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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-16
Concerning Oleo.

We have received from the deputy
secretary of agriculture. Professor
Hamilton, the text of an argument re-
Gently submitted by him before the
ways and means committee Of the
state house OF representatives, in op-
position to the proposed licensing of
the manufacture and sale of oleomar-
garine in Pennsylvania. In brief, his
contention is that if the sale of oleo
were to be permitted it would cut into
the butter trade and thus cost the state
five or ten dollars indirectly for every
dollar of direct revenue obtained from
its licensing. The gist of Professor
Hamilton's contention is embodied in
the following excerpt from it:
"The price of butter in Pennsylvania
is now very low, ranging from ten to
twenty-five cents a pound, the best FL
gin creamery selling at fourteen cents.
If oleomargarine manufacturers are
permitted to sell their product in this
state, with the restriction OF only a
moderate tax, the price of butter will
be still lower and the effect upon the
dairy industry will unquestionably be
disastrous. The oleo people can manu-
facture their product for from six to
seven cents per pound, which with the
addition of two cents, the tax imposed
it at most, a cost to the manufacturer
of nine cents per pound whilst a fair
quantity of butter cannot be manu-
factured for less than twenty-three
cents per pound. The oleo dealer can
sell his product at any price between
nine and twenty cents, and thus un.
dersell the dairyman and drive him
from the market. If this were to oc-
cur, and for sake Of illustration, sup
pose that the entire ninety million
pounds of butter now annually pro-
duced were to be suppressed and oleo-
margarine substituted in it's place, the
revenue to the commonwealth at two
cents per pound on the oleo would
amount to only ST. sOO,OOO whereas the
dairy industry brings in annually to
the commonwealth from butter alone
about 100000 In the substitution of
one industry for the other the state
would lose about $14,000,000, and at the
same time, have taken away the pos
sibllity of future increase In the dairy
industry, so that when the time would
arrive, when the whole butter product
of 100, 100000 of pounds, needed to sup
ply the markets of the state. would be
supplied by the oleomargarine, the rev.
enue to the commonwealth would be
S3,6OO,000, and the butter industry that
was driven out would be a loss TO the
state of $4,000. .000."
1t will be noticed that the deputy
secretary of agriculture here drops the
formerly reiterated claim that oleo Il
worthless and dangerous as a food pro,
duct. No deleterious substitute en-
| bodying the gross ingredients once at
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-16
THE PROPER VIEW.
rom the Philadelphia Bulletin.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
The charge which Insurance Agent
French has made against Senator Charles
M. Shortt either is true or is not true.
Senator Shortt declares that 1t is not true,
and he makes the declaration under oath.
In Senator SHORTS denial be true theh
French is a perjurer and ought to have
the mark and the penalty of perjurer
put upon him. Some of that same zeal
which was recently shown at Harrisburg
in promptly summoning the Rev. Dr.
Swallow into a court of justice for libel
ought now to be employed in bringing
French into court on a charge of perjury.
1t will not do to be content with calling
him a "perjurer' through the newspapers
or in the committee ROOM If Mr.. French
on the other hand, has told the truth, he
ought to be not less prompt In publicly in"
viting his accusers to prosecute him as the
periurer they declare him to be.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-16
HAS THE SENATE DEGENERATED ?
Penn" in Philadelphia Bulletin.


CHANGING over a list of the members
of the federal senate that sat In the hall
on the corner of Sixth and Chestnut
streets, the thought again occurred that
we are in the habit of eXaggerating the
"degeneracy" Of the United States sem
ate. There is hardly a Charge made
against the character of the senate now,
even in Its relations to the sugar trust,
that may not be matched by kindred ac-
cusation against the conscript fathers at
Sixth and Chestnut streets. The propor-
tion of wealth there was quite as great
as it is ow in Washington, and 1t is ques-
tionabHe whether the average of ability
was higher. Except to close students of
political history 1t is doubtful, indeed,
whether any well-informed American
could name more than a half dozen of
those senators without some difficulty.
But he would be just as likely as not If
he were called upon to prepare homily
on public virtue to give us a fine assort-
ment of generalities about "the fathers"
their purity and their transcendent supe-
riority to all who have come after them.
The United States senate then was not
much larger than some European cabi-
nets, or privy councils; and now, with
ninety members, or a third more than our
first house OF representatives, 1t has out
grown its original methods And yet
congress did not move with greater ce-
lerity than II now does. We grow rest
less over delay in the preparation Of a
tariff bill at Washington. But the very
first tariff, with all the need of revenue
for new government and simple piece
Of legislation for a population less than
Pennsylvania now holds on this side Of
the Susquehanna, was not on the statute
book until the Fourth of July.
l glanced over the list of Pennsylva-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-16

The fact that Mr.. Bayard and Squire
Smalley are both forninst the Dingley
bill will give it additional claim upon
American favor.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-16
SCRANTON, JUNE 16, 1897.

We are still waiting for the promised
demonstration that 7 rail on Null
berry street is more desirable for mis-
cellaneous vehicles than fiat one.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-16

trlbuted to oleomargarine could "un-
dersell the dairyman and drive him
from the market" Evidently the
strategy of Professor Palm, Of Mead
vile, two years ago has silenced this
particular battery of the oleo-fighters.
1t will be remembered that he sent
packages of oleo labeled best cream
cry butter" to two fairs, at one Of
which the Judge was an expert from
the state agricultural department, and
against the competition of the real ar
ticle the oleo in both instances took
first prize.
Reduced, then, TO its elements, the
contention of the state agricultural bu-
reau to the legislature Is: you must
not permit the sale Of oleomargarine,
because 1t is too cheap" With labor
in many quarters reduced to extrem-
cites of hardship by industrial depres-
sion and the people generally forced
to unusual expedients of economy, we
are informed that to give fair COM
mercial field to a demonstrably salable
article of common necessity would be
unwise because 1t would nurt the but
ter makers. This is an argument that
could easily be answered.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-16

ial expansion Of the United States from
the Louisiana purchase to the purchase
of Alaslsa, and in each instance they
have been sllenced by later events.
The annexation Of Hawaii would be
big feather in the cap Of the McKin-
ley administration.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-16
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune AstrOlOger.
Astrolabe Cast: 400 a. M, for Wednesday,
June 16, 1897.


~ @ &T
A child born on this day will be of the
opinion that we will soon be able to get
an evening paper for nothing with troll
ley transfer thrown in.
There is a suspicion that summer has
come at last.
Base ball records indicate that Sandy
Grlffin's black rabbit mascot needs a
tonic.
Even flag day hath its drawbacks. Just
look at the poetry!
Members of the board of control evil
IDENTIFY did not receive comps" to the
High School Alumni banquet.
Songs of summer.
When birds of merry June doth burst,
And in ones throat a burning thirst
Suggests the thought of beer
We need no ice cream-strawberry fete,
Nor other things to indicate
That summers surely here.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-16

It will be easy enough for Seth Low
to get himself nominated for mayor of
Greater New York without reference TO
the wishes Of the Republican organiza-
tion in that interesting city; but to Sc
cure an election without its aid may
prove a different matter,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-16
NOT POVERTY STRICKEN.
an Unidentified Source.

From an Unidentified Source.
This is not a poverty stricken country;
the people of this country expended last
year $22, 900, 900 for chewing gum, $iOO, ,OOO,
900 for mrsements, $500, 900 for jewel
ry, $500 900, 900 for tobacco, and $l,4OO,OOOO,-
900 for strong drink
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-16

Ex-Ambassador Bayard arises ~ re-
mark that he views with fearful alarm
the measure of cruel and excessive
taxation" which is pending in congress
with threatened success" a measure
which must decrease our foreign COM
merce, increase our commercial isola-
ton and cause retaliatory legislation
by nations who are seeking friendly
and reciprocal relations with our peo-
ple." DO we understand him to imply
that he prefers treasury deficits, en-
ergency bond issues. silver agitations
and business disaster?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-16

In its eagerness to sneer at the Gu
ban cause the New York Evening Post
called StepheT Bonsal, the war corre-
spondent. a liar and a thiei, and is now
named as defendant in a $50 600 libel
suit The Evening Post is so chroni-
siOnally to be halted WITT a club.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-16
ETlle Same Old Cry.

The Philadelphia Ledger is plain
spoken ir opposition to Hawaiian an
neXation. 1t says:
The schema Of Hawaiian annexation is
supported mainly by jingoes and jobbers.
With Hawaii as an American territory
shploads of carpot-baggers would go out
to hold federal office and push the ma
tives to the wall even more closely than
the original colonists did. The mission
aries to Hawaii were animated by noble
purposes, but they were followed by other
Americans whose quest was rather OF the
things OF this world than the world to
come. The spOllation of Hawaii, how
ever, is one of the least factors in the
problem. The United States has hereto
fore had teMhories, but no colonies or
dependencies. no call Hawaii a territory
would not nlakelher one unless she were
put into the same CLASS with other Amer
lean telritories- She would be, in effect,
a colony, with d different class of voters
from our own ana different commercial
laws. The United States would be
brought into closen Rcontact with Aus
tralia and Japan, ami there would be new
causes of international friction. The civil
administration of such a turbulent terri
tory would be certain to keep the United
States in hot water. A good rule for the
United States is to leave well enough
alone. The only trouble in Hawaii Is that
the white men who robbed the natives
of their government are afraid of being
overtaken by retribution. And that is a
matter Of little concern to@the United
States.
The Ledger win have difficulty in
making the American people believe
that President Harrison and Secretary
. of State Foster, who negotiated the
lrst treaty Of annexation, We're either
&goes or Jobbers. AS a matter'bf fact,
gere statesmen who foreshw the
Spdustrial possibilities in the
sGroposed to secure to this
j . - invaluable outpost
Inevitable future ex-
herce on the Pacific
The issue pre-
tied States take
with its race
mmercial and
the Pacific
shall II shun
larger peril?
ments were
pus territor-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-16

.GOLDSNIITH'S o.

That the production of merchandise far outstrips its
consumption This will go far toward explaining the
apparent modesty of price ON many seasonable offer
ings. Hardly day goes by but we have shown some
special thing ON which the manufacturer is over
stocked. He needs money and to induce us to buy
the goods are offered i'm many at less than the
cost of production. It's wise loss for the maker
good purchase for and big bargain benefit for yo
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-14

Of the afternoon, and Myers came in. The
umpire promptly sent Myers back to third,
and when Speer sent an easy one to Crooks.
he never tried to reach first and the agony
was ended" Myers hadn't interfered with
anybody, but his run would have tied the
score, and that, Of COURSE could not be per-
mitted 1t is fact that players running from
first to second do whatever they can to pre-
vent double plays, and not-in one case in 100
would an umpire pay. any attention to a
claim of interference a If Qfe. ofrhe two run
The Tigers left last night on their trip to
Kansas City. With them goes Grip" Egan,
but he will not return with them. Van Der
beck has sold him to Jimmie Manning. and he
will relieve the other three pitchers of the
Blues, provided he suits. at ALI Egan is a
good pitcher when 1t Is his day.-Detroit
Manager Comiskey is quite, elated over the
showing made by the st. Paul team recently,
and yesterdays victory naturally did not
have any depressing effect on him. He says
that the record would haye been much better
had the Saints met an umpire IN indianapolis
or Columbus as fair as Haskell. 1.-THE st. Paul
team now has, he says, the strongest infield
in the Western league, and with Nyce in the
outfield, should he be continued there 1t
will have one Of the heaviest hitting outfelds.
Cross, he believes, will prove great resource
to the team Glenalvin, he says, is not going
to quit the game as the Eastern papers have
stated, at any rate not as long he plays the
ball he has been playing.
Comiskey, as has every other base ball man.
ager in the business. has received an offer
from Jim Corbett to play, but Commy is
looking for ball players and not museum
stars.
1t was the 18th of the month. That
is perhaps the reason why Indianapolis could
not win it's thirteenth straight game.
Hollngsworth's catch in the sixth was
worth the price of admission. Grays catch
in the fourth wasn't worth any less. so the
crowd got twice the worth Of its money.
That double play of Glenalvin. Holdings
worth and Glasscock was at almost record
breaking speed.
George wasn't doing a thing to the ball but
smashing it all over the grounds.
Denzer quit the game about the right time.
Mulane had the heavy hitting Indians on his
staff right from the jump and they didn't
come within many rows of apple trees of
scoring.
Preston retired from the game shortly
after making his home run, with sprained
ankle. He had done enough. A home run,
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were as docile as the little lamb that
went to school with Mary.
There were two bad spots in the
Indianapolis infield, Flynn and Gray,
short and third. Mcbride was the first
man to explore. He was also the first
to find anything. He found Gray, and
he went to first base unmolested, while
the uncertain third baseman was vain
ly endeavoring to communicate coher-
emily with Motz at first. However, AL
gernon was thrown out at second on
Glenalvin's third strike, and the locals
were Just where they started except
that two were out George made the
first hit off Goar, and Glasscock. follow
ed with one that was equally indiSpu-
table. George went to third on it, He
thought some of coming home. If he
had merely thought, he could not have
been put out, but in his reVery, he
strayed from the sacred sack, and was
touched by the unholy hand that bore
the ruinous ball.
Hogriever sent a grounder over short
which bounded badly for Holly and got
through. The Hoosier boy, however,
was 't'run out at second, see?" Gray
gave Mcbride a fly, but the next three
united in successive singles, and Nc
SdTluy, WHO udO IiledIWIllle SlOiSIi SCI
ond, scored along with Mcfarland.
Wood gave George a nice out in right
field, and it was two to nothing.
Gillen, late of Philadelphia, made his
first appearance on the home grounds
in st. Paul uniform and
was warmly greeted Goar SHE'D
at the reception and pitched four bad
ones. Sammy, however, was doubled
out on Preston's grounder to Stewart.
Spies gave Flynn a fly, and st. Paul
was still trailing. Stewart gave Pres
ton a drop. and Spies caught Flynn's
foul. Hollingsworth threw Goar out,
and the Saints came in again.
They came in as strong as the Chi
cago river at ebb tide, too. Hollings-
worth did not have any share in it..
giving Gray pop-up, but Denzer poked
a fly back Of second base, which count
ed for a safe hit, because 1t was one.
Mcbride tried Gray again. Same old
Gray. Same old first base. Every
thing the same. Glenalvin picked out
Flynn. If he picked him for a life
saver, he has the clairvoyant vision Of
yelled seventh daughter Flynn would
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-14

Flynn forgot the game again. Glass
cock proudly awaited developments at
first base. Motz tried to make the
umpire believe that Flynn threw the
ball over there before Glasscock came,
but the umpire could give Tom Paine
points when it came to skepticism.
Gillen smote the ball mile, more or
less. but Mccarthy was out there.
Nyce was greeted with cheers when he
came to bat and he hit a short one
back of Flynn. Spies put one much
like 1T back of Stewart. Both were
safe. Glasscock scored, but Hollings-
worth gave Mccarthy another high
one. Denzer forced Nyce out on a
erounder to Gray, but it was ten three,
anyway.
single by Gray. leading off, was
followed by a triple by Mcfarland.
Mccarthy walked on four wide ones.
Roger was complaining that the UNI
pire was giving him the worst of it.
Motz hit lightly, but safely. McFar-
full catch of Woods high foul. George
muffed Stewards fly and filled the
sacks. Flynn waited around the plate
like a hungry politician at the White
house door, and, after five balls had
been pitched, seemingly, at least, over
the plate at the proper height, and yet
no strike was credited, the short stop
drove a hit down over second base
that scored two runs. Denzer was dis
gusted more than ever, and, when the
first two balls he pitched to Goar were
classified by Haskell with the unwor-
thy, Roger got out of the chalk lines
and Mullane went in. Tony pitched
another bad one before he got his eye
on the plate, but two cut it's heart and
Goar swung at the third. 1t was fly
to Mcbride, and Hogriever sent up a
similar shortly afterward.
McBrides triple and Georges fourth
single gave the locals eleven, which
made it lis, a little safer.
Mcbride and Nyce caught flies before
Mccarthy hit safely, and the runner
was caught mapping off first.
Flynn threw Nyce out, and Hogriever
and Mcfarland took flies on the next
two. Motz opened the ninth with a
menacing single, but Glenalvin, Hol-
lingsworth and Glasscock perfected a
double, when Wood sent a grounder
bowling down toward the ex-Bobolink
Mullane threw Stewart out at first, and
those who were not convinced before
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-14
MiIlers Could Detect His Curves
With the Greatest ease


Josh Keener Esq. of Columbus, O., knows
what 1t is to be iollied; at least, if he doesn't
he should, for the Millers carried him along
for seven and half innings yesterday in the
jolliest kind of fashion in the game at
quit counting money for a few moments and
/ appeared on the visitors bench there is no
telling how many runs the Millers would have
scored. When Tom turned up and saw how
things were going he intimated to Capt.
Tebeau that perhaps Keener had better be
sent to the stable and Patsy's brother took
the hint, and while Keener was led away,
VOTERS, with brand new bride, cantered
to the plate. Tacks Parrot was at bat
and the first thing Tacks did was to hit out
a pretty single that scored two runs for
the M1llers, giving them their total of Y.
After that Mr.. VOTERS did better and the
two hits he allowed didn't count
=, Willie Bill Hutchinson was n2the slab for
the Millers and pitched a. good game, al
though he was found safely an even dozen
times. But the hits came nn small pack
ages and If it hadn't been that an error
slipped in occasionally the visitors would not
were. y 20
The Millers started off in the first with sin
giles by Eustace, Miller and Letcher, bring
ing in two runs. The visitors took lead of
singles by Frank and Genins. IN the second,
Balls three-bagger, Boyle's single, Hutchi-
sons felder's choice when Boyle went out
at second, gift to Eustaen, Mfller's out to
Mertes, Letcher's single iand Hulen's error
scored three for the MilleTs ~and gave them
a lead of two The visitors were blanked.
In the third the Millets failed to score.
For the visitors Mertes' single, Tebeau $
home run and Franks single scored two and
the score was tied. Millerfs double, Hulens
error and PARROTS single Scored one in the
fourth. The visitors again drew blank.
In the fifth, Balls single and Mertes' tumble,
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changes, and the fertile soil of the
Northwest does not seem to be con-
genial to the Hoosiers.
The greatest buffers can frequently
win a lot of games. and sometimes
the modest boys beat the buffers bad
".
Base ball games are Won, not on
bluffs, but on runs, and the Apostles
who have been touring under Comis-
keys management with more or less
success, for several weeks past, have
recovered their batting streak At
least it looks that way. Yesterday
Gear pitched against them, the same
Goar who has held many a team in
this league as we'll as others, down to
single figure hits. Fifteen was the
least the locals let him off with yester-
day. Eleven men played in st. PauPs
field yesterday, and the only one of
the bunch who did not get a safe hit
off Goar was Tony Mullane, who did
not come to bat, going into the game
late
Roger Denzer was in the box for the
1ocals-at the start. Indeed, he stayed
pretty nearly seven innings, but after
he had pitched five or six straight
strikes to Dibby Flynn with two on
bases, and Umpire Haskell let half of
them go through and called them balls
and then Flynn drove in two more
runs with a safe hit when he should
have been out, and Goar came up and
the first two balls pitched were de-
nominated bad ones by the Adonis of
the umpiring staff, Roger walked out
of the little sand lot in the center Of
the diamond, and Tony Mullane, who
had been warming up surreptitiously
back of the bleachers, went into finish
the contest. st. Paul had lead of two
then. 1t had a lead of three at the
finish.
Fully $500 people, perhaps two-fifths
of whom were women, who were admit
ted free, witnessed yesterdays game
the opening contest of the Apostles
third home series this season. Of the
male clientele several hundred were
massed in the right field bleacher, and
before the game sundry illusions were
made by the assembled fans to hickory
clubs. rotten eggs, and gatling guns,
which they intimated were concealed
in the lower portion of the unprotected
stand. These may or may not have
had anything to do with the fact that
The Indianapolis team subsequently
played what was for them very quiet
and orderly game. Only twice did they
suggest that the umpire had not prop
7erly come by his official title, and not
a single time did they try to impale
the official arbiter on the shaft of old
Uncle Bill MOTIFS bat.
Think of it. Did not mob the umpire
once. Fresh from the scene of a dozen
straight victories at home, where they
had the umpire bluffed to a starry
standstill, when the Watkins aggrega-
ton got off their own barn yard, they