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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-15

both in conception and execution, and
they stand before you today in their
turn, challenging the people of the
whole country to a performance OF their
duty in extending our national COM
merce.
President McKinley's Message.
The benediction was pronounced by
Archbishop Ryan. Of this city, and at
its conclusion at 2.14 o'clock, a tele-
graph instrument was moved to the
front of the stage and communica-
tion was effected with the white house
at Washington. First Vice President
Foukrod informed President McKin-
ley over the wire that the exposition
was ready for him to declare open. The
president Immediately sent the follow
ing message: =,
Executive Mansion.
Washington, ID. c., Sept IA, 1899.
To DR.. w. +. Wilson director general,
National Export Exposition, Phila-
delphia:
The opening of the National Export
| Exposition marks another important
and most gratifying advance in the eX-
| tension of our trade and commerce and
| the promotion of more cordial relations
| in these respects with other nations.
| Accept for yourself and your associ-
ates my hearty congratulations and
| best wishes for the abundant realiZa-
ton of your most sanEuine hopes for
success and influence of this undertake
| ing. William Mckinley.
This message was read by Vice-Presi-
dent Foulkrod, after which he an
nounced that President Mckinley. who
was at that moment waiting at the
white house for the purpose, would
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-15

responsibility. The fact that the re-
sponsibility is heavier than most peo-
pie supposed it would be is no excuse
for failure to discharge it. L believe
that the Philippine question is neces-
sarily a question of national honor and
obligation" In reply to an inquiry as
to whether there was anything left
now but to fight it out, President
Schurman said:
I'm my opinion much good would be
done by a declaration by congress OF
the form of the government to be form
ed in the Philippine Islands, or better
still, let congress establish a govern
ment for the Philippine Islands and
have it put in force in all parts ana
among all the tribes not hostile to the
United States. This would serve sew
eral purposes. 1t would distinguish
between our friends and our enemies
and treat the former according to thei"
deserts. 1t would also give to our enc
mics an ocular demonstration OF free
government on the American plan,
very complete point when it is remem-
bered that the Tagalogs claim to BE-
fighting for their liberty. And | had
better call attention to the fact th"t
the government which is we'll adap' ed
to one tribe may need considerable
change to be adaptable to another
Asked about the capabilities Of the
Filipinos to govern themselves, Pr"
dent Schurman replied that they had
no experience in self-government cH-
cept in municipal affairs and even IN
these they were subject to the control
Of the Spanish authorities. He Thought
however. that each tribe, being sub
iect to wise government, might man
Gsp. in the main, its own municip6' or
nrnvinciaI affairs. Supervision from
Manila would vary in the different po-
stt.ons that each tribe held IN tue
scale Of civilization.
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In the name Of common-sense let m =
ask what f. the dlty Of the govern .
ment, If not TO cultivate. wherever pos-
sible. agreeable and profitable relations
with other nations? And II with other
nations why not with tGat great kim
dred power which stands among the
greatest powers of the world? What
is there i'm this natural and benehcent
friendship? Only a narrow and pur-
blind spirit could see in II anything eX-
clusiVely 1t IS a poor starved heart
that has room for only ore friend. "
Is not with England alone that our re
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-15
CHEAP TELEPHONE SERVICE
Rivals of the Bell Company Busy in
Schuylkill County.

pot,sville, Sept. II Tho Schuylkiil
Telephone company ana th' f"ultao'1
Telephone company both OF WhlcE are
applving for admission to PottsVlIle'
have been granted the right Of way
through Mahanoy City. The Schuyildll
company is now extending its lines
through Ashland and from there con-
nections will be made with Mt. Carmel
Centralia, Shamokin, Sunbury. Dan
vile. Blcomshurg ana Rcthclhom
The rates of the Schuylkill company
are hut Sl5 year whore more than one
firm on family is connected by single
line. The rates Of the Bell Telephone
company are so per year.
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lations are improved. We are on bet
ter terms than in the past with all the
nations. With Russia, our OlG-time
friend; with the great German Empire,
to which we are bound by so many
ties; with our sister republic of France;
with Italy, Austria, and. in short every
European, every Asiatic nation, our
relations are growing in intimacy and
cordiality every year; and our friend
ship with our neighbors to the south
of us from the Rio Gr1nde to Cape
Horn, grows firmer more genuine, day
by day.
And why should il not be so? Every
one likes to be on good terms with the
peaceable and the prosperous, especial
ly if their hospitality is OF that nature
that other people profit by it, and this
is precisely our condition. Our trade
Is taking that vast development for
which we have been preparing through
many years of wise American policy,
of sturdy American industry, Of
thoughtful invention and experiment
by trained American intelligence. We
have gone far toward solving the
problem which has so long VeXod the
economists of the world-of raising
wages and at the same time lowering
the cost of prO1uction-somethine
which no other people have ever aC-
cOmplShed in an equal degree. We
pay the highest wages which are paid
i'm the world. We sell our goods e.
such advantage that we are beginning
10 furnish them t. every quarter Of the
globe. We are building locomotives for
railways in Europe. Asia. and Africa;
our bridges can b. built in Ameri n,
ferriaG across the Atlantic, transport
cd ur the Nile. and flung across n river
in the Soudan in loss time than a1v
European nation With Il start of 1000
miles. can do the work. We soil iron
ware, in Birmingham: carpets in Kid
dprminstnr: we pine the sewers of
Scotch cities. cur bicycles distance all
competitors on the continent; Ohio
sends watch cases to Geneva.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-15
7c quality light and dark outing flannel, on Friday cent

7C quality fancy robe prinb-neW patterns. Friday
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-15
THE OPINIONS OF
MR.. SCHUR MAN
REGARDING THE PHILIPPINES
AND OUR POLICY.

Our Duty to Maintain order--We As
sumed This Duty When We Wrest-
ed the Sovereignty of the Islands
from Spain-Congress Shall Declare
Form of Government and Put 1t
in operation--Mr. Schurman Pays
a Tribute to Filipino Character.
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Wilkes-Barre's New Hotel Manager

Wilycs-Barre. Sept. 14.-Colorel Ed
ward Purchas, the chief clerk Of the
Hotel savoy. Of New York city has re-
signed that position, 10 take eftecu n
the 18th inst, in order to assume the
management Of the Wyoming Valley
Hotel OF this place.
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To the Advantage Of ALL.

All this is to the advantage Of all
parties; there is no sentiment In Ii:
they buy our wares because we make
them better and at lower cost than
other people. We are enabled to do
this through wise laws and the Ameri-
can genius for economy. Our working
people prosper, because we are all
working people; our idle class is too
meager to count. All the energies Of
the nation are devoted to this mighty
task-tO insure to labor its adeuulta
reward, and so to cheaper production
as to bring the product withiN the
reach of the greatest number for least
money.
OF course, our prosperity would mot
bring us friends if we held an attitude
of menace to other nations. But this
We have never done. We have great
latent military powers. we are clnable
at short notice of remarkable military
{ efficiency but the habit and spirit Of
the American people Is essentially
peaceful.
The vast majority of our peop'e
would be glad to think that the ere of
wars was over: that not another battle
anywhere in THE world should ever
stair the earth with carnage or break
the heart of a mother. No other ma
tior would ever have shown The lo'.r
suffering patience with whic h we
NdlNllcu lpl ~ many years lUt SCFneS
of waste and disorder which make the
recent history Of cuba. When the state
of things at our doors had become In
tOlerable, we took mp arms to rcdress
wrongs already too long endured. with
out thought in any mind Of conquest
or aggression. But no one can control
the Issues OF war, Porto Rico and the
Philippines are ours. and the destinies
Of Cuba are, for the moment. intrustod
T to care. II is NOT OprO1itta1 II IN
shrl the vast responsibilities thus i'm
posed upon us without exhibiting p
nerveless pusillanmitv. which would
bring upon us not only the scOrn of the
| world. but. what is far worse, our own
| self-contempt
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NATIONAL EXPORT
EXPOSITION OPENED
concluded from Page Ii

concluded from Page IL
should be more often seen flying from
the mast of ocean ships and our nation
should appear abroad what it really is
at home.
1t now becomes my pleasant duty to
turn this exposition over to the honor
able mayor of the city of Philadelphia,
which ! do, hoping that it may meet
with the success which its real merit
justihes.
Mayor Ashbridge accepted the expo
sition from the governor and then
Congressman W. 7. Hepburn, Of Iowa,
chairman of the congressional commit
tee on Interstate and foreign COM
merce, delivered the oration Of the day
He said in part:
Speech of Mr.. Hepburn.
A government in which the political
power is in the hands of it's citizens
derives its right to endure from the
consent of the majority. This is mark
edly true in our government. Our in
stitutions, our social order. our recOg-
milton of property rights can only en-
dure so long as the people who possess
political pOWer-whO exercise the right
TO Vote-are Contented with them.
Whenever a large majority become dis
satisfied with them and desire a change,
a change will be effected.
All assaults upon a nations money,
propositions to debase it, to cheaper it
in any way. to make it unduly redund-
ant, have their first impulse in a dis
content that demands property read
justments. So long as the homes of
the labOring masses are homes of con-
tcntment, our people will regard their
government with all it's institutions as
the hest on earth. There are nineteen
millions of people in the United States
who labor, who earn wages, who aid in
creating wealth. Fifteen millions of
this number possess the entire politi-
cal power of the nation. The perpet
uity of this government is dependent
upon keeping this great army of labor
ers employed, and being employed con-
tent. The preservation of this labor
field a labor field in which every man
can have place to work, have a salts
factory wage and to so enlarge this
labor field from year to year as to make
places for the additional million of men,
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Sell More Than We Buy.


of manufactures abroad more than we
buy, but to keep our people employed
we must do more. And again / say
that the necessity to keep them so en-
ployed is the great question before us
and that 1t can only be solved by Sc
curing our full share in the markets
of the world. And in efforts to secure
it we must meet and overcome the
fiercest rivalry of the great nations.
These nations are now engaged in a
struggle as bitter and as remorseess
as any that have ever engaged the
martial spirit Of men.
This reaching out, this expansion of
government power. this strife for more
and more Of trade and commerce finds
its impulse in the desire. the impera-
tive necessity of keeping employed the
masses at home.
We have met here today to inaugur-
ate what ! believe will be one of the
most important of aids to the Ameri-
can manufacturer and trader i'm cap
turing our share of the commerce of
the world. What modern arms are
what a battleship is in martial con-
tests this institution, this export eX-
position" that is opened in this city
today is to he to us in our efforts to
secure our rightful share of foreign
commerce. 1t might well be called q
university of commerce. 1t is grand
| and beneficent in it's designs; it is COM
plete in its ample details: it is COM
prehensive in the vast possibilities of
| it's teachings.
The government Of Philadelphia. the
government of Pennsylvania. the gov
| ernment of the United States are in
| full sympathy with the purposes of the
| projectors of this eYpOrt exposition.
All who are thoughtful and have
| knowledge. see in prophesv the splen-
| did possibilities that should come from
the work of its founders. It's founders
| have done their duty noble and we'll,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-15
No Policy of Conquest.

Put as we did not seek these acqui-
sitiOns-whiCh came to us through tho
irreSis stible logic of War-We are not
striving anywhere to acquire territory
or extend our power by conquest. Tt
Is no secret that in many more tina one
quarter outlying territory only awaits
our acceptance, but every overture Of
this nature has been, and, am conf
dent will be declined. The whole world
knows that we are not COvotOuS of
land; not . chancery In Europe sees in
us an interested rival in their scheme
Of acquisition. What is ours we shall
hold: what is not ours we do not seek.
But i'm the field Of trade and commerce
we shall be the keen competitors Of the
richest and greatest powers. and they
need no warning to he assured that in
that struggle we shall bring the sweat
to their grows.
IT was written Of old that a mans
foes shall be of his own household. TIE
simple fack is that at this moment the
whole world IS our friend, except ccr-
tain leaders of the Democratic party.
All countries crowd into our markets,
but our opponents say our tariff is bar
b9rous. Our achievements in war have
received the ungrudging praise of for
cign nations and meet with unjust and
carpirg criticisms only at home. All
other countries bid us God-speed in
the work Of bringing order and ciVili-
cation to the Philippines. and ii was
left 10 a man in Cincinnati the other
day to wish that "Otis ana his army
might be swept into the sea-" IT is
hard to exter,ninate a rooted tendency
the proverbs saw something about
Drawing in mortar.
The party which, by vicious leader-
ship in 1851 was made TO place itself
across the path Of freedom and pro-
gress. should take cars not 70 follow
the lead this year of men as lacking in
saFacity as they are in patriotism. Put
We may take comfort in the reflection
that no leaders can carry ell their par
condemn and their hearts reject There
are thank God, many Democrats in
Ohio who do not desire the humiliation
Of their country on the dlshonor Of
their flag.
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DULY FEED MAN AND STEED."
Feed your nerves, also, If you would
have them strong. Blood made pure
and rich by Hoods Sarsaparilla is the
only true nerve food. BE sure to get
Hoods. 1t never disappoints.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-15

HOODS PILLS cure constipation,
Price Zoe ."
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women and youth who are seeking
places in it, is the great problem that
we must solve.
The demands of agriculture will not
enlarge the nations labor field to any
extent. owing to the use of improved
machinery, which diminishes the ag-
gregate of human labor on the farms.
To manufacture and commerce, the
people must look for increased employ
ment. Even this field is limited, owing
to the introduction of inventions. but
more especially because of The want of
markets. Unlimited markets will solve
all the questions of labor and wages
which may confront the country.
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DEFINITIONS.
sArewd

Prophecy - Generally a ssrewd
guess.
Bullheadedness - Sometimes pro-
nounced constancy.
Fad-SoEetimes our pet Virtues, but
generally our pet sins.
Amhition-A mental corn that hurts
when it is tread upon in the struggle
OF life.
Humor-When We feel bad we are
either out Of humor or in a bad humor.
This is not a contradiction but a
fact.
Eyes-Made broad that they might
carry a broad perception to the brain.
but we have learned to squint and
narrow our perceptions.
Manners-Of two kinds. good and
had, and like most other things. the
bad appear in the greatest volume as
they jar on cur sensibilities, while the
good being in harmony with our spir-
its pass unnoticed save for a certain
pleasantness that is but partially COM
pretended.
The broad ax., 1899-09-16
Causes of IockjAW.

Tetanus. or lockjaw, the almost uni
formly fatal disease which has devel-
oped as the result Of so many OF the
Fourth OF July accidents, Is a bacteri-
illogical diease. The bacillus of tetanus
was first discovered in 1884. The bacilli
are found commonly in garden earth
and other substances. That tetanus Is
dangerous only in injuries Of a man
gled or lacerated character Is ex-
planned, says the Chicago Tribune. by
the fact that because OF such injuries
the bacilli are enabled to get directly
into the blood. In 1897 the antitoxin
or remedy for tetanus was first dis
covered by the members Of the Pasteur
Institute In Paris. The antitoxin Sc
rum must be injected into the brain to
counteract the effect of the bacilli on
the nerves. So far as tested the tetanus
antitoxin has proved successful In q
fair proportion a. cases
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APHORISMS.

Conduct Is three-fourths OF life
Matthew Arnold.
Things don't turn up in this world
until somebody turns them up.-Gar-
field
Life is not so short but that there
Is always time enough for courtesy
Emerson.
Fine sense and exalted sense are not
half so useful as common sense.-Hor-
ace Greeley.
Whilst We are considering when we
are to begin, it is often too late to act
-Quintilian.
Do not anticipate trouble or worry
about what may never happen. Keep
in the sunlight.-Franklin.
God never gives but one moment at
a time, and does not give second I'M
til he withdraws the first.-Fenelon.
There is no policy like politeness.
since a good manner often succeeds
where the best tongue has failed
Magoon.
1t is the vain endeavor to make our
selves what we are not that has strewn
history with so many broken purposes
and lives in the rough.-Lowell.
l never listen to calumnies. because
IL they are untrue l run the risk OF
being deceived. and il they are true, OF
hating people not worth thinking
out-Montesquieu.
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HOMEMADE PHILOSOPHY.

Sum nooze paperze never advokate
any reform mcclure untl the reform "a
no longer needed. or the peepul IL ded
hoo needed II.
The men hoo hev bin burned at the
stake made more and better history
than the men hoo dide on thrones and
In thar fether beds.
1t allerz seems to me that wen God
nointed the first kings on erth he
wasted a hull lot Of preshus lie on big
bulks Of split bacon.
A man IL allerz purity shure that
nateyoore haz got no mistereeze before
he makes his profeshun in life too
study the mistereeze ov nateyoore.
Wen VOC wanter BEGUN nice and
smooth, tharze nuthin will make 700
so kwicker than rubin up aginst this
Christyun world ov ours. Itz like a
rasp.
War IL hell. That the reason thay
fight II with fire. A tortyoord peepul
hex allerz got to war before the smoke
ov thare discomfort liz noticed by the
word.
Thare IL sum men in the wurld that
God made so little that he lost 'em
throo a crack in the shop floor before
he had time to put any principals in
side ov 'em.
Thare are peepul hoo never say grace
till after dinner liz over, and then put
it on till the next meal IL purity shure
to materreaiize without mulch effort
on thare part.
Flags are not walyude by the yard.
but by the principals thay kiver. Nee
Their IL the cross walyude on akkount
ov the stove wood it wud make, but for
the yooman love it represents.
Sum men are loaded down with med
ais so big that 1t will be impossibun to
put the medals and the man in the
same coffin; vile the good thay leve
behint will hardly fill a match box.
A crate nanny peepul cast thare
bread upon the VOTER. but thay allerze
load 1t down with SIGH hevvy obliga-
shuns and put sich hevvy price on 1t
that itz shure too sink outer sight be-
fore hungry tramp kin git within a
rod ov Il.
Peepul will pay tariff dooty and in
ternal reyenooze and never kick a sim
gle kick; but il thay are taxi to bid a
good road into town, soze thay don't
swamp in 1t six months outer a yeere.
thay say the government IL riding
them too deth.
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AS TRUE AS GOSPEL.

There is nothing more frightful than
for a teacher to know only what his
scholars are intended to know.
The man who lives in vain lives
worse than in vain. He who lives 70
no purpose lives to a bad purpose.
There are trifes that contain the his
tory OF our lives, as a drop OF dew
draws into itself the majesty and SOL
emEity of the heavens.
We should no more let past misdeeds
hinder the growth of our future than
the forest lets the shed leaves hinder
the spring grass from growing.
Jesus Christ ended the miracles. He
only began the parallels. and it is for
us to carry out those parallels and null
tiply them according to the ever-vary-
ing color and tone Of times in which
We live.
There are two ways of attaining the
important end-force and perseverance.
Force falls to the lot of only a pTivi-
legged few, but austere and sustained
perseverance can be practiced by the
most insignificant. Its silent power
grows irresistible with time.
Sympathy is that fine faculty through
which we enter into the concerns OF
others and are interested in what they
do or suffer. 1t is indeed. as Burke has
said, a sort Of substitution, by which
we are put in the place Of others and
affanfnn
Love, like the opening OF the heav-
ems to the saints, shows for a moment,
even to the duliest man. the possibility
OF the human race. He has faith, hope
and charity for another being; still. it
Is a great advance for a man to be pro-
foundly loving. even in his magma
ton.