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he American farmer and laborer, must |
address himself. And in the solution OF |
that problem he will find the present goal |
Of patriotism.
The business man who does not inquire
into the politics OF his bookkeeper Is
asked by the supporters OF Mr.. Bryan to
allow partisan politics to be injected into
the circulating medium through which he
carries on his business. He refused in
1896, as he will refuse, believe, in 1900,
to impute either Democracy or Republic
canism TO the dollar. He will say that
II Is not a political question, and that 1t
should not be made such. Asking him
self where he shall seek guidance In the
casting Of his ballot, he, like the laborer
and the farmer, looks out upon prosper.
ity unprecedented. He sees trade follow
ing the flag all around the world, and
new markets opening to him under new
national responsibilities. He realizes, as
business man, that these responsible
ties must be grappled with and adjusted
on business basis. No policy Of evasion
| or retreat can commend itself to him.
Yet. into the field of partisan discussion
he finds these responsibilities dragged,
like the dollars from his counting room,
by the politicians who seek his vote. And,
like the farmer and the laborer, he finds
his next national ballot invested with
unique importance.
What will be the reply Of the American
patriot, who is now asked to believe that
his home and his pocketbook are staked
on the next turn OF the ballot. that a
wrong decision spells ruin. and that he
must decide issues OF such moment as
were never before submitted to the Amer
! lean electorate?
Bryan's election appears to
| me imDossible Good citizens
! irrespective OF party should vote for Nc
Kinley in November. That it is the duty
OF patriots to do so have no doubt.
| The safety OF the American republic is
not menaced by DOGGY. crowned with an
imperial dadem Of straw The cry of
imperialism is simply a pretext of the
| Democratic leaders to save themselves
| from the fatal blunder they made in
1896, the blunder Of dragging the dollar
to the polls and endcavoring to degrade
it. Imperialism is not the paramount
issue, despite all efforts to make it so.
Now as in 1896, the real issue is the
Silver Danger. That Is the peril threat
ening this country, not the imaginary
evils attendant on the acquisition OF new
territory, which was the inevitable re-
suit OF war for which the shriekers
against Imperialism were largely respon-
sible. The only peril now threatening
the United States is ruin and retrogres-
sion under silver, the turning back Of
the wheels OF progress and prosperity
to the standards Of China and Mexico,
and the abandonment of our position as
the greatest country in the civilized
world.
Shall we go forward or shall we turn
back? That is the question for the vot-
ers in November. Under Mckinley we
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-09-22
THE PATENT LAWS
BREED MON0POL|ES.
A Drummer Continues His Chats
on Trade Changes.
Reorganization Of Employing Companies
Affords Larger Opportunities 10 the
Men - Expansion Gives Drummers
New Fields.
Concluded from last week.

Monopolics in this country are due
more to the patent system than any 9TH
or cause; the average trust could not mo-
nopoizc its product, and it will not try.
IL it does, there is the same old remedy
which we free American citizens, who
are supposed to have something to say
in the election OF our State legislatures,
can apply. We can pass State laws for
the regulation of those monopolies. And,
by the way, speaking OF politics, the Re-
publican national platform declares
against monopolies and would propose
national legislation against them.
Gov. Roosevelt, Il singulnrly clear
headed public man on civic questions, let
me tell you, sees the point. lie would
legislate against monopolies. l firmly
believe that this legislation will come,
and with 1t other laws intended to rcgu-
late industrial corporations, n good deal
as railroads and banks are regulated now.
Why not? When the trusts really get to
going so that they themselves know what
they can do, and so that they won't be
ashamed to show in what a cheap, prim-
tive, experimental stage most of their
methods now are, then, like the banks
and the railroads, they ought to be made
TO "show down." and they will be.
Then the Wall street investor-fOr
whom we don't care anything in partcu-
lar--will be protected from making bad
investments, and the unwary investors.
the widows and the orphans, whom GER
tain sand-bagging plutocrats like to tell
us about with SO many tears, will he
doubly protected. Moreover, the em-
ployes of the trusts, the clerks in the
Offices and the hands in the mills, can buy
trust stocks, and they will want to.
| spoke about the Wall street investor.
He hasn't been making so very much
money in industrial stocks OF late. lie
got caught lots Of times. Perhaps you
recall the case OF the bicycle trust. The
promoters OF that scheme went to GER
tain bankers in New York on an eighty
million dollar basis. 1t wouldn't go. Ii
wasn't worth the money. There wasn't
the property in plants, good will, etc.
About year later the promoters, the
same promoters, no doubt. who had learn
ed a good deal in the meantime, came
back with the bicycle trust proposition on
n forty million dollar basis, and 1t went
at that; could earn dividends OH the forty
millions. 1t is probably true that the
American Bicycle Company Is not fully
satisfied with every single one OF the mill
ion details OF its business. but doubtless
IL will get there. Other manufacturers,
and big manufacturers, in the bicycle
business will also get there; and other
big trusts In the bicycle business are
bound to get there, too. You can't keep
a good man down-or a good proposition.
You can't corner all the capital and
brains in the country. Remember that
But was speaking about the investor,
the wary one, not the widow or the or
phan. He has suffered on account Of the
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present day unparalleled prosperity, In
which every citizen has a right to share.
Ii any citizen Is prevented from sharing
In that prosperity, he Is the victim Of
conditions which cannot be righted by |
the election OF Bryan, strongly as he may |
be tempted to trust in that remedy. I'm |
der the gold standard we have become
the leading creditor nation, and we are
financing the world. We have produced
three great crops in succession, and We
years OF unexcelled manufacturing in
dustry, and we are finding a prompt and
generous market all over the world. The
American farmer, the American laborer
and the American business man were
never as prosperous as they are to-day.
1t Is by their SURFACES that this presiden-
tial election must be decided. In what
| direction do their interests lie?
The American farmer Is selling for
371a cents a bushel corn which it costs
him Is cents to produce. His wheat and
cotton, his beef and pork are selling at
profitable prices. He is spending his
money in luxuries and enjoying himself.
| He is riding in railrond trains, and, as he
looks from the car windows over the
b0untiful harvests, he Is taking a new
view not only OF his native land, which
was never fairer or happier, but is also
thinking OF his new markets and new
| possessions" across the seas.
The laborer is to-day receiving more
wages than he ever received before, and
he is receiving them in a currency that is
good all over the world. In many in
stances, undoubtedly, there must be n
REIMBURSEMENT Of wages, and the sporadic
strikes now reported in various manufae-
turing centers point probably to the be-
ginning Of this REIMBURSEMENT. In my opin-
ion. these and kindred difficulties will be
safely and speedily settled.
Now, can any sane man tell me how
the laborer will help his condition, or the
solution OF the problems so vital to him,
by voting to debase our standard OF value
and thereby reducing his own wages!
What has labor to hope from Bryan,
ostcnsibly the friend OF the dissatisfied,
the champion OF the aggrieved, and the
chosen candidate Of all the long,haired
reformers in the United States! Does
not the supreme salvation of labor de-
pend, after all. upon preserving our
standard OF value. upon the non-partisan
regulation of trusts, and upon the appli-
cation TO those great commercial aggre-
cations, which are so peculiarly pro-
duct of this age, of n system of license
and taxation? Is 1t not idle to denounce
the trust as an evil, menace to the ma
tional welfare? Is not the trust nat
ural and essential development Of our
time? A quarter Of century ago the
word Corporation" implied an inherent
reproach in the minds OF exactly those
citizens who to-day regard the trust,
which is the incorporation of corpora
lions, with the same disfavor. Yet it is
to the solution OF the trust problem that
| the American business man, as well as
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90 forward. under Bryan we turn back.
The coming test Of the silver question
at the polls must, In all human proba-
bility, be the final one. The will Of the
voters twice registered will not be the
third time disputed. Each year that we
preserve our present money standard
gives it additional security. The Amer
lean people do not like experiments with
their currency, their school houses, their
churches or their savings banks. A re-
versal Of the popular verdict OF 1896
would mean a reversal Of all the achieve
ments that make up our national pros
perity. Bryan's election would mean that
the sovereign people had decreed that our
laborers shall be paid in silver, while
our foreign debts must still be paid in
gold.
Convinced as I am that the financial
question is the paramount issue in No
vember, 1900, as it was in November,
1885, 1t is worth while for Democrats
who supported Mckinley, as l did, four
years ago, to ask what are the issues
upon which our party could have appeal
cd to the American people with fair pros
poets OF success, and what we can con-
economic and financial question is finally
settled. To my mind these define them
selves as reform in governmental admin
istration. economy in governmental ex-
penditure, the taxation and regulation of
oppressive trusts and combinations, and
the immediate enactment of a just and
honest scheme of colonial government.
These would have been issues. upon which
| hos Ixs
asked to vote. Why should we not set
fairly about n reform in our old system
Of taxation, and, at the same time, init
ate departure which might well result
in throwing the cost of government upon
those who can best afford it?
The silver problem solved once for all, as
it will be in November, the colonial prob
lem ut once becomes paramount. We
must either give up Hawaii, Porto Rico
and the Philippines, haul down our flag,
and shamefuly abandon the righteous
fruits of our prowess by land and sea,
or we must prepare to govern these dis
tant additions to our country fairly and
honestly and capably. "A per-
petual. constitutional barrier must be
erected against the statehood of all our
non-contiguous possessions. That SUI
premely important problem is to be met
and overcome, not by cowardly evasion
or disgraceful retreat, for the American
people will tolerate no such course. We
must institute honestly and wisely and
administer economically an American CO.
lonial system, worthy alike of our new
possessions and of their mother country.
We are not incapable Of governing them.
We are, as a nation, incapable of nothing.
/ fully believe in the future of the
American republic, and that we are wise
and brave enough to bear the burdens
and fulfill the task Providence has allot-
ted us. Let us not falter at the thresh-
old NJ r. INGALLS,.
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NO FAL1ERINC UNDER
The NATIONS DUTY.
Silver and Expansion Are the
Paramount Issues.
N. e. Ingalls,, a Lifelong Sound Money
Democrat Writes Of the Neces.
sity for Assuming a Larger
National Life.

One OF the most successful, distin-
guished and popular railway presidents
in the United States is the Hon. Mel
vile L. ingalls, of Cincinnati. From the
very ground OF railroad construction he
has worked his way up to the presidency
OF the Chesapeake and Ohio and Big
-Four railway systems, among the most
prosperous of our great trunk lines. Mr..
ingalls, il one OF the people. and Is prac-
! tical in every idea. He is lifelong Dem
ocrat, and from the September issue OF
the North American Review-the follow
ing extracts are made fromNMr. ingalls,
Advice to Gold Democrats: y
What has happened since November,
1896, to warrant Il reversal OF the judg-
ment which the American people then
pronounced ut the polls? Under what
conditions have we entered on the pres
ent presidential campaign, and what, in
this regard, is the duty Of patriotic citi-
zens, independent OF partisan affiliation!
To the Democrat who voted for Palmer
and Buckner, as well as to the Democrat
who voted for Mckinley four years ago.
the situation to-day presents peculiar
embarrassments. Preferring to act with
his party, when possible, the patriotic
Democrat must, nevertheless, answer the
call OF duty, no matter in what direction
il leads him.
The second and supreme trial OF the
great financial issue, which never should
have been dragged into partisan politics,
will be made at the polls in November,
1900. This test will, l believe, be con-
elusive. What are the conditions under
which it Is to be made?
There Is In the United States at the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-09-22
RAW MATERIAL IMPORTS.
Manufacturers Buy More Freely and
= Make More Finished Goods.

Manufacturers Buy More Freely and
Make More Finished Goods.
One of the most interesting portions
Of the annual report of the treasury bu-
reau for 1900 concerns the importation
of manufacturers materials.
Crude and raw materials were more
largely imported than ever before. and
formed a large share Of the total imports.
Those included manufactured fibers,
raw silk, wool, crude India rubber, hides,
skins, pig tin, and chemicals. The i'm
portations Of these articles amounted to
the sum of 1902, 264, JOG, which was 40
per cent greater than in any preceding
year. Then there were ARTICLES wholly
or partially manufactured, for use as ma
terials in manufacturing" which includ-
cd wood, leather, furs, cement, yarns,
oils. dyes, dye woods and certain chemi-
Gals, amounting to SIS, 433, $40. Taken
together, these materials for use In our
manufactures show an increase Of S107,.
315,60S over those of the year 1900.
All these imports were taken by our
manufacturers to be worked over and re-
sold. and the returns indicate in the clear
est manner the prosperity OF the manu-
featuring business. Some of these arti-
clcs were free from customs duty, while
others were dutiable, showing how the
wise discrimination Of the Dingley tariff
law promoted both the interests of the
manufacturers and the interests of the
people. The share which articles In the
raw form for manufacturing purposes
have in the imports Is constantly incress-
ing, and in the year just ended make BIZ
far the largest total In the history Of our
foreign commerce. All of this means the
better employment Of American labor.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-07-07
The Day Was Appropriately and
Pleasingly Celebrated In
This Village.
ATTENDANCE WAS LARGE,
Notwithstanding the UnfavOrable
Weather-Firemen's Dance
In the Evening.

Notwithstanding the fact that a
drizzling rain fell throughout the
greater part of the day, Baragas
Fourth of July celebration drew q
large crowd and everything passed
of smoothly. The celebration was
planned and carried out by Baraga
Hose.company.
The celebration began by salute
pf 100 guns early in the morning,
and at 10 a. m. calithumpian and
civic parade, consisting OF calithum-
plans, Barags Hose company, hook
and ladder company, goddess OF
liberty and children representing
all the states OF the union, societies,
village officials, orators, citizens
in carriages, and Indians in war
paint and feathers. The procession
was headed by the Baraga Corne'
band. Forming at the Town Hall
the line of march was as follows
Up State avenue to Youngs street
thence to Maple, thence to Lyons
thence to Keweenaw, thence to Sec
ond, thence east to Superior avenue
thence north to Elm street, thence
west to Main, thence south to Su
,,arior avenue. thence to State, re
turning to the Town Hall.
At IL a. m. prayer was offered o.
Rev. ]. H. DeLacy, following whic
the Declaration OF Independence wa
read by Lawrence Avoy. An ora
ton was delivered by DR.. A
Desjardins.
4 Next In order was an Indian wa
dance, for which go in prizes wa
awarded.
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(sDaily. tDsily except Snnday.)
(tDaily except Saturday,
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;BARAGA DEPARTMENT
LIST OF ATHLETIC SPORTS AND PRIZES

LIST OF ATHLETIC SPORTS AND PRIZE!
AWARDED.
Calithumpian-First prize, $15
William Schwalm; second, $40
Frank Strickland; third, IS, Arthur
! Theobold.
1OO-yard dash-First prize, IS
Joseph Gingras; second, g, Louis
Robillard; third, 81, John Girard.
Standing broad jump-First prize
s., Louis Robillard; second, %, John
Girard.
Running broad jump-First prize,
s., Louis Robillard; second, %, John
Girard.
Standing high jump-First prize,
IS, J. N. Gotta; second, %, John
Girard.
Boys 1OO-yard dash, ages IL to ID
years-First prize, IS, Chauney St.
German; second, g, B. s. st. Ger
main; third, 81, J. Lomprey.
Boys 10O-yard dash, ages 8 to 1C
years-First prize, 50, Willie Mes
bitt; second, g.; third, 81, Luke
Vaughn.
Running hop, skip and jump
First prize, IS, Louis kobillard
second, %, J. N. Gotta.
Tug of war, SO to winning side
J. J. Byers was captain of one team
and Archie Hall the other. Hall s
team won the prize.
Sack race-First prize, IS, Louis
Robillard; second, %, -; third
81, Robert Hand.
Horse race-Trotting race from
Funke's to Martha Berg's, frs
prize, $25, H. Nesbitt; second, $l5
John Weiss.
Three legged race-First prize
IS, Albert LaCasse; second, g.
Fifty. yard firemen's race-Firs
prize, IS, Peter Mayo; second, -
John Gotta; third, ~, Robert Hand
The judges in the above contest
we're James Mcmahon, @. Clemen
and John Vaughn. Starters-L. J
Gallagher, Robert Wilson, job
Cochran.
| A portion of the fireworks wa
damaged by the rain, but taken a
q whole, the display was excellent
FIREMEN's BALL.
In the evening q grand ball wa
given under the auspices OF th
Gre department, In Graadville Hal
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LOCAL ITEMS.

The Fourth was great day in
Baraga.
J. R. Neil, of Detroit, was in
town this week.
Miss Alice Crebassa was ct Hough-
ton yesterday.
Earl Thorpe, Of Oshkosh, was in
town Monday.
A. Kenzie, of Fish Creek, Wis, was
a guest in town Sunday.
Geo. LaChance, Of Lake Linden,
spent q few days in town the past
week.
Miss Elizabeth Daniels, of Laird,
is in town, visiting at the MCCLELLAN
residence.
A large number Of BaraQa people
attended the street fair at HoughtOn
this week.
E. H. Ormsby, formerly resident
of Baraga, now Of Kenton, spent
several days in town this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Nesbitt aud Mrs.
S. D. Davenport and daughter were
Houghton fair visitors Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. z Cowles, of
Minneapolis, MIMI, are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. John Funke for a few
weeks.
The famous Sidnaw ball team will
cross bats with the Baragas at the
park tomorrow afternoon. The
game will be called at 2 o'clock
sharp, and will be q hot contest.
Leander Amesse, who is employed
in a large saw mill at Atlantic mine
came down Saturday last, to visi,
his family for a month, and looI
after his farm, which is situated
four miles west of town.
The Baraga base ball team de
feated the Lake Linden's in tn,
game played in this village Sunda,
last, the score being 10 to 5. 1t i
understood that o return game will
be played in Lake Linden in abou
three weeks.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-07-07

Get your bug killer from s.
Denomie and don't be bothered with
bugs Of any kind In your field or
garden. 1t will pay you 70 try it.
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at which over 125 couples were
present.
The committee of arrangements
is entitled to great credit; also all
others who assisted in making the
celebration such success.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-07-07
Important Notice.

The old Aetna Life ms. Co. Of
Hartford, Conn, is the largest Life
and Accident company in the world.
For rs consecutive years the Co.
has paid increasing annual dividends,
a record equaled by no other Life
ms. Co. Before insuring your life
get the cheap rates from l.. j. Gal
lagher, Special Agent, Baraga, Mich.
%. Srlger, General Agent. Hancock, Mich
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FIREMEN's BALL.

In the evening grand ball was
given under the auspices Of the
Gre department, in Graadville Hall,
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For tickets, time tables, and other In
formation apply TO
y A. GANsoH,
Ticket Agent,
Barags, Mich
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-31
FOREST CITY.
pecIol 70 the Scranton Tribune.

Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Forest City, May 30.-About 4 o'clock
yesterday morning the inhabitants Of
Forest City were aroused by the alarm
Of fire, and investigation proved that
the Forest City breaker was in flames.
The structure was one OF the two
breakers operated by the Hillside Coal
and Iron company, and had a capacity
Of about 500 tons a day. Enterprise
Hose company and Hillside Fire COM
pany made quick response and soon
had streams playing on the burning
breaker, and q few minutes later the
Nandling Hose company arrived to as
sist in controlling the flames. for 1t
was evident from the first that moth
ing could be done to save the breaker.
a west wind was blowing and the
flames and sparks were carried away
from the town Instead of toward 1t,
otherwise the confiagration would GER
tainly have extended and would un-
dOubtedly have included a consider
able part OF the lower half of the bor-
ough. But owing to the favorable
wind the fire was kept from spreading
by the companies and confined to the
breaker proper, and shortly before 8
o'clock the entire structure had fallen
and been consumed. The origin of the
fire Is unknown, The watchmen say
that It was only a few minutes from
the discovery Of the fire until the whole
structure was In flames. There was
about GOO tons of coal in and around
the building at the time. Whether the
company intends to rebuild Is not
known, but 1t Is probable that new
breaker will be erected. The exact loss
can not at present be stated, but II
runs up well, as the breaker was a
large and well-equipped one. with all
| omdern appliances.
Miss Maggie Pohren spent yesterday
in Carbondale.
/ Captain w. A. May and William
/ Inglis, of Scranton, were in town early
/ this morning to view the fire.
/ There will be matinee for the pupils
/ of the school this afternoon in the
! opera house, and in the evening the
usual annual entertainment will be
! held.