The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-11-11
: EDITORIAL NOTES.

ana DO something TO make IL Detter.
"The way to resume is to resume,
said good, old Horace Greeley. AM
the way to build factories is to built
them. fs
Our citizens should begin to devils,
plans to make 1900 a notable year il
the history of the progress of Th'
Dalles.
The Dalles needs factories that viii
give employment to more working
men. Every enterprise of this char
acter would rebound to the benefit o
all
Keep the fact constantly in mini
that the year 1900 should be made {
rec | breaker In the progress Of The
Da ). A good, strong pull all along
the me is needed.
England should not complain tot
bitterly of the treatment of her miners
in the Transvaal SO long as her de
pendency, Canada, enforces such arbi
trary rules in the Klondike.
William J. Bryan has big mouth
and he opens it freely and often, buI
he never puts his foot in it, as do many
statesmen, who do not use their mouths
anything like as much.-East Oregon
ian.
Wheat and silver are getting pretty
close together again. Wheat seems
to be selling on a normal market, tina,
is one not affected by heavy failures
abroad. If it falls much lower an
ounce of silver atthe commercial price
will buy bushel of IL.
| The Spokane Chamber of Commerce
has appropriated $50 per month to ad.
vertise the section tributary to tnat
city in the farm journals of the East.
This is another evidence of the enter
prise of Spokane, and her citizens de-
serve the prosperity that has come to
them.
The Illinois flag law, which pro-
hibits the use of the flag for advertis-
ing purposes, has been declared un-
constitutional by the courts of that
state. The constitution should be
amended. Our flag has another and a
higher use than au emblem of trades
Ormerchandise.
Last year nearly everything pro.
duced on the farm commanded a good
price. AS result everybody was
prosperous up to the time of this years
harvest. This is an eviden ce that the
real wealth producers are the tillers of
the soil and that our prosperity de-
,pends upon them.
Congressman Tongue has announced
his willingness to head petition to
the president urging him to use his
good offices to end the war between
England and the Transvaal. It would
be more like the thing for him to urge
the president to cease his own war of
terminal aggression"
We could build the Nicaragua canal
In a war OF criminal aggression in the
Philippine Islands. The former would
be triumph of civilization that would
bring lasting benefits to our people,
while the other is the barbarous work
OF conquest and spoilation.
The law of Washington that allows
convicts to be paroled works we'll. The
prisoner is allowed his liberty on good
behavior. If he is not good citizen
or attempts to leave the state, he is
remanded. This principle is employed
in the east and could be ATTENDED to
this state with profit.-Eugene Guard.
The Times. .Mountaineer has ticket
to suggest for 1900. 1t is William j.
Bryan, of Nebraska, and James D.
Phelan. mayor of>San Francisco. It is
3 ticket that would appeal to the people,
because of the honesty and ability of
those who composeit. Besides it is
time the country was looking to the
Tar vest for its statesmen and leaders,
The Oregonian says the British navy,
man for man and ship for ship, would
be match for the comb bined navies of |
the world. Isn't thata patriotic utter
ance for an alleged American, when |
the British navy has not met in con-
iict a first-class sea power in fifty |
years, and whenever they have met |
;he Americans it has been to surren-
Ter?
The debt of Douglas county was re-
luced over $4,000 during the past
year by an honest, economical and |
business like administration of affairs.
Douglas county elected the reform
ticket last time, there being a perfect
usion. of the democrats, populists and
liver republicans, and every pledge
,iven the people has been faithfully
rept.
This season hopraisers are told the
,rice of hops is low because they have
AIKEN a fall in London and Liverpool.
few years ago they were told low
,rices were the result of importations
+ cheap hops from Europe. A tariff
,as imposed to prevent :hese importa-
ions, but still the price is regulated in
Europe. There must be something
'rong.
Our republican friends can take but !
tile comfort to themselves because of
he result of last Tuesdays election
'hio, where their main force was ex-j 6
ended, and where an unlimited CAM
sien fund was used, was saved to their 9