The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-09-25
The forthcominm sneciai Illustrated

The forthcoming special Illustrated
edition of the Times es-Mountaineer will
be the best advertising medium that
has been presented for the considera-
tion OF the merchants of the Inland
Empire for some time. 1t will be an
edition that will be kept for reference
for years by all who receive copy,
aud announcements that appear in its
pages will be OF lasting benefit.
Judge Sears, CT Portland, decided
that q school teacher is Il public official,
and, therefore, his salary cannot be
garnished by creditors. This decision
will not be received with any great
degree of public favor. because it gives
an opportunity for certain class of
deadbeats to escape the payment OF
their honest debts. In fact, public Of
ficials ought to be no more sacred in
this respect than private individuals.
Dun and Bradstreet unite in giving
glowing accounts of revival OF business
throughout the country. They report
trade better than it has been for years,
and are ready 10 concede the return of
general prosperity is due to the im-
mense crop OF cereals being harvested.
and the advanced prices that are being
| realized for the same. This is proof
! of the ofJ-made statement in these
| columns that prosperity to be lasting
must originate with the farmers, who
! are the only real wealth producers of
the country.
When Armour and Cudahy raise the
| price Of meats, that is corner on
| meats; when the sugar trust raises the
| price of sugar, that is corner on
sugar; when the coal operators COM
bine and raise the price of coal, that is
a corner On coal. All the above are
| legitimate, but when a lot of coal
miners get together and form a corner
on labcr and say they want wages
enough to live, then that is riot and
the militia is called out. When such
circumstances as these exist, is it any
wonder that American patriotism IS
not what it used to be?
A Portland preacher the other day
expressed sentiment in which most
human beings can join. He said: sit
is great thing to be d man. When
was a boy, they sang song of wanting
to be an angel. That song was mis-
take. | would rather be q man than
an angel" There are very few who,
when the time comes, are ready to
lay aside the man for the angel, and
the majority of us stave off the trans
ition as long as possible. Even the
most devout Christian will call in q
physician when ne gets sick, just in
order to prevent becoming premature
angel.
Secretary of the Treasury Gage tells
an awaiting people that "the mint
makes no price for gold' and gives
them to understand that the mint
could not do any more for silver if it
were free coin. This being so, and
we have the secretary's word for it.
! why theu uOC uoSIroS tue COnteution
of ''silver infationists" by coming
silver free at the mints, the same as Is
done with gold? But. the laws of the
country declare that such and such
coins stamped by the government into
money are "a legal tender for debts
public and private" 1t is this declar-
alton in connection with the minting
privilege that gives gold it's value.
Treat silver, if the government dares,
in the same way and the world will
see whether Secretary Gage has literal
ly stated the truth Or not. This from
the East Oregonian, is not pOetical,
bnt it has whole lot OF truth in it.
| just the same.