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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-07
Coming to Her Senses.

There Is a world of significance in
these words of Phoebe Cousins:
Twenty years ago l, with other new
converts, believed that suffrage for
women would prove a panacea for all
of the evils of politics. l believed that
women in public life would prove a re-
generating influence. After twenty
years of close observation and expert
ence have come to the conclusion that
women are no better than men, After
reviewing the characteristics of men
and women l find they are about
equally balanced-that there are as
many good women as men in the world
and no more. Women in public life
will never prove satisfactory. There
are limitations that prescribe her sue
cess. She is naturally a housekeeper.
l would advise all young women to
marry and become home-keepers."
This may we'll be described as the
common sense of a subject too often
approached in Mysteries. 1t amounts
to a recognition, at last, of the fact
that when nature created women diff
ferent from men it intended that they
should occupy different stations in life
and be to each other as compliments
rather than as rivals. In such a divine
ly appointed and therefore unalterable
arrangement it does not follow that
either sex is the inferior of the other,
but simply that the sum of the best
work and thought of both shall cover a
wider range and present a more sym.
metrical appearance than if the differ
entiation were absent.
The ballot for woman would add lit.
tie to her influence, and if granted pre-
maturely and without discrimination
1t might upon occasion weaken il. The
fact that male suffrage is indiscrimin-
ate is by no means an argument for a
multiplication by two of such a lack
of electoral selection. That which is
the fault of the present system would
not become less a fault if doubled ir
size. We do not defend the exclusion
of qualified women from the polls MOI
approve the presence of unfit males
But If a reform is to be sought, let II
be agitated for along the right lines
Let fitness rather than sex be the prin.
ciple at issue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-07
The Dangers of Mining.

The department of internal affairs at
Harrisburg has completed it's digest Of
the mine inspectors last annual re-
ports, and in 1T some interesting facts
appear. The Pennsylvania bitumlnous
product for 1896 was 50,27S, ,656 tons, a
decrease from 1898 of 1883, ,456 tons:
while of anthracite there We're pro-
duced 4S074,S39 tons, a decrease from
1895 of 2,772,774 tons. The approximate
equality of these two different and
widely separated products, in point Of
quantity, will be noted.
More curious is the comparison with
respect to labor. The number Of en-
ployes in the bituminous region in 1892
was 1879; in 1898, 81, 800; in 1894, &c.
III; in 1895, S4.9O4; in 1896, 81, 796. In
1892 the bituminous product was &c.
576576 tons; in 1898. 49,421 1898; in 1894,
39,S00,21 and in 1895, 51,S13,112. On the
other hand, the number of employees i'm
the anthracite region in 1892 was 1877,
797; in 1898, 13S.021; in 1894 1S9, ,G95; in
1895, 1436O5, and in 1896, 1850, while
the anthracite tonnage was 45,73S.3,3
in 1892; 47,129,563 in 1898; 45,5O6, l79 in
1894. and 5O,s47. .104 in 1895. Thus It ap-
pears that while there has been during
the past year in the anthracite region
a restriction Of output, the number of
employees has increased. Indeed, an in
crease in the number of employees is to
be noted for every year since 1892, but
no such increase is noticeable In the
bituminous territory, notwithstanding
the frequently reported exoduses OF
large numbers of miners from the for.
mer to the latter regions. One mt st
conclude that mining in the anthracite
territory, in spite OF its perils and the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-07
Concerning Trolley Fares.

As general proposition President
Clark's contention that further i'm
provement of the service of the Trac-
tion company is more desirable from n
public standpoint than cheapened fares
is unquestionably true. For most per-
sons fare lower than five cents means
Inconvenience rather than economy.
The one direction in which a shading
of the fiat nickel rate would be advis-
able is toward workingmen who rely
upon the street cars to convey them to
and from their place of employment. A
special coupon ticket giving 100 rides
for, let us say 81, and limited as to
the hours during which 1t will be hon
ored would constitute a welcome. and
one would think an expedient conces-
sion. Because one attempt to solve this
problem did not result satisfactorily
to the company is not in itself sufIi-
lent reason for the abandonment of it.
So far, however as the bulk of travel
is concerned during a greater portion
OF the time, cheaper fares are not so
earnestly desired as prompt keeping of
schedule time, inviting appearance, con-
venience and comfort of cars, smooth
ness of road-bed and generally satis-
factory service. When we consider
how widely Scrantons population is
scattered and what difficulties in way
of grade and equipment must be over
come in catering to it, the five-cent
fare does not appear in itself eXorbi-
tant; but the man who pays it has a
right to expect an equivalent. In fair
ness to the Traction company it must
be said that it is going steadily for
ward with improvements, and that, in
face of business depression and increas-
ing competition from bicycles, it has
done much to put its system upon a
better footing. The original room for
improvement was so ample, however,
that the public will be disposed to hold
the company to it's promise to continue
this gradual betterment of its service
until reasonable criticism shall be sat-
isfied.
1t may not be out of place or unsea-
sonable to suggest that if the anti
splitting rule We're enforced in all the
cars and a more frequent cleansing
made, it would go far to reconcile the
public to the present rate of fare. Up
on the whole our street cars today are
superior in neatness to the cars of four
or five years ago. but they still fall be-
hind the standard in a number of other
cities, and so long as this can be said
there will be dissatisfaction The trans
formation which has been wrought in
comparatively recent months in the in
terror appearance of the trolley cars
of Philadelphia ought, for example, tc
be within limits of possible duplication
in Scranton on a smaller scale; and
this objective point should steadily bt
held in view. There is need of co.
operation rather than antagonism be,
tween Traction officials and the public
When this shall be more marked, re,
suits on both sides will be much more
satisfactory
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-07
An Able Defense.

Through the medium of a widely cir
culated newspaper interview Hon. Ser
emo f. Payne, of New York, one Of the
ablest Republican members of the
Ways and Means committee, has made
spirited and timely defense of the
Dingley bill from the charge that it
embodies excessive Protection. He ad-
mits that it's first effect will be to
produce large increase in revenue,
which he thinks can we'll be applied to
the extingulshment of the Cleveland
debt rolled up under the Wilson bill;
but after time the new tariff, he
contends, will become to a considerable
extent self-regulative. To illustrate:
At first, most OF our linen and sugars
will be imported, yielding, the one from
s5,0OO,OOO to $1,000, 600, and the latter
about s5OOOO,OOO of revenue per annum.
But as it becomes clear to our own
people that, with protection, they can
make this linen and grow these sugars
themselves, the market Will be filled
with the domestic articles and imports
and revenue on these articles will
gradually cease.
Says Mr.. Payne: "If this bill is al
lowed to remain on the statute books
few years we shall cease to spend
H5,0OO,OO0 a year abroad to pay for for
eign sugar. We shall cease to spend
sl5,O0O0OO abroad to pay for foreign
linen. We shall cease to send IS, ,0OO, 900
or $10.000,O00 a year to Europe for tin
plate And we shall reduce the wool
business. to a science, so that we shall
raise on our American farms the wool
that we need, and will cease paying
out $50,00O,000 or $50 900, 900 a year to
foreigners for wool and wooden goods.
In doing this we shall not only keep at
home this vast sum of money, but we
shall give employment to millions of
men who will be consumers of other
American products. In 1860 our manu-
facturers gave employment to 1,3l1,2 ,246
employees, and the wages paid them
was 1878. .s7S, $685. and the value of their
product was $1,SS5, SCI ,676. That was
the result after the Republic had been
established three-quarters of a CEN
tury. In 1890, only thirty years later,
Notwithstanding the devastating effects
OF the civil war, but with a high pro-
tective tariff during those thirty years,
our manufactures gave employment to
4.476,SS4 employees, and paid them
wages agsregating s2,ln, ,75O,lSS and the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-07

construction of the hard coal trade Is
yet held preferable by the great mass
of men who follow the miners vocation.
In 1896 there were 40 fatal ald 39S
non-fatal accidents in the bitumincus
region in the anthracite region, for
the same period, the numbers were tO2
and 1859. For the bituminous rcSion
this is equivalent to saying there
was fatal accident to every
466 employees and non-fatal ac-
cident to every 210; and for
the anthracite region, 1 to 29S and TO
12S. During the same year on the rail-
roads of Pennsylvania 1 in every 4O6
employees was killed, and / in every u
injured. Speaking broadly, therefore,
it may be said that it is safer to work
in the mines than on the railroads; for
while the railroad casualties reported
in 1896 and used above were normal.
the fatalities included in the anthra-
cite inspectors reports were abnormal
ly numerous and represented an extra
ordinarily large percentage of risk.
A mine foreman in Pittston is under
bond in the sum of 5000 to answer In
court the charge of selling the right OF
employment in his mine. The informa-
tion accuses him of requiring from one
applicant for hire a bonus of $50 and OF
attempting, at later time, an addi-
tional extortion Of S., the alternative
being the workman's discharge. This,
of course, is only the plaintiffs side
of the case and subsequent evidence
may exonerate the defendant. But II
such a practice as is here alleged be
anywhere in vogue, the responsible
heads of the various mining companies
should not hesitate utterly to root 1t
| out. 1t amounts to breach of trust
involving the meancst conceivable mo-
| tives.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-07
A NATIONS NEED.

God never fails to find the man
When mighty deeds are waiting
For full perfection of his plan,
Some new. sublime creating
When wrong has trampled DER the land
And burdens hard oppress 1t,
The men are there on every hand
To go in and possess 1t.
To-day His voice is heard, and some
Have hardened to its calling;
o men heroic, listen-come,
on you the need is falling;
Come to the field of active strife,
With brain and heart on fire;
A nation looks to you for life,
In you is its desire.
Put self aside, Q man, to-day,
BE blind to all ambition:
'1is God who calls; no hand san stay
His will till it's fruition;
Your strength is needed in this hour,
When truth and best endeavor
Are called to WELD a mighty power,
And build at last forever.
Come at the call; some future day,
When human wrongs are righted,
Our land reclaimed from errors sway,
Its heroes shall be knighted;
And priceless coronets of fame,
No kings of earth are wearing,
Shall bear untarnished every name
In all it's triumphs sharing.
Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
'mmercial Appeal.

Memphis Commercial Appeal
The public do not seem ever TO have
grasped the fundamental principle on
which the Associated Press was organ
lied. 1t is not a money-making, but a
money-spending organization, 1t is simp-
ly a society of newspapers pledged to
assist each other in the collection and
interchange of news. Cooperation en-
ables the papers in the association to
collect the news of the word far more
economically than it could be done inde-
pendently The United Press was organ
ICED on an entirely different basis. II
was primarily corporation formed to
sell news to newspapers, and this prin-
ciple does not seem TO work successfully.
The Associated Press is formed on truly
democratic lines. and hence 1t now occu-
pies practically unassailable position.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-07

race, the white population
well educated and intelligent the colored
people always bright and cheerful. Rotn
whites ana blacks are hard working and
industrious, far more so. indeed. 'han
any other race | have seen living under
similar climatic conditions.
IF may be permitted TO give one word
of advice to the people of this great
country II is to leave\ Armenia and tho
Turks to he dealt with by the European
powers, and attend TO their own Armenia
that lies but a stones throw from the r
own shores -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-07
LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE.
From the Pittston Item.

From the Pittston Item.
Congressman Connell, of Scranton, is of
decidedly optimistic turn of mind In an
interview with representative of the
Scranton Sunday World he discussed the
probable effect of the passage of the
tariff bill. The congressman draws a
very rosy picture of the good times COM
ing in the near future. People like men
of the Connell stamp, rather than the
doleful fellows who never see any pros
pect of improvement when times are
dull. The world would be better if there
were'more who are able to see the bright
side Of things
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-07
SCRANTON, APRIL Z, 1897.

The legislature of Pennsylvania, If 1t
will buckle down to hard work from
this time on, may yet redeem itself.
But 1t will need to be as attentive to
business as a hay-grower in autumn
with a rain-storm threatening.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-07
CARELEsSLY EXPRESSED.

81 don't think it was exactly thoughtful
of that lady who has just come back from
South Dakota" said the young man who
had just been married.
What did she do?'
She said she congratulated me and
wished me many happy returns of the
day."-Washington Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-07

value Of the product was s9,O5e, ,T64,99C.
It is no wonder that Mulhall, the great
English statistician, stated that there
was nothing like it in the history of
the universe. IT is TO such a condition
that we must, If poss ible. return"
That, in a nutshell, is the whole doc
trine Of the Dingley bill. 1t is founded
on the proposition that the American
producer ought to have the first chance
TO do business with the American con-
sumcr: and it is backed by the hard
historical fact that whenever this
chance has heretofore been sacrificed
by free trade legislation things in this
country have invariably gone wrong.
In the interview from which the fore
going quotation is made. Mr.. Payne
goes over the Dingley bill in detail
and explains the reasons which induced
the Ways and Means committee to take
each step. We have not space at pres
ent to follow him through the entire
measure, but we ask especial attention
to the subjoined paragraph. Referring
to the duties placed on agricultural
products MIR. Payne says:
There has been some ridicule in Demo-
cratic newspapers and Democratic
speeches because we have put duties on
agricultural products. Wheat, corn and
all these other articles can be brought
in from Canada unless we keep them out
by proper duty. But the thing that
seems to amuse some of these men was
the fact that we proposed in this bill to
impose a duty on milk In my district,
three-fourths of my constituents in north
ern New York earn their living by farm
ing. In that district over 800 miles from
New York and more than that from the
city of Philadelphia, two trains leave ev-
cry day on each of the two railroads one
bound for New York and one for Phila-
delphia, and they do not carry anything
except milk, which is distributed in those
cities 300 miles away. The. Canadians
right across the border can supply that
market in precisely the same way, and
they can also supply Detroit, Chicago
and other cities with milk. So, after all,
it is not such a funny thing that we
should protect our American farmers and
| dairymen in this industry as against the
| people of Canada across the border, who
| do not contribute a cent to the support
| of our government.
We should imagine that the force of
this argument would come home to the
dairy interests proximate to Scranton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-07

The Havana correspondent of the
London Times is not the only one who
believes that the United States. in years
to come, will have a good deal of blush
ing to do wher it reads about the saw
agery which We are row tolerdtng in
Cuba
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-07

DR.. Dana pronounces the Associated
Press the most extreme, monopolistic
and strangling trust within the borders
of the United States, bar none" How
comes it, then, that he is not defending
ITO
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-07

We begin to fear that the esteemed
Carbondale Leader will not be happy
until it can have a little universe all its
own.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-07

After all this noise near Gre C, aren't
the fire-caters going to get q single
touchdown for their money?
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Stationery That Isn't Stationary

Nothing stands still at our establish.
ment. 1t very rarely happens that We
raise the price, but as to lowering them
well, just call around and we think We
can interst you with our complete lines
of stationery, engraving, blank books ant
general office supplies. We also carry
a complete line Of typewriters' supplies
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-07

The likeness between a garden and
an advertisement consists in the fact
that neither will bear fruit at once,
without care or cultivation. But the
latter is just as sure as the former to
produce gratifying results If it he em-
ployed with discrimination in the
proper medium. Hereabouts that's
The Tribune.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-07
The Situation
in Cuba Now

A remarkable letter on the situation in
Cuba from C. f. Akers, who was a long
time Cuban correspondent for the London
Times, has been written for the New
York World. lie says in part: THE END
of the dry season is now at hand, ana
Spain has accomplished little toward the
pacifcation of Cuba. Certain gains have
most certainly fallen to the SDanards
the death of Maceo in December and the
capture of Rius Rivera a few days ago
being the most notable. But at what cost
has this campaign been conducted? The
Provinces of Pinar del Rio and Havana
and large portions of Matanzas ana
Santa Clara are one staring mass OF
cinders. Desolation and determination
meet the eye at every point; ruin in the
present, famine, disease and death in the
future, are all that the Cubans can hope
for while Cuba remains under Spanish
rule Under these circumstances l do not
think that the death of this or that leader
can bring victory any nearer to the
Spanish arms. Where one such man as
Rius Rivera is lost to the insurgents 100
spring up to take his place.
general Weyler's policy of extermina-
ton and devastation is nothing short of
the almost insane working of an ignor-
ant and completely unbalanced mind. To
kill peaceful people on the technicality
der to leave their homes and take up their
residence in some town where no means
of subsistence exist is ineXcusable. To
devastate the whole island of Cuba on
the plea that by so doing all supplies VIII
be shut off from the rebels only demon
strates the dense ignorance under which
the Spanish general Is laboring The
great majority of Spaniards with vested
interest in the island condemn General
Weyler and his practices in most un-
measured terms. Even the fear of being
marked down as political suspects, with
| the prospect of transportation to an Af-
rican penal settlement, does not deter
them from expressing openly their hatred
| of the regime now in vogue. AS for the
| foreigners resident in Cuba they have
| but one feeling with regard to Weyler s
methods of conducting the military oper-
ations. They consider Weyler and his ac-
| tions as a reflex of the worst barbarities
| of the middle ages.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-07

"For the moment the Spanish policy
processes more leniency to American cit
izens in particular and more Clemency
toward the rebels in general. l say pro-
fesses' advisedly, for there is small proof
that such a policy is to be adopted, as
the outcome of mature deliberation and
the decision that the measures in the
past have been of too severe a nature.
The real reason for any momentary
change is the advent to power of the Nc
Kinley administration Just now Spain
is as full of smirks and smiles, curtsies
and tricks as a coquette of six seasons.
Spain made Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Olney
dance to the tune she piped. L have the
authority of General Fitzhugh Lee, the
United States consul general at Havana,
for stating that. Not in one single case
since he assumed the duties of the Hav-
ana consulate have American prisoners
been accorded the privileges they are en-
titled to under the Spanish-American
treaty and protocols. General Lee states
that his efforts to obtain the full treaty
rights for Americans were invariably
thwarted by instructions emanating from
Mr.. Olney in Washington. The object of
Spain in making concessions in connec-
tion with American citizens Is simply for
the purpose of feeling the pulse of the
new administration. If the wiles of the
Spanish minister are as successful in en-
trapping Mr.. Mckinley and Mr. Sherman
as they were Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. OIL
ney, then good-by to any hope for JUS
tice to American citizens or protection
to American citizens in Cuba. God
grant that Spain's efforts TO mislead the
United States government may this time
| prove failure.
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1.-THE Cubans are today better armed
and equipped and with greater number
in their fighting ranks than at any time
since the revolt began. They can con-
tinue a guerilla warfare on the present
lines for years, and there is every indi-
cation that they are prepared to do so.
Spain, on the other hand, TO maintain
her present position, must send out re-
Inducements of at least 10000 men dur
ing the current year to fill the gaps
caused by sickness and casualties of war.
II the Spanish government finds the re-
sources of the mother country unequal to
this further strain, then the alternative
Is to abandon the interior of the island
and retain control only of the principal
seaport towns and their immediate sur
roundings, and so nominally keep the
Antilles.
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"That the Intervention of the United
States government should take place to
enacted in Cuba admits of no shadow of
reasonable doubt. The past policy OF
this country has been to cry, Hands OFF,
to an European interference in Cuban
matters. Does not the enunciation OF
such a policy entail certain responsible
ties? For my own part | think II does,
and my feeling in this matter is shared
not only by every thinking foreign resi-
dent In Cuba, but also by the majority of
Spaniards who have a stake in the island
There is an idea lurking in the minds
of many Americans and also in those of
nearly all Europeans, that the Cubans are
a turbulent quarrelsome people and re-
quire harsh measures 30 keep them I'm
subsection. Let me dispel that mistake
once for all. The Cubans are a quiet,