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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-17

Y JMAN NATURE is so con-
stituted that, with the pos
Il Il sible exception of very few
who are without ambition
or aims above their present station
everybody is dissatisfied with his lot
in life or impressed with the belief
that some body else's lot is preferable,
This universal trait is not a bad one,
either. in its social results, since it
is the handspring of progress. The man
who is satisfied does not progress; he
is more likely to retrograde imperfectly.
Yet at the same time it would work
ihcalculable mischief If every man who
is not satisfied should throw up his
job and go on a strike. That there
are times when strikes are necessary
to bring about reforms which would
otherwise never materialize is undeni-
able. In that respect they arc to in
dividuals or groups of individuals like
wars are to nations. But the most
progressive nations are those which
do as little fighting as possible and
do it only after every other recourse
has failed. They are not quarrelsomc.
They do not carry chips on their
shoulders. on the contrary they go
very far to one side in order to avoid
fighting and fight only when it is a
necessary alternative to unbearable
dshonor.
No doubt very man who reads these
lines thinks he is underpaid. And
may be he is. 1t all depends upon
struck there would be no gain to any
body except possibly our European
rivals. On the contrary, every striker
would lose and every strikers family
suffer. We are having an epidemic of
strikes No sooner is one ended than
another bObs up and lately they are
coming in lunches The effect is bad.
1t is interfering with business progress.
II is hurting trade. 1t Is postponinC
new enterprise. And it is not a pay
ing investment for the strikers. The
cool. reflective, level-headed working
men know this and admit it privately.
But the hot-heads out-talk and out
vote them in the meetings where strikes
are ordered
The simple fact is that organized
labor is over doing the strike business.
1t is biting off more than it can masti-
cate. The time has come when its
friends must call a halt upon the strike
spirit or the losses will soon become
intolerable.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-17
Better Settled at Once.

From the Elmirs Advertiser.
The contest is not wisely preeipitsted. n 10
not to redress wrong or to achieve betterment.
II is over question Of pride, or sentiment It
is contest Of the weak against the strong, in
which weakness is the weaker because it lacks
grievance. The weak will suffer. The imrrovi.
dent will need succor. stoppsge in the furnish
ing Of material will cause idleness in occupa-
tions remote from the iron and steel mills. Just
will suffer with the unjust. Meanwhile the great
steel corporation can wait the inevitable end.
1t will not starve II quarter passes without .
dividend. The contest on which these parties are
entering, perhaps, was sure 10 come. 1t ia regret
able, but as well determined now as at future
time,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-17
Profiting by rlistakes.

q REPRESENTATIVE Of one
~ Of the largest interests in
Il. " the United States Steel cor
noration" in the course of a
statement issued in New York on Mon
day relative 10 the strike of the Anal
eamated association said:
Because last year the anthracite
coal strike was settled here. some
have thought this strike would be set
tied in the same way. In that case it
was found that there were some real
grievances as To wages and hours and
they were remedied. In this case,
however, none of these elements enter
The strikes are not similar The uues-
ton between the strikers and the COM
ranies has nothing to do with wages
or hours. both of which are equal to
If not better than the union scale. The
sole iter of importance in the demand
of the strikers is the insistenCe that
non-union men employed in non-union
mills on union wages shall he dis
charged by the company If they do
not Join union. The steel corpora
tion's officers have taken their posi-
tion in fiat opposition to that demand
and do not propose to change II. For
the steel corporation to have made any
other decision would have meant that
it had no future"
One sovereign proof of wisdom con-
siets in the ability to profit by past
mistakes. The real grievances" dis
covered by the New York financiers
in the anthracite situation last year
had existed for years and should have
been remedied by voluntary action on
the part of the controlling interests,
as some of the better informed individ-
uals operators contended, before con-
cesSions were forced. Had that been
done. there would have been no coal
strike and no fictitious enCoura cement
10 the multiplication of demands which
has since made the anthracite region
hot bed of labor troubles 1t was
the New York end Of the coal business
which made a mess of its handling of
the anthracite strik and opened a
Pandora's box of local ills
Let us hope the New York fnanciers
have learned something in the interval.
And the man who has nothing to do
generally suffers most from the heat.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-17
Scbwab or shaffer-Whichp
From the New York Sun

tioU lne NeW Nork sun.
For the moment let US consider only the de-
mand that the Amaleamated association should
control the whole immense field Of steel making.
should this vast industry, second in the country
TO agriculture only, he dominated by the men
now at the head Of tive may ssy without in.
vldious comparison, the ablest known TO American
busness-or by the handful Of professional labor
agitators who assume to control the army Of steel
workers. In England some years ago the labor.
ing machiniss undertook to wrest the control
OF their industry from the hands Of those who
owned the property; and the British trade was
crushed as the result Of their efforts. II is now
slowly and painfully getting back its strength
under its former masters. The present undertsk-
ing OF the Amalgamated association is flowing
over with ill.boding. but II under the circum-
stances schwsb, Of the steel company, should
be overcome and superseded by shafcr, OF the
Amaeamated association. believe that the
blow to the general prosperity would be even
heavier than the prostration of the steel com
pany alone by a protracted strike No business
would be secure and no law.sbiding citizen would
he safe.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-17

Marshall Field has just given free
public library to his native town, Con-
way, Mass, as a memorial of his
father and mother He has not chosen
Mr.. Carnegies plan of library giving,
for the gift includes not only the
100000 building, but 5000 volumes now
on the shelves, and an endowment fund
of $4,000 invested in "gilt-edged" Sc
curities. Conway is exceedingly happy
over its good fortune.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-17
To Wage EarnerS
and Others of
Moderate Income

DO not spend your money foolishly
because you have so little of IT. but
save what you can from month to
month and invest 1T in something that
will multiply many fold. The mill
lionaires OF this section were laboring
men generation ago and they pur-
sued this course while most of their
comrades blew it all in. The pru-
dent ones saw that fuel was a good
thing, that the world had to have
II, and they bought coal land, a little
at time as they could spare it, and
1t has made them rich, and their fami-
lies live ard will live in the greatest
comfort, while the descendants OF
their imprudent comrades are labor
ing as their fathers did-for day
wages.
Keep this object lesson in mind.
The opportunities of that earlier time
were in coal. today greater opportun-
ties exist in OIL which Is fuel In a
more concrete form and is rapidly
supplanting coal, because It is easier
and cheaper to mine and handle, and
is, besides being a more economic
fuel for all large consumers. profit
able for a hundred other uses. The
oil of California is furnishing that
state with cheap fuel, for the lack Of
which her progress has been woefully
retarded The entire Pacific coast
will consume oil as a fuel. so that
the demand upon the oil fields of Cali
fornia Is unlimited. California oil
refiners will hold the markets Of the
far East and of the west coast OF
South America. 1t is plain to be seen
that the oil fields of California will
be the source of incalculabe wealth,
far beyond what the coal mines Of
Pennsylvania have been in the past
All thoughtful men can see that the
thing to do now to make money IL
to buy the shares of conservative, re-
putably managed oil companies hav-
ing large holdings of undoubted oil
lands secured at low prices. and only
requiring development to become the
source of enormous revenues for
shareholders
The PACIFIC COAST, AND TEXAS
OH. COMPANY has in the most i'm
portant oil fields managers of ability
and integrity and of the highest prac-
tical qualifications for their business.
and the shares Of this company are
today, without doubt, the best invest
mcnt L HbSS SndreS WOulu
be cheap at 40c, but are selling for
the time being at 20c per share, to
procure money to bore the first wells.
The price is sure to advance rapidly
TO keep pace with the developments
on the company's lands and on ad-
Joining lands. The market value Of
the lands is constantly advancing. Do
not delay making an investment in
this stock. AS to the value of this
oil property and the character and
ability of its managers this company
refers. by permission, to the presi-
dent of the Broadway Bank and
Trust company. of Los Angeles, Cal.
For particulars concerning this in
vestment apply to the
INVESTMENTand FINAN CE co
Room /, Dime Bank Building,
Scranton, Pa.
OPEN EVENINGS.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-17

TACT that Mr.. Hanna and his syndicates are piling
up the cash. Hanna is big mau-no doubt
about that No one more adinifcs his large,
Jolly cyncism than docs the editor " tho Mirror
His content and his contempt for the discomfort.
cd are almost sublime. His blun. rough shod
method Of coercing men is refreshing. lie has
that brutc-strenath Of intellect that we some.
how Ike, even while We turn up our noses al Il.
Hanna is fine type Of the man who is abso.
lntcly sure that he can buy what hc wants. lie
knows that people will crawl 70 money and
power. lie knows most OF tine people don't
think. lie doesn't waste time arguing with
them. lie Just tells them. that's ALL Mark
Hanna is not hypocfite. lie doesn't disguise
his attitude. lie doesn't think that conventions
ought to deliberate. II is the duty Of convon.
tions TO take their orders and execute them.
what's the use Of eloqucnce, or reason, or imag.
nation or anythineg All that the country
needs Is about thirty men with "thc dough" 10
get together, decide what's best for themselves,
set the machinery working. Jam their schemes
through primaries, conventions, legislatures and
even courts--and TO he'll with the rest Of the
country or the rest Of mankind. You can like
a man who believes thst--you can like him in a
way. But you don't think he'd make a good
president Mr.. Hanna is a Jolly, cynic tyrant.
lie might make good ozar, but a good presi.
dcnt-never
Probably both of these portraits are
overdrawn. But 1t doesn't matter.
Hanna will have his way just the
same. until some man more powerful
than he gets in his way and shoves
him into a corner. Meanwhile, this
talk of Hanna for president is not to
be taken seriously and we are happy
to say that it isn't being so taken.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-17
ENTRIES CLOSE AUGUST IS.
After August IS no more new contestants
will be received in
The Tribune's
The Tribune's
EDUCATIONAL CONTEST

This action is taken for the purpose OF protecting legitimate
contestants and preventing the possibility any specuaor from
entering the last day two and purchasing ST. scholarship
by presenting the Of his friends subscribers and
paying for them himself While nothing this attempted
last the close Of the demonstrated that would have
taken much less than have purchased the first special
reward the winning had only secured for The
tribune less than $4oo subscriptions The Tribune desires
to protect the contestants that working noby for and will
use its best endeavo have feature the contest perfectly
fair and wishes distinctly understood that the rewards Of
fered in for sale but will positively go the
testants who the largest number of points, which will be
credited only for and legitimate subscribers.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-17

In the matter of making faces at
each other without results, Russia and
Japan seem to have broken all records
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-17

There must be something wrong with
the rising flying element of
yankee land when a Brazilian inventor
can claim the honor of introducing
the first successful air-ship.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-17

or prices would s,)n enable to the s..,l tr;st 70
make good its losses. But the wage loss and the
public loss would be irrecoverable.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-17
THE FLAT RATE FOR ADVERTISING.

Mr.. Bryan has arrived at the fault
nndlng stage rather early in the
campaign
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-17
Monarch Shirts

Newest patterns. latest styles, per-
feet fitting, best workmanship. New
lines Of the celebrated Monarch"
Shirts just opened, including all the
newest in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-17

General Kitchener's dispatches indi-
cate that he can at least keep on
the trail
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-17

And the man who has nothing to dc
generally suffers most from the heat.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-17

|WO PICTURES of Mark
Hanna, each drawn by vcr-
D. Il bal experts, are going the
roupdS of tho prnSG Tbo,,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-17
Madras Shirts

Scotch Gingham Shirts. Fine Percale
Shirts, all at the very lowest market
prices, ranging from s100 upward.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-17
OVERRIDING IL.

Y y JMAN NATURE is so con-
/" stituted that, with the pos
l. Il sible exception of very few
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-17

q REPRESENTATIVE of one
~ Of the largest interests in
Il, " the United states Steel cor
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-17
FINLEY s.

Hot Summer weather makes the
Negligee Shirt imperative to the vaca-
tion-taker and home-stayer alike, who
desire to enjoy comfort, style and
neatness; these are embodied in our
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-09

Telephone IlsO
sDaly. tDaly except Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-09
LOST BY LOAFING
Indifferent Playing Costs Rock
Island Two Games at
Bloomington.
POOR SUPPORT FOR PITCHERS
The Feature of the Day Before
ReVersed--Other Three.l
Contests.
POOR SUPPORT FOR PITCHERS

Rock Island took an. Their slide in
the percentage column yesterday,
dropping two games to Bloominton.
Dispatches characterize the fielding of
the losers as listless. while Blooming
ton played clean field. Beedles and
Clark. the latter new man who was
tried out by Manager Connors, proved
rather deep. only IS hits being made
off both of them. Milton and Hughes
both were fairly easy. The extra
game was played to make up for one
missed at that city on former trip
on account OF rain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-09
'UP GOES THE OYSTER
Purely Out of Sympathy With
Other Edibles Both Canned
and Dried.
NO SALES FOR FUTURE DELIVERY
Cost of Canned Goods Has
Advanced IS Per Cent and
is Still Low.

More Juice and fewer oysters in q
can, with a marked addition to the
price. is the best assurance that pro-
ducers and dealers are holding out to
the consumer in the season about to
open. Not that the oyster crop has
failed nor that the price of tin is
going up. nor even that an unusual
demand for oysters is expected, but
oysters are sympathetic creatures and
are bound 10 follow the example of
other canned goods.
A25 Per Cent Advance.
When the consumer goes to buy
fruits, vegetables and fish preserved
in tin, he finds that the price has been
elevated about 20 per cent, and even
more in some instances, from that
which prevailed early in the summer.
The retailer, in his turn. hnds the
wholesaler decidedly coy when he
goes to purchase his supply, and the
wholesaler finds the jobber difficult to
do business with and not disposed to
sell for future delivery.
Canned and dried fruits are not
high so much on account of great
III thlS al CAODs
but because the scarcity of small fruit
and vegetables in various localities has
caused an unusual demand upon pre-
served food stuffs that are ordinarily
considered out of season, and 8 short
age in the supply on hand has resulted.
With canned corn the case is differ
emit. for there is a very poor crop and
prices are bound to soar. The Rock
Island Canning company, which us
ually does a big business in canning
corn, may not have enough of the
raw material in sight to warrant
starting at all.
Fish Are Scarce.
The catch of sardines and salmon
this year has been only about half OF
what it was last year, and here again
the consumer will meet with steep
quotations. Altogether, it begins to
look as though the human family will
come out rather thin in the spring.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-09

Subscribe for TEX ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-09

Trains marked are daily. AL others dali
excet Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-09

Two-base hits-Kinlock (2), Con-
nors, Belt, Hoy (2). Three-base hits
-Elsey. Middleton. Sacrifice hits
King. Elsey, Brown. Stolen base
Connors. Struck out-by Beedles 5,
by Milton 3. Bases on balls-of Mil
ton 3. Double plays-Owens to King
to Elsey, Beedles to Belt to Owens.
Wild pitch-Milton. Time 1:S0. I'm
Pire-Camp.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-09

Chicago. Aug. 9.-FollOwing arc the
records made yesterday on League base
ball diamonds: At Observation-Disclosures
phia q, Boston o; second game) Phil
adelphla ., Boston ?; ut NeY York
Brooklyn 3, New York o: (second
game) Brooklyn 1. New York 4; Mt
Cincinnati-St. Louis y. Cincinnati o;
at Pittsburg-Chicago 6. Pittsburg q.
American League: At Philadelphia
Washington u. Philadelphia IL; (sec-
ond gamel Washington :. Philadelphia
IA; at Detroit-Chicago Is. Detroit S;
at Observation-Disclosures 3. Cleveland
D; at Observation-Disclosures .. Boston o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-09

hOck 1Slanu. " " " U . " u
Bloomington % o 6 1 l 3 0 Ill
Three-base hits-ThomPson, Tate.
Home run-Graham. Sacrifice hits
Brown (2). Stolen bases - King,
Corners. Elsey, Belt (2), Rothermel.
Passed ball-Rebsamen. Struck out
by Clark, 8; by Hughes. 4. Bases
on balls-off Clark. 2; off Hughes. 2.
Hit by Pftcher-King. Time-1:S5.
Umpire-Camp.
at Decatur.
A batting streak in the eighth gave
Decatur three earned runs and the
game. Four scattering hits was all
that the visitors could get off Dorner.
Score:
Decatur Il o 1 % 90 3 IS
Rockford 80 o 1 o % o 0-3
Batteries-Dorner and Wilkinson.
Owens and Hanford. Hits-Decatur
IL, Rockford 4. Errors Decatur 3,
Rockford o.
At Evansville.
Evansville tried O'Brien, a new
pitcher. He threw IL balls before To-
eating the plate. and Polchow went
in. He was taken sick, and Fox,
right fielder, finished the game. &C.
dar Rapids had an easy thing and
won handily. Roth was taken sick
and had to retire. Score:
IL OOO1 90 %
II o 3 o o o Is
Batteries-Polchow. Fox, Roth and
Dahlquist and Weaver. Hits
Evansville 5, Cedar Rapids 9. Err
8, Cedar Rapids 8.
At Terre Haute.
Weihrauch lost control of the ball
in the seventh and Terre Haute scored
i've runs with three hits. Hackett
retired from the box afIer the seventh
inning. Brown succeeded linn and
did better. Score:
Terre Haute. 20 o o 2 o. 5 o ~
100 o 3 90 2 o O-5
Batteries-Hackett, Brown and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-09
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-17
HAIR WILL pEADEN NOISE.
Felt Lessons Sound Vibrations of
Machinery.

Hair felt has repeatedly received men
ton as a means of deadening vibrations
and noise from machinery, placed for
this purpose between engine bedplates
and foundation capstone and underneath
rails subject to heavy train traffic. Now,
however. cork is said to have been used
in Germany with the same end in
view, the available particulars being
up of fiat pieces of the cork in
mosaic fashion corresponding in size
to the bedplate of the noisy machine and
held together by an iron franc is laid
success has been obtained with this new
expedient is not told. though as a means
of temporary relief IL probably answered
the intended purpose.
The true solution of most If not all ma
chinery vibration problems IS, however
to be found in proper foundations. ample
in area and weight. and 1t generally pays
10 provide these If at all practicable. To
what exercise of ingenuity the engineer
is sometimes put in accomplishing this
was illustrated dozen or more years ago
in one large factory. where on an upper
floor Il row of small engines had to be in
stalled for the Independent driving of a
corresponding number Of different ma
chimes Though the building was Of sub
stantial construction. with steel floor
beams II WAS a foregone conclusion that
that row of engines would cause trouble
If set with nothing but the floor as foun-
dalton. and as IL was undesirable TO raise
them much above the floor level each en-
CINE was provided with a separate fOun-
datiOn, built up of brick and mortar in
the usual way but suspended by steel
straps between the floor beams and thus
projecting down into the head room Of the
floor below. Seen from there each fOunda-
ton, with its engine. appeared as. II rest
ing on airy nothing. But those suspended
foundations accomplished all that was ex-
pected of them as vibration absorbers.