The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-01-11

the losses. These abuses can be rectl-
fed at the polls, and the people will
attend to making change next June.
1t is stated that the city of New York
put more money into great buildings
last year than in any other year OF its
history. The total was 3,037. .93l,
which exceeded bv more than S3O,OOO,-
900 the amount expended in 1894. The
largest amount of any former year was
that of 1890-s74, ,616.373. The average
| for the last 20 yeats has been under
s5O,OOO,OOO. Really if this is true New
York has not experienced such a dis
astrous year during these distressing
Democratic times after all.
A republican paper points with pride
at the tariff and financial bills which
have been passed by the lower house,
and triumphantly exclaims, while they
are not republican perfection, they
are good samples OF what they propose
to give the people when they again get
into full control of the government.
The sample is sufficient, and before
next November the people will con.
clude that one dose is enough. Ore.
CONS Representatives in the lower
house deemed it. good policy not to
take ample.-Portland Dispatch.
Thomas Barry of Montana. says
sheep in Montana this year have been
in better demand than last year. The
wool brouget from ten 10 twelve cents
pound, and the mutton brought so
cents head more than formerly.
There are a great many sheepin Mon
tana-s something like '.0Oo,0 600 of them.
Although Mr.. Barry states the sheep
and wool industry is prosperous, as
much so as any other Industry. yet he
thinks congress should make it more
so, at the expense of the other indus
tries of tie country, by. granting a
tariff on wool. =.
Emperor Will tm's letter congratu.
lating the president of the republic of
Transvaal has caused more bitter COM
ment in England than did President
Cleveland's message on the Venezue.
Ian boundary question. The London
Globe asserts that it is an insult from /
the German government, and the St.
James Gazette is so riled that it urges !
the formation of an alliance with Rus
sia and moving against all powers |
that presume to twist the British |
lions tail. England is indeed prepar-
ing to either maintain her stubborn
greed or get a Noeful licking.
Massachusetts, papers report that
more wool was sold in Boston in 1895
than during any previous year in the
markets history, and prices averaged
three cents higher per secured pound
than a year ago. "A large amount OF
this wool has been sold to manufac-
turers and has beeu manufactured into
cloths. which would seem to disprove
the statement that the woolen manu-
facturering business has been ruined
by q reduction of the tariff. The fact
is, very few woolen mills are idle, and
in spite of the wall of calamity howl
ers the mills are going right ahead
making cloth.
The national wealth, real and per-
sonal, of the United States, according
to the last census, was $3.50, ,037, ,091, 1877.
1t exceeds that of any other country,
and the interest-bearing debt of the
nation is about one-third that of Great
Britain, one quarter that of France,
and one-half that of Germany. But in
those countries the government secur-
titles are principally held at home,
whereas large proportion of the
bonds of this country are held in
Europe, necessitating heavy ship
ments of gold annually to pay interest,
making most serious drain upon our
wealth. When Americans hold all
our securities the burden of debt will |
not be nearly SO. irksome, hence j. is
that popular loan is more acceptable
than the placing of our bonds in the
hands Of representatives of foreign
bankers. Whatever the United States
owes it should owe to the people OF
not to Europeans.
The foreign policy of the present ad-
is certainly sufficiently
vigorous to meet the demands of all
who have been denouncing Cleveland
for his pacific disposition. Having
of the Venezuelan question
for the present, it being in the hands
of the commission, the president is
now turning his attention to Turkey.
A recent dispatch says: "The gov
ernment proposes, unless Turkey re-
spends promptly to the demands for
S20G, 900 indemnsty, made on account
of the Kharpoot and Marash outrages,
to make a naval demonstration that
will bring the sultan to time. In cases
of previous experience with Turkey
the government has found that the sui
tan does not respond to such demands !
easily. This is case where the dig
nifty and prestige of the United States J
Ia believed to be at stake, and the sui
tan will not be permitted to practice
his customary evasion and deceit"