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SCKANTON. JUNE 12, 1807.
We do not blnme the Telephone com
pany or any other company for get
ting what It can out of the councils.
If the latter are willing to give the
city awuy, why shouldn't the corpora
tions take itV
Celebrate Flag Day.
The appropriate suggestion is made
by the Sons and Daughters of the
llevolutlon that on next Monday,
which Is Flag Day, the stars and
stripes be displayed from every homo
In the land. During the 120 years
which have elapsed since the Contin
ental .congress adopted the red and
white bars with the thirteen white
stars In a field of blue as the oftlclal
erriblem of the new-born nation the
territory over which Old Glory floats
has increased five fold; the population
giving Its allegiance has grown from
3,000,000 to 70,000,000; the number of
sovereign states has been augmented
from thirteen to forty-five, and on this
hemisphere where then there was only
one republic, there is today only one
lingering remnant of tyranny, and
that, we hope, will soon be extinguish
ed, thanks to American influence and
Intervention.
These six-score years of democracy
have not by any means been years of
perfection In the working out of the
problem of successful government, but
they have been years whose annals give
confidence In the principles employed
and hope for the future. The Ameri
can flag has survived two foreign and
one civil wars; It has witnessed the
successful affranchisement of an en
slaved race; the asslmllatlonof millions
of promiscuously welcomed aliens rep
resenting every tongue and clime; the
conquest of mighty wildernesses; the
upbuilding of great cities; the harness
ing to man's uses of the great forces
and resources of nature, and the laying
of the foundations for a commerce and
a civilization of the like of which his
tory affords no record. Nowhere else
has such progress been paralleled; no
where else, can such institutions be
surpassed.
It can do us no harm, as appropriate
occasion shall arise, to give passing
thought to these things. This has been
termed a practical age, an age when
sentiment must be yoked to utility in
order to gain an audience with the
busy, hustling throng. But surely here
is a sentiment which is of the highest
utility, a sentiment without which
thesa wonders in human accomplish
ment could never have been achieved.
If a time should ever como when the
sight of the flag will carry to the citi
zen of the United States no glorious
message from the past, no exhilarating
inspiration for the future, then Indeed
could it be said that we had reached
the declining plane which leads swift
and sure to national deterioration and
ruin.
Some time ago an olllclal of the
Scranton Traction company promised
to present an argument showing where
in a T rail on Mulberry street would bo
more "desirable than a flat rail. We
are still waiting to hear from him.
A Cycle of Social Crimes.
Readers of the newspapers can hard
ly fall to have perceived In the past
few weeks a very noticeable multipli
cation In the number of crimes against
women. For a fortnight the number of
assaults reported In the papers has
averaged not less than three a day and
If anything this average Is growing
larger. We do not possess statistics on
this subject covering a period of years,
but we hazard the guess that If such
statistics are In existence they disclose
a steady Increase In these unmention
able offences against society. What,
if any, reasons can be offered for such
a reorudescence of animalism in this
supposedly civilized nation and age?
The inquiry here Indicated Is manifest
ly too large for the limits of this article,
but at haphazard we propose to Jot
down one or two of the causes which
most readily suggest themselves.
In the first place. In the matter of
literature we have for years been sow
ing the wind that foretells the whirl
wind. Sensationalism In the press;
the verging of writers steadily toward
the forbidden line In descriptions of the
social relations; the flash picture, the
risque play, the indecent ballet and the
suggestive dialogue, spoken or written
all these things, together with simi
lar manifestations of degeneracy In
other directions which need not be re
cited, have lowered the level of social
morality very perceptibly in the last
few years and put Into weak minds Juit
those germs of corrupting suggestion
that have developed into tho mania
now displaying itself In outrages and
other gross personal crimes. Tho ex
tent to which this demoralization In
the use of ink and paper has proceeded
will be the better comprehended when
a glance Is taken through the litera
ture of fifty years ago, which, with all
its faults, sounds a sustained note of
respect for womanhood and of rever
ence for the sanctities of domestic life.
It Is, we repeat, probable that the
modern abuse of the printing press,
which has saturated our time with a
species of moral skepticism reflected no
less In the crimes than In the published
thoughts of the people, Is the greatest
Blngle Contributor to the prevalent
wave of sexual Insanity; but wo regiut
to have to add that we cannot hold the
women of our 'time wholly guiltless,
Those of us who have Inherited old
fashioned ideas concerning the sex,
.who have been taught to believe In tho
paramount purity and honor of the
mission of wifehood and motherhood
for women, have in recent times been
asked by 'certain militant females to
surrender these idealities of the long
ago and to accept 'in lieu thereof
absurd advanced nptlona of a mannish
destiny. It would be unjust to say
that the new woman nonsense has
spoiled any considerable number of the
women of today; but It has gone Just
far enough In ts influence upon femin
ine customs and masculine opinion to
Introduce a new irritant in the social
problem, which, In our opinion, has
contributed not a little to the phenomena-noted
nbivc. Illghtly or wrongly,
It has for the monicnt weakened wo
man's hold upon man's respect;, once
the betjtor half, .she has lately appeared
to bo desirous of coming down to his
unpoetlc level, and until this foolish
fancy shall pass out of her mind n
sacrifice of her influence for good is in
evitable. Wo believe that the present ebulli
tion of sexual abnormalities will soon
cease. It must. Society cannot longer
tolerate such a peril to Its very exist
ence. But It Is well to consider what
has caused it and to take steps for the
prevention of Its repetition.
It was a wise precaution to Introduce
at Harrlsburg an inheritance tax bill
avoiding the constitutional objections
raised by Judge Hanna. We think
those objections could have been ans
wered and consider that the original
law had a good chance of being sus
tained by the Supreme court. Still, the
matter Involved a risk which a new
law will avert. Under the circum
stances, with the state revenues $3,000,
000 below the probable expenditures, It
Is wisdom to make sure of every pos
sible dollar of available Income.
What Next ?
After great uproar, caused by inor
dinate greed for tariff advantage, the
sugar trust has been beaten at Wash
ington and a sugar schedule is adopted
in the senate, which, hy general con
sent, Is honest and approximately fair.
The reputation of the party Is saved;
the president Is extricated from the
dilemma in which he would have been
plnced had the tariff bill reached him
for signature or rejection with the
Trust's schedule Inserted therein, and
for the present all Is well. But shall
the matter end here?
L.et us review the facts. So far as
known, they are that tho American
Sugar Refining company' has for years
been In the habit of contributing to
the campaign funds of both the politi
cal parties so as to be In position to
negotiate for legislative favors from
either. In 1802,. after Cleveland won, It
Insisted upon writing the sugar sche
dule of the Wilson bill, and succeeded
so well In pressing Its claims upon the
Democratic party managers that a
schedule drafted by Mr. Cleveland's
secretary of the treasury, Mr. Carlisle,
was sent to the house ways, and means
committee with the administration's
indorsement. This schedule gave the
trust what It wanted. Last year, the
other party won, but the trust appear
ed on deck just the same. It did not
this time try to capture anybody In the
cabinet or In the ways and means com
mittee of the house. It knew better.
But through some means not yet made
known it gained the favor of the senate
sub-committee on finance which con
sidered the Dingley bill after It pass
ed tho house, and but for the storm of
public censure which this suspicious
intimacy excited, it might have put
another pet schedule through.
Momentarily the trust Is ballled, but
shall that be Its only punishment? Is
the spectacle tamely to be endured of a
giant corporation having In lt3 control
a monopoly of the production of a
prime necessity of life and willing to
buy legislation which will enable It to
extort money from the people? Have
th'e confumers of sugar In this country
no redress? Thus far It must be ad
mitted that the trust has had things
pretty much Its own way. Cabinets,
courts and legislatures have treated it
with a degree-of consideration prob
ably beyond Its Just deserts. A point
must come, though, when the people
will rebel. Has not that point pretty
nearly been reached?
Wo have much respect for the eru
dition of the Philadelphia Record, but
when It contradicts the assertion of
Consul General Lee that under our
treaty stipulations with Spain an
American citizen arrested on Spanish
soil must not be kept more than
seventy-two hours "Incommunicado,"
we shall pin our faith to Lee.
"Soft Snaps."
The phrase "Soft Snaps," generally
considered slang, has by long and gen
eral usage almost become incorporat
ed into legitimate Anglo Saxon. Tho
two words forming It have by them
selves always been found In our "Un
abrldgeds." Together they form a very
expressive phrase and are generally
used to Indicate an easy job or way to
make money. That the phrase Is an
expressive one no one will deny, and we
think all will agree that It contains
tho germ of much evil. It expresses
fully 'the tendency of the times that
tendency toward luxury and ease, that
desire to gain money without the sweat
that alone can make a man energetic,
manly and self-reliant and give him
power to fight his own way to high
positions In business and statesman
ship. It expresses forcibly the danger
that 4s creeping so rapidly into our
social and political systems.
Among the serious dangers to future
generations none Is greater than the
treatment parents often accord their
sons. The father has been successful
in life by hard work and business
Judgment. He has accumulated wealth.
The son step3 over the threshold of
manhood and may bo just out of school
or college. Immediately the father
looks for a soft snap for him. He must
not struggle as tho father did ho is
too deserving for that and straight
way a position Is found with a large
salary and tho boy is launched with
his hand on the tiller of tho good ship
"soft snap." Perhaps as an excuse tho
father will go through tho form of giv
ing him a few weeks' work where un
der buslpessprlnclples years might be
necessary, and then the boy is lifted
and set down in his easy chair. Hence
forward his career Is supposed to be
assured. But Is it? While the father
lives all may go well. His business
judgment stands behind and his money
can make good a mistake. But when
lie dies I The world is full of the unfor-
tunate results of "soft snaps," for easo
in gaining a livelihood through other
Influences than one'B own efforts de
Etroys Judgment and self-reliance, nnd
when the prop is cut away the wholo
thing tumbles.
The boy who commences life by ap
pearing at tho breakfast table at 8
o'clock In the morning and by saunter
ing to his business at 9 or 10, and who
Is unwillingly taught that "tho old
man" Is behind him, nearly always
dtops when the old man "pegs out."
This Is one reason why so many of our
young men fall and the names mado
by their fathers so soon fall away.
The laws of nature are Immutable and
the one laid down ages ago that by
the sweat of our brows iihall we earn
our dally bread Is the only foundation
of true success. Wo do not mean In
this article to deny the practical right
of a man to do with his own as he
chooses, but 'the future Is heavy, and
tho responsibility great. The danger
that the boy will become Imbued with
this growing Idea of "soft snaps" Is
more serious, wo think, than is fully
comprehended. Put him In charge of
your coal mine, or your store, or your
factory If you will, but before you
do It make him learn by long work
the responsibilities attendant on the
positions. Don't send him rolling to
his work in a carriage with a coach
man and a pair of horses, arid don't
let him get tho Idea that 'because he Is
the son of his father he Is better than
the son of some one else.
Another evil does 'this "soft snap"
idea encourage. Discontent among our
masses is on tho increase. The earn
est, intelligent, hard working young
man, often of greater ability and Just
as often of greater moral character,
than tho "soft snapper," sees u. chap
put in his easy chair. He wonders if
utter all the natural laws are not askew
and he becomes morose, dissatisfied
and eventually dangerous. Whereas if
he sees a. young fellow working earn
estly to fit himself for a position kept
In waiting, he simply feels that that
young man Is working along the lines
of honest endeavor, and If he succeeds
In so fitting himself he deserves the
pDSltlon and is only the more fortunate.
From all this it can be deduced that
parents make a fatal mistake In going
to the nearest furniture store and buy
ing the good easy chairs, that so many
do, for their boys to rest In.
.
The talk In Harrlsburg Is of a hori
zontal increase In taxation: but before
that Is made the legislature must not
forget to make a horizontal cut In un
necessary expenses.
The circulation editors of certain of
our esteemed contemporaries are clear
ly overworking themselves.
Oiitlook fop the
Anthracite Trade
From the Philadelphia Press.
Tho condition of tho anthracite coal
trade at this timo Is a nutter of more
than usual interest, us It reflects for the
first time tho results of tho oollcy of
those who have lately acquired full con
trol of that trade. It Is more than ten
years slnco capitalists who liad had more
or less interest in tho pioduction of an
thracite coal and in tho 3hares of tho
great carrying companies inaugurated a
movement to put thoso corporations In
a shape to do business and to formulate
permanent plans for the conduct of tho
trade. The first Important steps were tho
rehabilitation and reorganization of the
New Jersey Central, Heading and other
companies, which latter proved to be a
most tedious task. With the conclusion
of (tie late arrangement with tho Lehigh
Valley company, the anthracite carriers
passed Into the cantrol of the Morgan In
terest, end accord In the management of
all the properties was practically brought
about. This stop was necessary to tho
business of bringing order out of the
chaos that had existed fcr years.
There was no difficulty after this was
accomplished In agreeing upon a pro
gramme as to the conduct of the trade.
All interests united in a tacit agreement
there were no writings and no meet
ingsto keep the production of coal down
to tho demands of consumers. For many
years, while the producing companies were
at odds competitively, coal had been
taken out of tho ground and sent" to mar
ket without the slightest relation to the
demands of consumers. In 1895 more than
4ti,000,000 tons were put on the market,
and In 1896 some 2,500,000 tons less. In no
other two years of tho trade was the
production so large, and It is not neces
sary to say that in the condition of man
ufactures and general business In those
vears the output was far abave consump
tive requirements. The result was de
moralization, which culminated with the
close of the fall season iast year.
Since the first of January thcie has been
strict attention to tho volume of the prod
uct of coal and It has been restricted to
the wants of those who use It. The out
put has been at the rate of a llttlo more
than 2,500,000 tons per month, or bout 15,
000,000 .tons for tho half year. This re
striction has been accomplished at some
sacrifice to tho producing and carrying
interests. From tho producer's point of
view It was a necessary measure, as con
sumers never buy coal In the first half of
tho year, and the coal consumed during
that period Is that which Is marketed In
tho previous year. Novnuccessful restric
tive programme has before been put In
force owing to the strong competition
which existed between tho carrying com
panies and the Jealousy with which they
guarded what they considered their ton
nage rights. A great deal was accom
plished, therefore, when It was developed
this year that all the Interests were living
up to their agreements at the expense of
earnings for morths. The restrictive
process has been accompanied by econo
mies, and it Is somewhat remarkable that,
though tho companies have carried 2,
500,000 tons less coal than In tho same
six months of 1895, their monthly reports
In some Instances show an increase in
net earnings over last year, and no com
pany shows any Important loss.
The result is that from a producers'
and transporters' point of view the an
thracite companies are In a better posi
tion for a profitable year's business than
ever before. It Is believed that the mar
ket will take 40,000,000 tons of coal at least
In 1897, and this estimate seems reason
able, as It Is more than 3,009,000 less than
was actually mined and apparently mar
keted last year. If this is true there re
main to be shipped at least 4,000.000 tons
each month during the last half of the
year. If there U some restriction on this
amount in .July and August, and if the
usual light tonnage Is allotted to Decem
ber, the monthly output In the other
months will be about equal to the capac
ity of the mines. In any event, ail en
gaged in tho anthracite trade have the
promise of fuller work during the next
six months than In any other similar pe
riod recently,
THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE.
From the Springfield Republican.
Four years ago, at the timo of the Chi
cago fair In celebration of the discovery
of America, we Americans were very busy
absorbing the realities of our own grent
ness. "Hero are we," eald all Americans,
'Hho greatest people on earth." This Is
the year of Queen Victoria's jubilee, or
the Imperial celbratlon of tho royal lady's
sixty years' reign; and the contemplation J
of tholr progress mado during tho Vic
torian eta la llkewlio absorbing tho at
tention of British subjects. They, too,
have reason to be proud. Their history
nnd development are marvels Greater
Britain today Is probably the most power
ful and efficient combination of forces,
either In pcaco or war, the world has
seen. In tho Napoleonic wars England
was tho ono povor to whom more than
any other tho downfall of France was
due, yet now her strength Is tenfold
greater. And not tho least astonishing
part of it Is that to many minds tho fu
turo of no other nation Bccms more sta
ble and secure.
Why Is the British empire today tho
most formidable factor In the world's
equilibrium? Hero Is tho thing the Eng
lish uro going to celbrate. It Is not tho
fact that their queen has worn the
crown for sixty years, but that their na
tion has mado such prodigious progress
that excites them to these demonstrations.
This progress, so far as It coincides with
the last sixty years, furthermore, has not
been peculiar to Qreat Britain. Other na
tions have been developed wonderfully,
even tho most backward. It has been a
period of tremendous material growth for
the wholo world, with England, perhaps,
leading tho way. But why has England
led the way? The answer is that she oc
cupied at tho opening of the now era a
moro favorable position than any other
nation. She was already the center of
mercantllo exchanges and controled the
markets of tho world. She emerged from
tho Napoleonic wars' with an undisputed
supremacy on tho sea, and her Isolated
geographical position afforded her Immu
nity from attack by land. Thus protected
and thus girded for the race It was natur
al and Inevitable that England should be
foremost during the sixty years that
followed the coronation of the queen.
Great Britain's foremost place among
tho nations was wbn long before Victoria
came to the throne. And how she won It
forms tho most fascinating chapters of
her history. Was It owing to (he over
whelming superiority of the Insular Brit
isher as a man over the Spaniard, tho
Frenchman and the Dutchman? Sir J. R.
Seelcy in his "Expansion of England"
lays bare the truth when he writes: "In
one word, out of tho five states which
competed for the new world success has
fallen to that one, England not which
phowed at tho outset tho strongest voca
tion for colonization, not which surpassed
tho others In daring or Invention or en
ergybut to that one which was least
hampered by the old world." Again he
writes: "And further wo have ventured
to doubt that tho vastness of tho empire
necessarily proves some Invincible hero
ism or BUDernatural ennlus for trnvern-
ment in our nation. 'Undoubtedly, some
facts may be adduced to show natural ap
titude for colonization and a faculty of
leadership In our rae. But though
there Is much to nJmiro in the history
of Greater Britain, yet the pre-eminence
of England In the new world was not
won by 3heer natural superiority. In the
heroic age of maritime discovery wo did
not greatly shine. We did not show tho
genius of tho Portuguese, and wo did not
produce a Columbus or a Magelhaen.
When I examined the causes that en
abled us after two centuries to surpass
other nations In colonization I found that
wo had a broader basis and a securer po
sition at home than Portugal or Holland,
and that we wero less involved In great
European enterprises (wars, etc.), than
Franco and Spain. In like manner when
I Inquired how we could ronquii, and
that with little trouble, the vast country
of India, I found that after all we did It
by means mainly of Indian troops to
whom wo Imparted a skill which was
not so much English as European, that
the French showed us tho way, and that
the condition of the country (India) was
such as to render It peculiarly open to
conquest." These facts now read curiouf
ly. England was far behind Spain and
Portugal In maritime discovery. She did
not even show an equal aptness lor the
sea, and the new world was discovered
absolutely without Impulse from the
British Isles. As a colonizer England was
not In the early days abreast with tho
Spanish, tho Dutch or tho French. The
French explorers In North America were
penetrating almost the heart of the con
tinent before the English began settling
on tho Atlantic coast. Tho Dutch first set
tled New York and tho Frerch Canada.
And so In India It was a daring French
man who first learned how to conquer
the teeming millions of that vast country
by employing and training native troops,
and from him the 'English learned tho se
cret. Captain Mahan has shown that England
finally won 'both America and India from
France by superiority In sea power, as
sho had already overthrown tho Dutch
by tho samo weapon. That is very true.
but Why did England have superior sea
power? Why 'has she nearly always had
it since the Spanish armada? Professor
Seeley answers tho question. England's
Insular position freed her more than her
great rivals from the wars and complica
tions of tho continent and that freedom
gave her additional strength on the sea.
When Franco and Holland have had their
energies absorbed by struggles on land
they have been weakened at sea, while
upon her navy England has been able to
concentrate all her powers. Captain Ma
han says that France should havo looked
across tho sea for her empire rather
than In Europe, and should have built up
her navy at the expense of her army;
but situated as she was geographically It
was perfectly natural that France should
havo shared all the convulsions of the
continent. Tho division of her strength
between land and sea so weakened her on
the latter that in all the great crises In
conflict with England French dominions
over tho ocean fell easily before English
supremacy In naval warfare. So what
does the greatness of the British empire
finally rest upon? If we follow Professor
Seelcy and Captain Mahan It rests In the
lust analysis upon simple geography. At
Insular position brought sea power, sea
power brought empire, and empire and
ea power combined gave England un In
comparable start when the world entered
upon tho wonderful material development
of the nineteenth century, wlrh which tho
Victorian era largely coincides. But in
pointing out these truths we havo no de
sire to disparage the genius of the Eng
lish people or to underrate their great
energy. While favored with vast dem
onstration of greatness and highest title
to leadership opportunities embraced to
tho full.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drnwn liy Ajncchus,
Tlio Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabo Cast: 1,11 a. m., for Saturday,
June 12, 1837.
WD 3E .
A child born on this day will be of the
opinion that It Is about timo the Ice man
had his Innings.
The anxiety to get something for noth
ing Is so strong In some pcisons that they
are willing to tako tho measles.
Judging tho world by the standard of
one's own morality often makes a man
blush for his neighbor.
If It were not for the Sunday newspa
pers, tomorrow might 'bo Indeed a day of
rest.
Tho world Is wide but some of tho peo
ple In It are very narrow.
Ajncchus', Advice.
Do not place tco much confidence In
tho ability af a liar. He occasionally tells
the truth by mistake
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HENRY BELIN, JR.,
D UPON ITS
POWDER
Mining, Blastlng.Sportlng, Smokcleu
and the Repauno Chemical
Company's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
Bnfety Fuse, Caps nnd Exploders.
Rooms 212, 213 and 21-1 Commonwealth
Building, Scranton.
AGENCIES:
TIIOS, FORD,
JOHN B. SMITH 4 SON,
E. W. MULLIGAN,
Plttston
Plymouth
Wllkes-Uarra
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IF NOT, SEE THEM BY ALL MEANS
BEFORE YOU BUY ANY OTHER, AND
WHEN YOU HAVE SEEN THEM YOUR
TROUBLE WILL ALL BE AT AN END,
FOR WE FEEL SURE YOU WILL BUY
A LIGHTNING OR WHITE MOUNTAIN
ICE CREAM FREEZER. WE SAY YOU
WILL BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU
WANT THE BEST, AND THE LIGltT
NINO AND WHITE MOUNTAIN, ARE
THE BEST.
FOOTE & SIEAE CO.
110 Washington Ae., Scrantop, Pa.
II PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of the best quality for domestlo us
and of all sizes, Including Buckwheat and
Dlrdseye, delivered In any part of, the city;
at the lowest rlco .
Orders received at the Omoeflrat llor.
Commonwealth building, .room No 6;
telephone No. 2621 or at the mine, tele
phono No. 272, will be promptly attended,
to, . Dealers supplied "at the mine.
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