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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-01
THE WAGE FARMERS BULwARK
Editor of The Tribune

Editor of The Tribune
Sir: How disastrous would have been
the effect on the stock market, had the
illness and possible resignation of the
president of the gigantic steel corpora
ton been announced in Democratic times.
AS 1t Is, the market was not affected by
one-eighth of one per cent. The Demo-
cratic papers announce this, and 1t is all
the endorsement needed of Republicans
trade policies.
4 protective tariff makes business in
terests independent and self-reliant, 1t is
an anchor to windward in every time of
stress or storm. 1t Is pedestal of
hewn granite on which the loftlest super
structure can be safely built 1t is a
bank. on whose reserve funds we can
draw In times of need, 1t Is a tower OF
strength. an impregnable tower, in a
country possessing sucn immense and d.
versifed natural resources. as does the
United States.
The friends of the tariff, the Republican
party, are best fitted to attend to its
ailments. II at any time 1t should be nee
essary. There Is no need TO call in un,
successful physicians of another faith
and practice. When that course was
adopted In former years, the patient died.
We are not called upon to again provide
for the burial of our business interests.
We remember the years of mourning. 1885
1896. and the Joy with which. on that
glad day In November, 1896 we threw Off
our habiliments of woe, at the trumpet
call of William Mckinley. Then began
our march of solid prosperity, which will
continue just so long as We remain true
to ourselves, our party and our business
interests.
Walter ]. Ballard.
Schenectady, N. Y, Aug. S0
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Puzzled as to Gender,

That environment has great influence
over the minds of children when 1t comes
to the assimilation of knowledge is ever
and anon brought to the fore. An illus
tration of this was given the other day
by bright boy pupil at the Mary Dlss-
ton public school, at Tacony, where near
ly all the residents are versed in farming.
A flag raising was held at the school,
house, several days ago, and after the
banner had been flung to the breeze an
exhibition was held of the drawings and
work of the pupils during the past year.
A teacher told this story of one of her
little boy pupils: She had recited to the
class the story of the landing of the Pill
grims, and as the children had been talk
ing up the work, she requested each schol-
ar to try and draw from the imganiatlon
picture Of the Plymouth rock. Then it
was that the little fellow got up and
raised his hand.
We'll. Willie. what is it?' asked the
teacher.
"Please. ma'am, do you want hen or
a rooster drawn?' came the unexpected
reply.-Philadelphia Telegraph.
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Outline Studies
Of Human Nature
Coughs Quick Wit.

An effort of one OF John Il. Coughs
tours of the west was to arouse his con-
verts to political movement in favor of
prohibition, ard In several states the poll
ticians began to give consideration to the
cry. The distillers and liquor dealers
are said to have been SO frightened that
they employed men to follow the lecturer.
sit among the audience and endeavor to
confound him with questions. He had
worked a Topeka (kan) audience up to
fine pitch of excitement and in his ef-
fectlve manner cried:
Temperance! Temperance! Temper
nnce! 1t will mean money In your pocket,
clothes on your back, happiness In your
home and God in your heart"
Up leaped one of the paid interrupters
and shouted to the audience:
Money In your pockets! Why, fellow
citizens, follow this mans ideas and
we'll be all In the poorhouse! Think of
the fields of tasseed corn that stretch on
every side! Whisky Ia made from corn.
We sell millions of dollars worth of corn
to the whisky makers. Stop the manu-
facture of whisky. and what'll we do?"
Then, turning to Cough, he went on:
You, Mr.. Smarty-what'll we do?
Tell us, If prohibition comes, what'll we
do with our corn?'
Raise more hogs, my friend" replied
Cough without a seconds hesitation
raise more hogs!'-Philadelphi Times.
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Two Words for Kittredge.

United States Senator Kittredge, of
South Dakota, takes pride in his ability
to resist the wiles of newspaper report
ers. Long ago Senator Hanna remarked
this trait of the taciturn Dakota states
man and frequently took delight in send
ing newspaper men to interview him.
On one of these occasions metropoi
tan reporter after plying Senator Kilt
redge with questions to which he re-
ceived only crisp answers of Yes" or
NO" finally asked:
whats the largest city in South Da-
kota?"
Sioux Falls" came the unexpected re-
ply.
At once the reporter walked to Sena-
tor Hanna. who was sitting near by, and
remarked:
I've got a good beat on all the other
boys
"Iow's that?" inquired Mr.. Hanna, in
undisguised surprise.
why" answered the reporter, 'after
working for half an hour trying to teach
that South Dakota mummy to talk. I've
actually added the words Sioux Falls to
his vocabulary. y.'-Philadelphia Saturday
Evening Post.
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Duration of Eternity.

The late James B. Roberts used to say
that one of the most effective public
speakers he ever listened to was an en-
actor who turned preacher and evangel-
list, and conducted Independent and unde-
nominational revival meetings in sheer
fervor of religious enthusiasm, says the
Philadelphia Times And then Mr.. Rob-
erts would quote, with fine regard for the
phrasing. this passage from n sermon he
once heard the itinerant preacher deliver
In western mining community:
IF you men kept away from rum and
cards long enough to let your brains set
tie, and then applied the brains in an en-
deavor to realize what eternity means,
you might hesitate to plunge unprepared
into the damnation of the hereafter!
Eternity! E-ter-ni-tee!! Think of spend
ing 1t in punishment by fire!-think!!
Why, sinners, If q sparrow were to take
a drop in it's beak from the Atlantic
ocean. and hop across this continent at
the rate Of one hop per day and place
the drop in the Pacific. and were 1t to
hop back at the same rate. and take an
other drop, and come again to the Pacific,
and were to go on that way until the
waters of the Atlantic had become the
waters of the Pacifc-why. men of sin
and shame, it would not yet be sun-up in
hell"
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How Massachusetts, Does Il.

Y UPON number OF occasions
during his discussion of the
" trust problem the president
has spoken with conspicuous
approval of the corporation laws Of
Massachusetts,, indicating that IL they
were in force in all of our states there
would be little call for additional legis-
la ton upon this subject. The Philadel-
phia Press has performed an educa-
tlonal service in printing an abstract
of them.
Substantially the laws Of Massachu-
setts in regulation of corporations pro-
vide that the entire capital stock must
be paid in before business Gan begin.
New issues of stock cannot be divided
among stockholders or sold at an arbl-
trary price, but must be sold al auction
to the highest bidder or at price to be
fixed by a state commission. Directors
are made liable personally for the debts
of the corporation in excess of the capi-
tai; also for making or consenting to
dividend when the corporation Is, or Is
thereby rendered, insolvent to the ex-
tent of the dividend and for debts con-
tracted between the time of making or
and it's repayment. The directors and
the treasurer are also Liable for sign
ing any statement required by law as
to the value of property received in
payment for capital stock when the
valuat ton is not fair, for signing any
certificate required by law, knowing 1t
to be false, and for debts contracted
before the original capital was paid in
and certificate of payment filed. Every
corporation is required to file annually
with the secretary of state a statement
of it's condition showing its assets and
liabilities, together with a list of its
stockholders, giving the number of
shares held by each. Failure to file
such certificate for two successive
years is ground for dissolution.
1t will, we think, be apparent from
this abstract that the presidents ad-
miration for the Bay state way of safe
guarding public interests in incorpor-
ations of capital and enterprise is justi-
fed. The regulations present no fea
tuiV " "iiSh .ioiSSe hiSii "
do an honest business could rea sonably
object. The requirements Of RESPONSE
bility and publicity do not exceed fair
ness. If it were in the power of con-
gress without amendment of the fed
eral constitution to take over from the
various states the regulation of cor
porations, we can see no better model
for national act than the Massachu-
setts law. If it were on the statute
books Of every state, corporations Gre
ated out of wind by promoters who look
to gudgeons to vitalize their excessive
stock issues through a process of un-
loading only little different from
highway robbery could not be floated
With ease in times Of speculation, and
widows and orphans would not have so
much reason as at present to regret
their trust in mankind.
While no act of assembly or congress
can keep fool and his money together,
the power which gives legal existence
to corporatio should be charged with
the responsibility of the supervision OF
it's offspring and should undertake to
lay out for its creature straight and
narrow way.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-01
Who Would Do the Fighting.

AS Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles
stood reviewing the Memorial day parade
in Washington a reporter whose impress
sions of the man had been gained at ban
Quets where the commander OF the army
wore evening dress was so struck by the
imposing appearance of the general as
to venture remark as to how his uni
form changed him from a dapper elder
ly gentleman to a formidable warrior.
(which illustrates" replied the general,
"that If clothes do not make the man. the
uniform goes a long way toward making
the officer.
'And this reminds me-" he added, "of
an experience out west, when i was a
colonel. l had put a lot of recruits in
their first uniforms. and told them that
l expected every one of them to honor his
uniform by behaving like a major gen.
eral,
IAN who'd do tn fightin', thin?" in
quired one Of the recruits. who had not
yet learned to listen to his superiors in
silence"
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productive, nothing more enjoyable,
nothing more worthy Of a freeman"
If we continue to conduct our ma
tional affairs on sound economic lines
till 1910, the progress then shown will
be far greater than the present almost
incredible ten years gain OF seven
thousand, six hundred and eighty-nine
millions of gold dollars.
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OUR ONE GREAT NEED.

1t Is aggravating to realize, that mainly
for the want of American ships. we only
sent to Africa last fiscal year, per cent.
of our s4ll 900 total export of manufac-
tories. The showing with other water
reached world divisions Except Europe)
was almost as bad being only 80 per
cent. to Asia, per cent. to Oceanica, and
GIG per cent. to South America.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-01

The report from Chicago that the
proposed merger Of packing house in
terests has been abandoned in conse-
quence OF notice from the president
that II 1t went through he would direct
an attack upon 1t with all the resources
of the government is credible. BY this
time the managers Of the meat trust
know that Theodore Roosevelt is a man
of his word,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-01

Rarely have the mutations of politics
been more vividly illustrated than In
the case of General Alger, who, in as
pring to succeed the late Senator Nc
MILAN, finds 1t expedient to sound the
praises of Theodore Roosevelt. the man
whose round robin once gave Alger
such q spasm.
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der shall be maintained, come what
may; and that In contending for what
they believe to be their own rights,
they shall not lose sight of the equally
precious rights of others.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-01

Another exceptionally cordial mes
sage of good will to the American gov
ernment and people has been received
from the empress dowager Of China.
This astute old lady, unlike some per-
sons who have welded great power, Is
evidently able to gain wisdom from
experience.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-01

Professor Hobson, Oxford lecturer on
economics, has arranged to give nine
months to the study of American poll
tics, the trust problem and the negro
question. He will be kept busy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-01

The newspapers are hardly fair to
President Schwab Of the steel trust in
pursuing him on his sick leave vaca-
tion, so as to chronicle the minute de-
tails of his daily doings. We doubt
that public interest warrants the ex-
penditllre
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Pennsylvania.
LAKE WiNOLA, Pa.
HOTEL CLIFTON

Special rates at Hotel Clifton, Lake WI
nola, for September. Purchase tickets to
Factoryville and return only. Hotel Cliff
ton hacks meet trains leaving Scranton
as follows: a. M, 1.10 p. M, 4 p. m. and
6.1O p. m. Launches meet hotel hacks for
any part of the lake.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-01

In addition to paying 100000 more
dividends this year than last, the
Southern Railway company pocketed
more than half million increase in
net earnings. which will explain why
the profession Of calamity bowling is
at a discount in the South just now.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-01

Sixteen weeks of strike gone and nc
sign of settlement in sight. Does II
pnyp
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COUNTY.
IeeislatiYe.

Fxst District-JOSEPH OLIVER.
s%ond District---JO!N SCHEtER, JR.
1Hird District EDWARD ia MES.
Fourth District-P. A. PlIILB1N.
Election day, Nov 1.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-01

Spokane's chief Of police has just been
held up and robbed by highwayman,
but the joke has been on Scranton since
the time that our police safe was
cracked and looted in the police head
quarters.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-01

The soldiers at Shenandoah have been
very patient with the elements that
seem to desire disorder. The serving of
notice that this patience is not weak
ness was timely and in the interest of
Dcnar
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And still the rumble of an irresisti-
BILE revolution in favor of Pattison fails
to connect with eXpectant Democratic
earQrumS
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Comparative Study
Of Our Exports
Special Correspondence.


Washington, Aug. 81.
~ HE DETAILS of the July exports
have just been made public by the
treasury bureau of statistics. They
show that the expectation of man.
uactures is greater than in July OF last
year and forms an unusually large per-
Centage of the total exports. This is due
to the fact that the very small eXporta-
tions of corn and other cereals have made
the total of July exports unusually small,
though a careful examination of the de-
tails of the months expectation of man.
ufactures shows that in most cases they
exceeded those of the corresponding
month of last year. Importations of
manufacturers materials continue to
form the chief feature of the increasing
imports. The total importation of man
ufacturers materials for the seven
months ending with July Is $2522, ,3O5 ,050,
against s2!l ,jS7,7G7 in the corresponding
months of last year, while the total eX-
portation of manufactures is s2i5, 756, G52,
against $236. 093, 4.9 in the corresponding
months of last year.
The tables which follow show the de-
tailed statements of imports and exports
for the month of July, 1902 compared
with July of the preceding year:
Imports by great classes during month
of July.
1901 1902
Dollars. Dollars.
Food and animals ......l S,77O.57O 1881, ,1G7
Crude articles for use in
manufacturing .222, ,3SS,765 24.7S1, $50
Articles wholly or par
TALLY manufactured
for use as materials in
the manufactures and
mechanic arts ........ 7,79o,714' S,499, ,430
Manufactured articles
ready for consump-
ton .....................12, IL, ,421 ,9l6 151S7,313
LuXuries, etc ............1l, ,705. .469 1888, ,573
Total imports .........73.0S .i35 1913, ,143
Exports by great classes during month
of July.
Products Of 1901. 1907
Dollars. Dollars.
Agriculture ......... 66,SSS,43 45,251. .5A
Manufactures ...... 31.S52. .440 1858. .S4S
Mining ............... 3,563,1SG 2,S0S.542
Forest ............... 4,259,047 1900, ,931
Fisheries ............ 364006 1890
Miscellaneous ..... S3,1iS 10G,642
Total domestic ....... .107, ,O1O,3G5 $3.50, ,226
Foreign ................. 2,442145 1,946, ,631
Total exports ......... .lO9, ,452, $40 SSS06,S57
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REPUBLICAN TICKET.
State.

State.
Governors. w. PENNYPACKER.
Lieutenant Governor-W NJ. BROWN.
Secretary of Internal Affairs-lSAAC b.
BROWN.
County.
Congress--W1LI.IAM CONNELL.
Judge-A. a. VOSBURG.
ommissioners-JOHN COURIER NOR
RIS. JOHN PENA1AN.
Mine rsnectore-ILFW M. EN-
ANS, DAVID n WILLIAMS.
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These are only few examples of our
ten years agricultural progress. When
we come to figure for the whole coun-
try, the results are almost incapa BILE of
belief:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-01

A "For Rent" sign
on your house will
only be seen by the
casual passerby.
A "For Rent" ad.
in THE TRIBUNE will
be seen by ALL who
may be contemplating
q change Of residence.
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Total imports .........73. 0So. 435 70, 1913, IA;
Exports by great classes during month
of July.
Products Of 1901 1902
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-29
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

About 20 members of the New Eng
land Order of Protection, visited Mr.
and Mrs. David Fitzgerald at their
home last evening, and presented
them with an easy chair. Refresh
ments of ice cream and cake were
served.
The Flagg restaurant in MILESTONE
building was sold by auction by Chief
of-Police Hall yesterday on foreclos-
ure proceedings. 1t was bought by
r. c. Bacon, who it is understood,
represented e. E. Flagg, who held the
mortgage.
The supreme court has reversed the
judgment of the county court in the
case of Jason w. Rice VS.. Frank d.
Chase and Homer Lord, for trespass.
The case hinged on the disputed own
ership of a woodlot in Somerset. The
judgment of the county court was for
the plaintiff to recover about $500
damages.
Mrs. Ellen Kaine, SO, wife of John
KANE and mother of John I. KANE,
the grocer. died suddenly at her home
on Elliot street Wednesday. She was
born in Ireland, but had lived in Brat
tleDOrO SOME OO years hS AuhSl al
was held in the Roman Catholic
church this morning, Rev. Father Cum
ningham officiating. The burial was
in the Roman Catholic cemetery.
The bearers were William Martin,
Matthias Sullivan, Charles Mack,
Michael Devine, Frank Hagan and
John Devine.
The Springfield Republicans politi
cal expert has reviewed the referen.
dunn question in Vermont, and quoted
from the state declaration of rights
to show that at would call for a
desperate straining with legal bubbles
ito maintain that while the people
may instruct their representatives In
unspecified ways, their representa-
tives cannot, of their own motion
seek instruction from the people
1t sums up the claim of Moloney
Davenport and others by saying: 1.-THE
Democrats of Vermont in this matter
hold to most undemocratic posi-
ton"