4 (Eleirrjerdr) G<aur)fy jfress. ESTABLISHED BV O. B.GOULD. HENRY HTMULLIN, Editor and Manager. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Per year |2 00 If paid in advance |1 50 Political Announcements. All Announcements under this head mt Hit be xigncd by the candidate and paid in advance to i»!3! ire publication. County Commissioner. Having lived in thiscounty nearly all my life and never having asked for, or held, a county office, I have taken this opportunity to offer myself as candidate for County Commissioner, subject to decision of the Republican County Convention. DELOS BURLINGAME. Sizerville, Pa., Feb. 20, 1899. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. Judge of Supreme Court, J. HAY BROWN, Lancaster. Judge of Superior Court, JOSIAH R. ADAMS, Philadelphia. State Treasurer. LT.-COL. JAMES E. HARNETT, Washington County. While it never snows in the Philippines, Aguinaldo is sure to have his ''cold day" just the same. Senator Quay seems to have a few friends left in Pennsylvania, even if his course fails to meet Wanamaker's approval. Ohio politics seems to be some what mixed, but it is a safe bet that General Coxey will be found 011 the side where the butter for his bread is most plentiful. Secretary Root is considering a plan for modifying the Porto Rican tariff in order to do most good to the producers cf the island without reducing the revenues too much. By attacking the defenders of the American (lag in the rear, the democratic anties may think they they are helping Aguinaldo, but they will certainly not help them selves or their party. The democrats should hasten to get M. Bertillion on their staff. He would doubtless be able to make a diagram showing that Mr. Bryan wrote the Declaration of Independ ence, and thus afford needed in flation to a collapsing boom. Under the careful and ecnomi cal administration of the War De partment. Cuba not only met all lier obligations for the first six months of 1899, but there was a surplus of 81,4X0,021. Still better results may be expected as the time goes on. The Republican party will not shrink from the faithful discharge of the new duties that we owe to the civilized world and especially with the Philippines themselves. Those duties were not of our seek ing, they came as the culmination of events which human agencies could not control or direct. The United States would have gladly escaped these responsibilities had such been possible, but recognizing that we cannot honorably retreat, will carry the matter to a success ful conclusion. More Work, Hore Wages, /lore Appetite. The advance in the price of meets of all kinds affords oppor tunity to Free-Traders for some remarks about trusts and t lie Tariff, and they are harping 011 it with their customary rashness. To the average man who stops and thinks a moment the explanation of this increase in price is easy. It is explained by the simple fact of increased consumption. Earning more money in the shape of wages than ever before, the American people are eating more meat per capita than ever before. Ours is a meat eating nation. No other nation consumes anything like so large a proportion of animal food. While the wage earners of Europe consider themselves lucky to get meat once or twice a week, the American workingman and his family eat meat three times a day the year round. With more work, more wages and more appetite the American workingman in these days of Pro tection and Prosperity has greatly increased his meat diet, with the result that usually follows an in crease of demand and consumption —namely, an increase in price. It is a condition peculiar to the present period. Nothing of the kind occurred during the four years of Free-Trade Tariff reform. 159:5- '!)7. Then there was 110 advance in food prices because ol' increased consumption. On the contrary, the prices of nearly all foodstuffs sufferered a decline because of di minished demand and consump tion. People ate less meat, less of everything in those dreary four years. The demand for agricult ural products fell off enormously and prices fell off accordingly. It is estimated that the farmers of the United States in the four years of Free-Trade Tariff legisla tion suffered an aggregate loss of fully five billions of dollars by rea son of diminished consumption and decreased values of farm products. What work people of this country lost through diminished employ ment and decreased earnings in that same distressful period can scarcely be computed. In any event they are so much the gainers through present conditions that they would not welcome a return of the lower food prices and the accompanying conditions of Wil son Tariff times. —American Econ omist. MUCH 'BUSINESS. WE ARE DOINQ IT NOW WITH OUR NEW POSSESSIONS. A Remarkable Grand Total of Exports to Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines for the Fiscal Year of 1899. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 2. Exports from the United States to Cuba, Porto Kico, Hawaii and the Philippines were, according to a statement prepared by the Treas ury bureau of statistics, larger iu the fiscal year just ended than in any preceding fiscal year in the history of our commerce with those islands. Even the reciprocity years 1892. 1893 and 1894, in which the exports from the United States to Cuba and Porto Rico were greatly increased, do not show as large a grand total as does 1899, with all the disadvantages of war conditions which prevailed in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip pines during a part of the year. To Cuba, the total exports for the year do not reach the large figures of the two full fiscal years 1893 and 1894, in which the re ciprocity treaty with Spain was in operation, and to Porto Rico the total exports of 1899 were slightly less than in 1892 during three fourths of which the reciprocity treaty was in operation, or 1894, in all of which it was operated. To Porto Rico the total exports of the fiscal year 1899 are nearly 25 per cent in excess of the average annual export during the preced ing decade; to Cuba, they are nearly 50 per cent, greater than tlie average during the preceding decade; to Hawaii they are more than twice as much, and to the Philippines more than three times as much as the average annual exports during the preceding dec ade. These figures, it is proper to add, do not include the exporta tions to the islands in question by the Government either for the use of its troops or in aid of the tem porarily destitute. While the total imports into the United States from these islands are not as large as in earlier years of the decade, this is due solely to the fact that they did not have the supplies for exportation, this being especially true of Cuba, whose sugar plantations and works were so largely destroyed during the war with Spain. That our imports from these islands are rapidly in creasing, however, is shown by the fact that those from Cuba in the year 1899 were 06 per cent, greater than in 1898; those from Porto Rico, nearly 50 per cent, greater than those of the fiscal year 1898, and those from the Philippines nearly 20 per cent, in excess of those of last year, while those from Hawaii show a slight gain over last year and an increase of 30 per cent over the fiscal year 1897. The following table shows the exports from the United States to Cuba. Porto Kico, Hawaii and the Philippines, separately, in each year from 1889 to 1899: Year. Cuba. Porto Rico. Hawaii. Philip'es 1889.. $11,691,311 $2,221,931 $3,375,861 $179,647 1890.. 13,081,415 2,297,538 4,711,417 122,276 1891... 12,214,888 2.155,234 5,107,212 124,572 1892... 17,953,570 2,856,003 3,781,628 60,914 1893... 24,147,608 2,610,607 2,827,668 154,878 1894... 20,126,821 2,720,608 8,806,187 145,666 1895... 12,807,661 1,833,344 3,723,057 119,255 1896.. . 7,530,880 2,102,094 3,985,707 162,446 1897... 8,259,776 1,988,888 4,690,075 91,597 ls'.m . 9,:»61,6.-»6 5,1)07,155 127.801 1899... 18,615.707 2,685,848 9,305,470 401,171 The following table shows the total exports from the United States to Cuba, Porto Rico. Hawaii and the Philippines, combined, in each year from 18X9 to 1899: 188 $17,471,.550 I 1895 $18,183,517 1890 20,215,6-16 1896 13,781,127 189 19,611,906 I 1897 14,761,336 1892 24,652,115 1 1898 17,102,561 1893 29,650,346 1899 31,011,196 1894 26,297,182 | Millions Given Away. It is certainly gratifying to the public to know of one concern in the land who are not afraid to be generous to the needy and suffering. The proprie tors of Dr. King'R New Discovery have given away over ten million trial bottles of this wonderful medicine; and have the Hatifaction of knowing it has absolutely cured thousands of hopeless cases. Asthma, bronchitis, hoarsenese and all diseases ot the throat, chest and lungs are surely cured by it. Call 011 L. Taggart, drug gist and got a Iree trial bottlo. Regu lar size 50c. and §l. Every bottle guaranteed, or price refunded. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1899. WASHINGTON LETTER. I From our Regular Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 4th, 1899. President McKinley returned to Washington, Saturday afternoon, but left to-day for Philadelphia, to attend the annual encampment of the G. A. R. He kept so thor oughly in touch with all important public matters during his absence that he found only routine busi ness 011 his desk when ho returned. He had informal talks with all the members of the Cabinet, except. Secretary Long, who is not in the city, and there was a regular Cainet meeting to-day. He also heard a verbal report by President Sclmrman, of the Philippine Com mission. He anticipates a pleas ant time at the encampment owing to the large number of old friends he will meet there. Commissioner Evans of the Pen sion Bureau completed his annual report before leaving for the G. A. R. encampment, and copies of the document will probably be distri buted among the veterans. There is more or less talk of the proba bility of an .attack being made upon Commissioner Evans' method of administering the Pension Bureau, in the report of the G. A. R. com mittee which made an investigation several months ago, and which will be submitted to the encamp ment; but Mr. Evans is confident that the Committee's report will show that he administered the laws properly, and that if there is any censure, it will be of the laws and not of him. The report of the Commissioner recommends the repeal of the law granting arrears of pensioners; he also recommends that the law shall be strictly en forced which requires every pension agent to prepare and mail to each pensioner whose pension is payable at his agency, .*i voucher fifteen (lays dreceeding each quarterly pension day. The report says that during the present fiscal year, the arrears of work will be greatly diminished and that all claims will be made practically current. The report also expresses satisfaction with the work accomplished during the year, and says; "The work is in far better condition than at any time since I assumed charge of the Bureau, and it is believed that further progress will be attained by the system that has been insti tuted in the different divisions. No new rules of evidence have been introduced, but the work has been accomplished under prescribed rules of many years standing.'' Uncle Sam did pretty well for a summer month, in August, which is usually dull in official as well as in private business. The Treasury receipts were 88,150,000 more than they were in August of last year, and the surplus for the month was 84,455,8(i2. The amount of gold in the Treasury is larger than ever before, the exact figures being 8248,757,971. These figures tell their own story of the prosperous condition of the government and the country, and in the face of such a story, how ridiculous is the claim now being made by some Demo crats, that the Democrats have a chance to carry the country next year. To accept such a claim is to impeach the intelligence of the voters of this country, who have too vivid a recollection of Cleveland times not to appreciate a good thing when they have it, and to vote for its continuance. The most talked of event in political circles just now, is the buying of the Democratic nomina tion for Governor of Ohio, by Mr. John R. McLean, whose actual residence is in Washington, but who has large property interests in Ohio corporations, and who is also the owner and nominal editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer. Repub licans, including President Mc- Kinley, do not regard the nomina tion of McLean as an important factor in the gubernatorial cam paign, because they believe that it has been from the day of the nom ination of Judge Nash by the Re publican convention of Ohio, only a question of how many majority lie would be given—there has never been and is not now the slightest doubt of his election. But the Bryan Democrats are in almost a state of panic. They do not trust McLean. They believe that he has secured this nomination as a a part of the plot to defeat Bryan for the Democratic presidential nomination next year. They are too badly frightened to talk pub licly, but among themselves they are talking as hard as they can, and the wires have been kept hot with messages to the Bryan leaders, and to Mr. Bryan himself, con taining plans to head off McLean's ambition. That Mr. McLean is a multi-millionaire everybody knows, but why lic should be willing to spend any portion of his millions to get the empty honor of a Demo cratic nomination for Governor of Ohio, the Vice-Presidency, or even the Presidency, is something be yond the comprehension of ordin ary mortals. Hut iie has already 1 made a start in lavish expenditures for .a very empty honor, and that is what is worrying the Bryanites. Secretary Root hopes and believes that the situation in Cuba will warrant the holding of municipal elections not later than next May. Bucklen'B Arnica Salve. The best Salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi tively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satis faction or money refunded. Price 25 cents a box. For sale by L. Taggart. v:H-n2-ly NOTICE. A large black bull came to my barn at the W. N. Y. & P. Junction on Sunday night. Owner can have same by paying for this notice and expense of keeping the animal. FRED BLISS. Emporium, l'a., Aug. 29, 1899.—27-3t Sliippcn School Notice. NOTICE is hereby given that the School Di rectors of Shippen township will receive bids, at the Warner House, on Saturday, Sept. 16th, 1899, at one o'clock, p. m., for the convey ing of school children on Clear Creek. N. S. CUTLER, President. Attest: O. W. Van WERT, Sec'y pro tem. CHARTEjyOTICE. "VTOTICE is hereby given that an application ..\ will be made to the Governor of Pennsyl vania on Monday, September 18th. 1899, under the act of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled an Act to provide for the incorporation and regulation of certain corpora tions, approved April 29th, 1874, and the supple ments thereto, for a Charter of an intended cor poration to be called the Driftwood Water Com pany, the character and object of which is to supply water to the Borough of Driftwood, Cam eron county, Pennsylvania, and to such persons, partnerships and corporations residing therein and adjacent thereto as may desire the same, and for these purposes to have and possess and enjoy all the rights, benefits and privileges of the said Act of Assembly and its supplements. H. L. LARK. Solicitor. August 24th, 1899.—26-4t BOARDING HOUSE. 707 VINE STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA., OPPOSITE FRANKLIN SQUARE. Cameron county people visiting Philadelphia will find this a convenient and central location. Terms SI.OO per day. Reference, by permission, to PRESS office, Emporium. MRS. S. B. KINO. No. 7-26t ijAllegheny College ! i| Founded in 1815 P|J Good Traditions. Strong Faculty. |\W)\ Unsurpassed Location. Expenses .■£s. Reasonable. ,s£,■ Ijgj Fall Term opens September 19th. jjgj | XKX' Catalogue sent free of charge to any \;ssg? ( -vy\ address on application to | jjS President Crawford, Meadville, Pa. ////// / / / / / V H. A. ZARPS & CO., 0 THE jsj Fair Store, $ N M !W Will sell all J SUMMER GOODS n 0 AT | REDUCED Jjj PRICES || to close out stock. J K Special bargainsii s K | N LADIES SHIRT WAISTS AND WRAPPERS. NJ 1 jr The largest and most handsome IJ line of China and Glass Goods to si ,S, be found in this section of the □ state. Anything you want in this line. jf I Jordan BROS., I <« n <• •) '* No 13, W. Fifth St.. •> <® •) <e •) (• (« We carry a complete line of ®j '• •) Staple and °> <* * •> V • *) <« r ancy Groceries, (• , Dry Goods, J (• * " •) <• Salt and •) (• If Smoked Meats, <• I . ' •) (J yf j, Fruit in Season, 5 (* A <>. $ <• ? tobacco, Cigars. •) (• b ' «j> r« I Confectionery S (• Jl •> and •> C* •> (0 0) <• School Supplies. e> (• 11 •) ® •) (* We would be pleased to have (• •) (• you call and inspect our stock •) '• 112) 'o whether you purchase or not. m) <• •) (o floods delivered anywhere in «>> (o •> ; (n town tree of charge. o) ! (o •) JORDAN BROS. JJ •) • 5? 5 2 S 5 SS2 S 3 ? • 5 9. • * o «» TIIK PRESS IS Tlil<; BEST MEDIUM FOR ADVERTISERS IN TIIISSECTION. b()W PRICES I ni j A The entire stock of A j :f h.C. !' IOLMSTEDI 112 I W Amounting to $8,500, con- <& » sistingof aj Dry Goods, ?? Dress Goods, 1? Carpets, y H Lace Curtains, i ft Shoes, Etc., 4 ft i - VV Has been assigned to me W and must be sold as speedily $ as possible. [ 'M great bargains in all $ ' & LINES. & ft # - 8 Your Opportunity*, 1 JcjiiiiJ I .Q, ASSIGNEE. Jji liitdiiau 3 n fu >FT NEAR ODD FELLOWS HALL. § I cj S j In preparation for I |jj tlie fall trade we |{] 1 sj shall make jjj j I GREAT j ! j REDUCTIONS I ji ,N prices - i ! jjj And give an oppor -1! s] tunity for custom- pj " 5j 5 ) [jj ers to make pur > !{] chases of needful ft 6! goods, and so save j{] j| the great advance which is sure 011 ci » j Fall Goods. 1 I | COME EARLY. | I si | D. E. Olmsted, I m ' ft m H ft EMS'ORU M, I"A. f[i & *9 SDR. CALDWELL'S {SIB YRUP PEPSi# CURES CONSTIPATION. U « |'' ' ' I 11 THE PEOPLE'S | | Clli House j j n] is closing out K m 112" 1 m | Summer J J I | F*drtiisbincjs, a Jj] At greatly reduced prices ru m n] into make room for Fall „j n| Goods. m is J{] Remember the place. w S JASPER HARRIS J PROPRIETOR. jjj s] Metzger Block, Opp. Post- [}| S office. S nj KMI'ORIIM, I*A. [)J j SI4 I I 1 k S | Cet an | I Education 1 H An exceptional opportunity oft'ered H M to young men and young women to M proparo for teaching or for business J(j •J F'our regular courses; also special g] work in Music, Shorthand, Type- ft* M writing. Strong teaching force, well M! W graded work, good discipline and £l g hard study, insure best results to H g students of H i Central State | 1 Normal Schooi 1 9 LOCK HAVEN. Clinton Co.. PA. M 7 ilundsome building? perfectly equipped, v steam heat, electric lights, abundance of tf-. 3 pure mountain water, extensive campus *,l Rl and athletic grounds. Expenses low. State Rj aid to students. Send for catalog. **r g JAMES ELDON, Ph.D.. Principal. | Central State Normal School, S £ LOCK HAVEN, PA. $J ' j j"" Blend most softly / Mil'«P la y most effectively over jl 4si.il]l ha festive scene when thrown O waxen candles. | \ O The light that heightens J * || beauty's chartn, that gives the fl ( I finished touch to the drawing I | 1 room or dining room, is the I I I mellow glow of gJfANQUET WAX CANDLES Sold in all colors and shades to harmonize with any interior I hangings or decorations. Manufactured by £ ; STANDARD OIL CO. J! I For mile everywhere. m rj J. A. Fisher, PRACTICAL Broad Street, Emporium, Pa.
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