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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-06
The FiftY-ffth Congress.

Notwithstanding it's sins of omission,
the Fifty-hfth congress performed
great deal of hard work and performed
much Of it well. when it first assem-
hled the country was not yet out OF
the cleveland free trade panic. II
passed the Dingley tariff bill restoring
protective duties and soon business I'M
proved all over the country. 1t began
the war with Spain by voting with one
voice S5O,O0OOOO for the national de-
Tense and although it subsequently, fell
into dsrrcditable divisions there was
always enough patriotism to rally
working majority in behalf of absolute
ly necessary war legislation. II 1t
failed to do all that was expected we
must bear in mind that human capa-
city has its limits. No congress before
ever worked more industriously than
the one just ended, and none has left
a cleaner record.
1t is temporarily eXaspcrating. hut
i'm the long run it may prove fortunate
that this congress has adjourned with
out enacting general measure for
the reorganization of the army. The
need of reorganization is everywhere
admitted. but public opinion has not
yet had time to tN upon the main
outlines Of workable plan. AS per-
sonal frictions subside a clearer view
Of the military needs of the nation
may appear with lettering influences
upon army legislation. Similarly with
respect to the Nicaragua canal. brief
decay need not prove fatal if in the
meantime the president rs clothed with
authority to keep an eye ON the situa-
ation and to prevent the setting up of
Jobs. 1t is also to be considered that
in the next congress there will be a
safe Republican majority in both
houses, which will greatly facilitate
the working out Of the administration s
plans. Better results will be possible
then than were politically feasible un-
der the divided control of the past
three sessions.
The country, victorious in war and
unprooedently prosperous in peace, has
no reason to view the work of the
Fifty-fifth congress unfavorably or to
regret any of the moves which it made.
on the contrary, that congress has eX-
traordinary claims upon its gratitude
and respect.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-06
TRADES MAGIC GROWTH.
w. E. Curtis in Chicago Record.

w. Il. Curtis in Chicago Record
American manufacturers seem likely to
make the highest record i'm the fiscal year
which ends four months hence. The ex-
ports of domestic manufactures are al
ready S23OO0,OO0 ahead Of the highest
record ever before made. During the
seven months ending Feb. /, 1899, they
amounted to an average of $1,000, 900 a day.
Not only are the manufacturers incrcas-
ing their sales abroad, but they are evil
IDENTIFY supplying the home market to a
greater extent than ever before. The
imports of manufactured goods in the
last seven months amount to only SliT,-
2OO972, or 900 less than the exports.
Comparing conditions with those of de-
cade ago, the evidence of gain Is even
more striking. In the seven months end
ing Feb. l, 1892 our exports of manufac-
lures were only S7S,1jl 1888; in the corre-
spending month of 1899 they were SlS2, $780,
503, an increase Of 131 per cent. On the
other hand, the imports of manufactures
have fallen 23 per cent, despite the fact
that the consuming population has mean
time increased 25 per cent. Ten years ago
we bought abroad more than twice as
much manufactured goods as we sold
abroad. Now the exports are % per cent
greater than the imports, despite the fact
that the home demand increased 25 per
cent. because of a 25 per cent. increase in
population. Comparing the first seven
months of the fiscal year 1899 with 1859, it
is found that the exports of manufactures
have increased only 60 per cent, and the
exports of all articles except manufac-
lures 81 per cent. 1t is thus apparent that
despite the usual foreign demand for our
agricultural products the manufacturers
are making a more rapid gain in their
exports than are any other class of our
producers
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-06
A Hopeful Augury for Spain.

II L1OpCLul 1AuS III 1O4 OPtNlil'
Last weeks Living Age printed the
translation Of an article from the Span
ish review, La Espana Moderna, which
indicates that in certain circles there
has been an opening of eyes in the
lberian peninsula. The article is
philosophical consideration of the ques-
tiOn, I'm What Does the Strength of
Nations Consist?" and in it the author,
f. Gomez de Baquero, frankly lays bare
some of the secrets Of Spain's deplorablc
weakness. The article has interest for
Americans because it shows that they
have not been amiss in believing that
the recent war is to prove beneficial
as well to the VanGuished as to the
Nictors, by being the means Of eXplod-
ing many of the false impressions
which have retarded Spain and pre-
vented a proper development of her in
ternal resources.
SenOr Baquero very correctly attri-
hutes to the natural quixotism Of his
countrymen the main responsibility for
his Country's misfortunes. THE arts
Of peace and of scientific invention
have" says he. never attained among
us to the perfection which they have
reached in the great European nations,
in spite of the generous efforts of some
of our saVants on the other hand, we
have eXcelled in arms, poetry and art,
in everything which harmoniZed with
,,rt
passion for luxury and magnilicence.
But the world has become more prOsaic.
Other times and other social conditions
have succeeded the heroic age in which
we shone, until we have come to the
present economic age, in which we are
slowly but surely playing a more and
more unimportant part We have not
sufficiently understood the change Alb
sorbed in the contemplation Of our own
history-aIound which poetic glamour
has been thrown, and the Importance
of which pardonable patriotism has
at times eXaggerated-we have at times
confused the past with the present, We
have walked with out eyes fixed or
the clouds without looking at the
ground upon which we trod, stumbling
and falling at every step. We have
not noticed the extent Of the transfer,
nation going on around us, nor have
we understood that the very qualities
on which we justly prided ourselves
and which did in other times, con
tribute to our power and aggrandize
ment, have every day less and les.
of practical value, while the value o.
other less brilliant qualities, too gen
orally disdained by us, is vastly in
creasing
Even il there We're no other causes
for our misfortune, it would be sufl
ciently accounted for by this differ
ence, constantly more noticeable, be
tween the qualities which we priz
most highly and those demanded b,
the changes which have taken placr
in the world since the era Of our great
ness. In many respects we are no
. abreast Of other civilized nations, ant
It is extremely dangerous, as we hav
lately had good reason 10 know, [,
remain thus in the rear. There ar
many recent examples, Before the wa
with the North American republic, w
made the daring assertion that a ma
tion Of so brilliant a military reputa
tion as ours, of so long and gloriou
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-06

nervous lingering OF her two pistols told
him that it was no joke. lie gave her
$65, n gold watch. a diamond stud and a
pair OF diamond, sleeve buttons. lie hoped
to get the drop on her as he drew away,
but she rode her horse behind him a few
PAGES, warning him that II he looked back
It would cost him his life. The woman
escaped"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-06
RUDDY KIP.

You ave made a stubborn fight,
Ruddy Kip;
And you're comm through all right,
Ruddy Kip
'TwerCnt potion, pump nor pill,
1t were all your iron will
Wot as left you to us still,
Ruddy Kip.
You ave touched the toughest carts
Ruddy Kip;
Though you're made Of fancy parts,
Ruddy Kip;
You ave roamcd the bloomin' earth,
You've extracted all It's worth
You've give song newer birth,
Ruddy Kip.
You ave sung the low and Ugh,
Ruddy Kip
Earth and water, wind and sky,
Ruddy Kip;
Where no other thought to look
You ave gone to work and took
What you wanted for your book,
Ruddy Kip.
There are prayers from Mandalay,
Ruddy Kip;
Coin up for you today,
Ruddy Kip;
Where the idols bases rest,
Where the sun drops in the west
Men are 'opin' for the best,
Ruddy Kip.
You ave made n winnin' fight,
Ruddy Kip
Fought the same way that you write,
Ruddy Kip;
Deaths a-runnin' from your door,
We shall ear from you some more,
And 'eres to you-'ip. 'ooroar
Ruddy Kip!
Chicago Record
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-06

General Gomez blue penciling of the
Cuban army rolls so as to strike off
the names of all make-believe and
dress parade soldiers proves that the
old San DOMINICAN is an honest man.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-06

a history, would conquer nation of
yesterday. given over to toll and trade
a nation Of merchants--or at least
compel IL TO pay dearly for It's victory.
IN ominous sign--to disparage these
mercantile activities so powerful at the
present time. There was, doubtless,
in Spain, a notable minority by who n
these Illusions were not shared; they
had, nevertheless, a strong hold upon
public opinion. In the same way to-
day, after our defeat, we lament our
humiliation, our impotence, our loss
Of territory rather than the present
poverty, and the prospect of future
enervation, which the prodigious mis-
management of the war has increased.
l believe the most tragic the ueepest
and mort heartfelt sentiment expressed
concerning the war, is not 20 be found
in those rhetorical laments which we
hear, upon the ruin of our prestige or
the disappearance Cf our colonial en-
pire, but in this brief paragraph from
the manifesto of the Agricultural Cam
ara of Aragon: All that was progress,
wealth, and fullness of life, all that
promoted our welfare, strength and
health, our population, our culture, and
our future in the history of the world.
has been wasted by us-madmen and
criminals that we are!--in powder and
smoke. During the past four years
the war has devoured each week a
canal for irrigation, a road each day.
ten schools in an hour, and in half a
week the forty-four towns made by
Olivede yAranda in the valleys of the
Sierra Morena.' "
Senor BCguero continues in this
strain at some length, showing
throughout an accurate comprehension
of the situation and a clear perception
of the remedy needed to restore his
country to a normal and healthful con-
dition. Spaniards, he argues, must be-
come nation of tradesmen; they must
foster the mechanic arts; they must
educate their sons and daughters for
practical success in the modern eco
nOmic competition and give up the
day-dreaming of the past Not the
nlgn-SOunulnS verse or spoken WORD,
but the daddy dollar is nowadays omni-
potent and his countrymen must gov
ern themselves accordingly-they must
develop the riches which nature has
put in their mountains and valleys,
establish industries, promote agricul-
| ture and eliminate the fantastic from
their minds and hearts. The advice
is opportune and it is a hopeful sign
who have not been surprised at Spain 5
| recent reverses, now feel at liberty TO
! enter upon the work of public instruc-
| tion and guidance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-06

c. +. Shores, who has been placed in
the county Jail for wife-beating, boasts
that he has lived in America seventeen
years and has never been naturali2ed
because he does not like the laws of
the country. Come to think of it, the
laws are not just right. There should
be a whipping post in every ward for
Wife beaters.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-06

The ordering Of another trans-isth-
mian canal survey will not expedite
the construction Of canal, nor was
it intended to, but it will cause the
American people to take a new survey
of the men responsible for this Grim
inal procrastinatiOn
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-06

The rescue Of the naval bill from
the senate amendment cutting down
by so per cent the new battlcships
was an unexpected bit of good fortune
for which the country can thank the
house.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-06

We do not hear much about Spanish
honor these days, but the imprisonment
OF Admiral Montiio who bravely
hattled against a superior force when
defeat was inevitable, may be an ex-
hibition Of Spanish gratitude,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-06

Since Jan. l more than SjOO,O 900 of
American money has been invested in
trade combinations or trusts. It may
have bitten off more than II can chew.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-06

Mr.. Bailey's decision not to pose as
leader in congress i'm future has doubt
less been brought about by his failure
70 wag anything but himself
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-06

Absence Of data from the Chinese sit
uation leads to the suspicion that Ii
Hung Chang must have fallen into the
river.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-06

The Woodruff bill, providing that IN
compiling election returns the court
shall choose by lot a number of cleo
ton districts and make recount Of
upon fraudulent returns, seems to en-
body a good idea. There cannot be too
many reasonable safeguards against
corrupt election practices.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-06

Senior De Lome's opinion OF the Me-
kinley administration at this date
would be interesting.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-06
Jealousy,

Maude-What a plain, common sense
girl Alice isl
Ethel (coldly)-She is unqucstionably
plain.-Somerville Journal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-06

An Independence, Va, correspondent Of
the New York sun springs this romance:
"FhCmas FeldTich, n notion drummer,
while riding along lonely mountain
road, near NeWsome Gap, says he was
held up by a girl bandit who faced him
with two pistols. Feldr!ch says her eyes
were covered by a mask but that she
smiled at him while making him stand
and deliver. lie tried TO Joke her out Of
the notion of robbhg him, and once at
tempted TO draw his revolver but the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-06
SCRANTON. MARCH c, 1899.

No man should be elected speaker
Of the next congress who will use his
position to obstruct legislation for an
interoccanic ship canal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-06

Thomas A. Edison, jr., claims to have
discovered a process for hardening steel,
which, while 1t costs less than half that
Of the Harvey process, gives much SUI
perior results. a 6-inCh plate treated by
his process, Mr.. Edison declares is equal
or, If anything, superior i'm power Of re-
sistance to a lj-inCh Harveyized plate. 1t
Is also much superior, he declares, to the
krupp process. The new process, how
ever, according to Mr. Edison, has many
more uses than its application to arnor
pate Steel rails treated with it will
never spread, and engine parts, tools and
bearings which have been hardened by
the Edison process will be practically
everlasting, A razor which was submit
ted to the process last summer was rem
dered 50 hard that ii retained its edge
for two months without being stroppcd
and then even "A grindstone was unable To
produce a new edge until the razor had
been anncaled, The process applied to
copper Mr.. Edison declares Will harden
il almost to the extent attained by the
ancients in their cutting Instruments OF
copper. Glass, too, nc declares can be
rendered so hard that even a diamond
will not scratch it, If young Edison il not
romancing the mantle of the father will
surely descend upon the son.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-06
There is no need to
elaborate ON the charac-
ter and general make-up
of the Shirt Waists car
ried by us, viz
1.-THE Derby"
we would simply say:
Our advance styles are
here and on exhibition,
and are deserving of your
time and attention.

Never has our line conn
prlsed so fine a collection
OF choice things as we are
showing for the season o.
1900 i'm
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-06

The states finances in the general fund
are below 81 ,OO0 900. tho lowest for years
At the close Of business for February
there was SSl6 sl3S9 in the general funl
and SlGj, 1875 had been advanced to mem-
bers ana employees of the Legislature.
which Is carried as cash, making the
whole sum Of $9S3 OO7H.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25
SUBSTITUTE FAVORED.

Little Fight In Senate Over the Nc.
; , yGowan Bill Matter. r.as
ST. PAUL. Feb. Ex-senator Daugherty
had a fight or his hands in the senate
this morning, when as chairman of the
labor committee he reported back for the
majority of the committee substitute
for the MCGOWAN bill, making eight
hours constitute days work. The sub
stitute provides that the provislins of the
bill shall apply to employees of the state
c., municipal corporations or employees OF
contractors for those corporations.
The minority of the committee made a
report asking that the bill be definitely
postponed. Senator Sheehan (Ramsey),
advocated the minority report. He con.
tended that state supreme court decisions
in several states had held that the prin-
ciple ivolved here was unconstitutional
unless applied to all classes OF laborers.
Senator .Daugherty asked If the senat-
or's contention before the committee was
not that the original bill was unconstitu-
tional because 1t excepted farm 1aborers.
The senator from Ramsey admitted that
thmat was true.
Senator Daugherty demanded a roll call
on the substitute motion that the report
Of the minority be adopted. Protests
came from all over the senate, but Mr..
Daugherty insisted on a roll call. Then
followed a technical discussion as to the
effect of the adoption Of the motion,
which Senator Daugherty insisted would
indefinitely postpone the bill. He finally
won an admission from the president that
his contention was correct The minority
report was rejected on the roll call and
the majority report in favor Of the bill
was subsequently adopted.
An anti-blacklisting law that hits
strikes as we'll was introduced by Senator
Hawkins. The bill declares it unlawful
for any persons or corporations to COM
bine or conspire to prevent or interfere
with the business of any persons or cor
porations by threats, promises, the cir
culation fboycott cards or dogers or by
declaring a boycott and advertising Its
existence against any persons. or corpora
tions. It is made unlawful for any one
to appear in the vicinity of any place OF
business and attempt to influence Gus
toners or patrons against such a bust.
ness or to attempt to keep from work
any one by threats of boycott. blacklist
inf, intimida ton, force or coercion. The
penalty for violation is a fine Of from $5(
to $500 or by imprisonment in the county
Jail for not more than six months OF
BOTH
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25
wOMEN'S FEDERATION.

ST. PACL, Feb 23.-At the state wo-
mems federation breakfast today, Miss
Laura A. Jones Of Duluth, vice president
at large, read message from the general
federation referring to the resolutions
passed last summer in the convention at
Eenver affecting legislation tending to
ameliorate the industrial conditions of
women and children.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25

The Wolf Is Mt the Door.
There's haunting horror near us
That nothing drives away;
Fierce 1amping eyes at nightfall,
\ crouching shade by day;
There's whining at .Ae threshold,
There's scratching at the floor,
To work! To work.! In heavens
name!
The wolf is at the door!
The day was long, the night was
Short,
The bed was hard and cold,
Still weary are the little ones.
Still weary are the old.
We are weary in our cradles
From our mothers toll untold,
We are born to boarded WEAKNESS
AS some to boarded gold.
We will not rise! We will not work!
Nothing the day can give
Is half so sweet as an hour of sleep;
Better to sleep than live!
What power can stir these heavy
limbs? ...
What hopes these dull hearts swell?
What fear more cold, what pain more
sharp
Than the life we know so well:
TO die like man by lead or steel
Is nothing that we should fear;
No human death would be worse to
feel
Than the life that holds us here.
But this is fear that no heart can
face
A fate no man can dare
To be run to earth and die by the
teeth
Of the gnawing monster there!
The slow, relentless, padding step
That never goes astray- ~
The rustic in the underbrush-
The shadow in the way d.
The straining flight-the long pur-
suit "'
The steady gain behind .5
Death wearied man and tireless brute,
And the struggle wild and blind! =.
There's hot breath at the keyhole
And a tearing as of teeth!
Well do I know the bloodshot eyes I'd
And. the dripping jaws beneath! 4.
There's a whining at the threshold
There's scratching at the floor
To work! To work! In Heavens
name! ..'' Il .''' q N
The wolf is at the door! So. .'urt
Charlotte Perkins Stetson.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25
city Comptroller's onice.

Comptroller-elect w. s. Mccormick,
who will take charge of his office soon,
has decided to retain Col. Barlow in his
present position of chief clerk. Mr..
Wightman will continue as assistant
clerk until May in order to clear press
ing business away but fater that time a
new assistant will probably be appointed.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25
APPOINTED by LIND.


AUEust ScnNII NlmcN VuNFteF-muS-
ter General of State Militia.
ST: PAUL; Feb. 24--Gov. Lind today ap-
pointed August Schalle to be quartermas-
ter general of the state militia. Mr..
Schal1e was for three years a member of
the board of education and resigned two
years ago to take a trip to Europe. He
was for long time manager for the
Northwestern Wheel Foundry company,
and is a civil engineer by profession.
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Glove Dent.

s?, Try ;5s&; Rss} %sG s;'s?: hsss It Csc
Odd lot of Ladies' Kid Gloves, AEo
broken sizes slightly soiled, Z1ts,
worth up to 81 per pair.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25
Good .O-Round Fight.

PITrsBURG,s Feb. f24.-Jack McClelland
and Tommy Hogan fought 20 rounds at
the National Athletic club toinsaat. Me-
.Cieliand got the decision after one of the
best contests ever seen here.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-25
F|L|PIN0S'
MANIFESTO.
Startling Evidence of Plot to
Kill Americans.
LIBERTY OR DEATH THEY CRY
WAS TO HAVE TAKEN EFFECT
SEVERAL DAYS AGO.

No Quarter Was TO Have Been
Shown to Any America ms. Who
Were To Have Been Rnthlessly
Exterminated-AnO Dispatch,
Which Causes Much Conjecture,
Was Received Earlier in the Day.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-14

The woodmcn now meet on the sec
ond aud fourth Friday evenings Of each
month. and tho Circle on the first aud
third Fridays. Both orders are growing.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-14

AT tho annu al meeting OF the High
Line Canal Co, held last Monday. tho
present board of directors were elected
without change. The only business trans
acted outside the election OF directors
and the voting Of an assessment for
maintaining the canal for the year 1900.
was the adoption of tho Powell patent
hcadga:c as tho standard gate, TO hc
hereafter used on this canal. About fifty
OF these gates have been put in This year
to replace wooden gates which had be-
come so dccaycd as TO be unsafe aud I'M
III FOR use. are giving entire sasisfac'ion.
The Attendance was not as large Rs
us,inl at these meetings. only i.2i5
shares being represented ont Of the
total Of 2,lSl.
Fowler is soon to have an I. o. o. Il.
lodge.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-14

|ums. toilet cases. shaving
|nRnicurc sets, collar aud
|cs. aud glove aud handker-
yr. 4 nice assortment nt
fvs Pharmacy.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-14

At n meeting Of Rocky Ford Camp No.
ia5. Wnodmcn OF the World. Friday.
Nov. -. the following officers were