THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 13. 1897.
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Connty Judge...... Robt Mays
n. .......
T. J. Driver
A M. Kelsay
. . C. L. Phillips
(A. S. Blower
D. 8. Kimsey
Assessor W. II. Whipple
Surveyor - J. B. Hoit
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .C. L. Gilbert
Cjrouer W. H. Butta
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Clerk
Treasurer...
Commissioners
STATE OFFICIALS.
Qjvernor
Beoretary of State
Treasurer
Bupt.o( Public Instruction.
Attorney-General ..
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Congressmen. .........
State Printer ....
W. P. Lord
HBKincaid
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G. M. Irwin
CM. Idleman
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IB Hermann
" (W. B, Ellis
.. ....W.H. Leeds
a distillery, tannery, And several
other industries ' which would have
willingly conic here if proper induce
ments had been given. Some cities
hare greatness thrust upon them;
but thev are few.- Most of tbem set
it by common effort and rustling.
THE CHINE RE TARIFF.
TIME FOR INTERVENTION.
Spain can imagine tiow how Eng
land felt in the last years of the
eighteenth century, when the-Amen-can
colonies were slipping1 from her
grasp. The prospect of the pacifica
tion .of Cuba by the force of arms
must be a gloomy one from Madrid
The Spanish army is constantly los
- ine instead of saining. Provinces
which Weyler declared pacified some
months ago are again overrun by
. rebels, who do not hesitate to raid
the very suburbs of the cpital itself.
The soldiers are decreasing from
sickness and death on field and in
hospital,and additional reinforcements
can hardly be expected from Spain,
What justification can there be for a
- continuation of the war. Cuba can
never be subjugated by Spain. TVe
doubt if civilization will allow . it.
But one result can come in the end
and the sooner it comes the better
fur humanity. England, one of the
most powerful nations in the world
could not subdue the revolttng colo
nists; ho can dying Spain hope to
quell the Cubans?
It is our duty to seek a termination
of the slaughter. The people of
America are unanimous on that
point. .The government would be
sustained in any action it would take
towards ending the war. The presi
dent' would be supported in any
offers of intervention. There need
be no fear of war as a result.' It
would be madness for Spain, and
America is never the aggressor in
conflict Ibe hot southern race
might bragadocio for a while, but
that would be all. Civilization
would sanction any effort to pnt a
stop to the butchery, and humanity
would applaud.
The ability of the people compris
ing Greater New lork to govern
themselves is undergoing a lest.
The mavoraltv contest, which is to
be decided next month, will deter
mine, if by choice, the people prefer
the corruption of Tammany, the ar
rogance of Piatt's bossism, the fanat
ical theories ot Henry George, or an
honest, clean, impartial admimstra
tion such as Setb Low can and will
give tbem should he be elected
mayor. Members of the great na
tional political parties should not let
their party fealty, blind therr to the
fact that as far as municipal matters
in New York are concerned, both
the Democratic and Republican or
ganization are open to severest criti
cism. Tammany is more aggressive,
bolder, and makes less attempt to
conceal its iniquity ; but the Piatt
regime is but little less disastrous to
good government in its sly, insidu
ous plan of making ' all offices but
bribes in the hands of a daring and
unscrupulous leader. If the people
of New York want misrule, let them
have it; only in such a case they
should .not claim sympathy for their
misfortune. .
- Astoria and Tacoma are seeking
to have tbe flour mills, recently
burned at Pendleton re built at one
of these points. Both are offering
substantial inducements, while Pen
dleton is equally determined Mr.
Byers shall not establish bis plant
away from there. This is the proper
spirit for a city to show. , When you
want anything, gel in and rustle for
it If. Tbe . Dalles bad started on
inch a plan ten years ago, by this
time we would have a woolen mill, a
scouring mill, the terminal shops,
now located a Albma, tbe meat pack-
One ' tne most important objects
of Li Hung Chang's tour around the
world was to obtain tbe content of
the nations to an increase by China
of her foreign tariff rates. Just
what success the astute old statesman
obtained is not yet known ; but "it is
said Great Britain agreed to his prop
osition on the condition that the
"likm," or proyincial tariff, be abol
ished. Chinese imports and exports
pay a tariff duty, but before produce
from the interior enters foreign
hands and before any extra provin
cial produce enters native bands
provincial duty must also be paid.
While the . customs duties form the
the chief part of China's total reve
nue," the "likin" is not an inconsider
able contributor, and would be much
greater but for the fact that the van
ous vieeroj's and mandarins are en
tirely free ' to squeeze as much as
they can from the people. Besides
the foreign customs duties and pro
vincial duties, there are "land, salt
and rice taxes, the native customs
and the license system.
No part of the revenue is pub
lished except that coming from mari
time customs' and the opium "liken
Under tbe new treaty between China
and Japan greater freedom will be
allowed to foreign, traders and manu
factnrers, but Li Hung Chang says
that they should contribute to the
necessities of the Chinese exchequor,
He proposes to allow the various
viceroys to anange the duties levia
ble at the place of production . in
Chinese produce; but with regard to
machinery manufactures to' tax all at
the i ate of ten per cent ad valorem
If he obtains the consent of the na
tions for an increase in the custom
duties, the nations will insist in re
turn on abolishing the "liken." If
the present system continue.' the
Chinese foreign office may obtain its
victory by taxing manufactures in
China.
ten years, however, the protection
sentiment has increased steadily and
slowly among the farmers and manu
facturers, until last year the Storthing
appointed a tariff commissiotr to
frame a bill "to protect home pro
duction..' , The report of the com
mission was made pub'ic last May,
and the bill soon became a law.. The
farmers obtain substantially all the
protection they demanded. , The
new law, however, recognizes tLe
benefits of commercial treaties with
other countries, and, accordingly,
the principle of reciprocity has been
adopted. -
ANNOY PUBLIC MEN.
"Crank" Letter Writers and Their
. - - ' . Fool Productions.
Governmental Heads at Wasblngrton
Are Made tbe Recipients of All
- Kind of Common I-
cation.
DEPRESSION IN AGRICULTURE,
One phase of the phenomenal ex
pansion of Japan since the war with
China has been the enormous in
crease in the expenditure of the
government and the great addition to
the national debt. Foreign observ-
ers of the financial situation have not
been without apprehension lest the
Japanese should suddenly find them
selves in a period of over-investment,
with a consequent season of depres
sion, u not ot actual repudiation.
But tbe change of the country to the
gold standard, and official reports of
the financial situation that have just
been published, seem to show that
no serious cause for alarm exists as
yet. While the chief drain upon the
national exchequor is now the army
and navy, which are organized on
tbe model of those of the nations of
Europe, Japan is spending vast sums
for the improvement of her harbors
and rivers, tbe extension of her rail
ways and telegraphs and tbe erection
of new schools and libraries. Besides
it is estimated Formosa will help her
some $20,000,000 daring the next
eight years. This will make the
total expenditures of the govern
ment about $250,000,000, a sum
twice as large as the year immedi-
tely preceding the war. ' As the
surplus revenue, the Chinese indem-
ity of $150,000,000 and the present
taxes will not quite balance this sum, I
it is probable that the tax on "sake,"
the national drink, will be double and
the land tax slightly increased, both
of which levies can be imposed, It is
said, without any real injustice to
those whom they will affect.
In its recent report on the causes
of agricultural depression in Great
Britain, the royal commission of four
teen of the most eminent men of that
country, said: . 14 We cannot doubt
that to some, extent, and possibly to
a considerable extent, the prices Of
-
agricultural produce have been affect
ed by increased production, but it
must also be remembered that dur
ing tbe same period tbe population
of the world has immensely increased,
and an enoimous increase of produc
tion ha3 necessarily been required for
tbem ; and although some witnerses
have urged that the fall in prices is
largely due to over-production, we
have had no evidence, and we great
ly question if such evidence could
be adduced to show that compared
with the increase of population, the
food products of the world are ma
terially greater than they were before
the fall in prices commenced."
This conclusion stands to reason,
says the Spokesman Review. "Tak
ing one year with another, the world
consumes all tbe rood by it pro
duced. There is a better method of
distribution, under which the coun
try having ft deficiency draws upon
the country with the surplus, whereas
under cruder means of transportion,
the people of one country went
pinched for food, while food prod
ucts perished in other countries.
Of 1 wheat the commission says:
'Speaking broadly, the figures clear
ly suggest that tbe decline in wheat
during the last twentj- 3-ears is not
due to any great growth of produc
tion, in excess of the growth of the
consuming population. The facts
are rathtr the other way ; the growth
of the acreage under wheat bas lagged
behind the growth of population."
These conclusions ore supported
by the government figures of produc
tion and population in -the United
States. Accotding to the official
Statistical Abstract, the United
States in 1880 produced 8.47-50
bushels of wheat per capita. In
1890 the production had fallen to
52-62 bushels per capita. Yet the
United States is held up as the chief
wheat-increasing producer of the
world.
The raising of the moneyjjby busi
ness men of The Dalles to repair the
road leading from the foot of the
Klickitat mountains to the river was
wise move, and if thework is done
substantially so that the farmers may
know a good highway is to con
tinue, the investment will pay many
times its original cost '
Let everyone that can, determine
to attend fair next week and see that
his neighbor does. In this way the
meeting will be a grand success, and
everyone have a part in the achieve
ment. ,
Klickitat Cay uses for the North.
Norway seems to have abandoned
her free trade ideas and come over
to protection. A new tariff law has
recently gone into effect, the aim of
which is "to protect home protec
tion," whereas the purpose of tho old
law was simply "to provide revenue
for the needs of ", the government."
Norway has long been a" disciple of
the Cobden school of free trade, and
has clung to ber faith with charac
teristic stubbornness, even when her
sister Ration, Sweden, re-established
mg establishment now at Troutdale, protection in 1888. During the last
Attorney N. B. Brooks, of Goldendale,
has received a communication, from an
Alaska horse buyer, who wants to secure
10U head of mustangs sufficiently broken
to be placed on the Lake Teslin trail, via
Stickeen River roote. Ab. Bunnell, Mr.
Brooks' partner in the horse business,
bas gone to The Dalles to confer with
the Alaska buyer. It is very probable
the desired horses will be obtained from
Klickitat ranges. Oregonian.
"
ELY'S CREAM BALM Is a positive cure.
Apply into the nostrils. It is quickly absorbed. M
cents at Drnepiata or by mail ; samples 10c. by mall.
ELY BKOTliEIiSi M Warren St.. New York City.
The recent threatening letters sent
to Speaker Keeil call attention to the
thousands of such missives sent to pub
lic men during the course of a year.
Ordinarily little attention is paid to
them,' as they, ore usually the work of
cranks who. are harmless in other ways.
A larc aunibcr of these letters are writ
ten as joT:e3 ami with the expectation of
causinjj a brief sensation. Those sent
to. Mr. IJced evidently the work
of would-be practical joker, and
their contents made no impression on
the big man. It is asserted that they
were written by some one who hoped
to create a little sensation and proba
bly. produce a story which could be
sold to newspapers, and a libel suit
is now pending' against a Washington
correspondent who charged a certain
person with the authorship of the let
ters and with motives of perpetrating
a "fake" which he might dispose of for
money. ' .
These "fake" schemes do not work
and more than one originator of spu
rious sensations has come to grief. It
is not so many years ogtJ that a fertile
brained young man who had an am
bition to shine as a "new journalist"
conceived the idea of sending an in
fernal machine to the late Chief Justice
Waite. . lie prepared an ugly-looking
package, including a .cigar box filled
with black sand, lead slugs, pieces of
brass, springs, a fuse, etc., and had it
sent to the chief justice's house.
He then visited several newspaper of
fices, offering for sale . a sensational
story of how an attempt had been made
on the life of Chief Justice Waite, de
scribing the "infernal machine," its
deadly character, and all the other de
tails required to make a big sensation
al "scoop." -
Unfortunately for the young man,,
he tried to dispose of the story be
fore the package reached the chief jus
tice, and the inquiries made by the
newspaper correspondents to whom the
story had been offered revealed that
fact, so when the package did arrive
tbe young man was immediately ar
rested for having had something to do'
with it. lie broke down and confessed
that it was a hoax, but his practical
joke cost him a fine of $5 and led to his
retirement from journalism of . any
kind.
The lesson was appreciated and that
young man is to-day a respected mem
ber of the bar in this city. - " '
-. The person most frequently made the
object of threatening letters is the
president of the United States. Every
crank that imagines the country to be
going to the dogs blames the conditions
on the president, and straightway
writes to the latter, threatening all
kinds of horrible deaths if he does not
reform these conditions or resign his
high office. There are demands for
money and dire threats as to what fate
will befall the president if he does not
respond.- ',-'': -
These letters never reach the presi
dent, and he is never aware of the aw
ful doom that overhangs him in the
imagination of some flighty people in
this country. This correspondence is
usually turned over to the secret ser
vice bureau and an effort nyide to dis
cover the writers, but usually without
success. The letters are written in
disguised hands nnd on common note
paper, which cannot be traced to the
owner. When, however, a series of let
ters are received the detectives are able
to find the writer and proper punish
ment is given. Many ofvthe writers,
of, course, are harmless lunatics, and
when discovered they are put under
surveiUance and restraint.
President McKinlcy has not inspired
many cranks with the notion of threatj
ening him by letter. Fewer of these
letters have been received at the white
house during th past few months than
for many yearsbefore.
The president is not he only public
official picked out by these letter-writ
ing cranks. ' Cabinet officers, senators
and members of the house get their
share. ' - . '
The congressmen just now are re
ceiving any number of threatening let
ters, but they arc signed by the full
names of some of their constituents.
They threaten the political lives of the
congressmen if the latter insist upon
making certain appointments of post
masters, etc. They usually begin with
a recitation of what stanch party men
they have been and cf tha extent of
their influence, the retinue of relations
they can control, etc., nnd wind up by
eaying that if the congressmen name
John Smith or Sam Jones for tho crossr
roads post offices in their "district all
this influence will be turned against
them. As a rule, these threatening let
ters help to fill the waste baskets.
.Washington Cor. Philadelphia Press.
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DUE TO THE WHEEL.
Women Being Greatly Benefited
by the Bioyole.
The Greatest safeguard Asa i mat D-
areaaratton It Ia : Better Taaa ,
. Dress Reform for the
Fair Sex.
The London Dowaner. .
The London dowager, although often
severe" in appearance, is very kind and
interesting. Her name has been for
years on the most exclusive visiting
lists, and she could tell you more
about the people in the room than the
servants themselves. Sitting, often
alone and apparently neglected, she is
not an object of pity, nor has she mere
ly the habit of going about. She is a
much-needed member of society and
ehe is very happy. She is the, social
historian. She gives her candid and
much-valued opinion on a new engage
ment and can tell just whb the yonng
people's ancestors were. She is so in
teresting that it is easy to overlook her
.often ridiculous clothes and- overdis-
play of jewelry, and to see beneathJ
her false bang a true and accomplished
svoman. Scribner'a. ' , ' .
Women do well to ride the wheel,"
says Dr. Sayre. , "It means a stronger,
healthier race of men and women for
the coming generation. - Women were
going into a decline. Iheir nervous
force was wearing out. That means a
great deal, for the decay of a nation be
gins always with the breaking up of the
nervous system of its women. Nor
dau's book on degeneration had some
sxcuse, as is shown by the discussion
it brought about. , He had some strong
points on which to base his argument,
but he was not thoroughly justified,
and even if he were, the bicycle is prov
ing itself to be the remedy. It is giving
women healthy diversion, teaching
them self-control and self-reliance, and
making them fit physically to be the
mothers of a race of giants. -
"I know that some of the women re
formers have objected to wheels, and
with justice, too; but now that saddles
adapted for women are a specialty with
saddle makers, the chief grounds for
objection are removed. Saddles for
men and saddles for women should be
different. The ordinary saddle, mod
eled on the plan of the commas, horse
saddle for men, is not at all suitable
for women. It . is more than likely to
do them serious physical harm, but
with a properly formed saddle there is
no danger whatever.
' "American women are prone to be
morbid. It is a result of the busy life
of the nation.- They have stayed in--Joors
too much, and have gotten into
the habit of thinking about themselves,
worrying and fussing whim there waa
really no need of it. Now the bicycle
gives them inducement to go out into
the open air, to enjoy the country, to
bo in touch with other people. It gives
them opportunity to breathe, and to
breathe means better blood. ,
"They leave off their corsets when
they ride, though they will not do so at
any other time. Perhaps the bicycle
will kill corsets. That would be a grand
victory for the wheel.
"Dr. Townsend has taken pains to
study this bicycle question. He has re
ports from 18 women physicians in Bos
ton, all but one of whom heartily rec
ommend wheeling, especially in oases
of malnutrition and chronic pelvie dis
eases. It is a mistake to say that wheel
ing develops curved spines. It doesn't
1 that is, unless riders insist upon.
'scorching.' The best by which
mean the easiest and most graceful
riders are straight backed. They have
more power if they ride erect-. That is
one great reason why wheeling benefits
women. It makes them sit up straight.
If they will do that, eonsamption will
be an unknown disease in three years.
"No amount of preaching about dress
reform has the influence of the bicycle.
Theory is good and logic is good, but
putting a woman on a wheel and letting
her go out on our smooth roads, where
she has a freedom she had not thought
of before, is an argument that is effec
tive. It wins her to reform. She gives
up corsets and heavy clothing; she
dresses for work instead of for play;
she begins to see that clothes may be
governed by intelligence, and as a re
sult she is healthy.
"The need of keeping balanced makes
wheel riding of especial value to wom
en, for it is a demand that they control
themselves. It also teaches self-reliance
something many of them need.
A woman guiding herself along the
streets learns that she is able to take
care of herself, even if there is not a
man at her elbow. She is surprised,
probably, to find this out; but if ehe
keeps at wheeling she will learn that
she is every bit as strong as a man
physically as well as mentally. She can
develop physical power quite equal to
man's, and she can use it to as contin
uous advantage. The bicycle will prove
this to her satisfaction and to the bene
fit of her race." N. Y. Herald.
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Stages leave The Dalles from Umatilla House
at 7 a. in., also from Antelope at 7:80 a. m. every .
Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Connections
made at Antelope for Prineville, Mitchell and
points beyond. Close ecni.ecdons made at The
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Slaaes from Antelone reach The Dalles Tues-'
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