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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-23
CENSOR THE REPORTS.

The people who get up the Washing
jokers or some papers are awful dema-
gogres. The gold press of the country
insists that money is plentiful more
plentiful than ever beforehand easy
to obtain. Also that banks are in fine
eerditIou, with millions in their vaults
and solid as the Rock of Ages. -
Then up comes an Associated Press re-
porter in Washington and sends out
the following dispatch under date of
September 20.
"A special to the Herald from Wash
ington says: Checks for the pay
ment of the anticipated October inter-
est on government bonds were mailed
from the treasury department this
morning. These checks which aggre-
gate more than S5,000,000 will be
cashed within the next few days, and
will, in measure. relieve the present
demand for money that is being made
upon the banks in all parts of the
country.
1T is not proposed by the authorit-
les to take any further steps at this
time toward relieving the New York
situation. 1t is believed that the New
York bankers can get out of the pres
ent difficulty without government as
sistance.
''The deposits of the government in
national banks are already large,
amounting to nearly SSI 100000 The
item of disbursing officers balances is
also unusually large. amounting to
more than S60,0O0,0OO If there should
be danger of a monetary famine, which
the bankers would be powerless to
withstand without assistance, the de-
posits might be considerably increased,
but there is no present intention of
doing anything of the kind.
''Controller of the Currency Dawes
declined to discuss the question of |
these New York banks which had al |
lowed their reserves to fall below the |
legal limit, or to say what action, ifany,
he had taken or contemplated. 1t can
be said, however, that there is no dis
position on the part OF any of the army
officials to increase the difficulties of
,he banks in any way"
The gold standard party ought to
,et hold of that reporter and lynch
i'm, for if they permit such reports to
70 out, the people will DE conYinced
fter while that there is actually
carcity of money in the country.
And they ought to censor the treasury
eports and prevent the statement
eing made that the government will
elieve the banks if necessary by in
reasing its deposits (loaning them :
honey without interest or security if ,
ecesslty demands. If such reports ;
re allowed to go before the people
lere will be reckoning year from
ext November that will be astonish-
lg. If the admin nistration and the
oldites would save themselves they Q
i'll have to kill lot of Associated Ii
ress correspondents, and censor un- Il
reports coming from the
irious departments.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-23

the points mentioned 10 be changed
SO that there will be ample room for
the boat railway. An agreement was
recently drawn up and signed on one
part by the railway, and on behalf of
the government by Captain w. W..
Harts, in charge of the proposed inn
provenent. 1t only remains for the
approval of the contract by the secre-
tary of war to give the government a
clear right of way for boat railway
for the entire distance of seven miles.
''Ir the last survey, made in 1898, for
a boat railway, the line crosses the O..
r. & N. track between The Dalles and
Cello six times. OF course. it would
be impossible under s1ch conditions to
operate the railroad and the boat rail-
way without great danger and much
confusion. To avoid this, it is neces-
sary that the liue of the o. r. s. N. be
changed in the six places mentioned.
The railroad company recently con-
sented in writing that the government,
at its expense, could make the changes.
There is an unappropriated balance in
the hands of Captain Harts of about
100000, and this sum. it is thought,
will be sufficient to make the neces-
sary changes in the grade.
eff the agreement recently signed
shall be approved by the secretary of
war-and there is no reason to be-
lieve that he will not give it his ap-
proval-the government will at once
undertake the work of changing the
railroad line. Theoretically, the gov.
ernment will do this work, but in or
der to avoid any complications in the
movement of traffi while the work is
in progress, the o. r. & N. Co. will do
the work under government super
vision"
This is nice little scheme both to
delay the opening of the river and get
the o. r. & N. line improved. If the
agreement is accepted by the secretary
of war, the government will at once
undertake the work of changing the
railroad line,' says the Oregonian.
That is the government will, pay for
the job, and after IL is done the boat
railway scheme will be abandoned and
some years hence the engineers will
begin figuring on canal and locks.
This dilatory scheme should be seen
by officials and ought to be
opposed by the delegations from Ore.
gon, Washington and Idaho if they |
have any interest in opening the river.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-23
PARIS AND PROGRESS.

1t is indeed unfortunate that the
trial of 'Dreyfus has wrought such
feeling of bitterness throughout the
world against France that it will affect
the Paris exposition, aud, in fact,
greatly retard It's usefulness in bring
ing together the most progressive
minds of the age and a display of their
Inventions. The bitterness engendered
by this unfortunate event will hardly
cause boycott upon the exposition,
but it cannot be denied that it will
greatly diminish both the attendance
/ and the exhibits
Primarily the exposition is intended
as an epitome or reflection of the ad-
vancement of the world in art, science
| and knowledge. Fixed III point of
time at the close of the ninteenth GEN.
tury, it necessarily will exhibit the
contrast between conditions now aud
one hundred years ago. The past CEN
tury has brought remarkable changes
to the human race. One of the signs
of the time has been the creation or
organization of great expositions to
meet the demand for a summing up
every few years for the inspection and
instruction of the great masses of the
people of the progressive ideas of the
world. In other words, it has been
the age of invention, and so rapid has
been the strides OF development that
the nations require bird's-eye view
of progress at short intervals.
The success of every great expo5i-
ton has depended upon the progress
shown in inventive skill. The expo
position is the exponent of the in
yentor, the place where the multitude
does homage to his genius. Exposi-
tions would be impossible without The
inventor.
We believe the progress OF the world
is largely in the hands of the inventor,
or, strictly speaking, is dependent up
on the inventive activity of the human
race. This inventive turn of mind is
not limited TO any class of men. Every
person who Las an idea is an inventor.
Few persons are willing To confess that
they are without ideas. Many man,
however, with ideas, and good ideas.
too. has failed, through timidit 10
reap the pccuniary re ward. or the laurel
wreath of fame to which be is entitled
for evolving an idea that is of value
and service TO his fellOwmel. Usually.
the inventor is an enthusia-t-an ar
dent teliever in the success and the
practical value of his invention, but
many lack the opportunity or the
means of making their ideas known in
d way Jaat will Interest ca pilal in
Transforming those Ideas into con-
crete thing, placing it upon the market,
and bringing il to the attention Oi the
public the fac that another probiem
OF every day life has been solved.
Had the exposition at Paris not been
hampered by the prejudice that has
been wrought against France gener-
ally, it would have resulted in the
gathering together of all recent in
yentions, where comparisons could
haye been made that would have
materially assisted inventors and aided
in the progress of the world toward
perfection.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-23
BOAT RAIL WAY AGAIN.

For some time there has been an
impression that the proposed boat
railroad scheme around the dalles OF
the Columbia had been abandoned by
the engineers of the war department,
but it seems to have been revived by
the action of the o. r. & N. Co., in
offering to the government the right
of way over certain lands held by the
company in this county, and this
action will probably delay for several
years any action by congress in un-
dertaking the only practical method
of opening the river by canal and
locks. The Oregonian has this to say
of the donation by the company:
"Tbe Oregon Railroad q Navigation
Company has given the government
right of way for the boat railway be-
tween The Dalles and Cello, That is
to say the railroad company has agreed
in writing to allow its track between
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-23

high tariff has aided the trust to col
could collect. But / do not believe
that you could destroy all trusts by put
ting all trust-made articles on the free
list. Why? Because. if an article
could be produced in this country as
cheaply as it could be produced abroad,
the trust could exist without the bene-
fit of any tariff al all, although it could
not extort so much as it could with
the tariff. ard while some relief may
come with notifications OF the tariff,
we cannot destroy monopoly until we
lay the axe at the root of the tree, and
make monopoly impossible by law.
SIT has been suggested that discrim-
ination by railroads has aided the
trusts. There is no question that dis
elimination and favoritism secured by
one corporation against another has
been largely instrumental in enabling
desired monopoly to become prac-
tically complete monopoly. Now
that can be remedied by laws that will
prevent this discrimination, still
monopoly may exist.
"The remedy must be complete
enough to prevent the organization OF
a monopoly. Now what can be done
to prevent this? We have state
government, and, while this dual
form OF government has its advantages
both the state and federal should have
concurrent remedies. In the first
place, every state has, or should have
the right to create any private corpor-
alton which, in the judgement OF the
people of the state, is conducive to
the welfare of the people of that state.
I believe that we car safely eutruso to
the people of a state the settlem enG of
question which concerns them. Ii
they create a corporation AID it be-
comes destructive Of their best in
terests, they can destroy that corpora
tion, and we can safely trust them
both to create and to annihilate. II
conditions make annihilation neces-
sary. In the second place, the state
has, or should have, the right to pro-
hibi5 any foreign corporation from
doing business in the state, and it
ought to have or has, the right to i'm
pose such restrictions and limitations
as the people of the state may think
necessary upon any foreign corpora
tion doing business in the state.
Il believe. in addition to state
remedy, there must be federal remedy,
and l believe that congress has the ,
power to place su.h restrictions and
limitations even to the point of pre- |
vention, upon any corporation organ
lied in one state that wants to do
business outside of the state.
Nov, 1 believe that these concur
rent remedies will reach the difficulty;
that the people of every state shall |
first decide whether they want to |
create corporation; that they shall
secondly, decide whether they want !!
any outside corporation in the state.
and if so upon what conditions: and |
thirdly. that congress shall exercise
the right to place upon every corpora
tion doing such business outside of
the state in which it is organized
similar restrictions, as may be needed
for the public good.''
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-23
MUST OF HAD A STAND IN

The Ohio democrats are being sew
erely criticised by administration
papers and orators for intimating that
the present administration is under
taking 20 form too close an alliance
with the British government, but that
they are excusable for making such ac-
cusations is beyond question, if we
judge from outward appearances and
some recent events.
Only short time ago British army
officer was brought over here and given
all the secrets of our forts and coast
defenses, and now Major-General Miles
is issuing the following instructions to
the different governors, or at least has
issued them to the governor of this
state:
"By direction of the secretary of war
no written or pictorial description
tests by this government of arms and
munitions of war will be made for pub
lication without authority of the secre-
tary of war, nor will any formation,
written or verbal, concerning them
which is not contained in the printed
reports and documents of the war de-
partment be given to any unauthorized
person. Except by special authority
of the secretary of war, no person
other than officers of the army and
navy of the United States and mem.
bers of congress in their official cap
acity, and persons in the service of the
United States, employed in direct cou-
nection with such tests, will be al
lowed to witness the same"
If this is the rule of the war depart
ment, how was it that an English
officer should have the privilege of
obtaining all the secrets pertaining to
the country's means of defense? What
connection had he with this govern
ment and what official position did he
hold under it? His government must
have had stand in with the admins
tration that would indicate c very close
alliance, or at least disposition to
divulge secrets that no foreign repre-
sentative should know.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-23
THE MOTIVE OF PELF.

Senator Carter viii doubtIess De
strapped over the knuckles by some OF
the Pharisaic organs of Imperialism
for the undiplomatic candor with
which he lately unbosomed himself
concerning the crowd that are bowling
sscopperhead;' and ''traitor'' at every
one who opposes the violation OF the
PRINCIPLES of our government involved
in setting up satrapies in Asia by the
strong arm of conquest.
He INDUCES in no philanthropic
platitudes to texcuse or explain the
conduct of the imperialistic adminis-
tration. He does not plead the up
holding of the flag, the carrying OF the
benefits of freedom and enlightenment
to the benighted people. There is no
allusion in the breezy talk of the
Montana Senator to benevolent
assimilation, or similar soft-solder
processes.
He uses language with the bark on
and makes the motive of retaining the
Philippines plain, vulgar matter
of dollars and cents. He puts it in
this way: This is practical age"
We are going to deal with the question
on the basis Of dollars and cents.
Neither religion nor sentiment will
have much influence in determining
the verdict. The great question will
be, Will it pay? If we can show the
country that it will, as think we can
the American flag will never come down
from the Philippines"
If the veneer of hypocrisy could be
rubbed off the minds of nine.teDths of
the republican leaders who are urging
upon the country the un.American
policy of Imperialism, "pelf'' would be
found written across them as the un-
derlying motiYe. Not SIS it right?"
Is their gauge of its propriety, bu
"Will it pay?"-St. Louis Republic.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-23
CUBA NOT
RESPONSIBLE
Cannot Be Held For
Spain's Debts.
CUBA NOT

! NEW YORK, Sept. 2l.-A special to
the Journal and Advertiser from
Washington says: The decision by the
Spanish cabinet that the interest on
the Cuban bonds must be paid by the
Cuban gOvernmehs il Il virtual au-
nouncement that Spain will not pay
the interest, and that the bonds are
valueless. Involved in this announce
ment is the condition that there may
be an attempt to entangle congress in
a discussion of the responsibility of
the United States for the interest dur
ing the American occupation of the
| island. The action of the Spanish
cabinet was referred to the state de-
partment, from which the following
authoritative statement was obtained: !:
1.-The United States commissioners
at Paris never at any time or 10 any
degree agreed that the United States
should be responsible for Spain's
Cuban debt. There never was any
understanding that any other party
should be responsible for that debt
than Spain herself. The reason the
United States did not assume the debt
or any part OF it was that the debt was
incurred almost wholly by Spain to
crush the several instructions. The
United States might haye assumed to
guarantee this debt if the fund named
had been expended in internal i'm
provement in Cuba. This govern
ment, as is well known, consented to
pay Spain $40, 0,OO0. 900 in the case of the
Philippine islands, solely on the
ground that approximately that amount
had been expended by Spain Ia inn
provements in the islands.
"The United States therefore has !
assumed no obligations for and has no |
interest whatever in the declarations |
of the Spanish cabinet on the debts of |
Spain, or how they shall be paid. The |
present declaration looks like a re-
pudiatlon of the debt, principal and in
terest.
The state department. argues that
when Spain relinguished her sove-
'eignty in Cuba she relieved that is
and of debts contracted to keep her
n bonrage. This construction, it is
held, is affirmed in the notes which
passed between the two disputing
COMMISSIONS when tue treaty was un-
Ter discussion in Paris.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-23
EXCESSIVE. CHARGES.

The legislature of Oregon could pro-
tect the people of this state against the
outrageous charges of the express
companies for services between points
within the state. Particularly are
these charges excessive on smaller
packages sent from Portland to points
in Eastern Oregon. For carrying and
delivering a package under eight
pounds fromI Portland to Pendleton
the charge is beyond reason, being
nearly as much as for similar pack
age from Chicago to Pendleton. The
Portland merchants should use their
influence with a view of lessening these
chal ges of the express companies, as
the discrimination against Portland
has the effect of driving consider
able business east, that belongs by
right to Portland tradesmen. The
express companies should oe made to
reduce their rates on the smaller pack
ages to something near the level OF
rates charged for similar services by
the express companies in the east, and
the business men of Portland should
take the initiative in the matter, and
if necessary, correct the abuse by act
of the legislature. Since the express
companies take advantage OF every op-
portunity to cinch the public the least
they should expect is that 'the people
will make use of their powers To pro-
tect themselves against extortion.
The charges of these companies con-
Germ every citizen of the state, as they
unnecessarily add to the cost OF living,
so that the big dividends may be paid
TO stockholders who have no interest
in the country or the people, other
wise than to exact all the traffic will
bear.-East Oregonian.
The above is true and correct, only
it does not go far enough. The ex-
cessive charges within the state are
more unjust, and are serious dis
elimination against business men,
especially merchants, for the charges
are greater for delivering small pack
ages anywhere in the state than they
are for delivering similar packages
from points east. A few days since
this paper received a package from
Chicago on:which the expressage was
Is cents. About the same time
pack of similar bulk and about the
same value was received from Port
land and the expressage was % cents,
a discrimination of 10 cents in favor
of Chicago. Such discrimination IS
decidedly unjust. and should be regu-
lated by law. That the site has
authority to enact laws fixing express
rates within the state cannot be ques-
toned, and the next legislature should
see to it that a law regulating them is
nasSad
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-23

1t is calamity, but nevertheless a
fact, that the prairie chickens, which
are by far the finest native game bird
in this state are almost exterminated
Hunters who have gone over certain
sections during past years and raised
flock after flock, travelled over the same
ground this season to find but a
few stragglers where thousands were
before. Unless something is done by
the people throughout the country to
keep hunters from killing the few
that are left, prairie chickens will be
totally exterminated. The farmers
can do this by posting notices and
keeping hunters off, and such meas
ure for few years, until the birds in.
crease, would indeed be commendable. |
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-23

Current rumor has it that Hon.
John M. Thurston is again squirting
with sort of friendly eye In the
direction of bimetallism. In 1896,
$500. 900 men voted for the free coin
age of both gold and silver at the ratio
of is to l. 100000 voted for the use of
both. by inter- ational agreement,
while only l34, 900 voted for the gold
standard. In spite of prec lotions and
innumerable obituaries. the question
is still alarmingly alive, and Mr..
ThurstoD thinks it advisable to hedge.
That means the republican politicians
will not have the courage to force the
Gage plan of greenback destruction
until after the presidential campaign
has been fought.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-23
GallIfst Addr. sses the Arm.

PARIS, Sept. 21.-The minister ot
war, General de Gallifet, has addressed
the following orders to corps CON-
nanders:
1.-THE incident is closed. The mill
tary judges enjoying the respects OF
all have rendered their verdict with
complete independence. We all. with.
out harboring afterthought, bend to
their decision. We shall, in the same
manner, accept the action that a feel
ing of profound pity dictated to the
president of the republic. There can
be no futher question ofreprisals of any
kind. Hence, repeat it, the incident
is closed. I ask you, and If it were
necessary, should command you, 10
forget the past in order that you can
think solely of the future. With you
and all my comrades, proclaim vive
l'armee, which belongs to no party.
but to France alone.
GALLIFET."
The order will be read to the troops
throughout the French army.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-23
HANNA is BOASTFUL.

Senator Mark Hanna is back from
England, and has put on his fighting
harness to enter into the Ohio cam.
paign and make preparations for the
battle of 1900 Hanna is one of those
politicians who ever look at the favor
able side of the case. and expects to
win no matter what the odds are
against him. On his arrival in New
York he submitted to an interview
and among other things said:
= 81 fhinlr thar ind,,atrial onndi4i.-.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-23
Rupture.

W. T. Houser, M. D., of Portland,
Specialist in Hernia or Rupture, Vari
cocele and Hydrocele will visit The
Dalles and can be consulted at the
Umatilla House from Sept. 25th. to
Sept. Both. We cure by Electricity
without laying patients up or deten-
tion from business, and absolutely
without danger. Would refer those
interested in being cured to c. j.
Stubling, of The Dalles, who knows
of our method. ds25w23