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the problem of largest

dent Mckinley in his fare
N well address at Buffalo that
the problem of largest inn
portance now before this country is the
profitable disposition of it's surplus pro-
duction is striliingly corroborated by
some figures in a recent speech by
Senator Mitchell on the general sub
ject of trade expansion.
The senator's purpose was to show
that we are not now supplying a pro-
per proportion of the imports of any
other country on the globe and in proof
he ran through the list. OF the i'm
ports of Europe we supply only a
fraction over IA per cent.-$1, ia ,952 ,952
in $685., ,S3l 900 Analyzing our Euro
pean trade, we find it distributed as
follows: OF England's $2,54S, 26O, 900 we
furnish $500, 1915, or 23.6 per cent.
Germany comes next. OF her 81, ,3S9,-
26i,OOO of imports in 1900 we supplied
Sl91 ,6O3,4OO, or l4,2 per cent. The coun-
Try in which the United States enjoys
the smallest proportion of the trade
compared with the whole is that of
switzerland with the single exception
of Roumana), which is only thirteen
one-hundredths of l per cent. Switzer-
lands total imports for the year 1900
amounted in value to $2l4 500, 900, of
which amount we furnished but $207,- :
2S3. This disproportion runs through
every one of the European countries.
Our share of Austria -Hungary's inn
ports is but 30 per cent; of Belgium,
1913 per cent; of Denmark, 1873 per
cent; of France, 9.3 per cent. of
Greece, 1,3 per cent; of Italy, 1917 per
cent; of the Netherlands, 1O5 per
cent; of Portugal, S,S per cent; of
lioumania, 0,0I per cent; of Russia,
9,S per cent Russias total imports in
the year 1900 amounted to $294 S37, 900.
our share being but IS, ,49S, $50. Our per
cent. of Spain's imports for the year
1900 was S,S per cent. of the total; of
Sweden, . per cent and of Turkey 3,4
per cent.
Even more unsatisfactory Is the
situation in Asia. In 1900 that contin-
ent imported goods to the value of
81, ,125, ,SS2 ,000 of which amount our share
was but $6O,5OO,519. OF Japan's $l4S,-
GSO,O0O imports we supplied $26, ,492, ,2S5,
or 1874 per cent; of Chinas, only 6.S
per cent; of India's $577 95O,OOO only
$L5OS12O, or 1.9 per cent; of Ceylon's
sac, 10000, only $2l2,SOO, or five tenths
of | per cent; of the Straits Settle
ments' $57.O44, 900. onlyS $973, 500, or l.6
per cent; of the Dutch East Indies
$76,9l1, 900 only $1,994S5S, or 2.5 per
cent; of the French East Indies SS7-
10000, only slls.lO2. OF but three
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The Root of the Difficulty.

n WITHDRAWING from the
state board of charities, General
n. Isaac j, Wistar recently CEN
aured severely the lack of sys-
tenn governing state disbursements for
charitable purposes and condemned
the political subsidizing of private
charity which has been a feature of
legislation in this commonwealth for
many years The remedy he proposed
was constitutional prohibition of all
such appropriations, except those en-
tirely anb, permanently controlled by
the stateSs-v ga -
An attempt has been made to give
TO General Wistar's letter factionaI
twist but the evil of which he COM
plains Is deeper than faction. 1t is
rooted in the fundamental selhshness
OF human nature. So long as men can
be influenced by contributions ostensi-
bly, to charity, there will be politicians
ready toiniluence them. Whether these
politicians shall' be regulars or insur-
gents viii make little difference in the
morals or the transaction.
Bear ye one another's burdens" had.
as we Interpret it, a direct personal
significance not covered by the mod
erh translation, which freely reads:
PUT all possible burdens on the
state" SI'ut this debauchlng of the
sense ofindiyldual responsibility Is not
an exclusive feature of politics or legis-
lation. 1t characterIzes business as
well. Capture of contracts by merit
alone is generally believed to be less
Sommon than by bribery or diplomatic
nursins," which is so little unlike brl-
ry in courageous analysis Of its
'ics that sometimes 1t is impossible
tell the difference. Even in society
gress has been known to be achieved
the clever discovery and utillza-
Of the weaknesses of those who
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-03
Chances of Peace in South Africa

TN SPITE of official denals the be-
lief is growing in London, accord
| L. ing to credible correspondence,
that the English government is
preparing to close up the South African
war very speedily. 1t is said that ne
gotiations are now in progress to this
end, their basis being amnesty for all
Beers save Il few notorious lawbreak-
ers: the return of all eXiles; a grant of
money to aid in the rebuilding of de-
stroyed farms: and the immediate
granting of minority representation to
the Beers in the administrative council
which will govern the annexed terri
tory, with the promise of equal repre-
sentation later and after pacification
the erection of a self governing COM
monwealth, British only in name.
OF course, this report cannot be veri-
fed. 1t is to be hoped however, that
it is true. Such terms would make Ger
tain an eventually pacified and pros
porous South Africa. Under them the
Beers would have the substance of lib
erty and lack only the technical point,
independence. Under the circumstances
it is doubtful if independence would be
for their best interests. There are not
enough of them to hold and defend 1t
against the continual encroachments of
an encircling and hostile network of
British colonies. But by amalgamation
with the English it would be possible
in course of time, and as history goes,
in course of not a long time, to build
up new independence, broader and
much more promising than the DID, so
Widened at its base that it would not
represent simply the aspirations of 70
small race of narroW-m minded though in
tensely courageous cattle farmers, two
hundred years behind the times in their
views and isolated from all the great
world movements and interests, but a
brotherhood of all the elements in
South Africa merging finally into
commonwealth like Canada or Aus
tralia.
Upon a result like that civilization
could look with qualification. 1t would
constitute almost Il justification of the
present unhappy tragedy.
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A Story Of Gilbert Stuart.

DIR. Edward Everett Hale tells this new and
amusing story about Gilbert stuart
"a great public dinner was given to Isaac
liull by the town Of Boston, and he was asked
to sit for his picture to Gilbert Stuart, the cec.
bnted artist. The picture. or copy, is in Fa-
neuil hall to this day. Everybody is dead now,
so that will make hold to tell ono of the anec.
dotcs OF the picture Stuart was himself great
braggart and he was entertaining Hull with anec-
dotcs of his English success stories of the mar
1uis of this and the baroness Of that. which
showed how elegant was the society to which
he had been accustomed. Unfortunately in the
midst OF this grandeur, Mrs. Stuart who did
not know that there was a sitter, came in with
her apron and her head tied up with some hand.
kercIief, from the kitchen, and cried out:
Did you mean TO have that leg of mutton
boiled or roastcd2"
To which Stuart replied, with presence of mind
to be recommended to all husbands, ASK your
Mistress Outlook
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THE FLAT RATE FOR ADVERTISING.
SCRANTON, MARCH 3, 1902.
The Times is correct in saving that

The Times is correct in saying that in
quantity of advertising carried it leads
the Scranton papers. BY making all
kinds of rates for all kinds of adver-
tisers it is usually easy to accumulate
quantity in advertising. The Tribune
rejects all questionable advertising, no
matter how high the offer; and it treats
all of it's advertisers exactly alike.
This, we believe, is the policy that will
win the best results in the long run.
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Phases of PLAGIARISM.

Nicholas Murray Butler and Professor BrBander
Matthews, of Columbia university, were having
a conversation, and Professor Matthews was Civ.
ing his ideas as TO plagiarism, from an article OF
his own on that subject.
I'm the case of tile first man to use an ancc.
dote," he said. there is originaltty in the case
of the second, there is plagiarism; with the third,
1t is lack of originality, and with the fourth 1T
is drawing from common stock"
"les," broke in President Butler. "and in the
case OF the fifth, it is research.'-New York
Times Magazine.
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tcnths OF 1 per cent; of Hong Kong's
SIPS, 100000, only s9373,2S9, or rs per
cent; of Korea's $4,000 900, only $780,
297, or "a per cent; of Asiatic Russia s
$1i,d5S,OOO, only s1,39O,55S. or 96 per
cent; of Siam's s12,6ii,O0O only $l64,-
I'll, or 1.2 per cent; and of Asiatlc Tur-
keys $32,j0O 900, only S2ii 900, or seven
tenths Of per cent.
We do but little better in Africa. The
total value of African imports in the
year we are considering was S3T3,Si0,-
coo. OF this we contributed S22, SIS, ,125,
or only SO per cent. The analysis of
this trade stands as follows: TO Brit
ish Africa we sent Sl9, 1906 65S. or 114
per cent. of the total; to French AZ
rlca $92G,j50, or eight tenths of 1 per
cent; to German Africa $2,I57, or three
one-hundredths of | per cent; to Por-
tuguese Africa $S31 1868, or per cent.
to Congo Free state $500, or 1 per
cent; to Liberia S27 ,355, or per cent;
to Tripol $1,3i5, or five one hundredths
of / per cent; and to Egypt sl,524, ,14i
or 20 per cent.
or the imports of North American
countries we supply a little more than
half, and can supply much more when
our lawmakers are willing to give
reciprocity fair chance. But in South
America, as has been repeatedly point
ed out, we are ineXcusably weak. It's
total imports amount to about $780,
100000, and we supply only about II per
cent. TO the betterment of these trade
conditions American craftsmanship
must earnestly address itself. Upon
its success in extending the scope and
volume of our export trade depends in
large measure the permanency of our
present uneXampled prosperity.
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Duties of the Quartermaster.

Major General Shatter, United States army,
tells this stow:
An army board examining lieutenant for pro.
motion TO the position of captain and quarter.
master. asked the candidate:
''What is the first duty of quartermaster"
''To make himself comfortable" was the reply.
"And his next duty?"
'To make his commanding officer comfortable" J"
''Very good, sir. And his final duty"
"To make himself more comfortabc!'-New
York Timcs Nagnaine.
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of an employer for the death
Il or injury sustained by an
employe in the course OF
business has been one of the most
fruitful sources of litigation in this
country and has caused the courts no
end of bother. One plan for doing away
with much of the troubesomeness Of
this question is discussed by a writer
in the March Forum. His suggestion
is that every employer require the cam
didate for employment to insure him
self against death and accident, the
employer, if necessary, to pay part of
the premiums. Where the employer con-
tributes to the premiums the policy
may contain a provision that, in case
an attempt is made to recover dam
ages of the employer under his common
law liability for negligence, no recovery
can be had on the insurance policy in
question.
This" says the writer in the Forum,
Prof. Andrew Bruce, gives the employe
a choice of remedies but takes away
neither. 1t secures to the injured man
compensation for his injuries in the
form of insurance money, in cases
where his employer would not be liable
under the common law and where,
therefore, no recovery could be had
against him as in cases of contributory
negligence 1t aoes not, however. re-
lease the employer from the liability to
which he is legally subject under the
common law. 1t is of paramount i'm
portance to the community, as well as
to the injured man himself. that such
Il person should have some means of
support. Every cripple who is unable
TO recover damages from his employer
becomes of necessity burden on the
community Accordingly, the corpor-
htions or trusts that would institute
such system and provide for that
support would become agencies of great
public good"
logical parallel to the old-age pen
sion system which is rapidly becoming
feature of American industry is The
insurance of employees while at work.
1t may be question how far it is the
duly or an employe to go in this direc-
tion and of how far it would be ad-
Nantageous to the employe for the en-
ployer to go. The duty of every man
is to take care of himself so far as he
can. 1t would not be to the interest of
any man in the long run to have this
duly assumed by another, except of
course, in case of disability. But the
havoc of an industry upon the labor 1t
employs is fair charge against its
mn
product The public, ana not the poor
unfortunate himself, should pay for it.
The Austrian who has invented shoes
ior Walklng on the water missed it
that he didn't have them on sale in
Scranton Saturday.
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TO be isolated from the outside World
if only for a day gives new realization
of the interdependence of modern life.
The sensation is very like that of a
man imprisoned. Especially keen is this
feeling when travel is interrupted, out
side newspapers are cut off and scanty
wire service practically completes the
isolation. So much are civilzations
conveniences taken as matters of course
that it is instructive, if expensive, to
have a proper appreciation of them
forced now and then.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-03

From an economic standpoint Pitts
ton is certainly to be pitied. With her
treasury empty, a $4,000 shyness in
liquor license revenue, and about $12,-
the destruction of culvert and street
by flood calling for at least $1,000 more.
Worst of all, the limit of taxation has
been reached. Craftsmanship in Pitts
ton evidently has before it brilliant
oppOrtunity.
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LOVE AND LOGIC.

Love and Logic met one day
On the glowing heather:
Said Love, with gentle whisperings,
Let us walk together
Logic's bright eyes opened wide,
AS quick she answered, "Nevcr!
The paths of Love and Logic, dear,
Were never walked together"
Della Kelsey Campbell, in the Smart Set.
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promise not to ask me any more questions.
Now, mind you can't ask another question:
i PROMISE said the old lady in a qulver of
excitement.
Well said the leglcss man, 4 had them
chawcd of Washington Correspondence New
York World.
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opportunity.

Prince Henry is correct in saying that
American railroad men know their
business. If they didn't they would
not be able over the long distances
which obtain in the United States to
give the best service at the lowest
price to be found in the world.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-03

German journalists who accompanied
the prince are complaining that they
have not been treated Hospitality in
America. Maybe they have not yet
been identified as journalists.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-03

The United States senates feeble dis
position of the Tillman outrage is a
disgrace upon representative govern
ment
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FINLEY s
SD|ilg Dress Goods.
Fine WOOL 'F0D|iCS
SILK 0ld Wool
Novelties

Opinions expressed by the leading
designers and fashion modistes indicate
that of the prevailing materials for
this seasons wear the sheer and soft
clinging plain fabrics will hold first
place, close -sheared camers hair ma
terials, and silk and wool fabrics with
small figures and stripes will comprise
the novelties.
Our assortment of crisp, sheer ma
terials is large and very complete.
They comprise all the new coloring in
plain and novel effects. Many are
brought out in single dress cuts and can
not be duplicated. We would call at
tention to the following weaves which
we are showing in line of new col
orings and black:
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1T is reported that an American pub
Usher has offered Miss Stone $4,000 for
an exclusive story of her experiences.
We doubt the story and especially the
price
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-03-03

The censuring of McLaurin means
that the Republican senators We're
coWardly.
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What ought now TO be done to Till
man is never to mention his name
again.
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TN the old store q few odd chairs and
i a choice collection of center tables,
was about the limit of our furni-
ture department. Not so in the New
Store. When our shipments have all
arrived and the two furniture floors are
filled you will find a beautiful assort-
ment of the choicest Parlor, Dining
Room, Library, Hall, Bed Room and
Den" furniture that we were able to
select from the outputs of the Grand
Rapids manufacturers.
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THE arrangement of the Wall Paper
Department is perfect. We are
prepared for the Spring rush,
which by all present indications will
commence earlier this year than usual.
Years of experience in House Decora-
ton enables us to intelligently advise
and assist you with the contemplated
alterations and improvements. Do not
hesitate to call at any time, as it will
afford us great pleasure to show you
he new and beautiful effects which have
been produced by the designer skill
for this seasons trade.
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Our Export Trade.

HE STATEMENT of Presi-
dent Mckinley in his fare
n we'll address at Buffalo that
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The Austrian who has invented shoes
FOR walking on the water missed it
that he didn't have them on sale in
Scranton Saturday.
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Industrial Insurance.

.\HE QUESTION of the liability
of an employer for the death
"A or injury sustained by an
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n n SPITE, of official denials the be-
lief is growing in London, accord
L. ing to credible correspondence
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all alone.

In New York state alone the re-
sources of savings banks ten years
ago were $667, 100000. They were on
January 1, 1901, 1867, 100000, an in
crease in resources through depos-
its and the appreciation of invest
ments of $4Oo,OOO,OOO in ten years.
Where the increase in deposits in
English government banks was SILL
100000 last year, the increase in the
banks in New York state was $780,
100000, or more than six times as
much, and New York is only one
of the states which have a separate
savings bank system conducted by
private individuals under the pro-
visions of state laws as to banks.
The private savings banks of New
York have collectively more resour-
ces than all the government savings
banks of Great Britain combined.
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AN EFFECTIVE COW STALL.

narrow trough to catch fine feed.
The outer side of manger is made of
matched lumber, sloping (from full
width at top down to the trough. The
cows are tied with ropes round the
neck, fastened to Studding at end of
manger or to one of the Stats. They
cannot step forward far enough to
soil the platform and will not step
back and lie across the edge of plat
form if no trash or bedding is left be-
hind it.
Of course I feed no whole corn
stover in these managers. Cut or
shredded fodder, hay, nubbins, mill
feed all go down the slope of man
ger and are taken from the trough or
from between the Stats. Larger scant-
ling than 2X4 would make the platform
higher and better. The accompanying
crude diagram may assist in under
standing my meaning-Ohio Farmer.
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across the Atlantic
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.
Apparent Advantage of the American
System over That in Operation
in England.

The last annual report of the Brit
ish postmaster general upon the
government or postal savings banks
shows that for the year ending jan
uary /, 1902, the excess of deposits
over Withdrawals was about $11 ,000,-
600.
The postal savings banks in Eng
land are pointed out among the ad-
vocates of government ownership as
an illustration of the superior ben
efits derived by government control
of matters which are conducted in
the United States by private indi-
viduals, states the New York Sun.
But it is observable that while the
deposits in British postal savings
banks exceeded the Withdrawals by
100000 in 1892, $25, 100000 in 1898,
$40,000,000 in 1894, and $45,000,0OO in
1895, they have since diminished to
such an extent that they exceeded
the Withdrawals last year by $11 ,OO0.-
600 only, and the experience of gov
ernment-conducted savings banks is
the same substantially in all other
countries.
In the United States, where the in
terest OF the government is limited
to supervision, and there is no Off
cial liability for either the revenues
of bonds, the business of banks has
been steadily increasing; the inter-
est paid is larger than it is in Eng
l. ~.
are materially less, and the losses
incurred by depositors are infinites-
imal in amount.
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- AEssef|lI q ;:E'''yEsSsl
lHHl5SHI,sst -
" XF
KEEPING cows CLEAN.
Simple Method Described by a West
ern Farmer Who Has Used 1t
Quite Successfully,

i think l can tell some farmers how
to keep their cows clean in the stable.
Many cows are stabbed in stalls with
out gutter or stanchion and with an
open manger, and come out in the
spring with a veneer of filth on their
hindquarters which requires the
rains of spring and half the summer
to remove.
My cow stable is too small, and hav-
ing more horse stalls than | needed, 1
took the COW stable for calves and tried
keeping our two cows in horse stalls
with the managers cut down in front so
they could reach over. But l never
could keep them clean with all the bed
ding / could use. This winter l have
it fixed to suit me and only spent
little time.
1 took inch boards from a WORKOUT
fence, and 2X4 scantling for stills, and
made platform of each stall for the
COW to stand on, just SO their hind feet
are on the edge when their noses reach
the manager. Horizontal Stats from the
side of manger next the COW so she
cannot step forward; below this is q
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-04-24
BIG LION KILLS hYENA.
Fierce South African Beast Has q
Desperate Battle With Captive of
Animal show.


Prince, the big South African lion
in an animal show at Jacksonville,
Fla, again distinguished himself the
other morning by killing a big hyena.
While his cage was being cleaned
Prince sprang over the head of the
man and escaped into the tent. There
were few people about, but they were
scattered in great alarm.
Near was fierce hyena that had
been taken out of its cage on ac-
count of its constant fights with it's
mates. Prince spied this animal and
with roar he leaped on it. The
hyena fought bravely, but the big
lion was too much for it and soon
killed it. The employees held the lion
at bay with red-hot irons and rapidly
built up a barricade around him.
Placing a small cage at one side,
Prince was driven from the carcass
of the hyena into the cage. The slid
ing door was shut down and he was
secure again. For an hour the ex-
element on Bay street was intense.
A negro was so badly terrified that
he ran two blocks and plunged into
the St. Johns river.