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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-31

returns which. in 1894, amounted to
s45, ,o2s, 4ss 746, were, in 1899. sss, ,so9, ,ss1,-
1885,
The effect Of these conditions upon
the money in circulation is also pre-
serted by the official record of the
treasury department. which shows that
the money in circulation, at the date OF
Mr.. Bryans first nomination. was ST.
500 48l,966 and at the date OF his Sec
ond nomination. was $2,062, 42j.496, an
Increase of more than 80 per cent. al
though he and his followers insisted
four years ago that the money OF the
country could not increase without the
free coinage Of silver.
Is 1t any wonder that they are try
ing to lead the people to forget what
they were saying four years ago?
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NATIONAL PRO-AMERICAN
COUNCIL.

Rochester, y, Y. Oct. %, 1900
To the Patriotic and True American Citizens Of
the United States.
In the name OF Justice, fair play, and the
good name Of American civilization, the Ma.
tion Afro. American Council of the United States
appeals to you, through its treasurer, for finan
cial MD and your moral support in our plea
for justice in testing the validity Of the con
sttution Of the state OF Louisiana, adopted 1soS,
which dsiranehses almost ndscriminately Afro
American citizens OF that state. We propose
to take tho case TO the United States Supreme
court. ut Washington, ID. c., where justice may
be found. Contributions TO help us in this
case may be sent to
John W. Thompson.
Treasurer, p. o. Box +03, Rochester, n. Y,
Jersey City, n. j., Oct. 10, 1900.
To the Friends OF Our Cause.
John W. Thompson, treasurer Of the National
Afro American Council, Is worthy and promi
nent citizen in Rochester. lie was the chair,
man of the Douglass Monument committee, and
by his executive ability, tact and honesty, the
work was completed. Any contributions sent to
him or TO my own address will be promptly &C.
knowledged Respectfully yours
Bishop A. Walters,
President Airo'Amercan Council, 22s Duncan
avenue, jersey City, n J.
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"<HE PROSPERITY of the
manufacturers and their
employees is merely an index
of the general prosperity
which has come to the country as
result of the restoration of the protec-
tive tariff and the assurance of a con-
tinuous sound currency.
When the manufacturers are busy
and their employees have good earnings,
protection which preceded the adoption
of the Wilson low tariff law, the
amount of wheat retained for con-
sumption in the United States amount
ed to about six bushels per capita:
under the Wilson law 1t fell to three
and one-half bushels per capita. When
you, realize that this decrease In pur-
chasing. and, consequently. in con-
sumipg power applies in all lines of
consumption to 100000 people. you
get a glimpse of the effect of low
and protective tariffs upon all the great
classes of our population.
With the ability of the people to
coHsuIHe IuriH pTouuctS cut down
nearly one-half 1t is not surprising that
the farmers Of the country in 1895 and
1896 found the values of their products
enormously reduced under the low
tariff. and that the value of farm
animals alone fell nearly billion dol
lars. The reduction in power of con-
sumption applies not alone to farm
products. but to every other branch OF
production and consumption and II is
not surprising that manufactures for
the home market fell off; that trans
portation and the earnings of railways
and their employees were reduced; that
prices of farm products were brought
TO their lowest figure; and that fail
ures of business men We're brought to
figure higher than ever known in the
history of the country.
Business failures In 1894 We're ss4C,-
77s,ss9; in 1896, they We're s22s. s.Oss. .S34;
while In 1899. under protection and the
assurance OF sound currency. they had
fallen to sso.s7s,ss $50. Clearing house
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DO You Want IT?

|HE ELECTION of Bryan
would seriously affect our
l. foreign commerce. Ninety
Ave per cent. Of the worlds
trade Is conducted by gold standard
countries and only five per cent. by
silver standard countries.
The effect of changing our standard
of money from that in which ninety
five per cent of the worlds commerce
Is transacted. to that In which only
five per cent Of the worlds commerce
is transacted. would be absolutely dis
astrous to the magnificent foreign
trade we now have.
Our foreign trade would be very
much less than it now is, and our
mills would run shorter time with less
work for labor.
Dc you want it? If so, vote for
Bryan and you will get 1t.
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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 I promise him it will
not be maintained in this country
longer than I am able to get rid Of
it."-William Jennings Bryan in
Speech at Knoxville, Tenn, Deliv-
cred Sept. 16, 1896.
"The party stands where 1t did in
1895 on the money question."-Will-
lam Jennings Bryan, GAINESVILLE, o.,
September a, 1900.
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THE LAW OF GROWTH.
From a Statement by I. c. Plat.

From a Statement by T. e. PIait.
Our commerce is widening. We are ad.
yancing with strides never before dreamed OF
by the commercial leaders Of any nation. We
are growing from the soil and manufacturing
for all peoples. Tho world is our market We
can and are ready to supply it, meet and COM
pete with any and all. We have been expand
ing from the first day Of our history and will
continue to expand. American mechanics and
merchants are confessedly in advance OF those
Of any other parts OF the globe, We can supply
the wants Of the entire world and the entire
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REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
National.

Prcsident-wILLTAM MCKINLEY.
vice. president-THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
State.
Congrcssmcn.a atLarge GALUsHA a. Hno"'
ROBERT n. FOERDERER.
Auditor Gcneral-E. B. HARDENBERGii
County.
Congress WILLIAM CONNELT,.
Ludgc-GEORGE NJ. WATSON.
Shtriff-JOIIS II. FELLOWS
1rcasurer--J A. SCRANTON. -
District Atorney-WiI.LlAM Il. LEWIS.
Prothonoary.--IOliN COPELAND.
Clerk OF Courts-TfiOMhS Z. DANIELS.
Recorder oi Decds--EMlT BONN.
Register OF Wills-W. X. BECK. -
Jury Commissioner--EDWARD p. STCRGEs
Legislature.
First District--TIIoMAs J. REYNOLDS.
Second District-JOIN SCHEUER. Jh
Third District-EDWARD JAMES. JR.
Fourth Dstrict-P. A. PflILBIN.
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world wants their wants supplied by us. This

world wants their wants supplied by us. This
explains our expansion.
As our markets increase there is correspond.
ing increase in the demand for our labor, and
where there is increased demand for labor
there is increase in wages, and where there is
increase in wages there is increased happiness.
Under the guidance Of the Republican party
the laborng classes will continue to prosper,
food and money will be plentiful, happineses
will remain widespread, and the United States
of America will command the respect and ad.
miration Of all nations. What more can the
human heart desire?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-31

John Scheuers friendship for labor
at Harrisburg has been proved In
deeds. His record entities him to a
re election
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-31

The arrival of genuine foot ball
weather is hailed with joy by the
champions of the grilron who hava
feared that there would be a scarcity
Of mud this season.
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Elmira policemen seem to regard the
governor of the state in the same
light that the negro is looked upon by
the men employed to preserve order
in New York city.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-31

THE paramount issue in this CAM
paign is Organism, and Bryanism
Crokerism; in finance, Pettigrewism:
as regards liberty and order. Altgeld-
ISM as regards an honest ballot.
Goebclsnn, and as regards our foreign
policy, oism."-Roosevelt az
BinghamtOn
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Hysterical papers that had so mucn
American oppression of Porto Rico
have evidently concluded to allow the
country to recover from the squeeze.
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The tidal wave OF sound Judgment.
patriotism and business sense is run
ming strong in the direction of Re-
publican triumph.
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Don't forget that On the state ticket
are two n.ighbors T.. Il. Hardenbergh
and Galusha A. Grow.
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Pay no attention to charges of Re.
publican disaffection or disloyalty
printed in the Times. They are
transparent examples of the wish be-
ing father to the thought.
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If the empress dowager of China
could also be induced to contract the
gold leaf habit, It would no doubt
simplify the situation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-31

Thirty speeches day is now Mr..
Bryan's high water mark. 1t is Il
case of hopeless industry worthy O:
a better cause.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-31

The fake interviewer shows a dis
position to get In his nefarious work
during the closing days of the cam
paign.
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Venezuela experienced jarring SEN
sation without the aid of campaign
orators.
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Tabule
myself am Sorekeeper aged
Tabues bu
longer need be afraid of what morning
floor and could sleep had been
until
first took them sangl being naturally
change and took three each
bad They brought gentleman
ordered and bad stomach such vomiting
positively cured.
sy
SSSSs T @ % 3 s stss
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A complete victory for Republican
principles is possible in this county.
Cllnch it next Tuesday by voting
straight.
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-
- been in operation In the
Il United States during fifty
two of the one hundred and
ten years since the adoption of the
Constitution.
During these fifty-two years ex-
ports exceeded imports by more than
two and one-half billion dollars.
During the tifty-eight years in which
low tariffs were in operation, i'm
ports exceeded exports by more than
five hundred million dollars.
Here you have a sufficiently long
period or series of periods (more than
IL half century of eacM In which low
or protective tariffs have been in
operation, to enable practical demon
stration of their effects upon COM
merce.
The low tariffs have been accom-
panied by balance of 100000, 900
against the United States. A shorter
period of protective tariffs has been
accompanied by balance of trade of
So, 500, 900, 900 in favor of the United
States.
Remember that Bryan and Conry
stand for free trade.
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That full dinner pail beats the empty
stomach wall all to pieces.
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"The glorious syndicate of working
men" is what the New York Home
Life calls the savings bank depositors
of New York city. The wage earning
deDOSitOrs of the state have in the
banks nearly Il billion dollars. They
are a tremendous creditor class and
far outbalance the millionaires. They
do not want their savings reduced one
half through the device of bringing the
king of metals down to the inferior
level of silver. There is great doubt
indeed whether these depositors could
get back half their money under the
practical application of Organism.
Ninety per cent of the people would be
greatly injured by free silver, and in
this class are to be included all the
wage workers who have anything on
deposit in savings banks or invested
in property. life insurance or building
associations Even those who have no
savings at stake would be hurt in
their wages and means of livelihood.
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AN OPEN LETTER
TO WILLIAM q. BRYAN
BY SENATOR WILLIAM p. FRYE. OF MAINE.

l.
them with false statements with which stating
half Many
of them public
s the details of the questions under discussion and only Just them
that those who their should the whole truth
and nothing followed with published
your addresses since the campaign began and assuming that you
are quoted belief that
ns assume " ~ % ,st su u,, . % ,s ,at na sn ,hs ,ar,.
relating
cessb of this char
assume
You have criticized president
ing
had actively when the with ratified by Demo-
cratic
you
You criticize conditions the
Philippines critical and the lives danger
when
that the act which supported by Democrats Republicans alike
ou one and itself provides that the additions the force shall
You talk of buying the Fnpnos and of extending over
foot
the which
have offered the Porto Rcan vastly than given the
inhabitants Florida obtained
Mexico.
governing yet
out which
the issue with evasion worthy only the me ptiogger
and responsibility
nobin % xt m O ia two % nr, % which % Won ~ ,a @ ~. die in the neeo
of
by wo-thid
Rico United
Orient
and that cent of the duty thus collected this country we'll in
f goes TO 'ne oenent 'ne sunens PORTO as M " you
profess much know also that this duty but
the present requires absolute with IN less
than
said at milwaukee: who says that we can buy sovereignty
territory Florida
Mexico
recommending this action
Republican could
telegram of coincidence when king dies but when republics expire
African
lies yet know that the United States government did more than
other nation earth bring about cessation hs South Africa
that of
death the
and that the failure to observe them wouo ust have subjected this nation
o
1ouis that
yet you
the number OF travelling and other employees and that they have in
know constant travelling the railroads that the
greater than ever before and that this is shown " the records of the
You constantly that the soaed trusts have advanced the prices
that
m t w Window @ ,as % f m ssss 70 80 30 r w n. w yellow @ n lumber ~ ] f
s2 $40 thousand feet 1873 1871
tin plates from 65 to box; leather from SO 90
to
bushe hogs SAGE $3.50 hundred weight
hay cents to s' cents 100 pounds and hops from 10
archipelago treaty with the sultan when know that the only ref
to
a
IN to
Tammany
low
of
have
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Protection vs.. Free Trade.

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Prosperity.

.<HE PROSPERITY of the
manufacturers and their
Il employees is merely an index
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The Business.like View.

r r. FOUR YEARS ago. you had
owned a difficult private busi-
Il. ness which was not in good con-
1itioO and had bpaN 1Opkjpr fnr
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rs |kIHEyzXRD|4'lzY "a
E[M MzY1y1lz2ll012.
By NARY S. LOCKWOOD.
Copyrighted. 1900, by THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
The Dead Letter Office.

. The Dead Letter Office is one Of the most
Interesting Departments belonging to the
Government. Millions of letters annually
come to this mill" All are opened. Val
uables go into one hopper, papers into an
other, letters into another. A large per-
centage of letters with inadequate ad-
dresses at last find their right destination,
through. the efforts of this Office.
The total number of errors in the trans
mission of mail matter in the United
States is very small compared with the
sum total of correct deliveries. Nine
tenths of the blunders are made by the
people themselves; therefore Uncle Sam
exercises "paternal functions" in correcting
these blunders.
If letter writer's would habitualiy scan
every addressed envelope, it would lessen
the percentage of mistakes marvelously,
and the annual receipt from business men
of over 10000 letters, with no address at
all, which contain valuable Enclosures,
would be obviated.
Every year the Office receives letters
containing money amounting to $4,000.
Ninety per cent. of this reaches the hands
OF the owners without delay.
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HEART DISEASE.
Some Facts Regarding the Rapid
Increase of Heart Troubles.

Heart trouble. at least among the Ameri-
cans, is certainly increasing, and while
this may be largely due to the excitement
and worry of American business life, it is
more often the result of weak stomachs, of
poor digestion. IHy
Real organic disease is incurable; but
not one case in a hundred of heart trouble
is organic.
The close relation between heart trouble
and poor digestion is because both organs
are controlled by the same great nerves,
the Sympathetic and the Pneumogastric.
In another way also the heart is affected
by the form OF poor digestion, which causes
gas and fermentation from half digested
food. There is feeling Of oppression and
heaviness in the chest caused by pressure
of the distended stomach on the heart and
lungs, interfering with their action; hence
arises palpitation and short breath.
Poor digestion also poiSons the blood,
making 1T thin and watery, which irritates
and weakens the heart.
The most sensible treatment for heart
trouble Is to improve the digestion and to
insure the prompt assimilation of food.
This can be done by the regular use
after meals OF some safe, pleasant and
effective digestive preparation, like Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets, which may be found
at drug stores, and which contain valuable,
harmless digestive elements In pleasant,
convenient form.
1t Is safe to say that the regular, per-
sistent use OF Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
at meal time viii cure any form Of stomach
trouble except cancer OF the stomach.
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whose address I inclose," which reminds
me of a story heard when 1 lived in New
York.
A woman started with her little boy on
a mail train from Albany to Buffalo. The
train became stalled in snow-drifts, and
before it was extricated the passengers de-
pleted the larders of the country people.
Weary and worn with days of waiting,
they slowly pulled into Rochester. Con-
ductors were changed, and an emphatic
demand for the fare of the little boy was
made "You are right" replied the Mad
am. HE was not old enough when We
left Albany to require fare, but 1 think
he has grown to it, we have been so long
on the way" The Conductor courteously
refused to accept it.
This was in the long ago, when there
were no ightning-express trains, and
much mail matter for the rural districts
was carried on horseback.
Many curious incidents come to knowl-
edge of these Postoffice Superintendents.
Not so many years ago a necklace of
priceless value came to this Office accompa-
MED by a letter from yours till Death. "
This had been sent to Western city, to
The National tribune., 1900-05-03
Mr.. CARNEGIE ON TRUSTS.
He Explains the Process by which Their
Evils are Undoue

6SlS are OuuOue.
Mr.. Carnegie believes in letting trusts
alone, and in the May Century, In paper
called Popular Illusions About Trusts" he
explains his attitude:
Every attempt to monopolize the manu-
facture of any staple article carries within
it's bosom the seeds Of failure. Long before
we could legislate with much effect against
trusts there would be no necessity for legis-
lation. The past proves this, and the
future is to confirm it. There should be
nothing but encouragement for these vast
aggregations of capital for the manu-
facture of staple articles. AS for the result
being an increase of price to the consumer
beyond a brief period, there need be no fear.
On the contrary, the inevitable result Of
these aggregationS iS, finally and per-
manently, to give to the consumer cheaper
articles than would have been otherwise
possible to obtain; for capital is stimulated
by the high profits Of the trust, for season,
soon capacity Of production beyond the
wants Of the consumer, and as the new
works erected are of the most improved
pattern, and capable of producing cheaper
than the old works, the vulnerable trusts
are compelled to buy and capitalize at two
or three times their cost. There is thus no
danger ahead to the community from trusts,
nor any cause for fear.
The great natural law, being the out
growth of human nature and human needs,
keep on their irresistible course. Competi-
ton mall departments Of human activity is
not to be suppressed. The individual
manufacturer who is tempted into the I'M
usually profitable business Of the trust will
take care of the monopoly question and
prevent injury to the Nation. The trust,
so far as aggregation and enlargement go,
is one day to be recognized as grand step
toward cheaper products for the people
than could have been obtained by any
other mode than the aggregation of capital
and establishments. Already the ghosts
of numerous departed trusts which aimed
at monopolieS have marched across the
stage of human affairs. each pointing to
its fatal wound, inflicted by that great
corrective, competition. Like the ghosts
of Macbeth's victims, the line promises to
stretch longer and longer, and also like
those phantoms of the brain, they come
like shadows, so depart"
The earth hath bubbles as the water hath,
And these are of them.
The masses of the people, the toiling mil
lions, are soon to find in this great law of
of capital and of factories an
other of those beneficent agencies which in
their operation tend to bring to the homes
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Varieties Of Cockroaehes,

The Croton bug is rather the smallest Of
the roach hOuSe-population. He is FIVE
eighths of an inch in length at maturity,
Is light-brown, with two dark-brown stripes
on his thorax. AS becomes an inhabitant
Of this continent Of great things, the Peri
planeta Americana Is the biggest, though
the tropical drummer" which beats rhyth-
mlcally on the woodwork with his wings
Is two inches long and measures three
inches from tip to tip Of his outspread
wings. 1t is said that there is very gay
colored cousin under the equator six inches
in length.
What the English story-books call the
BLACK beetle" is really cockroach, Orien-
tai in its origin. What makes our English
cousins give it this name is because it is
not a beetle and is not black, but dark
brown. The males have shortened wings,
and the females have hardly any. This is
as 1t should be. There is too much gad-
ding by about the sex.
The Australian variety, being a good
sailor, fond OF the rowing life, the warmth
and moisture of the forecastle, to say moth
ing of its picturesque untidiness, is now
generously distributed throughout the
world, thanks to Ocean-bOrne traffic. He
has yellow band on the upper chest and
yellow dash on the sides Of his upper
wings.
You will never find these four varieties
dwelling together in annity in one house.
Like the good old Tory that he is, the
coekroach is intolerant to the last degree.
II he cannot beat his kinsman in the battle,
to the death, he emigrates to another house
where he may hide i'll a crack in the wall,
according to the dictates of his conscience.
The cockroach is thoroughly in accord
with Gov. Roosevelt in his advocacy Of tie
strenuous life" He never gets enough
fighting while he lives. Put in bowl
with an opposition cockroach, he furnishes
as fine a gladiatorial show for the money
nc ono 1Gl- +Ar 4 nn IcIl
the victor gathers up the fragments of his
adversary, and, that nothing may be left,
eats them. This form of entertainment is
deSerYedlY popular am ong the Chinese.
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No More Time to Lose.
Chicdlo-Times Herald.

Mrs. Scaddsleigh- Laura. you go
rightin the elibraryiand study your French.
Here we expect to start for Paris the middle
of next week and you haven't looked at a
single lesson.
Laura-But, mamma, I
Mrs. Scaddsleigh-There. there. Go
right along now and learn French don't
believe in this habit of putting everything
of till the very last minute.