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SXTtRID AT THI POSTOFrUIi AT SCRANTOS. PA..
SCRANTON. OCTODEU 19. 189(5.
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
NATIONAL.
rresl.lent-WILI.IAM" M'KINLET.
Vice-Presldent-GARtKT A. HOBART.
STATK.
Congressmen - a. - I-arue GAL17SHA A.
GROW. SAMUEL A. DAVENPORT.
roi'NTV.
Conirress WlLLTAjTcONNELTj. -Commissioners
S. V. ROBERTS. GILE3
ROBERTS. i
Audltors-A. E. KIEFEK. FUED L.
WARD.
legislative.
Senate. JIM DIstrletCOL. W. J. SPOTT.
Representative. 1st District JOHN K.
FA R fi : 2d Dlstrlet-A. T. CONN ELL.
Jd District-DR. N. C. MACKBY: th
Dlstrlct-JOHN F. REYNOLDS.
The Democratic prophets who are
predicting Popocratlc success on the
strength of liryan's crowds continue
to forget the fate of Slngerly.
Let Va Have It Settled.
In a campaign like this large majori
ties are doubly essential. As the Is
sues are now drawn there Is no middle
ground. One cannot conceive of a
tenable compromise ns to whether law
In this country shall or shall not be
upremu; ns to whether mobs shall or
shall not have the right to Interrupt
public business, wantonly sacrlllce the
public tranquility and hazard the se
curity of property; or ns to whether
our money shall be honest or dishonest.
There may be neutral places In such a
conflict, but If there are we have failed
tc see them. If there are, those who
occupy them must have queer Ideas
concerning the duty of citizenship with
reference to the ballot.
A majority of one would elect Mr.
Connell to congress quite as certainly
as a majority of four or five thousand.
It would determine the matter so fat
as he is concerned, maybe not so satis
factorily In all respects as a larger one
would, but certainly conclusively. If
he alone were to be considered a small
majority would do all the work of a
big one, however less gratifying It
might appear as a public compliment.
15ut ns we have previously remarked,
the personal significance of the coming
rlectinii in (ills congress district is
small compared with Its public and Im
personal moment. There is an educa
tional force In big majorities which Is
never lost on Intelligent public men.
It carries weight in congress. It influ
ences legislation. Although a creation
of public opinion It In turn makes pub
lic opinion and shapes the whole course
of statesmanship. A big majority for
I'roti-ctioii and sound money In every
Intelligent congressional district in this
country, will even more than the elec
tion of McKlnloy re-Invite confidence
and arrest the downward plunge of
business.
This free trad, free silver agitation
has reached a point where it must be
settled one way or another, and settled
to stay. If It Is to be settled In the
manner that ltryan wants, let us have
It settled that way by a majority
which will leave no doubt of the peo
ple's wishes. The keenest punishment
Is lcsa hurtful than long-continued
dread. Hut on the other hand if the
people are still amenable to their In
tellects and their conscience, no occa
sion since 1X01 has been more opportune
for a decided and emphatic manifes
tation of that fact than that which the
pulling two weeks from tomorrow will
afford. We shall look to that date for
a wholesome clearing of the atmos
phere. .
Kev. Dr. Canflcld. pastor of St. raul's
I'nlveiHulist church, of Chicago, is gro
ins; to use bulletin boards to advertise
church services. He had better take a
lesson from the stage and spend his
money among the newspaper,
A Plot to Rob Labor.
No one but Tho Tribune and thos of the
must flighty imagination can conceive how
free coinage will give tho worklngman
Co-cent dollars and at tho some time en
rich the silver miner by bringing the com
mercial value of the silver In one dollar
up to 100 cents. There are less than W
cents' worth of silver at the present time
In a sliver dollar, jot The Trlbuno is not
making much of a kick against taking
the W-oent dollar In payment for a sub
scription or advertisement. The govern
ment, by placing Its stamp, or Hat, upon
3T1U grains of pure sliver, declares that
such coin Is 100 cents or one dollar. Scran,
ton Times.
The present American silver dollar Is
worth what Its face says It is worth
simply and solely because by resolution
of congress and by Instructions from
the people issued when they elected
Mr. Cleveland president on the Demo
cratic national platform of 1892, this
government Is pledged to keep every
one of its dollars at a parity with every
other dollar. You can take ten of our
present gllver dollars to any bank, trade
them for a $10 treasury note or green
back, send that bit of government paper
to the United Plates treasury at Wash
ington, or to any sub-treasury, and get
In return a 110 gold piece. That Is
what makes the present silver dollar
pass current at Ha face value every
where; that Is what makes It buy two
Mexican free coinage dollars, each con
taining more grains of pure silver than
It itself contains. The people four
years ago. Including these same men
who now shout for free coinage, by their
votes Instructed Mr. Cleveland to keep
nil our dollars equal; and now that he
has done so, ontf wing of his party,
which helped to pass these Instruction,
censure him for olteylng them. Under
free coinage the redemption of silver In
gold dollar would cease; no longer
backed by the government In any form
ave by a dishonest legal tender clause,
our silver coinage would Inevitably fall
to the level of It commercial
value. It buying ' value . would
change each day. .. No one engaged In
business would or could feel secure.
Bo much for tbl point, We propose
now to bring out another point la thl
currency discussion which will convict
the whole free coinage movement of a
deliberate Intention to defraud labor.
We" are asked. How could the silver
mine-owner profit through free coinage
Unless silver should rise to tf.L'9 an
ounce? We propose to show that the
silver mine-owner would make money
through free coinage even if silver were
to fall to 40 cents an ounce. At the
present time the average wage paid to
labor in the western silver mines Is $3
a day; With silver worth 60 cents an
ounce, this wage Is today equal to 5
ounces of silver bullion a day for each
workman In each mine. That Is, In or
der to get $3 with which to pay that
workingman, the owner of the mine to
day has to sell S ounces of the working
man's product. Under free coinage, at
It' to 1. he could take 2.33 ounces, ship
It to Washington, get It coined free Into
3 legal tender dollars and with these
dollar he could pay for one day's labor
in his mine, saving 2.67 ounces of sliver
bullion on the deal.
With silver even as low as 40 cents
an ounce, free coinage would mean that
the mine owner would gouge 2.67 ounces
of silver at 40 cents an ounce, or $1.07
per day out of the actual value of his
employe's wages, although still paying
him the nominal price of $3. In other
tards, the cost of the production of
silver would be cut In two by free coin
age, through the cheapening of the
wages paid to labor, and the mine
owner could then sell at 40 cents an
ounce with a nice margin of profit,
where now he finds himself unable at
gold standard wages to Bell silver at a
profit even at 60 cents. Suppose the
owners, of our anthracite coal mines
were to ask the government to pass a
law by which In an Indirect but .never
theless effectual way they could cut In
two the labor cost of producing coal.
It would be a good thing for them, no
doubt; but wouldn't It be mighty
rough on their employes? and wouldn't
It also be a gross species of govern
mental favoritism, beating our present
syndicates and trusts all hollow?
We repeat that whether Bllver should
rise or fall, the silver mine-owner
would In either case stand to win
under free coinage. If It fell to 40
cents, he would win 2.67 ounces of bul
lion or $1.07 on each employe's labor; If
It rose to $1.29. he would win 2.67 ounces
(i $1.29 an ounce, or $:i.45 on that labor,
plus the Increased value of his output
In general. He would be able to do as
well as now even If silver fell to 30 cents
an ounce. No wonder then, that the
owners of our big silver mines are sup
porting Hryan nnd putting up money to
elect a free coinage congress. There Is
evidently a good deal of method In their
madness.
If surface Indications are to be relied
upon .McKinley will be our next president,
but when conditions are analyzed It Is Im
possible to see how Hryan can avoid an
election. Detroit Tribune.
It depends upon how you analyze
them. If you count votes and polls,
McKinley has 'em; but If you figure
simply on hopes, then there's no use
trying to beat Hryan.
The Comedy ol Politics.
It Is pointed out that on March 16,
1S9'.', Mr. Hryan, while a member of
congress, and in fact during the busy
period of his work as one of the train
ers of the ruinous Wilson bill, In speak
ing of tho world-wide fall In prices,
said: "You must attribute It to the
Inventive genius that has multiplied
a thousand times, In many Instances,
the strength of a single arm, and en
ables us to do today with one man
what fifty men could not do fifty years
ago. That Is what has brought down
prices In this country and everywhere."
Then, of course, Mr. Hryan spoke as
the economist and not as the office
seeker. He did not lay low prices to
the door of the gold standard. He did
not say they were the fruits of tho
demonetization of silver, of the "crime
of '73." That sort of talk hadn't then
come into vogue to any general ex
tent. In those days Mr. Bryan was
among the bravest and boldest of the
free traders. Cleveland had just been
elected by an electoral vote of 277 to
145; the country had twice in succession
gone against Protection and Mr. Hry
an conceived it to be the proper thing
for a young man with political am
bitions to awlm conspicuously with the
tide. He threw the blame for low
prices on Inventions, because otherwise
it would have been difficultto account
for low wages without at the same
time discrediting free trade.
Hut look at " Hryan now. What a
change has come over the spirit of
his dreams! One would never suspect
to hear him talk that such a thing a
a labor-saving invention had ever been
a factor In the industrial situation.
The fall of prices is today all the ne
farious work of the Iniquitous gold
standard, of the conspiring "gold bugs"
of Wall street, of the "200-cent gold
dollar." Such poor old free silverltes
as Senator Teller and 'Dicky Bland,
who have been roasting the "money
sharks" and damning the yellow dollar
all their lives, have been literally
thrown into eclipse by the pcrfervid
zeal and torrid eloquence of this young
ster from Nebraska, who not only
rushed past them and captured the free
silver nomination, but is so fond of ap
plause that he will scarcely permit one
of these silver-locked veterans to step
upon the same stage with himself.
And yet some people think that the
comedy of politic is uninteresting.
Both the Republican candidates for
county auditor are experienced ac
countants and shrewd business men.
They can be depended upon to give
a careful and honest audit to all county
bills and accounts.
Interdependent.
A timely truth la forcefully expressed
by the Youth's Companion when It says
that capital and labor are not antag
onistic, but supplementary. "It Is,"
say the Companion, "a fact that ought
to commend itself at jjnee to the rea
son, that together they enjoy the fruits
of prosperity, or suffer tho conse
quences of commercial disaster when
capital is profitably invested, when
the employer, that 1 to say, Is pros
perous, the condition of the employed
Is benefited thereby. When, on the other
hand, the employer Is embarrassed by
financial misfortune or business re
verses, the labor to which he give oc
cupation I of necessity a sufferer with
him.
"Thl simple end common-sccac view
of the relation between capital and la
bor li capable of mathematical a well
as logical demonstration; for the tables
compiled by the I'nlteM States Bureau
of Statistics, to show the annual con
sumption of the necessaries of life,
bear directly upon this question. The
fluctuations In the amount of bread
stuffs, coffee, sugar and clothing used
by the people are caused principally by
differences in the condition of the
workingmen of the country. It Is they
who are obliged to economise In the use
of such article whn times are hard,
and the greater part of their Income,
even In times of prosperity, must be
spent for the purchase of these house
hold necessaries.
"The figures given below show the
annual average consumption, by each
person in the United States, of wheat
und corn (expressed in bushels), and of
coffee, sugar, raw cotton and raw wool
(expressed In pounds), for the four
years, 1874. 1880, 1892 and 1894. The first
and last years were, a we all know,
those which followed great commercial
panics, when capital returned little if
any interest, and employers found it
difficult to conduct their business ex
cept at a steady loss. The other years,
one following the successful resump
tion of specie payments, and the other
marking the highest pitch of com
mercial prosperity reached since the
war, were years of confidence and ac
tivity In business circles.
1S74. 1K80. 1892. 1894.
Wheat 4.4'i o.S.'i 5.SI 3 It
Corn 20.93 2S.8S 30.33 22.7H
Coffee 6.f9 8.78 9.'i3 8.01
Susnr 41.5 42.S R3.5 GS.4
Cotton 13.t 18.94 24.03 13.91
Wool 4.81 ti.U 6.72 5.08
The consumption of sugar In 1894 was
apparently Increased by the fall In
price following the free Introduction of
Cuba and South American sugars. In
1S95, under the Influence of prolonged
business depression, It fell to 62.5
pounds by each person.
"Do these figures not show how closely
allied are the Interests of employer and
employed? Do they not prove that to
the worklngman business activity and
stability mean Increased comforts and
a large share of the necessaries of life?
Do they not, finally, demonstrate that
it both suffer the grevious results of a
commercial panic, both also benefit by
the prosperity which marks those years
when 'business Is good?'"
The application of these just observa
tions to the present campaign is self
evident. Are there really any attempts on the
pnrt of employers to Intimidate or coerce
Ameilcan workingmen Into voting for Mc
Kinley? Chicago Record.
Probably not, outside of Mr. Bryan's
Imagination and the Popocratlc cam
paign organs. We have not heard of
any.
No Lack of Money.
One common accusation of thl cam
paign Is that there Isn't money enough.
In a personal sense this may be true.
In national sense, it la not true, and
If It were, free coinage would not help
matters but would make them worse.
Do our free silver friends who de
clare there Is no money In the country
forget about that last bond Issue, when
Instead of dealing with a syndicate in
private, President Cleveland and Secre
tary Carlisle offered the bonds to popu
lar subscription, and within a fortnight
over $600,000,000 In gold had been sub
scribed directly by the American peo
ple? The bonds were 4 per cents, and
the people bid so lively for them that
they hud to pay more than 110 on the
average, thus bringing the interst down
almost to 3 per cent. In other words,
the government, by offering good se
curity, got the offer of the loan of six
times as much money as it needed, at
the low interest rate of about 3 per
cent., and that offer came mainly from
its own citizens.
This does not indicate a scarcity of
money where there is plenty of confi
dence. The only time money is scarce
is when confidence is scarce. And the
free silver agitation tends to make con
fidence scarce, for the reason that it
threatens business with a sharp con
traction in the volume of the currency,
holds out the prospect of a violent
oscillation In values, and by wanting
to repay obligations In half-value dol
lars prejudices the American people in
the eyes of the civilized world.
It is time to put a quietus on such
hurtful trifling with the fundamentals
of our proseprlty.
It is refreshing To note that at the
last annual meeting of the National
prison congress there was general dis
sent to ex-President White's proposi
tion that crime In this country is rapid
ly on the increase. The sense of the
congress, as brought out in a very in
teresting discussion of this point, was
that the recent Increase In arrests, as
compared with the penological statis
tic of former years, argues really
sharper work on tho part of the officials
in enforcing tho law rather than a real
growth of the criminal impulse. It
seems to us that this is a rational
conclusion.
An order for 900 sets of axles was re
ceived last week by the Scranton Axle
Worksfrom a prominent carriage build
er In Detroit, coupled with the condi
tion that If McKinley Is elected, the
order Is to be duplicated six time with
in a period of three months beginning
Dec. 1. But If Bryan is elected only the
one consignment is to be sent. If any
body doubts this statement the man
agement of the Axle works will gladly
produce the order,
While there Is not In the First and
Third legislative districts the same ap
parent necessity fur Republican nativ
ity that exists In the Second and Fourth
districts. It is clearly advisable for Re
publicans In the former districts to ne
glect no opportunities. This Is a cam
paign In which every vote counts, and
the more votes wisely cast, the merri
er. Fortunately, Messrs. Farr ' and
Mackry are candidates In whose behalf
no Republican needs to be lukewarm.
What earthly reason has any sane
man to believe that the state of Ohio,
which has never given a Democratic
majority In a presidential election since
the days of Abraham Lincoln, will this
year waver In Its loyalty to one of its
most popular sons? W'ns there ever a
more nbrurd bit of false assumption
than thnt Ohio Is doubtful?
Every sign seems favorable to the
capture by Republicans of the Eighth
congress district and the demolition of
tho malodorous Mutchler Oynazty.
This' is clearly Judge Klrkpatflck's
year i
Object Lesson
in SoUnd Finance
$000,100,000
Gold Money
In United States.
$625,GOO,000
Silver Money
(Depreciated value tiuder
free coinage, $3i2,Soo.ooo).
Paper Money
(Depreciated value under
free coinage, $191,650,000.)
Present value,
$383,300,000.
The above diagram represents a pocket
argument which Is being used very effect
ively by speakers In explanation of the
financial Issues of the cumpalgn. The up
per section, It will bs observed, repre
sents the gold money of tho country JOW.
10O.0U0. The second seutlon represents the
silver money of the country, whose pres
ent value Is )(jJ5,(iOO,000, but which, should
it become depreciated by the withdrawal
of the government's support under free
coinage, would shrink to one-half of Its
present value thus amounting to 1312.800,
UOU. The third section represents the "un
covered" paper money. Its present value
Is Ki83,300,OU0, but as It would naturally
share the depreciation which would come
to the country through free coinage. Its
value would be cut down to tW.liOO.IKlO. If
the country should adopte the free coin
age of Bllver the entire Bold money would
disappear, as It has done In other coun.
tries having free coinage of silver and as
It always has done when an attempt has
been made to maintain the free colnge of
two metals at other than the commercial
ratio.
The object lesson which this card pre
sents Is to show at a glance what would
happen to the present currency of the
country should free coinage be adopted.
This Is accomplished as fololws: First,
fold backward out of sight the section
containing the gold money, which would
disappear under free coinage. Second,
fold backward at the dotted lines the up
per half of tho section representing the Bll
ver money, since It Is apparent that free
coinage would reduce the sliver money to
the commercial value of the metal, which
Is practically one-half the value at which
the government now maintains it. Third,
fold backward the lower half of the sec
tion representing paper money, which
would be also deprvlated In an equal pro
portion, since the metallic currency of the
country would be only silver coins pass
ing at the commercial value of the metal
In them. By this process you are ablo
to show the enormous reduction In the
value of the money of the country which
would follow the free coinage of silver,
since the government would not, of course,
attempt to mulntain the dollars which it
would coin for individuals at any more
than the commercial value of the sliver
put Into It.
Hy this simple explanation it becomes
apparent at a glanco that the money of
the country, now amounting to fl.tiUB.OOO,
000, would shrink to .10M50,000 In value, or
less than one. third the present amount.
This Illustration is being used by many
speakers In the campaign, who have pro
vided themselves with strips of cardboard
hinged together at the lines which sepa
rate the sliver, gold and paper, and also
in the middle of the strips representing the
silver and paper. These strips of card
board are usually covered with paper of
an appropriate color yellow for gold,
white for the silver, and green for the pa
per money. The above diagram, however,
answers the purpose equally as well, and
those who desire to make use of the Il
lustration In personal conversation or ar
gument can do so by using the printed
slip, or, what would be better, by pasting
It upon strips of cardboard or heavy paper
cut to the proper length and hinged to
gether with strips of cloth, which will
make It durable and convention! for pock
et use.
Member nml Other Predictions for
the Coining Week.
Tuesday, Oct. 20. Venus an evening
star. Weather mild. A child born on this
day will bo lazy and untruthful, unless
carefully trained In early life. A female
will get a high-minded man for a husband,
but will not live happily with him. An
unlucky day,
Wednesday. Oct. 21. Bun turn to Mars.
Weather mild. A child born on this day
will be free, generous, hut rather unfor
tunate; If a female will marry an austere
man. Avoid superiors, but deal with oth
ers. Thursday, Oct. 21 Jupiter a morning
star. Weather fair. A child born on this
day will ho generally fortunate In all un
dertakings. Unfavorable for business.
Friday. Oct. 23. Venus 1GA degrees from
Mars. Weather fair. child born on this
day will be careless and unlucky and gen
erally In trouble of some nature. Bell; evil
for all else.
. Saturday, Oct. 24. Mercury 36 degrees
from Saturn. WeBther showery. A child
born on this day will be Improvident and
generally poor; a female will be rather
fortunate In marriage. Sell before Ian,:
avoid woman and keep very quiet.
GOLDSMITH'S
HI News In
We have set the pace to sell more Carpets during the next
four weeks than ever before. We must do this in order to
make room for Holiday Goods, which are displayed in our Car
pet Room from about Nov. 25th. Everything now in the
buyerVfavor. Note the fabulously low prices.
At 59 cents 25 rolls Tapestry Brussels Carpets, made,
laid and lined.
At 69 cents 40 rolls of 9 wire Tapestry Carpets, with
Body Brussels back, made, laid and lined.
At 75 cents 30 rolls of Body Brussels Carpets, made,
laid and lined.
At 98 cents 27 rolls of the best Five Frame Body Brus
sels; also Wilton Velvets, made, laid and lined.
The figures are from 25 to 33 1-3 per cent, under actual
value. Take advantage of it while you can. Terms strictly
spot cash.
POINTS
n..- p f . b now In demand,
tSlLie UelT nd it should be, for
lat d.greo. Waare supplying thladamaad
along with every other lu our fine.
Sea (foods In Show Window.
The demons, Ferber,
0'malley Co., ,
C7 UCKAWANNA AVE.
SO TOU WOULD SEE IT.
Pants to measure, $3.00
And Up.
Suits and Over- (f
coats to order, V 1 vv
First firm in the city to make
clothes to order at popular prices.
Over two yours of success prove
we are the best.
GREAT ATLANTIC PANTS CO.,
3I9 Lackawanna Ave.
POULTRY--.
Turkeys, Docks, Chickens,
Fresh Every Dy.
ALSO
Pheasants,
Quail,
Prairie Chickens,
Wild Ducks.
W. D. FEB, PI MIL ill
CAPT. CIIAS.
1(7
At
Just laaud.
I. THE
Iprac It., Opp.Tbe Casaaaouwaalth.
1
I fill
Immense Variety,
Latest Novelties,
Perfect Fitting,
Excellent Workmanship,
Rock-Bottom Prices.
GREAT EASTERN SUIT AND PANTS COHY
Branch 14. 427 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton. Branch 14.
FINE TAILORING WITHIN REACH OF ALL.
High
Grade
Shaw,
Emerson,
Malcolm Lots.
Clongti A Warren,
Carpenter,
Waterloi
And Lower Grades a)
Very Low Pricai
J. LAWRENCE STELLE,
103 SPRUCE STREET.
WOLF & HENZEL,
531 Linden., Opp. Court Hous:.
PRACTICAL TINNERS and PLUMS
Sole Agent, for Richardson Boynton's
Furnaces and Kanves.
PHILADELPHIA MANUFACTURERS OF CLOAKS AND SUITS
SPECIAL SALE FOR THE COMING WEEK :
Small lots of the highest grade Cloaks and Capes to
be marked down to prices never betore seen in the city.
Seal Plush Capes Full sweep, silk lined,
beautifully braided and trimmed with
fine Thibet fur; good value &A QO
at $S.a0. Our price 4 "30
Dressy Coats Fine wool Beaver, blue
and black, silk lined, shield fronts, with
handsome buttons; well worth WO Cfi
$7.50. Our price 9div0
Fine Tallor-mnde Coats. In all-wool bou
cle ami astrachon cloth, lined through
out with rhii'lame silk; ac- t Q8
tual value price JIZ.OO $0.00
Tan Brown and Oreen Kersey Coats
Striped seams, silk lined, box fronts:
Kood value at 116.14. Our 0 QO
price $OiSO
For the comlnff week we offer a most ex
quisite line of Handsome Suits at
$7.98, $M)S, $9.98.
Otir Suits of Chameleon cloth are Bilk
lined, 7-eored eklrts, full sweep; any
one can see 01 a si.uice iiihi me
are cheap at VM.W vurrin
prk'e d) I J.
Elegant Pllk Waists, In silver array, pan
sv, Ksrnet and arecn. two-tone effects:
the like never seen in this purt of the
country before. Your choice
z, II
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PROP
NO CHARGE FOR ALTERATIONS.
BAZAAR.
Belli
An Inspiration
la almoitt lost when your pen catches
and your Ink spreads on your paper.
GOOD STATIONERY
Is one of the necessaries of civilization
that In Indispensable. A favorite locu
tion for all classes Is that of RKV
NOLDS BROTHEK9, where a fine fls
vortment of everything In first-class
Stationery and OtHe Supplies can ba
purchased. Students, lawyers, com
mercial men anil society In general Ket
their supplies here, as everyone can ba
suited, both In price and quality.
Reynolds Bros.,
n.ii i r.. .
ciauunws ana cngravsrs,
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