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The Washington times., 1902-08-23

II was quite an odd coincidence that
Acefuil should win ana Nine Spot finish
second in the same race the ether day.
Many OF the faro players took the hap
pening as a hunch and at tho clubhouses
where the clink OF the chips reg lunds
from dusk 10 dawn the ace and the nine
were played strongly. The first named
was played open and the latter with the
copper on.
The Washington times., 1902-08-23
AMERICAN BRAINS and
Drawn In THE lead
Result of Recent Industrial
Investigation.
LOCAL LABOR STRENUOUS
Active Qualities Combined in Workmen
of More Moment Than All Modern
Machines Made-British Iron and
Trade Association Report.

A commission appointed by the British
Iron Trade Association recently visited
this country and investigated labor con-
ditions in the iron and steel industries
in the United States IN contrast with
those in the United Kingdom and Eu-
ropean countries in general.
This commission consisted of Mr.. J.
s. Jeans, whose name is already we'll
known to the people of the United
States as an authority upon these sub
jects; Mr.. Axel Sahlin, an expert in
blast-furnace work; Mr.. Ebenezer
Parkes. whose special study was sheet
and bar mill practice; and Mr.. Enoch
James, who gave special attention to
the steel industry; while Mr.. Jeans
special work was to report upon the
general economic and Industrial ccndi-
tions
The report of this commission. ac
cording to some extracts which have
reached the Treasury Bureau OF Statis-
tics, points out that in the United States
the iron and steel Industries are face to
cace with conditions that make both the
dearest anc cheapest labor at present
to be found in the world-thc dearest
in point of nominal remuneration, an.
the cheapest it the industrial and eco
nomic results.
''Tbe workmcn at American mills,
says Mr.. Jamas in his share Of the re-
rort. ARE generally supposed to be
working much harder than they do in
this country (England), but this is not
my own view. After much conversation
with many men in various branches whb
had been employed in similar works in
England, and some of them subject to
my own control, the conclusion | have
arrived at is that the American work
men do not work so hard as the mer
in TppiaDd
The Washington times., 1902-08-23

Frank Farrell has sold his three-year-
old colt Five Nations to Morris Hay
man for the stated price OF 81 600.
Early this spring Five Nations gave
every indication OF developing into
The Washington times., 1902-08-23

"Packey" Ryan. the Western plunger.
has decided 10 sell his entire racing
stable on the opening day at Sheepshead
Bay The fast mare Roxane. purchased
by him from Col James Z. Pepper for
$1,000. is among the lot. also Nones.
The Washington times., 1902-08-23
Must be High-Grade wcrkmen.

They have to be attentive in guiding
operations and quick in manipulating
levers and similarly easy work. They
ire also much more desirous of getting
out large quantities than in England.
They are better paid and more regular
in their attendance at the works. loss
of time through drinking habits or 9TH
erwise not being tolerated.
Mr.. Sahlin in his section of the re-
port says that the American workman
generally aspires to the higher grades
Of labor. leaving the purely manual Ia
Dor to workmen from other countries.
Thus it is he says, that around
American blast furnaces the American
is found in very decided majority
Re may be a foreman, master me-
chanic, blast engineer, locomotive
driver or stove tender. but he will not
work eighty-four hours per week SHOW
cling ore or wheeling scrap. For these
duties are employed in the South the
negroes. and at the Northern furnaces
immigrants, mostly Irish, Slavs or
Italians"
The Washington times., 1902-08-23

According to report from Chicago a
match race has been arranged between
Brigadicr and Jack Ratlin for 81 500.
The Washington times., 1902-08-23

John Z. Madden has purchased the in
terest of T. Hitchcock, ir.. in the two
year old colt River Pirate. bought re-
Gently from S s. Brown for $l0. 600. IT is
said. River Pirate viii be started in the
Futuriiy by Madden. together with his
crack flly Merry Reel. by Mirthful-
V. Madden, who captured the
Futurity last year with Yankee, be
lieves that Merry Reel has an excellent
chance TO win this years race.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-02
TEpMe. Shopper year, in advance
Six Months so cents.

the gem changed hands, for the mer-
chant sold it to another who was
passing toward Herat. So the Buddha
Khan rode through the mountains in
the girdle of this good Mohammedan,
who stopped his animals and prayed
five times each day to Allah for the
welfare of his soul.
So after circling half the earth the
great gem returned to his beloved
Nepaul. And when the little mahara-
jah saw it he straightway bought it,
for the war was over and his Golfers
were replenished. He took it to his
little princess. "Star of the SOUTH" he
whispered, 81 have brought thee an old
friend" The Buddha Khan heard a
little eager cry of delight and his soul
thrilled with happiness. Surely he
knew that voice! And when the
maharajah lifted the lid of his casket
the great gem gazed up into a pair Of
eyes whose brilliancy only equalled his
own-the eyes of his Nepaules princess.
Salaam sahib, they all lived happy ever
after. LEO.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-02

the Buddha Khan lay behind grating
and huge plate glass window, and
looked out at the foggy, noisy street,
and at these strange people of the
north land. And he dreamed much of
the palace gardens of the south and
his little Nepaulese princess.
One day French gentleman passed
that way-yes, he was count-and
bought the Buddha Khan and carried
| it to Paris-that name also seems
familiar,-then be had it set in a ring
and went around wearing it on his
finger-fool that he was! They found
him one morning lying in deserted
street and the Buddha Khan was gone.
The new owner of the great Jewel
fled eastward as fast as steam could
carry him, passing through many lands
until he came to the great white city
of st. Petersburg. But the Buddba
Khan burned his fingers, and he sold
it quickly to merchant travelling
toward the Oxus, for the European
police were raking the continent with
a fine tooth. comb. And once again
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-02
A REPLY TO A EU-
LOGY ON BISMARCK.

| Prussia" No better example of his
implacable, vicious cruelty, and lack of
moral element can be found than in
the following:
During the French war the first
attempt at peace negotiations had
ended in smoke, and when Jules Favre
repaired to Versailles to resume the
discussion which had been broken off at
Ferries, Bismarck represented that if
the French still clung to their previous
principle of mot an inch OF our soil,
not stone of our fortresses" it was
useless to waste any more time on the
subject. "My time," he said, "is pre-
cious, so is yours; and l don't see why
we should waste it. Moreover, you
have come too late, for there, behind
that door, is a delegate from Emperor
J Napoleon LII. and | am about to treat
with him." The prospect of the new
republic being thus, after all, sup
planted by the resuscitated empire,
filled Favre with feeling of indescrib-
able fear. Bismarck perceiving at
glance the enormous advantage gained
over his opponent, said, "Besldes why
should l treat with your Why give to
your republic an appearance of legality
| by signing treaty with its representa-
tive? In reality you are only band
of rebels. Your Emperor, should he
be allowed to return by us from cap
tivity i'll Germany, would be entitled to
shoot you all down as rebels"
"But should he return" cried Favre,
with a face of horror, "there will be
civil war and anarchy"
"Well," replied Bismarck with cynical
Indifference, 81 do not see what harm
that would do us Germans"
What spectacle! Your greatest
man of his age" ready to let loose the
horrors of civil war upon an already
stricken nation.
Political necessity or diplomacy
might be offered as an excuse for this
act, and so too might the same excuse
be offered for the fOrcible annexation
of the Kingdom of Hanover to the
Prussian crown, but only the lack of
moral something can explain the theft
of the private fortune of the King of
Hanover by Bismarck.
bismarck, the greatest man of his
age," invites comparison with men of
other nations, and he surely suffers by
such comparison. Bismarck is of the
type of man who rise to power by "do-
ing things" Of this type we have Jay
Gould, Morgan, Rockefeller and Carn-
egie, while England has Cecil Rhodes
and Upton. Above this type of man
stands another and higher type, such
as Gladstone, Lincoln, Pope Leo III.
and the late Bishop Whipple. Mr..
Gladstone said of Bismarck, "a very
big man, M doubt, but very unscrupu-
lous;" and the noted French diplomat,
M. Theirs, declared him to be "a bar
barian Of the type of Atilla or Gener-
Sic" have no quarrel with Bismarck
as a great German, but as 'the greatest
man of his age," HerGsts NIT ihns.
F. r. r.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-02
66e ssGreateSt
Man Of His
Age"
Paper Read Before the en- 1,.to,.qua circle.

7HEN man who has held a
AA/ high position is praised on
Y Y one side and abused on the
other, it is generally an
indication that he is person of more
than ordinary ability. When that
praise and abuse has spread over a
period of fifty years during life, and
continues even after the mantle of
death has fallen, he may be justly con-
sidered as character of historical i'm
pOrtance. Bismarck has been accorded
this kind of treatment and his place in
contemporary history is, and ever will
be, matter for dispute.
1t is very difficult for one to form a
just judgment of character of another
nation, particularly when that character
is of another generation. That Bis
marck was a great man all must
concede. but the greatest of his age,
never! Bismarck looms gigantic to
the German mind for no other reason
than that he was their only great man
and when you have but one article of
kind its value becomes inflated far
beyond its intrinsic worth.
True greatness implies moral
element, and in Bismarck this was con-
spicious by its absence, or rather by
its suppression. That which benefited
Prussia was to him lawful and moral,
and those things that benefited Prussia
were only those that could be obtained
through the debasement of every moral
quality. The entire public life of
Bismarck was one of intrigue, decep-
tion and brutality. Those who opposed
his policy were overcome, with no
more regard for morality than a Sioux
would show an enemy.
Unlike most great men, Bismarck's s
career was not checkered one. Its
growth was not rapid but rather of the
sure and steady order. From 1851 to
1859 he served as member of the diet
of the German Federation and de-
monstrated his great value to Prussia
by exhibiting ability in the effort to
checkmate Austria and place Prussia
at the head of the German States. In
this effort he met with success, dis
playing extraordinary craft and show
ing the world that as statesman he
possessed all the qualities of lion, fox
and snake. For his work at Frankfort
he was rewarded with the embassy at
st. Petersburg, and in 1862 was pro-
NOTED to first minister to the Prussian
crown. From 1862 until his retirement
his life was one of turmoil, and his
ambitions can be summed. up, in the
one phrase, anything to advance
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-06
The "Antis" Disappointed.

" v Mess the nti-mperialists
can impeach either the ver-
~ acity or the intelligence of
Judge Taft their case is
gone. The purport of his testimony is
clean cut in its denial of the premises
upon which the opponents OF the ad-
ministration are building.
His story of the aims of the commits
sion and of the methods it has en-
ployed leaves not q vestige of the
assertion that q tyranny has been in
contemplation or that there is any wish
TO deny to the Fllipinos the utmost
liberty consistent with their own
safety and the fulfllment of the obli-
cations of the Paris treaty.
If the criticism We're justifable it
would be that Governor Taft's policy,
as outlined by him, is dangerous on
the score of it's excessive liberality. He
believes that Kindness will win even
among Nralays. He is going upon the
supposition that there is no race so
treacherous or deceitful that when it
discovers that the intentions of it's
rulers are humane and generous and
designed honestly for the races benefit
it will not be converted from suspicion
and distrust to appreciation and conf
dence.
AS u proposition applicable to an An
glo-SaXon community this is sound
doctrine. Whether it applies also to
the Filipinos is another question Gen
eral Chaffee, whose honesty of purpose
is fully as we'll established as is that
of Governor Taft takes the exactly
opposite view. He says that the entire
Filipino race is treacherous by instinct
and not for q moment to be trusted out
of sight. These radically different
views naturally explain tile differences
which have arisen between the civil
and military arms of the Philippine adj
ministration. They arise from the ma
ture of things. They are inevitable
wherever a military and civil policy
are competitive.
Since the burden of responsibility
rests on Governor Taft, he is clearly
entitled to have his policy prevail. He
will be judged finally by it's results, and
should therefore be unhampered in
striving TO produce them. But the mere
statement of the facts disproves ut
terly the claim of inhumanity in the
Philippines. Those who are trying to
asperse the good name of their own
country and discredit its responsible
agents in the performance of a task
most difficult at best receive scant en-
couragement from the testimony of the
one American now living whose testi-
to weight.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-06

classed under the following eleven
heads, close study of which is invited
in order that the reader may become
familiar with their application to the
matter in hand;
"A.-Due to faults of those failing!
"q) Incompetent Irrespective of
other causes).
"(2) Inexperience (without other in
competenne).
"t3) Lack of capital.
"tD Unwise granting of credits.
"(j) Speculation (outside regular busi-
ness).
"t6) Neglect OF business Cdue to
doubtful habts).
90 Personal extravaganza.
"(S) Fraudulent disposition OF prop
ertv.
"B.--Not due to faults OF those fail
ing
"(9) Specific conditions disaster, etc.).
900 Failure of others (of apparently
solvent debtors).
lid Special or undue competition.
Eight OF these eleven causes, il will
De observed, may properly be claSsed as
proceeding from, or attributable to, the
trader himself, while the remaining
three may just as clearly be said to be
beyond his control. OF the failures re-
ported in the United States during the
past year 71.d per cent. were reported
due to one or more of the first eight
mentioned causes-in other words, more
than seven-tenths were due to faults of
those failing, while ESQ per cent. were
due to faults of Others"
The element of chance in business is
thus shown to be somewhere between
one-fourth and one-third. That leaves
ample scope for the exercise of indi-
vidual merit. In no other field of human
endeavor is it, in our opinion, less.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-06
Were Senator's DeceivedP

There is also this passage in Mr.
Chandler's letter:
All through those April days there were two
fears among the war senators:
%. That there would be SO much delay that
a European continental combination would be
formed to say 10 the United States that Spain
must not be compelled wholly to give up Cuba;
G) That the administration would come TO
an understanding with Spain that il she would
be liberal enough in her promises OF autonomy
to Cuba the president would consent to the re.
tention of sovereignty over the island by SPAIN
This last fear was freely expressed in private
conferences OF senators. The president was per.
sonally urging congressman 10 give him more
time. Senator Cushman H. Davis was induced by
the president to advise delay \ senator said to
him: SIS the president telling Spain that she
must give independence to Cuba or war will
come? Ii So however little may be our faith
that Spain will agree to that condition, time
should he given to take tile chances that she
will" Mr.. Davis said that the negotiations
were being so directed and assured the senator
that he had seen a telegram which went to
Madrid, directing Minister Woodford to exact rs
a condition of peace that Spain must reinqush
sovereignty TO the people of Cuba. Another
senator, frequent caller at the white house. con-
frmed Mr.. Davis statement that the telegram
had been sent. and Mr.. Davis made the state
mcnt to more than one senator.
More than a year after the war had ended Mr.
Davis told two senators that he owed them an
explanation. He then referred to the telegram,
which he reasserted he had seen and at the time
believed was sent, but he said that later he came
to learn that it had not been sent. He imputed
no bad faith to any one, only change OF pur.
pose, but he said he felt bound to inform the two
senators that he had learned that any intention
to send the telegram had not been carried out.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-06
The Lesson.

T<HE CONFESSION of Mrs.
Soffel that her offense arose
Il. from sympathy and not
from passion is credible.
But it contains a lesson. The access
given by nanv Jail administrations to
women afflicted with mawkish senti-
mentality for condemned criminals is
something that can easily be remedied.
The lesson Of the Biddle case is that it
should be remedied without delay. No
woman should be admitted to see any
notorious criminal unless a relative;
and then there should be a strict es-
pionage. The lengths to which Mrs.
SoffeI went are unusual, but she SIM
ply went to the limit of the journey
which hundreds of women enter upon
when they deluge criminals with flow
ers write sympathetic letters and 9TH
erwise let their pity run away with
their common sense. Since a remedy
of this peculiar condition of things is
not to be had from women themselves
it must be applied with firmness by
the men in charge of our jails in the
form of a dead line against all forms
of feminine nawkishness.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-06

vN THE YEAR 1901. according to
Bradstreet, 10,64S American trad
4. ers became embarrassed, with
debts amounting to 13O,1O9,6TS
and assets of only $61,09S,SS1, gain, in
numbers, of IA per cent. over the rec
ord for 1900, but yet only SS-100ths Of l
per cent. of the great business army of
the United States, which, in 1901, num-
bered 1,201,S62 traders, or 3.4 per cent.
more than in 1900. The proportion fail
ing was only fraction larger than in
1889 and back of that year no percent
age of number failing so small is re-
corded nearer than the year 1882 There
are 100000 more persons in business
now than in 1892, but the number OF
failures in 1901 was less than per cent.
larger. In other words, failures have
increased only one-fourth as rapidly as
has the number of people in business
Yet the failures are numerous enough
to justify the inquiry which Bradstreet
makes as to their causes. Foremost of
these is insufficient capital; banking
on expectations rather than assets.
Thus. last year, SO per cent. of those
traders who became embarrassed in the
United States and Canada had either a
very moderate credit rating or We're
possessed of none at all. This is the
largest percentage shown in any year
Cor decade past. Never, in fact, since
1892, when 90 per cent. of those failing
were possessed of only II moderate or
no credit rating, has the percentage
been so high as it was in the past year.
In 1900 the percentage was only s47 per
cent. This percentage has fallen as low
as 69.7, the latter being reached in that
year of financial stress, 1893, Ever since
that year the proportion has tended TO
rise steadily, slowly at first, in such
years as 1894, 1895 and 1896, and more
rapidly as business improved, oppor-
tunities widened and venturers became
more bold
These statistics, harmonizing, as
they do, over period of years, would"
says Bradstreet, "seem to absolutely fix
and confirm the statement that in nor
mai years, or in years of prosperity,
good credit is the one most important
asset, without which all success is vain.
Confirmatory will be found the statis-
tics as to the percentage of capital em-
ployed. OF the 1927 failures reported
in the United States and Canada, 91.6
per cent. We're those possessed of only
$1,000 capital or less. This percentage
compares with 942 per cent. in 1900 and
93,i per cent. in 1899 In view of the
general belief that the great develop
ment of large corporations in the past
few years has been unfayorable TO
those possessed of small capital, the
fact that the percentage of those fail
ing has been smaller than in either OF
the two preceding years is Of interest"
Our contemporary continues: 1.-The
saying that man is the architect of
his own fortune, and that, generally
speaking, the individual trader pos
sesses within himself the elements of
success or failure in the business world,
has been very effectively demonstrated.
Experience over period Of years has
shown that the causes OF commercial
embarrassment may be quite generally
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-06
"IF YOU LOVE ME, TELL ME so.'

Eager lips oft grow so dumb,
When youths ardors have departed,
And alas too quickly come
Days when love is hungry.hearted,
Then, to sweet old memories turning,
How our tears In secret flow,
And we long to whisper, yearning,
III you love Inc, tell me so."
Though we doubt not, deep within,
Still that wistiul pain besets us,
And we wonder-is it sin2-
If the worshiped one forgets us.
Oh, for one dear little token.
Fragrant of the long ago,
One endearment, acted, spoken'-
IF you love me, tell me 50"
Why, Oh dearest, put away
All loves tenderness and sweelnessH
These should be the same for aye,
As love grows TO its completeness.
Spare not, then, the cid earesses;
Sweeter every year they grow,
All! the thrill OF lips on tresses!
III you love me, tell me So"
Tell me so by day and night,
And forever, knowing, surely,
Meier the fount Of loves delight
overbrimmed it, yelling purely.
Dear, ah, deep the wells Of loyingl
Out OF Gods own heart they flow,
Living wells, for ever moving
III yea love me, tell me So"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-06
Blankets

Our Blankets at regular
prices are the best values on
the market. All are marked
down, and are here at these
figures, 95c. Sl.5O, 81. so.
$3.75, S4.88, Sc. so.
We call special attention to
the $4.SS and $3.50 Blank
cts being extra size, all wool
aud shrunk.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-06

Eighty-five cent gas is not so much
the need Of this city as gas which
gives a bright, clear light--gas with
some body to it, The diaphanous arti-
Gle now supplied under that title is q
good example of what gas ought not
to be, regardless of price.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-06
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
controller--EVAN II. MORRIS.
Election February 1s

Just what Is back of the furry in
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
stock remains to be disclosed I'M
doubtedly there is a chen on" The
fact that the stock is in demand, how
ever is enough to satisfy Scranton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-06

Any man can afford to be vacccnated
and will not be deserves term in Jail.
Even those who do not believe in
vaccination owe something to the gem
eral welfare.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-06

Editor Meek's attempt to fight DER,
in the courts of Cleartield, the political
battles of the past will probably not
succeed; but it shows what Penn
sylvania editor will try to do when
Cornered
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-02-06

Report has it that President Diaz OF
Mexico desires 10 retire. The fact that
he can contemplate retirement without
-misgiving as TO his country's future
is the best proof that could be offered
of the thoroughness of his work. Diaz
statesmen.