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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-09

AN/ trust act was pending, the
Democratic party in con-
gress denounced the bill
as revolutionary, said 1t would afford
nd .remedy, and declared the correct
thjdg would be to adjust the tariff so as
10. invite foreign competition. Just be-
FORE the bill came to a vote in the
house, the Democratic leader, William
IL Wilson, who was of the committee
appointed in 1888 to examine the trust
question, and who signed the report
saying in effect that the task of deal
ing with trusts was too great for his
party, and recommending that the Re-
publican party deal with it, and who
subsequently became the author of the
Wilson-Gorman bill, made speech de-
nouncing the pending measure. He de-
clared thai it would seriously affect the
business and prosperity of the country
and what MAS more, the rights and lib
critics of the people. He openly took
the position that the federal govern
ment could not deal with trusts, and
would have TO be performed by the
various states.
Nine years later a successor of Mr.
Wilson in Democratic leadership, no
!ess parsonage than William Jennings
Bryan, speaking at Des Moines, took
diametrically the opposite view, II
say" he said, that the state cannot
ieal with the trust, because it cannot
isht beyond its own borders. the ntr-
ional government is the only force that
IAN reach into all the states ana pluck
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How Socialism Would Work.

|HERE are abundant warnings
from experience against the
Il experiment of public owner
ship of public utilities" now
SO strenuously demanded in this coun-
try by Socialists, other misguided per-
sons and demagogues.
One is found in recent report OF
John *. Gowdy, our consul general at
Paris. upon the French railroads, which
are run by the government. France
has seven times as many inhabitants
to the square mile as the United
States has, SO that rairoading in
France ought to be easy and cheap,
but it isn't Although the French roads
last year carried two-thirds as many
passengers as We're carried by the rail-
roads of the United States. they charg-
ed 3.6 cents a mile as against 2.073 in
this country. The French freight rate
is double the American. The roads of
France are making money but they
are not giving the people of France n
fair run for their money. Also the
wages they pay are incredibly low. The
best engineer gets only $50 a month
and so per cent. of the railway en-
ployes receive less than a dollar a day.
A lesson equally interesting in it's
way comes from Victoria, in Australia,
another country where government
ownership of railroads prevails. The
ministry found it absolutely necessary
recently to cut down expenditures. and
to that end it reduced the pay of per-
sons employed by the colonial govern
ment. At once the railway employees
struck The members of the Legislature
became alarmed at the opposition of
the public employees and voted against
the ministry There was nothing left
for the ministry but to dissolve the
session and appeal to the country, and
the premier is now begging the electors
to stand by the government and to pre-
vent their own servants from paralyz-
ing the administration, including a sus-
pension of railway traffic. 1t is report
ed that the ministry is being well sup
ported, and the opposition is said to be
demoralized; but it is also said that the
campaign is proceeding vigorously, and
the public servants and the labor party
are secretly combining to oppose cam
didates who favor retrenchment They
are opposed to running the road on
business principles and want to be pen
stoned by public taxation.
Just imagine our coal mines being
run by the government either of Har-
risburg or Washington. In addition to
an S-hour day and two months leave
with pay each year. Saturday half
holidays and uniforms. if any group of
miners wanted more pay ii demand and
a strike would bring it, under penalty
of the party in power losing the labor
vote; and there would be milk and
honey in the coal fields-until
The general public got sick of such
unbusiness-like business and came
down hard on it, and then all this non-
sense would be done away with. For
while it is true that Uncle Sam is IL
generous employer it is also true that
he has keen eye and long arm for
the man who steps on his corns or
crowds him to the wall.
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H. MlTCHELl.S rejection
Nj of the presidents propo-
4 " l. siton to have the miners
return to work pending
the result of thorough investigation
or mining conditions is not unexpected.
1t was foreshadowed in his call to the
locals to adopt resolutions pledging
continued loyalty to the unions de-
mands. Apparently both parties to the
strike have now turned away from the
public demand as voiced by the presi
dent for "A prompt settlement to avert
national suffering and disaster.
This leaves the situation where the
president found it. except that more
troops have been placed in the field and
the tension of feeling on both sides has
been increased. 1t is reported, though
unolficially, that the president has in
view a further effort to secure Il re-
sumption of coal mining. 1t is said
that he is seeking to induce the oper-
ators to grant arbitration by COM
panies, this to take place before COM
missions of his selection and to be be-
tween employers and former employees
directly. While this would require the
operators to go only Il short step hc-
yond their offer to accept arbitration
of colliery grievances by the local
courts, it does not appear that it would
Offer any temptation to Mr.. Mitchell
and his board Of advisers to recede from
what is evidently the main consider
alton in their mind-the full recognition
of the national mine workers union,
which would insure its continued con-
troll of the labor in the American coal
industry.
Unless the operators have become
convinced that they can afford to grant
this recognition-a possibility open to
doubt after what they said last Friday
the only view possible to take of the
situation is that the fight will go on,
the public having to adjust itself to it
as best it can. Undoubtedly tha pres
ence in the coal fields of troops suf-
fcient TO protect not only every miner
who wants to work but also his home
and family will revea, whether the
number of such miners is large or
small. This revelation cannot be looked
ior Immediately; it cannot come until
there Is proof of the effectiveness of
the promised protection. But at latest
the crisis of the strike is near at hand.
a fortnights patience should, it would
seem, disclose which way the battle is
to go. That being true, there is nothing
to do but wait.
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Explained,

At the pension bureau Il letter was re-
Gently received from IL pensioner in lili-
nois. saying:
II am now getting pension of $50 a
month. Recently the Lord has prospered
me, and | do not think | should set so
much money
The letter staggered the bureau. An in
vestigation was ordered, and the exam
iner wrote back:
II have the honor to inform YOU that
the person who applied for a reduction Of
pension is now in the insane asylum at
this place. and has been for some time" "
= --ArCnnHlt.
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the evil wherever 1t may be found and

the evil wherever 1t may be found and
annihilate It,"
As matter of fact, the Republican
party sides with Mr.. Bryan as against
the late Mr.. wilson, but the fact that
the Democracy could neither while in
power nor while having no further re-
sponsibility than to make faces at what
their opponents are doing agree upon
"A method of approaching trust evils
suggests that the further solving of
this problem will have to be left to Re-
publican craftsmanship.
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Y . ARE making wonderful
~ Industrial progress, not
y withstanding the evils of
which we complain. In
100 years prior to the election of Will
liam Mckinley we had sold abroad
more than we had bought abroad, and
had for our enrichment "A balance of
trade of $4OO,OOO,O 900 to show for this 200
years. But since 1897 we have sold
more abroad than we have bought
abroad; not at the rate of $4O0, coo, 900
in 100 years, but more than $500, 900, 900
per annum. Not $4O0, 900, 600 in 100 years
but $500, 100000 in five years.
In Mr.. McI<inley's speech of accept
ance of his first nomination he declared
the unlimited employment of American
labor than to open the mints for the
unlimited coinage of the worlds silver"
The mills have been opened and no
American in this year of grace seeks
employment in vain. What is the re-
than all the shops and all the factories
OF any otnef TWO countries on the race
of the earth, by more than $S 900, 900, OOO
Our people consume more food, wear
better clothes, live in more comfortable
homes, and enjoy better educational ad-
Vantages than any of which the world
bears record. Our markets are the
envy of all nations, and our productive
capacity the astonishment of all peo-
pies. Our hope must be the preserva-
ton of that which is desirable and our
aim the consummation of yet grander
achievements,
We must neither close our eyes to the
evils that confront us nor forget the
blessings we enjoy, 1t is early in the
morning yet, and we are an infant ma
ton, The day is full of promise, and
that which it, and has been, is but the
earnest of that which is to be.
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money for food products, for. cotton and
for wool, spent 1t in turn for labor or for
building material, for carpets. or cloth
ilcies Of consumption The mills which
ground the wheat, the packers who killed
the beeves and the hogs, and the factory
men who produced the cloth. paid at least
95 per cent. of their gross receipts for la.
bor And so these millions went ON aud
and and on. and are going still. They
have ,cheered many homes. They have
brought food to those who were starving
six years ago, and they have helped, In q
measure. to make us all rich. But what
has the corporation done with Its net
profits? 1t has paid 1t in interest on It's
bonded Indebtedness and in dividends on
its stock. The stock OF this corporation
Is held by more than 5000 peopc. So this
profit Is thus divided and sub divided.
And what do these stockholders do with
II? They. too, have been fed and clothed.
l speak of these things only to show that
the entire profit has not been lost There
are compensa tiOns, even with high prices.
We have at least kept the money with us.
1t has not gone hence. and labor has re-
ceived. perhaps not its due proportion.
but more than IL the money had gone
abroad.
But believe competition is in sight.
Last year the entire rolled iron and steel
900 tons of which the United states Steel
corporation produced less than 81 per
cent. The Lackawanna Iron and Steel
company Is building plant near Buffalo,
be able to produce million and quar-
ter tons per annum. The independent
concern with which Mr.. Frick is con-
nected Is being increased to S20,000.0O0
plant. | have a letter from James Swank,
secretary of the American Iron and Steel
assoclat ton in which he says that when
the plants now in process of construction
are completed the capacity of this corn-
try will be fully 4.0OO000 tons per annum;
you can draw your own conclusions. In
my judgment we are to have competition,
and IL will be the kind the American peO-
pie have learned to appreciate. 1t will
be American competition, and our own
artisans will not be forced upon the street
again to beg while foreign workmcn sup
ply the limited needs of a paralyzed coun-
try.
II any one should be disposed TO charac-
terize what I have said ns a defense of
existing conditions. let me correct him
once and for all. | am not in favor or
trusts, nor of monopolies Of any kind or
form, and see much of evil. as well as
some measure of good. in the trend of
Industrial affairs. But | am more ans
ious that my son shall be taught to face
conditions like a man than to be told he
is whipped anyhow. and that the best
cry. And want to say to YOU, my good
Democratic friend. that IL you allow the
calamity howler to rob your son of his
hope. and teach him that whoever I'M
dertakes gigantic enterprises. especially
If he is successful. is scoundrel, and
whoever finds employment for a thousand
men is a thief. and should ne tnd en-
ployment for 10000 he is a robber, YOU
will be spared the humiliation of ever
or in the list of directors of any bus-
ness ENTERPRISE.
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TEN PAGES.
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
State.

State.
Governors. w. PENNYPACKER.
Lieutenant Governoi--W NJ. BROWN.
Secretary of Internal Affairs--lSAAC B.
BROWN.
County.
ConSress-WlI.LIAM CONNELL.
Judge-A. A. NOSBtRG.
ommissioners-JOIIN COURIER NOR
R1S. JOHN PENMAN.
Mine Observation-Disclosures NJ. EF-
ANS. DAVID T.. WILLIAMS
Legislative.
Senator--JOHN B. JORDAN.
Representatives
First Dstrict-JOSEPH OLIVER.
Second District-JOTIN SCHEt ER. JR.
Third District-EDWARD JAMES.
Fourth District--P. A. PHI IlLBlN.
Election day, Nov. 4.
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Senator Hanna's statement before am
Ohio audience that never again will he
run for Office, is probably correct; but
we dare say he reserves decision in
case the Office should make up its
mind to run for him.
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j. Pierpont Morgan will give $4,000
tons of coal to the poor of New York.
The contribution of Mr.. Morgan's crit
les has not been announced.
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Legis islative.

The reception of the veterans at
Washington this week is evidence that
some one about the city remembers the
events of '6l.
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One of the most distressing features
of the coal strike is the fact that it has
afforded an opportunity for the intro
duction of a new brand of tlresome
stage jokes.
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The heavy draft upon our forests in
che rural districts again calls attention
to the fact that systematic tree plant
ing in this country has been neglected
too long.
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HOTEL RiCHM oND.

Kentucky Avenue. First Hotel from Beach, At
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pacity 400; write ior special rates. J. b. Jenk'
ms, Prop
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King Leopold continues TO act like a
comic opera comedian in real life.
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The Pattson boom appears to have
collapsed with the closing of the agri-
cultural fairs.
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SUMMER RESORTS
Atlantic City.

The temperature at the AGNEW,
On the Beach, 10 Chelsea. Atla,tic City
Tuesday was Az.
Every appointment of a modern Hotel.
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Nothing to Do but Wait.

NR. M1TCHELI.'S rejection
Nj of the presidents propo-
A. l. sition to have the miners
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Remedies Considered.

! now desire to look at some remedies
that have been suggested Prominent rs
that of publicity. And yet ] think no one
expects this to be "A complete remedy for
every phase of the trust problem. II Is
expected 10 be a protection against ficti-
many instances at least, the real charac-
ter and inside operations of the concern
and to invite competition, 1t ought to do
these things at least If corporations are
compelled to make public the details of
their business, the actual money cost OF
their plants. prices paid for material.
operating EXPENSES, including wages
prices obtained for product, both gross
and net profits, II will be a constant mvl-
tation TO enterprise and capital. of which
we have am abundance. to engage In
estly recommended by our wise and con
sCientious president.
The Free Trade Cure.
OF course the opposition party comes
forward with itS lime .hDnnlpl
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A Little History.

Wv = HEN the Sherman anti
AN/ trust act was pending, the
y Democratic party in con-
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For cards OF thanks resolutions OF coincidence, and
similar contributions in the nature of advertising
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Quite Well, Thanks.
(Sccretary Shaw at Boston.

ISNCTtIHrN SHINY at BOStOn.J
2 ARE making wonderful
~ industrial progress, not
withstanding the evils of
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are abundant warnings
from experience against the
Il experiment of public owner
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Washington Stock Exchanee-

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TROOPS WILL REMAIN.
Reply to Be Made to Cuba's Re
Quest

Though recognizing in the request Of the
Cuban government for the withdrawal of
the remaining United States troops in Cuba
a very natural desire to remove all traces
of foreign occupation, the indications are
that the authorities here will not order the
withdrawal until after the conclusion Of
the permanent treaty contemplated In the
Plat amendment.
In explanation of the position Of the ad-
mnistration it is stated that there Is no
assurance that. at the present moment. the
Cuban government has a sufficient distinc-
lively Cuban army at hand to undertake to
carry out obligations of the treaty. More
over. it is regarded by the officials as es-
sential that such provisions in the projected
treaty as those touching coaling stations
and the ownership of the Isle of Pines be
expressly arranged for in a treaty that shall
be absolutely binding upon both parties.
1t is therefore declared that only when
these things done will the small remain
ing force of United States troops be with
drawn from Cuba.