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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27
Extend the Monroe Doctrine.

/ am therefore in favor OF retaining
so much Of the Spanish territory as
may be necessary for the demands CT
our commerce and the requirements OF
our navy, and Of extending over these
people a form Of government best
adapted to their requirements. until
such time as they are sufficiently ad-
vanced In civilization to establish a
government OF their own. 1t Is but the
plea Of the pessimist to object to the
xpense that may be involved by such
a protectorate. Expense was a proper
subject of consideration when we de-
clared war in behalf of humanity, not
when we are considering and determin-
ing it's victorious results. AS a nation
we are strong enough TO be just and
are rich enough to be humane. j would
expand our Monroe doctrine to the ex-
tent that the nations OF Europe shonid
be restrained from imposing thelr
forms Of government upon any people
against the will Of the governed, not
only upon the continent OF America,
but wherever such wrong be commit
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27
imposes Chicago Platform

|sae Yourself. / am opposed to the
resso platform. not only to its silver
a' put the socialistic and anarcnis-
|uoctrines therein contained. / am
sEailist. not q gold or silver mono
dAs~ EN- not yet convinced that
and silver cannot circulate side
aae, u a ratio be established be-
suese two metals that represents
h"y OF values In accordance with
@"s OF trade. There is no magic
In the figures Is 10 1. and no
IT, uon can establish or maintain
Ia opposition to or i'm violation
vsg established in the markets of
sulu' The increased use OF silver
i lucy Would without doubt appre-
~ value, as the increased use of
paor commodity increases it's val
u " is the extent and not the
M. OF the use that gives such
81. lues their actual value. and in
of decreases their price.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27

that was coming from the four corners
OF the earth, and that the law would
enable our home farmers to raise wool
at a profit? Hasn't that made sheep
90 up in price? Isn't that where you
get your profit? Answer me-"
But he answered not.
Now, think OF this" she proceeded.
Taking the average of all our people.
the country over, It takes the wool OF,
one sheep to supply the needs of zach
person, possibly a trile more. In 1897
it took about SA pounds to zach per-
son, while the average weight OF a
fleece OF wool was about 6A pounds.
Yet on a basis of the amount used In
1894, 1895 and 1896 that quantity
would have very nearly supplied each
person. Then we have ii, one per-
son, one sheep needed. We have over
72,00o, 900 inhabitants. but how many
sheep? Look up the government rec
ords and you will find that I'M 1893 we
had about AZ, 900 900 in the entire coun-
try. enough to supply a little over half
out wool. Did the tariff reform party
that was in power then try TO help
you and me by saving our home mar
ket for us? lou know as well as / do
that they put wool on the free lat. so
that it could come from everywhere;
and in four years II fiocks dwindled
down so that in 1897 there were only
about &C. 600, 900 sheep in the country,
not enough to supply half our wool.
why this decline? II was because
the American farmer could not produce
wool at a profit and compete with the
cheap wool of the world. Think OF IL,
hrsband-think Of it. We. an agricul-
tu-al people. suffering h~ardships dur
ing those tariff reform times, looking
for diversified branches OF agriculture,
actually sending everywhere for wool,
when we could have produced il in
abundance Or our own pastures. Why.
that coat that you have on, you don't
know whether the wool came from Ser
via. or Turkey. oil China. or some 9TH
er country of cheap labor and cheap
living. In the last year OF that free
trade in wool policy England sold us
over s2s. o00. 900 worth. not raised in
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27
Judge Trips Letter.
Yankton, South Dakota,

Yankton, South Dakota,
Oct. 7th, 1898.
|Charles F. Zimmerman, National
PnA Examiner. Sioux Falls. s. D.
Far Sir: have your esteemed Ia
q the 24th ultimo in which yoa
re me to give you at length my
rs upon the general political sit=
|aa IN this country and the best
|y 10 be pursued by old time Dem
Us who we're warm adherents OF
Plcent Cleveland and admirers III
democratic policies prior To 1896
20 give my views upon national cad
y expansion as 1t seems to be snap
under Republican guidance"
our request covers such a large
! o. Inquiry, that 1t will be impossi-
within the limits OF a letter. 70
! more than 4 few general proposi-
me these without argument or
Y. and to ccnlne myself 10 the mo-
! aud reasons which will govern my
action in the present campaign.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27
Expansion Of Trade.

II these views make me an expan-
sionist, then I am one. And | am an
expansionist in the development OF the
wealth and power of the republic. /
believe in the expansion Of u COM
merce, the export of the products OF
our soil and workshops to every mar
ket OF the world. ! believe In adopting
and maintaining a currency that is
used and recognized by the nations OF
the world. We are at the commence
OF a new era. The Slav and An
glo-Saxon are entering upon a contest
for supremacy. Their lines of civil.
cation have paralelled the continent OF
Asia, and now threaten our commerci2l
interests in the markets Of China, jap
an and the Islands OF the Feast. We
cannot stand idly by and see these
markets closed TO ourselves and the
world; and until these and similar
great international questions may be
met and determined by a congress OF
nations, each nation must be prepared
to assert and defend its own rights, as
well as to protect and defend the rights
of others who are unable to protect
and defend themselves.
This nation will never recede from
the advanced position it has already
taken, and the aim Of every man who
loves his country should be, to aid and
assist in guiding its destiny so as to
give the largest amount OF individual
freedom and prosperity to its citizens
at home and relieve oppression abroad.
This is expansion along the lines OF
human progress, and not those of ag-
gression and conquest. A conservatism
that adopts a policy less advanced will
not meet with approval from an en-
lightened and progressive people.
| am, very sincerely yours,
Bartlett Trip.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27
A Grand Recnrd.

The new tariff law, even under the
most unfavorable conditions, has dem
onstrated its effectiveness in producing
revenue. Under normal conditions 1t
is safe to say that results will be OBJ
tanned of greater magnitude than
even its trainers anticipated. Taking
everything into consideration, the As
cal year 1893 has made a record for
that fills the breast of every
true American citizen with pride, pa
triotism and security in the country's
stability. and attracts the attention OF
every nation to the greatness OF the
United States of America.-Wool Rec
ord.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27
Would Ipjurs the Po,r.

|ue. @se now upon a gold standard.
la anu prices have shaped and es-
y Az themselves after one OF the
msastrous panics that the bust
osla mas ever experienced, and
exchange the gold for the sill
ansr would not only be r~epudia-
uishonesty but would precipi-
\ thaaner nnancial crisis more vlo-
krssA tlat from which we have Just
ban. Turing such fianancial dis
Etua.ss arrangement OF values and
ncSna of prices, the business men
Aa' means and the laboring
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27
putty Of Manufacturers.

American manufacturers have moi
deemed it necessary heretofore 10
build and employ their own ships in
order 10 hold important lines OF for
eign trade. Other countries have
found it necessary to do this ana
there is no reason to hope that we
shall escape the necessity to which
others have submitted. They must do
as much as the traders OF other lands
to enlarge their circle of commerce.
Dallas (Tex.) News.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27
shoula Free the Philippines.

Upon the question of expansion. For
myself. / ain not an ~expansionist, as
The wori itself would seem to imply.
II there be one danger, in my Judgment
that threatens the great republic, 1t
lies along the line of aggression and
conquest. The attempted assimila-
zion Of ignorant and barberous people
who have not the intelligence TO govern
themselves mol to consent to be gov-
erned, Is contrary to the spirit OF our
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27
ouite Annov,rr.'

The Dingley tariff continues to
crowd the aisles to the great annoy-
ance of the Democrats in the congre-
gation.--Burlington Hawkeye.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27
Whom it Would Hurt.

And such dishonesty does not anecl
strangers and foreigners a'ons enJ
existence OF such fact couiu NV
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27
Lamb Crop short.

1t is set forth in a bulletin on the
sheep industry Of the country, recent
ly issued by the National Live Stock
association. that while the industry,
as a whole, was never in a more pros
porous condition. the lamb crop does
net show as large a percentage as
usual, due mainly to the universal
cold rains during the Landing season.
All sections report forage to be the
finest in ter years. and the lambs arc
larger and fatter th-n usual at this
time OF the year (the only exception
being in one or two limited sections
along the Pacific coast. where drouth
has prevailed. According to informa-
ton received direct from owners. 4
appears that less sheep will be market
cd this year than last. The high price
Of western wool. Ia to Is cents per
pound. and the fancy prices paid for
western alfalfa-fed lambs on the east
ern markets, make 1t much more
profitable for breeders to grow wool
yet to correctly estimate the wool
crop, but 1t is believed that an in
crease of 10 per cent is a conservative
figure.
Varied Rations.-With IN abundance
OF good. we'll kept pastures, plenty of
clover hay, corn. oats and peas. the
Jersey dairy farmer is approximately
independent OF the markets for dairy
foods. II prices are satisfactory, it will
be wise economy to increase the varie-
ty in his rations by the addition IL
bran, cotton-seed meal. linseed meal
and gluten feed or meal. But the
prices must be right or they may cost
more than they come ton. B. Frank
lin.
Stave Silos.--A correspondent of the
Jersey Bulletin" speaks a good word
for silos for the stave variety. with no
special foundation prepared. He says
they only sit on a level place. ard in
finishing feeding from them We have
found less waste than is found in a
cement bottom. Our silos have kept
silage in a perfect condition right up
to the walls-not "A forkful Of waste
since leaving the top"
Call a n a sad dog" said the
Cornfed Philosopher, land he will leek
knowing and feel battered, but il you
call him a miserable pup he'll want to
fght."--lndianapolis Journal.
II you want money bad. invest IN
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27

Call "a man a sad dog" said the
Cornfed Philosopher, and he will leek
knowing and feel fattered, but ii you
call him a miserable pup he'll want TO
hght."--lndianapolis Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27

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green goods.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27

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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-12

at the home of the latter next We'd
nesday from to z o'clock, for the bene-
fit of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Pike, who have
been seriously i'll, are both somewhat
better.
A surprise party was rendered Mr..
and Mrs. Stanley Reynolds last even
ing by large number of their friends.
Next Monday evening at the Bap-
tist church will be given an entertain
ment which Is something entirely new
for this town. The electromotiscope
will be in charge of an electrician late
of the Edison laboratory Of Orange, N.
Y, which insures a perfect perform
ance. Prices, 10, 25 and 35 cents.
Mrs. j. X. Zweizig and daughter,
Miss Blanche Stark, will visit the Elec-
trio City today.
Mrs. ]. w. Stark, Mrs. George N.
Doyle and son, Stark, were pleasant
visitors at the home of Mrs. A. A.
Brown last Tuesday.
Invitations have been issued for the
coming marriage of Miss May l.. Jayne
to Mr.. Alfred Rossiter, Tuesday, Feb.
22,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-12
New York Produce Market.

New York, Feb. 11.-Flour-Quet but
firmly held, particularly on low grade
winters, which are scarce; city mill pat
ents, $560a50; city mill clears, $5.40a5. 55;
Minnesota patents, S5,l0a5,40 Minnesota
bakers, sl.2Sa5 20; winter patents, S4.S0a
5.25; winter straights, s4.55a465; winter
extras, $4a6; winter low grades, $290a3.
Wheat-Spot firm; No. red. sl.04h, I.
o. b., afioat spot; No. l northern Duluth,
$1.0S, (. o. b., afloat to arrive; No. hard
Manitoba, S1.09A, T. o. b., afioat spot; No.
1 hard Duluth, $ll1lh, (. o. b., afioat to
arrive; options opened strong at balc
advance on higher Liverpool cables; af-
ter a subsequent irregular advance on
foreign buying finally yielded little un-
der realizing and closed unsettled but
fairly firm at %ahc net advance; Febru-
airy, closed Sl02B; May, 9ShaSS l6-l6c.,
closed 9SlRc.; July, sOasa9lc., closed sOAc.
Corn-Spot firm: No. 2, S7Sc., +. o. b.,
afioat; options opened stronger and dis
played a good undertone all day, closing
May, "a 11-l6a34Rc., closed 3i7sc.; July,
34Ac. oats-Spot stronger; No. 2, 3Olsc.
No. 8, Soc; No. white, 32c.; No. white,
&c.; options advanced sharply, closing
&c. net higher; May, SOssc. Beef-Firm,
Cut Meats-Steady. Butter-Firm; west
ern creamery, 14iRa2Oc. factory lla14c
Elgins, 20c; imitation creamery, 13al7c
state dairy, 13a1sc.; creamery. lial9c.
| Cheese-Dull; large September, Slsc
small do, 9a9Ac.; large October, SaSi4c.
small do, Sl4aSikc. light skins 6a61zc.
part skins, 4a5iac.; full skins, 2a3c. Eggs
Steady; state and Pennsylvania, 15c.
fresh, lac. Tallow-Steady; city. 3 11-l6c.
country, 3laaSssc. Petroleum-Dull.
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Delaware and Hudson.

On Monday, Jan. II, trains will leave
Scranton as follows:
For Carbondale-620. 7.55 S.55, 10.15 a.
m; 1900 noon; 1.2l, 2.20 1852, 5.25, 6.25 157.
9.15. 11.00 p. m. 1.16 a. IN.
For Albany, Saratoga, Montreal, Bos-
ton, New England points, etc., go a. m,
For Honesdale-62O, s.55 1O.15 a. m.
1900 noon; 2.20, 5.25 p. m.
For Wilkes s-Barre-6.45, $50. S.45. 9.3S,
1915 a. M, 1905, 125 22l, 3.33, ALL 600, $50,
For New York, Philadelphia. etc, via
Lehigh Valley r. r., ,6;45,, $50 a. M, l2;O5.
125. AL p: m; with Black Diamond Ex-
press) 113O p. m.
For Pennsylvania r. r. points-6.45, 9.SS,
a. M; 2.21, AL p. m.
For weStern points via Lehigh Valley
r. r., 7.b a. m, 1906, 3.33 with Black
Diamond Express) 1923, 11.30 p. m.
Trains will arrive at Scranton as fol-
lows:
From Carbondale and the north-6.40
745 S.40 9.34, 1910 a. m, 1900 noon; l.20
21S 3.25 4.37, 545, 745, 1925, 11.27 p. m
From Wilkes-Barre and the South-6 10
$50, $50, 1910 1l.55 a. m; 1.16. 2.l4. 3.4S,
$50, 6.2l, 7.5S 9.05. 9.45 p. m; 113 a. m.
Complete information regarding rates
to all points in the United States and
Canada may be obtained at the ticket of.
flee I'm the depot
Special attention given to Western and
Southern resort business.
]. w. BURDICK. G. P. A.. Albany, N. Y
II. w. CROSS. D. p. A., Scranton, Pa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-12
HONESDALE,

Mrs. Hoover is visiting friends in
Philadelphia.
Mr.. Coe Durland is on a business
trip to New York.
The pickpocket who relieved one of
our townsmen of his pocketbook, while
in the city of Gotham, very recently,
was kind enough to return it to him
by mail. less the twenty dollars in
money it contained.
The fires have been drawn from the
boilers in the Schimpff brewery, down
town. Hereafter the Irving Cliff brew
cry will furnish the beverage for
Honesdale.
Druggist Buel Dodge is suffering with
an attack of inflammatory rheuma-
tism.
c. d, Jones, of Scranton, was a
Honesdale visitor yesterday.
The funeral of Aaron Katz took place
Thursday afternoon from the home of
his brother, Jacob Katz, on Second
street. Interment was made in the
Hebrew cemetery.
The Scranton Tribune is on sale al
the store of j. b. Nelson, on Front
street, where orders may be left for
the paper.
The next number of the Christian
Endeavor course will be given in the
opera house, Tuesday evening. Feb. Is
instead Of Thursday. the 17th.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-12
UNIoNDALE.

Mr.. an Mrs. Elijah Carpenter went
to Thomps on Wednesday to attend the
funeral of Gertrude, the infant daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Foster.
The Rev. D. D. jenkins Wellington
Rounds and Mrs. Smith Coleman were
on the programme for the Sunday
school institute at Forest City, Tues
day.
The seventh and eighth days of this
month were farmers days. A farm
ers' institute was held at the grange
hall on Lyon street. Many are inter-
ested in the Farmers alliance in this
region, and the institute was we'll at
tended.
The Mormon elders are taking their
second missionary journey through our
community. People still believe that
the gospel they bring us does not i'm
prove by age.
Mr.. and Mrs. Traverman Mills en-
tertained their niece and nephew, Mr..
and Mrs. George Moore. of Aldenville.
Mrs. c. II. Ellis and Miss Frank
Lewis are spending some time in
Scranton.
William Norton spent Sunday in AL
denville.
The Ladies' Aid society was enter
tanned by Mrs. Edwin Corey, Thurs
day.
Mrs. Sands, who has been making a
short visit to her father, Hiram Led
yard, has returned to her home in
Peckville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander and daugh-
ter, of Forest City, visited at the home
of John Barr, Thursday.
The ice harvest is still being rapidly
pushed. This industry furnishes EN-.
ployment to more than a score of mer
and over dozen teams. 1t is esti.
mated that more than three thousand
tons have already been shipped.
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Philadelphia Provision Mar Ike .

Philadelphia, Feb. 11.-Wheat-Firm and
%c. higher; contract grade, February,
$10Oa1. .OOls; March, April and May, nomi-
nal. Corn-Firm and hac. higher; No. 2
mixed, February and March, 3iAa341ac.
April and May, nominal. Oats-Firm and
lac higher; No. white February and
March, 31a31Iac.; April and May, nomi-
nal. Potatoes-Firm; white, choice per
bushel S0aS3c.; do. fair to good. 75a7Sc
sweets, prime red, per basket, 7Oa75c.; do.
yellow 65a70c.; do. seconds 30a35c. But
ter-Quiet and easier; fancy western
Creamery. 2Oa2C1ac.; do. Pennsylvania
prints, 22c.; do. western, &c. Eggs
Steady; fresh, nearby, 1i14c.; do. west
ern, 141Rc. Cheese-Quiet but steady.
Refined Sugars-Firm, good demand. Cot
ton-Unchanged. Tallow - Duh. Live
Poultry-Dull and lower; fowls and spring
chickens Sa9c.; old ROSTERS, 6a6l3c.; tuI-
keys, 1Oa11c.; ducks, 9a10c. DressedPoul-
try-Quiet but steady; fowls, choice, 9I2a
10c.; fair to good, &C.; chickens, large, 10
a1OIac. scalded, Sa9c.; turkeys. fancy, 19
a15c.; choice, 12a1212c.; fair to good, 1Oa
11c.; ducks, Sal0c. Receipts-Flour, 100
barrels and 80, 900 sacks; wheat, 5000 BUSH
els; corn, 12S,OOO bushels; oats, go 900
bushels. Shipments-Wheat, l,4O0 BUSH
els; corn, 23S, 900 bushels; oats, 1900 BUSH
els,
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Embarrassed White House Callers.

From the Youths Companion.
There is perhaps no time or place m
which there is such urgent need of quick
ness of wit and kindly tact as at the pub
lie receptions given by the president of
the United States and his wife.
When a queen receives her subjects,
the etiquette is fixed and inexorable. No
one speaks unless addressed by royalty.
But Americans of all classes crowd into
the blue room, many with question or
a joke which they have prepared to fire
at their unprepared ruled, and they judge
by the fitness of his reply whether he is
competent to hold his office or not.
Many of them, too, through sheer en-
barrassment make foolish remarks, the
memory of which probably causes them
misery afterward.
One frightened lady assured Mrs. Cleve-
land, "It is a mutual pleasure to meet
you" correcting her mistake by calling
out as she was passed Down the line, Il
meant to say the pleasure is all on your
side"
A group of students out from college on
holiday were presented to the same
lady just after her entrance to the white
house for the second time. One lad a
freshman. pale with dffidence, heard him
self to his horror saying in loud,
squeaky tone of authority:
Madam, l think you have just cause
to be proud of your husband"
The other bows stared with amaze
ment and delight, storing up the "ioke
on Bill' for all future time But there
was not the flicker of smile upon the
sweet womanly face of the first lady OF
the land.
"Ah" she said gravely, still holding
| his hand, you bring me the verdict OF
| posterity! / thank you"
The freshman's comrades were delight.
| ed at the reply and at the opportunity
| given TO chaff Bill upon the awlwardness
| of his address, but Bill only knew thai
| he had seen what seemed to him the
| kindest woman in the world