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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-02
MARKETING FLOUR ABROAD.
Until recent years flour has not been
generally exported from the United

Until recent years flour has not been
generally exported from the United
States, the bread stuffs having been
shipped as they came from The field
But lately American miiiers have in
troduced improved machinery for con-
vertiug wheat into -four, and as d
consequence our -four is attracting at
tention abroad and is finding sale in
the markets of the .7orid, and during
the last fiscal year the exports of -four
amounted to 100000 barrels, equiva-
lent toS0 0.0C0 900 bushels OF wheat.
The gain to this country in exporting
-four rather than wheat ia consider
able item. The average price for
bushel of the exported wheat last
year was "a. II cents, hile the aver
age price of wheat exported in the
form of -four wac 81 6: cents, or nearly
13 cents per bushel profit for making
the -four. Had all the wheat exported
been converted into -four it would
have made profit of about $50 ,O0O, 900
to the millers of the country.
The increase in the demand for
American -four is quite general the
world over and very considerable in the
countries the other side of the Pacific.
10 1898 we exported to Hong Kong
378,634 barrels. hut in 1899 more than
1,O0O,0nU barrels; to japan in 1898 we
sold ~ 81 barrels. but in 1899 about
225,0O0 barrels. Our Asiatic trade in
this commodity grew from 418,353
barrels in 1898 to l, ,75O, 900 barre Is in
1899. In the United Kingdom the de-
mand increased from 5.27l PA barrels
in 1898 to more than 10000. 900 barrels
in 1899, while Germany which took
only 1900 barrels in 1898. purchased
of US nearly 100000 barrels last year
There is no feature of our foreign
trade that is more encouraging than
that which includes -four, for we not
only produce superior quality of
grain but no nation excels Us in the
process by which the wheat is conver.
ted into an article of food.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-02
THE DECLINE OF FRANCE.

The Oregonian, in discussing the
Dreyfus trial, made some very timely
reflections which we think are worth
reproducing. 1t says, and we believe
truthfully:
'The army controls the government;
il overawes the courts; it IL timidates
the press; it dominates so much as
there is in France of public opinion.
Unhappily for France, it seems strong
enough to do any and every species of
wrong with impunity.
"When a nation gets into position
so corrupted that there is no appeal to
public opinion, no remedy in the uni
versal sense of right and justice, Its
day of power and usefulness in the
world is waning. So it is with France.
The momentum of past moral force
and of past greatness still carries it
along, and may for long time to
come; but France. as an effective
aud beneficient potentiality In the
world is dead. There awaits her the
moral decay, the material decline,
the progressive loss of respect and
general paralysis. in
has been illustrated
painfully in the history of Modern
Spain."
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-02
SOME TRUST PRICES.

The Crook County Journal, one of
those papers that is so blind that it &C.
cepts everything as right and just
that happens under d republican aa-
ministration, and has occasionally re.
marked that trusts are not bad thing,
unuittingly publisheda a news item that
is not strictly in keeping with its
preachings. The item referred to says;
"Col. Forsyth, superintendent of the
water works, returned Sunday and will
commence work at once. BE says that
the company vas very unfortunate,
the price of iron having advanced to
almost propibitive prices, so that a
Car load that would have cost 5000 last
January now costs $500"
While the Journal has allowed Col.
Forsyth to give it a fill about the
price of iron, for there has been no
such rise in price rs he taJes, yet. be-
cause of the formation of the steel and
iron trust, the price of iron has ma
uCi dusduCCo oiuC'1 idou
This fact should be sufficient to stop
the Journal from preaching about the
beauties of the protective tariff that
enabled manufacturers, on account of
the monopoly the tariff gives them, to
form trusts and charge home con-
sumers unreasonable prices fo- tneir
products. The price of iron has ad
vanced materially in the past eight
months, not because of any special de-
mand, but because trust has been
fromed that controls all the iron mills
of the country and has cut down the
product below the demand. Being
given a monopoly of the home market
by reason of high protective tariff,
the trust can FIX prices to suit itself.
but if there were no protective tariff
on iron there would be competition
from abroad, and the trust would be
impossible. Trust prices that now
prevail ought to open the eyes of such
paUers as the Journal that advocate
the tariff q pa nee for all ills.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-02

limited areas damage and loss resulted
to the cut hay.
In the Grande Ronde valley but little
grain bad been cut before the rains
set in; hence, in that valley there is
little damaged grain and excellent
prospects for the late grain. Sugar
beets have made wonderful growth
and thoroughly satisfactory crop is
now promised.
Hops are in frst.class condition; the
vines are free from lice, and the burrs
are free from mould and are large and
plentiful. The hop crop is today more
promising than it ever was before.
Hop picking will commence in the
southern counties about September l.,
and in the Willamette valley about
September 10.
The second crop of clover will be
nearly as good as the first.
Corn is very promising, and with
warmer weather large crop will
mature.
Gardens, berries, etc., are in excel
lent condition.
Melons and peaches have been ripen-
ing slowly. Apples and pears are
ripening. Prune drying will COM
mence about September 10, and dry
ers are being put 10 order for the work.
The prune crop stood the rainy
weather in excellent form, and very
fair crop will be secured; as rule, the
prunes are larger and better than in
former years.
The prospects for crops in Oregon
are good, better that expected, and, on
the whole, nearly as good as in former
years
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-02
TOO SLOW a METHOD.

Some people in the upper country
evidently have not implicit confidence
! in the saying that "God helps them
who helps themselves, else they would
not wait for congress to appropriate
money with which to improve the
Columbia river, but would go to work
and do it themselves. They want the
river opened to navigation and want it
bad, but are not taking hold of the
proposition insa way that will insure
speedy action, if the following from a
Lewiston correspondent to the Ore.
goniau Is to be taken as an index of
the sentiment that prevails there:
ut is urged by many that a mass
convention should be held at The
Dalles, In Oregon, to discuss on the
very ground the immediate construc-
tion of a portage railway. This con-
vention, it is declared, should be at
tended by representative men from
the entire country. The attendance
should include the mayors OF the cities
and towns and congressman from
Idaho, Washington and Oregon, be.
sides large farmers from the Palouse
valley, Camas Prairie and the whole
country affected by the proposed i'm
provements. 1t is said that by such
meeting, the vast Importance of Dor.
tage road could be brought vividly be-
fore the minds Of the people, and an
of 5000, ,OO0, 900 or more
could be made by congress Immediately |
upon its being called together In De-
,ember. 1t has been argued that such
! convention could be held after har-
vest, some time in November, and its
fleet you'd be fsr.resching 10 sscur.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-02
WEATHER AND CROPS.
Report of the Portland Bureau for the
Week Ending Monday.

Report of the Portland Bureau for the
Week Ending Monday.
The rains have ceased and fair
weather has again set in. The rains
began on August 10 and ceased during
the night of the 26th. Rain did not
fall every day; there were intervals of
fair weather and bright sunshine,
but the temperature was abnormally
low. The total rainfall for the month
amounts to 2 % to 2.48 inches, except
over the plateau region, where one
inch or less fell. Snow fell during the
last week upon the mountains of north-
eastern Oregon, and frosts occurred
over the plateau region on the 18th,
18th and 20th; on the later date frosts
occurred on the higher elevations to
southwestern Oregon, east of the
Coast mountains. The weather which
has prevailed during the month was
At Walla Walla the
records are complete since 1857 and
tu0 lOFLuOT uOoNS idiuldii III aug uSu
was in 1896 and in 1897, when 1.4
inches fell. At Portland the heaviest
previous rainfall was in 1881, when
?. IL inches fell; in that year 1.01 inches
tell on the 18th, 14th and 10Th; then
Try weather prevailed until the 18th,
when rain fell until September l. In
1896 at Portland l.16 inches fell from
he 1st to the 7th. In 1879 at Roseburg
AT inches fell, which is the previous
leavy rainfall, and in 1894 at Baker
Jity 0.55 of an inch fell. In these
vears the temperature was higher and |
he air not SO damp. The weather |
Turing the month was therefore un-
Haying is late in the mountain
alleys of Eastern Oregon and in
the Plstesu region; In these
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-02
Millions Given Away.

1t is certainly gratifying to the pub
lie to know of one concern in the land
who are not afraid to be generous to
the needy and suffering. The proprie-
tors of DIR. Kings New Discovery for
con sumption, Coughs and Colds, have
given away over ten million trial bot
ties of this great medicine; and have
the satisfaction of knowing it has abb
solutely cured thousands of homeless
cases. Asthma. bronchitis, hoarse-
ness and all diseases of the throat,
chest and lungs are surely cured by it.
Cal. on Blakeley & Houghton, drug
gists, and get a free trial bottle. Regu-
lar size SO cents and $1.00. Every bot
tie guaranteed, or price refunded,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-02
IN IT A VAR OF CONQUEST

IN IL d W II UT CO"T
President McKinley's snort speech
at the Catholic summer school was
notable for en- utterance which must
have impressed the country. Speaking
of the flag, be said that wherever it il
assailed at any sacrifice it will be
carried to triumphant peace" He
could have ment nothing else than that
the present war will be prosecuted to
the bitter end, and that it will never
cease until the Filipinos submit to
the absolute dictation in their own
country of government located 5000
miles away.
Mr.. Mckinley has often been crit:
| csed for having no definite policy in
the Philippine adventure. But here
is one. 1t is stern and unyielding re
preston. Some people call it the
"restoration of order" we call it con-
| quest.
1t Is conquest because the people he
is engaged in subduing have divine
right to resist the transfer of the
sovereignty of their country from one
| foreign monster to another, when 1t is
done without their consent.
1t is conquest because the Filipinos
obey a fundamental law of human
nature 10 resortiDg to arms in order to
have some part in the determination
of their own future.
1t is conquest because that same
people had an organized govern ment
of their own which preserved order,
protected life and property within its
territory.
1t is conquest because that people
display remarkable persistency and
| fortitude. in struggling for what they
conceive to be their rights, against
overwhelming odds.
To describe this war as an attempt
to ''restore order" is a hypocritical
travesty upon truth. 1t is conquest
without adequate justification, and In
the history of the United States it
must be viewed as one of the shameful
events of the century.
1t may be true. as Professor Langh-
lin has suggested, that the president
thinks that he cannot so much as
without acknowledging his previous
course to be colossal blunder, and
thus inviting his own political ruiu.
We believe, however, that he risks a
ruin equally complete by preserving
in his policy of conquest. But allow
ing that he will be triumphantly cue
cessful at au early day in this war of
subjugation and will be sustained for
the moment by the majority of the
American people, it will still be i'm
possible to congratulate the twenty
eight president of the United States
upon his lofty position. The cold,
white light of history will show that
this war was due to him, and will
record that in no respect did the
American people regard it as praise
worthy or as anything else than
wretched in its butchery from begin
ming to end.
Rather than lead the nation through
such course as Mr.. Mckinley is now
leading it, any man should prefer to
live and die the obscurest and hum blest
citizen in the republic. 1t is mel
ancholy fate for the President of the
greatest democracy on earth to wage
a bloody and devastating war not in
the defense of his own country. Or to
conserve his country's vial interests,
hut to tear down and tremple upon th 9
legitimate aspirations of a distant
people to hew out their own destiny.
Springfield Republican.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-02
WASHINGTON BOYS COMING.
They Will Leave Manila in a Few
Davs.

DAYS.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.-General
Otis today informed the war depart
ment of the departure from Manila of
the transport Para, with IA officers,
Al enlisted, and 924 discharged men
and six civilians. Another dispatch
from Otis gives The dates OF the sailing
of the transports now at Manila and
which will bring state volunteers to
this country. 1t says: "The Tartar
sails September Sd, the Pennsylvania
September 9Th, the Newport and Ohio
September 7th.
The state volunteers remaining in
the Philippines in the order in which
they left San Francisco are: First
Washington, Twentieth Kansas, Third
Tennessee, Fifty-frst Iowa, and a troop
of Nevada cavalry. 1t is the policy of
the war department to have the troops
returned in the order iD which they
sailed and the volunteers will probably
come on the ships above named In the
same order.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-02
THE DREYFUS TRIAL.

That gigantic farce, the trial OF
Capt. Dreyfus, bids fair to continue
several week longer, and when it is
concluded nobody will be any the wiser
concerning his guilt or innocence.
But it is not the purpose of French
criminal trials to arrive at any definite
conclusion as to who is guilty or who
is innocent. The accused is deemed
guilty from the time Information is
lodged against him until he proves the
contrary, and the matter of proof is a
most difficult undertaking. In the
trial OF Dreyfus each witness called to
the stand is permitted to tell not only
what he knows but what he believes,
then he is allowed to deliver speech
ventilating his opinions of the defend.
ant and the merits of the case. When
he is through, If he is a witness for the
state, the defendant is expected to
reply ard express his opinion of the
validity of the witness testimony.
The members of tho court before
whom Dreyfus is being tried are, some
OF them at least. his accusers, hence
the possibility of his getting Justice is
very remote. The whole proceeding
seems to be an attempt to convict the
accused regardless of facts, and while
it may satisfy justice in France it will
bring iiscrediS upon the French gov
ernment. Whatever may be the re-
suit of the trial. it is very likely to
enyolve France in rebellion, for on
the one side the army is determined
to he avenged, and if Dreyfus is ac-
Quilted there will be a terrible COM
motion among army officers, while on
the other hand, the sympathy of the
people is with Dreyfus, and if he is
again sentenced to DEVILS island the
French people are ripe for revolu.
tiou. They have borne corruption in
public affairs about as long as they
will, and are ready to rebel on the |
slightest provocation. A rebellion in |
France, however, would not be so |
serious calamity. It is unquestion.
ably one OF the most corrupt govern
ments on earth, and it will never be
purged until the people rise in their
might and take the reins of govern
ment away from those DOW in power.
However unjust the trial of Dreyfus,
and whatever the verdict of the court
nay be, it possibly will prove blessing
n the long run to the nation.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-02
STARTING IN RIGHT.

The county attorney of Whatcom
county. WASH, and the city authorities
of the town of Wasco,. in this state are
undertaking to enforce the Sunday
closing laws very strictly. and in a
way that will bring cases into court so
forcibly that the laws will be thorough
ly tested. Whether it is good policy
to have Sunday closing laws has often
been questioned, but legislatures have
usually seen fit to load the statute
books down with them, under the plea
that it is against public policy tn
transact any manner of business on
,he Sabbath day. But such laws are
violated every day and frequently by
the most law-abiding and respected
citizens. Whether Sunday closing
laws should ever be passed is ques-
toned by many fair minded people
but so long as they are enacted, any
body who transacts any kind of busi-
ness, except such as is privileged, is
liable to prosecution and penalty.
Hence we say the authorities above
referred to are starting in right when
they undertake to enforce them literal
ly
If for the sake of public policy and
morality it is necessary to close any
kind of business on Sunday, all except
hotels. restaurants and perhaps drug
stores, should be closed. But if it is
found against public interest to close
any line, none should be brought un-
der the rule. The people of Ibis
country have advanced too far in
civilization to Le carried here and
there by sentiment or prejudice, there
fore they should not object to the re.
peal of laws that are seldom enforced.
but as long as they ,emaiu on the
statute books, give persons liberty to
prosecute business men for revenge or
spite. All laws that are good should
be enforced or at least observed. But
those that are bad should be repealed.
If the authorities of Wasco and What.
com persist in enforcing the Sunday
closing laws, 1t will probably result in
bringing the matter so plainly before
the courts in both states that the legis-
latures will take some action to either
repeal the laws now existing or modify
them so that they can be enforced.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-02
Trusts win In Kentucky.

CHICAGO, Aug. 3l.-A special to the
Tribune from Louisville says: Judge
L. 2. Morrow, of the Whitley circuit
court. has decided there is no antitrust
pool or combination statute in Ken
lucky Attorn ey Kohn received a tele.
gram from Williamsburg announcing
that Judge Morrow has sustained his
demurrer to the indictments, and dis
missed the cases against the wholesale
grocers of Louisville charged with COM
bining to fix prices on teas, sugar, etc.
The decision is victory for the
Wholesale grocers. The case will be
appealed by Commonwealth Attorney
Sharn.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-02
TRANS SIBERIAN RAILROAD

The results of the operations of the
trans.Siberian railroad for the year
1898 are said to be encouraging to the
Russian government. In its present
unfinished state the traffic must be
strictly local. An analysis of the gov.
ernment reports show that the country
through which the line runs. though at
present undeveloped and subject to
the rigors of the climate on prairie
sloping to the Arctic sea, under the
fifty-first degree of latitude, is still ca
pable of producing great crops OF
grain, that it has fine forest resources,
that live stock may flourish in it, and
that coal has been found sufficient for
the purposes of the railrord and the
population that may settle On the
lands con tagious to it. Therefore the
railroad may be expected when finished
to become factor in the commercial
business of the world, even if it's
through traffic is not considered, by
the opening up of the riches OF the
hitherto unknown continent which it
is destined tosmake accessible.
The length of the road with its pro.
jected extensions is so great that even
who are accustomed to
deal with large distances, haye some
difficulty in comprehending the scope
of this undertaking. The longest con-
tinuous line on the North American
continent is the Canadian Pacific rail-
way. Its main line. from Montreal to
Victoria, is 2990 mile in length. The |
located line OF the Siberian railway,
from Cbeljabinks to Vledivostock, is
1855 miles, the branch through the re-
Gently acquired territory of MaDchuria
70 Port Arthur will be 1878 miles, so
that the system will commence, before
my feeders are built, with 5000 miles of
rack. The distance from Vladivo-
tock to St. Petersburg is nearly 6700
niles. The distance from Port Arthur
% the harbors of the NORTH sea, on
he estuaries of which the European
rade with Eastern Asia is centered, is
900 miles by the nearest route.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-02
"MIDNIGHT BELL" SCORES AHIT
Brilliant Opening of Dramatic Season at
COrdray's.


Cordray's.
The reopening of Cordray's theater
for the regular winter season last night
was an event in the history of local
amusement, for with its enlarged stage
and increased accommodations, this
house now ranks among the Leading
playhouses on the coast.
The occasion was a notable one also
in social way, and more brilliant
house than that which greeted the
Stockweil company in Hoyt's "A Mid
night Bell" has seldom been seen in
Portland. Long before the rise of the
curtain standing room was at d pre-.
MUM. The elaborate decorations
made in the interior, the resplenc ent
electric light effects, ric5 draperies
and general atnos phere of elegance
all came in for share of the audiences
appreciation.
Hoyt's popular play, "a Midnight
Bell" is familiar to most Portlanders,
having been presented here before,
and the last time only year ago. L.
r. Stockwell, the star of the company
Is also we'll known to Portland theater
goers. This was evidenced by the
rousing reception given him last
night. Other old friends In the COM
pany Jared as we'll. The audience was
generous and impartial in its demon
strations of approval.
Mr.. Stockwell, as Deacon Tedd,
gives piece of character work that is
worthy Of his strong emotional powers.
1t is role created for him. Max
Steinle, former Portland boy, in the
role of Martin Tripp, shared the come
dy honors with Stockwell, and at once
won favor with the audience. Mr..
Fairbanks. as Squire Alcott, the bank
president, MIR. Yale, as Ned Alcott, his
nephew, and Mr.. Ogden, as Napier
Keene, the shrewd city attorney, were
cast to advantage.
All of the ladies in the company
have roles we'll suited to them. Miss
Heffron made an excellent school I
ma 'am, and Miss Landers an ideal
country school pupil. Miss Ba'es, as
Lizzie Webber, the spinster, was en-
tirely at home in her role, and did
some very clever work.-Portland
Telegram.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-02
BECOMING INTERESTED.

The producers and business men Of
the Inland Empire, east of The Dslles,
are coming to realization of the fact
that they are paying entirely too high
freight rates and giving too much of
their substance to the railroad COM
panies, hence they look to the Colum.
bia river as the agent that will finally
come to their relief. Newspapers
everywhere in the upper country are
eginning to talk about an open river,
and means of makinguit such, and
when they get public sentiment
worked up to sufficient pitch, some
thing will probably be done. The
East Oregonian has taken up the cry
for an open river and says:
II 10 plain 70 be seen that much more