The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-11-05
proved by all the people of Eastern

proved by all the people OF Eastern
Oregon and Southern Idaho. He hal
been the most powerful and Influential
foe to an open river in the senate. Oul
| neighbors to the north have the same
interest in this matter as others living
on the Columbia. They should moi
stand in the way Of their own advance
ment.
Under normal conditions wheat
should sell Tor about one dollar pei
bushel, but of late years it has reached
that price only when there was a
famine in some of the wheat growing
countries. There must therefore be
something out of joint. Is it not that
! there is not sufficiency of circulating
medium in the world? If both gold
and silver were recognized as primary
money would not wheat command q
better price2
"Dude" Lewis has made the best re-
preventative Washington has ever had
in the national congress. He is brainy
and he has influence at Washington.
1t would be too bad to turn him down
just now when our neighbor to the
north needs man who can push the
matter of an open river and get appro-
priations for ths same. Ifall the other
fusion candidates fail, Mr.. Lewis
should be reelected.
Farmers are hauling their wheat to
The Dalles. and are offered 81 cents
ior it. This is the price obtainable
under the gold standard. Their taxes
are just as high as they would be if
their wheat brought one dollar per
bushel under the free coinage of silver.
Therefore if they conld get double
the price for their wheat under free
coinage, it would require only half as
many bushels of wheat to pay their.
taxes.
What is the matter with the wheat
and wool markets this year? Under
q protective tariff and gold standard,
we thought wheat and wool growers
were to be overburdened with good
prices, but wool is drug on the mar
ket and wheat is worth only 81 cents a
bushel here. Probably voters in states
where elections are held next week
haye found out where the matter lies,
4 nd will vote apoOrdi pO1U
The matter of an open river from
Lewiston to the sea is one of greater
Importance to Eastern Washington
han almost any other st present. |
The people of that section have little |
hopes Of getting an appropriation for
his purpose, so long ss Senator Will
on represents the state at the nation
i capitol. They will therefore see to |
{ that legislators pledged to him will |
,e left to home. They want the state
# Washington, not the Northern Pa |
ific railroad, represented.
Wm. Mckinley is oy no means SO
bile and versatile q speaker as Benja-
min Harrison. President Harrison's
finland speeches, when he was pass
Dg through the country, had q variety,
ppropriateness and force that were
ute remarkable. None of our presi-
ents has equalled him in this accom-
lishment or gift; and the speeches of
Resident Mckinley are quite thin.
oor and jejune in comparison with
hose of President Harrison-Oregon-
an. l,
The order of President Mckinley
1000 government employees
.om The classified list and turning
hem over to the spOilsmen To be par
sled out as political rewards is high /,
anded act The merit system in the
Ivil service was intended to put COM :
eteDt people into the service, and un- :
or Mr.. Cleveland's administration
ad that effect. But under the present
merit does not appear
, be considered, when party strikers ,
e to be cared for This act alone
i'll lose to the republican party
lousands of votes all over the country.
The Republican papers prate about
10 largest possible use of silver as d
oney. There can be 40 increase in
70 nse OF silver. as money excepting p
! its free coinage. Men of the stamp
Mark Hanna and Secretary Gage If
, not propose that there shall ever
> another ounce Of silver coined ex- o.
'pting that already in the treasury
the United States. They want te
'nds-interest bearing bonds-as the
sis of q banking currency. They p'
1 s282, 900. 900 in bonds issued by
eveland to malntaia the gold stand
d and s200, 200, 600 more under Nc cy
nley on the pretext of a war issue,
len the treasury 10 bursting with ar
Id. The plutocrsts are In the sad
} and the people will be burdened oh
tn bond issue that can never be nj
i'd. That is the issue. Silver abso-
ely cruciied and the backs of the ba
ople burdened with interest bearing
uds The attention of the Wslla co
ALA Union IL respectfully called to
above plain statement OF facts. thi