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THE SCEANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL 18, 1895.
C(Se cranton CriButte
Bally ud Weekly. Ne Sunday Edition.
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KCltAXTON, APRIL 18, 1895.
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THE SCR ANTON Ol' TODAY.
Come and Inspect our city.
Elevation above the tide, 740 feet
Extremely healthy.
Estimated population, 1893, 103,000.
Kvfflstered voters, 20,599.
Value of school property, J900.000.
Number of school children, 12,000.
Average amount of bank deposits, $10
000,000.
It's the metropolis of northeastern Penn
sylvania, 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 1800 ."3
Population In 1870 35,000
Population In 1880 43.850
Population in 1890 Ta.-IB
Population In 1894 (estimated) 11X1,000
And the end is not yet.
The season of congressional seed
planting- has recurred, we are told.
What will the harvest be?
The People Atay Be Trusted.
It Is perhaps less unfortunate than
would at first thought appear that such
purely scientific questions as the tariff
and the currency should have to be
settled through the medium of general,
partisan discussion. In a government
like our own, resting upon the aggre
gate, final Intelligence of the masses,
no other method of settlement Is feas
ible, and history shows that no other
method of settlement Is, upon the
whole, quite so satisfactory.
It Is a proverbial fact that the more
learned the doctors, the greater the dis
agreement. There Is no issue In ab
stract science which has elicited less
divergence of opinion ' among the so
called masters of science than has the
Issue, let us say, of a protective tariff;
yet the common sense of the plain peo
ple in the end settled the tariff question
more decisively even than the learned
arguments of the scholars have settled
any Issue In abstract science. This
consensus of popular opinion, moving
cautiously along lines of common sense
tests, may be relied upon In due season
to settle the currency question to its
own satisfaction, just as It has settled
the question of moderate protection by
tariff enactment. And unless It does
reach this settlement by and for Itself,
It will noi accept any other verdict as
final.
The tariff question has ended In what
Is fairly called a compromise, but It Is
essentially a 'triumph for protection,
honestly applied for the benefit of the
masses. Crudities In the present law
remain to be removed, and experience
will doubtless from time to time sug
gest necessary mlnor'modlflcatlons; but
in the vital fact of a popular recoil from
extreme theories either of free trade or
protection, the tariff may be regarded
its settled at last and finally. So It will
be with the silver issue, so-called. Bi
metallism was the custom of our fa
thers from the Republic's earliest days
down to recent times. ' It will likewise
be the choice of .the future. The aggre
gate common sense of the masses will
recoil from either extreme of contend
ing factions urged on by self-Interpst;
and It will, In a spirit of compromise,
re-establish thait system which, while
working no Injustice either to silver or
to gold, will at the same time bring no
spoliation to the masses of the people.
It Is popular government's mission to
do these things.
Bishop Andrews Is assured that the
violation of pledges' concerning the re
lease of confidential news is not a fre
quent offence among reputable news
papers. Honesty is the best policy, In
Journalism as in all else.
Why Not a Pennsylvania!! ?
The Pittsburg Commercial-Gazette is
of the opinion that "Pennsylvania has
no .conspicuous presidential candidate
to present to the next national Republi
can convention; no one who would start
In with even a remote chance of win
ning." Does not our contemporary take
too gloomy a view of the question?
There Is, in politics, no certainty con
nected -with any event that is one year
distant. Pennsylvania, to be sure, has
as yet no candidate ranking, in popular
strength, with either Reed or McKln
ley; but that need. not .necessarily dis
courage the hopeful presentation, one
year hence, , of a. Pennsylvania candi
dacy. Who knows what Changes may
occur within a year? i
It is the opinion of many experienced
politicians that the next national Re
, publican convention will select aa the
party's standard-bearer, not one of the,
now foremost candidates, but a more
or less "dark horse." This opinion may
turn, out to navevbeen erroneous. But it
Is sustained by numerous precedents
and Is certainly plausible. Pennsylvania
is as well entitled to the presidency as
is any other state. Considering the
staunchness of her Republicanism she
Is better entitled to It than any other
state; and since the formerly doubtful
states" are likely to cut little or no
figure in next year's presidential elec
tion, this would seem to be a favorable
time for Pennsylvania to claim recogni
tion; Nor Is any difficulty likely to arise In
securing a candidate. The woods of
Pennsylvania are literally full of first
rate presidential timber.
Is there enough gold In this country
with which to do the business of the
country? If so, and if silver Is to be
wholly discarded, what Is to become of
the $500,000,000 (In round numbers)
worth of silver now used as money In
the United States? These are questions
worthy of attention.
Income Tax Points.
There Is apparently every probability
that the Income tax will yet be declared
utterly unconstitutional, should It come
before the full Supreme court on a re
hearing, as now seems probable. In
tluit case, the government, In addition
to having to sustain the considerable
expense of the litigation arising from
resistance to its collection, will eventu
ally have to refund the various
amounts collected. Every citizen, there
fore, who Is compelled to pay this
odious tax should llle with Its collector
u formal protest. This will facilitate
his repayment, should the law yet be
declared void.
One point In the recent Supreme court
deliverance touching the Income tax
has escaped general notice. The busi
ness llrm which occupies a leased prop
erty may subtract from its return of
Income the amount paid out for rent,
sluco Its taxable income In net, all over
$1,000. But the merchant who owns his
place of business dare not count out,
say, six per cent, on Its cost, as rent; he
is required to pay a tax to the govern
ment for the use of the product of his
own thrift and economy. fix other
words, a federal premium Is put on ten
antry and a discount exacted from
those fortunate enough to own their
own stores, factories or mines.
While the bondholder, the owner of
tenements and the proprietor of inter
est bearing stocks based on real prop
erty, escapes scot free, the man who
earns $4,000 or more by hard and re
sponsible clerical, executive or profes
sional labor Is mulcted to the law's
utmost extent. If the annals of legisla
tion contain a more conspicuous case
than this of demagogic and unprin
cipled spoliation under cover of the
forms of law, we have yet to make its
acquaintance. And yet the same pres
ident who talks gold monometallism in
one breath preaches income taxation in
the other!
Elsewhere we present excerpts from
the utterances of leading Democratic
speakers and Journals showing that Mr.
Cleveland's object is to force gold
monometallism upon his party. The
Republican party, by the way, has al
ready explicitly declared for bimetall
ism, and Is quite likely to do so again.
Points on Bimetallism.
James Dobson, the eminent Philadel
phia manufacturer, says that in the
past twelve years we In this country
have lost In the material wealth, the
product of the soil, from which the
wealth of the country is derived, $12,-
000,000,000 a sum so large that it would
purchase all the railroad stoclts,
watered or unwatered, besides leaving
a, surplus. He attributes this fall In
prices to the contraction of our cur
rency by the artificially enhanced value
of gold, and says It would be checked
by bimetallism.
Replying to that, Henry Dunning Mc-
Leod, the eminent British monometall
ism claims that the currency of the
world has not contracted in effect, be
cause people nowadays do business
largely on the basis of credits. His
argument, in brief, is that $5 worth of
gold will float $100 worth of credits,
hence we do not need to bother our
heads about silver. Mr. Dobson, how
ever, asks, "What Is this but inflation
of the worst kind, worse, even, than flat
money?" And he adds:
"We are met with the statement that
with the aid of the modern mode of
financiering we do not require the same
amount of money to do the same vol
ume of business; that the use of checks,
or bills of exchange, dispenses, to a
great measure, with the use of money.
I cannot see the force of the argument,
for I have yet to find a bank that will
accept any check and pay it out over
the counter, unless you have the money
In bank to meet it. The only difference
In the method of payment is that it Is
more convenient to keep your money in
bank than in your Bafe or on your per
son. If checks are used in payment
the. same amount of money will be re
quired in either event. The difference
is simply where the money is kept for
use. The use of checks neither dimin
ishes nor increases the volume of
money, and in no way affects our cir
culating mediilm."
Checks and credits may suffice dur
ing prosperous times, but it is noticed
that people demand cash during a
panlo.
It Is estimated that $3,000,000,000
worth' of- American securities are Held'
abroad, In the form of collaterals on
low-lnteresjt loans made to Americans
by foreigners Some of these securities
stipulate that they nhall be redeemed
in gold. Others do not, . If all should
be presented for payment at one time,
demanding gold, there would not be
enough available gold In the . whole
world with which to cancel them.
Therefore, whatever, action Is taken
with reference to our currency, will nat
urally have to be conservative, so as
not to frighten these foreign bondhold
ers. But, at the sume time, is It not a
misfortune that the richest nation on
earth, in material resources, should be,
with respect to the per capita volume
of Its currency, one of the poorest bo
poor, in fact, that It has to borrow In
stead of lend? Must this poverty be In
tensified by the further limiting of our
coinage to gold alone, of which we have
less than $10 per capita, as against more
than $40 of gold and silver per capita
In blmetalllo France?
The Philadelphia Record Is correct in
Its assertion that "If every owner of sli
ver bullion should be permitted to take
It to the United States mint, and there
have a dollar stamp put on every DO
cents worth, It would at once become a
legal tender for the payment of a dollar
of Indebtedness, and the whole people
of the United States would be con
tributing to the silver kings." But sup
pose we put a dollar stamp on a dollar's
worth of silver bullion, why should the
Record complain? Thut Is what honest
bimetallism would do.
The railroad committee of the New
York board of alderman has recom
mended that an ordinance be adopted
compelling ull surface cars to use fen
ders and wheel guards. That U what
ought to be done In every other wide
awake city, not excepting Scranton.
If the United States shall permit
Great Britain to bombard Grey-town It
might as well permit It to land marines
and seize the town. That Is probably
what England Is aiming at.
Those who hope for a speedy return
to honest bimetallism in this country
have much to be thankful for In the
fact that Colonel Alexander McClure
has begun to call them names.
The latest gossip is that Br'er Har
rity Is to be stripped of his National
Chairmanship Yellow Vest.
From a cursory inspection of the re
turns we should say that Rubert Is still
all Wright.
BIMETALLISM NOT A FAD.
Some persons, says the Rochester Post
Express, ought to study American history
a little more. Those who cull bimetal
lism a "fad" and a "craze," If they will
read the constitution of the United States,
will find bimetallism In It. If they will
read the tlrst coinage act of the United
States, April 2, 179:!, they will find It made
the silver dollar the unit of value. It re
mained the unit value until the passage
of the act of Feb. 12, 1873, when Its coin
age was discontinued. Its coinage was
resumed with restriction as to amount,
under the act of Feb. 28, 1878, after having
ceased for five years; and Its unlimited
legal tender quality was restored and re
mains with it. There were, Feb. 1, 1895,
no less than 422,636,749 of these dollars
coined; and most of them are In circula
tion or rather represented In circulation
by silver certificates. Therefore the man
with the "fad;" the man with the "craze,"
In this country Is the monometallism The
man who la seeking to set up a "dishonest
dollar" is the monometalllst.
In England, where monometallism has
been long established, it is the other way;
and the English authorities, like GIITon,
that are cited In behalf of monometal
lism, write as Englishmen, dealing with
English conditions, and they consider the
subject with reference to EngliBh pros
pects. Their strongest arguments in favor
of monometallism there apply in favor of
bimetallism here. And curiously enough,
while they advocate monometallism
for England they do not want It for
the world. As for the "courage" In the
president's letter, we fall to appreciate it.
Does he believe In what he said? If so,
what courage Is there In saying It? Mr.
Cleveland probably wants a renomlnatlon
now and he Is for monometallism as his
only chance. He wanted a re-election In
181)2, and he was then for bimetallism as
his only chance.
RESPECT THE PLATFORMS.
From the Lancaster Intelligencer.
The good sense of the country will hold
Its political preachers and prophets to
their declerations In favor of bimetallism;
and no party will even dure to Inaugurate,
or If inaugurated, to maintain and pursue
a policy that wlllxlrlve gold out of circu
lation and make our money less valuable
than the money of the world. What we
need Is a sound currency, as everyone de
clares and concedes. The simple question
Is what is It and whore will we get It. A
sound currency Is not necessarily formed
by the most valuable matcrlul In the world.
It must be capable of coinage and must be
a valuable metal, but not necessarily the
most valuable metal. And It must be
stable in value; and not only stable In
value, but so abundant that It may not be
locked up and kept In any way from the
use of those who want It. Gold la a pre
cious metal, as stable In value as any; hII
ver Is a metul less precious and perhaps
less stable; but its use as money has been
demanded, until of late, unanimously, by
civilized nations, to help out the store of
gold and to make the money metals as
abundunt as they should be. Some cred
itor nations have of late cast out sliver,
In the belief that gold Is sutllolently abun
dant and In the knowledge that the more
precious the money the greater the profit.
But debtor people are sorely Injured by
the destruction of silver as a money metul
and the consequent appreciation of gold,
thus called upon to perform alone the
money function. This loss may not suf
fice to prove that gold Is not; alone, the
best money; but the fact that the great
United States now pays so high a price,
to Its few holders in quantity, to get the
gold that It needs, shows clearly that gold
Is not so abundant and readily obtainable
aa to furnish alone the best money.
How Many Persons lie 1 leva This 7
From the Washington Star.
W. L. Trenholm, who was controller of
the currency during President Cleveland's
first term, closes a recent paper as fol
lows: - "Gold monometallism Is the un
avoidable destiny of this country; the
sooner we recognise this and fix It In
our laws, the Booner will we reap the
fruits; the longer we defer the recogni
tion, the more we Impede and postpone Its
establishment by law the longer will our
Industries be hampered and all our busi
ness deranged by financial unrest and
commercial apprehension. Should we un
fortunately let go the single gold standard,
there will be nothing to take hold of but
sliver monometallism, for bimetallism for
us Is a snare and a delusion."
Also Wants Gold Monometallism,
From the Philadelphia Record, Dem,
In the relations of gold and silver there
can be but one honest money standard
that which has been established by this
government and by all other great com
mercial nations. In the acute stage which
the conflict between honest money and
cheap sliver has reached in this country
International bimetallism has no stand
ing ground. It Is a fight to a finish be
tween opposing forces, and the neutrals
In the blmetalllo camp must take sliver or
go to the rear.
Referred 0 Mr. Hogan.
From the Wllkes-Barre Leader.
The friends of the Third party have yet
to be convinced that Intemperance in
speech and action, malice and bitterness
are going; to advance the causa pf temper
ance as to strong drink. The wholesale
lmhlbltlon of one brand of liquor will hard
ly effect a cure for the drinking of an
other brand, nor will the cause of temper
ance In one department be helped by In
temperance in another.
As True as Preaching.
"It Is utterly Impossible thut any one In
our broad land, rich or poor, whatever
may be his occupation and whether dwell
ing In a center of finance and commerce
or in a remote corner of our domain, can
be really benefited by a financial scheme
not alike beneficial to all our people, or
that any one should be excluded from a
common and universal Interest In the safe
character and stable value of the currency
of the country." Cleveland's Chicago Letter.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Dally llorosoopo Drawn by Ajacchus, The
Trlbuno Astrologer.
Astrolabe cust: 3.09 a. m. for Thursday,
April 18, 1895.
P2?
A child born on this day will wonder
when It will be the editor's turn to re
ceive benefits from Pennsylvania's civil
pension bureau. In fact the burden of his
thoughts will be "What next?"
A suspicion has gone abroad thut Hones
dule's proposed new dally paper hus joined
the Anthracite county boom.
There are .many who Insist that they
can detect a hollow, mocking sound In
Congressman Reran tort'i shouts In the in
terest of the Smith senatorial boom.
Boss Burns mowed under this day, 1893.
Ajacchus' Advlco.
Do not carry your spring overcoat upon
your arm so long as the balmy air of
spring gives evidence of having been
blown through an Ice cream freezer, un
less you desire to enrich the undertakers.
Never attempt to run down a slanderer.
It Is easier to catch the wlll-'o-the-wlsp
than to locate a first-class liar.
Mr. Gompers should remember that
the "bearding of the lion in his den" is a
dangerous allegory to Introduce Into prac
tice away from home.
Quaker
OATS
Cnnd health rives Strom?
m muscles, firm nerves, clear
brain. Quaker Oats gives
.good health.
Sold only In 2 lb. Packages.
Parlor
Furniture
Our Stock of Fine, Up-to-Date
Parlor Furniture
Is simply immense and prices
at which a parlor can now be
furnished by us are remarka
bly low.
Think of it A fine, highly
polished Suit, covered in good
Silk Tapestry, at
$25
ftOur entire stock of this
spring's Baby Carriages at cost.
Hill &
Connell,
131 AND 133
WASHINGTON AVE.
We Have Just Opened Our
First Import Order of
HAVILAND & CO.
If you want a nice Dinner
or Tea Set we have it. If
you expect to buy a
BABY CARRIAGE
See our line before you pur.
'chase. We can save you
money.
THE
LIMITED.
422 LACKAWANNA AVENUE
THE.
WEBER
GUERNSEY DROS.
224 WYG AVE..
FRENCH CHINA
GOLDSlTnS
Summer Draperies.
Light silk and cotton draperies .naturally take precedence of the heavier lines at this season of the year. Silko
Icne and drapery satins, cretonnes, denims, etc, are in demand In all shades and qualities. Each year the spring and
summer season in the upholstery line increases in importance.
These pretty fabrics can be retailed at such low prices, are shown in such magnificent colorings and designs, are
so well finished and rich looking that immense quantities of tbem are handled daily. Dry Goods Economist, April 6.
We are not egotistical enough to suppose that the able Economist writer had
our store in mind when he wrote the above. Yet it fits us fits us like a glove.
Our upholstery department does grow every year every month witnesses im
provement. As the "Spring-time Comes, Gentle Annie," and the season for re
newing of draperies draws on apace, the lines we show are well worth visiting.
SEE THESE NEW DRAPERIES.
Carpets, Mattings, Linoleums, Rugs and other Hour coverings are certainly the topic of conversation, and the
theme of nearly every housekeeper's thoughts just now. Our offerings in the above will surely interest you aud po&t
you, whether you desire to purchase of us or not Our stock add prices are always the barometer of trade.
WALL PAP
Another carload just received. We knew when we opened up this department, and our prices were made famil
iar to the public, that we would do a big business in the Wall Paper line, but never expected that it would reach the
proportion it has. We have hardly been able to get it in as fast as our customers wanted it, but now our stock is
well caught up with tho demand, and we can supply you with any and every grade. Number of patterns unlimited
and prices just half.
GRATIFYING INDEED!
The change we made locating our
.Children's Department on ground
floor became popular at once. We al
ways sold the bulk of Children's
Clothes now we are doing more
easier of access larger quarters
greater stock more help. We like
our name to suggest Children's Out
fits. Mention anything for Juvenile
Wear if we haven't, we come very
close.
Child's Jersey Suits at $1.50.
Double Breasted Blouse Suits at $1.75.
Braided Reefer Suits at $2.50.
Scarlet and Blue Sailor Suits at $3.50.
Waists of "Star" and "Mother's Friend" Make.
Large Line Embroidered Waists,
Head wear and Neckwear, Full Lines.
All Little Outfitting Perquisites.
TMF AMTFR"
a i.e. wniii i a.ltvi
ARE THE BEST COASTERS.
Consequently they must run easier
than any other wheel. Call
ami examine them.
C. M. FLOREY,
222 WYOMING AVENUE,
Y. M. C. A. BUILDING.
-
AYLESWORTH'S
MEAT MARKET
The Finest In the City.
The latest Improved furnish
lugs and apparatus for keeping
meat, butter and eggs.
223 Wyoming Ave.
WW
JIT. PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL
Coal of the but quality for domeatU
(a, and of all slse. delivered in any
part of the city at loweit price.
Ordera left at my Office
NO. 118 WYOMINQ AVENUE,
(tear room, tint floor. Third National
Bank, or aent by mall or telephone to Um
hlne, wlU receive prompt attention.
Special oontraota will be made for the
lalo aad delivery of Buckwheat Coal
WM. T- SMITH.
The secret Is out Not only do they
ay we do valuing for a living, but
that we do It well. So keep it going.
Tell everybody you see, but tell them
not to tell.
EUREKA .-. LAUNDRY,
aa2 Washington Aye.
SPALDING
BICYCLE
Siiuare Dealing Clothlors,
nu
latter, and Furnisher.,
GUARDIN' HOSE
A fact. Yon have to guard tome hose o care
fully that the teak becomes a burden. It rots
and falls to pieces after a little use. Not so
aura. The best that's made is tne kind we sell.
Stands any pressure your water can put on it.
Will last for years. Perhaps your lawn needs
fertilizer. We have lt aud seed and rake and
mower.
119
Washington Ave
Boston Hot House Cucum
bers, Ripe Tomatoes, Aspur
ugus. MushrooniM, Rhubarb,
Cauliflower, Water Cress,
Brussels Sprouts.
Blue Point Oysters, Large,
Medium mid Little Neck
Clams. Mimsels, Scallops,
Prawn, Large Assortment of
Fresh Fish.
PIERCE'S . MARKET,
Penn Avenue.
DR. HILL & SON
ALBANY
DELISTS.
i''
Bet teeth, 15.60; boat set, tt; for told caps
and teeth without plates, called crown and
bridge work, call for prtcea and refer
ences. TONALOIA, for extraotlng taatb
without pain. No other. No (aa.
OVER FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
ROOF TUNING AND SOLDERING
All done away With bv tha uaa of HlDT.
MAN'S PATENT PAINT, which constats)
of Ingredients well-known to all. It caa be
applied! to tin, galvanised tin, aheat iron
ruuia, aviao 10 oricK awennss. wnicn win
fireverU absolutely any crumbling, crack
og or breaklna of the brick. It will out
last tlnnlna- af anv Iclnil bv manv yeare.
and It'a coat does not exceed one-fifth that
of the coat of tinning. Ia aold by the Jo
er pound. Contracts taken by
ANTONIO HARTMAKN. IH Biroh Ma
BAZAAR:
Fine
Stationery
Blank Dooks,
Office Supplies.
EDISON'S MIMEOGRAPH
And Supplies,
TYPE WRITERS' SUPPLIES
IN ILL ITS BRANCHES.
REYNOLDS BROS.,
Stationers and Engravers,
317 UCKkWANNk AVE.
April IS, 1883.
We
Have Moved
to No. 121 North
Washington Avenue,
Next First
Presbyterian Church
New Store,
New Styles,
New Prices,
and
We Want
You for a
New Customer.
FURNITURE DEALERS.
I, A JHjmm Am A AABaW AtPBUO. IP
TMelVadlee' Solid Keameta IoaolaKM)Bt
lam Boot delivered free eaywaera la the U.oa
receipt otuaaa, eaway unwr,
or Postal Note to S1JO.
Kqnele artery way the boots
sold la all retell stores for
S&40. We ameko lata beet
onmlria. thereto we yaaf
oewe tae jv, enris saw w.
and If anyoas Is aot aaoMI.I
w will refoM UK moaay
OTseadaaotaarpetr. opera
wtdthe O, D, M. eV
atsas I to S aaa half
Cans Snc Gxilg
laaeM freMMfl
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