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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13
MORE APPARENT THAN EVER
More Clearly Demonstrated
Every Year.

The value of protection Is shown in
some figures given in a bulletin from
| the bureau of statistics. Although there
has been large increase in imports
since 1890, there has been very little
growth in the importation of Injuries
In 1894 such imports aggregated $751;
000.0 In value, an increase of less than
IS, 100000 since 1seJ, and In manufac-
lures ready for consumption, there was
about the same rate of increase. But
in materials tlSre was a growth In the
same time of nearly $200,000.000. There
was no substantial change In food
stuffs, the class of goods required by
American manufacturers providing for
the principal increase. That demon
strates the value of the protective tar
in, says the JOhnstown (Pa.) Tribune.
In jewelry and precious stones other than
diamonds there has been decline in inn
portations of nearly one-half since 1896.
There has been no decrease in demand,
but it is supplied by American manu-
facturers. the value OF whose capital
employed had doubled in ten years.
The decrease in silk importations tells
of the growth of silk manufacturing.
The imports of raw silk increased from
100000 pounds In 1900 to over 10000
600 last year. This Is an industry en-
tirely dependent upon the tariff There
was never a time when the benefits OF
the tariff were more apparent than
nnW
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13
ELIEZER OF
DAMASCUS
OUR SERMON STORY by the
Highway and Bywsy" Preacher.
"A Vision Between the Lines Of Gods
Inspired World
tcopyrisht, 1905. By I'm. Edison,

Scripture Authority:-"Aftert these things
the word Of the Lord came unto Abram
in vision saying. Fear not. Abram: am
thy shield and thy exceeding great reward.
And Abram said. o Lord Jehovah. what
wilt thou give me, seeing go childless. and
he that shall be possessor OF my house In
Eliezer OF Damascus? And Abram said.
Behold. to me Thou has given no seed; and,
10. one born In my house is mine heir. And
behold. the word OF the Lord came unto him
saying. This man shall not be thine heiri
but he thatsshall come forth cut of thine
own bowels shall be thine heir. And He
brought him forth abroad. and said. Look
now toward heaven, and number the stars.
II thou be able to number them, and He
said unto him. So shall thy seed be. And he
believed in the Lord: and He reckoned IT
to him for righteousness. "-Gen 15:1-6-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13
CONTEMPORARY COMMENT.

SyThe democrats need not expect to
fly very high until they get their wings
together.-Chicago Chronicle.
uJSo long as Secretary Shaw Is not
worrying over the deficit the rest of
the population need not shed Its col
lective shirt.-Chicago Tribune.
give shudder to think what would
happen to the democratic party IL Col
Bryan should collapse into silence for
few weeks. Charleston News and
Courier.
UCol. Bryan reports that the demo-
Gratis are everywhere active and mill
tant. Most of the democratic record
for fighting has been won between bat
tles.-St Louis be-Democrat.
ryMr. Bryan has bought another
$500 heifer, but Judge Parker continues
to regard farming as utterly profitless.
In so far as its bearing upon political
campaigning Is concerned.-Chicago
Record Herald.
USome OF the brethren who are
criticising President Roosevelt for tax.
ing little vacation ought to be re-
minded that President Jefferson spent
796 days OF his term away from Wash
ington, while President Jackson's out
ings consumed 502 days of his. Pres
idential vacations are strictly non-par-
tisan.--Columbus TO- State Journal.
DSome people who are consciously
disposed will refuse to regard as CO.
incidence the fact that q prospective
treasury deficit is announced just at
a time when the non-partisan senti-
ment IL Enthusiastically In favor OF re-
ducing the tariff. How can we reduce
the tariff when It Is not producing suf-
icient revenue for our needs as II fs?''
will naturally be the reply to all fur
Their suggestions for tariff REFORM
Chicago Chronicle.
DThe government Of Australia has
appointed a commission to inquire into
the operation Of the customs tariff OF
the commonwealth. This movement ID
understood to be a preliminary to an
| increase of duties so as to make them
more protective in aracter.-Pitts.
burg Gazette.
UThe Texans know that their state
| is mighty and beautiful, but they like
| to be told 90 by nom Texans. They may
continue to roll up those preposterou,
democratic majorities, but henceforti
they will have Q very kindly FEELING
for Theodore Roosevelt personally
Hartford Courant
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13
DECLARATION is CORRECT,
Governor Cummins Of Iowa Makes
Strange But True Statement
Regarding Tariff.

1T Is not probable that congress Will
revise the tariff until the people de-
mand II In serms so emphatic that their
determination to have 1t cannot be mis-
understood"
These are not the words OF William
J. Bryan or the editor Of the Dubuque
Telegraph-H Herald.
They are credited by the Washintg-
ton Post to Gov. A. B. Cummins. OF
Iowa, says the Burlington Hawk-Eye.
II correctly quoted, It is strange ad-
mission, by the way. for the eloquent
governor. who, two years ago, declared
the people were demanding In stem
torian tones TO revision OF the tariff
right then, and who last year, went on
record In the same statement, and whose
friends and supporters said after there
cent national election that the tremen-
dous vote for Roosevelt was an emphat-
ic demand. on congress for immediate
revision.
II Is an admission that. In spite OF his
and his friends recent emphatic state
ments, the people have not yetSiemand-
ed revision of the tariff In way that has
attracted the attention of congress.
At the same time II Is a wise and
logical statement OF fact.
There is no question that the gov
ernor Is correct in his declaration as
quoted. 1t is quite unlikely that con-
gress will enter upon such revision of
the tariff as Gov. Cummins would like
until the people really demand It.
That the dAnand has not yet been
made the governor wisely and correctly
admits. When the emphatic demand
will be made neither Gov. Cummins nor
any other man can accurately tell.
1t is not skely, however, that the
people will call for a general revision
Of the tariff so long as the present
schedules continue to serve the coun-
Try as well as they do.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13
Multiplication is vexation.
Division is as bad,

A NUMBER OF FRIENDS OF NINE.
any consideration Chat is for any con-
sideration that usually prompts people
to the cleaning of windows).
1t is the home of number Of friends
of mine, and whole world Of hopes
and hates and fears and ambitions and
passions and tragedies goes on among
them all day long. They are only little
brown spiders; but anyone who watched
them closely and did not discern that
they were very much like human be-
ings must be dull-eyed and slow OF
mind. The window is barred on the
inner side with iron rods lido not jump
at the conclusion that | am in jail,
please), which the spiders probably as
sumo were placed there to serve as sup
ports for their webs. Innumerable
flies, gnats and tiny unclassified winged
things throng to the sunlit window, APP
parently perfectly unconscious Of the
nets and SHARES that await them.
Some of the spiders are so tiny that
they look like notes hanging on their
almost invisible webs; but they are all
evidently of the same species, and these
I take to be the babies of the commu-
nifty. From the size Of the head Of
a pin they range to that of large pea
Each one has his own separate web,
the smallest no bigger in circumference
than q silver dollar, and with threads so
fine that eyes grown dull by staring vim
dictively at columns of figures can
scarcely see them. Although they are
SO close to each other that when one
Is touched by gnat It shakes the three
or four adjoining ones, only the spider
whose net has actually made the cap
ture ever pays any attention to It.
They appear to respect each others
boundaries absolutely. even the very
smallest making his capture and en-
joying It unmolested by his neigh
Dor. who may be much bigger than him
Jblf,
The webs OF the very little spiders
2 are too weak to hold q prey a. strong
as . fly, SO these very little fellows con-
tent themselves with minute gnats, and
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13
CONCERNING THE DEFICIT.
Democrats Far Astray Regarding the
Shortage in National
Finances.

From the figures along to his date
the treasury statement for April will
reveal a shortage OF S30.O00,OO0 fol
the ten months In receipts as com
pared with expenditures. But what oil
It? Everybody knew when the year
began. last July, that there would be q
deficit. Secretary Shaw last Deem
Der figured that the deficit would be
$18.000.000 at the end of the fiscal year,
June 30, 1906. 1t will be 100000
900 at the end Of April, and some OF the
democratic papers are calculating that
this will mean a deficit of 100000 or
$50,000,000 for the year, says the st.
Louis obe-Democrat.
Those papers make the same sort of
a mistake that poor Parker made in
his canvass Of 1904. Parker figured
on the basis Of the shortage at that
date. that the deficit for the year would
be in the neighborhood OF $150,000. :
600. There were loud cries In the
democratic press that the biggest short
age on record in a time of peace was
about to be seen. Some OF those papers
knew better. For time in the cam
paign, however. the $l00,000.000 or
S150,000 treasury shortage figured in the
headlines of the Parker sheets. and had
place in the arguments of the Parker
stump speakers.
To-day the utmost that the demo-
cratic papers figure that the shortage
will be for the year is $50.000000.
They are far astray, of course. April
Is always a month of heavy interest
payments and other disbursements by
the government There has been an
excess thus far in the month Of
IS, 700 900 in the treasury's outgo. But
in May and June the income will be
ahead. There is reasonable certainty
on this point. Those months near
ly always show receipts in excess of
expenditures. There Is no reason to
believe that 1905 will be an exception
to this rule. For the ten months OF
the fiscal year the receipts have been
larger than they were in 1904, but the
expenditures make much greater
gain over last years. The receipts are
likely to keep on increasing, while ex'
penditures for the coming fiscal year
stand a chance to be below those OF
the present one. The deficit on June
30 will probably be down to S25,000.-
600, and may be lower But in any
case the treasury's working balance is
large, and the business world is not
showing the faintest concern In the
matter.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13

DIt is safe to say that tariff re-
vision will soon be revived as politi-
cal issue. The republicans are likely
to heed administrative insistence on
this point. and the democrats, rs II
appears. will push the, unwelcome sug-
gestIon by what promise to be unplcas-
antly emphasized references to the
condition Of the national treasury
Newark News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13

oil all udy ioHS multiplying. SUI
tracing, dividing and adding up
columns until hate the sight Of fig
ures.
Multiplication is vexation,
Division is as bad,
The Rule of Three doth puzzle ne,
And Practice drives me mad
says the poet. You may laugh IL yoi
choose, but 1t was poet that said It,,
for IL il Is true it Is beautiful, and il it
is beautiful 1t is poetry; for poetry i.
both beauty and truth; and l testify
that it is true; so there you are.
Close beside my table there is win
dow through which the southern sun
streams from two o'clock until four, and
through my window look out on a
vista of empty freight cars, coal cinders
and long stretches of iron rails gleam-
ing in the hot sun or glistening in the
rain. But it is not of the vista that l
am going to write; nor of the multiple
cation table. 1t is of the window. 1t
is the dingiest window you ever saw,
and yet l wouldn't have it cleaned for
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13
How He Extricated Hlmself.

She-W Would you have me believe I
am the first girl you ever proposed
to?
He-Goodness, no! l suppose I've
asked q Dozen
"ADd they all refused your"
"Of course. Every one of them
knew I was head over heels in love
with YOU"
"You dear boyir-Boaton Tran
script.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13
In the Quaker City.

Church, see man in Philadelphia
was arrested for walking in his sleep
Gotham-Perhaps he was exceeding
the speed limit.--Yonkers Statesman.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13

ROMISES from God
and Gods own time
and way in bring
ing those promises
TO pass. 1t is not so
hard sometimes TO
believe in the ul-
tim a tie blessing
which Is to come
to us from God, as
1t is to wait patient
ly for the working
out of the perfect
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-05-13
pors Of Labrador.

In Labrador there are dogs SO fierce
that a heavy log Of wood is tied to their
necks to make them less dangerous to
men and to weaker dogs.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-10-26

Permitted them to change the bed
OF the streams. He voted for all
the job-creating measures; for the
judges increased salary bill, for an
endless lot Of useless commissions,
and tor the Quay Statue.
Another of Plummer's great
blunders was his opposition to the
amendment offered by Mr.. Greasy
TO increase the allowance for Town
ship High Schools from $Goo, ooo
10 S2CO, coo. Mr.. Plummer op-
posed this amendment in the f ce
OF the support OF Frank b. McClarn
the Republican floor manager OF
Lancaster aud the reason for his op-
position 10 this measure was that
he had ordels 10 put the bill through
as 1t was made up. These orders Of
course came from Penrose, Durham
aud McNichol Think of it, a
measure carrying with it over SI7-
ooC, 900 90 in which the members
of the legislature had no voice.
Dces this look like representative
:oim OF government
He opposed the measure author
izing trolley roads 10 carry freight
by the order OF the gang; he was
against the measure permitting the
counties throughout the state to
use all the license money for local
purposes which in Columbia County
would amount to about $40, 900. 90
annually.
This, however, is all explained
That it was necessary to keep a
large surplus for politicians to spec.
ullte with for private purposes, I"
as shown by the recent Enterprise
Bank Failure of Pittsburgh, instead
of reducing the local taxes as pro-
posed by this measure.
Yet, J. Lee Plummer is the can
didate of the gang for state treas
urer, and do not lose sight of the
fact that the gang has its agents in
every county throughout the state.
Now who is the agent of the gang
in this county, Mr.. Duy, the
Republican county chairman, and
when Mr.. Plummer was to be nom.
mated for state treasurer orders
were at once sent by Penrose and
Durham to their agent in Columbia
county, Mr.. Duy, who obeyed
orders and had the delegates from
this county in line for the gang.
1t is the same motive force that
is trying to elect Mr.. Duy district
attorney that is trying to keep down
the lid of the state treasury.
Do not be fooled on this score.
Let us place our rights beyond the
power of this machine by striking
it down with our votes on the 9TH
of November next. Vote the
straight Democratic ticket from top
to bottom and thus show the
machine whose official head in Col
umbia county is Mr.. Duy, that
Columbia county has no use for it..
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All Advertising Devices Debarred.

The Philadelphia & Readiug
Railroad has announced that here
after placards, banners, pennants,
or other advertising devices on any
passenger equipment to be moved
over its lines will not be permitted,
nor will the company accept passeu-
ger equipment from any connecting
line that is so decorated. The rea :.
son given is that these advertis, a..
ments frequently interfere with
signals and are liable to cause er-
rors, besides dishguring the cars.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-10-26
TIE GANG IN COLUMBIA COUNTY
Communicated.

Communicated.
The opportunity will afford itself
to every voter upon Nov. 9TH to
cast his ballot against the gang of
political manipulators who have
controlled the affairs of this state
for more than generation.
This gang which has controlled
this state and its great cities is now
represented in every county of the
Commonwealth.
1t nominated for its candidate for
state treasurer man who has al
ways been subservient to its dicta-
tion and who is today known as
the Messenger Boy for Penrose and
Durham, the leaders of the gang.
He we'll deserves this name, be-
cause his record in the last legisla-
ture shows that he stood for all the
vicious legislation championed by
this notorious gang. He gave his
undivided attention and support for
the passage of the famous ripper
bills, vice protecting bills, and
many other bills for the benefit Of
the gang.
He was nominated for the high
Office OF state treasurer to continue
the system in vogue in this state Of
handling the peoples money for
the interest of politicians, SO that it
could be invested by them and thus
hold up the hospitals, charitable in
stitutions and public school appro-
priations while the gang is using
the money.
He is the man the gang can rely
upon to keep the lid of the state
treasury closed.
An examination of the legislative
record will show that he supported
The Kingston Dam bill which was
a measure to allow a lot OF politi-
clans to grab, own and control all
the water powers in the state, even
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-10-26

the difference. The consideration
for the uajust discrimination is free
passes on trains for the politicians
and their friends.
1t has beeu said that the Repub.
lican machine will exhaust all its
resources rather than relinquish
this agency of graft and that the
corporations interested will support
them to the limit. No doubt that
is true. There is a common inter-
est in the matter aud lone touch Of
nature makes the whole world kin. I"
But the machine has a graver reas-
on for wanting to hold on to the
Treasury. 1t is whispered that
many millions of dollars which
have been loaned to speculative po-
litiCians can never be recovered and
those concerned III the sinister op-
erations don dare let the public
have peep into the treasury
books. This is cne and a potent
reason why the machine fights hard
to retain the treasury but it is also
a reason why the people should
strive on the other side Of the
question.
-BeHei6Nte Wahhman.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-10-26
v, D, schuck as an Ind, pendent Candidate
(CommnnIcA ed

(Communica ed
w. b Schuck of Catawissa has
announced his determination to be
an independent Cand date for
County Commissioner. He was
Candidate at the Primaries last
June and was defeated. He aunounc.
ed his name subject TO the rules of
the Democratic Party" He knew
that tt der the rules the Candidate
receiving the highest number Of
votes on the South would be declar.
d the nominee from that side, and
he knew that the Candidate receiv-
ing the highest number OF votes
from the North side would be de-
clared the nominec from the North
side; and he knew this TO be true
regardless of the fact that two can.
didates residing on the same side
Of the river might have the most or
highest number OF votes
This very rule regulating nomi-
nations where two Candidates are
to be named for the Assembly
County Commissioner, Associate
Judge, and County Auditor. was
passed by the Democratic party to
protect the rights of the South side
Democracy. Prior to the making
of the rule, it was the unwritten
law of the party for fifty years that
the South side should have one AS.
sociate Judge. one Commissioner,
one Member Of the Legislature and
one Count Auditor. This unwrit
ten law was respected by every
Candidate from the North side du-
ring all these years, until Krick-
baum was nominated foi the office
Of County Commissioner on the
North side, in 1896. TO prevent
a repetition of such an outrage OH
the South side Democracy, the rule
now i'll force was passed, and is now
a written law OF the Party.
When this uub.oken custom for
fifty ye;rs had been made the writ
ten law, certainly this should have
been the finger board pointing to
every Candidate, the duty he owes
to himself and party. But not so.
Only few years ago all attempt
was made TO wrong the South side
out of its Commissioner. Every
Democrat is familiar with the fact
that Mr.. Fisher carried his case in
Court, and that Judge Dunham de-
cided: That a Party rule, not
against the policy of the law, was
binding on the party adopting it,"
and ordered Mr.. Fishers name
printed on the ballots. 1t will be
seen that it was this very rule that
protected the rights of the South
side three years ago; and it will
protect them in the future, if Den =
ocrats will be true to themselves
and to the party. If the South side
want this rule abolished, then it
may be some time before they get
Commissioner, an Associate Judge,
Member Of the Legislature, etc.
forthere are about two Democratic
voters on the North side to one on
the South side.
Surely the South side has no
grievances at this time. She has
all that the rules Of the Party allow
her in the nomination Of Mr.. Pohe
for County Commissioner, and
when Mr.. Schuck makes a fight
against the rules of the party, and
disregards the rights Of Democrats
on the North side, he not only
wrongs his party and himself, but
he jeopardizes the rights of future
Candidates residing on the South
ride guaranteed TO them by the rul-
es, he is now endeavoring to over
throw. We are glad TO know that
Mr.. Bogart did not file nomination
papers.
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Why the Machine Fought Hard.

We may as we'll be candid in dis
cussing the pending political cam
paign. AS matter of fact it is not
political but the atrocious Republi-
can machine having nominated a
candidate and drawn about him the
lines OF the "organization," it is
called political. There is no politi-
cal question involved however
The State Treasurer has nothing to
do with the tariff, the currency, the
expansion Of territory, the centrali
zation of power or anything else
that is political. He has much to
do, however, with the honest ad-
ministration of the fiscal affairs OF
the State and may have consider
able to say about the equal distri-
button of the burdens Of the govern
ment and the honest disbursement
of the revenues Of the Sta'e.
In fact these are the only ques-
tions to be considered by the voters
i'll the present contest. The Repub-
lican machine has been manipula.
ting the revenues in various ways.
Everybody knows that the vast
treasury surpluses have been farm
ed out among favored bankers and
used freely to supply funds to
speculative politicians. That is a
criminal use Of the public funds
but nobody any longer denies that
it is common custom. There is
another way of manipulating the
revenues, moreover, that is not SO
commonly understood. That is fav.
ored corporations are taxed lightly
or not at all while the heavier burd,
ems are put upon others to make uT
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-10-26
Boil the ater

Owing to the prevalence Of ty-
phoid fever in this section all drink
ing water should be boiled DR..
F. c. Johnson, chief medical in
spector of the State Board OF
Health, is reported to have made
such a recommendation. 1t is a
wise precaution and should be
adopted by every family.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-10-26
Inde y nd N, Candidate.
INDEPENDENT
For Register and Re order,
w. l. GARRISON,

OF Bloomsbury.
Platform: No Bosses. No Beer.
No Machine.
Subject to the decision Of the con-
scientious voters irrespective oi
party.
Support respectfully solicited. ST