THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1S98
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BASIN OF THE PACIFIC.
Before our war with bpain Amer
ican interests in the Pacific was con
vened to trie slope. Now it covers
what ' is called the basin. Every
'jinlnii .a-tsIiK frm o man'timo
point of view, belongs to the Pacific
iftthcr thnn to the Atlantic, is in
cluded in this basin.
More ttmn one-half the total popu
latum i i be found in the Pacific
area. P.uific North America has
11.2000,000 souls; Pacific Central
Annri.rt. 18,800,000, and Pacific
o ...i. a in nrrn nnn Timoo
30.000.000 Pacific Americans ore
1istiiimti ( from Palagonu to Alas
k. I h.-v arc few in comparison
with ilw teeming: multitudes on the
other sid.- of the great ocean. Even
the intervening islands have a large
' " Australasia has a gieat
?eal of energy and enterprise, as well
s territoiy, butonly 5,000,000 popu
lation. .r but 1.000,000 more than
Siberm, hUo a sparsely settled por
tion of til-- basin. The islands com
twirativeiv near the Asiatic coast
have a population of 40,500,000
The Dutch East Indies, notably
Java, have most of these; the Philip
piiics nn-t of the others. But all
tin- lalnwU combined barely surpass
in tHiiuiliition little Japan, with its
J.VnnO.I.-fin. Vrenr-li Tndin anil Tnrlrt
Ohma li.-ive 22,000,000 inhabitants
Coren, 15.000,000, and Siam and the
Al ilav -ninsula, 8,500,000. These
Hjiures fur the Eastern and the in
sular Pacific seem large, as compared
with those of Pacific North America,
yet they dwindle to insignificance as
?ornparert with British India and the
kindred iossessions of Great Britaia
in the Extern Pacific waters. 'The
total i.uinber under British rule
. thereabouts is 290,000,000, or almost
vDne fi Hi the total population of the
.-globe. But all the Iudias, British,
IFreiu h, and Dutch, with Japan added
merely qual in population the
Cnine.e empire, withes 400,000,000
subjects.
Such, numericallj', is the Pacific
liasiu. into Vhich, r.s a dominating
power, the United Stales entered
with the annexation of Hawaii and
the seizure of the Philippines. It is
impossible to appreciate fully the
grandeur of the opportunity that we
liave trapped. A writer in a current
Biitiah magazine, in discussing
America's new position, exclaims in
wonder: "What margin remains for
exKinsii.n to those splendidly en
dowed .-'-ites, fronting that enormous
ocean within whose basin msy be
counted the major portion of the
population of the world!"
We can make more than half the
people of the world the patrons of
faetones. We can gather into our
bands the ocean-borne commerce of
Asia, Australasia, and all the Ameri
cas. To do both we have onlv to
bold ftst what we have, declaring in
the face of jealous but acquiescent
Europe "It is ours by right of con
quest, by right of position, by right
r justice, honor, and humanity."
x' t. : ' j it
a, o buvu piie evei ueiuie ieu, un
solicited, into the hands of a great
nation, and none ever will so fall
; t l, m .,
it ucuuuie uuia lur tue mere
taking; it will remain ours for the
mere seeping.
ALGERIAN METHODS.
Tw -sons of their fathers", have
boen discharged from the army,
l hey are Captain Alger, son of the
secretary of war, who has been serv
ing in the rank of assistant adjutant-
general, and Captain McMillan, son
of (he administration United States
senator from Michigan, who has been
serving as assistant quartermaster."
It was nnnointment9 of this char
acter, made solely on ' political and
family considerations, which led to
the frightful abuses of the war de
partment during the recent war. The
service was loaded up with these
jcung sprigs, while officers of life
long training, were held in retire
ment. '
'.' An example of this gross discrim
ination is under the eye of the Spo
kane public. , Major W. H. Miller is
one of the most efficient officers in
the quartermaster's department. He
has trained for a soldier, and has had
long experience, having been gradu
ated from West Point in 1872. He
was not allowed to take any. part in
the war, but was kept here in charge
of the construction of a new army
post work of considerable import
ance in time of peace, but of small
consequence in time of actual warfare.
He was kept in the background in
order that political and family favor
ites might be pushed to the front
as young Alger and young McMillan
and scores of others were pushed to
the front and entrusted with duties
for which they were unfitted duties
upon which burg the lives of our
soldiers and the very existence of
our armies.
If Alger had been a man of strong
character he would not . have given
an appointment to his son. He would
have understood that in so doing he
gave every place-hunting politician
a twist upon . his administration.
When senators and others of influence
came asking for the appointment of
their sons and nephews, he could not
shut thcm'cff with the statement that
nepotism, which is bad in peace, be
comes almost criminal in time of
war.
It is refreshing to contrast with
Alger's low course the patriotic con
duct of Thomas Jefferson. Writing
on March 27, 1801, to his kinsman,
George Jefferson, he says:
"The public! will never be made to
believe that the appointment of a
relative is made on the ground of
merit alone, uninfluenced by family
views; nor can they ever see, with
approbation, offices, the disposal of
which they tru3t to their presidents
for public purposes, divided out as
family property. Mr. Adams de
graded himself infinitely by his con
duct on the subject, as GeneralWash
ington bad done himself the greatest
honor. With two such examples to
proceed by, I should be doubly in
excusable to err."
During the recent war the country
has seen a scandalous "dividing put
of offices as family property ."-Spokes
man-Review.
penses was ready. ' In epite of -war
we continued to . teud American
goods abroad, and to receive gold in
return. The Dingley law has m
creased our producing capacity, has
put more money,, in the? pockets of
our laboreis, and has built up great
enterprises that have given employ
ment to thousands who, ' under, the
Wilson law, were idle. What more
can the American people ask?
Ik-re is oue of the problems grow
ing out of the war. The Key West
cigar-makers want their industry
"encouraged' by the abolition of all
tobacco diuics between Cuba and
this country, f.o that they may make
as good cigars ns any made in Cuba.
But the Cuban tobacco-giowers pro
test, on the ground that under 6uch a
rule large quantities of American to
bacco would be imported into Havana
and made into "Havana" cigars, thus
ruining the reputation of the
"genuine" article and at the same
time Tabbing the Cuban growers of
their market among the thrifty and
perhaps shifty cigar-makers of
Havana. The "third party in inter
est" namely, the American who
wants a good cigar when he pays for
it has not yet been heard from.
The decadence of rank was never
made more painfully evident than in
the simple announcement that Leo
pold de le . Bovitz of Bucharest,
Roumania, is locked up at the Har
rison street station on a charge of
obtaining $8.75 by false pretenses.
And yet it is, held in the society
newspapers that the European aristoc
racy is. not a crumbling ruin.
SCHEME TO DE
LAY EVACUATION
Blanoo's Orders that No Spanish Troops
T3e Paid in Cuba is Regarded as
a Move in this Direction.
iNtw York, Oct. 31. A Washington
special eays:
Two constructions are put upon ' the
recent order of General Blanco that the
Spanish troops should not be discharged
bat ehall go to Spain to receive their
pay. Tbis cancels the previous order of
October 4th, which said that each Span
iards as desired could remain in Cuba.
Should the troops choose to return under
this later order to Spain, it wonld give
the Spaniards a pretest for asking a
longer time for evacuation, which may
be their desire.
On the other hand, it ia urged by a
high war department official that the
cause of this order lies in Blanco's- ina
bility to pay them, and in the hope,
therefore, that they would desert and
thereby relieve the Spanish government
of farther obligation.
The Spanish regular troops in .Cuba
ar now scattered and number abont
85,775.
OREGON IS IN THE LEAD.
Greater Wool Clip Than That of Any
Other State.
The people of Connecticut are
angry because the name of that state
is to be given to a monitor and not
to a batfleship. ... Yet the secretary
of the navy has aimed to please them.
Connecticut should be contented
with its present allotment of honors.
It has Yale, the Waterbury watch,
Charles Dudley Warner, raises all the
finer grades of pure Havana tobacco,
and is represented abroad by Mark
Twain.
THE PEOPLE'S TARIFF.
A census of leading industries iu
forty-seven states and territories
shows that under the Dingley tariff
la there is a great increase in wages
paid to labor. The amount of wages
for 1896 is 44 per cent, or $1,004,-
615,272, greater than in 1895. This
comes home to all who were out of
employment or were employed at
low wages in 1895 and 1898. - There
was improvement as soon as it was
known that Mr. McKinley was elected,
and there was still greater improve
ment as soon as the Dingley bill be
came a law. A billion dollars . more
went into the pockets of workingmen
in the last year than in 1895. If the
amount paid to agricultural laborers,
miners and miscellaneous workers is
added, the laborers of the TJcited
States will be found to have received
12,000,000,000 n-ore in 1898 than in
1895. ' ' ' -'
The value of the home market in
the United Stales is twenty times the
aggregate value of all our foreign
markets. the Dingley law gave
Americans the advantage in the home
market, yet at. the same time it en
abled our manufacturers - to enter
foreign markets to a larger extent
than ever before. The exports of
merchandise from the -United -Stales
increased from 793,392,599 under
the Wilson tariff in 1895, to $1,210,-
291,913 under the Dingley tariff in
1898. . :v . '. - :
When President Harrison sent his
last message to congress in December,
1892, the country was at the high
water mark of prosperity. The
national debt had been decreased,
there was a surplus in the treasury,
and there was activity in" every
branch of industry. Under Cleve
land and the Wilson tariff the nation
al debt was increased, .the treasury
was deplcated, and industries were
prostrated. Under the Dingley tariff
law the surplus in the treasury in
creased, and when war came upon
the country the money for war ex-
The news that the Emperor of
China has been murdered for the
third time within a month comes to
us from Peking by way of Shanghai
It is reported that the Emperor is in
delicate health, and he isprobably
not a good risk tor an insurance com
pany, but his vitality, as attested by
bis survival or repeated assassina
tions, is one of the most remarkable
cases in history.
So acute have the relations be
tween 'England and France become
that the marine and life insurance
companies of England arc inserting
war-risk clauses in their policies.
This does not mean, however, . that
the companies expect war. With
them, as with the French, the belief
is general that only the unexpected
happens. '"
It is likely that the tear enter
tained by France lest England should
decide to fight, and the fear enter
tained by England lest France should
decide to fight, if continued much
longer may result in nervous presta
tion on both sides of the channel,
which will be even more disastrous
in the end than a real war.' .
corn may be put to more uses
than any other product of the farm,
and now comes an Eastern manufac
turer who is turning out a fabric
made from the oil of corn which, it
is claimed, will soon be running neck
and neck with tte rubber product of
the country.
Tliaok loo,
The young ladies of the Congregation
al church are very gralekful to those
who so kindly assisted them in making
the Halloween party, each a success,
particularly those who took part in tho
entertainment. . They take this means
of expressing their thanks.
. Thousand! are Trying It. '
In order to prove the (Treat merit of
Ely's Cream Balm, the most effectWe cure
for Catarrh and Cold in Head, we have pre
pared a generous trial size for 10 cents.
Get it of your druggist or send 10 cents to
ELY BEOS., 56 Warren St., N. Y. City.
I suffered from catarrh of the worst kind
ever since a boy, ana l never nopea tor
care, bat Ely's Cream Balm seems to do
even that. . Many acquaintances nave usea
it with excellent results. Oscar Oetrum,
45 Warren Ave., Chicago, HI, ; .
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no cocaine,
mercury nor any injurious drug. Price,
50 cents. At druggists or by mail.
The annnal estimate of the wool clip
of the United States for 189S made by
Secretary North, of the National Asso
ciation of Wool Manufacturers, and
which is to be published in its Novem
ber Bu'letin, shows tho amount to have
been 266,720,684 pounds, against 259,
153,251 pounds in 1897. Since the de
partment of agriculture ceased to sub
mit an annual estimate of the wool clip
that mads by the Wool Manufacturers
Association is relied upon as giving the
deBired information . relative to our
domestic wool supply.
Oregon shows, according to the stalia
ties, the largest yield, 21,291,872 pounds
of washed and unwashed wool, and
next to Washington, shows the largest
per cent of shrinkage in scouring, or 71
per cent. Montana follows, with . 20,
035,105 pounds and 62 per cent shrink
age; California, 16,932,093 pounds and
66 per cent shrinkage; Texas, 16,3S0,442
pounds and 70jer cent : Wyoming, 13,
626,704 pounds ; New Mexico, 12,338,420
Ohio, 12,114,953 pounds; Colorado,
0,958,869; and Michigan, 8,856,122
pounds.
The Eastern farmer cannot raise wool
m snccessfnl competition with the
methods which prevail on the Western
ranches, any more x than he can raise
wheat or corn in competition with west
ern lands and methods. It is not foreign,
but domestic competition which is
gradually destroying woolgrowincr, (x
cept in small flocks, in the Eastern
states.
The average supply of wool in the
United States, based upon production,
exports ana imports, has been, in a
period of eight years, about 480,000,000
pounds annually, which quantity, ac
cording to the best judgement that can
do Dasea upon present conditions, may
be exceeded in the consumption of the
year upon which we now enter. The
average annual supply of foreign wool is
divided into 81,450,934 pounds of class 1
and 2 wools, and 03 062,768 pounds of
class 6 wool. J. here appears to be an
ample supply of class 3 wools now In the
country, in view of the present depressed
condition ol the carpet manufacture.
in addition to wool held by manufac
turers and dealers there remained in
government bonded warehouses 34,547,-
0B pounds of all classes on the first of
July of this year, as against 532,370
pounds in 1895, 38,514,459 in 1894, and
33.546,010 in 1893. Uregonian.
Deafness Cannot be Cored
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus
tachian Tube. . When this tube is in
flamed yon have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is en
tirely closed. Deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, heafmg will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases oat of ten are caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
flamed condition of the mucous sur
faces. ' -
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure. ' Send for, circulars; free. ,
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
3T"Sold by Druggists, 75c. ; 6-10
A
Woman
Work,
For thirteen years this woman suffered from a help
less infirmity which baffled skillful medical treatment.
She was restored to health in a remarkable manner,
and is now helpful to otur sufferers.
Tot thirteen years Mrs. George L. Rogers,
of Vest Main Street, Canton, N. suffered
from the indescribable tortures of inflam
matory rheumatism.
' Only persons who have been afflicted
with this disease know what such suffer
ingis. ;
Those who have never felt the pangs of
this ailment have not the remotest idea of
its tortures. .
For years this was an obstinate disease
to cure.
In recent years, however, there has been
formulated a remedy which successfully
copes- with it.
The
'he many cures effected by Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills for Pale People attest to that fact.
(Jne or the striking examples is, Mrs.
Rogers' experience.
Inspeaking of it to a reporter she saidt -
u Thirteen years ago I was attacked with
Inflammatory rheumatism and a complica
tion of diseases.
"I cannot begin to describe my sufferings
during that time.
"You can judge somewhat of what I
endured, when you look at these hands."
They were distorted, twisted and swollen.
"My foot, too, is so much out of shape
that the big toe lays across the others, the
end touching the little toe. -
" Notwithstanding I am sixty-five years
eld, have a pleasant home and other com
forts, life to me was far from enjoyable, for
all other things pale into insignificance when
you are without good health.
"I tried different doctors and many pro
prietary remedies, but no permanent bene
fit was obtained.
"Last March I was induced to try Dr.
Villiams' Pink Pills for Pale People.
"Before I had finished the first box I began
to feel that they were doing me good.
" I continued using them and steadily
grew better. -
"I have used thirteen boxes of the pills
and to-day feel better than for the past fif
teen yean.
"My appetite is good; I feel bright, cheer
ful and have a desire to live an d enjoy society.
"I have been a member of the Methodist
church for many years, but for six years
was unable to attend. '
"Now I am able to attend the church
services regularly and certainly appreciate
that privilege.
"I consider Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
Pale People a wonderful medicine and am
confident no other remedy could have
effected the wonderful cure they have in
my case.
"I am glad to state this, hoping that some
sufferer may profit by it and obtain relief."
It was nature's own remedy that accom
plished this cure caused by impure blood,
for Dr. "Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People
are composed of vegetable remedies that
exert a powerful influence in purifying and
enrichin? the blood. Manv diseases Ions'
supposed by the medical profession to be
incurable have succumbed to the potent
influence of these pills. This universal
remedy is sold by all druggists.
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