The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-01
GENERAL NEWS
OF INDUSTRIES

tne OyraCuse TOSV sees IrOuDl6 uueau
for the Democratic party If the Cor
mon duty of 40 cents per ton be kept
on bituminous coal. and this is how he
figures 1t out; civilian G. Whitney
Is a great political captain and he has
many able lieutenants. who will always
be devoted to him. He was the con-
trolling spirit Of the Chicago conven-
tion, and it was his master mind that
organized and directed the campaign
that terminated in the triumphant
election Of his personal friend, Grover
Cleveland. He had right to expect
the most substantial recognition OF his
services, and Cleveland has all the
while been planning to discharge his
obligation to Whitney. No ordinary
cabinet portfolio with social distinction
and the possibilities Of amassing few
paltry hundred thousand dollars at
tached, would do this time. He drained
Cabinet goblet to the dregs in the first
reign Of Grover, and it was unsatiafy-
ing, The Democratic administration
of the legislative and executive
branches of the government must put
10 his hands the potsntiality Of grow
ing rich beyond the droamso of avarlce.
1t was never doubted that any wish OF
Growers in regard to tariff reform
would be disregarded by a Democratic
congress. So crusade for free raw
materials WAS determined upon, while
Whitney and his friends rushed off to
secure control Of the richest coal folds
in the world-thos9 of Nova Scotia.
AS has been pointed out in the Post,
with the cheaper labor of Nova Scotia
and the cheap transportation by water
to the Atlantic ports Of the United
States, Nova Scotia coal would sup
plant the Maryland, West Virginia
and Pennsylvania coal in the markets
of the East, aud Whitneys syndicate
would reap millions of profit annually.
''But American interests had power.
ful friends at court who had not been
taken into account when the scheme Of
running that great American industry
was concocted German, Brice and
Faulkner represented coal-producing
states, and they were financially inter-
ested in that industry They had, there
fore, a two.fold motive for opposing
Cleveland and Whitney - protection
for their own and their states inter-
ests Besides, they had not very
high personal regard for Whitney any
how. He had ouigeneralled German
ut Chicagoin 1892. Gormsn dislikei
him, for that reason, and Faulkner,
who has been devoted to German ever
since the so called force bill fight,
participates in tho Marylanier's likes
and disiikes Brice has no love for
him, because Cleveland has always ex-
hibited Il greater measure of gratitude
for Whitnev's services in his behalf
than for those OF any other man. Brice,
being chairman OF the campaign COM
mittee, in Cievslaud's losing fight OF
1888, has not been cordially loved by
tue man Of destiny 1t is not strange
therefore, that they should band to
gether to trustrate the plans of Whit
ney. They have the power to keep CO Il
eff the free list, and they will do it.
The result will be great financial losses
for Whitney and his friends. and bit
ter disappointments There will BIZ
Zig scores to settle up. The fight will
be carried into state and national con-
ventions and perhaps into elections
Some faction will get the worst of it
and the Republican party and the
American people generally can afford
to view the unhappy party war with
complncency. But they will rejoice in
the triumph Of the conservatives, even
though the effect of that triumph be to
put much money in their individual
purses, for the benefits of protected
coal cannot be confined to few men
Protection will benefit thousands oil
miners IN West Virginia. Maryland
and Pennsylvania. 1t will benefit all
the lines of trade and industry depend
ent on the coal business. Thousands
of men employed in transportation will
participate in the benefits of protected
coal. In short. protected coal mean;
business prosperity and good wages fol
tens of thousands of American citizens.
Free coal would mean great prosperity
for Nova Scotia, millions of revenue ia
royalties for the Canadian treasury anC
colossal fortunes for Whitney and his
associates. Senator German was prac.
tical aud patriotic when. deprecatinl
uOSlutCu budt IL bub dllSI
tive was presented OF aiding foreign
trust or an American trust there should
be no hesitation in declaring in favor oi
the American trust The American
people can deal with and control ar
American trust whenever they elect 81
TO do. But with free trade prevailing
foreign trusts would be beyond tht
control Of our people.
In this connection some points in an
editorial in the Springfield, Mass
Union possess timely interest. Thi!
editorial says. t"John E. Russell i'd
niits that he is consi 'erably interested
in the Nova Scotia coal syndicate, and
he docs not deny that he has been en-
gagged at Washington In bracing up this
administration to demand free coal. I
Is suspected that Mr.. Cleveland's letter
to Mr. Wilson was written at Mr. Rus
sells suggestion Now it Is possibl,
that Mr. Russell is working for freu
coal on purely patriotic grounds, an(
that he really wants TO benefit tht
manufacturers of New England by in.
PRODUCING Nova Scotia coal free o
duty, but he cannot complain if hi
motives are suspected or misunder.
stood, since the removal of duty fron
Nova Scotia coal is very certain to ben
eft him and the syndicate to which h,
belongs. Mr.. Russell says that th
Dominion Coal company DOES not pro-
duce much more than 600, 900 tons pei
year. This may not seem mnch in view
of Mr.. Russell's expectations, but it /.
oue-tbird as much as the mines of Ala
bama produce Mr. Russell says tina,
the company's market is limited, Il
Is for the present a mere local Can adiar
company says this patriotic tariff re.
former: hereafter if coal shall bs O,
the free list and there shall be sufficien
lnduoement and the output Of the com
pany should increase, undo ubtedly W
should endeavor to include the Unite,
States within the field Of our opera
tions.' This is the nub of the who'll
matter. Mr.. Russell wants free Goa
In ordar that the Dominion Coal cor,