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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-05-20
An ERA OF MILLIONS.

1t is somewhat bewildering in these
days to look over the business projects
before the country which are reorgan.
izing and capitalizing on basis OF
tens of millions and hundreds of mil
lions. A few years ago these combina-
| tions were content to fix their stock at
million or two, but scarcely day
| passes in which schemes are not
broached for $50, 900, 900 or more. One
much talked of at present announces
that its stock will be placed at $780,
O00, 900 or S80J, 600, 900, or possibly a
round $1,000, 100000. an elasticity in
the prospectus that would have de-
lighted Col. Sellers. This is for q
single line of manufacture. Another,
and by no means one of the most
prominent, is arranging capitaliza-
tion of $50,000,000. Producers of cop
per talk OF marking up their stock to
several hundred millions. In fifteen
months new American industrial
securities" have been created to the
extent of S., 900, 900, 900, and the daily
additions are running higher than
ever These emblems OF wealth, for
they can be called 40 more at present,
are piling up at a rate never equaled
before in the worlds history.
The above is from an editorial in
the ST. Louis Globe.Democrat,and that
paper goes on to say these ''combina.
tions are called trusts, but it is clear
their manipulators are more concerned
in selling stock to persons with money
to invest than running up prices or
limiting production The Globe
Democrat might better have said the
manipulators were interested in three
vocations-watering stocks, selling
them to suckers, and increasing the
prices of the commodities they produce,
and they are paying strict attention to
business. Not one of these items is
overlooked. That each of the many
trust industries is overcapitalized is
evidenced by the fact that they are
being incorporated for vastly more
than the value of the plants they are
absorbing. The result will be to pro-
long the 'era of Millions" because the
manipulators of these trusts will be
able, by raising prices and cutting
down the cost of production, to make
enormous profits especially on the
stock they hold that represents no in
vestment The 'era of millions"
bodies NO good to the masses. fact
which the people are learning, yet
there seems no immediate means of
checking the combines which threaten
to hamper the industrial interests of
the country and create class of
masters and another class OF slaves.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-05-20

While every citizen in town is exer.
cising his mental faculties for the
purpose of discovering plans for aid
ing in the advancement of the business
interests of The, Dalies, and the COM
mittee appointed to raise subsidy funds
is doing its full duty, why not the city
council do little studying also? The
city owns parcel of land where the
old city mills were once located, that
is an admirable site for manufacture
ing establishment why not offer it to-.
gether with free water to some manu-
featuring establishment, that would
employ a certain numbsr of hands and
enter into an agreement to keep it
running for specified length of time?
The question of whether or not the
land should be offered for such purpose
might well be submitted to the voters
at the coming city election next June.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-05-20
THE AMERICAN SOLDIER.

The Spanish war has demonstrated
in war as we'll as in peace. The con-
duct of our soldiers on land and sea
elicits unstinted praise from all man
kind. Every American is proud of our
soldiers, both officers and privates,
and while their achievements are fresh
in the minds of all, the people of other
nations will not considereus vainglori-
Gus if we insist that their equals have
not yet appeared in any other land.
Other nations have brave soldiers
that are not afraid of death. Other
nations have brave officers and skill
full generals. Brilliant records are to
the credit of the soldiers of nearly all
nations. but in all that goes to make
up the true soldier In the highest and
fullest sense, our volunteers and regu-
lars are defective in nothing. but on
the contrary possess every qualifica-
ton in the superlative degree. Upon
every field in every encounter the
result is the same-the American SOL
dier covers himself with glory.
1t is only proper to cite the special
case of the grand achievements of our
brave boys in the Philippines, as their
case is exceptional. They have been
called upon to do work that was not
contemplated by them when they en-
tered the service of their country. 1t
is only fair to conclude that differ.
ence of opinion as TO the wisdom of the
work they are doing is entertained
by the soldiers the came as by the
people of the country generally. But
notwithstanding any difference of
opinion that may exist, or the fact
that their term of enlistment has ex.
pired, their achievements are as bril-
liant IS any recorded in history.
Such soldiers can only be found
among great and noble people Our
soldiers have done much TO increase
the respect of the intelligence of the
world for the American republic. All
honor to the American soldier.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-05-20
Affairs in Cuba are far from be

Affairs in Cuba are far from being
satisfactory. The distribution of the
soldiers pay is proving vexed ques.
tion. and may yet result in an insur-
rection. The Cubans seem to have
lost confidence in the Americans, and
are disposed to make trouble. Evil
IDENTIFY Uncle Sam got a big Job on his
hands when he undertook to regulate
Spain's difficulties. The most sensible
thing to do would be to clear out of
the island and let the Cubans manage
their own affairs. After little ex-
'perience they would see their folly and
begin asking to he annexed to the
United States.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-05-20
STOP CUDDLING THE TRUSTS

Attornew-General Griggs protests
that it is impossible for him to sup.
press the trusts because the law can.
not be made to reach them.
Well. let us assume for the sake OF
argument it is. If the government
cannot suppress the trusts, at least it
is not obliged to encourage, protect,
and subsidize them, is it?
Why should we give the 81, GOO, 200
borax trust the power to tax American
consumers five cents pound on borax?
Could not the $50. 900, 900 Knit Goods
company and the S5O.O00,0OO Print
Cloth pool get along without duties of
so per cent and upward on the things
people must wear?
Would it not be possible for the
United States Cast Iron Pipe and
Foundry company, capital $50, 900, ,OOo,
to make living without 80 ton pro-
lection?
Is the s3O,OOO,OOO National Lead
Company in dire need of the proceeds
of tax of cent and a half a pound
on lead?
Could not the S45, 100000 Western
lumber pool destroy our forests fast
enough without the stimulus of duty
of 50 per Thousand feet on pine boards?
Do the consumers Of sugar feel NOR
ally bound to pay tariff taxes of $780,
600, 900 year to the sugar trust and
its allies, with their capital of Sl28 .000,-
600?
Are the various steel trusts, total
capitalization $685., ,65O,6OO, so poor
that they must have outdoor relief in
.he form of duties of from 1872 per ton
upward on steel and its products?
Is not the $50, 100000 American Tin
Plate Company sufficiently robust
infant by this time to be able to dis
pense with its pap of II cents a pound
on tin plates?
Put every article controlled by a
trust on the free list.
That is simple, practicable policy.
1t needs no litigation. Its execution
would not depend on the zeal and good
faith of prosecuting officers and courts
"But that would mean trade" some
body objects. "The trusts control
everything now, and if their products
are put on the free list there will be
no tariff left"
Well, what of it? If trusts are the
only beneficiaries of the tariff we can
certainly dispense with it as far as pro-
lection is concerned. AS to revenue,
we can get that from graduated in
come tax-New York Journal.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-05-20
ANGLO-AlMERICAN ALLIANCE

While an overwhelming majority of
the American people would repudiate
an alliance with that embodiment OF
the principle of plutocratic rule-the
government of Great Britain-if the
question were submitted to the people
for decision, our politicians at Wash
ington have already effected practi-
cal Anglo-American alliance against
of the Samoan islands. The strings
reaching from Lombard street to
Washington are very stout. Michael
Davitt, who has visited Samoa. and
whose honesty is unquestionable, has
recently written the following letter
to Herr Liebknecht, the popular Ger
man leader, in regard to the petty
cause of the English attack upon the
Germans in Samoa, which is being
backed up by the United States govern
ment. without the advice or consent of
the people of the United States, among
whom there is to be found more Ger
man and Irish than English blood.
Michael Davitt says:
1.-The whole trouble was really the
work of London missionary society,
seeking to make the English dominant
in Samoa. 1t has an auxiliary in
Chief Justice Chambers, who, though
nominally an American, is in reality
an Englishman. He made use of dis
turbances which the London society
promoted to further the project of an
Anglo.American alliance to over
whelm the mass of the Samoans, who
were for Mataafa; but because Mataafa
is Catholic, and supported by the
Germans, the London society, through
Chambers, succeeded in including
English and American officials to in
tlmidate the people. 1t is certain that
the American people will act justly
when the truth is brought home to
their minds, and there will be reac-
tion of popular feeling in the United
States in favor of Germany when it is
found that England is playing per-
fidious game. trying to breed bad
blood between America and Germany
and to profit by jealousy"
An Anglo-American alliance, for the
extension of British commerce, for the
protection of British tyranny in the far
east, and the increase of the profits of
British bondholders, will never be in
dorsed by the votes of the American
people, who pay the bills.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-05-20
RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.

1t was stated in these columns sew
eral days ago that the proposed boat
railway between here and Cello had
been abandoned, and now Washing
tom onacorrespondent to the Oregonian
verifies that statement. The cores
pondent says:
"Evidence continues to accumulate
indicating that the proposed boat rail-
way at the dalles of the Columbia
known as Cello falls. and Three-mile
rapids, of the Columbia river, will
never be constructed. Engineer Of
ficers, with few exceptions, have been
opposed to any such scheme. 1t is true
these advantages were pointed out and
urged upon the engineers until they
finally accepted it. 1t would only cost
about 81. 500, 900 while the double locks
and canal would cost in the neighbor-
hood of s4 900, ,OO0 At the same time
it has been very unfortunate that the
energies of Oregon and Washington
were not devoted to a canal and locks,
even at a higher price, for by this time
work would have been under way.
The boat railway proposition made it
possible for the Washington delegates
to practically ignore the improve
meuts OF the Columbia, and the pro-
jec5 to open the Columbia to the sea-"
A board of engineers recently in.
vestigated the different schemes for
overcoming the distractions to uavi-
CATION and their report was as follows:
"First-That the distractions to
navigation in the Columbia river from
the navigable waters thereof below
Three Mile rapids to the navigable
waters above Cclilu falls, can be over
come in the most feasible, speedy and
economical manner, and in that best
adapted to the present necessities of
commerce. and to its future develop
ment, by the construction of portage
railway, of standard gauge, on the
south side of the Columbia river, from
Cello to Dalles City, the cost of which
is estimated to be $454, 800.
"Second-When the necessity shall
arise for accommodation greater than
can be furnished by a portage railway,
this board recommends chat the con.
struction of canal, located on the
Oregon side of the river, be under
taken"
In the face of such recommendation
by competent board of engineers it
would seem that congress cannot we'll
refuse to make an appropriation for a
portage road that could be used for
immediate transportation and in the
construction of canal and locks which
must be the ultimate means of over
coming the obstacles to navigation.
All of Eastern Oregon and Washing
ton being interested in the opening of
the river, and Portland and Astoria
being like interested, there should be
enough pressure brought to bear to
overcome the influence of Seattle and |
Tacoma. and secure an appropriation
at the next session of congress for a |
portage road, and also to commence |
upon the canal and locks.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-05-20
LET IT BE GENERAL.

Every property owner in The Dalles
and every business man is convinced
beyond doubt that the business inter-
ests of the place and its future prosper
fly depends, to great extent, upon its
becoming manufacturing town, yet
there is a wide divergence of opinion
as to what sort of manufacturing in
dustries will be most advantageous
or would give the best results. And
this divergence of opinion may to
some extent retard the work of the
committee appointed to solicit for SUBJ
sidy funds. However it should not.
There is such wide scope of manufac-
turing industries that would be bene-
fetal to The Dalles that there should
be no contention as to which of the
many should be encouraged. Aay.
thing that will furnish employment for
large number of persons and will
create monthly payroll cannot but
be of benefit to the business interests.
hence there should be no haggling as
to the specific industry for which
subsidy shall be offered.
The most feasible way for securing
manufacturing industries is, we believe,
for the citizens to raise subsidy and
hold 1t out as an inducement for any
manufacturing enterprise that will en-
ploy a certain number of hands. For
instance, if The Dalles can say it will
give bonus of S15, 900 to an enterprise
that will represent an investment of
$50, 600 and employ $50 hands at such
salary as would create a payroll of
SO, 900 month, no matter what the
industry should be, it would be more
likely to secure an enterprise that
would be advantageous, than if an Of
fer were made of certain amount of
money for specific industry. Per-
sons who are manufacturers and who
have money to invest. know what lines
are adapted to certain localities, there
fore when a subsidy is offered they are
capable of judging whether the place |
is suited to their wants or not. Hence
It is that a general offer is more advis- |
able than one that specifies the par
ticular industry.
Some residents of The Dalles may
want a wooden mill, others furniture
while others desire fruit
cannery: but all want q factory that
will furnish employment to the great
,st number OF people. But when the
jeld 10 examined BY the msnufactur-
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-05-20

The good people of Steubenville, o.,
are deserving of commendation for re-
fusing to turn out to hear Anna George
'.lectnre" on her wasted life. If the
woman had even an ordinary degree
of modesty she would have sought re-
tirement instead of parading herself
before the public, which has heard
more than enough of of her celebrated
case" There is nothing redeeming
in it. A weak woman met a bad man.
The bad man cast her off. He was
slain, and she brought to trial and the
jury, swayed by a sense of crude JUS
tice rather than by the law, said it
served him right and turned the
woman loose. The tragic story can
not be entirely wiped out but the cur
tain can be drawn, and in little while
the public will cease to think of it,
and if the woman was entitled to the
consideration shown her by the jury,
she will take up some more respectable
means of earning livelihood.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-05-20

ers it may be found iradvisable to start
any one of those above mentioned, yet
some other manufacturing industries
might be exactly suited to this locali-
ty. For this reason it appears evident
that the best method for The Dalles TO
pursue is to raise all the money it can
for subsidy. then invite people de-
string to invest, to submit their prop
ositions. and for US then to select
which will be the most advantageous.
We need not be specific in the matter
Let US create the subsidy, then select
for what particular industry it may be
offered
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-05-20

Owners of real estate in The Dalles
cannot afford to let the town go back
ward. The merchant can box up his
goods and go to another place if busi-
ness if not satisfactory, but the real
estate owner cannot moye his land or
his buildings, therefore he is more in
terested than anybody else in the
growth Of the town.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-05-20

Travelling salesmen who were 80
solicitous in 1896 to have money that
was good all over the world, since los
ing their jobs on account of the for
nation of trusts, would probably be
satisfied to have their jobs back again
and receive pay in money that is good
in this country, for under present con-
ditions very few of them will go abroad
to spend that kind of money that all
natiOna want
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-05-20
WOOL AND THE TRUSTS.

More complicated conditions con.
front the wool raiser and the wool
merchant this season than ever before,
and it will require close calculating in
deed if they are able to fathom all the
complications and successfully combat
the wool syndicate, or manufacturers
trust. Never before nave the interests
of the wool growers and wool merchants
been so closely allied, and never before
has it been so much to their interest
to stand together. The wool syndicate
of Boston, which is in close touch with
all Eastern manufacturers, has so ar
ranged its affairs that if sufficient W ool
can be secured on consignment it will
be able to hold the price of wool down
to figure that there is no profit left
for the grower, and the business of the
speculator can be made so hazardous
that he will soon be forced out of the
market.
Every pound of wool that is received
on consignment is held as reserve
with which to hold the price down.
and the wool which the grower con-
signed last year is used as a lever to
force down the price on this years clip.
When the syndicate can buy as it likes,
it never touches the wool held on con-
sigDment, but when wool goes up it
begins consuming that held on con.
signment. The wool being out of sight
of the grower he has no means of
knowing whether it is in the ware
houses at Boston or manufactured in
to cloth. Thus the business is made
so uncertain that buyers with large
holdings are placed at the mercy of the
com oine.
1t is possible however to break the
combination if growers and buyers will
stand together for one season. The
greater portion of this years clip must
be had by the manufacturers within
the next twelve months, and if grow.
ers will firmly refuse to consign, and
buyers will hold their stocks until a
satisfactory price is offered, the COM
bine can be brought to terms. Wool
growers have but to refuse to copsign,
and hold their wool for sale at a reason
able figure. If it becomes necessary
to hold their wool over to another
season, it is vastly better for them to
store it at local warehouses, aud if
necessary, to secure loans on it at home
than to. consign it to eastern commits
sion houses, where it is beyond their
control.
That there is a com bination between
the commission men and the manufac-
turers there is no question, and so long
as the growers consign to one party in
the combination, just so long the COM
bine will exist. 1t is impossible to
break the trust while the producers are
giving the trust material with which
to fight them. The experience of
growers who have consigned their
wool in the past has been such that it
should serve as a warning to all for as
rule very little is realized when the
wool is finally sold. After deducting
freight, insurance and commissions,
the first advance is about all there ia
left for the grower. This is time
when the interests of the grower and
buyer are close, and If the would
break the combine that is detrimental
to both, they will get very close to.
gether this season, and growers es-
pecially will refuse to consider any |
from those seeking con- !
signments.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-05-20

Our boys down in the Philippines
haYe not been having much fun with
the natives the past few days, fighting
having subsidized temporarily, but there
will be plenty of it before the end shall
be reached. Those F1lipinos will con-
tinue to shoot as long as the United
States demands an unconditional sur
render. They imagine they have q
few rights that even President McKin-
ley should recognize. even if he did
buy them for go, 900. 900.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-05-20
The National Wabchman pu

at Washington, D. c., is one of the
most ably edited democratic papers in
the country and should be in every
household. 1t is paper for the peo
pie and stands equally for their rights.
The subscription price is only 81 a
year, q sum which any person who
wants to keep posted on national af-
fairs can well Afford.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-05-20
Special toI Saturday, t1e 2011
PiQues and Welts.

The demand for these goods the increase from
the fact that there nothing produced that has the STYLE beauty
and character that depicted well fitting suit skirt waist
of this fabric still greater edeeming feature is the fact
that these goods do crush be aundried like apocet
handkerchief They found stock both vertical and
horizontal stripes also where the stripes combined max
ing decidedly novel and stylish fabric For this day only
will extremely low prices special nducement to
purchase
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-04-28

Berlin, April est is announced here
that President Mckinley received the
German ambassador DR.. Won Holleben
expressed his disapproval of the re-
marks attributed to Captain Coghlan
of the United States cruiser Raleigh at
a recent dinner and requested the en-
bassador to assure Emperor William
and the German government of his
friendly sentiments.
The following statements are made
on authority:
Prospecting Captain Coshlan. no cor
respondence has been exchanged be-
tween the United States embassy and
the German government. and the Incl
dent is considered entirely closed so far
as Germany is concerned.
"Regarding Samoa. the dispatches of
Captain Schoenfelder, commander Of
the Fake. detailing the amcable rela-
tions existing between the German off,
GERS In Samoa and those of the other
powers, have been we'll received, though
they will doubtless cause some annoy
ance to the sensational journals which
have sought to stir warlike feeling here
by representing Admiral Kautz as a
rough, overbearing boor
1.-THE general feeling is confidence in
the newly appointed commission, and
the foreign office as we'll as the Ameri-
can and British embassies express sat
isfaction at the fact that they can now
have time to devote to other questions
Regarding the transference to Ber-
lin of the negotiations for reciprocity
treaty, nothing has yet been received
at the United States embassy on the
subject"