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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-25
TRUSTS AND TRUSTS.

The way trusts are being formed is
indeed alarming, for at the present
rate of organization it will be but a
few years until every industry except
agricultural pursuits will be in a
combine, and then the common peo-
pie will be at the mercy of these or
ganizations, so they will be forced to
pay tribute to these unholy combines
on every article they consume. The
East Oregonian takes rather cheer
full view of the situation and believes
that trusts will fall from their on cor
ruption. 1t says:
"The latest trust is to be made up of
bicycle manufacturers. They too are
to have capitalization of $50, ,0OO. 900
and the bicycle consumers are expect
ed to pay returns upon this vast sum.
The trust nuisance is doomed to an
early death. There can be even too
much of a good thing. The people
are awakening to the fact that their
liberties are threatened by the trusts
by over-capltalization, ,over-infation
over.speculation and over-taxation-
in short by unnecessary government,
rom the abuses of which have sprung
the twins-the Trust Evil' and the
Money Devil. z"
Then again the same journal COM
meptiug on the coal trust says:
"The coal trust recently formed in
the east has already increased the
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-25
GULLING THE PEOPLE.

The temporary relief experienced
by the producers of this country
caused by famine abroad, supplement-
ed by large war expenditures and the
withdrawal of thousands of men from
active employment to fill up the ranks
of the army, is pointed to by worship
ers at the golden throne as evidence
of the benign influence of a change of
administrator and the fastening of
the gold standard upon the nation.
But the inevitable reaction, when
good crops are enjoyed by other coun-
tries; ~hen the men now in the army
return to active employment and be.
gin again competing for wages in
busy employment, and when the ex-
penditures for war supplies shall be
diminished to their normal condition,
will chill the enthusiasm of the most
sanguine supporter of the present ad-
ministration.
Already the effects of good crops
abr Dad are being felt ir our markets.
Wheat has fallen nearly so per cent
inside of ten months, wool has dimin-
ished in price, Gotten is lower than it
has been for years, and our meats, ex-
cept beef, are gradually falling in val
ue, while the manufacturers IN all
lines not controlling a monopoly of
the market, find their warehouses filed
to overaowingand no sales in sight.
These are rather disagreeable fea-
lures to confront the party in power.
and their only hope rests in keeping
governmental expenditures sufficient.
ly large for another year to attract the
attention of the people away from de-
clining prosperity and the real causes
that made the temporary prosperity of
the past two years, until after the
presidential election of 1900. If this
can be done; if the expenditures of the
government can be kept up to that
point that times will be seemingly
good, the present administration may
be able to pull its party through, but
in this event a terrible crash will come,
aud the people will find them selves
burdened with an enormous debt with
nothing to show for it. However,
desperate diseases require heroic rem.
edies, and from appearances the poll
ticians will apply them in the coming
wear,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-25
THAT ROTTEN BEEF.

By the latter witnesses before the
court of inquiry the truth about the
canned beef undoubtedly Is told, says
the Oregonian. The cattle used by
the Gamers were so inferior that the
meat could not be placed on the block
for sale to customers who could see it;
and this meat, with other odds and
ends, the various refuse of the slaugh-
ter-pens, was put up in tins and
sold to the government for soldiers
rations. The mess was cooked. or
partially cooked. by being raised to
temperature in water of 230 to 250 de-
grees, and then the cans were sealed
up. The treatment took out of the
meat what little nutriment there was
in it, and converted it into a repulsive
and even lOathsome mess, which pois-
oned those whom hunger forced to eat
it. such was the food sold to the gov
ernment, as canned roast beef and can
ned corned beef. 1t was NEARLY the
boiled flesh of miserably poor cattle
no care of selection and no cleanliness
of treatment. Yet the scoundrels who
furnished it got full prices and Alger's
commissary department let it pass.
Though general Miles has not made
his charge specifically good, that
poisonous food in the form OF beef, was
furnished and accepted ''under pre-
tenre of an experiment"-for this was
no experiment, but only conscious and
criminal swindling-the disclosures
nevertheless bring out worse state OF
facts than his charge even implied.
Much of the beef furnished the troops
was utterly vile and loathsome stuff. of
which complaint was general among
the men. But it is reported that the
charge made by General Miles related
to embalmed beef, or to beef that had
been chemically treated, and this can.
ned putrefaction did not fall within
the description. Such bubble is moth
ing now. The country wants the
actual facts. 1t has been proven, how
ever. that there was some of this
"doctored" beef. Witness have testi-
fed to knowledge of the existence of
seven quarters of it; and General Wes-
ton, Eagan's successor in the commits
sary department, admits that repre-
sentative of the Armour company
talked to him about this process, and |
wanted to put some of the beef on
board ship, in order to learn how long
it would keep. 1t is asserted, however,
that the commissary department had
nothing officially to do with it. Hence
though it was not the "embalmed" beef |
tina. made the greater part of the
trouble, it is certain therefore there
was such an article; and it is to the
story that started with the embalmed
beef that the country is indebted for
the revelation of this grosser criminal
outrage upon its soldiers.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-25
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.

The dispatches announce that the
American commission in the Philip
pines has at last made public an ad-
dress to the Filipinos outlining the
policy of this government toward those
people. The dispatch giving this
Information says:
"The address assures the Filipinos
of the intention of the Americans to
deyelop powers of self-government in
the people. 1t explains that the
Americans have assumed international
responsible to the whole civilized
world for the stable government of the
Philippines.
"The commission, it is explained,
is to interpret to the natives the pur-
poses and intentions of the president
toward them, and also suggest the
establishment of such government as
shall suit the capacity and require.
ments of the Filipinos and be consis-
tent with the interests of the United
States The protection of the United
States is not to be exercised in any
spirit of tyranny or vengeance; but,
having destroyed the Spanish power
and accepted the sovereignty of the
islands, the United States is bound to
restore peace in the Philippines. To
this end all insurgents are invited to
lay down their arms and place their
trust in the government that emanci.
pated them from the oppression of
Spain.
"The majority of the commissioners
incline toward giving the Filipinos
sort of tribal or provincial local
autonomy, under central governments
which shall be military until purely
civil system is proved to be feasible"
The commission in this instance
speaks for the president, and while
my statement from the president re-
yarding the nature of the government
20 be given the Filipinos has been
ong time coming, it is we'll that he
las spoken at last. Though had such
statement been made two months
Igo, in all probability it would have
prevented the precipitation war with
he insurgents. 1t was a lack OF con-
idence in the American government
md belief that they would be SUBJ
ected to the same eyranical rule that |
hey had suffered under Spanish con-
rol, that made the Filipinos resent
he encroachment of American au-
hority.
The treaty of peace was signed at
Paris on December 10, and had the
resident Immediately issued prccla-
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-25
GOOD DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE

The democratic state convention of
Michigan was harmonious body COM
posed of democrats, populists and sill
yer republicans. Thomas E. Bark
worth was nominated for justice of the
supreme court; Edward F. Legendre,
democrat, and Stanley E. Parkbill,
populist, were nominated regents of
the state university. The resolutions
reaffirm the Chicago platform, and cn
trusts say: "We believe the greatest
menance at the present time to Ameri-
can civilization aud to the industries
and political liberty of the people con-
sists in the growing tendency to place
the business of the country in the
hands of combinations and trusts:
and we denounce the gold trust, money
trusts, sugar trust. oil trust, match
trust, tobacco trust, and every other
trust having for its object the control
of production and prices: and we sub
nit as our candid opinion and deliber-
ate Judgment that graduated federal
and state income tax would furnlsh e1-
fective means of suppressing trusts.
We request immediate passage of an
income tax measure by the state legis-
lature." The plank upon expansion
says: "We are in favor of making
such disposition of territory brought
into the possession or under the con-
=. a.
with Spain as shall best promote the
interests and secure the welfare of the
American people, and that to advance
the cause of civil and religious freedom
a government should be established in
the islands having for its fundamental
principles self government for the
DeODle "
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-25
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

Since the passage of the army reOr-
gauization bill during the closing days
of the last session of congress, placing
at the disposal of the president the ap-
pointment of 10l second-.ieutenants in
the regular army, there have been
22,OO0 applications for these positions.
and there have been go. 900 applications
for the positions in the volunteer army
which the president is empowered to
fill.
What does this mean? Does it
mean that the chances for young men
in the business world have disappeared,
and that position in the regular army,
where a man can live a life of compara-
tive idleness and draw a meager salary
with little hope of rising to more than
a caplaincy during lifetime, promises
more security for the future than are
offered in civil pursuits? Or does it
mean that the martial spirit has so
beset our people that our young men
are carried away with the dreams
of glory to be attained by life doing
garrison duty on the frontier or in some
post in the newly acquired territory?
1t has been the glory and pride of
the United States for more than a CEN
tury that all the avenues to wealth and
distinction we're open to all, and that
industry and prudence. coupled with
ability, were the unerrlng passports to
success. The term "self-made man"
has ever been the proudest appellation
thai could be applied to those who as
cended from the lowest to the highest
round of the ladder in the business and
professional walks of life.
Down to the present there has never
been a time when American parents
sought positions for their sons in the
army. In fact to seek position in the
army in time of peace, except through
the military channel of military ed.
ucation at West Point. has not been
considered dignified and hardly re-
spectacle.
There must be something wrong
when there is such a clamor for posi-
tions in the government service
Young men certainly must see little
to encourage them III business ventures
when they will thus seek places in the
army.
The field for reward for energy and
application to business must not be
bright else they would not rush head
long into positions where there is little
hope of advancement. Since it is only
Of late that such q disposition is shown
by our young men, it must be that
through adverse legislation the aven
1es for advancement in business pur
suits are lessened so that stated salar.
les are more to be desired than business
Ventures.
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once thoroughly organized will in a
very short time close all the factories
in christendom and cause the bond
holders and laborers of the New Eng
land and Middle states to miugle their
sorrows and tears over the common
and irretrievable ruin that must in
evitably follow.
The East Oregonian insists that If
Mckinley is renominated in 1900 he
will certainly be elected. What
foundation it has for such belief is
not explained. But it is certainly not
because of the popularity of his ad-
ministration, or on account of any
thing he had done since he was in
augurated president. We predict that
before it closes, McKinley's admins
tration will be more unpopular than
that of any of his predecessors. and
that he will have a very slim following
in the republican national convention.
The Bureau of Statistics of the treas.
ury department shows that the amount
of wheat exported from the United
States for the eight months ending
with February amounted to los, ,S07, 300
bushels against 10l ,425,5 bushels in
the corresponding months last year,
while the value is but SSl liza, ,G49
against s93, ,9S2, ,596 in the correspond
lug months last year. Thus it will be
seen that the fall in the price of wheat
below that of last year las netted
loss to the American farmers of 1882
23S bushels of wheat and SI2, ,s09,5l9.
Did the adoption of the DingIey tariff
law and the retention of the gold
standard cause the high prices in 1897?
II so,why didn't they keep prices up in
1QQQo
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-25

price Of coal in New York city from
$3.50 ton to S5. Thus the trust ex-
acts a tribute of $3.50 ton from con.
sumers of coal. The question arises,
how are they able to raise the price of
coal whenever they choose? Because
the trust controls not only all the
railroads that tap the coal region but
also all the canals. The monopoly is
against public policy, and it is also
against the law. This would not be
the case If it were not fact that the
trusts own and control quite nearly
all the attorney generals and good
portion of the legislative bodies. The
powers and privileges exercised by
trusts are the offspring of bad and
unequal taxation, the burden of which
threatens legitimate enterprises and
industry while rewarding privilege
and monopoly. The care lies IN the
direction of simple taxation-taxation
that would free labor and open wide
the door of opportunity, with equality
to all men. So long as taxation en-
ables men to capitalize and monopo
lize the land the Trust Evil and
the Money Devil will flourish and
government will be corrupt. as it is
impossible to accomplish anything of
moment under present conditions
without resorting to these means"
The East Oregonion has the right
conception of the question that 1t is
our system of taxation that make
trusts possible, but its remedy is not
exactly correct. The proper method
for dealing with trusts is to remove
all protective duties On commodities
controlled by trusts. The protective
tariff gives them a monopoly of the
markets of this country, and if this
were removed, they would come in
competition with the producers of
other countries, and the trusts would
vauich
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-25
Iowa to be kepaired.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 23.-The
battleship Iowa will at once be taken
to the Union Iron works, where she
will remain about six weeks while
being repaired. Her boilers will be
retubed and her cylenders overhauled.
1t is understood that she will then go
to Port Orchard to be docked and
have bilge keels put on, preparatory to
going to Manila to relieve the Oregon,
which may come home to be dOcked.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-25
There are already 25O,ooo American

There are already 250,000 American
troops lu the Philippines, and it is
said these are scarcely more than
enough to maintain the lines around
Manila and police the city. If this is
true it will require 100000 men to gar
rison all the islands and keep the
people in subsection. Such an army
will cost no less than from S45, 600, 900
to $50, 10000 year, besides the cost
of an army of civil officers and gov
that will haye to be
supported. This little expense is one
of the fruits of our imperialistic and
EXPANSION ideas.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-25
Agoncillo Goes to Paris.

LONDON, March 2l.-Agoncillo,
agent of Aguinaldo, and members OF
the former staff of Filiplnos at Wash
ington, have gone to Paris in order to
confer with the Filipino junta there.
Neither party has received news from
the Philippine islands during the past
eight days. They say they fear the
Americans have discovered and stop
ped their means of sending news to
Manila
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-25
RElNFoRoEMEors AT MANILA.
News of the Shermsn's Arrival Is Re-
ceived at Washington

News of the shermsn's Arrival is Re-
ceived at Washington.
WASHINGTON, March 22.-Addition-
al reinforcements reached Manila this
morning, as is indicated by the receipt
of dispatch from General Otis, say
ing that the transport Sherman had
arrived with the troops in good con-
dition. The Sherman followed the
Grant thaough the Suez canal, these
preceding the transport Sheridan over
the same route. The Sheridan is ex-
pected to reach Manila in about two
weeks.
These three vessels will add about
5000 fresh regular troops to the mill
tary forces in the Philippine islands,
and are expected to aid materially in
the plans which contemplate the com.
plete subjugation of the insurgents
before the opening of the rainy sea-
son, about the middle of April.
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nation to the Filipinos em bodying the
statements which he now addresses
to them, everything would have gone
well, But coming at this late date, it
is doubtful if the address will suffice
TO quiet the insurgents. We have
made enemies of them and haye lost
their confidence. Something more
than mere promises will be necessary
now to regain their friendship and
cOpfidance
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Assembly win dissolve.

WASHINGTON, March 23.-Advices
from Cnba received by Senor Quesada,
which he regards as Trustworthy, are to
the effect that the Cuban assembly will
dissolve before the present week ends,
probably on Saturday. Mr.. Queseda
regards this as most satisfactory out
come, as the dissolution has been
brought about voluntarily aid without
agitation which enforced action might
have caused. 1t will clear the way, in
his judgment, to a pacific adjustment
of the affairs of Cuba.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-25

MANILA, March 23.-Details of the
fighting at lilo lilo on March 16 show
that 400 rebel riflemen from Pania
were met by seven companies of the
Eighteenth regiment, United States
infantry, and battalion of Tennessee
volunteers. Supporting these troops
were three two-inch Hotchkiss guns
under general Miller North OF Jaro,
across the river, the Americans were
met with heavy fire. One man was
killed and Is wounded of the Eigh-
teenth regiment, and there were
several cases of sunstroke. General
Miller estimates that so rebels were
killed and 100 wounded.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-25
SUICIDE NEAR wALLA wALLA.
Young Farmer Fires a Bullet Into
His Brain.

A Young Farmer Fires a Bullet Into
His Brain.
WALLA WALLA, WASH, March 81.
Samuel Wilson, a young man about
26 years of age, committed suicide
last nigis at his fruit farm five miles
south of this city, by shooting himself
in the head.
Mr.. Wilson had been accused of ruin.
ing several girls in the neighborhood,
and though he always asserted his
innocence, the charges weighed on
his mind. Last night on his way home
from the city, he met friend, who
accused him of intimacy with his l3-
year-old daughter. Wilson proceeded
on home, wrote note to his friend
saying he was innocent of the charge,
and hoped he would continue to be
regarded as friend. Then he went
out on the porch and shot himself
His parents reside at Nevada City,
Missouri.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-25

Last Saturday the Windsor hotel in
New York was destroyed by fire, and
perhaps fifty persons lost their lives.
1t was a case of au old an;iquated
building erected without proper fire
escapes, like the Baldwin in San
Francisco. And such holocausts will
continue to occurr until the authori.
ties in cities condemn such buildings.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-25

WASHINGTON, March 23.--Mrs. i.
McCailum, daughter of Sherman, re-
ceived telegram from Mr.. Wiberg,
who is accompanying the former sec
retary of state on his tour of the West
Indies, announcing Sherman's con-
tinued improvement. The Chicago
will probably arrive at Santiago to-
night, and if Sherman and his friends
are still of the same mind they will
take him on board and bring him
home,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-03-25
LEPER SETTLEMENT AT MOLOKAI.
San Franciscans Want to Establish
National Institution.

San Franciscans Want to Establish a
National Institution.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 23.-Rev.
w. II. Tubb will soon visit the leper
settlement on the islands of Molokai,
as the agent of a local improvement
club, and with the Endorsement of
Senator Dwyer, the author of the
concurrent resolution adopted by the
recent legislature to convert Molokai
into national leper settlement. He
will remain among the lepers for four
months: and will work in connection
with a commute to be appointed by
President Mckinley to investigate the
matter.
There are a number of lepers in the
San Francisco pesthouse, and the
citizens are anxious to have them re-
moved to Molokai.
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HONOR TO VICTORIA.
Flags will be Flung to the Breeze In New
York on Her Biz thday.

Flags Will be Flung to the Breeze In New
York on Her Biz rthday.
NEW YORK, March 22.-Queen Vic
toria is likely to receive an unprece-
dented honor by the city of New York.
On May "a, the queens birthday, the
national, state and city flags will be
flung to the breeze from all public
buildings in Greater New York in
honor of the queen.
The first resolution. to pay this
tribute was offered at the meeting of
the municipal council, and it was pas
sed by an unanimous vots. The reso.
luton declared that on affinity existed
between the Anglo-Saxon races; that
to the United State substantial aid and
moral support were given during the
war with Spain, and the city of New
York, as tribute of respect and hon.
or to Queen Victoria, should display
the American flag on her birthday.
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