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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-04
Fiscal years
1c0r ION

Freight carried
one mile, tons. SIS ,567, 77OsO1 141, 162 100, ,413
Number of farms 4,564,641 5,739,657
wage earnerS,
M q. nufacturing
industries ...... 4,712,622 5719, ,137
Railways, miles in
Operat1on........ 1Sl ,O60 vi, S39
Freight rate per
ton mile in 1880. SIC 75c
These constantly reducing freight rates
certainly do not show that combinations
railways at least increase prices to the
country, even though our railways are so
largely increasing their profits.
The greater southwest. by which I
mean that territory bounded on the east
by the Mississippi, north by the Missouri
south by the Gulf and west by line
drawn from Kansas City to Ell Paso, is
going to afford tremendous market for
the products of the manufacturing GEN.
ters of the country. ry."-Presldent Yoakum
of the st. Louis and San Francisco rail-
road.
The markets foundation is absolutely
sound and rests upon the only real corner
stone-the only new wealth ever credited
IA bountiful harvest"
The granger roads are apt to feel the
effects of this new wealth first. as the
western farmers will discount the well
les and luXuries far in advance of the
sale of their crops. The shrewdest
flnanciers see in this factor the greatest
bull argument, as they insist that we
shall make the first payments for crops
to the west with manufactured goods in
stead of cash TO a larger degree than
ever in our history.-Daily Financial
News. New York.
In Texas and the territories alone, es-
timating the cotton crop at 3,5O00O0 bales.
the farmers will realize on cotton and
cotton seed products alone, at present
prices. about s135.OO0,000.
James II. Eckes. president of the COM
mercial National bank of Chicago. says
that reports received from correspond
ents demonstrate very clearly that the
crop condition of the country, as they
now are, warrant the belief that the
country is to have an unusually large
yield of corn, wheat, oats. flax, cotton
and hay; that general business conditions
are to continue at high-water mark In
the agricultural communities; that bank
deposits will not fall off but rather In
crease.
A Washington dispatch says the Repub-
lican managers have decided upon
speaking campaign. Good speaking can
assist the Republican newspapers during
the last weeks of a campaign, but the
regular reader of Republican newspa-
per is always posted and ready to vote.
Newspapers, after all, best serve the
party. for they reach every family and
promote home discussions of live issues
with protection and prosperity" en-
blazoned on our banners we can safely
say with General Grant, Gwen fight It
out ON this line, II 1t takes all summer"
Schenectady, n. Y, Sept. 3.
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Labor Commissioner Wright
Il. as result of his study of
the anthracite labor situation are all
reasonable, conservative and sound
We do not see how any fair-minded
man can object to one OF them. They
in effect call for new miners union,
to be made up, differed and controlled
by anthracite men; a union financially
responsible in any contract entered
upon; union, Furthermore, pledged to
non-inferference with non-union men;
this union to name. with the operators
joint conciliation board, to investi-
gate thoroughly mining conditions and
to try all grievances, two-thirds vote
to be decisive. For company hands a
nine-hour day, at least experimentally;
the uniform adoption of ton price for
mining coal, with check weighmen; and
term contracts with the union--thesA
are the concessions recommended to the
operators.
Conditioned upon the unions being
what Mr.. Wright outlines--and nothing
In his outline is impossible of achieve
ment by the men--we should think that
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~
AA present prosperity will con-
q ~ tinue 80 long as the Ameri-
can people are true to protec-
tion." He adds:
"The natural wealth Of the country
is vast, there are still great areas un-
cultivated great storehouses of power
yet undeveloped. With stable condi-
tions the steady tide of wealth will
rise. Some things I achieved in my
life which are remembered, and these
l achieved because I had perfect faith
that the American people would estab-
lish and cling to the principles that
have made the nation industrially
great. My belief was justified. 1t has
been my fortune to see the country
grow. l went to st. Louis, as a boy of
sixteen, when it had population Of
$500, and Chicago was still Fort Dear
born and a few shantes I came to
Philadelphia in 1888. It's population
was 225,OOO, while that of New York
was only 10000. My father obtained
the first charter for a railroad granted
anywhere in the world, and 1 have had
something to do with nearly every rail-
road since built in the United States.
Therefore the wonderful progress we
have made unrolls itself before my
memory as great panorama, and
when L see the steady growth, the
magnificent advance,>I cannot but he
lieve that the nation is destined to
greater things. I know something of
our undeveloped resources, and 1 re-
peat that few of us have yet grasped
the possibilities that lie before u.s."
The American people will remain
true to protection" They have no
wish to kick over the ladder by which
they rose.
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The military team practice up on the
New England coast indicates that
Uncle Sans forces are prepared to
make good showing any time if chal-
lenged to a game upon the home
grounds.
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The prominent men who have been
deputized to settle the strike are be-
coming almost as numerous as the citi-
zens Of fame enjoying, perfect, health
through the agency Of patent medi-
cines,
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AND NOT FOR NOTHING.
From Mahin's Magazine,

From Mahin's Magazine.
Advertisers are paying nearly a hun
dred millions year to tho papers and
magazines. besides the millions upon mil
lions more spent in circulars, bill boards
and other up-to-date methods of getting
their goods before the public.
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REPUBLICAN TICKET.
State.

Governor-S. w. PENNYPACKER.
Lieutenant Governor--W. M. BROWN.
Secretary of Internal Affairs-ISAAC B.
BROWN.
County.
Congress-w1Ii1.IAM CONNELL.
Judge-A. a. VOSBURG.
Commissioners-JOHN COURIER MOR-
R1S. JOHN PENMAN.
Mine rectors-LLEVELYN NJ. EV-
ANS, DAVID r. WILLIAMS.
Legislative.
First District-JOSEPH OLIVER.
Second District-JOIiN SCHEuER, JR.
THIRD District-EDWARD JAMES.
Fourth District--P A. PEILBIN.
Election day. Nov. 4.
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And now there is liable to be a con-
troversy to decide whether the army or
navy had "the sad but gloriouv day" in
the recent coast manoeuvres.
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Iepis1ativ,

Colonel Mcclure evidently believes
that the Union party has been cut on
the bias this year.
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Who Wants a Change?

(For The Tribune, by Walter J.. Ballard)
ULY "a, 1897, the Dingley protect
i've tariff became law five
years ago, The following are
~ some Of the resultant and con-
tinuing benefits. None but those who
will not see can say. Give us
change!'
There are a quarter of million
stockholders and over a million en-
ployes who would assert that the Ding
ley law had proved of greatest benefit
to the railroads of the country, and
their claim could be well substantiated.
There are over $2OO,OOO,OOO In wages be-
ing paid annually now in excess of the
wages paid in 1896, and 100000 more
employees. Then, too, the prosperity OF
the railroads can be seen from the fol-
lowing tables:
In hands of receivers.
Mileage. Miles. Per CT
1886 ........... 1SO6j7 37.s35 20,96
1902 ........... 100000 1910 0.65
Total In hands
outstanding of receivers.
stocks and bonds. Amount. j., Ct
1902 ........n, ,2o0,OOO,OO0 6lO0O,0O0 O4
During the last six months there was
not single railroad for which a re-
ceiver was appointed and continued,
and the outlook Is only obscured by
lack of locomotives and freight cars.
A look at our export figures might
persuade some that one of the most
wonderful results of the Dingley law
was in our increased sales abroad.
This is shown in a peculiar way by the
following figures:
Excess of exports from the
foundation of the government
to enactment of Dingley laws 356 sos, 500
Excess of exports since enact
ment OF Dingley law.......... 2,S50000 900
Nightly eloquent figures those! And
with normal crops this year they will
be maintained.
The following table will show the
revenue under the Wilson German law,
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The peace of Duryea appears to hav
been guarded not wisely but too well.
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Jay Cookies Prediction.

q CCORDING te Jay Cooke, the
NA present prosperity will con-
4 - tinue 80 long as the Ameri-
ran raOn1o pa tr,Io to ,,rofoo-
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Commissioners nIii.I,,i,1r wrlght's Report.

.<HE SEVEN conclusions or
recommendations offered by
l. Labor Commissioner Wright
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No Settlement in Sight.

E: !: g; $..; $: Is; ::;
nuts an end to the rumors Of
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as compared with that of the Dinsley

Let we'll enough alone!
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The Presidents Peril.

VERY American will be glad
II of the presidents escape and
IL sorry for the deaths of the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-04
THE ANNUAL PARODY.

Maud Muller (gentle reader. here
Is the parody that comes each year).
Maud Muller, on n summers eve,
Pinned back her skirt and tucked each
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-25
THE ARMY OF TRAMPs.

A writer In the Independent estl-
mates that there art at present about
tifty thousand tramps rowing the coun-
try subslstIng on what they can OBJ
tain by begging or stealing Some
years ago It was common argument
that the hard tunes drove honest
workingmen into the ranks Of the
tramps, but 1t appears that the tramps
are increasing I'm number regardless Of
the opportunities Of earning an honest
living
II Is not easy to understand how re-
liable statistics on such subject can
be obtained but It Is explained that
they are based partly upon lnforma-
ton from lodging houses and partly
upon figures furnished by the tramps
themselves. In 1870, there were at
rough guess, Gal tramps in Mas
sachusetts, and 26.5 times as
many, or 1891, in the United states.
In 1870, It Is said the num-
Der increased to 1850 in Massa.
chusetts and 1876 in the United states
IAN increase OF 1894 per cent. while
the Increase in population was only
zoos per cent or not much more than
a sixth as great.
Since 1850 the number ia said to have
tluctuated, reaching In 1889 the total Of
56S96, which is gain Of 1854, nearly
four times the gain Of the total popua-
ton II this increase is going TO keep
up, 1t cannot be long before the tramp
question will become one Of moment
to this country. For not only If 1t an
anomaly that the industrious people
should support an able bodied army
Of idlers, but Il is evident that much
of the crime that is rampant is bred
aud fostered within the ranks Of that
element An army Of tramps Is men-
ace to the public.
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A WAR ABOUT MEAT.

The announcement that the German
government has practically prohibited
the Importation OF American meat
comes rather Unexpectedly so close
upon the demonstrations Of mutual
good will that have been witnessed
lately The decree was issued shortly
after Prince Henry left Germany for
this country and Will take effect on the
first day Of October II takes the form
Of a prohibition to meat packers against
borax and boracic acid for the presery-
alton OF meat, and the importation OF
meat so treated
Col John +, Hobbs. an authority on
the provision trade, says in the New
York Evening Post. that the prohibit
ton win mean loss to this country
of millions Of dollars annually. The
substances mentioned, he declares have
been proved harmless. The govern
ment might therefore just as we'll have
said that no meat shipped In refrigera-
tors shall be admitted, but only such
as is shipped uncovered on the open up
per deck The result would, Of course.
be that It would arrive In an unmarked
able condition. Germany col. Hobbs
thinks, Is in mortal fear Of the domina-
ton Of America in the worlds COM
merce and the step has been taken to
protect German agrauans against
American competition in this line.
Germanys position on the meat ques-
ton explains the order OF Secretary
Wilson, by which the chemist OF the de-
partment of agriculture has been in
structed to prepare a list Of all import
ed articles Of food supposed to be pre-
pared with an admixure OF boracic
acid or other preseryatiye acids, in or
der that they may be excluded. It is
believed this will hit certain kinds Of
sausage The secretary explains that
boracic acid has not been considered
injurious. but II European governments
declare articles Of food treated by such
acid to be injurious, and bar them from
importation, this government VIII have
to follow with similar action,
And thus Prince Henry has no sooner
reached home than commercial war
between the two countries that were to
clasp hands in friendship across the
deep, breaks out--a war in which meat
and sausages are the issue.
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COME WITHIN THE Laws

The arrests OF liquor dealers who yo-
lated the law on Sunday last, indicates
the manner In which the city ordinance
and state statute ON this subject are
nagrantly dened. That there are other
saloonkeepers who sell intoxlcants on
Sundays is known to a large number Of
our citizens, most Of whom do not pat
roni2e those resorts. Men and boys are
seen going In and coming out Of those
places. in some instances without APP
parent attempt at concealment, either
on the part of the dealers or the pur-
chasers Of intoxicating drinks,
We believe that, with their limited
number. the police are doing what they
can to execute the law In this partlcu-
lar They should not be expected to
work impossibiltles However, the pub
lie require that they VIII continue their
efforts TO suppress the evil II Is grati-
flying to see that Judge Dlehl is backing
up the police department and that the
vlolaters Of the law gain no sympathy
from him. He is justified and viii be
sustained by the public in the inhlctlon
Of suitable fines even II he has to raise
the present limit 70 murh higher flg-
ure. Tnere Is ns zeal oxruse for tho
saloonkeepers who thus persist In their
lawless conduct, In direct opposition to
the sentiment Of the great majority OF
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| will yet become q great and powerful
state, This viii be when the agricul-
tural resources Of the country are de-
veloped, as they can be,
lie illustrates the possibilities Of
Alaska, by reminding his readers Of
what has been accomplished In Fin
land. This country is situated at
about the same latitude. Il Is only
one-fourth Of the size Of Alaska, and lts
agricultural area Ia but about $4,000
square miles. Yet II has a population
Of over 100000 souls and agriculture
Is the main Industry They export
dairy products, i've stock, fax and
grain,
The conditions In Alaska, he says,
are more favorable TO agriculture than
those Of Finland. The agricultural
area Il much larger, and the summers
are warmer Mining and fishing will
engage thousands OF laborers who viii
need the agricultural products and fur
nish u home market for the farmers.
There are thousands Of square miles
Of cod banks and enormous halbut
grounds, while myriads Of shoals OF her
ring SO by unheeded,
with such, and other resources, why
II not Alaska settled? Mr. Georgeson
points out that at present settlers can
not obtain titles to land without dllll-
Guilty. Under the present regulations
the land win cost settlers as much per
acre as improved land can be bought
for in almost any state. He advocates
that land in large tracts be given abb
solutely free to bona fde settlers, TO
commence with lie thinks that pio-
neers there are entitled to special con-
sideratlons. on account Of the expenses
connected with going there with sufIi-
oient equipment for farming work,
The idea should be worth while con"
slderlng Investments made for the
purpose of building up the country are
well placed. In the east 1t has recent
~ been argued that any improvement
of Tic Wust would be a detriment to
the agricultural interests Of the Atlant-
lc coast states, But perhaps Alaska
Is so far west as not 20 lnjure eastern
interests, even II It's vast arabic lands |
were placed within the reach Of home |
builders. Why would II not be well |
to act on the suggestion once made, |
and open that country to the thousands
of Finlanders who are dissatisfied with |
the paternal government, under which |
they are now chanting a sad requiem
at the grave Of the last yestige Of ma
tional independence? The right class
OF Finlanders would be as desirable a
class Of settlers In the northern terri
tory as could be obtained anywhere.
They are strong, moral, patriotic and |
well educated The only trouble is
that Russia would not be willing to let
them 60 Otherwise the eternal ht-
ness Of things would be illustrated
again. II a former Russian possession
were set apart by the United States
as an asylum for subjects of Russia,
driven away from the old domain by
oppression. They would In
Alaska find some recompense for what
they have lost In Finland.
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The Cuban tariff issue has hardly as.
sumed the form Of q practical measure
Of relief 10 Cuban industry as II ap'
pears I'm the House bill. As matter OF
principle and OF the nominal vlndica.
ton OF our national honor IN the sup
port OF the pledge given TO Cuba, 1t is
step In the right direction. But we
have before expressed the opinion that
a 20 per cent reduction In the duties on
Cuban sugar Is not enough to open the
market of the United States to that
article. We base this opinion on the
testimony of Goy.-Gen. Wood and
others who have Investigated this sub
ieot on the spot OF Cuban sugar pro.
duction. The entering wedge Of tariff
reduction Is inserted when any percent
age II taken off Of Cuban duties The
cuticle of prejudice is penetrated and
the way is opened for further changes
in liberal direction.
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The exact amount OF protection
which was necessary for our sugar and
tobacco interests and equitable as be-
tween them and other American indus
tries. was determined IN the open upon
the floor Of Congress and duly enacted
into law In 1896 and again In 1900
the Republican party explicitly declared
that the reciprocity favored by lt
was that which granted concessions on
products which we do not ourselves
produce. II, now, a majority of the
party in Congress- whether at the die
tatlon OF the President or Of the sugar
trust shall repudate these pledges
and attempt to break up the oomprom-
lses embodied In the tariff Of 1897, re-
sponslbIlity for the inevitable disaster
viii rest upon the heads Of the per-
fdious men who shall prove recreant to
their duty and false to their promises
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listen to the reasonable demands Of
his best subjects, A ruler who Is on
record In favor OF disarmament and ar
bitratlon among nations, should be will
Ing TO trust the people with some share
IN the government Of which he Is the
head, Russia can never be truly great
until the people are free.
n Is n favorable symptom Of the pres
cnt agitation, that the demand for re-
liglous freedom is heard as perhaps
never before. over year ago prom
nent Russian, at q congress at orel,
boldly spoke IN favor OF liberty Of con-
science, and an orthodox clergyman
spoke In the same vein. He said:
ia Il not depressing for our entire
country and for our orthodoxy, that we
who enjoy the immense oonquests Of
science, participate In the cultured life
of the entire world. and form one fam
lly with the nations Of Europe, up TO
now can not deslst from the custom OF
prosecuting those people who d. not
think. believe, ana confess their faith
as we do? Man IL a free, ra-
tional being, created after the image Of
God Thus the first declaration reads
In any of our catechlsms of the ee-
mentary instruction IN the orthodox
Doctrine. But n this be 20, IL man
Is indeed free, Intellectual being, then
give him the possibility to choose his
belief
A free government can be built safe.
~ on religious freedom as u founda-
ton,