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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17
The Profits of Reciprocity.


In view of the brief reference made
Thursday evening by Mr.. Woodman-
see to the Wilson bills repeal of reel
procty it may be interesting to con.
slider briefly what that repeal cost the
farmers and the industries Of the Unit
ed States. In doing so we, avail our
selves of the figures compiled from
official sources by NJ. II. Davis, pres.-
dent Of the Winter Wheat Millers'
league.
Under the Mckinley tariff and the
reciprocity feature. cur exports of agr.-
cultural products in 1892 exceeded our
exports in 1895 by s265,OOOOOO. Under
the Wilson-GOrman tariff our imports
OF agricultural products in 1895 ex-
ceeded those of 1892 by $650OO. .0O0. Com
pairing the two years, the loss to the
American farmer amounts to 1880 ,000,-
000. AS there are 4,500O0O farms in the
United States this means an average
loss of nearly $50 per year to every farm
in the land. The loss to the farmer
alone is q sum sufficient to purchase
the entire wheat crop of this country
for one year at so cents per bushel.
But this is only part of the story
CLOSELY allied to the producer Of
| grain" as Mr.. Davis points out, "is
the manufacturer of flour. The mill
ing industry of this country is by far
the greatest manufacturing interest en-
| gagged in converting raw material into
| finished goods. In 1S90'the value of its
output was $j14,OOO,OOO In 1892 it
doubtless exceeded sGO0,OOO,OOO, and it
paid out for labor alone nearly $3O.-
100000. The mills of the United States
| encourage by the law of 1890 increa ased
in capacity until in 1894 they could in
ten months convert into flour every
| bushel of wheat produced in one year.
Given the proper foreign outlet, Ameri-
| can millers can now furnish a home
market for all the wheat American
farmers can produce, thus supplying a
ready and better demand while saving
to our own people the cost of manu-
| facture and the possible profit In the
| business. That this is possible it Is
only necessary to consult statistics
showing the results under reciprocity
! after less than two years of trial, when
the exports Of flour show an increase
of 100000 barrels per year, 100000 of
which went to Latin American coun-
tries alone. Now, under the Demo-
cratic law of 1894, this increased trade
Is lost, and in 1895 the Touring mills,
with crop of 475,OOO,OOO bushels of
wheats, ground less than 25O,OOO 900
bushels into flour"
AS Mr.. Davis pertinently adds:
| AS the manufacturer of flour suffers by
loss Of trade and enforced idleness, SO does
not only the producer of grain, but I'm pro-
| portion this restriction Of business ap-
plies to kindred industries, the maker of
mill machinery, the manufacturer of
slaves, heading and cooperage, and of pa
| per and cotton sacks. Remove the milling
industry from our country, and our wheat
must go abroad and come in competition
with the cheaply grown wheats of Europe,
| India and Argentine. Not only this, but
the offal would be lost to our farmers. The
| miller Is the farmers best customer, for
he Is always In the market and always
pays the highest price the market affords
! The foreign miller will not use American
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17
BRYAN as an Artful Dodger.

When Mr.. Bryan spoke at Minne-
apolis the other day determined eff
fort was made to secure from him an
authoritative statement of his attitude
toward the tariff. In remembrance
of the fact that Mr.. Bryan helped to
proved so ruinous in operation. and
in recognition of the live interest which
the workingmen of that community,
in common with industrial toilers gen.
orally, take in the subject of Protec-
tion to American industries. eX-Sena-
tor w. d. Washburn, the proprietor of
the big Washburn milling establish
ment of that city, which suffered so
much from the Wilson bills abroga-
tion of the Blaine reciprocity treaties,
propounded by mail to Mr.. Bryan a
series of questions with a request that
he give in public specific answers.
In substance those questions asked
whether Mr.. Bryan would, if elected
president, sign or veto a bill if it came
creased tariff duties on foreign-made
articles that now detrimentally COM
pete in our markets with American
made goods as would both provide for
the government a sufficient revenue
and at the same time supply reason
able protection to native industry. We
say in all candor that this was prop
cr inquiry, and coming as it did from
the proprietary head of one of the
largest industries in this country-an
industry that in its particular field
of enterprise has no superior in the
world-it clearly demanded an honest
answer. Mr.. Bryan had himself said
upon frequent prior occasions that the
candidate for Office is only an appli-
cant for the position of public SER
want, and consequently the public has
right to know his opinions and in
tentions with reference to public meas
ures.
But how did this applicant for the
highest post in the federal service Illus
trate on this occasion his favorite
theory of the candidates duty toward
public inquiry? He evaded the sub
ject by an attack upon I,Ir. WASH
burns character as an employer. and
practically refused to say a word about
the tariff 1t is true he contended that
the money question took precedence
over all other questions; but even il
Republicans admit this, for purposes
of argument, it nevertheless remains
that the tariff is the second most i'm
portant issue before the people, and
they have as good right to know
a candidates purposes on that point as
on any other.
In our country, as we have said, Pro-
lection is believed in by nine voters
out of every ten. Shall these voters
be compelled by reason of one candi-
dates evasions to feel that their in
terests are a matter of indifference? :?
Four years ago Mr.. Bryan was an
unqualified free trader. Is he so still?
Silence, they say, Is equivalent to con-
fession. If he shall continue much
longer to resist inquiry or this sub
ject. 1t will be fair to assume that he
still favors the British free trade idea
and that a vote for him will be a
vote for idle mills lowered wages and
all the miserable accompaniments of q
deficit-breeding, industry low
tariff.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17
Figures Which
Point a Moral
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.

When the Republicans read the returns
OF the national election in 1892 they were
discouraged. Cleveland's electoral major-
ity was the largest in twenty years and
many thought the Republican party had
gone to pieces. When the votes were
counted, however, the showing was much
better. His popular plurality was only
$4,000. and he received far less than half
the votes cast. But succeeding elections
have shown remarkable changes. Since
ls92 every state in the Union but nine have
deserted Democracy for the Republican
party, except North Carolina, which was
carried by fusion of Republicans and
Populists. This table shows the electoral
vote and pluralities in 1892 and the vote of
the same state with pluralities since that
time:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17
Law vs.. Disorder.

''Is this q government of law? Can
we keep the peace by law? That Is the
question. Is this government of the
people? Can the people make laws that
the people are bound to obey? Shall
we be bound by the decision of the
highest tribunal or shall we depend up
on the mob? That is the question.
hate the mob spirit. Civilized men
obey the law. Civilized men believe in
order. Civilized men believe that
man that makes property by industry
and economy has the right to keep 1t.
Civilized men believe that that man
has the right to use 1t as he desires.
and they will Judge of his character by
the manner in which he uses it. If he
endeavors to assist his fellowmen he
will have the respect and admiration
of his fellowmen. But we want gov
ernment of law. We do not want labor
questions settled by violence and blood
shed.
Il want to civilize the capitalist so
that he will be willing to give what la
Dor is worth. I want to educate the
workingman so he will be willing to re-
ceive what labor is worth. I want to
civilze both to that degree that they
can settle all of their disputes in the
court of reason, but when you tell me
that they can stop the commerce of the
nation, then you preach the gospel OF
bludgeon, the gospel of torch and gun.
I do not believe in that doctrine. l be-
leve in doctrine of kindness, reason
and law.
THE law is the supreme will of the
supreme people, and we must obey 1t,
or we go back to savagery and black
night. / stand by the courts. I stand
by the president who endeavors to pre-
serve the peace. 1 am against mobs.
/ am against lynching, and l believe 1t
is the duty of the federal government
to protect all it's citizens at home and
abroad; and I want government pow
erful enough to say to the governor of
any state, where they are numbering
American citizens without process of
law, l want the federal government to
say to the government of that state,
Stop, stop shedding the blood of Amer
lean citizens, and if you can not stop 1t,
we can From a speech recently de-
livered in Chicago by Colonel Robert
G. Ingersoll.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17
LIFE,s COMMON GIFTS.

II We might see the beauty of the morn
But once a lifetime its splendid glow;
If gorgeous rainbows In the sky were
born
As only once century to show,
How would we prize the radiant skies,
How seek the rainbow bridge to know!
II roses blossomed ages far apart,
Or grasses grew but In some valley fair;
If love at last could only touch the heart,
How then for these or that our souls
would care,
But right along love sings her song,
And summer visits everywherel
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17

The more one thinks about President
Woodmansee's picture of the two
felines on the smokeless furnace stack
quarreling over the money question
while Uncle Sam in the yard below
vainly tries to light the furnace fires,
jor McKinley's pithy saying that re-
lief can come not from open mints but
through open mills.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17

While every indication points to q
comprehensive Republican victory in
this county next month, it is never
theless a good plan to remember that
in politics no fight is ever decided until
the last vote is polled. The issues at
stake are worth fighting for to the last
ditch
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17

the sheer descent In one instant of
time. So foolhardy a proposition has
never before been advocated by any
other set of men in any nation on
earth"
The voters of this country are not
likely to sanction the taking of any
such risk.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17

We are sure there Is no intention
al discourtcsy in the use by the news
papers in their institute reports of
the term "schoolma' 1t is word
which has become fixture in our Ian
guage; it saves space: and unless it be
positively Objectionable there will be
a continued use of it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17

Speaking about coercion, wasn't that
a horrible example Of 1t when Mark
Hanna ordered his Michigan ore mines
to close for three hours and directed
that the mems pay should go right on
while they went to hear Bryan?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17

When Democratic speaker of impor-
tance comes to Scranton the Republic
can papers report what he has to say,
fairly and impartially. That is where
in they are different from the Scran-
ton Times, which, thinking to be funny
succeeds in becoming only pitiable.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17

The workingmen who attended the
rally In the rockingham We're men
who actually work. There were no
professionals among them. and maybe
that's why the Times reporter didn't
recognize them,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17

Luzerne and Lackawanna counties
seem determined to send none but Re-
pubficans to the next legislature, and
their example is recommended to gen.
eral imitation
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17

Assuming that it still has some re-
gard for the character Of its utter
ances. might we ask the Scranton
Times why 1t calls Abraham Lincoln
q free silverite?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17

The. more his record at Harrisburg is
studied the greater becomes the prob
ability that Representative Connell
will be reelected. Merit still counts.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe cast: 3.16 a. M, for Saturday
Oct H. 1896

SS ~ RL
A child born on this day will notice that
the innings of the political Madhi of the
West are rapidly drawing to close.
The massage of Mr.. Bolands "glad
hand" seems to have lost its power 10
hypnotic voters in the interest of silver
hallucinations.
The local Democracy has been suffering
Prop" McAnulty Joined the band of cam.
paign orators.
Mr.. Vidaver still seems dissatisfied with
his part as "curtain-raiser" to the Mer.
rifeld boom.
The chrysanthemum has been entirely
sidetracked by the campaign button this
fall.
Ajacchus' Advice.
Do not take too serious a vi,w of life
Every one usually has grief enough al
one time or another without hunting foI
It with dark lantern.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17

Congress-WILLIAM CONNEIL:
Commissioners-S. W. ROBERTS, GlLES
ROBERTS,
Auditors-A. L. KIEFER. FRED L.
WARD.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17
LEGISLATIVE.

Senate, 21st District-COI. W. j. SCOTT;
Representative. lst Dstrict--JOHM, T..
FARR; I'd District-A. 7. CONNELt.,,
Sd District-DR. N. c. MACkEf; 4th
District-JOHN F. REYNOLDS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17

To use a colloquialism, Bryan should
at least keep his shirt and vest on.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17

Thus 1t will be seen that since 1892 the
Republicans have carried thirty-four states
casting 3H electoral votes, the Democrats
nine casting eighty-nine votes, and the sill
verites (Nevada) casting three votes, and
fusion of Republicans and Popuists
(North Carolina) casting eleven votes. The
silver mining states, though nOminally Re-
publican. are not counted on this year. But
it is difficult to see how the Popocrats,
even with all the fusions that have been
arranged, expect to win. After studying
this table Senator Quay's statement that
Bryan can only lay claim to 10 votes does
not seem eXtravagant. The burden Ct
proof is on the Popocrats to show how
they expect to carry more. The only thing
that can elect Bryan is complete revo-
luton of sentiment. The only revolution
so far Is in the Democratic party, which is
split over Bryan. Defectons of Republic
cans are scarcely worth mentioning. How
does Bryan expect to be elected What Is
the basis of his claim in view of the in
creasing Republican majorities in all the
so-called doubtful states?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17
COUNTY.

Congressman a. -Large-GALuSHA
GROW. SAMUEL A. DAVENPORT.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17
1I5 N7
Lieutenant-GOvernor.

Lieutenant-GOvernor.
In most statesSthe vote of 1894 is given on
. state officers. IN California and Nebraska
personal unpopularity defeated the gov
ernors, but elected the rest of the tickets.
In West Virginia the vote on congressman
is taken, while the votes this year are
given approximately, the official vote not
yet being at hand.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17

We predict that Brother Vidaver will
cordially support the Lansing city in
terest resolution.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17

A good story of the manner in which the
sleepy citizens of Wilkes-Barre are often
astonished at the push and enterprise of
the Electric City is told in connection with
board. As Is well known, the board Of
trade of Wilkes-Barre is decidedly slow
affair when compared with Scranton's or
gapiZation. and the stock quotations form
n feature that is looked upon with almost
fear by the average member of the Wilkes
Barre board. Upon the occasion of the
visit of T.. A. Niven. the new-elected Sec
retary of the Wikes-Barre board, who
had come to Scranton for pointers, Secre-
tary Atherton resolved to give Wilkes
Barre an eye-opener. AT the hour OF the
visitors expected arrival Secretary Ath-
ertOn gathered a number of his waggish
friends about the stock blackboard in the
board of trade rooms, while he Kept watch
out the window for the Wilkes Barrean.
AS Secretary Niven started up the stairs
leading to the room, Mr.. Atherton gave
the signal and the occupants OF the room
raised a din that would rival the noise It
the New York Stock EXchane during a
boom in the market. The eyes OF the
cautiously opened the door and gazed into
the room at the crowd of anxious and ex-
cited bidders. In q few seconds, as the
bows were getting short of breath. Secre-
tary Atherton brought his gavel down on
the desk and closed the market The oc-
cupants of the room wandered out one by
one leaving the two secretaries alone:
"Great heaven! Is 1t as bad as that?'
exclaimed the visitor, as he gaZed on the
last bidders retreating form: oh; yes.
Atherton well, / never could have
dreamed of anything like this. must go
right back home and tell our feilows!
And the Wilkes-Barre secretary left with
out obtaining much more Information
concerning the workings OF the scranton
hoa af trade.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
NATIONAL.
STATE.

President-WILLIAM MKINLEY:
-President-GAR2ET a. HOBART.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-30

appointed fraternal delegates to the con-
vention from Great Britain: Lady Henry
Somerset, Mrs. Agnes Slack, Mrs. Hannah
Pearsall smith, Mrs. Agnes Weston, Mrs.
Ward Poole, Mrs. Mary Phillips and Mrs
Hughes.
Gwennels Vaughn is the nom do plume
Of Mrs Hughes and she is the leading
journalist in Wales. Miss Agnes Weston
is known the world over as the sailors
friend. Last year she lodged l5O,OW sail
ors in homes that she has built at Ports
mouth. No woman is better known and
loved throughout the British empire than
Miss Weston Miss Agnes Slack is the
secretary Of the worlds w. G. T. u. and
is soon to lecture and preach in the United
| States.
Hannah Pearsall Smiths books have
been translated into fifteen languages
| She is the author of "The Christians Sc
cret of q Happy Life" and is secretary OF
| the British Wonan's Temperance associ
| alton. Miss Mary Phillips is wealthy
\ Quaker lady of London and leader IN
i the councils of the Society of Friends.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-30

grateful for her work in the cause OF
woman suffrage, has been made public;
"If l have rendered any service to the
cause of humanity which has made the
burden less grievous to bear to those who
are not able TO voice their sorrows or TO
lift the pressure from heavy hearts, am
content with the memory thereof, but 1t
seems TO me that the moral of my case as
well as that Of others who have spent their
lives in the ungracious work of reforma-
ton. is:
Don't waste your energies In trying to
reform the world; IL does not want to be
reformed Make for yourself the only
harbor in time Of trouble-the sweet Sc
curity of peaceful homeland let the
world take care of itself, for IL will never
take care of you in time of adversely. This
may seem like treason, but after the variel
experiences through which l have passed
l am forced TO confess that II Is the sum
ming up of both observation and exper
ience, and to my mind covers the wide
range of totality"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-30
MURDER OF MILLIGAy.
Motive Discovered for the Out
rageous Crime.
CLOVER SEED THIEVES AT WORK.

MnIigan Had Put One of Then Behind the
Bars aud the Penitentiary Stared Five
Others in the Fsee--They Are the Ones
Supposed To BE Implicated In the Muir
der-The Woman Slayer at Work Again
I'm Iowa.
LAwRENCEvILLE, Ills, June 3O.-A mo-
tive has been developed that will account
for the sensational and mysterious mur-
der of William Milligan, the wealthy and
influential farmer living near this city
IL will be remembered he was called to the
door of his home at 4 o'clock Saturday
morning and was shot dead at such close
range the powder set fire TO his clothing.
He evidently expected trouble, as he
armed himself with a shotgun and re-
volver before going to the door. An at
tempt had been made several times 10 de-
coy Milligan TO his death, but II was not
successful until Saturday morning. The
| greatest excitement prevailed, and fully
ZOO persons visited the scene OF the mur-
| der before noon. Bloodhounds were Sc
CURED and followed hot on the trail of the
assassin to the spot where he took buggy
and escaped TO Indiana.
Il Glover seed Inief Iunlsheu-
| Sheriff Roderick and posse attended the
| funeral Sunday and arrested John Gun
ningham and George Hazelton on war
rant charging them with completely I'm the
murder As soon as the arrest was made
a crowd collected around the sherifi's
carriage and threats Of lynching were
heard. but the sheriff escaped with his
prisoners TO Iawrenceville. Last fall
/ 81. etolqn from is. .l.
Worth i'm this neighborhood, and Milligan
traced the thief and had him sent 20 the
reform school About two weeks ago
| Milligan secured statement from the
boy In the reform school duplicating hve
| others in thu clover-seed stealing, and the
penitentiary stared them in the face Ihey
| concluded, il is thought To kill Miiligan
| and stop proceedings against them. John
| Cunningham had been heard TO remark
l that he had kept the boys from killing
Milligan. and If he (Bill Milligan) did not
| shut up about the clover seed he would
turn all the dogs loose on him.
offered No ASS tance.
Saturday morning soon after the Kill
, | ing the father Of George Hazelton passed
, the house of Milligan while the family
, | was in the yard crying over the dead body,
but Hazelton passed right on and never
| offered TO assist. Other arrests Will fol'
low and there will be a shaking up OF the
whole township. Sheriff Roderlck has
/, | added an extra force to prevent lynching
Immediately after the killing George ha
. zelson went to Alendale in buggy ano
I, | took the train To Nincennes, Ind. HIS
. father drove i'm a buggy to Nlncenhcs
! Ind, and "A brother went in buggy u
: Mount Carmel. 1t is supposed the ass'''
n. Il.
!, upon. When Cunningham and Hazeltor
were arrested they turned pale and acte'
: very nervous, but denied any knowledg
/ of the murder
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RAILWAY PRESIDENT FINED.
He Had Violated the Canadian Fishery
Regulations.

He Had Violated the tanauiah fishery
Regulations.
MONTREAL, June 3,-Seward Webb,
president of the Central Vermont was
given an unpleasant reminder of the
Canadian fishery regulations the other
day. His special car had waited him TO
So. Agathe and he had enjoyed two days
of good fishing On the evening of the
second game warden called at the pala-
tial private car for few moments inter
view with President Webb The porter in
resisted the officer but the latter In
sisted. Mr.. Webb on hearing the trouble
and angry voices came out on tho plat
form.
"What is the matter?' qucried Presi-
dent Webb.
II am an officer for.the protection OF the
fisheries of Canada, E4plied the game
warden. II UNDERSTAND you have beef
fishing i'm this vicinity and La Belle and
wish to see your license"
'That settles II, said the railroad mag
nate This is the eleventh time l hav'
been caught. Tell me where l can send
check for the fine
The penalty for being caught fshinI
without a license is SO.