
larry out their obligations to the pro-
lucers.
It will be in order now for the Dem-
,cratic press to begin heralding the
Jews over the land that business has
improved since the passage of the
" iison bill, and it will not be sur
,rising it dispatches are sent over the
vlres that several factories have
opened on full time and with full
orces of employees. If such state
nents are made as facts it would be
veil for the discerning public to as
certain what wages are being paid, and
o make comparison of these with
he amount earned before the
change" If business settles to a
evel on account of tariff tinkering be-
ng for time at an end, it will des-
end to lower strata, and there will ]