THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1895. hU3BU DAILT til SORAlfTOH PA.. BTTBITUSDn FVbushiio Oouixmx. t. P. KINQSIUnV, Phi, nGin'i Ms. C. H. HIPPUC, Sio't mi Tiui. UVVB. RICHARD. Coitm. W. W. DAVIS, Iukiiii MiMUI. W. W. VOUNO, Ao. M'fc Kiv tou Omci : tbibuki Brmounk ' Vain B OJUY. 1USA01R, fcKTlBlD AT TBI POBTOfHOl AT BCRAMTOK, FA,. Al H001IS-CLAU HAIL MATTER. "Printers' Ink," the recosnliod Journal for advertiser,, rate, THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE a, the beat advertising medium In Northeastern Pennsylvania.. "Printers' Ink" knows. BCRANTON, FEBRUARY 23, 18t5. t - THE SCRANTON OF TODAY. Come and Inspect our city. Elevation above the tide, 740 feet. Extremely healthy. Estimated population, 1894, 103,000, Registered voters, 20,599. Value of school property, $900,000. Number of school children, 12.0U0. Average amount of bonk deposits, J10, 100,000. la's the metropolis of northeastern Penn sylvania. Can produce electric power cheaper than Niagara. No better point In the United States at Svhlch to establish new Industries. See how we grow: Population In 1800 9,!!23 Population In 1870 35,000 . Population In 1880 45.850 Population In 1890 75,210 i Population In 1894 (estimated) 103,000 And the end Is not yet. The Indorsement of the Farr bill by the Philadelphia Press, elsewhere repro duced, is simply in line with intelligent sentiment throughout the common wealth. Narrow prejudice or jealousy Way delay compulsory education in this state, but it cannot permanently defeat It. The Needs of Our Home Charities. It is believed from the expressions Of individual opinion made while in this city by the members of the sub committee on appropriations that the Various charitable Institutions of Scran on whloh seek financial aid from the state will receive liberal treatment. The condition of the state's finances and more especially of its revenues renders it 'somewhat dubious whether every penny asked for will be appropriated; but it is believed that in the commit tee's necessary paring- down, our insti tutions will receive their just propor tion of the available moneys. With reference to the West Side hos pital, tt appears that 'the sub-committee is disposed to wait for the collec tion of a local fund before voting It state aid. It will be remembered when the subject of a miners' hospital for this deserving; portion of the city was first discussed, The Tribune suggested that the best way to gat financial help from the commonwealth would be to Bo ahead with the project by securing local contributions, leaving the matter cf a state appropriation for later con sideration. The state, in such mat ters, has established the rule of help ing those who first help themselves, and it now appears that we were tn itirely correct in our surmise that this rule would not be waived in this one Instance. That the western and northwestern portion of the, city needs a first, class hospital Is not to be denied. The cast ing over rough roads, for two or three miles, of those who have been Injured In the West Side mines is a tax upon their strength and endurance almost in human in its severity. The state could not better apply $30,000 or $40,000 of its funds than to the correction of this evil. But If the state shall see fit to require, as a condition of such appro priation, that a similar sum be first raised by the locality to be benefited, then the obvious duty of the generous end public pplrited citizens of Scran " ton. In general, and of the West Side end North Knd In particular is to get to work with subscription papers with out loss of time. "Trilby" at the Albright library is engaged weeks ahead, while hundreds Cf wholesome and Instructive books re main on the shelves week in and week out untouched. This fact is one of the best evidences of the need of a library; but it is deplorable that so many will pass beneficial reading by each day and eagerly devour the trash or the purely ephemeral literature that Is nec essarily a portion of the reading mat ter in a thoroughly equipped public library. An Altoona Warning. ' The city of Altoona is exercised over Ithe fact that one of its volunteer fire Companies, because Indlgnant'at cer tain action by councils, the other day refused to respond to an alarm of flrj. thus permitting a valuable block of buildings to Jje destroyed. The mayor has called a special meeting of councils, and It Is thought the volunteer service Will be superseded by a thoroughly or ganized paid department. Ve do not believe that any volunteer (company In this city would act like the Altoona organization did. Upon the contrary, we can cheerfully testify to the generally high standard of dis cipline and of service which prevails among the volunteer companies of Hcranton. The argument for a paid service Is not meant as a reflection upon the present service; and we think that the majority of the volunteer firemen of the city recognize this fact. But there can be very little question that in the best of volunteer depar ments the discipline Is not what it can be made where the members of the department are paid servants of the city, subject to government by a re Sponsible chief whose directions have ithe force.of law. If this were not true, iwhy should any of the large cities have a paid servloeT Volunteers can always fee had; yet the volunteer Idea has been discarded in nearly every city of from, 0,000 to 2,000,000 Inhabitants, Scrantdn fcelng among the few exceptions. ' The refusal of councils to provide for a paid department is a serious mis take, as time will doubtless demon strate. It does not in the least surprise us that It has been left for Scran ton capi talists to introduce in Philadelphia so great a convenience of urban life as steam heating. The points In which Scranton is prepared to instruct the Quaker City in progressive citizenship are, however, by no means restricted to the matter of steam heat. Napoleon und Washington. The present talk about a Washington revival, to offset the renewed Interest lutely manifested in the life and times of Napoleon, will probably fail of its purpose, and for a sufficient reason. There Is that In the personality of the upstart Corslcan who, through sheer force of his own endeavor, rose from plebeian poverty to the mastery of Eur ope, where) ihe played with thrones and kings as a child would play with toys which unerringly fascinates the reader and, even yet, after the interval of a century, elicits the most pro found awe. In this age of polite de mocracy, we turn to Napoleon, the first great, although unconscious, democrat, by a kind of natural instinct. We who have learned to estimate mere titular kings at their naked worth can scarce ly refrain from evincing an interest, ns of kinship, in the marvelous pioneer lconoclust who, by reducing blood sov ereignty to the dimensions of a ghastly Jest, made it possible for the peoplo of today to own their own souls. l This element of picturesque, , mag netic, fascinating Intensity Is utterly absent from the personality of General George Washington. Looking at the latter In the clear light of today, we perceive not the great being, semi god like, whom out forefathers worshipped, but instead a revered, somewhat haugh ty and in the main a commonplace man; possessing, to be sure, the gift of patience and something of the genius of commund, but by no means marvel ous nor in any sense extraordinary. We view in him a gentleman of elevat ed instincts and of fine common sense; one whom most of us would have liked to have for a president or an ambassa dor; but certainly not an Inexplicable prodigy of overmastering personality such as was Napoleon, or such as was Julius Caesar. If Washington had not had the good fortune to be associated with the war for American Indepen dence; if he had been, let us say, a Canadian or an English colonist in Australia, ' the people of today would look upon him such of them as would take the trouble to look at all with merely mild and conventional approval; and would see in him very little not perceived in hundreds of courteous, magnanimous and dignified gentlemen to be found in every generation under every flag. It is well, in this connection, to recol lect that while Washington did with nobility the part to which destiny as signed him, he did no more than is be ing done, almost every day, by the gov ernors of our larger states or the mayors of bur leading cities. While he had to blaze his own path, it is also true that he had behind him a follow ing of aroused and indomitable men and women who supplied him with nearly all the essentials of success ful leadership. If there had been re quired of him, as was required of Na poleon, tq first win a following before commanding It; if there had been re quired of him, at any point in his pub lic career, that exhibit of tumultuous, irresistible magnetic power over men which sweeps away traditions, conven tions, thrones and even rugged Alpine mountains, as was many times required of Napoleon Bonaparte, it seems scru pulously Just to say that George Wash ington would very probably have been found wanting, and that our memory of him, now so reverential, would, In that case, have been tinged with a quiet undercurrent of contempt. We should therefore say, with duo regard for .what he did and for what he was, that there Is nothing in the career of Washington to cause a modern furore such as has character ized the late revival In Napoleonic bio graphy and tradition. A dollar contributed to the Finishing and Furnishing fund of the Scranton Young Men's Christian association is a dollur put to one of the best uses that human benevolence and beneficence have Jointly devised. Can you not spare at least a dollar for this good cause? The Clash of Classes. The man who reads the eastern news papers, '.' at least that part of those papers which Is devoted to discussions of finance, naturally derives the im pression that nine-tenths of the ills from which business at present suffers are directly due to the refusal of the west to accept, resignedly, currency propositions made by the largo gold lending banking hous.es of New York and London. He does not stop to thlnlc that what may be a good law for J. Plerpont Morgan & Co., or for the Rothschilds need not, of necessity, be the best kind of a law for the great mass of people who are not bankers nor brokers nor discounters of notes. He hears only one side of the case; and that, a special plea. On the other hand, the man who reads the western papers Is apt to believe that there Is a deep-dyed conspiracy among the people of the east to force the coun try' to a single gold standard, thus adding largely to the west's previously contracted indebtedness and invalidat ing the millions of dollars of western capital which werer invested In silver mines under the promise that silver would retain Its pUire, on a parity with gold as one of the two coin metals of the government. These papers, reflect ing the wishes of the debtor clauses and of the owners of silver mines, want us to coin, without limit, all the silver of all the world, should it be sent Into this c6untry, at a ratio of 10 to 1, whereas the bullion value of silver Is today to the bullion value of gold only as 32 is to 1. That kind of policy would lighten their debts, Inflate the value of their mines and be, in other ways, a good thing for then), but it would not of necessity be equally so good for the great mass of people who are neither debtors nor sil ver miners. The western reader, too, hears only one side of the case; and that, a special plea. It Is time that a strong body of con' servatlve men, in congress and else where, should have a clear word to say In behalf of the great middle class of citizens who are almost ready to ex claim: "A plague on both your houses!" Whatever may be true of eastern ex tremists, only a few of the great bulk of common citizens In the east want to see a single gold standard; or want con gress to take orders from Wall street. Nor do we believe that, except through misrepresentation of the facts, the bulk of plain westerners can te Induced to hold out for what is virtually silver monometallism, with robbery and ruin thrown in. They have no right to ask congress to give them the whole loaf, at the expense of all the rest of the country; nor to expect the federal mints to go on double turn in order that for eign traders in silver bullion may make big money out of our foolishness. There is a sensible mean between these two extremes which represents the common sense of the question; and we are anx iously waiting to see keen-eyed Re publican members of congress plant their party's banner solidly thereon, with the intention of fighting it out on that line if it tukes all summer. The cartoon on our first page Is mere ly a premonition of one of the expe riences in store for Serantonluns when the spring thaw comes. And yet this community takes no steps to do away with the rotten wooden block pave! LEGISLATIVE TOPICS. l'uy of Women Teachers. Philadelphia Press; Representative Soy fort, of Lancaster. ls Impressed with the plaint of the women teachers cf Philadelphia as to the Inequality of sularivs paid by the Philadelphia board of education, and he has Introduced a bill to meet the case. It provides that females employed as teachers In the pub lic schools of this mate shall In all caics receive the same compensation aH is al lowed to male teachers for like service when holding the same grnuo of cer tllleates und employed to teach an equal grade us male teachers. There Is mani fest justice in this, but It is not certain that its operation will be wholly favor able to tho public Hehools or even to the women teachers. The latter are employe,! In preference to men In n! lie-tenths of tho teaching positions because they will give the same quality of service for less money. They are the cheapest to hire ami the board of education only does its duty as trustee of the school fund when it goes Into 'the cheapest market to procure lt3 teachers. Here and there, however, It uppears to the board desirable to employ a man, and to Kt a capable man teacher It Is often necessary to offer him more money than will employ an equally ca pablo woman. Under this Beyfert bill, If enacted, to get a suitable man at his low est price it would be necessary to rale tho salaries of all the women teachers it the sumo crude to a higher llguro than they would be willing to sell their ser vices for, but for the fact that the law for bids them to bo paid less than a man. Our old friend, supply and demand, al ways produces Inequality of pay for very nearly like services. We are inclined to the opinion, however, that his rule works better on the whole than legislative at tempts to regulate prices by arbitrary laws. Need of Compulsory Education. Philadelphia Press: Mr. Farr, of Lacka wanna county, who has distinguished his career In the legislature by his persist ent advocacy of compulsory education, is urging his bill UKatn at the present ses sion. If Mr. Farr succeeds In persuading this legislature to pass It anew we be lieve It will go on the statute book. Re publican governors are not disposed to stand In tho way of any measure that promises to make for the public education, and Governor Hastings Is least of all like ly to follow his predecessor In this back ward course. The compulsion proposed by Mr. Farr is very moderate. Jt applies only to children between the ages of 8 and 13, and Is satisfied with sixteen weeks per year of schooling. Certainly this Is Utile enough to Insist upon as a prelimin ary to the exorcise of the rights of citi zenship in Pennsylvania. These children are prospective voters or mothers of vot ers and tho safety of the commonwealth requires tha t their shell of ignorance shall be cracked siilllciently to allow a little, book knowledge- 'to penetrate their In telligence. The scant four mouths cf schooling yearly for live years is sutllclent to enable them to read, and to such the whole domuin of knowledge is open if they seek it, and some share of It is cer tain to reach them even unsought. The fact that Mr. Farr has got a legislature to pass his bill before gives ground for hope that this legislature may ulfe bti per suaded by his arguments In favor of com pulsory education. The state needs com pulsory education If for nothing else than to securetheretlrementof those legislators who think six months schooling is enough for their children, und that the state pub lic school appropriation can be put to a better use than to the improvement and maintenance of public schools. How to Protect Ouuil. New Castle News: The scarcity of quail In Pennsylvania this year should teach the lesson that there must bu a law prohib iting their killing for at least three years to come. Not only that, but the law now In force, prohibiting the soiling of tho birds, should be supplemented when the open season begins after the long period of protection, by making It unlawful to take dead quail out of the county In which they were killed. Missouri Insti tuted such a law after the long quail kill ing prohibition ended and It is vigorously enforced. The railways require their em ployes to watch for uny violation of tho law, and all Judicial olilcers Indict prompt and severe penalties. The consequence of this protection of the quail is that tho birds fairly swarm In Missouri, and tho stock, under present laws, seems likely to be everlasting. Pennsylvania should have such quail laws. TRIBLNLTTES. That John L. Sullivan Is an all 'round artist no ono can dispute. He not only de lights audiences upon the stage, but ulso paints the towns ulong thu route. And Used tho Other. I suppose Ethel's father did not stand on ceremony In dismissing you when you asked his daughter's hand? N no. He stood on one foot, An I nsolved Problem. What Martha Washington teas havo to do with George's birthday Is still a puzzle to many. Talent Sudly Misapplied. Jones Is a penniless und disappointed pinn. What was the cause of 111 luck? Ho undertook to establish on agency for mineral water down In Kentucky. One Serious Disadvantage. Vocalist I'm afraid that some peoplo will find heaven very dull. Committee Why? VooullBt Because they probably will not be able to find fault with the choir up there. Likewise the Spring Poet. The wheeiy, lnlluensa duys, And mud and slush are here. And other things that meet our gaze Aro proof that spring Is near. An Afterthought. From the Elmhurst Signal. How noble it would have been had Mr. Hnndley remembered more of the worthy charitable institutions of the city. How he could have endeared himself to the rising generation had he left a few thou and dollars for the Young Men's Christian association of Scranton. Again, what a monument he would have reared to his own memory hud he left sulllclent money to open and Improve public purks, where the poor of the cHy could enjoy the pure air, and the children romp and play be neath the shade of trees planted and cared for with money furnished by his estate. Then would the memory of Mr. Hundley been enduring In Scranton. The Y. M. C. A. Young Man. From the Syracuse Post. Tho day has long passed by when people sneered at the Young Men's Christian as sociation as a milk and water Institution made up of lackadaisloal young men, palo faced, hollow chested, gloomy featured and lacking In both physical and moral courage. If there was ever any reason for entertaining such an opinion, It has been very completely removed. But the sneers and tho Jests have passed away, for the Young Men's Christian association young man hus come to stay, and every body is glad that he has come. He Is the exponent of a robust, muscular Christian ity. He believes in manliness without bravado, In courage without recklessness, in practical morality, without cant, In vig orous heajthfulness without sensuality or brutality. Thu Young Men's Christian association young man takes prizes In the gymnasium and the athletic fields, and better than all, saves up some of his re wards for the next world. He Is u, very Imporatant factor in the business and commercial life of the day. Employers have confidence in him, and the average business mun would rather know that his clerks spend their evenings at the Young Men's t.'hrlstlun nssoclullon build ing than in lounging ubout the clubs or loafing in saloons. 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