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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-21
MoKINLEYIsMS.

"This nation relies upon the patriotism OF
the people OF the North and South to stand
by the highest ideal OF free government and pur-
sue the path Of duty and destiny with unfal.
tering step and unialing courage"
ave have the new care and cannot shift IL.
And, breaking up the camp OF ease and isoa-
tion, let US bravely and hopefully and soberly
continue the march OF faithful service, and fall
ter not until the work is DONE
''The harder the task the greater will be the
result, the benefit, and the honor To doubt our
power TO accomplish IL is TO lose faith in the
soundness and strength Of our popular insti.
tutions''
at is not possible that sevcnty.Ave millions
of American freeman are unable to establish
liberty and justice and good government in our
new possessions"
"Give your children the best education OBJ.
tainabc, and that is the best equipment you
can give any American. Integrity wins its way
everywhere"
"Wages and employment have waited on labor,
and, differing from what it was few years
ago, labor is not waiting on the outside for
wages"
"The strength and safety OF this great nation
Of ours do not rest in armies and navies, but in
the love and loyalty of its people"
american shipping under the American flag
should be found in all oceans, and our trade
must go wherever our flag goes"
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dermany's Demand in China.

~ IVORCED from its diplomatic
consequences as threatening
- a dissolution of the inter-
national concert in China
and considered from the broad stand
point of justice, the demand made by
Germany has substantial merit. The
text of the German note is as follows:
The government of the emperor holds as pre-
liminary to entering upon diplomatic relations
with the Chinese government that those persons
must be delivered up who have been proved to
be the original and real instigators of the out
RACES against international law which have oc'
CURED at Pekin. The number Of those who were
merely instruments in carrying out the outrages
is too great. Wholesale executions would be
contrary to the civilized conscience, and the cir.
cumstances of such a group OF leaders cannot
be completely asceTtained. But few, whose
guilt is notorious, should be delivered UP and
punished. The representatives. Of the powers at
Pekin are in a position to give, or bring forward,
convincing evidence. Less Importance attaches
to the number punished than TO their character
as chief instigators leaders. The government
believes it can count on the unanimity Of all
the cabinets in regard to this point, insomuch
as indifference TO the idea of a just atonemcnt
would be equivalent to indifference to rCpeti-
tion Of the crime The government proposes,
therefore, that the cabinets concerned should
instruct their representatives at Pekin to indicate
those leading Chinese personagcs from whose
guilt in instigating or perpetrating outrages all
doubt is excluded.
Civilization will not have completed
its great task in China if the prime
instigators of the recent outrages shall
escape the just consequences of their
misdoing. Yet it is not a difference as
to the ultimate intcnts so much
as it is difference as to
the most expedient methods which
is the rock of difficulty in the German
communication. Even heather
Chinee is entitled in the purvew OF
civilized judicature to be considered in
nocent until proven guilty and to have
the right to an open and impartial
trial before a tribunal inspired by pur-
poses of justice rather than blind re-
venge. The German note offers no
suggestion as to how the punishment
demanded shall be administered and
therefore is open to the construction
that it cloaks a preteXt for aggression.
If this construction is unjust, the gov-
ernment OF the kaiser should find
means to remove it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-21
Our Commerce
With Porto Rico

n oMMERCE between the United States and
L. Porto Rico has developed rapidly since
~ the new act went into effect on May l,
1900. Imports into the United States from
that island have increased 80 per cent. over those
OF one year ago and are three times as great
as the average when Porto Rico was Spanish
territory, while exports TO the islands have in.
creased nearly l50 per cent. over one year ago
and are nearly Ave times as much the average
when Porto Rico wal Spanish territory. During
the month Of July, whose figures have Just been
completed by the treasury bureau Of statistics,
the exports from the United States to the island
were S529 72o, against $2o6 466 in July, 1892 and
Sl5O,29o in July, 1897, Taking the entire three
months in which the new act has been in oper.
alton, May, June and July, the exports TO the
island were S2,177207, against SS73, ,453 in the
corresponding months OF 1899, s4s5,279 in the
corresponding months Of 1897 and S393225 in
the corresponding months Of 1906 On the i'm.
port side the figures for July, 1000 $40 023,
against s4is,267 in july 1890, sli5,279 in 1897,
and s25i, ,676 in July 1896.
o
1t Is apparent therefore from an examination
of these figures that imports from Porto Rico
In the three months operation Of the new law
are fully so per cent. in excess in those for the
corresponding months Of 1899, when the island
was under the American flag, but the former
tariff relations yet unaffected, while they are
nearly three times as much as in the CORE
spending months Of the closing years Of Span
ish control OF the island. Taking the export
side Of the picture the evidences OF growth are
still more plainly apparent. The exports from
the United States TO the island in May, juno
and July. 1900, amounted to s2,l17, ,2O7, against
ss73,45O in the corresponding months Of 1899,
sis5,979 in the corresponding months of 1897, and
S3oS,225 in the corresponding months Of 1895.
Thus the exports under the new law are nearly
two and onehalf times as much as in the cor.
responding months Of 1899, when the island was
under the American flag, but the tariff relations
yet unaffected, and nearly five times much
as the average during the closing years Of Span
ish control Of the island.
The following shows the commerce between the
United States and the island OF Porto Rico in
May, June and July OF each year from 1896 to
and including the year 1900, aud enables com
parison OF the trade Of the first three months
under the new law with the corresponding
months Of each year in the term covered, Nc
comparison is made with 1898 owing to the
fact that the hostiities in existence during June
July and August Of that year would make the
comparison an unfair one.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-21
/" An Interesting Table.

v N, THE, HAZLETON and Schuyl-
kill regions is being fought the
Il battle which will determine the
outcome of the present anthra-
cite coal strike. The claims and state
ments for these districts concerning
the number of men at work are so
conflicting that The Tribune has made
arrangements by which it will be en-
abled to present to its readers the
actual condition of affairs as developed
each day at eich colliery. From these
figures it Win be possible to know
each day the direction in which the
tide of battle is drifting.
On the first page this morning will
be found the first of these tables. 1t
contains the pane of each colliery,
the name of the operator, number of
men employed there prior to the
strike, the number of men at work
yesterday and the number of men
absent. The figures as to the number
of men employed at each place before
tainable. Where those secured by our
reporters did not seem to be abso-
lutely correct the figures in the mine
inspectors reports for 1899 were sub
stituted. 1t Is ascertained that in the
Hazleton and Schuylkin regions. which
embrace the territory covered by Dis
tricts and Of the Mine Workers
union, 65,042 persons We're employed
prior to the strike, OF this number
a. JSl were at work yesterday. This
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-21
Philippine Title Valid.
(From President McKinlcy's Letter Of Ac,


- 70 GOVERNMENT can so
certainly preserve the
4 peace, restore public order,
establish law, justice and
stable conditions as ours. Neither
congress nor the executive can estab-
lish a stable government in these ISL
ands except under our right of SOW
ereignty, our authority, and our flag.
And this we are doing.
We could not do it as a protectorate
power so completely or so successfully
as we are doing it now. AS the SOW
ereign power We can initiate action
and shape means to ends, and guide
the Filipinos to self-deyelopment and
self-government. AS n protectorate
power we could not initiate action but
would be compelled to follow and up
hold a people with no capacity yet to
go alone. In the one case we can
protect both ourselves and the Filipi-
nos from being involved in dangerous
complications; in the other we could
not protect even the Filipinos until
after their trouble had come. Besides,
if We cannot establish any govern
ment Of our own without the consent
of the governed, as our opponents con-
| tend, then we could not establish
stable government for them or make
ours a protectorate without the like
consent, and neither the majority Of
the people nor a minority of the peo-
pie have invited us to assume it. We
could not maintain a protecIorate
even with the consent of the governed
without giving provocation for con-
| nicts and possibly costly wars. Our
rights in the Philippines are now free
from outside interference and will con-
| tinue so in our present relation, They
| would not be thus free in any other
relation. We will not give up our
own to guarantee another sovereignty.
Our title is good. Our peace COM
missioners believe they were receiving
a good title when they concluded the
treaty. The executive believed it was
a good title when he submitted it to
| the senate of the United States for it's
ratification. The senate believed it
| WAS d SOOu lltle Nll'l lHtS gave II
! their constitutional assent, and the
| congress seems not 10 have doubted
| its completeness when they appropri-
ated $40 1000, 900 provided by the treaty.
| If any who favored it's ratification be-
lieved it gave us bad title, they were
not sincere. Our title is practically
identical WITH that under which we
hold our territory acquired since the
beginning of the government, and un-
| der which we have exercised full SOW
ercignty and established government
for the inhabitants.
1t is worthy of note that no one
outside of the United States disputes
the fulness and integrity of the ces-
sion. What, then, is the real issue
on this subject? Whether It is para
mount to any other or not, 1t is
whether we shall be responsible for
the government Of the Philippines
with the sovereignty and authority
which enables us TO guide them to
| regulated liberty, law, safety and pro-
gress, or whether we shall be respon-
sble for the forcible and arbitrary
government of a minority without
sovereignty and authority on our part,
and with only the embarrassment of
a protectorate which draws us into
their troubles without the power OF
preventing them.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-21
Keep the Mills Open.
ANTHRACITE SAVINGS.

W. +. Curtis, in the Chicago Record.
Scranton has fifteen banks One of them, the
First National, pays so per cent dividends, Its
stock is worth $1,000 for 500 shares. 1t stands
third in the United States in its dividends and
surplus-thc Chemical National and the First Ma
tonal OF New York only exceed it in prosperity
It has savings deposits Of over s5ooo,0OO upon
which interest is paid, and about 95 per cent,
OF them belong TO about 700 miners. Other banks
have similar deposits Of smaller proportions.
There are savings institutions at different locali-
ties among the small mining towns. At lIazleton
the banks have about S3,OOO,O00 savings deposits
from miners, and which they claim is the larg'
est amount of any place in Pennsylvania in pro-
portion to population OF course, it is impossible
to obtain exact information on this subject, but
the officers OF the banks will talk freely II their
names are not mentioned. General inquiry at
the banks | have been able to reach show that
about 20 per cent. Of the men employed in the
mines, or perhaps $4,000 Of those affected by the
strike, habitually save money.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-21

NOJh 1EAINO AIO, III one VI
" his numerous speeches made
"A while he was paramounting
the issue of free and unlimit-
ed silver coinage at the ratio of 16 to
without waiting for the aid or consent
of any other nation, Mr.. Bryan de-
livered this prophecy, now humorous
when examined in the light of subse-
quent developments:
eff Mckinley and the Republican
party are successful and put in power
for the next four years, wages will
be decreased, hard times will come
upon us, and over the land the price
of wheat will go down and the price
of gold will go up; mortgages on our
homes will be foreclosed by the
money lenders; shops and factories
will close. We will export no goods
and we will import from foreign
lands all the goods we use; thus will
ruin, want and misery be with u.s."
Not content with the ruin which he
predicted in 1896 and the fact that his
prediction was false, he now goes one
step further and predicts the complete
overthrow and ruin of the republic in
the following words:
"Today we are engaged in a contro-
versy which will determine whether
we are to have a republic in which
the government derives its just pow
ers from the consent of the governed,
or an empire in which brute force is
the only recognized source of power.
When such an issue is raised there
can be only two parties-the party,
whatever its name may be, which
believes in a republic, and the party,
whatever it's name, which believes in
an empire"
No wonder the people are becoming
tired of Organism and its continual
dabbling in the false prophecy of
calamity.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-21

"The opposition to imperialism and
to trusts has, no doubt, alienated the
votes of some loyal Republicans, but
serious as these evils are they have not
the seriousness of the evil of free and
unlimited silver coinage, of debased,
dishonest money, of a dollar worth less
intrinsically than half its ostensible
value. Besides, the evils of imperial
ism and trusts can wait their day Of
purgation. But, as Mr.. Bryan has de-
clared that If he should be elected he
will do all that he can do to remove or
destroy the single gold standard and
substitute for it the silver standard,
the financial issue is the paramount is
sue. II is, in fact, so much more ur-
gent so much more important, as to
not only demand and hold the first
place, but to demand that there shall
be none second to it. 1t is the one vital,
immediate issue of the campaign, and
every Democrat and every Republican
who voted against Bryan and Bryan
ism in 1896 should, in good conscience,
wisdom and patriotism, vote against
them in 90o."-Philadelnhia Ledger.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-21
THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER o. 1900.

islands Of the Indian archipelago, the supply
Of rubber is chiefly from a gigantic creepcr,
which In five years growth attains a length Of
200 feet and nom twenty TO thirty inches in cir.
conference, and which yields annually from City
TO sixty pounds Of oaoutchouc. Java, Sumatra,
Penang, Singapore, and French lndo China ere
already large producers Of crude india rubber,
or caoutchouc, and its production In the West
Indies has been sufficient to indicate the entire
practicability Of its being made an important
industry in Cuba and Porto Rico, as well as in
the Hawaiian, Philippine and Samoan Islands
The following table shows the value Of the
importations Of crude india rubber and gutta
percha into the United States in each fiscal year
from 1900 to l900
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-21
THE CASE OF THE FARMER.
From The Conservative.

From The Conservative.
In the years between 1895 and 1890 the annual
value of the farmers principal crops increased
as follows: Corn, from S5ii,0S ,53i, to s629,'
2lOllO, or 16 per cent; wheat from 1881 OBS, ,9Ss,
to S3l0 545, ,269, "a per cent. oats from $lOS,-
G55 O6s, to Sl9s, lG7 975, or l6 per cent cotton
from 500 SSs O96, to SS92 100000, 27 per cent
tobacco from S35 57i, ,220, to $4,000, 900, or 80
per cent fax from sl2,OOO,OOo, to $4,000, 900,
OF 100 per cent The total value Of the crops
Of 1899, measured by gold standard, were $685.
900 900 more than the value OF those Of ls06.
During this period the live stock OF tho farmer
increased in value by $685., 100000 In so far
his products are concerned, the farmer is to-
day nearly 81 0OO, 100000 better off than he was
in 1895, not TO mention the cancellation Of farm
mortgages, the building Of new and better
homes, and the buying Of better implements.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-21
Legislature.

eff there is any one who believes
the gold standard is a good thing,
or that it must be maintained, I
warn him not to cast his vote for
me, because promise him it will
not be maintained in this country
longer than am able to get rid of
it."-William Jennings Bryan in a
Speech at Knoxville, Tenn, Deliv-
cred Sept. 10, 1896.
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'Triburle'S
Educational
Contest

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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-21
Keep the Flag Flying.

1t is understood that ex-senator Hill
will preside at Mr.. Bryan's meeting, to
be held this month in Albany, N. Y;
but it is not thought that he will re-
peat verbatim his magazine article of
three years ago, showing how vicious,
unconstitutional and anarchistic gem
orally was the Democratic attack of
SO on the Supreme court.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-21
How to End the Strike.

T\HAT THE desire of an over
whelming majority of the
Il business men and working
men of the anthracite re-
gion is intense in favor Of an early
settlement of the mine strike, so that
its ruinous effects may be abbreviated
and recovery from its losses hastened,
is evident on every hand and the only
question in dispute is, How?
If reports from the Lehigh district
are true, the men in the Markle mines
at Jeddo have an agreement with their
employer, entered into in 1885, that
differences, If not removable by per-
sonal conference, must be submitted
to arbitration. This is in the form
of written contract, signed by every
man in the mines. Differences arose.
Personal conference did not remove
them. Mr. Markle thereupon was
asked for arbitration; he consented
to abide its result and instantly the
men were besought to violate their
contract and to strike.
The reason given for rejecting arbi-
d
Marklo mines contrary to solemn
agreement is that violation of contract
at Jeddo is necessary to the success
of mine workers elsewhere. That this
view does not coincide with the views
of those who have the welfare of the
anthracite industry and it's people
most at heart, is shown by the judg-
ment pronounced at Jeddo by Rev.
Father Phillips. Speaking bravely to
the men there assembled this respected
clergyman said:
In this happy town OF Jcddo the employer has
said: 'If you bring your wrongs to me l will
redress them" You have asked for arbitration
and he has granted it. You have fought for il
] have fought for it, and ! am fighting for il to-
day. ! admire the firm OF G. B. Markle & Com.
pany for having sent broadcast the statement
that they were willing to arbitrate. ! still be.
lieve the mine workers want arbitration. II !
did not would denounce the organization that
would refuse the right OF man to arbitrate his
grievances with his employer. Arbitration is the
American way of doing business. Do not think
| am standing here to say aught that would in
.fuence you in your deliberations as to whether
you should obey your president or your EN-.
ployer. But do say that il you refuse to arbi.
trate you are deallng the hardest blow organized
labor has ever received. II you refuse to arbi-
trate you deserve all the hardship and misery
that will come to you.
Arbitration by the instigatlng party
to the strike would naturally be re-
sisted to the last extremity by the
opposing side. If that is the only basis
of settlement it needs no gift of proph-
GOV m fOreSpe that settlement will he
long delayed. But that honest ar
bitration by disinterested parties for
employers and employed alike is a
possibility within reach is clearly in
dicated in Markle & Co.'S offer. Why
not grasp it and end the strike?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-21

Colonel watterson said of Mr.. Bryan
in '96: "He is a dishonest dodger. He
is a political fakir. He Is not of the
material of which the people of the
United states have ever made presi-
dent. Nor is he of the material of
which any party has ever before made
a candidate" Was he correct?
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"The party which will not allow the
constitution to follow the flag through
the Carolinas. through Mississippi and
Texas, has no occasion to distress it.
self about the constitutions journey
1000 miles across the sea."-New York
Republican Platform.
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includes superintendents and foremen
and barn bosses, who are exempt from
striking under the union rules.
The total number of men idle yes
terday was 1851, or 27 per cent.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-21

The Democratic editors affect to be
very must alarmed over the condition
Of Governor Roosevelt's throat. In
November it will be his vote that will
worry them.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-21

If the Democrats wish to predict a
sure thing they should promise that, in
the event of victory, there will be nc
more lending of money at good rate
of interest to foreign countries.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-21

agents of the republic to convey the
blessings of liberty and order to the
Philippines. They will not make them
the builders of the new commonwealth.
--McKinley's LETTER OF Acceptance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-21

The commercial travellers Of the
country were not so favorably i'm
pressed with the last Democratic ad-
ministration as to demand an encore.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-21

1t is a great misfortune to the Re-
publican cause that Mr.. Bryan is to
make only two speeches a day here
after.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-21

Post-mortems upon the indianapolis
proceedings find that the Bogie Man
Imperialism died of inanition.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-21

Every day emphasizes the truth that
the tie-up of anthracite production
inures to the advantage Of the vendors
of bituminous coal. This is a big fact
which will not down.