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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-02
GROWING POPULARITY of the
FLAT RATE for ADVER RTISING


twice a week, once a week, or when
ever and In whatever space he desires
there being but one stipulation-he
must use the space contracted for
within one year from the beginning OF
the advertising.
He Is at liberty to change his al
every issue IL he desires, using his
space one. two, three. or any number
of columns in width, at his discretion
These benefits did not and do not
now accompany contracts Of the old
style, which is fast becoming ancient
The Flat Rate a Fixed Rate.
A feature OF the fiat rate, which The
Tribune has emphasized from time tc
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-02
tscranton Times, Dec. 90 1901
I believe that the fat rate 10
coming in this country and I be-
lieve it is good thing.

time, is it's absolute fairness to every
advertiser. If the advertising man
ager of The Tribune gives a price on
a certain quantity of space, the GUS
toner can have full assurance that
the price quoted is the lowest he can
secure, that it Is absolutely the same
as would be given any other adver-
tiser, and that IL he asked a rate from
any other official Of the paper he would
get the same figure. If the man calls
at The Tribune office 1t Is unnecessary
to ask him. Have you seen our Mr..
So-and-So.' or to inform him that
"Mr. So-and-So is out Just now. can't
you call again?"
The Tribune's rate card can be had
for the asking, or 1t will be found in
The Tribune each issue. Anyone can
figure the cost of the advertising he
proposes, or any employe of The
Tribune can figure 1t for him. The
prices are based on the cost of pro-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-02
tFroln the National Advertiser.l
FLAT RATE IN SCRANTON.
Uniairness Of Old Determinations Terseiy
Told

From time TO time the Scranton (Pa.) Trib.
une publishes concise arguments in favor Of
the fat rate, which it adopted last April.
In Scranton, as elsewhere, The Tribune says:
''The local custom used to he and to some
ing high price and then falling to what.
ever price the advertiser would pay This
gave the latter the general erroneous impres.
sion that he was getting rare bargain, hut
it led to all kinds of discrimination, some
advertisers paying twice as much as Others
for the same service; it was unbusinesslike,
unfair, and, from the standpoint of newspaper
self'respect, suicidal; moreover, it was
business method that the advertiser would
not for moment tolerate in the sale of his
own goods to the public.
''The absence of definite fixed price for
advertising and the taking of business ON the
anythng.you- ou-can.gct principle led to another
result unfair TO the local advertiser. II en-.
abled the foreign advertser-the patent medi.
cine and proprietary article Grm--throueh
experienced advertising agents, TO hagge
with the flexible publisher for the best posi-.
tions in the paper at the lowest rates and
to carry his point nine times out OF ten.
We know Of instances in which the best
spaces in some papers have been farmed out
to foreign advertisers at from onehai to
one.third the price demanded of the local
merchant for inferior positions. This is
grossly unjust and utterly demoralizing to
newspaper values"
An absolutely fiat rate puts The Tribune
advertisers on the same level. The daily
average circulation for the first eleven months
Of this year is stated TO be ,5l7.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-02

No concern can continually ask and receive a
BETTER PRICE for its product than its com.
petitors unless that product is Of superior quail
ity. Ii someone tells You that they can sell you
advertising space 'just as good as Tribune adj.
verising space for less money, exercise the same
judgment that you would use in purchasing other
products YOU KNOW you cannot buy wool for
the price of cotton. In stating that their space
is "just as good as the Tribune's others prac.
ticaly admit the Tribune's SUPERIORITY. II
their article WERE of the same grade, they
could and would obtain as high a price. You
cannot expect to get Tribune quality at lack.
o'.system price.
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Daily and Weekly Gazette,

Daliy anu weekly buIettt,
saltwater, Mimi, Jan. II, 1901,
o. L. Byxbee,
Scranton, Pa.
Dear Sir:--Noticed a reference to your AIT
rate card in the newspapers. viii you kindly
mail Va copy? We are cndcavorng to make
use of this system. rratcrnally yours,
East3n Il Masterman.
Daily Tribune,
Lead, S. d., Jan. ~, 1901.
o. +. ByXbec,
Scranton, Pa.
Dear Sir:-l enclose stamps; will you please
send me one Of your recent rate cards spoken Of
In NewspGperdom for Jan. 81 Anything else
you may have that will give information to a
fellow sufferer will be appreciated | may
be able little later to send you something that
might DO suggestive. Yours truly,
Jas. b. Hedge
Daily Record Union,
Sacramento, Cal, Jan. 81, 1901
Scranton, Pa, Tribune.
Gentlcmen:-Will you kindly send me few
sample copies Of The Tribune containing some
OF the arguments in favor Of the fat rate. ~
referred to in enclosed clipping from the National
Advertiser 1t Is subject in which ! have
been interested for some time and | will bc
greatly obliged to you.
Very respectfully
Florence J. O'Brien.
Adv. Dept, ord.Union, Sacramento.
Rocky Mountain News,
Denver, Col, Jan. 2j, 1901.
Business Manager Scranton Tribune,
Scranton, Pa.
Dear Sir:-I want to know how tho fiat rate
for advertising works, that is to say, have you
lost any business from large advcrtisers9 Have
you gained materially from small advertisers0 ?
] am aware that TO answer these questions will
take considerable Of your valuable time H.,
however, you can give me, briefly, results on
your trial Of this rate I will be under many
obligations to you.
Yours truly
A. d. Bishop,
Advertising Manager.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-02

The Philadelphia Times almanac for
1901 is one of the neatest and most
complete publications of it's class that
we have received. 1t contains careful
astronomical calculations, records of
political and sporting interest and
much other valuable information, and
is geographically up to the high
standard of the Times
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-02

come from all parts
Of the country. but
principally from the
West, where new
al d progressive
ideas take root
quickly.
The Tribune does
not claim to have
originated the fiat
rate. The rate has
been in use to some
extent for several
years, principally
with the magazines
and some of the
larper 1aily popnrS
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-02

Mrs. McHenry. of Topeka, is the
latest to enter the war in the interest
of temperance in Kansas. Mrs. Nc
Henry makes specially of drug
stores, and when her task has been
completed it will no longer be of any
use to wink when ordering soda water
in Topeka.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-02

An exchange suggests that as Sibutu
and Cayagan de Jolo are ours, they
should be given names which tho
American tongue can pronounce with
out getting twisted. How would PUNK
sutawney and Tullalah do?
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TWELVE PAGES.
SCRANTON. FEBRUARY 2, 1901.

In refusing to pose as candidate
for at least several months hence, Mr..
Bryan shows better judgment than
some of his hystercal friends.
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Yearly Exports Of
Mineral Products
ashingtOn, Feb,

Washington, Feb !.
M NERAL products, crude and manufactured.
IH have become in recent years a very i'm.
AVA portant feature OF the domestic exports
OF the United States. OF the 81, 500, ,22S,.
coo exports Of domestic products, including gold
and silver, in the year 1900, $780, AZ in value
were composed Of mineral products Thus 9s per
cent. OF the total domestic exports originated be.
meath the surface Of the earth, though, of
course, much OF their selling value was added
by the labor which turned them into forms re.
quired for the use OF man. The exports OF iron
and steel, for instance, amounted in 1900, in
round terms, TO sl3O00O,0 200; mineral oils of all
classes, to S75,OOO0OO; copper, to nearly S60,.
00O0OO coal and coke, over $12 600 900; paraffine
more than Ss,000,0OO; phosphates, more than
S5,00O,0Oo while the gold production exported
amounted to $j97S7, 52S, and the silver to S50.
272,GGs
30
A comparison OF these enormous exports Of
metals and minerals and their products with
those OF a decade ago shows the remarkable
progress which has been made in this branch of
American ndustly-the production and manu-
iacture Of the mineral wealth with which nature
has so layishly endowed the United States. In
iron and steel manufactures, for instance, the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-02

bureau Of statistics, showing the expectations
in 1880 and 1900 Of the principal products of
minerals, metals and the more important manu-.
iactures thereof illustrates the great develop.
ment during the decade Of this branch Of our
domestic industries:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-02
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe Cast: Las a. M, for Saturday, Feb. ,.

& - &S
A child born on this day viii note that small.
poS has not yet appeared, but several cases OF
vaccination have been reported
A lie will travel faster than the truth, and
the success OF some alleged newspapers lead,
to the supposition that the people like it better
The popular slang VIII soon be expressed
"Where the chicken got Mrs. Nations argu'
ment."
1t is only the born diplomat who can work
ur admiration for his neighbor's pet dog
Several hopeful Strantonians do not seem tc
realize that they are under the influence Of
political Knockout drops
Merit which turns up in unexpected places
has to do so without assistance.
Almost any man may become "a prominent
citizen when he gets away from home
Ajacchus' Advice.
Roon x,otir ava on the or,o,,nd h. 80,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-02

except I'm the case of a Delaware sena-
torial deadlock.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-02

Mr.. Lanham will be for season at
least entitled to wear the belt as De-
mocracy's weeping jeremiah.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-02
Miscellaneous.

ENGINEERS, FIREMEN, MACIiINisrs AND
Electricans--New i0'page pamphlet contain.
Engineers; sent free Geo. A. Zeller, Publish.
er, st. Louis, Mo.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-02

expectations Of 1890 amounted to but $27, ,0O0, 1884,
and in 1900 they were, exclusive OF iron ore,
sl29633,4s0, or nearly five times as much in
1900 as decade earlier. OF copper the expor-
tations of 1890 were $joiG,30j, and in 1900,
SIS, ,SSl, ,520, or nearly ten times as much as in
1890, a decade earlier. OF mineral oils the ex.
portations of 1890 were S52 27O,0i3 and in 1900,
S7i,49S, 49, an increase of about 80 per cent
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-02

OF coal and coke the exports of 1890 were
S2770 002, and in 1900, S22, ,sS 0i7, about three
times as much as in 1890; and of phosphates the
exports of 1890 were Sl,0lS, ,i39, and in 1000,
81, 2l7,5G0, or about three times as much as
decade earlier, Taking the entire group OF min.
erals, metals and the manufactures thereof, ex.
elusive of gold and silver, the total for 1890 was
s03, ,00s, o5j, and in 1900, $32il67,2sG, or more
than three times as much as in 1890 decade
earlier; while of gold the domestic products
exported in 1890 amounted to S52, ,7S7 1913, and Of
silver the exports of 1890 were sl6o90,ls9, and
those Of 1900, s59272,66s
Meantime imports OF this character have mate
rally decreased, except in case of natural pro.
ducts not obtained from the mines of the United
States, but required for use in manufacturing
Imports of manufactures OF iron and steel, for
instance, fell from SIl,670,5 ,5ol In 1850 to s90-
,0OS in 1900; while pig used in the manufac-
ture OF tin plate has increased from about six
and half millions in 1890 to $40, ,i5s5 $50 in 1900
%
The following table, compiled by the treasury
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Found
Reward.

$500 REWARD FOR ARREST AND CoNVlC-
zion OF the party or parties who stole the
canvass from my ice boat on Lake Scranton.
Jay Could
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Ajacchus' Advice.

Keep your eye on the ground hog today aud
you may become . weather prophet
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Board Wanted.

BOARD WANTED-FoR THREE ADULTS AND
one small child. in respectable Jewish fam.
lily, living ir frst.class neighborhood. State
price ", A., Tribune office,
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1t will be noticed that these request
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Furnished Rooms.

FURNISHED ROOM FOR RENT, LOCATED ON
one OF the principal avenues on the HILL
/. X.
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Wanted-To Buy

$-S~
WANTED ED--SECOND.HAND SLOT MACHINES
must be in good ORDER state particulars a
TO make and price Address L. NJ, general de-
livery, Scranton, Ia.
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duction and the value of The Tribune
as an advertising medium, and there
is no cutting"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-02
The Strenuous Life.

~ OLONEL ROOSEvELTS inhu-
ence for progress upon Amer
- lean public life, shown more
recently in the part he took
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wv HAT ought the United
\N States to exact of Cuba
as a fair equivalent for
la vp,t
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-19
MAKING GIRLS HAPPY ON FARMS

Mrs. Meredith Tells About the School
for Farmers Wives in Minnesota.
What the West is doing in the way
of training girls to live happy lives on
farms was very ably shown at Hunt
ington hall, Boston, recently by Mrs.
Virginia c. Meredith, p%receptress of the
school of agriculture of Minnesota uni
versity.
Mrs. Meredith has herself conducted
n successful stock farm for many years,
and she believes thoroughly in the
farm life for young people.
THE farm home," she said, sis 10
my mind the ideal home, and l am
glad to say the thought in our school
is always to educate the girl for tho
life She will have to live.
"At first we had only boys in tbs
school. but when these, noticing that
their sisters and sweethearts needed
to learn just what they We're learn.
ing, begged us. to take girls, TOO, we
did SO. and now for four years we
have been training farmers dau gu.
tiers to make happy farm homes.
"Our girls study side by side with
the boys the different breeds of live
stock and the various developments
Of plant life. A farmers wife needs
to know how to tell q shorthorn from q
longhOrn, and what season Is best for
planting corn.
we have been hearing in the past
much about the mans desire to get
away<from the farm. The reason for
his restlessness lies in the dissatisfac-
ton Of his women folk with farm life.
They needed to be taught that 1t was
interesting to make q farm home.
"We give our girls special work
adapted to women in the home, such
as cookery, which extends through the
three years, dairy chemistry. and plant
life. Butter-making is o drudgery
to the girl who understands the why
Of it, and sewing is rapidly ceasing to
become a lost art now that girls See
that patterns are comprehensive
things and not Chinese puzzles.
"The girl is taught, too, about tex
tiles, a most interesting subject from
the farmers standpoint; and she ut
tends lectures on household art in
which suitability is shown to be the
desideratum of a purchase of furniture.
"The application made in our school
Of mechanical drawing-that of design
ing model farmaouses-will have a
great influence on the coming farm
home of Minnesota. When the present
generation build houses they wtll be
convenient ones"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-19
GOT A "posTAu'' sHouLDERq
Madison Street Tailor Give, a Name
to the Newest Wrinkle.

Madison Street Tailor Give, n Name
to the Newest Wrinkle.
ga triie more wadding will do it
nicely" said the Madison street tailor,
and he made some mysterious chalk
marks on the coat of a customer, select
ing the left shoulder for his work. The
customer went out, and another man,
who had dropped in to pay something
on ~account-not because he felt like
clothing and didn't think he could get
1T save by a demonstration Of good faith
looked a question.
'Oh," said the little tailor promptly,
"got postal shoulder, that's all. I get o
lot of that sort of trade"
whats postal shoulder?" asked the
man whose installment gave him q
right to be inquisitive.
why" said the little tailor, zone Of
his shoulders is shorter than it really
ought to be, don't you know? Ever
notice how q letter carrier wears his
mail bag? Always has it slung over his
left shoulder"
IN 4CSulI Is llluI LII COURSE Ol IL very
limited time they lose symmetry. The
right shoulder remains in it's natural
position, but the left drops more or less,
but always enough to make the defect
noticeable.
There are a good many other persons
who are in need of cotton padding for
one shoulder of the coat. There is not
one man in q hundred who carries him
self absolutely straight, and the tailor
who goes ahead and makes both sides
Of his garments exactly alike is breed
ing dissatisfaction.
"There are lots of things that will
give a man 'postman's shoulder such
as leaning regularly over a desk, driv-
ing n team of horses. reaching for a
strap in a street car and a hundred 9TH
er things."-Chicago Record-H Herald.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-19
Milk from Farrow cov,.

The milk Of COWS that haze long
passed the season of greatest produc-
ton, which Is soon after narrowing. is
much richer in butter fats than that
which the same cows give soon after
dropping their calves, says an ex-
change. If they had not been bred, the
milk also usually contains more of the
albuminoids also. For this reason it is
harder to digest, and, as cows milk is
ut best unsuited to the stomach Of a
young infant, that from new milk
COWS, where procurable, is always to
be preferred. The milk of the COW is
too rich in fats. causing the infant to
throw it up oon after taking a guam
tity. 1t may be improved by diluting
it with warm water made quite sweet
with pure sugar. Even farrow cows
milk thus prepared may be used with
safety If the infant is obliged to suck
1t through q tube, through which it can
only get a small amount at a time.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-19
MDIANA'S Coy KING
OF TRAP SHOOTERS,

Ray Graham, the 1~4-year-old son of
y. A. Graham OF Washington, Ind,
is by far the youngest member of the
Indiana Trap Shooters League, and is
considered the best wing shot of his
ase in the United States. Previous to
last Christmas morning he had never
fired OFF a shotgun. On that day his
father made him a present of n fine
do~uble-barreled gun. and within a
week the boy had developed into a
remarkably successful hunter. The
local gun club became interested in
the boy, and a few months ago elected
him a member Of that organization.
Since then he has been practicing with
them regularly, and, with the excep.
tion of John L. Winston, who holds
the State championship, is the best
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-19

.Osiphon water this height is a valve at
A to close and hold water in pipe while
filling. This valve is similar to the
!ower valve in a suction pump; just fits
n a three-quarter-inch coupling, and
admits a full stream when open.
The lower end at B is handled as a
feed pipe from storage tank, with a
float valve. Have a plug, G, outside, to
connect with q hose. AT the top have
a short piece of pipe bent down at
either side Of the tee, E, E, to insure.
ID being the highest point in the pipe
from well to trough. At the upper hole
at d have q piece of pipe, G, say three
feet long, with good-sized holes at f, F.
Have the pipe Enclosed as the core to
chamber c, L; chamber made of heavy
copper soldered to pipe above and be-
low F, +. Have pipe threads protrud-
ing ut II so as to connect a three-quar-
ter-inch steam valve S. This is safer
and more convenient than a plug. Have
a bit of threaded pipe screwed into top
Of valve, I, with enough threads, say
inch, protruding to screw on a fun
mel, II. Our chamber is three feet of
three-inch pipe connected by graduates
at H and d, but they are not kept ex
cept ut the large plumbing shops and
the chamber is not as l would like.
The chamber should hold three or four
gallons and then the siphon will u
for two weeks or more with one filling.
To fill siphon, close valve B first,
then fill funnel, r; next open valve s
and weight Of water in pipe will close
valve A. You cannot pump air out at
valve s or b. Siphon runs about four
gallons per minute with 6h feet head
below water level, with valve B wide
Onon
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-19
COOL COOP FOR CHICKS.

The. 'front.' is hinged, and during the day
is used as a feeding board for both the
chicks and the mother hen. At night,
and when cold and stormy, the front is
closed over the Stats and fastened with
a button. In the top front of the coop
holes are bored, which provide ample
ventilation. The form of the house
may be as the builder wills, although
the shape shown is less expensive than
the gable roof, and If matched boards
are used, as advised. will be quite as
water-tight.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-19
Painting Farm buildings.

EdSutlUS Caff0
Some n has said that paint and
putty are like charity, they cover rp a
multitude of SINS" or faults would
have been a better word, as not all
faults deserve to be called sins. When
the spring rains are over, and the wood
is dry. but before the flies get plenty,
is a good time to paint farm buildings,
carts and, tools. 1t is not necessary
to have a skilled painter to do all this il
economy is to be studied. The ready
mixed paints, properly used, will last
as long, look us we'll, and preserve the
wood us well as those mixed by the
painter, and any hired man or smart
boy can soon learn to spread them, not
as we'll as the man who learned the
trade, but well enough to cover the
buildings. When we first tried such a
Job we received these directions which
helped us much: keep the paint well
mixed, do not get too much OH the
brush. and carry the hand steadily in
a straight line" Begin on something
or some old building where looks is not
very important, and a considerable i'm
provement will be seen in the workman
ship after Ven a days practice, and.
when a second coat is put on it should
be smooth enough to hide the defects
of the first attempt. Most of the ready
mixed paints are improved by the addi-
ton of a little more Oil and %turpentine,
at least toward the bottom Of the can,
as but few will keep them sufficiently
well stirred.-American Cultivator.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-19

shot in the club. He was taken to
Bedford, where he participated in the
fifth annual tournament of the Indiana
League, and surprised everyone by
breaking fourteen clay pigeons out OF
fifteen. He was elected chairman of
the leagues executive committee. The
league will in o. short time issue a chal
lenge to any one of young Graham's
age to meet him in a 1OO-bird contest.
The challenge will be confined to the
United States.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-19
SAW ATTACHMENT.

Frans o. Helsten, of Larium, Mich,
has obtained a patent ON the saw-oiling
device shown in the illustration. 1t is
well known that in saving heavy sticks
of timber the saw is apt to bind in the
crease, and the purpose of this inven-
ton is to keep the blade oiled. in order
that 1t may pass freely through the
cut. The tip Of the nozzle extends down