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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-06-29
Free Trade Trusts, Too.

The theory that trusts are essen
italy a product Of the Protective
Tariff has been a favoritc one in
Democratic arguments ON the sub
ject. The fallacy of this claim is
shown by an article from the pen
of II. w. Macrosty, an English
economist, in the March Con
temporary Review" 1t shows
that the trust principle is already
established and gaining ground in
FGee-Trade England as we'll as in
the United States. The writer
quotes, for example, a few English
trusts controlling such interests as
steel and iron rails, petroleum,
warship building, lead pipe, fish
supply, metal utensils, antimony,
nickel. mercury, thread salt,
alkali and rubber tires. One engi-
neering combine is mentioned as
having a capital of 500, 900, 900
This good sized bunch of central
lied industries managed to get to-
gether under the English Free
Trade system, and it is said by
this writer to be only portion of
"a steady movement toward com
6ination and monopoly" With
the trust system hourishing SO
briskly under absolute Free-Trade.
it will readily be seen that the
suggested removal of the Tariff
from all articles handled by trusts
would be an insufficient method of
supplanting their growth.
As a matter of fact, it is unnec-
essary to look outside Of the trust
itself for a reason for its existence.
The increased economy of prOduc-
ton and decreased expense Of dis
tribution possible under a combina-
ton of small industries into one
large one is ample explanation of
the growth Of the trust system of
doing business. The trust pro-
blem stands by itself and will have
to be dealt with by itself.
City Ga journal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-06-29
HYPOCRiTE OR IGNORAMUS.
Efe Who breaches Free-Trade as
Remedy Against Trusts.

Rochester n. Y. Democrat and Chronicle.
The theory of the Democracy is
shat trust are the creatures of Pro-
lection, and that they cannot exist
under Free Trade. 1t should be
explained that this is the avowed
theory Of the Democracy, rather
than its honest belief; a theory put
forth political effect, to be intro
duced into the next campaign
somewhat as follows: Trusts are
an unmitigated evil; they are ere
ated by the Protective Tariff; there
fore we should have d Free Trade
Tariff; therefore the Democracy,
with its pledge to take Protection
out OF the Tariff, should be put in
power.
Now all this is the veriest pre-
tense. There is no evidence that
trusts owe their establishment and
maintenance to the Protective
Tariff. Trusts are a business de-
velopment Of the past few years,
and they exist under all Tariffs.
An article in the May Forum"
states that $50 trusts were organ
Ized in Germany two years ago,
that their number has greatly in
creased since then: that among
them are a big German coal trust,
and an Austrian rolling mill trust;
that there are Freuch combinations
controlling iron, petroleum, sugar,
chemicals and numberlcss other
products, and that Belgium is over
run with trusts. These countries
have various kinds of Tariffs.
Trusts are not the outgrowth of
any special Tariff system. They
flourish or fail independently of
Tariffs, and are no more prevalent
under Protection than under Free
Trade So when a Democrat or
Populist comes around saying that
The American people, in order to
kill the trusts, must slaughter their
home industries by subjecting them
TO unrestricted foreign competition,
it is safe to set him down as a
hopocrite or an ignoramus. In
either case he is intent only on
making political capital by raising
d false issue. lie wants to advance
the fortunes OF his party, and he
cares not whether the means be
fair and truthful on foul and de
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-06-29
Don't be a Kicker.

If your neighbor is prosperous
let him prosper. Don't grunt,
growi or grumble, Say a good
word for him and let it go at that.
Don't be kicker. Your turn
will come. No one man is the
whole show. If you see the town
is moving along nicely, feel good
about it. Help things along. Push.
Try and get little benefit from it
yourself. Don't stand around like
a chilly old cadaver. Don't waste
your time feeling sore because some
fellow has a little more sand and
sense than you have. Do Il little
hustling yourself. If you can say
good word say it like a prince.
If you are full of vile and disposed
to say something mean, keep your
mouth shut. Don't be a kicker.
No man ever got rich or happy
minding everybody's business but
his own. No man ever helped
himself permanently by kicking
his neighbor down. Give him q
kind word. Give it literally. 1t
won't cost you cent and you may
want one yourself some day. You
may have thousands to-day and
next year be without the price of a
shave. So don't be a kicker. You
can't afford it. 1t won't pay:
there is nothing in it, Ifyou want
to throw something at somebody,
throw cologne or roses. Don't
throw brickbats or mud. Don t
be a kicker. If you must kick,
go around behind the barn and
take good kick at yourself. For
if you feel that way you are the
man that needs the kicking. But,
whatever you do, don't be a kicker.
Exchange.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-06-29
ALL AROUND THE COUNTY.
First Fork.

First Fork.
No apples of any account in this
section.
Corn looks we'll, in this section, but
grass is light.
w. Bailey visited his daughter at
Nelson Run, over Sunday.
Thos. Collyer and wife, of Bradford,
are visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. w. Wykoff.
Ed. Caldwell has returned from
Mississippi, and says it is too hot for
him down there.
A. f. Woodland, wife and daughter,
of Austin, were down visiting r. M.
Williams and family, last week.
The whirr of the moving machine is
abroad in the land again, some of our
farmers cutting grass last week to keep
it from drying up,
"Uncle Jimmy" O'Brien says he has
$50 bushels of potatoes planted, early
and late, and expects to begin digging
for market early in July.
Big fires at head of Hunts and Bailey
Runs, last Thursday and Friday, are
said to have burned several hundred
cords of bark and over a million feet of
homlock logs. Both mills at Austin
were shut down on Friday night, on
account of the men being away fighting
fire.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-06-29

fever, which caused men to drop
in the streets, and which number
of experts pronounced to be yellow
fever. Speaking of the Cuban
situation, he said: "It is an easy
matter to get along with the Cubans.
You couldn't stir up riot in Cuba
to-day, if you tried. Everybody is
contented for the first time in
years. We have only to give the
Cubans good government, so good
that they will be reluctant to do
without it, and that is an easy
NATTER
1t is expected that when Presi-
dent Mckinley returns to Wash
ington, he will issue orders for the
recruiting of volunteer force, not
necessarily to be sent to the Phil
ippines, but to be organized, drilled
and kept in readiness as an emer-
gency force, in case Gen. Otis
should decide at any time that he
needs more men than have already
been ordered to him. The admin
istration isn't Il bit worried about
Gen. Otis, Notwithstanding the
rawlings of the hair-trigger editors
about the danger he is in, by reason
Of Aguinaldo's alleged preparation
to attack Manila with the largest
Filipino army that has yet been in
the field. On the contrary, the
administration knows that Gen.
Otis would regard it as the greatest
good fortune for Aguinaldo to
March his army against Manila, as
it would give him exactly what he
has been trying so hard to get-an
opportunity to fight a pitched bat
tie with the entire Filipino army.
and put an end to the revolt in short
order. A little patience is some
times a good thing to have. Gen.
Otis is an experienced cOmmander
He knows what he wants to do,
the obstacles before him, and that
he can have anything he asks for
from the administration to accom-
plish what he is there to do. lie
has not had single reverse since
assuming command in the Philip
pines. Therefore, there is not
single valid reason for supposing
that every Tom, Dick and Harry
knows better what he needs and
what he ought to have than he
does himself, while there was every
reason for confidently trusting that
he will succeed in due time in put
ting down the revolt, and that
none of the direful predictions of
his failure will be realized.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-06-29
BuClSwalter.

Andrew Ingersoll is making the
road dust fly.
VIM. Grover spends a few days each
week in our town.
Geo. Baxter and wife drove through
our town last Sunday.
Fred and Arthur Norton spent Sun
day with the old folks.
Peter Bush is in the strawberry bust
nessup to his boot tops.
w. G. Heath has the finest tomatoes
on West Creek, but the onions that he
planted upside down are poor crop.
Miss Lucia Dougherty, of Rathbun,
and Miss Bertha Gregory, Of Empo-
rum, spent Sunday with Mrs. r.
Fisher.
Pat Curran was in search of a good
stump puller last week which he wished
to use on a large troublesome tooth
'Aint it awful?
Mrs. LuelIa Craig, Of Pittsburg, who
has been visiting her sister Mrs. w c.
Heath the past week returned home
last Monday, accompanied by her
daughter Edna.
The sports of our town who have
money to burn are betting two to one
on old Black Maria, who is booked for
the races at this place on Fourth. She
is now in training at Remove
John II. Sparks show was billed to
exhibit here on the Fourth of July,
but on account of poor management of
councilman Pat Curran the show
grounds were filled with tie piles.
The report reaches us that Chas.
Kresge was married one day last week.
but those who know him best are not
enclined to believed this report. They
say Chas couldn't think of leaving
mamma yet.
G. M. Kresge who has been practic-
ing telegraphy at this place, left for
Dubois on the flyer on Tuesday morn
ing, where he will continue his practice
with the use of typewriter. We wish
you success ChaS.
BEESWAX
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-06-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular COrrespondeRt.)
WASHINGTON, June Goth. 1899


The political busybodies are all
working overtime seeking to array
President Mckinley on one side
for the Michigan Senatorship. but
it is Il waste of time and energy.
President Mckinley is no more
likely to take sides in that contest
than is any other citizen of another
State. Senator Mcmillan, who is
a candidate for reelection, is his
warm personal friend, and so is
Secretary Alger, who has announc-
ed his candidacy. 1t is ridiculous
to say, as some are doing, that the
contest involves the control of the
Michigan delegation to the Repub-
lican National Convention. 1t
does nothing Of the sort. 1t has
been stated for months past by
every Michigan Republican in
Congress, and by Secretary Alger,
that the Michigan delegation to
the next National Convention was
bound to be unanimous for the re-
nomination of President Mckinley,
because that is the sentiment of
the voters. What then could be
President McKinley's object in in
terfering in the Senatorial contest?
That contest will be settled by the
Republican voters Of Michigan.
Whether it will cause the resigna-
ton Of Secretary Alger is a ques-
ton that he can answer better than
anybody else. 1t will not ncccs-
sarily do SO, but he may consider
it eXpedient to resign, to remove
any restrait that his candidacy
might have upon the actions of the
President, and also in order to
better look after his own interests.
That President Mckinley would
ask for his resignation because he
was a candidate for the Senate is
improbable. There is nothing
about Cabinet portfolio that
operates to deprive its holder Of
any right possessed by private citi-
Zens. If there were, it would be
as difficult for our President to get
a Cabinet as it is for the President
Of France to get one. Secretary
Algcr is now in Washington, hav-
ing just returned from a vacation.
but he says he has nothing to add
to what he has already said about
his candidacy for the Senate.
Gen. Leonard Wood, former
Commander of the Rough Riders,
and now Military Governor of
Santiago, has furnished additional
proof that he is an extraordinary
man, by declining an offer Of $3O,-
600 a year to become President of
the big syndicate which has bought
nine of Washington's street rail
ways and its two Electric Light !
Companies and is preparing to put
them all under Il single manage
ment, although the salary offered
was more than five times the
amount he receives as a Brig. Gen.
Of Volunteers. Gen. Wood will |
return to Cuba at once, because he
bellies it his duty to do 50. He
speaks of his doing so in the most |
matter of fact tone. He said: Il
intend to remain in the Military
Service of the Government as long
as the service needs me. | feel in
honor bound to return to Santiago,
now that yellow fever is reported
to have broken out there" Gen.
Wood has doubts about the sick
ness at Santiago being yellow fever,
recalling his experience there last
year with It pernicious malarial
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-06-29
50
Sinnemahoning.

If we don't get rain Barclay Bros,
big mill will be compelled to shut
down for want of stock.
The kindling wood factory made a
start to-day and we hope it will be
completed in a short time.
The Liars Club held short session
this morning on Joe NJ Is front porch.
Pap Blodget was very much out of
humor regarding the item in the PRESS
last week, and has left the Club with
honor. He took with him the men,
bers that belong at Wyside and organ
lied club that he feels proud of. We
haven't goat but can substitute Pap's
mustang, which will answer the pur-
pose all right. Our first meeting will
be held in the lath shed We expect
to build hall when there is money
enough ahead to warrant its compile
ton. We will be pleased to entertain
the E. L. c., at Wyside, any time.
George Decker, w. II. Michaels, Pap
Blodget and Jack Mead are the officers
and they can hold their own at all
times against odds. One of our men,
bers visited Emporium last week. but
the lads keptin the dark, they probably
were afraid to meet the talented gen
tleman.
FIDE
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-06-29
EXCURSION NOTICES.
Portage Falls Excursion Si.OO.

On Sundays, July End, 10th, Both,
p. Ry., will run popular excursions to
Portage Falls.
Special trains will leave Emporium
at 500 a. m. Fare, S1.00 Trains will
arrive at Portage Fall5 Park 80 a.
m. Returning, leave 5 Is p. m, giving
nearly six hours to visit the Falls and
their delightful surroundings. A band
OF music will accompany each excur-
sion and give a free concert at the
Park during the afternoon. 1S-9t
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-06-29
Thousand island Excursion, Iuy lst, 1899.

The w. n. Y. & P Ry. will run one
of their personally. conducted, low.rate
excursions to the Thousand Islands,
Saturday, July 1st Tickets will be
sold for train leaving Emporium at
$50 q. m. Fare for the round trip $3.50.
Tickets good for ten days returning.
The party will go via Rochester where
the New York Central will be taken
for Clayton, arriving at 600 q. m. For
sleeping car space or further informa-
ton apply to w. n. Y. & P. Ry. agents
or write S. e. Newton, Excursion
Manager, 614 Mooney-Brisbane Bldg,
Buffalo, N. Y. If sufficient space is
engaged in advance, sleeping car
will be run through without change
starting from Titusville going via Oil
City; otherwise sleeper will be taken
at Rochester 16-4t
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-06-29
Fourth of JuIy Excursion Rates via Buffalo
Rochester &, Pittshurn Railway.

In accordance with an old established
custom, the Buffalo, Rochester 81 Pitts
burg Ry. viii issue excursion tickets
between any two stations on its line at
rate of single fare one way for the
round trip, except that no excursion
ticket will be issued at less than 25
cents.
Tickets will be sold and good going
Monday, July 3rd, and Tuesday, July
4th, and to be available for return pas
sage until Wednesday, July 5th, 1899.
Reduced Rates to Detroit via PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad Account Christian Endeavor Con-
vention.
On account of the Convention of the
Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor, to be held at Detroit July
to 10, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany viii sell excursion tickets from
points on its line, to Detroit at rate of
single fare for the round trip.
Tickets will be sold on July 8, 4, and
5 and will be good to return until July
l5, inclusive, except that by depositing
ticket with the Joint Agent at Detroit
before July II, and the payment Of
fifty cents, the return limit may be ex-
tended to leave Detroit no later than
August Is.
For specific rates and conditions
apply to Ticket Agents 1307-16-3t.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-06-29
PENNSYLVANIA CHAUTAU0UA.
Reduced Rates 10 Mt GretHa via PennsyI-
vania Railroad

For the Pennsylvania Chautauqua,
to be held at Mt. Gretna. Pa, July i to
August 10, 1899, the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company will sell special excur-
sion tickets to Mt. Gretna from New
York, Washington, Baltimore, Fred
erick, Md, Canandaigua, and inter-
mediate points, including all stations
on its line in the State eofPennsylvania
Tickets will be sold June 20 to
August 10, inclusive and will be good
to return until August 10, inclusive.
1317-17-2t.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-06-29

are not going to give it up at the
behest of demogogues whose fabri-
cations have not even kernel of
truth and whose motives are trans
parently selfish.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-06-29

Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfeld, Ill
makes the statement, that she caught
cold, which settled on her lungs; she
was treated for month by her family
physician, but grew worse. He told
her she was hopeless victim of con-
sumption and that no medicine could
cure her. Her druggist suggested Dr.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption
and she bought bottle and to her
delight found herself benefited from
first dose. She continued its use and
after taking six bottles found herself
sound and we'll; now does her own
housework, and is as well as she ever
was. Free trial bottles of this great
Discovery at l.. Taggart's drug store
Only Soc and $1.00; every bottle guar
anteed.
For relief and comfort in Asthma
Ballard's Horehound Syrup has no
equal. Price % and so cents. L. Tag
gart. june
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-06-29
County Commissioner.

Having lived in this county nearly all my life and
never having asked for, or held a county office,
/ have taken this opportunity to offer myself as
candidate for County Commissioner, subject to
decision of the Republican County Convention.
DELOS BURLINGAAE.
SiZerYille. Pa. Feb. 90. 1890.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-06-29
The only thing that gives weight tC
a fish story is the scales.

Bad management keeps more people
in poor circumstances than any other
one cause. To be successful one must
look ahead and plan ahead so that
when a favorable opportunity presents
itself he is ready to take advantage of
it. A little forethought will also save
much expense and valuable time A
prudent and careful man will keep
bottle Of Chamberain'8 Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy in the house,
the shiitless fellow will wait until ne
cessity compels it and then ruin his
best horse going for a doctor and have
. big doctor bin to pay, besides; one
pays out twenty-five cents, the other is
out Il hundred dollars and then won
ders why his neighbor is getting richer
while he is getting poorer, For sale by
l.. Taggart. june
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-18

IS IS ~. ~ KS 81 q y. !
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-06
SALARIES HELD UP.
Auditor Wells Will Not Allow the
Sewer Commission Bills.

Auditor Wells will not allow the bills
for salaries and supplies for the new
Sewer Commission. At last Monday $
meeting of the Board of Supervisors au-
thorizationS were passed allowing Com
missioners Mansen and Grunsky $500 each
on their salary accounts. In addition the
Commission has found it necessary to
purchase some supplies. These are now
all in the Auditors hands, and he an
nounced yesterday that none of them
would be allowed
Auditor Wells gives as his reasons for
not passing on the bills that they were
new accounts and not necessary, and lie
did not believe they should be paid in ad-
vance of bills already incurred. More
over he was in doubt as to the legality
of the order Of the Supervisors creating
the Sewer Commission, and as he was not
authorized to secure an opinion from an
attorney he was unable to decide that
point. The Auditor said he supposed the
proper action would be for the board 10
mandamus him TO audit the bills, and the
court could decide whether the Auditor
should defend his course unassisted by an
attorney Inasmuch as he was under
heavy bonds for the faithful performance
Of his duty, IL seemed to him that the
court would hardly order an attorney to
appear for him without his consent. He
said he had no wish or intention TO tie
up any demands that ought to be paid
but self-protection demanded that he act
with caution, and as long as he was in
doubt as to the legality of the COmmiS
sion he felt that such demands as
salaries for the teachers and for furnish
ing supplies to the city, that have long
been overdue should be paid before any
new bills are allowed.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-06
GENERAL RANDOLPH ARRIVES.
The Veteran May Succeed Colonel
Freeman in Command at the
PreSidiO

BTigader General Wallace Randolph, l.
S. V. reported at army headquarters for
duty yesterday. He will probably sue
Preside when the latter sails for the Phil
ippines on July r. General Randolph is
lieutenant colonel of the Third United
States Artillery. and went to Cuba as
commander OF the artillery of General
Skaters army Since his return to this
country from the Cuban campaign he has
been on a sick furlough. Another veteran
of the Santiago campaign who reported
for duty at the headquarters yesterday is
Lieutenant John II. Parker who is under
orders to proceed to the Philippines on
the City of Para. which sails on the 18th.
Major Henry Wigand Of the Twenty;
fourth Infantry, who has Just arrived
from Vancouver Barracks; Major Jesse
NJ. Lee and Captain Joseph P. O'Neil of
the Twenty-fifth Infantry will also sail on
the City of Para.
The new general hospital at the Preside
was turned over to the medical depart
ment Yesterday and the work of transfer
ring the hospital paraphernalia from the
old building is now under way. The old
building will not be abandoned, however
until all the volunteers have been mus
tered out.
Work on the new camp of detention at
Angel Island. which is expected 10 DO
away with most of the Inconvenience OF
quarantine has been begun, and the camp
will be ready for occupancy by the time
the volunteers begin to arrive from the
Philippines.
Two tweive-inch guns for the Fort Point
battery are now on their way here from
the East and are expected to arrive any
day.