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SATURDAY. .MAY 20, 1899
OUB 8ECBETABY OF WAR
If there is any man in public life in
the United States who is more gener
ally detested than the secretary of war
v it is not known. Of all America be is
the least respected of any, still he is
retained in the cabinet for reasons
. probably better known to President
- McKinley and Senator Hanna than
anybody else still he is retained, and
there seems to be no hope that he will
be removed. Why he was elevated to
; a cabinet position has ever been a
mystery except that he bought his way
' in during- the campaign of 1896, ttvre
- by creatirg certain obligations t hat
the president had to' recognize,
for certainly he had never done
anything to entitle him to be placed at
the head of the war department. Hi a
'' record In the civil war was anything
' but enviable, and it could not have
- been anything he did there that actu
ated the president to elevate him to a
V cabinet position, unless he considered
; : Alger's case as he did Eagan's that an
incompetent man should be rewarded
; and appointed him secretary of war
. for the same reason that he suspended
' Eagan on full pay after a court-martial
had found him guilty. And for this
reason he may have appointed Alger,
: believing- that a coward and a rascal
. should be honored by the administra
tion because be could not receive hon-
."- ors elsewhere. .
-' Alger's record during the civil war
has been looked up by his own partisan
- papers, and the Oregonian among the
- number gives a brief history of it that
cannot be considered creditable. The
particular features of his record that
- are especially unfavorable are as fol
lows: . -
- It was in September, 1864, that
General Merritt presided over the
military court that recommended R.
A.Alger's dishonorable dismissal for
cowardice in absenting himself with
, out leave from his command when his
regiment was in face of the eni-my.
The official records show that Colonel
- Alger, of the Fifth Michigan cavalry,
on August 28, 1864, "played sick" and
' asked for a leave of 20 days. As this
was not the first time that Alger had
" "played sick" in the face of the enemy
' and asked for a leave of absence when
he was fit for duty, General Custer,
who, with all his conceded faults of
manner and temper, was a soldier of
splendid spirit and courage, refused to
approve Alger's application for leave.
: In other words, Custer believed that
. Alger was afflicted with the intermit
tent "cannon fever" that assails some
' . soldiers invariably whenever they
have reason to believe that their regi
ment is "in for a fight."
- General Merritt, the division com
mander, forwarded General Custer's
report to General Torbert, the chief o
' the cavalry corps of Sheridan 'e army
of the Shendoah, who at once recom
mended the dismissal of Alger from
the service, and General Sheridan ap
" proved the action of Torbert. Alger,
-' who had deserted his command on the
28th of August, knew, of course, that
he had made himself liable to dismissal
from the service for continued absence
" without leave, soon the 6th of Septem
ber he sent his resignation to the
secretary of war, and on September
16th the very day that General Custer
made his report, he filed another resig-
J . nation, which was accepted, and he
was discharged from the service
September 19, 1864, the very . day
when his regiment, in General
' Custer's brigade, helped win Gen
eral Sheridan's great .victory of
Obequan. The preparations for the
battle of the 19th doubtless delayed
the transmission of General Sheridan's
. recommendation for the dismissal of
t; Alger; for otherwise it is not likely
that Secretary .Stanton would have
i allowed Alger to resign to escape
punishment for desertion of his com
mand in face of the enemy. General
. Merritt at the time knew all these
facts, and has again and again ex
' pressed a contemptuaus opinion of
Alger's conduct in resigning to escape
military punishment for cowardice.
LET IT BE GENERAL:
Every property owner in The Dalles
and every business man is convinced
beyond doubt that the business inter
ests of the place and its future prosper'
ity depends, to a great extent, upon its
becoming a manufacturing town, yet
there is a wide divergence of opinion
as to what sort of manufacturing in
dustries will' be most advantageous
or would give the best results. And
this divergence of opinion may to
some extent retard the work of the
committee appointed to solicit for sub
sidy funds. However it should not,
There is such a wide scope of manufac
turing industries that would be bene-
- flcial to The Dalles that there should
be no contention as to which of the
many should be encouraged. A ay
thing that will furnish employment for
a large number of persons and will
create a monthly pay-roll cannot but
be of benefit to the business interests.
hence there should be no haggling as
to the specific industry for which
subsidy shall be offered.
The most feasible way for securinar
manufacturing industries is, we believe,
for the citizens to raise a subsidy and
hold it out as an inducement lor any
manufacturing enterprise that will em
ploy a certain number of hands. For
. instance, if The Dalles can say it will
give a bonus of $15,000 to an enterprise
that will represent an investment of
960,000 and employ 150 hands at such a
salary as would create a pay-roll of
$3,000 a month, no matter what the
: industry should be, it would be more
likely to secure an enterprise that
would be advantageous, than if an of
fer were made of a certain amount of
money for a specific industry. Per
sons who are manufacturers and who
have money to invest, know what lines
are adapted to certain localities, there
fore when a subsidy is offered they are
capable of judging whether the place
is suited to their wants or not. Hence
ft is that a general offer is more advis
able than one that specifies the par
ticular industry.
Some. residents of The Dalles may
want a woolen mill, others a furniture
factory, while others desire a fruit,
cannery: but all want a factory that
will furnish employment to the great
est number of people. But when the
Jeld la exaaunad by to jMnuftwtur-j
era it may be found inadvisable to start
any one of those above mentioned, yet
some other manufacturing industries
might be exactly suited to this locali
ty. For this reason it appears evident
that the best method for The Dalles to
pursue is to raise all the money it can
for a subsidy, then invite people de
siring to invest, to submit their prop
ositions, and for us then to select
which will be the most advantageous,
We noed not be specific in the matter,
Let us create the subsidy, then select
for what particular industry it may be
offered.
AN EBA OF MILLIONS.
It is somewhat bewildering in these
days to look over the business projects
before the country which are reorgan
izinsr and capitalizing on a basis of
tens of millions and hundreds of mil
lions. A few years ago these combina
tions were content to fix their stock at
a million or two, but scarcely a day
passes in which schemes are not
broached for 850,000,000 or more. One
much talked of at present announces
that its stock will be placed at $500,
000,000 or $800,000,000, or possibly a
round $1,000,000,000, an elasticity in
the prospectus that would have de
lighted Col. Sellers. This is for a
single line of manufacture. . Another,
and by no means one of the most
prominent, is arranging a capitaliza
tion of $50,000,000. Producers of cop
per talk of marking up their stock to
several hundred millions. In fifteen
months new American "industrial
securities" have been created to the
extent of $5,000,000,000, and the daily
additions are running higher than
ever. . These emblems of wealth, for
they can be called jo more at present,
are piling up at a rate never equaled
before in the world's history.
The above is from an editorial in
the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.and that
paper goes on to Bay these "combina
tions are called trusts, but it is clear
their manipulators are more concerned
in selling stock to persons with moriey
to invest than running up prices or
limiting production." The Globe
Democrat might better have said the
manipulators were interested in three
vocations watering stocks, selling
them to suckers, and increasing the
prices of the commodities they produce
and they are paying strict attention to
business. Not one of these items is
overlooked. That each of the many
trust industries is overcapitalized is
evidenced by the fact that they are
being incorporated for vastly more
than the value of the plants they are
absorbing. The result will be to ore-
long the "era of millions," because the
manipulators of these trusts will be
able, by raising prices and cutting
down the cost of production, to make
enormous profits especially on the
stock they hold that represents no in
vestment. The "era of millions"
bodes no good to the maspes, a fact
which the people are learning, yet
there seems no immediate means of
checking the combines which threaten
to hamper the industrial interests of
the country and create a class of
masters and another class of slaves.
STOP CODDLING THE TBUSTS
Attornew-General Griggs protests
that it is impossible for him to sup
press the trusts because the law can
not be made to reach them.
Well, let us assume for the sake of
argument it is. If the government
cannot suppress the trusts, at least it
is not obliged to encourage, protect,
and subsidize them, is it?
Why should we give the $7,000,000
borax trust the power to tax American
consumers five cents a pound on borax?
Could not the $30,000,000 Knit Goods
company and the 50,UU0,U0U Jfrlnt
Cloth pool get along without duties of
50 per cent and upward on the things
people must wear?
Would it not be possible for the
United States Cast Iron Pipe and
Foundry company, capital $30,000,000,
to make a living without $9 a ton pro
tection?
Is the $30,000,000 National Lead
Company in dire need of the proceeds
of a tax of a cent and a half a pound
on lead?
Could not the $45,000,000 Western
lumber pool destroy our forests fast
enough without the stimulus of a duty
of $2 per thousand feet on pine boards?
Do the consumers of sugar feel mor
ally bound to pay tariff taxes of $20,-
900,000 a year to the sugar trust and
its allies, with their capital of $128,000,-
000?
Are the various steel trusts, total
capitalization $367,650,600, so poor
that they must have outdoor relief in
.he form of duties of from $6.72 per ton
upward on steel and its products?
Is not the $50,000,000 American Tin
Plate Company a sufficiently robust
infant by this time to be able to dis
pense with its pap of li cents a pound
on tin plates?
Jfut every article controlled by a
trust on the free list.
That is a simple, practicable policy.
It needs no litigation. Its execution
would not depend on the zeal and good
faith of prosecuting officers and courts
"But that would mean trade," some
body objects. "The trusts control
everything now, and if their products
are put on the free list there will be
no tariff left."
Well, what of it? If trusts are' the
only beneficiaries of the tariff we can
certainly dispense with it as far as pro
tection is concerned. As to revenue,
we can get that from a graduated" in
come tax New York Journal.
The good people of Steubenville, O.,
are deserving of commendation for re
fusing to turn out to hear Anna George
"lecture" on her wasted life. If the
woman had even an ordinary degree
of modesty sbe would have sought re
tirement instead of parading herself
before the public, which has heard
more than enough of of her "celebrated
case." mere is notning redeeming
in it. A weak woman met a bad man.
The bad man cast her off. He was
slain, and she brought to trial and the
jury, swayed by a sense oi crude jus
tice rather than by the law, said it
served him right and turned the
woman loose. The tragic story can
not be entirely wiped out but the cur
tain can be drawn, and in a little while
the public will cease to think of it.
and if the woman was entitled to the
consideration shown her by the jury.
she will take up some more respectable
means of teaming a livelihood. . .
Our boys down in the Philippines
haye not been having much fun with
the natives the past few days, fighting
having subsided temporarily, but there
will be plenty of it before the end shall
be reached. Those Filipinos will con
tinue to shoot as long as the United
States demands an unconditional sur
render. They imagine they have a
few rights that even President McKin
ley should recognize, even If he did
buy them for 1 20,000.000.
A LIFE WELL SPENT.
The life of ex-Governor Rosswell P.
Flower, of New York, which termi
nated last Saturday, is one that might
well betaken by the young men of the
nation as an example to follow, for
it is full of honors, and demonstrates
fully the possibilities that may be
attained through enterprise, thrift
and aDolication. Governor Flower
began life as a poor man in
Watertown, N. Y., engaging in the
jewelry business until he was 35 years
of age, wen he was called to New York
to take charce of the estate of his
deceased brother-in-law, Henry Keep,
who was a prominent railroad magnate
of thirty years ago. So successfully
did he manage the estate, that his
ability as a man of business was read
ily recognized, and he was able to
launch enterprises that made millions
for him and his associates in a short
time. The Oregonian commenting
editorially on the dead statesman and
financier says:
"Flower must have been born with
remarkaole quick and strong business
braid s. or with his small country ex
perience he could never have mastered
the banking business and the methods
of Wall street so rapidly and thorough
ly as to enable him to become a mem
ber of a firm that was successful from
its start within less than a year after
his removal to New-York city. Since
1872 Flower & Co. has been a power in
Wall street. Within seven years
after his removal from Watertown
to NewJYork city he was not only an
eminent figure in business circles, but
in politics. He helped expose and de
throne Tweed; was chairman of the
democratic state committee in 1877;
defeated William W. Astor, the rich
est man that ever ran for congress, in
1881; won high distinction asa debater,
and was elected governor of New York
in 1891. It was during his teim of of
fice that Carlisle W. Harris, a young
medical student of education, a mem
ber of a wealthy and influential family,
was convicted of haying murdered his
wife by giving her a fatal dose of mor
phine, which he had artfully sub
stituted for a quinine capsule. A
tremendous pressure was brought to
bear upon Governor Flower to induce
him to commute thesenteuce of Harris
to imprisonment for life, but to no
purpose.
"An able man of business, an able
governor, an able public speaker, ex-
Governor Flower was the most eminent
and useful statesman the New York
democracy has included in its ranks
since the death of Samuel J. Tilden,
His rise from comparative obscurity as
a genial, popular country jeweler be
gan when he was nearly 35 years of
age, and for thirty years he had been
continuously and rapidly successful
without a break in everything be had
undertaken, whether in the world of
business or that of 'politics.'
TO BEWABD THE HERO.
American people everywhere are
anxious to show their appreciation of
the services rendered the nation by
Admiral Geo Dewey, and various plans
are being suggested where-by a grate
ful people may reward the man who
today is dear to all Americans. . The
New York millionaires will take the
admiral in charge on his arrival in
tneir city and give him such a recep
tion as no other American has ever re
ceived, but this will be only temporary,
and can be participated in only by the
select iew, while the entire nation
want to do him honor.
Several plans have been suggested
for a general demonstration wherein
the entire people may take part. One
is to raise a large fund by popular con
tribution and found a marine hospital
that shall bear the name of Dewey.
This plan has its merits,-. for it would
be a monument to the hero that would
last as long as the republic shall stand.
But apparently the most appropriate
plan of doing him honor is the one
suggested by a number of leading
journals of creating a fund by free
donations, with which to purchase him
a magnificent home in some place
he shall designate, that would be
a gift from the entire American
people. Such a gift to such a man
would no doubt be most appreciated.
Dewey is of a retiring nature, cares
little for pomp and splendor; in fact,
is a plain, blunt soldier, and to be
carted about from pillar to post to be
made a show of and be worshipped by
his admiring countrymen would no
doubt be distasteful to him. He has
devoted his entire life to the service of
the nation; he is now approaching old
age, and for the American people to
provide him a home where he could
spend his declining years in comfort
and quiet would be a most appropriate
dooation.
PEACE BY FORCE.
Archbishop Ireland, one of the com
missioners from the United States to
the peace conference called by the
Czar, is quoted as saying in a recent
interview at Paris:
"All civilized nations lavor the un
derlying principles of The Hague con
ference. All intelligent men recog
nize that international differences
should be settled upon an intellectual
basis, whenever possible. : While I
cannot anticipate the work of the dele
gates, and while it would ill become
me to offer suggestions to such a dis
tinguished intellectual body, I am free
to say that there is no other work so
well calculated to bring happiness to
all nations as that with which they are
confronted.
"The piling up of huge armies is the
bane of Europe. Most countries have
reached the straining point in this re
spect, and unless a remedy be applied
speedily, irretrievable ruin stares
them in the face. Civilization and
Christianity are concurrent forces
which could and should be made to
stop the spectacle of nations arming
themselves to the teeth for the purpose
of destroying one another."
The sentiment expressed by Arch
bishop Ireland meets the approval of
all peace loving people, yet it is doubt
ful if that stage in civilization has
been reached to warrant the hope that
the nations of the world are ready for
disarmament. The principle of secur
ing peace by means of force has pre
vailed through all ages, and it can
only be discarded by a long period of
education. Individuals have been
schooled to believe in the survival of
the fittest, and to recognize restraining
laws backed np by force through the
machinery of the government. Na
tions are only a congregation of
individuals, and until -.individuals
learn to settle their differences by
arbitration, and desist resorting' to
force, nations cannot be expected to
adopt this humane and civilized meth
ods. Large standing armies and power
ful navies are a menace to the people
of any country, and to maintain them
Is a terrible burden upon the bread
winners of the world, but no country
is ready to dispose of its means of
defense and offense. However, the
improvements that are being made in
munitions of war are auch that to go
to battle means annihilation, hence it
makes war so dangerous that nations
will hesitate cefore assuming a bel
ligerent attitude toward another well
armed country. The new agencies of
war, improved warships, rapidly firing
guns and powerful explosives, in the
hands of well trained men backed up
by a firm government will supply the
force to encourage universal peace,
and will probably have to be relied
upon until such a time as the people
of the world become reconciled to
exercise more -fully the principle of
doing unto others as they would have
others do unto them.
ANGLO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE
While an overwhelming majority of
the American people would repudiate
an alliance with that embodiment of
the principle of plutocratic rule the
government of Great Britain if the
question were submitted to the people
for decision, our politicians at Wash
ington "have already effected a practi
cal Anglo-American alliance against
Germany and against the inhabitants
of the Samoan islands. The strings
reaching from Lombard street to
Washington are very stout. Michael
Davitt, who has visited Samoa, and
whose honesty is unquestionable, has
recsntly written the following letter
to Herr Liebknecht, the popular Ger
man leader, in regard to the petty
cause of the English attack upon the
Germans in Samoa, which is being
backed up by the United States govern
ment, without the advice or consent of
the people of the United States, among
whom there is to be found more Ger
man and Irish than English blood.
Michael Davitt says:
"The whole trouble was really the
work of a London missionary society,
seeking to make the English dominant
in Samoa. It has an auxiliary in
Chief Justice Chambers, who, though
nominally an American, is in reality
an Englishman. He made use of dis
turbances which the London society
promoted to further the project of an
Anglo-American alliance to over
whelm the mass of the Samoans, who
were for Mataafa; but because Mataafa
is a Catholic, and supported by the
Germans, the London society, through
Chambers, succeeded in including
English and American officials to in
timidate the people. It is certain that
the American people will act justly
when the truth is brought home to
their minds, and there will be a reac
tion of popular feeling in the United
States in favor of Germany when it is
found that Eogland is playing a 'per
fidious game, trying to breed bad
blood between Amerma and Germany
and to profit by jealousy."
An Anglo-American alliance, for the
extension of British aommerce, for the
protection of British tyranny in the far
east, and the increase of the profits of
British bondholders, will never be in
dorsed by the votes of the American
people, who pay the bills.
THE AMEBICAN SOLDIER.
The Spanish war has demonstrated
the superiority of American manhood
in war as well as in peace. The con
duct of our soldiers on land and sea
elicits unstinted praise from all man
kind. Every American is proud of our
soldiers, both officers and privates,
and while their achievements are fresh
in the minds of all, the people of other
nations will not considerus vainglori
ous if we insist that their equals have
not yet appeared in any other land,
Other nations have brave soldiers
that are not afraid of death. Other
nations have brave officers and skill
ful generals. Brilliant records are to
the credit of the soldiers of nearly all
nations, but in all that goes to make
up the true soldier in the highest and
fullest sense, our volunteers and regu
lars are defective in nothing, but on
the contrary possess every qualifica
tion in the superlative degree. Upon
every field in every encounter the
result is the same the American sol
dier covers himself with glory.
It is only proper to cite the special
case of the grand achievements of our
brave boys in the Philippines, as their
case is exceptional. They have been
called upon to do work that was not
contemplated by them when they en
tered the service of their country. It
is only fair to conclude that a differ
ence of opinion as to the wisdom of the
work they are doing is entertaiued
by the soldiers the eame as by the
people of the country generally. But
notwithstanding any difference of
opinion that may exist, or the fact
that their term of enlistment has ex
pired, their achievements are as bril
liant . as any reeorded in history,
Such soldiers can only be .found
among a great und noble people Our
soldiers have done much to increase
the respect of the intelligence of the
world for the American republic. All
honor to the American soldier.
While every citizen in town is exer
cising his mental faculties for the
purpose of discovering plans for aid
ing in the advancement of the business
interests of The, Dalles, and the com
mittee appointed to raise subsidy funds
is doing its full duty, why not the city
council do a little studying also? The
city owns a parcel of land where the
old city mills were once located, that
is an admirable site for a manufactur
ing establishment why not offer it to
gether with free water to some manu
facturing establishment, that would
employ a certain numbar of hands and
enter into an agreement to keep it
running for a specified length of time?
The question of whether or not the
land should be offered for such purpose
might well be submitted to the voters
at the coming city election next June.
Affairs in Cuba are far from being
satisfactory. The distribution of the
soldier's pay is proving a vexed ques
tion, and may yet result in an insur
rection. The Cubans seem to have
lost confidence in the Americans, and
are disposed to make trouble. Evi
dently Uncle Sam got a big job on his
hands when he undertook to regulate
Spain's difficulties. The most sensibe
thing to do would be to clear out of
the Island and let the Cubans manage
their own affairs. After a little ex
perience they would see their folly and
begin asking to be annexed to the
United States.
The National Watchman published
at Washington, D. C, is one of the
most ably edited democratic papers in
tne country ana snouia oe in every
household. It is a paper for the peo
pie and stands equally for their rights.
The subscription price is only II a
year, a snm which any person who
wants to keep posted on national af
fair can well afford. ;
BIVEB IMP BO VEMENTS.
It was stated in these columns sev
eral days ago that the proposed boat
railway between here and Celilo had
been abandoned, and now a Washing-
totucorrespopdent to the Oregonian
verifies that statement. The corres
pondent says:
"Evidence continues to accumulate
indicating that the proposed boat rail
way at the- dalles of the Columbia
known as Celilo falls, and Three-mile
raoids. of the Columbia river, will
never be constructed. Engineer of
ficers, with few exceptions, have ben
opposed to an v such scheme. It is true
these advantages were pointed out and
urged upon the engineers until they
finally accepted it. It would only cost
about $2,500,000 while the double locks
and canal would cost in the neighbor
hood of $4,000,000. At the same time
it has been very unfortunate that the
energies of Oregon and Washington
were not devoted to a canal and locks
even at a higher price, for by this time
work would have been under way,
The boat railway proposition made it
possible for the Washington delegates
to practically ignore the improve
ments of the Columbia, and the pro
ject to open the Columbia to the sea
A board of engineers recently in
vestipated the different schemes for
overcoming the obstructions to navi
gation and their report was as follows
"First That the obstructions to
navigation in the Columbia river from
the navigable waters thereof below
Three-Mile rapids to the navigabl
waters above Celilo falls, can be over
come in the most feasible, speedy and
economical manner, and in that best
adapted to the present necessities of
commerce, and to its future develop
ment, by the construction of a portagi
railway, of standard gauge, on the
south side of the Columbia river, from
Celilo to Dalles City, the cost of which
is estimated to be $454,390.
"Second When the necessity shall
arise for accommodation greater than
can be furnished by a portage railway
this board recommends that the con
struction of a canal, located on tne
Oregon side of the river, be under
taken."
In the face of such recommendation
by a competent board of engineers it
would seem that congress cannot well
refuse to make an appropriation for
portage road that could be used for
immediate transportation and in the
construction of canal and locks which
must be the ulitimate means of over
coming the obstacles to navigation.
All of Eastern Oregon and Washing
ton being interested in the opening of
the river, and Portland and Astoria
being like interested, there should be
enough pressure brought to bear to
overcome the influence of Seattle and
Tacoma, and secure an appropriation
at the next session of congress for a
portage road, and also to commence
operations upon the canal and locks.
WOOL AND THE TRUSTS.
More complicated conditions con
front the wool raiser and the wool
merchant this season than ever before.
and it will require close calculating in
deed if they are able to fathom all the
complications and successfully combat
the wool syndicate, or manufacturers
trust. Never before have the interests
of the wool growers and wool merchants
been so closely allied, and never before
has it been so much to their interest
to stand together. The wool syndicate
of Boston, which is in close touch with
all Eastern manufacturers, has so ar
ranged its affairs that if sufficient wool
can be secured on consignment it will
be able to hold the price of wool down
to a figure that there is no profit left
for the grower, and the business of the
speculator can be made so hazardous
that he will soon be forced out of the
market.
Every pound of wool that is received
on consignment is held as a reserve
with which to hold the price down,
ana tne wool wnicn the grower con
signed last year is used as a lever to
force down the price on this year's clip.
When the syndicate can buy as it likes,
it never touches the wool held on con
signment, but when wool goes up it
begins consuming that held on con
signment. The wool being out of sight
of the grower he has no means of
knowing whether it is in the ware-
bouses at Boston or manufactured in
to cioth. Thus the business is made
so uncertain that buyers with large
holdings are placed at the mercy of the
comoine.
It is possible however to break the
combination if growers and buyers will
stand together for one season. The
greater portion of this year's clip must
be had by the manufacturers within
the next twelve months, and if grow
ers will firmly refuse to consign, and
buyers will hold their stocks until a
satisfactory price is offered, the com
bine can be brought to terms. Wool
growers have but to refuse to consign,
and hold their wool for sale at a reason
able nigure. it it becomes necessary
to hold their wool over to another
season, it is vastly better for them to
store it at local warehouses, and if
necessary, to secure loans on it at home
than to. consign it to eastern commis
sion houses, where it is beyond their
control.
That there is a combination between
the commision men and the manufac
turers there is no question, and so long
as the growers consign to one party in
the combination, just so long the com
bine will exist. It is impossible to
break the trust while the producers are
giving the trust material with which
to " fight them. The experience of
growers who have consigned their
wool in the Dast has been such that it
should serve a a warning to all, for as a I
rule very little is realized when the
wool is finally sold. After deducting
freight, insurance and commissions,
the first advance is about all there is
left for the grower. This is a time
when the interests pf the grower and
buyer are close, and if the would
break the combine that is detrimental
to both, they will get very close to
gether this season, and growers es
pecially will refuse to consider any
propositions from those seeking con
signments. :-
J. raveling salesmen who were so
solicitous in 1896 to have money that
was good all over the world, since los-
iag their jobs on aecount of the for
mation of trusts, would probably be
satisfied to have their jobs back again
and receive pay in money that is good
in this country, for nnder present con'
ditions very few of them will go abroad
to spend that kind of money that all
nations want.
Owners of real estate in The Dalles
cannot afford to let the town go back
ward. -The merchant can box np his
goods and go to another place if busi
ness if not satisfactory, but the real
estate owner cannot move his land or
his buildings, therefore he is more in
terested than anybody else in the
growth of tba town.
Special ioi Saiuraay. me 20in
Piques and Welts.
The demand for these goods is ever on the increase from
the fact that there is nothing produced that has the style, beauty
and character that is depicted in a well fitting suit, skirt or waist
of this fabric. A still greater redeeming feature is in the fact
that these goods do not crush and can be laundried like a pocket
handkerchief. They are found in our stock both in vertical and
horizontal stripes, also where the two stripes are combined, mak
ing a decidedly novel and stylish fabric. For this day only we
will quote you extremely low prices as a special inducement to
purchase at once.
15c per yard, now 12c.
20c " now. 15c.
25c " now 19c.
30c " now 21c.
35c " now 27c.
40c " now 33c.
50c " now.. 43c.
fluslin
Underwear
Specialties....
A good night robe, double back yoke, tucked and em
broidered, for 85c.
Musliu petticoat with deep flounce dust ruffle, for $1.39.
Fine muslin drawers with deep embroidered flounce, all
sizes, for 49c.
Colored Petticoats
Colored petticoats corded umbrella flounce, for $1.25.
French sateen and mercesized cloth, black and colois, beau
tiful stripes, silk effects with deep single flounce or double ruffles
heavy corded and faced extra. Splendid assortment for $2.25,
$2.50, $2.75, $3.00, $3.25, $3.75 and $4 25.
W. B. CORSETS
A most reliable corset. You all know its worth. French
shape, long waist, black, white or drab, for 75c, $1 $1.25, $1.50,
$1.75, $2.00, $2.25, and $2.75.
Wednesday, May . 24th, 1899
Afternoon
200
ANIMAL ACTORS-200
lOO TRAINED DOCS--IOO
60--TRAINED SHETLAND PONIE8--50
SO-TRAINED MONKE YS--50
TRAINED COATS, ELEPHANTS
-AND ZEBRAS.
Original, comic, laughable scenes and situations in which th aoi
pantomimic manner, ludicrous events that rival Aesop's fables, and
and humorous natures of reason-endowed creatures, furnishing for young and old, entertainment and instruction nowhere else to be
obtained, and particularly delighting the little ones.
Monkeys in curious and fantastic garb, producing the most laughable imitations.
xW. "PA"R0n t The Smallest Elephant in the World.
OUU J. Ji. JXU J . Beyond doubt the most wonderful feature v
ever introduced into a trained animal show.
SEE A J AX ! The nly
Only big show coming this year. Truly the greatest trained animal show on earth.
have been outdone. Now twice larger than ever before. The greatest congress of
animals in the -vorld. Special cheap excursions on all railroads.
Prices, Adults,
i- ,lw i il iili J
NORRIS
BIG
AINED ANIMAL
SHOW
AND -:
'it Is better than ae
is m
AT THE
2 -PERFORMAWCES-2
at 3 o'clock:
Educated African Zebra in the
50 cents;
Made of percale for 50c
Made of pique for $1.25
White and colored pique. . .$1.25, $1.50, 1.75
White lawn with tucked and embroidered fronts for $1.25, $1.50
$1.75, $2.00 and $2.50
Ladies white pique, linen and duck skirts, all lengths
ranging in prices from 75c to $2.25.
Umbrellas and Par
asols. Just arrived, ladies' black gloria silk
and all silk, steel rods,natural wood and
Dresden handles, $1.50, $1.75, $2, $2!25,
$2.50, $3 and up.
Keep your eyes on this space for the coming week
as we propose to give you something novel for the boys
in the way of suits for their summer outing.
See our Grocery Window.
Hires Carbonated Root Beer, a temperance drink, healthful,
sparkling, appetizing, only 10c per bottle.
Hires Jersey Condensed Milk, economical, guaranteed pure, try
it-
Whole Wheat Shredded Biscuit, palatable, nutritious, wholesome,
try them.
I. X. L. Chili Con Came.
I. X. L. Frijoles.
Mexican Beans prepared with Chili sauce, appetizing.
ALL O.OODS MARKED IN
PLAIN PIQURES -
BROS.'
DALLES,
Night
AND NEW BIQ
A Superb, Glorious,
Tremendous Free Spectacular Street Carnival
Original Departure. Something New.
Anything Like It.
Enormous Waterproof Tents I
nnrontw a ' u u...
See the Animal Fire Department!
See the Leaping Greyhounds!
See the McGinty Family!
See the Wrestling Pony!
See the Chariot Races I
Shirt
Waists
PEASE & MAYS.
at 8 o'clock.
PARADE, u A. M.
You Never Saw
I .-.u .v. rif... '
All previous efforts
trained and educated
Children, 25 cents.