THE SCBAXTOJT TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 14, 1S9.
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SCRANTON, OCTOBER 14. 1896.
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
NATIONAL.
Presldent-WILLI AM M'KINI-ET.
Vice-President OA RttbT A. HOB ART.
STATE.
Congressmen - a - Large GAyj?.3A,r
GROW. SAMUEL A. DAY EN PORT.
COt'NTV.
Congress WlLLIAxTcONNETJi.
Commls?loners-S. W. ROBERTS. GILES
ROBERTS. r.r. T
Auditors-A. E. KIEFER. FRED I
WARD.
LEGISLATIVE.
Senate, 21st tllstrlctCOL. W. J-SCOTT.
Representative, 1st Dlstrlct-JOHN K.
FARR; 2d Dlstrlct-A. T. CONNbLL.
Id Distrlct-DR. N. C. MACKEY; n
Dlstrlct-JOHN F. REYNOLDS.
Con a city like Srranton afford to
take risks at Harrlsburg next winter
by sending to represent It In the Irgis
latuie a man without experience In leg
islative matters? Why not make sure
of effective representation by re-electing
Alex. Connell?
Vote the Straight Ticket.
Voters Interested In Republican fup
oess will readily see the dunfier which
lies In the efforts of the Democratic
candidates for county commissioner to
pet them to divide their votes between
the parties for this office. The Repub
lican, for example, who agrees to vote
for one of the Robertses and also for
one of the Democratic candidates, vir
tually agrees to vote for two Democrats,
since as a result of similar trades If
one Democrat Is elected the other would
tie almost sure to be, also. The object
of all persons who propose trades and
compromises of this kind, with refer
ence either to the commissioners or
the auditors. Is to weaken the Repub
lican strength and fortify the Democ
racy In local position.
The Democrats last spring captured
the city government and now they are
reaching out for the most important
county office that of the commission
ers. If by any hook or crook they can
pet the control of this office, they will
be in excellent trim to make trouble
for Republican candidates and Repub
lican policies In the future. It will be
the fault of the Republicans themselves
If this ruipose shall be attained. The
candidates presented on the Republican
ticket nre both trustworthy men, who
have demonstrated their ability and In
whose hands the fiscal Interests of the
county will be perfectly safe. No Re
publican who wishes to see his his par
ty strengthened for future fights will
play Into the hands of the opposition
by yielding an Inch to any Democratic
overture.
This Is a good year for Republicans
to make their ballots emphatic by vot
ing them straight.
Favorable reports continue to come
from John F. Reynolds' canvass In the
Fourth district. If his friends will keep
steadily at work, ho will undoubtedly
be elected.
The Question of Plurality.
If Mr. Connell w" to be elected to
congress next ii.iith by only a small
plurality, th i .ivwe would be that
ri oieetlon hud ccdeed to Intel est the
voter of Lackawanna county, and en
couragement would thus he given to
the free traders like Mr. Bryan to plan
new campaigns against the welfare of
our Industries.
A small plurality would be as good
as a million so far as seating Mr. Con
nell is concerned. Therefore so far as
lie Is personally concerned he no doubt
could stand It to see the Republican
vote kept within the normal propor
tions. But his feelings In the premises
are a minor consideration one way or
the other. He stands simply as the
temporary representative of cer
tain public principles, and it
should be -the concern of the
people of the district, who expect from
a triumph of those principles to derive'
a new period of prosperity, that the
majority rolled up In their behalf shall
be unmistakable In Its emphasis.
Consequently it Is not enough to feel
convinced of Mr. Connell's election.
That in itself, while important, 1 not
the only nor even the chief considera
tion. The objective point of the energy
of every local believer in Protection
and an honest currency should be from
this time on the casting three weeks
hence ,of such a sweeping mujorlty for
those principles as will settle for all
time the question as to where Lacka
wanna stands.
Mr. Vldaver, another time, should in
sist upon a gold clause in his contract.
Making the Rich Richer.
Since the Sherman law was repealed
the government has cleared $5,700,000
in profit on its silver coinage. In
other words It buys silver at the mar
ket ratio, 32 to 1, coins it at the coin
age ratio, 16 to 1, and pockets the dif
ference. This clearly Is a sensible ar
rangement, which benefits all the peo
ple, Blnce what is the government's is
the people's.
Rut this doesn't satisfy the silver
syndicate. The members of that gi
gantic trust are nut content to accept'
the market price for their products,
the same as other folks have to do.
They want the law to let them take
CO cents' worth of silver bullion (mar
ket price) to a government mint, and
have it coined free at public expense
Into an alleged dollar which Is to be
made legal but not equitable tender
for 100 cents' worth of debt. . The dif
ference between actual and'1 nominal
value would represent the silver mine-
owner's margin of profit through Bry
an's election. It is a SO per cent, pick
up which would soon run into the mil
lions, and it fully explains why the
silver syndicate has tapped Its barrel
in Bryan's behalf.
It may be that the laboring men of
the United State, captivated by Bry
an's palavering talk, will be willing to
vote CO cents out of every dollar they
own or earn into the pockets of the
two-dozen multi-millionaires who con
trol the silver mines of the United
States, but we must say that we doubt
it like sixty.
It will be a pleasure for our citizens
tomorrow night to welcome, at the
Frothlngham theater Republican mass
meeting, so admirable an orator and so
worthy a gentleman as Hon. Charles
Emory Smith. Mr. Smith, since hla en
trance Into the present campaign, has
won the most favorable opinions wher
ever ho has spoken, and the recollec
tion of his brilliant speech here two
years ago will doubtless be sulllclent to
pack the theater in anticipation of his
coming.
Wages and Prices,
The workingman has been told time
and again by the free silver orators
that his condition not only In bad, but
that it Is getting worse. This Is true
to Just this extent: The Democratic
war upon the Protective tariff, begun in
1S92, has reduced wages and lessened
employment, and since then times have
been hard. But It hasn't been the fault
of our money system, for prior to 1N92,
In the years when there had been a good
Protective tariff, the condition of the
workingman bad been steadily Improv
ing. He nad been earning more money
and that money, when earned, had
bought more than at any other time In
modern history. The federal census on
manufacturing wa-cs shows that In
lSliO the annual average Income of hand
workers in American factories and
mlllB was 247; In 1SG0. S2S8; In 1870, $377;
In 1SS0. 340, and In 1890, $484. The high
figure in 1870 covers a period of green
back inflation when $377 in paper meant
only about $302 in gold.
This shows that wages have increased
under Protection and the gold standard.
But how about prices? We could quote
table after table showing the gradual
Jecline In prices within the past twenty
or twenty-five years, but it is unneces
sary because Bryan and his colleagues
all admit that prices have fallen and
make that the basis of their chief at
tark upon the present monetary stand
ard. We will, however, offer Just one
thing In evidence, a series of extracts
from the day-books of John Rusby, a
retired grocer of Franklin, N. J., to
gether with some comments made by
him. Any workingman forty years old
ur older can from memory readily veri
fy the entries.
Under date of October 17, 1SCS, Mr.
Rusby made this entry: "Patrick Cot
foe bought 4 pounds butter, $2.20; 1
pound green tea, $1.25; 1 pound black
tea, $1; 21 pounds brown sugar, $3.42; 1
pound washing soda, 6 cents; 2 pounds
candles, 40 cents;. 1 pound starch, 14
cenls; 10',i pounds pork, $2.10; 4 pounds
currants, 42 cents; Vi pound mustard,
HO cents; 1 broom, 5 cents; Vi gallon
kerosene, 25 cents. Total, $12.39. At
l.sflG prices the above would cost $5.96."
On November 2, 1SC8, he wrote In his
account book; "Stephen Balls bought
2 pounds lard, 4S cents; 50 pounds Hour,
3.50. Total, $3.98. I'reBent price, $1.43.
John Corb bought 7 pounds brown
sugar for $1.10. Present price, 35 cents.
Jacob Kierstead bought 1 barrel of
Hour, $1C; 1 gallon molasses, 95 cents; 7
pounds granulated sugar, $1.20. Total,
$18.14. Present price, $5.63."
It is unnecessary to multiply instanc
es of the greater purchasing power of
wages today, under the gold standard,
than under the depreciated currency in
vogue right after the war,-although
they could be multiplied indefinitely.
The point for present consideration by
every workingman who has not yet
wholly made up his mind on this money
question Is simply this: "If free silver
would raise the prices of what I have
to buy, what assurance have I that It
would raise my wages In proportion?
If it does raise my wages In proportion
I will be no better off, relatively, than
now. What I gain by Increased wages
would bo wiped out by increased ex
penses. But If It doesn't raise my wages
os fast and as high as it raises my
expenses bow will I profit by it? Won't
I be actually worse off than now?"
Mr. Bryan talks a good deal about
his friendship for the workingman, but
he has not yet found time to explain
how It would benefit that workingman
to have his cost of living doubled with
no definite assurance that his income
will double correspondingly. Until he
makes this point plain, his whole argu
ment will lack a leg to stand on.
Senator Quay's first ofilcial prediction
of next mouth's result isn't as long as
his great tariff speech, but it is quite
as interesting.
Growing Desperate.
Over his own signatur- Major Moses
P. Handy, the veteran Journalist.
w-'ies: A
The desperation of the Popocritlc man
agers Is such that almost anything may
bo expected of them in tho last days of
me campaign, i nave reason to believe
that they are already contemplating the
advisability of fomenting some great popu
lar disturbance which will unsettle the
public mind, throw the masses into fren.y
agnlnst the classes and provoke federal
Interference as in 1891, for preservation
of law and order. Among the schemes un
der consideration are local Btrlltes lit
Cleveland and Milwaukee, In which It Is
hoped Hanna and Payne may be involved,
and another genernl railroad strike. They
argue that capitalists and business men
generally can be no more antagonist!!' to
Bryan than they are and that a Inbor dls.
turbanre like the Homestead strike or
the Pullman strike, with ineldentai disor
der, may, through the medium of a sym
pathetic strike, dislodge organized labor
from the support of McKlnley. Charged
with this design, a man prominent In the
management of tho Bryan campnUn
frankly admitted that If the way could hp
found he and his associates would not hes
itate to bolster their fulling cause by such
means. "A geheral strike and a panic,"
said he, "would not be too high a pries
to pay for the electoral votes of Illinois."
One docs not like to believe a charge
so serious as this, and' yet there are
many considerations which tend to
render It probable. Having deliberately
started out with tho intention of set
ting the poor against the rich in a
conflict of tho classes, It would be only
a logical outgrowth of this 'purpose if,
at the last, as a final blow, a violent!
strike should be fomented. To his ac
tion In a former strike, disgraceful as
It was to law-abiding citizens. Gover
nor Altseld owes his present strength
In politics. By that course he won the
favor of the unthinking and the law
less, and It would be no surprise If he
should consider that a repetition of
the episode would clinch his grip on
that element and bring it to the support
of the whole Popocratlc programme.
The Bryan campaign having failed
to develop strength along the lines of
rational argument stands In need of
something out of the ordinary to bolster
it up. Defeat to its leaders means
permanent political exile. No other
party will ever give them shelter. The
Democracy itself, when it shall come
to ItR sober senses, will regard them
as its betrayers and they will not be
able to look for asylum In that quar
ter. Their situation Is therefore plain
ly one of desperation, and in such an
emergency one Is justified In expecting
extreme measures. The Btrike story
If not true Is entirely plausible.
The South Carolina ' Legislature Is
expected at its next session to make an
Investigation of the dispensary system
of regulating the liquor traffic, with a
view to the discovery of great leaks In
the funds. It will be remembered that
this was "Pitchfork" Ben Tillman's
system. He Is responsible for its adop
tion and for its subsequent enforce
ment and control. Some one In the
purchasing department Is charged with
having received large sums of money
from the distilleries in the form of re
bates. Tillmanlsm, therefore, may soon
be on the defensive.
Socialism and Anarchy.
The Buffalo Enquirer, although sup
porting McKlnley, does not believe
with General Harrison, Bishop New
man, ex-President White and Arch
bishop Ireland that the Chicago plat
form Involves the menace of anarchy.
"If tho sentlnent that prevails so large
ly In the south and west were," it asks,
"really that of anarchy, what guar
antee would we have of the continu
ance of the republic? On the character
of the people of the United States de
pends the safety of the nation, and If
the people of a great section of the
country, strongly supported In all parts
of it, are anarchists, then the outlook
Is hopeless. The prospect is a clash,
If not this year then in the future, be
tween the conflicting systems and the
probable establishment of an empire.
We prefer the homely philosophy of
Lincoln that you may fool some of the
people all the time and all the people
some of the time, but you can not fool
tho whole of tho people all the time."
Our contemporary perhaps misinter
prets the tenor of the objections to
Bryanlsm offered by the four gentle
men previously mentioned. It is not
claimed that the masses who support
the Chicago nominee and platform are
conscious and wilful anarchists. The
only claim made is that In tendency the
Chicago deliverance, as dally reiterat
ed and expounded' by Bryan, makes
for disorder rather than for order, and
bids for votes In a manner dangerous
to republican Institutions. It Is a fair
construction of the Chicago programme
to say that it proclaims the powerless
ness of tho national executive to en
force federul law unless Invited to do
so by the governor or legislature of
tho state In which the violation takes
place. It is equally fair to say that it
encourages the idea of "packing" the
United States Supreme court for the
purpose of influencing its decisions on
questions Involved in political contro
versy, as for instance, the constitu
tionality of a tax on Incomes. It Is
also fair to say that it solicits the suf
frage of workingmen as a class under
cover of an Implied promise of exemp
tion from the law when applied as in
the case of strikes. These faults of the
Chicago platform certainly do noj en
courage law and order or make for the
security of our government. They are
essentially seditious and anarchistic In
general tenor and trend; If successful
at the polls, it is reasonable to Infer
that the men who should have won
power by puch faint suggestions of the
communistic spirit would grow bolder
nnd more outspoken at the ensuing gen
eral elections, until In time all checks
to lawlessness would be gone. The
revolutionary spirit, when oncearoused,
is not easily placated. Like the appe
tite for strong drink it has to be fed
always with increasing allowances.
But if Bryanlsm were not positively
dangerous In its avowed doctrine, what
shall be said as to the men and influ
ences most prominently masked behind
it? Can wo call tho blatant and blas
phemous Tillman a conservator of
peace and prudent restraint? Is Alt
geld a type of reassuring statesman
ship? Do Senator Stewart, Coxey, Pef
fer and Tom Watson suggest a con
servative and well-ordered administra
tion of the national government? Is
the activity In Bryan's behalf of Debs
and other fomenters of trouble
and discord a guarantee that his
election would stay tho hand of vio
lence and pour balm upon bruised pub
lic confidence? Are the fiery harran
gues of Bryan himself, in studied ap
peal to class prejudice, calculated to en
force the wisdom of his election to an
office of supreme responsibility?
Not all Bryanites are anarchists, by
any means; but surely the bent of Bry
an's canvass Is in the direction toward
lather than away from anarchy, and
that fact alone is enough to condemn
him.
"Robbers and thieves" Is the polite
term applied by last) evening's Times
to supporters of honest money. "Mur
derers" and "traitors" will probably
come next.
.
If Alex Connell had not been elected
to the legislature two years ago tho
Scranton poor district would have been
K17.000 the poorer. Work like bis de
serves a re-election.
The Sctnnton Times will have hard
work trying to convince Its readers on
the South Side that tho steel rail busi
ness Is already too prosperous, s
We still thlnkvthe chnnee of a life
time was missed when Vldaver wasn't
paid In Mexican dollars.
It would be Interesting to know the
real reason why Bryan did net come to
Scranton. . '
Was Vldaver's check after .all only
an Iridescent dream ' - -
Bryan Reftifed
by Cold f acts
To the assertion of Mr. Bryan at Cov
ington, Ky., Oct. 2. that "prosperity has
never followed the gold standard," the
Louisville Courier-Journal makes tho
following reply: The total wealth of the
United States was 3O,0.iS.518,5C7 in 187a It
was W5,U37,09l,iJT In 1890. an Increase of
over 100 per cent, under the gold standard.
The we.ilih per capita of the United
States was J7S0 In 1870; it was $1,036 in 1,
an Increase of 'il per cent, under the gold
standard. Our foreign trade increased
from 1878 to 1890 44 per cent, under the gold
standard. Tho coal production of Iho
United States Increased from 53,822,839
tons In ISSil to llO.K.S2.72a tons In 1S90, an in
crease of 121 per cent, under ten years of
gold standard. The Iron production of
the United States Increased from 2,74l,sT)3
tons in 1879 to t.2i2.73 tons In 1890. on in
crease of ZS& per cent, under eleven years
of gold standard. The savings bank depo
sits of the United States Increased from
tra9.87l.308 In INTO to 11.810,597,03 In 1WJ, an
increase of ubout 230 per cent, under tho
gold standard. The number of depositors
In the savings banks of the United States
Increased from l.li::,SW In 1870 to 4,875,519 In
189.1, and tholr savings per capita Increased
in the same time from $14.20 to $25.88.
Hut this Is not all.' The public debt of
the United States was $1,922,517,324 lb 180 or
$;;8.33 per capita; In 1MW It wus only $915,
!;2,112, or $II,G3 per capita a reduction of
more than 50 per cent. In the totnl and of
01 per cent. In per capita indebtedness
tinder the gold standard. Tho state debts
of the United States amounted to $24.500,
074, or $5.79 per capita, In 1880; in 1899 they
amounted to $132,3.'lii.C89. or only $3.50 per ca
pita. The net federal, state and county In
debtedness in the United States was fci.Xltl,
849.034 in 1S80. or $10.59 per capita; in 1S90 it
was l,2Sf,li2ii,8lu, or $20. IU per capita a re
duction of over 50 cent. Farm property,
Including lands, fences and buildings, were
valued at $9,2i:2,K),iW In 1870, and had In
creased to $13,279,iw0,00O in 1S90. Farmers
owned $320,000,000 worth of improvements
and machinery In 1S70 and $l9l,900.0l)i)
worth In 1890. Farm live stock amounted
to l,525.fWO,000 In 1870, and to $2,2os,iHW,ii"o
in 1890. Tho acreage of farm lands In 1S7J
was 4117,7:15,041; In 1899, 023,218,019 an In
crease of over 50 per cent, llulldlng and
loan association deposits were of little
consequence in 1875; in 1892 they reached
a total of $500,009, OUO, and In 1S9I! amounted
to $750,000,000 all under tho gold standard.
Moreover, the exports from the United
States have increased 131 per cent, since
1872 under tho gold standard. Farm pro
ducts grain, cotton, tobacco, meat, live
cattle, sheep and hogs worcex ported In
1872 to Iho amount of $:!53,908,.17; In 1892
$754,480,843 worth of these articles went
abroad. Freight rales on wheat from Chi
cago to New Yorw have been reduced frora
19.19 cents per bushel by lake and canai
in 1873 to 4.11 cents In 1895; from 33.2 cents,
all rail, In 1S73 to 12.17 cents, all rail, In
189.1, Average wages In manufacturing In.
dustrles increased from $128 In 1870 to $ISI
In 1890, or 39 per cent. The purchasing
power of wages at the same time Increased
from 4.1 In 1S70 to 172.1 In 1MM, taking IS)
as a basis of comparison at 100. A one
horse plow that 0.4 bushels of wheat, or 19.1
bushel of corn, or 27 bushels of oats. In
1873, could be bought In 1X89 for 3.8 bushels
of wheat, 8.5 bushels of corn or 11.5 bushels
of oats. A binder that cost the farmer
277.7 bushels of wheat In 1873 could be
bought for 184.9 bushels In 1889. A one
horse cultlvntor that cost 6.8 bushels of
wheat In 1873 could be bought for 4.7 bush
els in 1SS9. A two-horse plow that cost 17.0
bushels of wheat or 52.9 bushels of corn
in 1873 could be liuiiKht In 18s for 13.7
bushels of wheat or 31.2 bushels of corn.
The volume of money In clrctilatln In 1872
was $728.Mi.5l9. or $18.19 per capita. Includ
ing depreciated paper; In 1890, June 30, It
was $l,5oo,o:il,n20. or $21.10 per capita.
Counting the money in the treasury there
was in the United Slates In 1872 $18.70 per
capita, which In 1MW had Increased to 'S1M
per capita. Money has Increased In sup
ply so much more rapidly than the demand
that Interest rates have declined 25 per
cent, since 1873. No other nation on earth
can match this story of progress.
LAW AMI VALUE.
Secretary J. Sterling .Morton.
The power to liquidate debts is con
ferred upon money by law. This much
legislation can do for a currency. It can
not, however, create value uny more than
it can create health. It cannot eradicate
the bad and instil tile the good In human
nature. Tho theory that the dollar Is val
uable only because of the law, and that a
metal may be doubled In value for mone
tary uses by a statute, is absurd. Value
depends upon demand. Demand depends
upon desire, and lawmakers can create
valuo for silver in the arts and for orna
ments equul to that of gold Just as easily
us they can create value for silver as
money equal to that of gold as money.
DEDUCTIVE REASONING.
New York Commercial-Advertiser.
If a man Is in doubt about his vote let
him pause and consider. Ho wants to
voto for the good of tho country. Those
who want to vote for the good of the conn,
try are the law abiding element, the law
abiding element Is the respectable por
tion of the community, tho respectable
portion of the community are the best
Informed people, the best Informed peo
ple are the educated and the educated are
out and out for McKlnley.
TllAT ENDEAVOR CONVENTION.
From tho Jermyn Tress.
Nothing was left undone that might In
tensify the cordiality with which the
broad-minded people of Scranton wel
comed the unsectarlan visitors. There Is
nothing narrow about Scranton and when
a society which Is also broad-minded on 1
evangelical In Ha views honors the city
with a visit the opportunity to reciprocate
is not thrown awuy.
.
STRANG!'. IIF.DI'LLLOWS.
From the Washington Post.
Dear, dear! How wonderful are the re
venges and the transmutations of free
government. To think that, within so
smnll a space of time we should find Wat
terson. Hill, Palmer, Cockran, Pat Oieu
Fon, Herr Host, the tuneful Glider, and
the snarling Uodkin spooned together In
one bed!
HONORS EVEN.
From the Washington Post.
Mr. Bryan's law partner seems to be
every bit as sentimental as Mr. Sewall's
son.
HYGIENE.
I cannot ent but little meat,
By microbes It Is spoiled:
And suro I think I cannot drink,
Save water that Is boiled; ,
And I'll endure low temperature,
Since by the doctors told
That to live long and keep us strong
'Tls better to be cold.
So let bacteria scourge and scare,
With ailments -.dnlfold.
To do us good v.e'll eat no food,
And keep our bodies cold.
I lovo no roast except dry toast,
And that at slated terms,
And little blend 1 eat. In dread
Of pathogei.' germs;
Of milk no whit I take, lest It
Zymotic Ills enfold,
And fevers breed; yet most I heed
To keep my body cold.
A keen east wind I never mind.
And fifty Fahrenheit
Is the degree that best suits me,
13y day nnd eke by night;
Thus wise I strive to keep alive,
And haply to grow old,
With beef uncarved, athlrst and starved,
And perished with the cold.
So let bacteria scourge and scare,
With ailments manifold.
To do us good we'll eat no food,
. And keep our bodies cold.
- - , St. James' Qasette.
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Man. und Souv.nlri ol f cranton. New York
and Philadelphia paper.. Full Proceedings of
convention. Four Dollar Teacher'. Bible,
beidlemanTthe bookman
417 Sprue St, Opp,Tbt ComaaoawMltB.
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Immense Variety,
Latest Novelties,
Perfect Fitting,
Excellent
Rock
GREAT EASTERN IT AND PANTS C01PANY
Branch 14. 427 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton. Branch 14.
FINE TAILORING WITHIN REACH OF ALL
D.-- r At Is dow In demand,
DlLie I Jell and It should bo,for
la.t degree. We are snpplyinv tbla domaud
along wiita orery other iu our line.
See flood. In Show Window.
The demons, Ferber,
0'malley Co.,
I'll UCKAWANNA 1VE.
WOLF & WENZEL,
(31 Linden., Opp. Court House,
PRACTICAL TINNERS and PLUMBERS
Sols Agents for Richardson Boynton's
Furnaces and Kangea,
No Charge for Alterations.
PHILADELPHIA MANUFACTURERS FOR CLOAKS AND SUITS
BARGAINS FOR THE COMING WEEK:
We are now ready for a busy, busy trade. We
Intend offering; the greatest bargains ever seen in this
city of first-class goods. Skillful buying in large
quantities for ready cash and selling to you at bar
gain prices that's our policy front now on. Watch us.
AM, WOOL KERSEY CAPE3 lull
sweep wran and stitched
Ffams InlHld. velvet collar. OR
liwtend of J'UP 3O.VO
BLACK BEAVER DOUBLE CAPE
Trimmed with braid ml fur, S f Qjl
full kwiti; c!i"H! Ht St.on, at
JAUNTY JIEEFEH FRONT COATS-Flna
Hondo and Axtraklinn cloth,
silk lined, made to suit at $111 CCS Oft
Our price J.VO
BLACK BEAVER COAT-Box front, f-mr
buttons, storm collar, cheap CI ns
atJT.OO .. 'vo
Bl,Oi;tiK AND NORFOLK WAISTS
Mixtnros and Shepherd's
l'lsids, lined tlirouKbout,cheap CI OS
at 8.'. Our tn'ce pi.J
TAILOR MADE Sl'lTS-All Wool Cloth,
newest sliailiw. brown nnd preen mix.
turtw duublo breasted Kcefcr
.Tarketa. silk 'need; cheap at CCS OA
SUM. Our price P.fO
STYLISH rUIT8-ln new mixtures, chev
iots, oil wool erce, box end roofer
jck.te three-frmrth silk lin'd: fnll
skirts lined end bound, rcg- CQ QQ
tilr price 12 Ml at PO.VO
JUST RF.CE1VF.D-A now lot of Figured
JJohnir skirts in tvitono effects; also
plain hacks, rut fnll, lined and
bound Homo values up to 13 C OA
and to. at 9lVO
Taffeta silk hhirt waists-io
rUnnneabl. colors, lined, well made, can
be worn with attachable coI
lars and cnfTs. elsewhere $0.00. i AO
our price t.ty
I MEM, PROP.
421 LACKA. AVE.
BAZAM
Workmanship,
- Bottom Prices.
MASCULINE HANDS NEED C0VEFI13.
CONRAD
Has the stock and
can satisfy most any
one.
305 LACKAWANNA AVENUE
BLANK BOOKS
Of all kinds, manufactured at tnojf
notice, at Tbo Tribune Office.
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