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The Conservative, 1901-12-26

take Asiatic commodities, nor can we
build up trade with the Philippine
Islands, or even keep the Philippine
Islands, unless we allow the introduc-
tion of their products into the United
States on terms free, or substantially
free.
How long will it be till these prin-
ciples shall be demonstrated and ac-
cepted, it is useless to predict. But
there is increasing pressure that way
Resistance to these principles will,
however, be very stubborn. Men
never willingly give up a system
through which they suppose, however
enormously, that they have all advan-
tage.
The Conservative, 1901-12-26
A RIDDLE.

A noun there is of plural number
A foe to peace and tranquil slumber.
Now any other noun you take,
By adding "s" you plural make.
But if you add an ''s" to this
Strange is the metamorphosis
Plural is plural now no more
And sweet what bitter was before.
The readers of The Conservative are
invited to attempt the solution Of this
riddle, which originated with Canning
great many years ago and is = very
interesting study. The solutions sent
in and the correct one, too, will soon be
published in these columns.
The Conservative, 1901-12-26
CHRISTMAS TREES.

DR.. j. M. Shaffer, of Keokuk, Iowa,
writes The CONSERVATIVE in regard to
the Christmas tree trade, taking as his
text clipping from Pittsburg paper,
in which fears are expressed that there
may not be trees enough to go around
this year. The clipping is in part as
follows:
"Along in the latter part of the sum-
mer we ordered about 10000 trees. We
always order early, with instructions to
ship when we notify them. Our trees
will come from Michigan, Christiana,
Pa, and Leetonia, Ohio. The latter we
expect no trouble from, but it will be
more good luck than anything else if
those from Michigan and Christiana
reach here in time Of course, they are
not due yet, but we have received word
that the cars have been side-tracked and
that it is not known when they will be
moved. Until we find out positively
whether our entire consignment will
reach US in good season, we cannot tell
whether the prices will advance. If
only our Leetonia consignment comes
there is hardly any doubt but that the
market price will take an upward jump,
and the supply will be wholly made
quate to meet the demand
DR.. Shaffer then adds the following
comment
"It is not needed that we weep over
this, for they weep because Christmas
joys are threatened by tree famine.
At that market they dispose of 100000
trees, and say 'Yuletide would be
tame affair indeed-and the green
boughs will be missing il. many home
this year. There are trees in plenty
but the railroads are not furnishing suf-
fcient cars to ship Them Not one
word about the waste of the trees.
Never mind! Don't worry This
great Republic knows you have done
more to advance the growing of trees
than any other thousand men in il. Keep
hammering away. Lime upon line,
precept upon precept, here little and
there little Isaiah XVIII, 10.
1t takes ages to establish principle
or to say of anything-that is truth"
In all of this The CONSERVATIVE
fully concurs.
The Conservative, 1901-12-26
The intense anxiety
of that spartan band
SAVED! SAVED

SAVED! SAVED of that spartan band
of editors that
assembled recently at Columbus,
Neb., to receive the ministrations
and solace of Bishop Bowlby and Doctor
Howard, both D. D.'s-Doctors of De-
mocracy-must now give way to tran
quill gladness. The Brooklyn Eagle, of
December Goth, brings balm to bruised
and worried brains. That journal gives
to the world an assurance of constant
care over wayward and callow congress-
men by that unsurpassed economist,
matchless financier, stupendOus states
man, unerring lawyer and stalwart
soldier, who has twice been the nominee
of the Populist party for the Presidency
of the United States. The consolation
because it comes canned in the delicious
rhetoric of the aforesaid candidate
himself. 1t is conserved in his own
modesty-jellied and sweetened by his
own diffidence. Writing from. Wash
ington on the 25th of December, 1901,
the correspondent of the Brooklyn Daily
Eagle says:
"Each Democratic member of the House
today received letter from the former
peerless leader stating that the Com
moner, William J. Bryan, editor and
proprietor would be sent to him dur
ing the balance of the present session
of Congress. Mr.. Bryan apologies for
forcing his paper on Democratic mem
bers who have not cared to subscribe for
it, and at the same time adroitly points
out the material to be found in the
defense of Democratic principles. The
following is part of the letter; If
agreeable to you, shall be pleased to
send you the Commoner during the
present session Of Congress. I do this
without expense to you because 1 feel
an interest in the questions which are
out assuming that the editorial part of
the paper will be of special value to
you, it occurs to me that you may find
in the quotations that appear from time
to time something that you can use in
the defense of Democratic principles
Yours truly, W. J. Bryan.
The Eagle has brought comfort to
millions Of human beings who had al.
ready begun mourning in anguish for
fear that the teachings of this venerable,
experienced and prophetic populist
might not reach the pagan souls who
we are now assured have the gospel of
Bryanarchy without cost and without
price. Gould humane charity go
further?
The Conservative congratulates the
recipients of the weekly counsel of the
oracle upon the great
Unequaled. possibilities of the
campaign Of 1904
The fervent effort, already initiated, to
re-affirm the Chicago platform of 1896
and to re-declare the Kansas City creed
of 1900 ought to encourage all followers
of the money fallacies to hope tlat
sixteen to- oneism may be resurrected-
that denunciation of the federal judici-
ary may again become test of patriot
ism, and that once more the peerless
leader, r,-emerging from "the house that
Cab built"-clothed in a presidential
nomination, may stand upon rear plat
forms and exhort the American people
The Conservative, 1901-12-26

Every interference by government
is in one way or another an obstruc-
tion even when the avowed object is
to aid industry and commerce +; because
such undertak ing disturbs the course
of things in natural movement, and,
while it may give advantage in certain
directions, it will interpose check up
on the natural movement in other.
The freest possible movement on lines
naturally offered to production and
exchange, is the sound principle. 1t
is not sound principle to use the
power of the government to force one
industry or set of industries to carry
others or to establish others. All the
protection" that one sort gets an
other sort must pay for.
1t is inevitable that the United
States should move in the direction of
free trade. Development within, and
advancement into the outer world,
are making this course a necessity.
Hence the call for reciprocity,
which, however, is only a first step.
1t is sign Of unrest, indeed, rather
take it precipitates an acute conflict,
between protected and unprotected in
terests; and the question is asked
whether cruder products and the ma.
terials of manufacture from foreign
countries are to be let in free of duty
while finished goods are still to have
the favor Of a protective tariff. Thus
reciprocity, so-called, brings up that
old burning question Of our tariff de-
bates.
What commodities, then. shall be
made the subjects Of reciprocity? On
this point there is no possibility of
agreement. Different sections Of the
country have different interests; but,
so long as protection shall be main
tanned as principle or policy, there
will be powerful protests against even
partial infringements through recipro-
| city agreements.
The citadel of the protectionist po-
sition Of the west, and especially of
the Pacific states, is wool; but a
strong outwork is fruit. Large num-
bers of our people feel that these in
terests must be taken care off," and
for this reason they will support a
general protective policy to far
greater extent than they would be in
clined otherwise to do. The sheep and
wool interest are of high Importance in
our arid and mountain regions, where
there is little else; and the vastness
and variety of our fruit production,
and the still greater possibilities of it,
up and down our coast states from
British Columbia to Mexico, bring
this interest into position Of the first
rank in the demand for protection.
We have to reckon with this condi-
tion. We cannot escape it. Few per-
sons concerned with these matters
stop to think that the whole subject
is larger than the circle Of their i'm
mediate interests, and to preserve their
own, they will vote to uphold sys.
tenn which they we'll know runs into
many and large abuses.
But the policy of protection will
ultimately strangle itself. The domes-
tic market will not suffice ;the foreign
market mnst be entered; and yet we
shall not be able to get the benefits Of
the foreign market without free, or
freer, exchange. We cannot continue
The Conservative, 1901-12-26
LOWERING THE TARIFF WALL.

IVWENINO IuE IANIrr WAII.
[By HARVEY w. SCOTT, Editor of "The Ore
gonian."]
Least possible legal interference
with the course Of industry and of
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4 STATED in The Tribune not
~ long ago, Philadelphia's board
Il ~ Of education decided during
the spring of the present year
to give 10 the principals of the public
schools of that city the administration
Of a new system of promotion from
grade to grade. This system consisted
in promotion without passing an en-
animation of such pupils as the princi-
pals were satisfied would fully sustain
themselves in the next higher grade.
The other pupils were at liberty to pre-
sent themselves for written eXamin-
alton of the usual character As it was
not until a few weeks before the close
of the school year that this was de-
cided upon, there had not been intro
duced the system of the Brooklyn
schools, of the teachers monthly aver
ages, which has been for some years
productive of eminently satisfactory re-
suits.
On Tuesday, July g. Superintendent
Brooks submitted 10 the Philadelphia
hoard of education his report on the
working Of the new rule for exemptions
from examination. He says:
The new rule has been as satisfac-
tory in its application as could have
been anticipated. The large majority
Of principals exercised great care in
making out their lists of exempted
pupils, thus justifying the confidence
placed in them by the board in the
m Of he
pecially notable that the principals of
the schools who in previous years had
the best records in the eXaminat ton of
eir,pupils for promotion TO the higher
schools were most conservative in their
communications for exemptions. This
action Of principals is worthy of COM
menda ton, as il not only adds strength
TO the rule, but is guaranty that the
pupils admitted into the higher schools
will be found qualified for their work.
The total number of pupils enrolled
In the eighth grade on June | last was
S4'S. The number of pupils recon-
mended for promotion without examin-
alton was 1901, or SO per cent of the
enrolment The number of pupils who
presented themselves for examnatio
was L27s, or 81 per cent of the enroll
ments OF these 493, or 80 per cent,
made. the required averages, making
the tstal number admitted by exemp-
tion tnd examination 1898, or 50 per
cent. of the enrolment. In 1899, under
the examination rule. 601a per cent. OF
the pupils enrolled on June made the
requlted average; and in 1900 go per
centsof the number enrolled June /
made the average for admission"
The Philadelphia experiment will
probably result in an adoption at no
distant day OF the method OF promotion
by monthly and term averages in all
cases.
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Strikers. Workers and the Law.

TRLICATIOE through court
~ proceedings Of the corre-
Il spondenae which lately passed
between the Delaware. Lack
awanna and Western company and Re-
oorder Connel relative to police pro-
lection for nhn-union men should serve
to make clear the law in such cases.
Every man has a legal right to work
Q" not To work. hut no man has a right
70 interfere with worker 50 long as
that worker is attending quietly To his
own affairs. The worker can be per-
sudded to become a striker. If APP
preached without trespass and con-
Nerted without intimidation, hut use of
force, OF threats or unwelCome impor-
tunity is unla Wful.
The police are not designed to re-
dress individual grievances Their mis-
sion ia 10 protect the public peace.
That hcing true. before the police
power can iustifahly be used extra
ordinarily, there must he evidence that
the public peace is endangered beyond
the ability of ordinary measures to
safeguard it. An overt act of lawless-
ness by group of men would call for
group Of policemen sufficient to quen
the disorder and arrest the lawbreak-
ers; and no administration of city af-
fairs would he true to its oath of office
that failed to enforce the law and pre-
serve the general peace; but il is not
reasonable to expect that in times of
comparatively little friction the city
shall provide a policeman to serve as
bodygudrd for every man employed in
its industries.
on the other hand the court. by issue
Of injunction, sets forth plainly what
the law forbids to he done in way of
interference by men on strike with men
at work and serves due notice. Men
who ignore or dsobey such an order
of court do so at their own hazard and
cannot claim lack Of knowledge as to
what the law permits and bans.
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LITERARY NOTES.

The three, hundredth number Of Appletons'
Town and Country Library, "The Seal of ST.
lens" by A. r, Conier, appears with hand.
some cover in colors. The tri,centennial issue
directs attention again 10 the tact that no SINH.
lar American library Of fiction has had the length
Of life and the success which have characterized
Appleton'a Town and Country Library Through
this library writers like Hall C3ne, Edna LyaIl
Maxwell Gray Ellen Thoneycroft Fowler, s
Levett'Nedt, Molly Elliot Segwell Egerton
Castle, Juan Valera, Beatrice Whtby, +. F.
Benson, tAbert Parker, NJ Jokai, NJ. Hamilton,
Ada Cambii1ge, Guy Boothhy, j. A. Altsheler
Allen Raine, Bernard Capes, 7. Gallon and O.
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c. Hotchkiss were introduced to American read.
ers; and CLARK Russell, Grant Allen. W. l.. Nor.
MS Thomas \, Janvier, Justin Mccarthy, Lucas
Malet, Richard Malcolm Johnston, Victor Cher.
huicz, Mrs. =. A. steel. George Gissing and
=. T. Moore are among others who have been
"ei represented in series which has been pro.
nouuccd tho hest library Of fiction ever under.
taken IN America, and the most successful series
as regards the discovery and development of
new authors, who have, later, risen no cxcep.
tional prominence.
new idea in primary instruction is embodied
in "Dorothys Drawing Lessons" by Edward
Han, published by Robert II, lngersoll & Brother.
This is book Of nursery verses illustrated nv
the Hall process. Each page contains a number
Of printed subjects which are developed ny pass.
ing a pencil underneath. when an illustration
appears This book entertains while Il instructs
children whose little minds can more readily
grasp tuition when not forced nv arduous study.
, Every page is educational and at the same time
delightful surprise, making on a child last.
ing impression Of what parents would have IL
know.
One NJ the last literary undertakings ~ the
late Sir Walter Besant was the completion ~
popular work for which hc had special quail.
hcatlons, "The Story NJ King Alfred" The Ameri.
can rights have been secured by D. Appleton 4
Co., and the book will be published by them
in July NJ August Its intrinsic interest and
value, and its timeness in view Of the approach.
ing anniversary, will doubtless secure for the
work an exceptional popularity.
The Appletons announce a rich subscription edi.
tions of the works Of DR.. A. Conan DOYLE and
Anthony Hope Hawkins. In the case of Dr.
Doyle the set will number twelve volumes, and
in that Of Mr.. Hawkins thirteen: both sets 10 he
increased a. new books are written Each vol.
ume will be embelished with finely executed
photogravures. The sets, IL is said, will be pre-.
pared with every device that will combine sump.
tuouSless and good taste.
The July Worlds Work with its nnetv.three
fine illustrations of the Pan. American exposition,
is ont Of print. The publishers simply couldn't
keep pace with the demand
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- OMPLAINT is again heard at
the Coney Island trimmings
49, of Nay Aug park. Last year
one merry go-round dis-
coursed monotonous music during most
of the hours of the week, and In the
effort to get it to give it's Nociterous-
ness a rest on sundays the fear was
expressed that unless vigilance was
asserted by public opinion the park
approaches would soon witness null
tiplication of objectionable features.
This fear is being realized. Instead
Of one caliope near the Mulberry street
entrance there are now two. and as
accessories of the new one there are a
phonograph, games of chance, and al
most every other attribute of Coney
Island except the meGaphone and bal
lyhoo. Attracted by this bedlam Of
racket. disordetly characters nishtly
disturb the peace of those who reside
in the vicinity and a fall in property
values is inevitable unless this form
of misdirected enterprise is speedily
checked.
We know of no other city in the
country which permits such annoy
ances in the midst of residence sec
tons. orderly refreshment booths
and quiet play mechanisms are COM
mon and welcome feature of parks
everywhere; but it is evident that
Scranton is trying to institute a new
fashion combining the characteristics
Of the circus side-show with the fakes
and frichts of a modern Midway. 1t
is time this fashion was nipped in the
bud.
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BECAUSE the management or
K the American Sheet Steel,
~ American Steel Hoop and
American Tin Plate COM
ranies would not agree to an ultima
of the Amalgamated Association of
Iron, Steel and Tin workers. presented
defiantly in the course of a conference
meant to he amiCable and conciliatory,
demanding that it, in effect. compel all
it's non-union employees to join the
union, a general strike has been Or
dered, affecting $4,000 men who are
members of Shaffers union and $4,000
men who cannot work while the other
workmen are striking. The threat
made by Shaffer is that every plant
of the United States Steel corporation
will be forced into idleness if he can
effect it.
In Paterson a number of strikers
who had been assaultng those who
took the places they had left and who
had been enjoined by court from con-
tinung such unlawful conduct refused
to obey the order of court and were
thereupon arrested and made TO take
a heavy penalty. AS a token of re-
sentiment. threats are now being made
of a general strike in Paterson's silk
mills.
This spirit among many leaders of
labor is the spirit of mischief, which
bodies as little good for the working
men in whose nominal behalf it is as
serted as it bodies for the community
in general. 1t is labor's legal right, if
no contract prevents. to strike when
and as often as it pleases; but il Is
the moral duty of all citizens to be
industrious, peaceful and well-disposed
toward their fellow men, and those
who are quarrelsome, mutinous and
unreasonable are bound. sooner OF
later, TO get into serious trouble-a
plight chargeable only to themselves.
Another effort is to be made by
Democratic congressman to displace
Mr.. Richardson as minority leader. Is
the game worth the candle?
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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 it in something that
will multiply many fold. The mill
lionaires OF this section were laboring
men a 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
it. and they bought coal land, a little
at time as they could spare it, and
it 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 dd-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
more concrete form and is rapidly
supplanting coal. because 1t 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
viii 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. II is plain to be seen
Ill GaII af 70 x,riII
he the source of incalculable 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 is
to buy the shares of conservative. re-
putahly 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
be cheap at 40c. but are selling for
the time being at 2oc 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
INVESTMENTan FINAN CE CO
Room 1, Dime Bank Building,
Scranton, Pa.
OPEN EVENINGS.
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were there last year. given free trans
portation by this government. This
yearly influx of the educators of the
young in those two islands is among
the most promising Of events for the
future of their people.
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Seven of the best ashting ships
contemplated in our naval plans. that
were to he completed more than two
years ago, have not yet been begun.
apply a prod
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While in the last decade our total
population increased q per cent, the
population of our cities increased 81
per cent. Nebraska is the only state
In which the combined population of
the cities decreased. No wonder Me-
braska has Populistic spasms.
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Having had all the honors Of a gem
eral public Endorsement for mayor OF
Buffalo, without any of the cares Of
ONCE, that enterprsing former Scran-
tonian, Colonel f. II. Butler, estor OF
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decided to keen out of the political
arena and to continue an undivided at
tention to journalism. There was ex-
ceptional unanmty and heartiness in
the demand for Mr.. Buffers nomna-
tion, but he hs made the wiser choice.
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Harvard university's Summer School
has large number Of Cuban and Porto
Rican teachers in attendance upon il,
although not SO large contingent as