TITE SOTIATTTOIn TRIBUNE-- TUESDAY MOTlNn-TG-, FEBRUARY 10, 1S07.
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Itooin H.TrlhiiniUltillillnir, New York Cit).
ll;TIRtD AT TUB rOOTOPPIOf AT BCnANTOV PA. AS
ErcONI) CIAB3 MAIL It ATTRH
HCHANTON, KnUlUTARV 1C, 1807.
It limy not bo lomlss to lciimtk thnt
The Ttlbtine tomoriovv will sustain !t
luputation for sutpnHsint' nil of lis
tonteinporailcq In tho nectirncy ami
completeness of Its election news.
All Intolerable Anoninly.
Discussion of thu nrbltintlon ttenty
lies ni?aln called up the singular
nnomaly In our Hchomo of. Kovernmonl
In leference to the poiverloFsness of the
feileial rovci iimeiit to Rimintitee to
rltleiiH of a foielKii countiy safety In
nny state The most familial lllustin
tlon of this point Is shown In the ease
of the Italians lynched In New Or
leans timing the llairlbon administra
tion, lleie a mob suddenly over
whelmed stute police authority and
executed UleRal vengeance on the sub
jects of a friendly power Tho piem
ler of Itnly sought of tho United States
government an indemnity In bohnlf of
the families of tlico murdeied men.
Ills claim was cleaily just, but hav
Ine; no diplomatic dealing with the
state depaitment of T,oullnna lie could
only advance it before the federal gov
ernment which In turn was found to
possess no method of compelling Louis
iana to pay foi its indulgence In mob
violence.
In this paiticular case the then soc
ietal. v of stnte, JIr. Illalno, finally In
duced congiess to make a special ap
piopiiatlon batisfactoiy to Italy. But
If we could suppose a similar contin
gency ailing dining the teim of Mi.
Olney, the ehanci s would be that con
giesa, In sheer obstinacy, would deny
the solicited lellef and theio would re
main no nltei native foi the executive
than to make an appeal to the uncer
tain sense of justice of the legislatuie
of the oltending state a confession of
federal weakness as humiliating to ur
ns It would be inexplicable to a foieign
KovoiniiiPiit. Cariying the supposition
one step fuither, if the legislating of
the state affected should lefuse tho
piesident's leanest and the foieign go -
eminent, giown impatient should send
a wai ship to a state poit or otlierw lse
tin eaten the state government with
foiclblo collection of damages a pto
ceduie not uncommon between Euro
pean poweis the piesldent," while
fully lecognlzlng the justice ot the foi
eign claim, would under the constitu
tion have to employ the mllltniy and
naval toice of the fedeial government
to defend the eirlng state In an In
equitable peivetsity.
To bo sine, the foiegoing contingency
appeals fai -fetched, but under pies
ent conditions it is by no means an
impossibility Its citation nt least suf
fices to fhow the need either of the
creation of a special fund for use by
the federal government In satisfaction
.of Intel national damages denied b a
separate Ameilcan state, or of the
pnssago of a law, under clause 10 of
section VIII of the constitution,
empowering congiess to levy a
punitive special tax on the leve
nues of that state which, after having
been convicted of an "offense ngainst
the law of nations," i of uses to pay in
demnity therefor. The constitutional
ity of such a law would be open to se
ilous if not fatal question, but an agi
tation ol the subject might bring forth
a better lemcdy.
This: is tho day w hen Dunmoro bor
ough Is cheduled by all the piophets
to turn o or a new leaf Pollticallv
speaking, it ceitainly needs one.
Concerning Money in Politics
A bill has been intioduced at Albnn)
extending the law 1 elating to the pub
lication of sworn leturns of compaign
expenses so that It would, in the event
of the bill's enactment, be dllilcult foi
a candidate to do his buying of polit
ical meicliandise by pioxy. Dllilcult,
of couise, provided the law weie en
forced, but not Impossible, so long as
political conditions seem to make It
necessary that money should bo em
ployed In politics In largo sums.
As the law now stands In New York
state, a candidate must file within
sixty days after election an Itemized
statement of his campaign expenses,
but these aie not limited nor nie his
items, questioned. In tho Syiacuse
district last fall, Mr. ISelden, who lan
as a stump candidate against Majoi
Poole, the tegular Republican nominee,
confessed after the light was over and
he had won, that his expenses weie
something like $13,000, or $3,000 moie
than his salary as rongiessman, foi
the two yeais. Ho had sent most of the
money in a lump sum to his commit
tee, and it had dlsbuised it as it saw
lit.
This was piobably not an exceptional
case save, pel haps, in the sum of
money Involved, although it was, so fai
as we know, the only one in which the
truth was .fiankly admitted. In Mr.
IH'ldon's case the necessaiy expenses
were made unusually heavy by the ne
cessity pf instiuctlng many otors
filendly to him how to maik their bal
lots, his namo appearing In nn un
usual column. Then, too, the chai ac
tor of thu light, being that of a wai
on a strongly fortified organization, In
volved laigeand unavoidable legitimate
expenses, and Mr, Uelden, being a man
who could affoid them, paid them him
self without passing the hat mound
among his fi lends. The bill now up
at Albany alms to lequlio committees
and ugents such as handled Mi. Ilel
deii'n money to tell In detail, under
oath, what they did with It.
A much more stringent and complete
ly.ilrafted act to pi event coirupt piac
tlces In politics Is the one drawn In
this state by the Pennsylvania Civil
Set vice Reform association, a sum
mary of which was printed on tills
page .sevetal weeks ugo. It goes aftei
evoiy thing indicative of a trade, deal,
solicitation, or piomlse, und scatteis
penalties right and left. If It 'could be
enacted and enforced, tho poorest man
could run for olllce alongside the rich,
anil If equally popular, would stand nn
equal ( hance to win. Cut as a matter
of fact It is too Ideal to be of more
than nominal usefulness. It utterly
omits to take Into .account tho broad
human fact that pelllshness Is one of
tho stiongesl tnotlves and that men
who nto Hellish by natuio cannot be
made unselfish by act of legislatuie.
Wo should like to boo It passed, because
11 couldn't matte mattorn woise than
they aie and might, In spots, make
them bettor; but we Indulge In no
broad liope.8 of a millennial cm In pub
lic affalis as the ictult of any law
making which moves faster towtud
high Ideals than the human lace can
follow.
Thdie W one fact 111 'tills genet al con
nection which Is often ovet looked, and
that Is that the oxpenslveness of poll
tics keeps out of office many men who
nie unfit for it men Who would othei
vvlso offer themselves as standing can
didates for political chailty. To be
wealthy or well to do in these days
genet ally necessitates tho possession
of a clear head and shaipenod facul
ties, and when such men take hold of
politics, even though they do spend
money fteely, unless they employ coi
uipt means to get it back again they
aie spending It for tho public's benefit
quite as much as for their own. It Is
dosltnble that the costs of political ac
tivity should be l educed, but this end
Is not to be leached by Indiscriminate
abuse of tho men w ho hnve the public
sphlt to face the situation and spend
their money In a way that ieluins a
dollar to the community for every
penny that It letuins to them.
We must once more call tho atten
tion of our friends to the fact that el!
letters sent to us for publication vvhlc'i
Involve or invite contiovcisy must be
signed, for publication, by the leal
names of the wiltets theteof. To tills
lulo wo can make no exception.
Pingreo Again Rampant.
The Marquette club of Chicago role
biated Lincoln's blithday by a "feast
of goveinois" at which tho executives
of neai ly a dozen states jiai tlclpated,
but as usual vvheie Hnzen S. I'lngieo
is involved, it was the lighting nilei
of Michigan who supplied the spice and
occasioned the sneezing. lleie aie
some of the things he said:
1 assume that we all hope to draw a prlzo
In life In our ptlvato capacity we flg
uie, 1 will assume, for a couttact with
the cltj, and ret it by pnlng the pi let.
This assumes that the cit) fathois pocket
tile pilco Of course, If Hil contract is
for a sheet tallwu) the lutes of faie must
st md vcr) high, because If the) do not
oil! watoied stork does not go off our
hands eally The Rome is to show In our
contract that we cm pull millions out of
the public Then wo cm get almost any
amount of vwituic.il stork Into the impels
of n gullible public It is a Ullul of lotte")
system Almost ovot.vbod) knows It tnd
admits it Wo condemn it In public and
ieoit to It in pi hate I have he.nd that
it monopol) has built a chinch Tne
Louisiana lotteij paid big bonuses to Mew
Oilcans and walked hand in hand with
chailtj, doing good with other people's
money It is cm Ions to observe that the
law, the pulpit and the rostrum aie against
the sale of a lotteiy ticket, but not against
the sale of a block ot w.iteied stock.
Passing thence to a broad considera
tion of tho chaiacterlstlc Ameilcan
evil of speculation, Goveinoi Plngiee
said-
Speculation seems to have put on tho
nmk of business In the Un'ted States
Tho appuicnt lights of speculation havo
inci eased taxation, but such rights are
moie nppaicnt than leal The excessive
rates ot fare and of freight ti.uispoi tation,
mused b speculation, are slowly draining
tho earnings of the countr), and aie also
slowly crippling ti asportation itself, be
cause excess reacts. Speculation inter
feius w'th business by taking a lnrge
number of rake-offs thnt nro not cnrneU
Speculation is the gieat antagonist of
economic laws All) lnone) taken b
means of bonds that do not lcpre-iont
money Invested in work Is a fiaud on busi
ness. The violated economic itile makes
tho produce! food idle men who have
placed toll-gates In tile way of economic
progress Speculation is not business, tar
from It Speculation Is the fos of busi
ness. Capital deilved from speculation Is
not economic cnpitnl The ical bjslncss
capital of the counti) is that actuimilito.l
In the savings binks Savings bank depo
sits aie tho deposits of the multitude of
pioducors When tho faotoiy bonoi,"
fiom tho savings bank It bororvvs as It
vvoio, of its own uiiplojes Thus the cm
ploes diaw both wages and inteiest from
the factory If tho factoiy bonows the
capital of sncculatlon It p.ijs no In'ciest
to Its emplojes All tiuo cconoirlc capi
tal lepre bents earnings If it does not, it
is an Injurj to business because in a meas
uie It v.e-akens the maiket l!v the mai-
ket I mean the people who consume tho
vast products of the United States the
gieat bod of people who consume what
wo produce If consumption falls, buui
ncs falls If earnings fill, consumption
falls When consumption falls credit
.falls. Thus It Is seen thnt the capital
taken b speculation contracts tho use
fulness of a laige pait of the cunency of
tho country.
In conclusion, he of potato fame ,e-
matked:
Thetgieat body of our people believo t'nt
bj tho opciatlon of unjust laws, man
Ignorant!) passed b) the legislature, and
some Intentlonallv, theie hns been, and la
now. an unequal distilbution of the wealth
of thl- countiy Tiom SC0 to 1S, a shoit
peilod of thlrt)-flve )eai- we have made
thiee times us man) dollirs as weie mude
in the 3CS )enis Immedlatel) pi lor theieto,
but the comparntivelv few hnve obtained
possession of most of them Dr Lvman
Abbott has mndo tho following most forci
ble Ulustiatlon. He snvs, that If Adam,
tho son of God. wns In tiuth bom u 0J.)
)cars ago, and were now living, and if
every dav of his llfo had been spent in
honest toll, only lestlng on the Lord's
daj, and had In addition to suppoitlng his
laige famll), been able to lay aside as tho
lesult of his toll $100 ovei) day tho Idea
of Inteiest not having been conceived In
all of this C.00O )enis of accumulation,
Adam today would not bo worth ns much
as Mi. Itoekefcllfi. Ml Yanderbllt, or Ml.
Gould, who had nothing, or whoe fnthets
had nothing, comparatively, a few )ears
ago. Is it an.v wonder, then, that the com
mon people should say, "How Is It possi
ble that such enoimous foi tunes can be
honestl) acquired'" And when I ea
honestly, I do not mo-in that foim of hon
est) which is made so b) legislation, but
that whkh Is really honest Tho old nrln-
elplo was universally locognized that if a
man received ho should give something. It
was tho law of equivalence, that no man
should receive moro than that which he
fairly earned, und I do not believe thnt
uti) one man can honestly acnulre In ten
years moio than It would have taken
Adnm 0,0(X) )ents to acquire. I aftlrm that
If tho tiuth weio known in each and ovoi)
ease whoro vast foi tunes have been ac
cumulated. It was, and is, the lesult of
lObbory of tho people In tho uamo of law,
many times not Intended by tho legisla
tures, but lesultlng In robbeiy just the
same.
Theio was a time when If a public
sponker had undei taken to talk like
that nt a gathering of educated and
repiesentatlve men, he would have
been suppinssed ns a demagogue. Hut
It Is significant of a recent chanure n
our lelntlonBhlp to this problem of in
equitably acqulied wealth that tho
govornor of a prominent state now -lot
only talks that way but acts In the
line of his talk and bus mote bellevoia
by far than many people suspect. The
wholo fact Ib that wo nru iieuilng a,i
economic levolt of thu bouijreolsc, and
American society, If it be prudent, will
not goad the "me.it In blouses" to uo
shatper weapons than ballots.
-,.
It Is n lulo as old as politics that
vlieii two men contest for a noinlnatl m
and one Is fall ly beaten, ho should
good natutcdly acquiesce. The fuot
that thu unsuccessful competitor
u.-r.lnst James 10. 'Watklnti for the Ie
publican nomination for bin (toss Of
Ti-yloi borough has seen lit to nut so a
tuio too affords no reason why uny Re
publican otlmr than himself shou'el
suppeit tho Demociatlc nominee.
The labored effot ts of tho apologists
for social llunkeylsm to make It ap
peal that oxttavauance in a vice onl
among tho puot and that It is nobody's
business but their own what the llch
do with their wealth would be pathetic
If the) weie not so utteily mean In In
spbatlon. Why not fiankly face the
tiuth?
Uopiosentatlvo 'Woodman, of Illi
nois, wants congiess to put a tax of
$r.O on every 1,000 clgaiettes. That 1
tho one way to cuio the cigarette evil
by law.
We advised Governor Bushncll not to
go up against the Maik Hanna buzz
saw. Hut some men never will learn
nnythlng save by experience.
Tammany, it Is said, will run Dick
Ctokcr foi mayor of CJicatei New Yoik.
Ciokei is Tammany's kind.
BEirnK CHANGE HER POLICV.
riom the Altoona Tilbune.
t"oi a number of )eais out southern
brethicn have been pin suing an lntciest
Ing rxpeilnient Whenevei a negio h.u
committed a cilme ot violence against a
white woman, oi been accused of such
cilme, the) have put him to a ciucl dea'h
without wulting fot thoordeily piocesses
of the courts. In almost cveiy qunilor
ot the "otith the black man accused of
such a crime is doomed. Unless as by a
mliacle, theio Is no escape foi him. The
mob's methods have almost ulvvavs been
swift There ins neve, been any anxiety
lest an innocent man should be inlstnken
I) put to death, black people aie plenty
in the fai south, and their lives aie re
gal ded as of HUle value Sometimes tho
nccuscd linvo been hanged; sometimes
tliev hnve been -hot, sometimes thry
have been botli hangcHl and shot, on more
than one occasion the) have been burn d
at the stake, amid clicumstunces that Il
lustrated the Inherent savagely ot their
muidereis.
o
Dining all these passing jenis the comts
hnve been holding ugulai sessions In
cveiy sn.ithein slate. Tho black men who
have been arraigned bcfoie the bar of
.ludge Lvncli, chaiged with ofie of tho
most heinous cilmcs on the calendu, have
been poor, obscuie, friendless. Theio was
not the slightest likelihood tint a single
ono would have escaped condign punish
ment had tin evidence hc-n sullicient to
convict The manner of theli taking off
Is not on!) a lellectlon upon the civiliza
tion of the state that permits it, but also
an insult to the courts. The excuse has
been made lepeatedl) that a crime against
the honor of a defenseless vomnn de
mands Instint vengeance nt tho hands ol
the upilght men of the (Ommunlt), to the
end 'thnt the black Mends may be Intimi
dated, and thnt women inn) be protected
fiom constnut dangers of outrage.
o
Hut our southern friends should stop a
Utile .and fnee the exact situation Accoid
lng to thtli own confession, nnd judging
fiom the annual Increase In tin numbei
of negioes put to death b) the wild ven
geance of the mob, the cilme for the pun
ishment of which all the wietched scenes
that lodden southern hlstor) havo been
enacted, Is moie common now than ever
befoie. The fuel Is the outh has mndo
a fejifui bliindet. Ilefoie the war, even
whllo it continued, she could snfel) tiust
her women to the black man Why Is It
she cannot do -o now"' Xot bcause the
iieodoni that the war biought has de
moralised him, but because she lias done
her level be't to brutnlize him. She had
better change her policy.
a i)i:n:xci: or tkusts.
fiom the Washington Post.
Wo have nevei heaid but one Intelli
gent objection urged agiinst "ti lists" nnl
thnt was uiged by Mr. Clevelnnd in his
Inst message He there snld that the
oiiei ntion of the tiust was to nbsoib tin
smaller Industries in thtii line, and to
moi go the Indlvidunllt) of the persons
conducting those lndustiies He thought
Hint tho process desuoyed personal inde
pendence and nnrrowed the lie! J foi the
dlspl.i) of peisonnl innnhood As vvesa),
that Is the onl) intelligent objection we
have ktiovvledg' of, and It must be con
fessed thut it is a 'eilotis one. It is not
an objection to be llghtl) dismissed Yet,
is not this olfneemeut of ludlv ldun!lt)i this
limitation of poison il fiicdoni, an Inevi
table concomitant of oiKunized society and
piogiexslve civilisation ' Is nn) one to
dri), even tho piotulnst million the, as
fiee as the untutoied sivage who mams
the wilds of Afiici' We fane) it will bo
veiy dllilcult to show that tiusts aie out
of haimony with our social and economic
evolution And then while admitting wo
must consider what the) do foi the gieat
miises of the population In the dn)s ot
the pilvnte slaughtei houe and the Inde
pendent liutchci. ilid the people evei get
such good meat oi such cheap meat? HJd
the), before the otganlyation o'f the sugar
tiust, ever get such good sugiu and such
cheap sugni'' And Is not the same Hue
of ever) article of food supplied bv vast
establishments carcfull) managed:
i)iM!i.i:vs i'ai'ijk on citovnu.
Fiom the Lcwlston Journal.
President Cleveland lias vetoed moie
bills b) fai than any of his piedecessoiu
And congiess has pissed moie bills ovei
the eto than wns over befoie lecordeJ
Tho piesldent has the courage of Ids
opinions, if not theli wisdom Peihaps
what Piesldent Cleveland needs more
than additional backbone, is additional
tact and a keen Interpictatlon of tho
tiuth thnt tho caith Is Inherited by the
meek. Yet It is piobnbl) Hue that Presi
dent, Cleveland will bo followed In his le
tliment by more non-partisan lespeet than
Is usual, and yet without a v. hit of that
sort of esteem and comradeship which
wns tho essential liches of Piesldent Lin
coln's public life. It cannot lie wholly tho
fnult of the sonato that but one senator
lemalns who Is on familiar teinis with the
icitiilng piesldent The man who Is
stiangei to tact is stinnget in tact.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily IIoioscopo Drawn lit Ajncclius,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astiolabo cast: 118 a m, fot Tuesday,
Feb 10. 1697.
A child, boin on this da) will notice
that when there Is a "cut in rates" about
tho establishment of n big s)ndleate, the
wcrkmnn Is usually tho first to got It in
tho neck.
It Leglnn to look as though Dr. Abbott's
sarcasm iogurdlng the story of Jonah and
tho whulo would furnish edltoiial themes
for the count!) newspapers for tho next
) ear. " '
Theio Is no question that a dollar will
buy moro today than nt nny period In the
present century. Tho dllllculty scorns to
be In teeming the dollar.
Whether or not Greece will be sllppoiy
onouph to ovudo tho Povvors is now the
question.
Uecent developments Indicate that tho
"ti lists" do not trust oach other,
Songs ol Spiiug.
The party man's abioad toda)
About the pollB he's to.iming.
Hut when night climes ho'U quit the fray;
To seoiot haunts will movo away
And study in the gloaming.
BOARD'S NEW ROOMS
WERE CHRISTENED
IConcluded from Pago 3.
S10.CS3 12; mnll Bchute, VU2, i-lcvators, $(l
jyij extin plumbing, flxtuicS, lintdwaie,
etc , $n.a,l.riO; architect fees, G,GU0, adding
cost or lots, with Intel ent, 'iii,u0ii, making
a gland lotnl ot $.M,MI0,81 On June lsth,
IS'fj, nt n meeting of the stoi kholde i ,
the directors weie autholled to Issue.
$100,000, llrst mortgage fi per cent gnl 1
bonds Those bonds were regulnil) Is
sued, readily sold and the pioceeds appll"d
on the ItidobtednesH of the eoiupnu), A
furthei Issue of second moitgnge bonds
Is pioUdod for of a sullicient amount to
pa) any balance that muy bo due.
BUILDING bPHAlCS Poll lTdHLF.
As to the ccncial st.vlo and construction
of the building It spenkes for Itself. Noth
ing that I could snv would add to Its
beauty oi perniauene). It Is certainly a
noble stiuctuie and will stand for )ears
as a monument to tho zeal nnd eiieigy ot
Its pioniotois. In my last icpoit 1 took
occasion to sn) (lefeirlng to the election
of this building) that befoie jnolhur )oar
lolls mound we will no ilotibt have a per
manent home, n boil id ot trade building
that will be a tiedlt to the citizens ot
Hcinntoii Xo doubt aoine ot )oil eouslil
cicd thnt statement 'oiiiewhat of u romance-,
inn )ou are this evening foiclbly
reminded that It Is a ic.illty. Ininoad ot
be Ing a handsome i lulit stoiy, steeli stone
and tnniblc stiuctuie on pipei, or In the
minds of some of the enthusiasts of tho
bond. It has taken foim and Is something
that )ou can see, feel and onjo).
To much ci edit cannot be given the pilo
motors oT this piojtct. A few bio.ul
mlncled and piogiesslve citizens have by
their liberal views and undaunted cotill
dence in the futuie of our cit), given to
Seianton thin beautiful building, that liai
been the admit ntion of thousands ot vls
itois fiom all parts or the country, nnd
tho cnv of otbei neirby cities within
whoso limits it would have Jieen Impos
sible to cany out a project ot such mug
nltude owing to a lack ot uiteipilse
As an Investment, looking at It fiom a
cold business point of view, It Is "gllt
edge" Tile jeveiuie fiom the building
fiom the vei) stait will be sullicient to
pav C pel cent on tho entile tost. The
ultle of the piopeit) Is Inci easing t co
da). The building will be tho most popu
lar one In the elt), from tho fact that
more business men will lie atti acted to It
than to any othei, and ir sou will permit
me, In my humble cipacltv us seciet.uy
of the board of tincle to orfei a suKgc -Hon,
it would be thnt this organization
should tako advantage of the terms ot
the loutinct and puichnse tills piopeilv.
In in) Judgment, the boaid could do noth
ing better With the revenue man) tilings
could be accomplished thnt would be ot
lusting benefit to our cit) As a stock
holder I should piefer thnt the title le
maln the piopeit) of the company, us I
conldei the -dock todnv worth moie thnn
$110 pel share, but like the othei shaie
liolders, 1 urn willing to sacrifice what pi ti
nt might uccrue In yeais lo come, in oulei
thnt the bonrd of trade muv secure the
property. A movement should be Inaug
urated at once to provide foi tho purchase
of stock of the Iioaul of Tiude Heal Hs
tnte compaii) by the Seianton Uoaid of
Trade
Tim DECORATION'S
The beautiful decoi itlons In this loom
were done b) Janus T Hall fc Co , ot 131
West Hlghteenth stioet. New Yoik, at a
cost of $1 709, and the pa)inent of same Is
piovUbd foi bv llhciul subset Iptlons fiom
membeis of the bond Ml Hall sub
scribed $200 tow aids this fund.
The flxtuies weie fmiiUhtd bv J II Mo
Cos iV- Co, of j 'ihonipson stieet, New
Yoik. and cost complete MJO.
The fin niture In this und the othei rooms
was pun bused of Hill i: ("onr.ell The
cat net 111 tho spp,ctni's otllee wns fur
nished by S G. Ken t. Son, thnt in the
committee loom bv Goldsmiths Iianui,
nnd the ein tains fiom Williams & Mc
Anult), nil of this cit), and cost complete
about S2.0C0.
On the evening of January 23th, a bnn-
quet was given nt Hotel jerm.vn in com
memoiation of the twent)-fltth annlvei.
sniv of the Incorpoiatlon of this boaid
und to lilting!) celebinte the taking pos
session of these handsome looms. One
hundred and iilnet) poisons, members nnd
their fi lends, were in attendance, nnd a
mot enjo.vuble time was had Toasts
were abl) utponded to by Hon Chnrl s
Haioiv bmlih, ot l'niianeipma, ut i; n
Wai field president of Litavette college
C M Glllln. DHstoi of Him Park church
H 11 Still ges and President May. James
II Toirty filled the toust masters chair
with bis usual ublbtv It Is honed that
oui pleasant surroundings and into festi
vities will aw alien a l enow en interest in
tho boaid and laigely ineiease its mem
bei hin.
On June 2sth, 1S9" n deploi iblo cntas
tiophe occurred at tho Twin shaft, Iitts-
lon, ra nie accitieiu was eauaeu u u
cavn-ln of tho mines which entombed
llftj-cJBht men and boys, all of whom per
ished Haily Jlondny mornmg following tno
accident, )oui Eeciutni), acting under
the nutlioilt) ot the otllee-s of the boaid,
teloginphod to the I'lltston Lloanl ot
Tinde, extending svmpnthv nnd financial
iisHlstanoo On Tue-dn), June JOth, two
thijB nftei the accident, n meeting of the
ninnufiietuieis' committee of the hoaid
wns callel. for the liurpose of Inauguiat
ing a fund in aid of the widows and oi
plians Tlie appeal met wltn vety genet -oils
tespousis fiom oui cltiens, nnd
closed September 21st. IS'"',, with the mng
nllleont sum of $lii,Jll r,0 collected, and
paid over to the piesldent of the ITist Na
tional bank, ot littston, Pa.
ABOUT NHW INDUSTltlKSt
Tho woik of tlie boaid timing the yeai
ISJuj In tlie vva) ot secuiing new lndustiies,
wns fin short ol vvhnt hud been hoped.
Yet, when consideration Is tukoh of the
extreme depiesslon In business Incident
to one of the most hotl) contented pietii
ilentlai campilmis that tho countiy has
passed thiough since 1B01, it will become
evident thnt It was almost out of the
question to induce desirable iiiunufnctiii
eis to change theli locutions, oi to prev ill
upon capitalists to invest in new tiiter-prl'-es
Mnny applications fiom munu
factureis weie leceived ar.d conideiod b)
the committee, but In onl one case was
favoiablo ectlon taken f lefei to the
lillss Silk Woiks, who, thiough our et
foits, wne irduced to move theli plant
fiom Pateison, N J , nnd take possession
of the Giegoiy Silk Hi aid Woiks of tho
North Hud. which had previously been
vncated owing to the failure of tho con
cern operating It. In Apt II, 16, Mi. Hlbs
took possession, nnd the mill hns been In
continual opcation,, eniplo)lng some 200
hand
Theio Is nt the present time nnothei
veiy tlcslruble pioposltlon In Hit hands ot
the Manufacture! s' committee, which, If
can led to a successful Issue, (und the re
seems no doubt of in will give to Seian
ton nn Industt) thnt is destined to become
as vnlutble us nil) now located heie. It
Is the most piomlslnir enteinilso of nnv
In ought to the nttention of the boaid for
some )enis It v 111 employ 2u0 men fiom
me start, nnd this number will be lueioas.
ed from )ear to )tar. 1 am not ut llhei ty
to mako known tho details at tho pieseqt
time, but at no distant day n full leport
of it will be mude by tho manufuctuieis'
committee
UurlniT tlie v car a number of out lndus
tiies were oblUed to suspend opeiatlons
foi weeks ami months. Othris woiked on
short time. The gi enter numliei, how-
evu. weie Kept in continual ope union.
The mining Industt) was exceptionally
dull, not nvei aging ovei half time, l'oi-t)-thiee
million tons of unthrueite was
mined during the venr, 23 OQfi.Ouo tons of
which was 'hipped fiom this legion Tills
laige tonnage ns compaied with the fiiort
time woiked nt the mines, Is due to tho
Impioved facilities In tho mining nnd
handling of coal,
The year lust close 1 will bo lemembeied
ns the dullest one expeiienccd in this
section for many )ears, yet wo should be
thankful that it was not neui so hid as
In sonio other sections of oui counti).
PHOSPIX'TS AHH DIUGHT.
The prospects nie bright foi tho future
ami 'It Is believed thnt the next few
months will show n decided Improvement
In all lines of tiude and eommoice.
During tho past twelve months tho bonid
has held ten legulai meetings As usnal
the Jul) nnd Aumihi meetings weio omitt
ed At oui Apill meeting a voty Intciest
Ing nddioss. was dollvoied by Hon O r.
Williams of this city on .'Tieneh Itoads "
At tho Mav meeting Hon. Alfied Hand
addrcHsed the bonid on "International Ai
bltratlon " At the Juno meeting Street
Commlsslonei r n Kinsley talked on
"Street Impiovemcnt " Mi. C. A Green,
of Philadelphia, dellvoiod a vet) able loc
tuio on the woik of the "Philadelphia
Commeiclal Mii'eums" nt tho Septombei
meeting In October, Ml. J. Gardner
Sanderson read a pupci on tlio "Pioduc
tlon of Gas fiom Anthrnclte Culm," nnd
at tho I)e"ombt i meeting Geneinl Uoy
Stone', of tho ngiicultuto dopaitmont nt
Wnshlngtou, D C, nnd his usslstant. Mr.
Hnirtson, of New Jeisey. nddiossed the
boatd nn "Good Jtoada." These tnlks
havo moved veiy liigtrue.tIvo nnd Intetest
Ing additions to the tegular older of busi
ness of our meetings, anil were secured
without cost to tho board or Ub membeis,
Dining the )e,ir wo havo continued to
keep liefoio the public ut largo tho gient
advantage of our cheap fuel. .Mr Sander-
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All of the Novelties now in and ready for inspection.
"Dame Fashion" says that these, three articles will enter nfore
into Ladies' Dress this coming Spring and Summer than ever
before.
Our buyers have taken great pains in selecting the newest
productions of England France, Germany and Switzerland. :
se
slm
Hanufacturers of the
CAPACITY 100,000
con, In his paper which he lend befoie the
boaid In Octobei claims tint he has been
able, hv the use of his Improved produce!, I
to make and stoic, bv actual measure-1
inent, ovei Hu.owi cubic feet of gas fiom,
one ton ot culm An nnlvsls ol this gns ,
bus shown It to be supprloi to thnt made
fiom bituminous coal, and theie Is no ien-1
bon to doubt but what nctuul use of tho I
gus will show even bettei results. Should I
tills piove true our culm banks will sme-
1), ut no distant tin), be the source ol a
power so cheip thnt the wvtei wheel will
lie an expensive luui) compaied with it,
and Seianton will become the greatest
erus moduclmr centte in tho countt). A
compan) h is been foinied for the putposo
of munufiicturiiih the-,vi pioduceis, oi the)
will oiect plants and suppl) gas In an)
qualities for power oi domestic pui poses.
work on run stup.p.ts
.Dining the )vai considerable sheet
paving has been done In the city The
block betv ecu Linden ami Mulbe'i)
streets on Wyoming avenue, which wns
foi so long a time nn e)o noio und a dls
giuce to oui cit). Is now one of oui llnest
pived streets Not a foot of tho so-called
wooden-block pijv ement now u mains, and
it is to be hoped that tho cit) will never
agnln tolciatcauch an abomination. Swot
land street fiom the new Linden '-tiet
btldge to Main avenue, was guided and
paved with stone block, making a ei)
debliuble uppioath to tho bridge fiom the
West Side West l.atkiwanna avenue
from Ninth to Main Robinson and Jack
sjon stients were ulo paved with the same
mnteilal Monroe avenue fiom Vine to
M)itle, Main couit from Linden to Mul
ben, Ppruce stieet from Wyoming to
Franklin weie pavnl with nsphult An or
tilnance Is nov hi fore councils piovlding
for tho pavoment of Mulborry street Its up
time length with ntphnlt, nnd n movement
isntpro'ent on loot witheveiv piospectof
succe?s to nave Piovidenco ioail from
the Dickson vvorlva to Noith Main, und
Noith Main to the cit) lint This stieet
Is without doubt tlie ve-v worst that tan
lie found 111 the wholo commonv oaltli, und
Is u dlsgrnco to our cit) nnd tho ovvneis
of pioptrt) abutting on It The boaid
of he iltli no about to petition the comts
to condemn it ns a nuisance, which Is cer
tainly no ciedll to mil boasted entcipilse
It Is to be hoped that oui councils will do
all in theli powei to cuise that stret t to
be pived at the eaillest possible moment.
Oui membership has about held Its own,
notwithstanding tho depressed condition
of business.
Number of membeis on roll Jnnuni)
20th, 1S 171
New members elected timing )enr. . . H
ISS
Resignations accepted 3
Suspended for non-payment of dues fl
,Membei?hlp Januniy 30th, 1S37 170
sncKirrAttvs pinancial state
ment. Received fiom membeis to Januniy
IS, 1S97 $kl-! W
13y amount paid on account ban
quet 20 23
B) amount paid tieasurer I.40S U
?l,129 00
TRKASURIHt'S STATHMHNT.
Ilnlance on hand ns pel last lenotUl.Isi II
To cash rceelvetl fiom seoretaty.. 4.10S 03
To Interest allowed bv Tlist Na
tional Hank 3) (.3
?j.93l 71
CR.
Hy ordeis paid to January 20th.
1S07 . l.0-'7 b'J
Balanco on hand $1,907 03
Tho ependttutes may be sunimarUed
nn fnllnvv s. tn w It:
Dun & Co $ CIO 00
"rialarits, tecretar) and Janitor.... 2.373 on
J'UIHllll, ..... ui u
Postnge 2S 7
Tclcuhono fu 7'
Weathtr signals 'il 00
Cn9sler's Mugazlno artlelu 230 U0
Rent 27tfh3
Advertising 27 no
Dickinson Law school lout paid.. . 37 3o
Pi luting nmuiul icpoit 31 UJ
Expense delegates National Hoaid
of Trndo 70 lu
Cut of new building 21 in
Nutlonal Hoard of Tinde elues Ju 0j
Suudiy expenses , Gu bl
Total
.51,027 b3
There Ih a lmlanee yot duo fiom mem
beis of $070, which lopiesonts tho aiicii
nges of 23 tlellntiuents. In this connection
1 deslie to uigo upon tliese members the
necessity of pioinpt pnvinelit. Wo have
contrncttd bills for new fiirnltuio, cu
pels, euttnlns, utc , which will txhuust
our ptesent lesources and itavo 11 eonslJ
ciablo bilunce unpuid Tho amount )ct
due tho board if In tho hands of tlie retu
rn or would be ample to meet nil obliga
tions. Let me matin leapectfully uige
upon every membei tlio pionipt pu)nimt
of tineas us 'soon us the statement foi tnino
s leceived. It Is so much easier to piv
MO or U when duo than it Is to wnlt until
tho nmount Is so inrge tluit often times It
becomes a hardship to pay and disjullsi
fnt'tlon Is felt nnd epiessed
In closing I desire to cypress mv t-lncero
Ihunks to the otlleeis nnd membeis of tho
boaid foi tho muny couiteslcs shown mo
dining tho )cnr Judt closed, und It will Ih
my ambition to so conduct tho affairs of
my olllco that a continuation of tho mmo
may bo win muted. Tho thanks of tho
board Is also duo tho pi ess of tho city und
Us representatives for tho very ablo man
ner In which they huvo reported our do
ings, and the many kindnesses extended
lu assisting us in euujlng on our woik.
Respectfully Submitted,
D, 13, Atherton, Secretary.
ager Beer Brewery.
of our Great
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Celebrated PILSNER LAGER BEER.
Barrels Per Annum.
FilSHED OUR INVENTORY
anil liavc some good bargains to
offer you English Porcelain.
Dinner Sets, decorated, filled in
patterns,
100 PIECES, $ 9.-18
112 PIECES, 11.48
English White Granite Dinner
Sets, decorated, fiuit patterns,
100 PIECES, $5.98
112 PIECES, 6.98
J--Wc are also closing out some llavlland
China Fruit Plates, decorated, ot from $3.73
to $5.07 per dozen. Real Bargains. See
thcic goods In our Show Windows.
THE
Clemoni, Ferber
O'Malley Co.
42 Lackawanna Ave.
" .&
HOrgUAIirERS.
You must luvo Yo 1 joint koop thoio clill
dronuiuin. Don't list their joung lives on
cold Uoors, in cold looms. Vory tew ipiartori
buy hoator j nov. Wo uro clojin tliom out.
Ynu lu jko ) our ovv 11 prco so long as yuu dun't
got bolo.v ecst. u must have tho loom thoy
tnbo.
Foote & Shear Co.
1 19 Wasliiiifjton Ave.
CAUL UP 3802!
OFFICII AND WAREHOUSE,
141 TO 151 MERIDIAN 01REBT.
BI. W. COLLINS, Manager.
and
BEIDLEK M BOOH
37 Spruce Street.
OrpositeThe Commonwealth,
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10,1 Ibyll Uiuui
February Sale of
no matter liovv hard I try, of a better
place to buy my oHlce and business sta
tionery, blank books, type-writer's
supplies, etc , than at Reynolds Bros.
They have a large stock In every lino
to choose from, anil you never can beat
them on price on the down scale; nnd
we also cairy in stock a complete line
of diaughtsmen's supplies.
eynolds oros.,
Stationers and Engrava.3,
hoti:l jtrmyn huildinq.
If Expense Is No Object Why Not
Hnc the Best?
IIEItE THEY ABE:
HUMBERS $115
UNIONS $100
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Price to All, $75, Fully
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receive if you lenve your order with tlw
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une Uulldlnii, North Washlnston Ave.
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