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SATURDAY AUGUST 13. 1891
THE DALLES PORTAGE.
The construction of the Dullia, Du
fur it Silkbtouc Railroad ia a project
tbat ilie people of this city ciunot af
ford to pass over slightingly, and the
measure . should receive all legitimate
aid it is in their power to bestow.
In ottr local columns to-J ay will Le
found a report of the visit of the
Portland chamber of commerce com
mittee, . which body has the matter of
securing ..- transportation ' 1'ucil iti'-s
around the river obstructions unc!r
consideration. There can be no mis
taking the fact that the mercantile in
terests of the metropolis ar; keenly
alive to the situation and are ramestly
ut work to secure ' the same. The
.Norton survey from this c:ty to the
Deschutes river has demonstrated that
a practicable route, over which a Hue
can be constructed at a comparatively
small cost, with, an average grade of
forty feet, while the greatest encoun
tered is 52 feet, and this only for a
short distance can be built. The gentle
men visiting Portland and inducing the
chamber of commerce committee to
investigate the merits of this route
have dons a good service. The com
mittee has made its investigation, and,
while not expressing any opinion as to
their probable action, it ia certain that
' their members were not only sur
prised, but gratified with what they
saw. This proposed line will, if car
ried out, give an excellent portage
route around the dalles obstructions
and, if extended to a proposed point
above the mouth of the Deschutes
river, it will afiord immense relief to
the farmers of Sherman county, while
adding very materially to the business
. growth and advancement of our own
city. This is a matter that claims tee
close attention of all interested in ad
vancing the welfare of our own city,
and prompt steps should be taken to
ensure the carrying out " of the pro
posed measure.
The managers of the Colun-Lia River
Railway and Navigation Coniapny are
making a strenuous effort to have
Portland endorse and assist the road
upon the Washington side of the river,
but far better facilities, a morn rapid
means of development ard thy con
structioa of a road at far less cost is
offered on the Oregon side, and if the
proper effort is made it cau he se
cured. THET OLDEST REPUBLIC.
Saturday the Swiss residents in this
' city - celebrated the six" hundredth
anniversary of the establishment of
Weir republic. Swiss history falls
" naturally into five great divisions: 1,
the origin oi the confederation up to
: 1291; 2, the shaking off dependence
on the Hapsburg?; 3, the shaking off
dependence on the empire up to
1409 (1648); 4 the period of religious
, divisions and French influence up to
1814; 5, the construction of an hide
pendent state as embodied in the con-
- stitutions of 1848 and 1874. The first
- epoch is the grand event in the history
cf the republic, and which is generally
celebrated all over the world. Will
iam Tell and Winkleried have become
household words with. American?, and
so iont as free governments are re-
' spected toese names will be venerated
by the lovers of liberty. With Auieri-
. can citizens thero is a generous sy m
pathy for all, republics, wherever situ-
ateu, whether ' in Europe or on the
western hemisphere, and the celebrr
tion of the six hundredth anniversary
', -6t the inauguration of free institutions
in the heart of monarchial Europe will
be an event with which the sympathy
' of oar people will be in unison. . The
liberation of the common people from
. -V tble; thralldom of oppression in all lis
"v forms is an occurrence that will always
.;'i-V'gjy04?ytO'fhe residents of this coun--f
i.'.U'yi a-ad'i'whpn' it ia considered that a
public -existed in' tho Alps mouu
O v ; tains - before America was discovered
'-"---by CoTurabu?, lovers of free goverr
ment cannot bat feel a thrill, of ei -'
thusiasm.
' "In criticising the attitude of our
esteemed cotemporary, the Telegram,
we meant no personal epithet by tl.
term ''tin-plate liars," only ia so fjr
as it is one of the many Democratic
papers who are attempting to throw
every obstacle in the way of the man
ufacture of tin-plate in this country.
The same arguments now being used
by the free-trada press against this in
dustry about to be inaugurated could,
and perhaps was, with equal propri
ety, used to discourage the manufac
ture of steel rails, and to-day the
United States is competing with Eng
land in that line. American rails are
now sold in nearly every country in
the world, and, only a few years ago,
free-traders said they could . not be
made with profit in this"country. The
McKinley bill makes the sa:nn thins;
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poHsu-i'Jwiui tm ptate, ana in
the next decade, with protec
tion, American . tin-plate will be
found in the' markets of the world.
Every . industry established acts
as a check to the constant stream of
gold which is leaving this country to
help enrich tho capitalists of Europe
and support its laboring population.
As -protectioaists, we are thoroughly
in earnest in attempting to develop
the natural resources of .the country,
and keeping every dollar possible in
circulation among our wage-earners.
"Democratic editors are avers-e to
,...V being called free-traders, and yet, on
iiV-all occasions, they throw every obsta
'..V cle in the way of protection princi
ples. As regards wool-raisiog in
Eastern Oregon, some are honest
: enough to say that they can imagine
. no rea6 injury resulting if the
sheep industry in this region were
,.wiped afot of existence. It would
ray; us very much if they
'would make such assertions in their
columns, for then Republican editors
would know their positions, and' how
to attack them. A it if, u protec
tion 13 defended, they say: We are
protectionists, but we believe in re
form. Tho truth of the matter is,
they arc opposed to anything and
everything which ensure the suueess
of the Republican party, and for this
reason advocate the doctrines of the
Cobden club. Dut on this economic
question there is one clearly-defined
dividing line, and that is protection,
33 practiced by the United States,
Germany, France, Ruswa and Italy,
nd froe trad .v-i carried out by Brit
ish btatesintii. There ia no half way
ground, aud Democrats must under
stand that they cannot fire their bread
sides at thi! American policy, and,
whon attacked, hide behind protection
breastworks. They must "be classed
as free-traders, and, however unpa
triotic it may seem, be placed with
that portion of our citizens who be
lieve, in admitting the fabrics of other
natious free of duty, even though it
throws our wage earners out of e:a
ployment and reduces them to the level
of European paupers. The best argu
ment in favor of protection is the his
tory of this country during its most
trying epochs, and the power of resus
citation when unforeseen disasters-
such as the late civil war have
drained our resources and for a time
paralyzed industry.
Duriog the past few months C0,-
000,000 have been drawn from the
banks of the United Stales by foreign
capitalists. This, as a matter - of
course, has created a stringency in the
money market and ha3 depreciated
values in all products. Wool has felt
the effect, and so has labor. Until
this deficit has been replenished by
the sale of wheat, trade will be
cramped in all departments, and cap
italists will be slow to invest and the
resources of the country slow to
develop. This drain of gold has had
a vory depressing effect, and buyers
have been slow to purchase and cau
tious about paying a fair price. The
coinage of silver will hot remedy this
discrepancy, for gold is the only real
reprefctative of , value ia this country
If congress would l-t silver alone.
and allow finances to regulate them
selves there would be.lcssfcar mani
fested by foreign holiiers of our secur
ities and consequently lees drainage of
coin from this country.
The Sjlem Capital Journal is en
deuvoring to find cut if Gov, Penuoy
er's newly-appointed attorney-general
still holds his position as cashier of
the Linn County National bank. It
is not vet fully satisfied upon the
point, although pursuing its quest so
far as to writo to the comptroller of
currency at Washington. Tho politi
cal' significance of the whole matter, a3
viewed by the Journal, is this: When
the Democratic party was waging its
campaign against D. P. Thompson as
a Republican, and "president of sev
enteen banks," no such appointment
would have been made. Its consist
ency would have been too r.pparent.
But in times of no excitement, whf-n
people are asleep, Gov. Pennoyer
slips in a national banker as attorney
general over the people. The ques
tion whether he is still an officer in
the Linn County National baiik is not
yet officially determined in the nega
tive. James Russell Lowell, well known
to all American realers, died Wednes
day after a lingering i'.Iues?. He was
born in 1819, and consequently 72
years of ae. . Descended from an old
New England family, for many years
he has helped to establish the repu
tation of that portion of the country
for literary ' geniua. Lefora ths war
he took a prominent pars m the . anti
slavery agitation, and some of his best
known works are scathing satires up
on the slave holding part of our his
tory. At one time minister to Spain,
afterward to England, he acquitted
himself with credit, to his name and
bomr to the nation he represented,
As a politician he will not rank high,
for bis politics were guided -by his
patriotism ami his synpahie; but ki
a poet and -author he will occupy a
leading position, . for he posressed
gfiiiu:-, and this is honored among all
riitions.
The treacherous surf at Sea View
has had more than its usual number
of victims this summer. Two were
drowned last week, and one Sunday
morning, and the season is not nearly
over. 'These , fatal casualties are
caused by creletsner.s on the part of
bathers and by a lack of proper safe
guards. There should be some pro
tection provided against the treacher
ous undertow by me ns of life-lines,
life-buny?, cr surf-boats in case cf an
emergency. On person saved would
repay a thousand times thn expense
incurred, and without puch protection
afforded this portion of the ocean
beach will receive but little patronage
in the future.
The honor bestowed by the appoint
ment to the irrigation convention in
Salt Lake is an empty one, as each
delegate ia supposed to bear his own
expenses Ic is important that some
system of irrigation be adopted by
the northwest, and the discussion of
this subject at the meeting would no
doubt be very beneficial to our people.
Under these circumstances, we believe
our next legislature would reimburse
any representative who would incur
the necessary outlay in attending the
convention. -
The people of Dufur expect to
have railroad communication with
The Dalles within another year, and
the citizens of that town will do eve
rything possible to help on the pro
ject. This city, which will.be bene
fitted by all roads to the interior,
should subscribe generously and ex
hibit that degree of enterprise which
is befitting her advantageous position.
A REDUCTION DEMANDED.
The board of railroad commission
ers has cited the ofiicer3 of the Union
Pacific road to appear before them on
the 18th inst. to show cause why pro
posed reductions should hot ba made
in its presont schedule of rates.
General Attorney Cotton, rtpresciu-
-Tl
1112 the company in .Fortlauu, win
meet the com mission in company with
other officials at the time designated
and hopes to convince the members
tbat no reduction should be made, ile
says:
I tliiiik the modifieatiou applies to gruin
an;l Hour bliipp?d from The Dalle and pos
sibly frnu Arlington, but vi the latter
Dciut. I kui uot certain. Wo hope to be
able to show t.lut ths rates should not go
into effect. Iietween The Dalles and Port
land ths cost of operating the Union Pacific
ia very large, as there are many trestles on
the line. Ilie main reason why the reduo-
iiou should cot be made is the original cost
of construction. The local trallic m the
territory where it is proposed to make the
reduction is small, and it tho roaa had to
depend npou it tor any part of its support
it would not be in it, as the saying goes.
Mr. Cotton also states that the O.
R. & N. Co. has been one of the great
factors in the development cf Oregon,
and yet to-day it is not earning 6 per
cent in a country where money com
mands a better interest. Naturally
Mr. Cotton talks entirly from a rail
road point of view. So far as the
local traffic is concerned in the tern
tory wherein the proposed reduction
is to be made, the Union Pacific is not
wholly blameless if there has been a
Wt nf hnsinesa for its road. It has
pursued a selfish policy in the matter
of dealing with the farming commu
nity of the interior by fixing a rate
uDon crain at such a high figure as to
make its raising throughout a large
extent of territory practically impossi
ble.
Whether or not the railroad com
mission can successfully carry out the
DrcDOsed reduction remains to be seen
Without Joubt it will be carried into
the courts and the railroad corpora
tions unite in the endeavor to defeat
the object sought to be attained. In
a measure the question will soon be
met. so fer as The Dalles and sur
rounding country is concerned by the
opening of a competitive line of trans
portation inaugurated by The Dalles,
Portland and Astoria transportation
company, and the favorable prospect
of having within a short time a com
plete portage road from this city to
the Deschutes river. Meanwhile it is
to be hoped that the present high rates
on grain now demanded by the Union
Pacific may be speedily reduced so as
to give a general relief to all who hp.ve
grain and other products to ship over
its linos.
OPPOSED TO PROSFERITT.
The tin-horn editor of the Portland
Telegram, an alleged DemocrStic pa
per, appears to be greatly exercised
over the possibility of the successful
manufacture of tin plate in this coun
try. Even should the present devel
opment of the iudus'ry in tha United
States result in the home manufacture
of all the tin consumed in this coun
try, the "sin plate liar" of the Tele
gram sees only a personal benefit to
be derived by combinations of the
manufacturers and the employment of
foreign pauper labor, while the wages
of every farmer will be decreased on
account of the injury done to the sur
plus product in the market.
The fact is that the Democratic
party does not want to see the manu
facture of tm plate in this country
iirle a success and . by fah-e argument
and lying statementsseek to convince
the people that tho protective policy
of the Republican party is bringing
disaster upon them. How different
the expression of the London Times,
neveY our friend, olwajs our enemy
when it says:'. "The United. States do
not approach the question of protect
ive tariS from the same standpoint as
ourselves. The object of their statesmen
is not to secure the largest amount cf
wealth for their country, but fo keep
up, by whatever meaa3 possible, the
standard cf comfort among the work
ing classes. "
No less discouraging to the free
trade Democmcy is the report on the
economic situation made last month
by the ' chairman of the Cobden club.
Said he:
Upward cf two millions and a half
of books and pamphlets, and fourteen
miiiions and a half of leaflet!', have
been circulated during the twenty five
years of the Cobden Ciub's existence.
They hud intended to do useful work,
yet the reports from foreign countries
are not satisfactory, and the yearning
for protection within the confines of
Great Entuin gios without check.
THE ARID LANDS CONVENTION.
' It is hardly trobable that Oregon
will be properly represented at the
arid lands convention, to be ht-ld in
Slt Lake City next month. Gov.
Pennoyer has appoiuted thirty dele
gates to represent this state at the
meeting, which promises to be one of
more than utual importance, but the
selections made are not generally of a
character to ensure a proper repre
sentation of the state. No provision
is made to .meet the expenses of the
delegation, ard it is not at all reason
able to expect that the gentlemen r.e
lected by the governor will feel called
upon to not only lose 'considerable
time, but also to foot the bills.
When, tome weeks ago, the govern
or of Utah asked Gov. Pennoyer to
appoint a delegation of citizens to
represent Oregon at the coming con
vention to be held at Salt Lake City,
he very properly turned the matter
over o the Portland chamber of com
merce, which, in turn, placed it in the
hands of the state board of commerce.
Correspondence wes at once begun
with all the boards of trade in the
state, with the view of securing the
names of a sufficient number of per
sons to attend the convention that
would give to Oregon a creditable
representation. It was the purpose
of the state board of commerce to se-1
cure a delegation of men who would !
not onlv attend'the meeting, but also
composed of 'members who were not
only interested in the questions to be
discusser, but also fuliy competent to
discuss the same. The effort to secure
3uch a delegation was successful, and
a list of the names- was sent to Gov.
Pennoyer, but he seemingly took no
notice of the same, as the day follow
ing its receipt he sent out his own
selections. Of the thirty delegates he
has appointed it is not probable that
half a dozen, if even that number,
will accept the honorary comoiission
tendered them unless 'hey can devise
some means of defraying the expenses
of their 'trip from sources outside
their own pockets. Those of tho
govermr'a appointees who do not
intend to accept, the same should
immediately decline so that the va
cancies can be filled by -ome one who
will oerform the duties expected, and
so ensure to Oregon a fair, and, at the
3ame time, competent representation.
If the Republican press refer to the
record of the Democratic party dur
in" the "late unpleasantness," these
references are stigmatized as the
"bloody shirt and they are ac
cused of reviving sectional ha
tred. With such nice scruples
about any criticism of the acts of
a political organization that controlled
national affairs for long periods, we
are surprised to cull the following
ghoulish attacks on the reputations of
two of the most honored presidents
who have ever occupied the White
House, and who ara now resting at
peace in the silent chambers of the
dead, mourned and revered by the na
tion at large, from a Democratic ex
change: Ulysses S. Grant permitted a gang of
treasury thieves to make his parlors their
headquarters, and escaped iudictmeut him
self because the law officers depended on
him for their tenuro in office.
James A. Garfield held railroad stock.
from which he received bounties, and at
the same time occupied a congressional seat,
id open violation to the constitution.
These are only two of four that the
same article attempts to malign, now
that they cannot deny these slanders.
Gen. Grant and President Garfield,
during their lifetime, refuted every
charge made against them by the
Democracy, and the party will, make
no friends by this cowardly attack on
dead men.
TtT) 'death of D. L'dsay, in Port
land, removes one of the best-known
clergjmen in the northwest. A
Christian in the truest sense of the
word and a ripe scholar, his demise
will be mourned all over the north
west. For many yearB he occupied
the pulpit of the Presbyterian church,
always attracted large congaegations,
and in all efforts to better the condi
tion of his fellows was a leader. His
name will live long, and no man could
be called away by the dread summons
nrhich all must obey who would
cause more universa' sorrow.
As a practical lesson ia protection,
we saw to-day at the freight depot, a
car labeled, T. M. Siuclair & Co., Ce
dar Rapids, la.; Pure Lard, Smoked
Meats. In the name of common sense,
is it profitable for the people of Ore
gon to buy lard and smoked meats in
Iowa, when they can be produced here
with equal, facility, and the money
saved to . the' community? 'This is
protection in its simplest form, and
which Democrats haye opposed be
cause it was Republican loctrine. .
The railroad commission did good
work when it made the reduction of
ten per cept. on products viathe
Southern Pacific, and it is hoped that
it will coutinue in the same line by re
ducing freight rates on other railroads
in tho state. If the commission' will
do something for farmers and pror-
ducurs it arill-establish a good reputa
tionr and redeem itself from' beiny
considered a sinecuro and furnishing
fat positions for legislative favorites.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The Douglass county Farmers' Alii
ance has passed resolutions denouncing
proposed improvements to he county
court house. .
Hon. S. C. Hyde, of Spokane, sugr
getts Miles C. Moore, of Walla Walla,
as the successor of Governor Ferry,
and " one having excellent qualifica
tions for the position.
From the amount of attention the
Walla Walla Statesman gives to the
Ohio campaign and the denunciation
of McKinley, one might think that
the great advocate of protection was
running for office in Washington.
World's Fair Coin missincer Meeker,
of Washington, has discovered that
the law creating the state board of
commissioners contained no emergency
clause, and that all the business trans
acted by tho commissioners has been
illegal. '
The Roseburg Review is after tiov
emor Pennoyer's scalp, all on account
of the retnoval cf . Dr. Harry Lane
from the superintendency of the in
eane asylum. The deposed official and
the irate editor are cousins, and the
Lane family, all Democrats, are op in
arms against his gubernatorial nibs.
Sherman county expects to raise
750,000 bushels of grain this year.
This is an argument which cannot be
refuted for a railroad into that por
tion uf Eastern Oregon. The farmers
of Sherman county should ship every
pound of grain on opposition boats at
The Dalles, iud would do it if a line
of railroad were built
The Oregon Pacifio'employes, who
have hot received their pay for over
six months, have placed their claims
in the hands of Attorney-General
Chamberlain for collection. The com
pany is in set ions financial straits and
it would appear that its leading
spirit, T. E. Hogg, who lives in sump
tuous style in Jfew York, U most ap
propriately named. 1
AMERICAN POLICY FOR
AMERICANS.
Our brother of the Sun does not
lUe being classified as a British free
trader, and when we attacked him in
this regard falls back on sarcasm and
satire, and calls to his uid Tupper's
Proverbial Philosophy: but, strange
to say, has no quotation from Mrs.
Partington, Josiah Allen's Wife or
Petroleum V. Nasby. These he over
looked, undoubtedly, or else his article
would have been complete, and he
would haye borrowed from all Ameri
can wits to supply his lack of argu
ment. From tho time he put the
free trade chip on his shoulder and
dared us to knock it off we have been
so confident of the correctness of our
position on this question that we have
indulged in no sophomoric wit or fa
cetiae. If he has nothing better with
which to fill his editorial columns than
humorous trash we have no objection
this is suited to his taste. He
makes a bold stride, arid it is the usual
taslics of the defeated party when
they cannot answer argument by ar
gument to resort to such despicable
means. Wo quote from his last arti
cle:
Unable or unwilliug to attack us on onr
own ground he tries to make a platform for
us, built entirely by nis owu plans and cat
out of his own iinnginstivu, and then pro
ceed to demolish it.
In the same article he defines his po
sition in such clear language that it
reads very much like an excerpt from
a speech of soeie British statesman in
the house of parliament. We give it
in full:
We believe that only snch a tarilT should
be levied es would bufEce to meet the cx-
pnnses of an honestly and economically-ad
ministered government; that articles usu
ally denominated luxuries, when imported
into this country, thould bear the greater
part of this burden. That the principle
adopted by the Republican paity and called
"tariff for protection is a hollow and
shameful fraud, designed by it projectors
to deceive the people by its attractive name
and to prolong that party's grasp on place
and power, first by a short le:iec, while the
people are still deceived by its tpecions
promise, and second, to prolong that grip
by the nse of the tithes contributed by the
favored class, to be used as a vast corrup
t-on f un l. Sun, July S2d.
If this is not Britibh frettrade we
do not know what is. Democrats are
ashamed cf their position on this
economic question, like they are of
their record during the late war. But
let us analyze this Democratic position.
and he is of the "bedrock" kind and
"to the manner born." He believes
that "only such a tariff should be
levied as would suffice to meet the
expenses of an honestly and economi
cally administered government," This
is British free-trade, for the statesmen
of that country advocate and follow
the same policy. In other word?, ac
cording to every authority on political
economy, he is a free-trader and, as
such, we have met and defeated him
according to his own acknowledgment,
During this discussion we have at
attempted to argue an principles, and
not resort to any sophomoric quirks
of rhetoric: but we have found our
enemy as nimble and unstable ; as the
flea. When completely routed in any
position he falls back on another, and
when worsted in . argument he falls
back - on personal insinuations, and
says he believed his "argumentative
friend had taken a trip to the coast."
This was to hide his own discomfiture.
We have utterly refuted every posi
tion he has taken, and have nailed
him to his own standard until he
writhes nnl squirms like a fly im
oaled with a pin. Next week we
shall have another dose of Tupper,
Partington or Nasby in order to divert
Dublic attention from bis . terrible
defeat. His'platform would not build
up a tingle industry, iu the United
States, and to-day we should have
been dependent on Great Britain for
everv article in use fabrics aud cut
lery.. This is what the great English
statesman, Fox, meant when, discuss
ing the Oregon question, he said that
Great Britain would conquer th
country by Manchester fabrics aud
Sheffild cutlery as effectually as if a
British soldier occupied every foot of
the soil. This is British free-trade,
and this is the position of Democrats
on the great economic question, and
they cannot deny it. With tariff for
revenue only there would be no watch
factories, no rolling mills, no cotton
factories, no Bessemer steel rails, no
home industries of any kind,and, al
though our armies conquered the hired
Hessians during the revolution, our
citizens would be paying tribute to
England to-day in every shirt, vest,
pantaloons or coat worn, and every
implement nsed, and would be
more thoroughly conquered than if we
had been defeated at Trenton, York
town or Saratoga. This ia the whole
matter in a nutshell of what tariff for
revenue only would have amounted to
in these colonies, and we dare any
Democrat from Maine to California or
from Texas to Washington to deny it.
The protectionists stand on a solid
platform. They say:
I. Protection enabled the country
to be independent of European mon
archies by building up home indus
tries.
II. Protection developed th na
tural resources of the country by keep
ing out foreign articles, the products of
pauper labor in monarchial countries.
III. Protection, in- years when
there has been a stringency in money
matters, has enabled, the country to
bridge over financial disasters by
keeping every cent cf the circulating
medium at home.
IY. Protection enabled the United
States as it did France after the
Franco-Prussian war to pay a heavy
indebtedness after the late Democratic
civil war, and made the credit of the
country on a solid basis with all na
tions of the world.
Y. .Protection has built up indus
tries in the manufacture of implements,
steel rails, watches, fabrics and woolen
goods. .
On the contrary, Great Britain
sflfis
would have owned this country to-day
as completely as she did before the re
volt of the colonies, and American
labor would have been on a par with
the paupers of Manchester, Sheffield
and other cities in England if free-
trade had been adopted by tho fathers
of the republic
We cannot discuss this doctrine ex
cept in the broadest sense, and if wo
impale our antagonist on the wall of
his own sophistry we canuot release
him, but let him Bquirra and drive the
pin deeper. His knowledge of Tup
per, Mother Partington or Nasby will
avail him nothing. He must contro
vert facts, and not evade them. The
American people think and cannot be
deluded. McRinley's tariff bill has
only been in operation six months, and
no honest roan will say it has been
fairly tested. Within the last few
months 860,000,000 has been with
drawn from the circulating medium
in this country by European security
holders, and this has depreciated
values in all articles even in wool.
Our cotemporary wants to know
what "the conditions being equal"
mean. We cannot express it m simpler
language. It means if wool from
Ohio, California, Texas or Oregon
were placed in the Boston market of
the same cleanliness, quality and
strength of fibre as the Australian
product, the home fleece, by reason of
the protective duty, would have the
advantage, and this is apparei.t to any
one. If the McKinley bill had not
been in operation the Oregon dip
would command a less price than it
does at present the conditions being
equal and it will require no argu
ment to prove this.
One of the almost miraculous conse
quences of protection is that it admits
of competition in manufactures, thus
lowering the price, 'in some instances,
to the minimum of the imported arti
cle as is shown in the price of steel
rails. But without protection these
industries would never have come into
istence. Further, as a British states
man said in parliament oaly a few
years ago (and he was cheered to the
echo by British free-traders), "If our
articles can be admitted free in. the
United States we can throttle and
strangle their industries by throwing
our surplus products on their markets
for little or nothing, and then, after
we have killed their industries, our ar
ticles will command the highest price
we desire. We want their trade at all
hazards, for the golden future it prom
ises." jsProtection is, therefore, neces
sary during the infancy of our indus
tries, and it is also necessary when ar
ticles are selling at the minimum price
of the imported article, not to admit the
surplus products of pauper looms to
kill and destroy our manufactures.
When it comes to the discussion of the
suffrage question we shall unequivocally
stats our position, and shall logi
cally express our ideas. As ' the
Sun editor ttates the matter
bis squirming at our impaling bim
we cannot object to only "citizens of the
Ucited States being admitted to suf
frage." This is a platform of sufficient
broad guage for any to stand upon, and
if we discuss this matter with bim we
shall not object to this plank.
, We hope our cotemporary will stand
' to the question, and leave Tupper,
Mother Partington and personal insinua
tions alone. Be has as much as be can
possibly do for the next six months to
defend Democratic, British free-trade
and its disastrous e fleets upon toe conn
try.
TELEGEAPHI0.
Lw Kate on .Freight.
Salem, Or., Auk. 11. Tbe state board
of railroad commissioners at their meet
ing to day adopted a rate of 10 per cent'
off tbe Southern Pacific Company's rate
on gram on all of tbat company's Hoes in
Oregon. There will be a reduction on
green fruit, vegetables, live stock, and
lumber, to go into effect September 1.
This evening the beard refused tbe
Southern Pacific further time in which to
furnish data of shipments before adopt
ing or rejecting the scbedule of reduced
rates as recommended by tbc board. The
tariff sheets as recommended by tbe board
for the Sou then. Pacific's lines in Oregon
were adopted and are to go into effect
tbe 1st of September. Tbese new sheets
will be-it-sued from the state printing
office to morrow. A horizontal reduction
ot 10 per cent, has been made on grain,
and on other commodities the reduction
will averaga about 15 per cent. No re
duction bus been made ou tbe merchan
dise rate, the new schedule affecting only
tbe natural products of Oregon, such as
grain, live stock, green fruit, vegetables,
lumber, etc. Should tbe railway com
pany not adopt the rates as recomended
the board will take actions throngb the
courts to compel enforcement of the
rates.
31 an can Stake Kaln.
Chicago, Aug. 12 C. R. Farwell to
day received a telegram from Professor
Sbyrenfurtb, In charge of the rain pro
ducing experiments provided for by the
last congress, now being conducted on
the rsucb of Nelson Morris, of tbis city,
in Texas. The professor says that tbe
first experiment was made yesterday,
powder being exploded high in the air;
that clouds began to gather, and Ibat it
is raioiug heavily here to day.
One ot tbe party, in an interview, said
to day : "We do not think the explosions
actually produced the storms, but they
were undoubtedly Instrumental in pre
cipitating tbe moisture which tbe clouds
brought to tbat locality, and greatly in
creased the intensity of tbe storm. Tbe
amoont of precipitation was greatest m
tbe vicinity of tbe oparation. We will
continue to make testa as to tbe density
ol tbe atmosphere so that bombs may be
adapted to every possible condition.
When sufficiently satisfied upon tbese
and similar points, decisive experiments
will be made. The rain to-day was tbe
first good ram in tbis vicinity for several
months." "
Way tbe Panama was Seined.
Washington, Aug. 11. The state de
partment has not yet received any in
formation of the reported seizure of tbe
Pacific Mail steamship City of Panama
at La Libertad, San Salvador. It has
been advised of tbe threatened intention
the authorities of San Salvador to
Ize the. vessel at Acajutia because she
left tbe port nf San Salvador "Without
properly clearing nnder tbe law. The
department telegraphed United States
Minister Pacheco to examine into the
facts immediately and make a report of
tna result oi nis investigation.
Tne I lata cited aa aa Kxample.
Han Salvador, Aug. 11. The general
agent of tbe Pacific Mail line at Guate
mala says he took It for granted that the
confiscation bad been made became of
some violation el the laws, but,
to make surv, he inquired by tele
gram if that was the case. Minister ot
Commerce Aciaya telegraphed the follow
ing reply : "The City of Panama did not
leave La Lnuro without toe permission
of the health board, as rou say. She did,
however, leave without a permit from
the authorities of tho port. This has led
to the sci.inr of said steamer, and in con
sequence she has been declared confis
cated. We are carrying out in this mat
ter the same doctrine which tbc United
States applied in the case of the Ilatn, of
tbe Chilian rebel squadron." .
Fell Wltn a Crash.
Dayton, TV ash., Aug. 11 This even
ing at 6 o'clock, a loud rumbling crash
was heard, coming from tbc direction of
the Portland flour mills. It was soon
ascertained tbat some 1700 fet t of the
new flume bad fallen, entailing a loss of
some $3000. Tbe ptnatock also fell,
crushing in tbe office wblcb had been
also newly built. I he flume was new
and had not been ia position but a few
days. The cause of tbe disaster is not
known, as it all went down without
warning. The mill will not be in run
nlng order for tome six weeks. This
will be a big lots to the company, as
wheat is now being brought in. A num
ber of parties bad a nanow escape, but
no one was injured.
The IiOan Association Mwlndte.
Denver, Co!., Aug. 11. Investors of
this city, it is said, lost over $30,000
through the National Capital Savings
Building and Loan Association in Chi
cago, it is aleo said tbe arrest ot tne
officers of that concern was due to tbe
expose made by the Denver real estate
exchange, their crooked operations hav
ing beta shown up, and tbe attention of
tbe governor and United States district
attorney called to tbem live months
ago.
James Knssel Lowell Dead.
Boston, Aug. 12 James Russel Low
ell died this, Wednesday morning, at
3:10 o'clock, after an illness of three
weeks. During all this time a nurse has
been at Ins bedside constantly and from
those who were near to bim it is learned
that be has been uncoosciou during
most of this time. A complication of
diseases, particularly affecting tbe liver
and kidneys, was tbe cause of his death
Another Kailroasl Combination.
- San Francisco, Aug. 13. A New
York special says a story la current in
Boston to tbe effect that tbe Hopkins-
Searles and Crocker interests in tbe Cen
tra! Pacific and the Atchison people's
Missouri Pacific and Union Pacific m
terests will be brought closer togetbe
than over before, and tbat representatives
of tbe California parties above mentioned
recently Ha l interviews with the Union
Paci6c and Gould people, looking to such
a combination.
Senator Squire Again Mentioned.
Washington, Aug. 13. Last night
report was circulated to tbe effect that
the mission to China was offered to Sena
tor Squire, of Washington. Actipg Sec
retary WLarton said: "It if quite likely
but I don't know anything about it."
It is not thought, however, tbat Senator
Squire would resign, as his senatorial term
has just begun. -
Children Cry
far PITOHBB'S
Castor, a
" Castoria is so well adapted to chfldren that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me.'
Ill South Oxford SU, Brooklyn, N. Y
tl. A. ARCHER. A.
"I use Castoria in my practice, and find It
specially aaaptra to anecaons oi cnuaren.
Atnk lVUHAMt A DUJ1 flB
- . .- - 1057 2d Atb., New York.
"From personal knowtedgo-1 can say that
Castoria ia meet exoeilent medicine tor chil
dren." AMU U. A USOOOD,
J:; Lowell, Mass.
Caatorin promotes DigestUm, and
overcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Hour
Stomach, Diarrhoea, and Fevenshneas.
Thus the child is rendered healthy and its
aleen nntuxal. Castoria. contains no
Morphine or other narcotic property.
NEW TO-DAY.
Admlninistrator's Sale of Real Estate,
TH TH2 COUNTY COURT OP THE STATE Ot
X OreKon for the County of Uultnouua.
In the matter of tbe estate ot Michael Little de-
Notice is hereby given that undei and by virtue of
an order of ulr.duly made and entered of record in the
Cotintv Court 4 tne Bute of urejon ior tno vnuutj
of llultnomoh by Hon. J. C. Moroluid, Juane inere
nf nn the sth div of Auruet. lioi. the undervisned.
n w l.nn..r administrator of tbe said estate, will
sell at pal-lie auction to the hikbest and best bidder
Uu front door of tin county court houe in Dalles
City, county cf Wasto and State cf uregon, at the
ttuur ox 1U O CKM.K a. mm ine
23.1 day of September, 1601.
the foUowintr described r.-al property, s'tuated In the
county u Wasco and state oi uretron, to-wii:
Tbe north one-half of the northeast quarter of aeo
tion thirteen, in townshin two n rth, of ranze ten
east of the Willatnett- meridian, for cash paid at the
dav of sale, in United fcta-ea gold co n. or on e-half
cash down and the balance in one year or les, se
cured by a mortiraire on the above described real
property by, the purchase oi auco P
Administrato- of the estate of Michael Little, de-
ecaped.
W. L. Ksttmo. Administrator's Attorney.
Dated Angm 14th,-ISM. augl5-6t
NOTICE FOK PUBLICATION.
laxo Omsm at Tm Dallcx, Oa,,
""ft - -
Notice If hereby siren that tlie lollowuif-namea
. . i i i l : . k(. IntWinn A mult, 11.1
aetuer ua mm uuuw u. n-v.
proof in aunport ol hia claim, and that eaid proof
Will De OWJ O mj. -
U. a Land Office at The Lallea, Or., on Sept. ,
H ' CHESTER W. EMERSON.
Hd. No. 1707, for the KK NW!, 8EJ NWJ and SW'J
ore , in " "
De mnm vims juuwwuag w.iiww r " - -
eonnnuotu residence upon, and cultivation of, (aid
lanu. via:
Juteph C. Egbert, James Hunt, Iaac Young,
Martin Jakaha, all of Tbe Daliea, Or.
aii-flt JOHN W LEWIS. Kevrirter.
NOTICE FOB. RE PUBUCATION.
UnOmciiiTniSiun.Oi,
Aiuruat 8, 1891.
. . I (..-.. .1.. tit. fallnwinir tlAmMl
rioiice in uereuj " u .0
aetuer naa nieu Y'" . .
filial proof In auppurt of bit claim, and that said
pro if will be made before the reifistor and receiver
of the V. S. land office at The Dalles, Or., on Sept.
2,Ui91'"15 JOSEPH R. HALL.
Hd. 19y?. for the SK SE, Sec M. Tp 1 K, B 12
tie name. w.e iuiwwh. i - --
eontlnuour residence upon ami cultivation of said
1- Ml
land, viz: . ,X.J. .. .
Jacoti uonn, mram LniHoauvi,
Walters, all of The Dallas. Or. ,
augli, juuii w.Ltnio,-iwiw-
S
THE DALLES, WlSgO CO., OR.
First-Class Boarding School for Girls,
Conducted -t the Sister of the Holy Names of
Jesus and Mary. The fall term .ipens Sept. 7th.
for pnrocntars aaoress
augl5-lm SISTER SUPERIOR.
NOTICE.
BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED by the Prinerllle
Inigatiun Company for the digging of s ditch
one metre and 60 rods long; amount of earth to bs
moved, 27,000 cubic yards. Bids will be reoeived un
til the 28th day of August. Work to commence the
16th day of September, 1891.
PKLNEV1LLE IRRIGATION CO,
auzlS-liu - Per T A. Oem, Sec..
PrioevUIe, Crook County. Oregon.
STRAYED.
ONE SORREL. BALD-FACED HORSE, about
16M hands high, ears inclined to lop; branded
M H, coniiecte t, on left nip. Will pay reward of
6 for return of horse or any information leading to
his recovorv- Address O. S. MORGAN,
augl& lm 1 he Dalles, Or.
i'fary
Academy
4
JNEW UO-UAY.
Oregon State
MONMOUT
m
i...-' i
!,. re i inz diplomas from thii school
State v-ituout fuather examination. .
Tuition reduced in Normal andrtBusinesa
Preparatory from f30 to $20 a year, y
A. Y13AB AT JSCIIOOL FOR S1 ". A,
ExrKXSis Tuition in Normal lad Business Courses. 6.2o for term of teu woeks: ia
Preparatoiy, $5 a term; board at Noahal dinion halt, $1.50 a week; furnished rooms with
light and fare, 51 a week; flood EOkrcTwitn
First term opens September 22, 1891.
loifu- f.ldr-si ! ,
Or J. M. rOVVKLL, A. M., V ice
CASCADE LOCK
THE ORIGINAL TOWNSTTE OF CASCADE LOCKS
NOW ON THE MARKET.
LOTS SELLING VERY RAPIDLY.
The building of the Portage Railroad at this point will make Cascade
Locks a very thriving town in the future. Partiex desirous of investing at
that point will be furnished with maps and price list by applying to
BRADFORD & CA3TELLOE,
5 110 Second St., Portland, Oregon,
Or Dr. LEA V ENS, at Cascade
THE 0R0 FfNO WINE ROOMS.
jSJD. KELiLER, Proprietor.
Port 81,
Sherry 81. .
Muscat 83,
Angelica 83, , :
Mountain' 83
on Grofirorlo Vineyard Co, Agency.
All Wines and Brandies Guaranteed Strictly Pura
The Best Wines, Liquors and Cigars Always on Sale.
Try the best remidy for Dyspepsia, "Dandelion Tonic.
sfj r v - -sr. , v ri . ,i ! - 't1: -
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LARGEST BIGYGLE
33 end 295 abash Annas, , .
NEPTDNE SHAVING PARLORS AND BATH ROOMS.
HO Front Street, Tne Dalles. Orra-on.
J3
til' i-rVV
If
At the old stand of R. Lusher. CHAS. FRAZER, Prop.
THE BALDWIN
Cor. Court and Front S treats,
THE DALLES, : : OREGON.
TTT T in
wines; iprs and ips.
None bnt the Best Quality of Liquors and
the Best Brands of Cigars on sals. . ,
Kentucky Straight Whisky
From $3 to $5 Per Gallon. -A.
BETTINGEN, JR., Proprietor
THE OLD ESTABLISHED '
COLUMBIA BREWERY
Second St.. Cast End,
AUGUST BUOHLEB. PHOP.
Has been refit tod throughout with the
LATEST IMPROVED MACHINERY
And is now manufacturing
Best Keg and Bottled Beer
and Porter
In Eastern Oregon.
Mr. Riuhtar alwava aims to adont the latest brew
ing apparatus and will furnish his customers bee
equal to any a market: wtf
A. A. BROWN
A FULL ASSORTMENT
suns iii fasct mm,
ND PROVISIONS,
Soecial Prices to Cash Buyers.
Nickelsen Block, 3d and Washington
: : i
Jrri I
formal School
H. OREGON-
BOARD OF REGN1
Kx Officio State Koard of EJuc
His Kxcrilleocy, Governor .Sylvmter
uoyc-r; Hon. j. VV. Mclin-iu, Sc
( State; Hon. E. Ii. McK'rny, 8
tendent of Public Instruction.. I'n-.ijcirt
. of the Board,- Benjamin Scholiield.Waah. :
iagton oonnty; Seoretary, J. V. B. But.
lot, 1'olt county; Executive Committee,
J. J. Daley, V. V. Haley. J. B. V. But.
lcr, Polk county; Jacob V oorhecs, Marion;
j. C. White. I'olk; Alfred Lice v. l'lci. -amas;
W. Ii. Holmt. Marion; A. Nat
tier, Multnomah.
Leading Normal School of the North'-'
west. Beautiful and healthful locatioa."
No saloons. . . . .
Normal, AJvanred Normal, Business,
" Mu.io and Art Department. Special at
tention given to physical culture; a vol-,
oniary military organization.
ara entitled to teach in any county of the -
Departments from (40 to $25 a year; in
,
private family, $4 DO a week.
Students oan eter at anv time. For car
P. Lx CAMPBELL, A. B.. Presitb-n
ore!.
uniiiW''Sk
JPreatdi n t. ang
Locks. '
Burgundy 83,
Zinfardel 84,
Riesling 83,
Bock 83,
'Table Claret
i
HOUSE IK IliMM
CHIC'VC t'X,
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COLUMBIA
W. S. ORAM, Prop.,
-FOB TOUR-
CANDIES,
Tropical Fruits, Nuts,
CIGARS and TOBACCO.
Goods warranted fresh and of first-class quality.
Can furiiiah any of these Goods at wholesale
j and retail quantities.
. 104 SooonA Street.
THE DALLES, - OREGON-
;
'Tbe best Baking Powder I
CTr used was 'Snow Cap,' "
A prize of six small Berry
Duhes or ooe Iare one with
each can
ONE WORD i MORE :,
If yob need anything else
in the grocery line, call aol
inspect my stock. - Satisfac
tion guaranteed. Reftem
bcr the place, No. 69 Second
street, Tbe Dattey'Or.
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Candy Facioiy
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