The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-12-04

| Will come IrOU Gne Iree-SllVer SeHdIOTs,
who will fight him, not as republican,
but as sound-money man.
Senator Allison had his prophetic
eye open when he said the other day
there would be no currency legislation
enacted at the next session OF congress.
The currency reform promised can
never be enacted without the senate
personnel being changed.
The historian who writee the bio
graphy of The Bales will not record
it as great manufacturing center un-
less the people who reside and own
property in the city begin early to es.
tablish manufacturing industries.
Other less favored localities are secur-
ing all the new industries while we are
waiting for them to come to US.
Truly this is an age of trusts and
combines. Hardlyean industry of im-
portance that can be controlled by a
trust, but has been gathered together
under some sort of a combine. We
have the oil trust. the sugar trust, the
iron trust, the coal trust, etc. land now
the wire manufacturers are preparing
to organize trust with capital of
s60,OOO,0OO, backed by J. Pierpont
Morgan & Co.
The most gracious thing congress
could do when it convenes would be
to pass the senate resolution recogniz-
ing the belligerency of Cuba, or better
still its Independence. Such action
might cost few lives and perhaps
few million dollars, but this would te
better than permitting thousands of
women and children to starve under
our very noses.
A man named Brice in Chicago has
erected factory and put in machinery
for the purpose of manufacturing gold
from base metals. He claims the yell
low metal is simply combination of
lead and antimony and to produce it
requires only proper relationship of
the two. If his theory proves correct
the ''gold bugs" occupation will be
gone.
Even the comparative barriers of the
Dingley law have not prevented i'm
portations of foreign goods, and our
monoy is going abroad at an alarming
rate to pay for them. This is no ooubt
on account of the light purchases that
were made during dull times. and be-
cause the American people have money
this year, that was received for their
cereals. with which to purchase some
of the luxuries.
The receipts from customs so far !
this fiscal year undoubtedly will fall
considerably short of the estimates
made by the managers of the tariff
bill during its tendency in congress.
At that time it was estimated that
customs would yield about $3.50, O,OOO, 900
during the first year. The indications
now are said to be that the receipts
from this source will not aggregate
more than s165, ,OOO,O 900.
President McKinley's forthcoming
message to congress will certainly not
meet public demands unless he advises
a vigorous policy being pursued to-
wards Cuba. Americans are tired of
seeing people murdered and starved,
and demand that this government dis
card its friendly offices" policy.
They still have spark of humanity in
their souls, and are ready to sacrifice
their lives and fortunes for the suffer-
ing Cubans.
Representative Cannon, chairman of
the house committee on appropria-
lions, insists that legislation to reform
,he currency will be impossible at the
coming session, because the senate
will refuse to sanction any measure
hat may be passed by the house. He
slso objects to any attempt at increas-
ng revenue as he believes the Dinley
bill will eventually produce enough to
Day ordinary expenses.
The tribute paid to the memory of
Dr.. Marcus Whitman at Walla Walla
asst Monday was indeed fitting. He
vas one of the great men of the
Ige in which he lived-a typical
pioneer and patriot-and to his ener.
,ies and bravery we who live in
oregon and Washington are indebted
or the privilege Of being American
itizens, for had he not pushed out in :
o the Western wilderness it is prob. /
BILE this would have been British
erritory.
The Goldencale Sentinel compli- I
tents the Dingley tariff lam beik kuse it c
7ill create about s5.006,e90 onth | 3
evenue from the duty ON su. This .
n the aggregate will be $50 900 a
ear tax on sugar. Last year there
-ere something over Loo, 900 votes
asst in the United States, so this will
9 tax of little more than 81 piece
n every voter in the nation on the
Ipar that 1s cOnsumed Rut IL is