Ths Dalles Daily Chronicle. The only Republican Daily Newspaper in Wasco County. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. BY MAIL, I'OSTAOX VKKTXID, IV ADT4.HCB. Weekly, 1 year - I 80 " mouths 0 75 8 00 Dally, 1 year. 6 00 " months S 00 per " 0 50 Address all communication to " THE CHEOK ICAJS," The Dalles, Oregon. BATUKDAY, - - DECEMBER 21, 1895 HIST.OJijr, OF FAMOUS TREATY. Commercial America this year cele brates the first centennial ot the first great occurrence in its history. One hundred years ago the successful result of John Jay's mission to England,-witb the full text of the treaty he had nego tiated, had just bffn m .Ie known. This treaty mark;) tlu line in American com merce between constructive enccees and doubtful uncertainty, sys the New York Tribune. Jay's treaty secured in the first place a promise of peace at a time when such a promise was urgently necessary to in sure that tranquility indispensable to nations or individuals who desire to put their housed in order. . The treaty gave the United States business in place of -war, at a time when it was languishing for want of profitable employment and was in no condition whatever to invite a new conflict. It secured peace with honor, the exalted statesmanship of its author perceiving that it was necessary to grow in strength rather in aggressive ness. By allowing no coercion of the subjects of Great Britain or of the citi zens of the United States, it established a principle of individual liberty that wns most salutary in its ' effects. It opened to trade the door that had seemed to be hopelessly closed. Not the leatt of the good effects of thia treaty was the re moval of all British troops and garri sons within the United States, where they were still held in violation of the treaty of 1783. The freedom of commerce and naviga tion, then so vital to the prosperity of the nation ; the absence of discriminat ing duties on account of nationality ; the appointment of commissioners to decide on disputed questions of geographical boundaries ; the introduction of the ad mirable principle of arbitration to adjust the claim of subjects of the one against the citizens of the other country these are but a moiety of the national benefits conferred by the treaty negotiated by Mr. Jay. The treaty was based on the assumption that it was an instrument affecting nations possessing the highest civilization. The provision that private debts and moneys were not to be inter fered with between the people of the two countries was a proof of this. Mr. Jay, as well as Lord Grenville, recog nized the truth of the principle that war does not wipe out an obligation made in dependent of war. The regulation of the East Indian trade ; the equalization of tonnage duties; the protection of offi cers, passengers and crew 8 on neutral vessels, and especially the clause rela tive to the treatment of the subjects and citizens of one nation in the dominions of the other in time of war these pro visions signalize the wisdom, the fore thought and the unimpassioned commt n sense which was the underlying princi ple of the treaty which has conferred lasting benefits upon our country. ITS EFFECT IMMEDIATE. History tells the story of the success which followed the treaty. The mer chants of the country felt ' the stimulus of the new life at once. Foreign trade jumped from $67,613,725 in 1794 to $117, 746,140 in 1795, and in 1796 it reached $140,010,789 in amount. Shipbuilding in America saw its first great boom. Though foreign trade more than doubled from 1794 to 1796, the proportion of trade in America built ships was only " 86 per cent of the whole in 1794, while in 1796 it was 90 per cent of the more than doubly increased whole. In the opinions of the statesmen on both sides of the water, war between England and America is considered im p.obable. Nearly all agree in thinking an amicable settlement of the present complication will be arranged. It is to be hoped that right and justice mav be done without an appeal to arms; but if war is inevitable, the American people will accept the issue and contribute seen and money unstintedly. However much peaceful relations may be desired, no true American wishes to see this coun try retract one iota from the position President Cleveland has taken. The last republican administration Taid off $259,071,960 of the public debt, reducing it from $844,106,220 to $585, 034,260. Under the present administra tion, it has increased by $162,327,700, the total, now:: standing . at $747,361,960. There is argument enough in these few figures to settle the presidential contest of 1896. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. Salem Statesman : The English news papers need give themselves no worry about the sentiment of the American people. It was their sentiment impa tiently expressed in ten thousand differ ent ways that finally forced the message, and it3 terms are not too strong to suit the American people. Ajjd what it more, they will fight it orit on the line even if it requires a resort to the final arbitra ment of nations. We cannot now re cede, and no American wants to. . Pendleton East Oregonian : The Walla Walla Union says: "belfishneES impels the hope that Senator Wilson will suc ceed in getting his bill, for the construe" lion of a government building in Walla Walla, safely through the mills that grind, and pasB inspection without a veto." Yej, that's it. Selfishness alone impels it. And such selfishness alone impels a highwayman to hold up a stage coach tnll of passengers. Why should a newspaper uphold the robbery of the whole people for its own town any more than it would uphold the robbery of a coach full of people for the benefit of a highwayman 7 " The same principle is at stake. Carried out in both instances, the same result is secured. Such appro priations are corrupt. They lead the people to expect something for nothing, and that is only to be obtained by robbery. The Look! and Their Completion. Here is the way the Portland Dispatch criticises the way the things have been carried on in the building of the Cascade locks : It took a private corporation less than two years to build the locks at Oregon City, and the government has been twenty-five years at work on the lower cascades. The first estimates on this work were about $1,200,000. Three times this amount has been expended and the work not yet completed. The Moro Observer is of the opinion that the tedious delay has been occa sioned by the United States .engineers, who have stood in the way.; Be this as it may, money and time have been squan dered at a fearful rate in this undertak ing and still there is uncertainty at what date the completion of tbo locks will be accomplished. The people of Eastern Oregon have learned patience,so that they have ceased to murmur. The contrac tors are on record of saying that boats "will pass through the canal by March 1st, and the difference of opinion which exists makes the subject a good one for betting.' . For the many accidents, that occur about the farm or household, such as burns scalds, bruises cut?, ragged wounds, bitea of animals, mosquitos or insects, galls or chaffed spots, frost bites, aches and pains on any part of the body, or the ailments resulting from exposure, as neuralgia, rheumatism etc. Dr. J. H. McLean's Volcanic Oil Liniment has proved itself a sovereign remedy. Price 23c, 50 and $1.00 per bottle. Snipes Kinersly Drug Co. Four Dollars a Cord. Four dollars will now buy a cord of good oak wood delivered at your wood shed. We will sell at this price for a time to reduce our stock. dec!8-tf Jos. T. Petees & Co. Anv doctor will tell von that Professor Hare, of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, is one of the highest authorities in the world on the action of drugs. In his last work. speaking of the treatment of scrofula, he says: "It is hardly necessary to state that cod-liver oil is the best remedy of all. The oil should i lvi5n .'n emulsion, prepared a to e He also savs thnf .thv i i , rJ , r ..4 irypopnospnites snotua- bed comDinea witn the oil. ' Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil, with hypophos phites, is precisely such a preparation. 1 ,000.000 People Wear WUDougtasSHoes HAND $5.oo $4.00 $3.00 $2.50 $2.00 $1.75 For o7S $3.50 $2.50 $2.25' For Men MYQltllS. Wear W. X.. DratlH shoes and ht from O tm . a plr. AH Htylru ma Width. Tbe advance In leather has In created the price of other makes, bat the quality and prices of w. 1.- Dovarlat. iheei rfmala tbe .nane. Take uo substitute ; sec that name and price ta stamped Ha sole. W- a asmssjlas), liaocKTux, Hams. Sold ox CHAS, F. STEPHENS. P Whether You Suffer From INSOMNIA -OSOT-REFRESHING SLEEP NERVOUS DEBILITY-AaSOUND NERVES " GENERAL DEBILITY-afl3-GOOD CONSTITUTION DYSPEPSIA -WSW-FINE DIGESTION THE BLUES -C4.ESr-B RIGHT SPIRITS IMPURE BLOOD -WIBTA GOOD CONSTITUTION DR. HENLEY'S CELERY, BEEF AM IRON $ Will Cure these Diseases-ANDBring oil these Blessings $ . 9 FOR SALE BY BLAKELEY & HOUGHTON. 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Best Malt Liquor. Columbia Urener Beer on JDraugbt. Agents for the Celebrated Pabit Milwaukee Beer. No. 94 Second Street, Holiday Perfumes. Buy a nice, clean, sweet Perfume or Toilet Water, elegantly put up. It makes a hand some and much appreciated present. Prices to, "tickle" "Long" of J-'Short" Purses, Or Are Healthy and Have Door Rugs.. .................... j$ .G5 Cashmere Rugs 1.25 Art Squares, eli wool, 7e9. G.50 Jb'ur Kugs, 6 ft. long 2 75 the Season . . . BE THE. BY- THE - -DEALER IN- and Iiiqaois, Key West Cigars, Bottled Beer. Brewery Beer on Draught. FINO STAND, The Dalles. Oregon. THE DALLES, OR "fcOfltfEIiIt'S DHUG ST0$E. Telephone No. IS. Seventh Annual Ball, GJVEJT Gesang Verein Harmonie, AT Baldwin Opera House, Saturday, Dec. 21, 1895. COMMITTEE OF HANS. HANSEN, ... WM. BIRGFELD, RECEPTION E. SCnANNO, I. C. NICKELSEN, H. J. MAIER, . G. WALTHER, H. C. LIE BE. FLOOR COMMITTEE. ' E. JACOBSEN, J. WIGLE, ;.R. RORDEN, F. WIGLE. TICKETS. 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