V TIIE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 20, '1S94. InjBUSlllfitAILt IIT 9CRAHT0S. PA . BT TH1 TRIBUK1 PUBU8H1N0 Coltl-ASY. C. P. KINfiVBURY, Pc .e Ccn'i Mo, t. H. RIPPLI, Stc'f KTt. , LIVY . RICHARD, Eoitok. W. W. DAVIS. UPIIHTIHOHT. W. W. YOUNGS. Ao. Maho's. nzw York oiticb : Tribdni boildino. GRAT, MAIUOIH. Frank a EMTIBID AT TUB JOST0WICI AT flCKANTON, PA., SBCOMD-CLAS3 HAIL MATTIR. " Printers' Ink," tho recognized Journal for advertisers, rutes T11K SCH ANTON TKIBl'ME as the best advertising medium in Northeastern Pennsylvania, " Printers' Ink" knows. SCRANTON, NOVEMBER 20, 1894. THE SCRANTON OF TODAY. Come and Inspect our city. ' Elevation above the tide, 740 feet. Extremely healthy. Estimated population, 1894, 1U3.0O0. Registered voters, 20,599. Value of school property, $750,000. Number of school children, 12,0u0. Average amount of bank deposits. $10, 000,000. It's the metropolis of northeastern Penn aylvanla. Can produce electric power cheaper than Niagara. No better point in the United States at which to establish new industries. See how we grow: Population In I860 9,L!3 Population In 1870 35,000 Population in 1880 4&.t"-0 Population In 1890 "3,"1& Population in 1891 (estimated) 103.IW9 And the end Is not yet. Senator Lodge Is the" first to note that the Republican party since Nov. 5 !s the only truly national party. It has thirty-five congressmen In the south, whereas the Democrats have only eleven In the entire north. The Repub lican party must be equal to its high trust and great responsibility. It must not experiment with the panic-breeding buzz saw. The Coal War Is On I Under ordinary circumstances It would be true that this would be the very worst month In all the year to In augurate a battle-royal between the railroad companies which use the coal trade simply as a feeder to their divi dends, and the coal producing compa nies which have only their tonnage as a means of reimbursement for heavy Investments of time, labor and capital. But when the aggressions. Insincerity and deliberate Injustice of the former make a fight In self defense the only visible alternative, the fitness of the occasion necessarily becomes a second ary point. It Is, indeed, as the Engineering and Mining Journal aptly remarks, time that the "manifest injustice" of these coal carrying railway companies be "fully understood by the public. The companies buy the coal from the In dividual operators on the basis of 60 per cent, of the average tidewater price. In other words, the 40 per cent, re maining Is the railroad freight rate, no matter where the colliery Is situated and therefore Irrespective of the length of the haul. This fact Is Important, since it probably Is at the bottom of the apparent difference as to tidewater prices which the companies display. When at the last meeting the price was advanced 25 cents on stove coal every body who knows the companies and the trade, knew that the advance could not possibly obtain at tidewater markets. It does not obtain In New York city, and some companies who have their own barge service and therefore are not affected by the Bcarclty of vessels, have been offering stove 'coal in Boston at 93.85 alongside, while less favored competitors are unable to fill their or ders. But the line trade received notice that coal had advanced, and at places where there is little competition the buyer was forced to pay CO cents more than New Yorkers did. It Is Impossible to say exactly how much coal goes to line points, but It is not an extravagant estimate , to give 60 per cent, of tho total shipments. Basing our figures on the statistics of 'The Mineral Industry' for 1892, this means, in round numbers, about 27,500,000 tons. If the difference between tidewater and 'line' prices Is CO centB a ton, this makes $13,750,000 gross profit which goes to the railroads annually. The .individual operators suffer also because a great deal of their coal which 'they sell on the basis of 60 per cent., the tidewater price, is sold by the companies for 50 cents a ton higher." . Thus, if 60 per cent, of the 12,000,000 tons of coal obtained annually by the railway companies from the individual operators be absorbed by the line trade at 50 cents a ton In excess of the stipu lated basis of payment, we have vir tually the spectacle of these companies deliberately picking $2,160,000 from the pockets of the individual operators a sum of money which it is well worth the operators' while to get back, if pos sible, or, if not, then at Wast to try to guard in the future. Almost any man, if thus ill treated,' would, after all other means of settlement had been ex hausted, make up his mind to try the virtues of a good, stiff, whoie-souled fight. This, ' from all accounts, seems to have been the recourse forced upon the coat trade by the railroads; and while the trade will probably not get out of the scrimmage without evidences of Injury, we feel safe In predicting that the bulk of the wounds and bruises will eventually'devolve upon the other party. Tom Piatt says he doesn't want any self-constituted committees or ambi tious busybodles to help him run New lYork. Possibly not, Thomas; but there are others. David Christie Murray, the English novelist now visiting America-, tell a New York Interviewer: ,"I can't under stand why American writers should go abroad for the backgrounds of their stories. A man like Henry James, with his peculiar mental conformation, may perhaps be excused for choosing an old er setting. But for the others-there is lready so much romance and history and local color over1 here, This oountry Un't o new, after all, you know. Only the Other day I read that Ihey wera cele brating somewhere In New-England the frOtb anniversary of a university. That's old enough for most people." For most people, certainly. But not for the Anglo-maniacs. The older a thing Is), the better they relish It the oldtr, and must we say It the more rotten. Until a scheme shall be devised fur insuring equitable and uniform freight ates, the railroad problem will be very- much w!th us. .The disposition of. the average state legislator of Republican proclivities to get aboard the band wagon Is strik ingly exhibited In the present growth of the Walton speakership boom. Fortu nately Henry F. Walton is a candidate who deserves success. llr. Cleveland's 'prentice hand Is u good hand to be kept from meddling with the finance buzz saw. One Lesson of Typhoid Fever. The unusual prevalence of typhoid fever In several smaller communities in this state, notably in the ordinarily healthful borough of Montrose, where one or two canes of this dread Infection have already ended fatally, directs at tention to a common evil. In Montrose, for . Instance, nature has provided al most every accesory of a low death rate; but man has shown his negligence by falling to supplement the town's su perior natural drainage with, a modern and effective system of sewerage. The fever cases now causing so much anxiety In Montrose, according to the best information obtainable, are due, perhups Indirectly, to the unhealthful recent encampment of state guardsmen at Gettysburg; but they are due directly to the lack of suitable drainage. In every case thus far investigated, the cause of the fever, If we have been cor rectly Informed, has been traced to Im pure well water, the pollution of which Is very obviously the fault of the pres ent primitive system of disposing of human waste. The fact that no case of typhoid has occurred among those who drink the water supplied from the town's clear feed-lalce Is proof that this body of water Is as yet free from con tamination. No doubt it would cost the 1,700 In habitants of this pretty mountain vil lage something to lay proper sewers and make the proper plumbing connec tions therewith. But this expense would, In the long run, be more than re paid by the greater convenience and the superior cleanliness of such a modern system of waste disposal. When the present difficulties shall be overcome, one of the first things that the borough council of Montrose should undertake Is the adoption of sanitary sewerage; and In Its endeavors toward this de- slruble end it should have the hearty co-operation of all public spirited citi zens. Unless there Is palpable proof to the contrary, It ought to be a fair assump tion that ballot Irregularities are In the main pretty evenly divided between the two leading parties. Hence, In the majority of close elections, the face of the returns might fairly be accepted as final, aud this, by the way, would be much cheaper for the people than to burden them with excessive costs, to little, if any, purpose. A Clever Bait. That was a very suggestive editorial In yesterday's Philadelphia Inquirer concerning the appointment of General Hastings' cabinet. Our esteemed con temporary is evidently anxious to save the governor-elect unnecessary trouble lu this direcetlon. Thus It dexterously remarks that "he can select for secre tary of the commonwealth and attor ney generul men who are personally congenial and 'select them for that reason solely, or he can take men of prominence who would bring great Btrength to him. It may be that the general has no political aspirations be yond the governorship. That being the case, he might settle down to a quiet administration with pleasant company about him and give no thought to the future. On tho other hand, it may be that he would like to appear before the next national Republican convention as a candidate for higher honors. To do this he would have to have around him political friends who are In touch with Republican leadership men whose In fluence Is acknowledged." The Inquirer doesn't say whom it had In mind when It spoke of men who are "personally congenial," but we have little difficulty In reading between Its lines a diplomatic rib thrust at Colonel James II. Lambert, its former editor, and George B. Orlady, who Is under stood to be Generifl Hastings' personal choice for attorney general. The In qulrer Is less diffident, however, about designating by name those whom It calls "political friends." By this It means General Frank Rceder for the state portfolio and Lyman D. Gilbert for the attorney generalship, the two men generally believed to be earnestly favored by Senator Quay. There does not appear to be much need of comment upon this clever pre Mentation of the case. At the same time, we venture to remark, less for General Hastings' benefit he is too sensible not to know It already than for the benefit of the Philadelphia Inquirer, that the people of Pennsylvania two weeks ago ejected a governor, and not a president, .The idea that Speaker Reed will par cel Out the committee chairmanships of the Fifty-fourth congress so as to get .the most votes in the next Republican national convention Is correct; but he will "get the most votes" by giving the country the best possible organization of the next congress. Third Party Progress. The Tribune gladly gives space on another page to a courteous letter from Q. L. Malce explaining his view of the future of the Prohibition party. There are some things In this communication which do not carry conviction. One of them, for example, Is the comparison o a minority political party, which seeks political ends by political means, with those who believe in Christianity, whom our correspondent calls also a minority party. The comparison is as inapt as Is the recent remark of a 'third party clergyman of a neighboring city who declared that all Christians who failed to vote the Prohibition ticket were either knaves or fools. Does our friend be Hove In trying to force Christianity upon the world by political agitation? The temperance question in Its third partisan phase has been before the voters of this state for upward of twen ty years. In that time the question of prohibition as a political Issue has been ably and persistently argued. Yet as we have shown, the third party vote in Pennsylvania has grown with what un der the circumstances may fairly be called extreme, If not discouraging, slowness. We ure naturally curious to know what practical object those who vote this particular ticket expect, at this pace, soon. If ever, to obtain. If It be merely to show by their smull num- er of votes from year to year that they are believers In temperance, why not consider' this fact already demonstrated, and proceed to something else? in war, and also in politics, the object of battle Is to lick the enemy. We sub mit that if the liquor Influence In poli tics Is to be licked by the Prohibition party, that party will have to grow a great deal faster In the next score of ears than It hus grown In the last score. And, furthermore, It will have to drop the present assumption that the million or more voters In Pennsylvania who do not vote us It votes are neces sarily apostates from religion and ene mies of their country. In other words, the Prohibition third party will need to learn even more thoroughly than It has et learned, that while It numbers In its membership hundreds of true, able and upright men, It does not contain all there Is of virtue, piety and temperance mong the citizenship of these United States. Judge Sittser, In debating whether he will cuntest the recent Republican ava lanche, should think twice before he acts once. Despite u!l that others are doing, we are inclined to pick the governor-elect as the best and truest cabinet maker In the state. CHATS KY THE WAY. It Is siirplslng how readily one's re marks ran be misapprehended. Here, lor instance, Is the Carbondale Herald say ing: "The Scranton Tribune seems to be ery much interested In the Prohibition vote of late. It hus been making com parisons with former votes and advising he party to go out of business because of the smallness of their vote. In the same Issue of the paper It has an uceount of a drunken mun In Hyde Park trampling nin wile to death. So long as such cases of brutality happen so lonir will men be found who will be pious enough and patri otic enough to vote that such things shall be made Impossible. A vote Is suppose! to represent a man's sentiments and If he believes In the ubolltion of the drink ralllc more than he believes In tariff or urlfT reform he should vote for the partv that champions his Ideas. If he does not do so he Is false to himself and to Ma country." Now, If the Herald had read this paper with even ordinary cure it would have known that The Tribune did no suc h hope less thing as to advise the Prohibition arty to "go out of business." It merely wondered what they were gaining by staying In business. The man who be lieves that the problem of Intemperance, which has existed ever since man cume Into being, can be eradicated by the mere act of voting for a third party candidate for olllce Is certainly welcome to vote his belief at the polls, as patiently as he pleases. We wish all good citizens well. We learn from the esteemed Wllkes- Barre Record that "the principal ship ping point of the upper coal fields was never Scranton nor never will be. And, moreover, since the superficial seams of Lackawanna are well nigh exhausted and none others In slirht it behooves our neighbors to get a move on and corral few more button and underwear fac tories or the 'Electric City' or 'Chicago' of the East,' .whichever cognomen Is right, will soon enter upon a lively pe riod of decay." Tho fly thought he was an awful load on tho ox's buck, but tho ox never even supposed he was there. We are glad to know that Wilkes-Barre is happy. Scranton doesn't mind Wilkcs Barre's competition In the least. Fact Is, she doesn't feel it. There Is no earthly reason why a man who pays his money for Mother Goose rhymes should be fed on "Paradise Lost." A book dealer who should try to work off Dante's "Inferno" In lleil of "Tho House That Jack Built" would not long retain his trade. Yet precisely a similar thing has happened in Wilkes-Barre, where the leader of a play house orches tra has got mad and resigned because the people who wouldn't applaud his severe classics took kindly to "Sweet Marie" and ("Johnny, Get Your Gun." What curios these musicians be! Even prosaic Allentown has Invented n social novelty In he shape of a "chewing gum party." Chewing gum, In society. is much to be preferred to chewing pea nuts. Professor Carter, the organist of the Elm Park church, has arranged to give a recital In Carbondale, Dec. 5, whereupon the Herald pays him this neat compli ment: "Those who recently went to Scranton for the purpose of hearing him will want to hear him again and those who have not heard the wonderful munic which he brings out of the Instrument will embrace this opportunity of doing so." The tide Is turning. Says the Lebanon, Pa., Dally News: "Senator Cameron do nles that he Is Interested In the formation of n. silver party. He said recently, 'I am a Republican who thoroughly believes in sliver,' whereupon the Scranton Tribune says: 'The probability is that Senator Cumcron will gome day have many more companions In this belief than he has to day.' We coincide in this belief and we doubt not that the day is not far distant when such will bo the case and when prominent Republicans will hold similar views," POLITICAL POINTS. It Is understood that Senator Quay wanted Lyman D. Gilbert named as at torney general, and that he will now be come Mr. McCoimlck's deputy. Allegheny county Republican nssembly- men-elect have Indorsed Sheriff Joseph Gray for adjutant generul. Philadelphia's new common council will have 127 members, too many, It Is claimed, for expeditions or satisfactory work. The rumor at Washington Is that Presi dent Cleveland will pigeon hole Admiral Walker's report favorable . to Hawaiian annexation. The News-Dealor claims there has been too much politics and too little hard work In the Luzerne county district at torney's office. Judgo Sittser, who was recently defeat ed for Judge In the Wyoming district muy contest the mntter In .court, Republican fraud Is charged. . Senator Quay says ho Is against the ad' mission of any more new states, which with puny populations, have as much power In the.Unlted Stntes senate as the great commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Grand Lecturer Walter Sims of the American Protective association says that order will have forty members of the next congress pledged to its principles. Ho Insists thut the Republican party leaders are at heart a much opposed to the American Protective association are the Democrats, The Philadelphia Times which enjoys tho reputation of being nearly always "off" In its political prophecies said Gen eral Hastings cabinet would be as follows Kor secretary of the commonwealth, Col onel James H.' Lambert, of Philadelphia for attorney generul, General James A. Beaver, of Center; for auditor general, Tom Stewart, of Montgomery; for chief clerk of the house, it picks A. D. Fetter olf. of Montgomery; and for resident clerk, Judge Jere Hex, of Huntingdon. - "In the eternal fitness of things, it strikes us," says the Carbondale Anthra cite, "that nothing seems more fitting than that a slate picker at eight, a mule driver at ten, ami u bark grinder at twelve, should be selected to curry out tho provisions of a law enuctcd largely In the Interests of boys and girls who have to go to tho mills and factories before reaching their maturity. Governor Hastings cannot do better than make Ma jor John C. Deluiuy factory Inspector." This Is how tho Philadelphia Press edl torlally whacksCharlcy Voorheea: "Whilo Philadelphia hus not yet indorsed any candidate for the chief clerkship it will undoubtedly support A. l. Fetterolf, of .Montgomery, who has already been In dorsed by some of the Interior counties. The clerkship Is a position of but little less Importance than the speakership. It has sometimes been abused In the past and made use of for disgraceful lobbying purposes. But under Mr. Fetterolf's ad ministration nothing of that kind will oc cur." The Philadelphia Inquirer compliments a prominent Scraittonlan as follows: "Frank H. demons, of Scranton, the newly-elected Republican sheriff of Lack awanna county, was ut the Bingham House Sunday night on his way to Port Deposit to Join a gunning party. He is more after recreation, however, than the birds, for he has Just coine out victor In one of the bitterest fights ever known In the history of Lackawanna politics. His majority was only 40 votes, while the candidate on the sume ticket for county treasurer was defeated by 20 votes. Mr. demons la a member of one of the lead ing wholesale firms In Scranton and Is personally very popular, und but for a de feetlon In the party under the leadership of ex-Mayor Fellows, brought about through 111 feeling over the congressional nomination, he would have polled a very much stronger vote." HILL 131 AND 133 WASHINGTON AVE., Hare just received ii carload of the celebrated n 1 LdU "The lest business desk in the which are oflercd at greatly world." reduced prices. The reduced prices at which this celebrated desk is now of fered make them the cheapest in the market. Within the Keai'h of all, AS LOW AS $19. A full line of office Furniture, Type Writing Desks and Chairs. n We are now showing the larg est line of Dinner Sets ever dis played in this city. A splendid variety in KAVILAND & CO., CHAS. FIELD HAVILAND, R. DELENINERES & CO., FRENCH CHINA, CARLSBAD AND AMERICAN CHINA, PORCELAIN AND WHITE GRANITE WARE. If you want a Dinner Set examine our stock before buying. Coursen, Clemons & Co. HAS A FEW GOOD STYLES OF IMPORTED D II - 111 k GONNELL THAT WONDERFUL WEBER. 4 GUERNSEY tl fl i ill l 0 J Instantaneous stamping done while you wajt Qver 500 designs to select from, and at one-llaif the price charged for some in places where you haw to leave your work, and wait for it; sometimes for days. Specimens Can Be Seen at Our Decorative Art Counter Full Dress Patterns of Lewiston Suitings at $1.15 per pattern. Full Dress Patterns of all-wool Imported Novelties your choice at $2.94. This is less than one-half value. SEE BIG CENTER WINDOW. Do You Wear Shoes If you do and need a new pair, why not examine the stock of The Lackawanna Store Association, Lim. Corner Lacka. and Jefferson Aves. We are solo ayents In this city for tho J.S.TUKNER & CO. High Grade Shoes for men'B wear (theHe shoes toolt first pre mium at the World's Fair, Chicago), and for KD WIN C. KL'HT & CO.'S Celebrat ed Shoes for Indies' wear. We also handle the following lines: FOU MEN. ForLADIES,MIHSE9 nnd CHILDREN. Strooa & Carroll, O. H. Ford & Co., J. & H. Fitzpatriclc, Thuina U. Plmt Co., (Stacy, AUums & Cm, II. 8. Albright & Co. If desired, will tnlte measure nnd order special pulrs from any factory In the country. Our aim Is to be prompt, to Klve our customers the beat attention and lowest prices, guaranteeing satisfaction on ull our ponds. We also carry a fine line of GROCER IES. HARDWARE, DRY GOODS. CLOTHING, GENTS' FURNISHINGS, etc. A trial is what we ask of our citizen j and we will endokvor to picks.1. Wedding Invitations, Wedding Announce ments, Reception Cards, Visiting Cards, rionograms, First-Class Work, Prices Low. REYNOLDS. BROS. Stationers and Engravers, 317 UCKAWAIM KVL DR. HILL & SON ALBANY DENTISTS. Set teeth, (5.50: best set, 8; for gold cops and teeth without plateB, called crown and brldKo work, call for prices and refer ences. TONALGIA, for extracting teutb without pain. No ether, No as. OVER FIRST NATIONAL BANK. 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