The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-07
NEWS HND COMMENT

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NEWS HND COMMENT
\ Havana writer in Leslie's Weeely
gives these brief tips to prospective
American fortune-hunters III Cuba: The
fare by steamer from New York is $i5
first class, $27 second class and SIS steer
age. Time, four days. The hotel rates
are from 50 to So a day. But a nrst class
roon., with electric light. body servant
ana morning coffee, can be had for Sl5
a month; without the extras named, $40.
The almuerzo. or breakfast. and dinner
can be served by the cantenero, or cam
teen boy, for another $40 monthly. The
canteneros cater to families all over the
city, bringing food to the door in hot can
teens. The food comes from central
kitchens; if you can acquire taste for
garlic, you will be satisfied 1t is as If
the bakery delivered a whole meal in
stead of the mere loaf. The actual cost
Of living in this way, amounting to only
$50 a month for thirty days. will make
a fifty dollar bill go a long way. For
clerks and statesmen an important con-
diton of success is a knowledge of the
language or an ability to learn it quick
ly. For these there is already a steady
demand, for the shopkeepcrs are all
anxious to hang out the sign. English
spoken here In the offices of mer-
chants expecting to do a large business
with the United States, American type
writer's stenographers and bookkeep2's 5
are wanted at once.
Representative Abbott of the Illinois
legislature wants the former boy of that
state to know something of the science
and theory of agriculture as well as the
practical part of the farmers life He
has introduced a bill which makes every
one of the country schools an auxiliary
of the agricultural college of the state
university. 1t provides that all teachers
in the ungraded schools of the state shall
be required to teach the elements of
agricultural sciences. The bill names
July /, 1901, as the date after which no
teacher shall be employed to teach in
ungraded schools who has not passed a
satisfactory examination in the funda-
mental principles of husbandry. The bill
provides that suitable studies shall be
prepared under the supervision of the
dean of the college of agriculture, the
professor of horticulture of the state uni
versity, the state entomologist and the
state superintendent of public nStruC-
ton, and 1t is hereby made the duties of
these officials 10 prepare such studies"
1t is reported that the bill is likely 10
pass.
The views of Colonel Roosevelt. on tha
Sampson -SChley controversy possess an
Interest in view of his former conncc-
tiOn with the navy department. Says
he: "Whcn CCmmander-nchef afoat
or ashore, has done the best possible with
his forces. then rightly the chief credit
belongs to him, and wise and patriotic
students of the Santiago sea campaign
gladly pay their homage first TO Admiral
Sampson. 1t was Admiral Sampson who
initiated and carried on the eXtraordI-
nary blockade, letting up even less by
night than by day. which will stand as
the example for all similar blockades
IT, the future. II was owing to the close
ness and admirable management of the
system Of night blockades which lie in
troduced that Cervera's feet was forced
to come out by daylight. In other words,
It was the success of his system which
insured to the splendid sea captains un-
der him the CHARGE to show their prowess
at the utmost possible advantage"
Herr Krupp, the gun king OF Essen, has
just made another gift of 100000 marks
to the pension fund of his workmen,
thus raising it to 100000 marks (S363, 1900.
TO be employed at the Krupp works is,
says the Chicago Records Berlin corrc-
spondcnt, the highest goal of q German
treated and well paid-no such thing as
a strike ever having threatened the works
but he is we'll provided for all his life.
Krupp employs altogether including the
new shipyards he has started in Kiel
some $1,000 men. His accumulated for
tune, including. of course, that of his
father and grandfather before him, is
estimated at about $50, 900 marks $685.
375OOO). and for his workmen and higher
employees he has, besides, spent about
20 0OO,OOO marks lie pays the largest
income tax Of any man in Germany
about 10000 marks year.
During the dis Cussion recently of a pro-
jected tax reform in Brunswick a promI-
nent member of the legislature of the
duchy strongly advocated the insertion OF
paragraph taxing not only mans es-
tate, real and personal, but also his ac-
cumuldted knowledge. In his speech this
solon said that il was a well known fact
that those who had learned "a good deal
We're thereby the owners. of a capital on
which they could always and every
where draw, and with which they could
make money. Therefore he went on, It
was rank untruth TO call such men poor
and bitter injustice not TO tax them.
The Western Union Telepragh COM
pany and the Commercial Gable company
announce that from March l next the
cable rate to points I'm Holland and Bel
gum will be the same as to Great Brit
ain, Germany, and France, or 25 cents
per word. This is a reduction of cents
word to Holland and 8 cents a word to
Belgium.
Forty Dallas Tex" lawyers have been
placed urder arrest for failure TO pay city
occupation taxes. They are going to fight
the constutitionality of the law, but II
they are like sCme other lawyers that we
know, an occupation tax ought not TO
worry them ii based on the business done
Dead beats are having a hard time in
Prussia Just now. With the new year
the bad debtors black list has gone into
effect In all the Prussian courts This is
list on file containing the names ana