The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-08-02

md telephone upon the latter Is ire
uuent to "help them out, and often
Ehipments of few cars. so TO 100 toas,
IRE made to these plants. In TINS mat
ter of keeping the small mills going
the furnaces have nobly co-operated.
and the managers say that they be-
lieve that they can keep them going,
provided the pressure for pig iron from
other sources does not become TOO
hard These small mills have no
"pig" on hand. and they are getting II
wherever they can and consuming IL
at once.
The large concerns are in much
better condition. For instance, the
Reading Iron company employs Z,ooV
hands in its various nils which turn
out the finished produS. The com
pany operates furnaces by lease ana
ownership. and these turn out consid-
erable of the iron they consume. The
same is true of half dozen large cor
porations in eastern Pennsylvania. The
furnaces which are working on orders
have demands for twenty times their
product every day. and they are doing
their best to distribute il to the best
advantage among the small mills, II
their regular orders will allow. The
acceptance by any of the furnaces OF
this district for an order of 1000 to
5000 tons is simply out OF the ques-
ton. They will book it IL desired, and
promise to deliver any time eight to ten
months from now. Better they cannot
do. Pig iron in and about Reading has
risen beyond the $50 mark now, but
an offer of $50 a ton would not bring
kany more prompt delivery, as the mar
ket is congested with orders for many
months ahead. When the iron busi-
ness begins to hum about Sept. l the
gravity of the situation will increase,
and il is then that the small mills will
be placed in an embarrassing position.
THINGS ON THE BOOM.
One of the latest contributions to the
reports of prosperous conditions in diff
ferent parts of the country is furnished
in an interview with Assistant Secre~
tary of the Treasury Vanderlip, who,
as the result of an extended trip to the
Pacific coast. reports that with few eX-
ceptions general business in all sec
tions is in very good shape. The only
serious complaint he met with was
that made by bankers about large bal
ances and low rates of interest. The
crop situation, while not up to that of
last year, is an excellent one, he says.
The condition in the northwest is par
ticularly good. Results from the Klon-
dixie trade are particularly favorable
at Seattle and the general estimate is
for gold receipts of S1S,000,000 from
this source. Mr.. Vanderlip reports the
entire Pacific coast is interested in the
possibilities of trade with the far east;
ships are loading with lumber at Puget
sound ports for Manila, and some lum-
bermen have been examining into the
question of developing the resources
of the forests of the Philippines them
selves. The waning of the silver senti-
ment in the west particularly struck
Mr.. Vanderlip, who reports great in
terest being taken in the question OF
possible trust legislation
PROFESSIONAL REFORMERS BUSY
The little coterie of professional re
formers in this city who figure exten
sively in the newspapers, but make
small showing at the polls on elec
ton day, are keeping up a racket ovel
|
tions adopted by the last legislature t
secure amendments to the constitution
to provide for personal registration o.
voters and to make way for the us(
of the costly voting machines. Th'
objectors to the governors action wer'
given a herring at Harrisburg a few
days ago. secretary of the Common
n wealth Griest had refused for what h,
regarded as good reasons to ignore th'
action of the governor and oblige th'
professional reformers and insert ex
pensive advertisements in many news
papers throughout the state. Forme
Attorney General Hensel, of the Pat
tison administration, appeared as coun
sci for the secretary of the common
: wealth and completely shattered I'll,
d claims of the "reformers."
: Mr. Hensel took strong grounds OF
e the question of the right of the COVER
d nor to pass on these amendments un
S der the provisions of section 26, arti
h Gle Ill. of the constitution, which re
8 quire every order, resolution or vetC
4 recurring the concurrence of botf
n houses to be presented to the governor
e for his approval or disapproval He
e also raised another very interesting
i question. and that is that the legisla
: ture had failed to make any appropria
d tion for the payment of the expense
incurred by the secretary of the com
t monweslth in making the publication
i He cited these provisions of the con
: stitution which forbid that any none!
J, shall be paid out or the state treasur!
e without previous authority of law ant
!. without a specific appropriation hav
!. ing been made therefor No appropri
n alton was made to pay these expense
: and there is no fund, general or special
= from which the secretary of the com
4 monwealth con draw the funds will
= which to rGv the expenses of the pro
= posed publication. The legal question
= were gone into very fully and the at
a torney general reserved his decision
- promising to give an answer in yer
q few days.
g Mr.. Hensel made several center shot
| and argued ably against the suggestion
a that the legislature would take car
- of the expenses hereafter. II wa
E shown that the secretary of the CON
monwealth would have to expend a
= least fifty or sixty thousand dollar
- for the advertising without any author
~ ity of law and reference was made
- the recent reputation by the legisls
- ture CT bills contracted in this way.
A VOTING MACHINE ENAKE.
1t developed on the hearing that tn
10 New York voting machine people al
"a intensely interested in the changin