THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE -FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 0, 1897.
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REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
Stato Troasurer-J. S. BEACOM, of
Westmorland.
Auditor Qcncral-LnVI O. M'CAULEY,
of Chester.
Election day, November 8.
Resolved, That tho platform adopted
nt the National convention o Democ
racy in 1SDG be1' endorsed fully and
without reserve." Plank Second In tho
Platform of tho Lackawanna Democ
racy, adopted Aug. 24, 1897.
The New Home Rule Plan.
To Americans the new homo rule
scheme proposed by tho English radi
cals seems rational and In accordance
with shrewd policy. This project goes
under tho tltlo of "Home Rule All
Around," and Its main featuro Is tho
division of tho parliamentary session
Into two Tierlods, During1 the first per
iod those members elected from Irish
constituencies arc to meet In Dublin for
tho consideration of measures touching
Irish local affairs; tho Welsh members
arc to sit for a similar purpose In Car
diff: the Scotch members in Edinburgh
and tho English members in Westmins
ter. During the-second period all these
members will asscmblo In general
session at 'Westminster for tho con
sideration of broad Imperial affairs and
tho ratification, amendment or rejec
tion of tho local measures reported
from the, fractional assemblies.
It may with soma degree of truth bo
rirgucd against this divisional proposi
tion that since the power of final re
view Is to be left to the Imperial parlia
ment sitting ns at present, the net gain
to tho Irish, Scotch and Welsh peoples
5n its adoption would be limited to the
sentimental advantage to each of hav
ing the semblance of a parliament of
their ow n. That, how ever, is not incon
siderable, as was shown when the
Welsh readilyyioldod allegiance to Eng
land upon the condition that the heir
apparent to the English throne should
bo born In Wales and first adopted as
its prince. Put account must also be
taken of the fact that should public
opinion In the United Kingdom de
cisively ratify the proposed division, it
would operate as a check upon the In
terference, pave for good reasons, of
parliament in whole with the work of
the fractional paillaments and thereby
assure to each constituent part of Great
Prltain and Ireland a fair degree of
actual autonomy, subject to Interrup
tion only when Inimical to the interests
of the federation in gross.
This now scheme of home rule for all
has not yet been presented in detail to
the British electorate. How It will be
teceived Is therefore a matter of con
jecture w holly. That the conservatives
will oppose It for tho shrewd paity
teason that It menaces their suprem
acy Is assured fiom the outset, but
can they involve it in lldlcule bofote
tho people' Is It not cleverly designed
to appeal to tho growing democracy of
the English people and may It not bowl
over the party which seeks to obstruct
It? These questions will In all likelihood
be answered within the next few
months.
Not In years have the streets of
Scranton been so generally torn up as
they are at present But It Is a good
sign. It betokens progress. Every
tearing up means some form of public
Improvement; therefore, don't get
angry.
Life Insurance.
Wherever the dally newspaper goes
there Is interest in the subject of life
Irtoirance and life Insurance companies.
Of late there has been considerable
discussion as to the propriety of in
suring tho lives of children, and we are
glad to say that those who have In
vestigated the subject are practically
agreed that It is a wise precaution on
the part of parents, and attended by
no harmful results, Inasmuch as the
nmount of Insurance on a child's life
is only about enough to covor the usual
funeral expenses.
The larger and more Important mat
ter now is tho unnecessary, excessive
costliness of this and. every other form
of so-called Industrial insurance. Its
cost is nearly twice as much as it needs
to be, and the excess is mainly duo to
the expensive method adopted for thn
collection of premiums. These shoull
be paid at tho local offlce of tho com
panies by the Insured. If this plan
should be generally adopted millions of
dollars would be saved annually by the
working people. It is estimated tha
not Ifsr than thirty millions of dollars
of life insurance Is carried In our city,
and wo can readily believe that th's
sum is not more, but rather less, than
it would bo If stated exactly. Ten of
tho foremost business men of our city
cany one-twentieth of this cntlte sum
on their own lives.
That there is room for Improvement
alio In tho methods generally adopted
by tho larger companies there can b
no fioiiLt. Such a reformation as would
be eatlly apparent to the manageis
would, If secured, bo of Immense bene
fit to the policy holders and their fam
ilies either In diminishing the annual
outlay for this purpose or increasing
ths ability to afford a larger protec
tion to tho family.
The practice of deferring tho pay
nent of dividends to policy holders for
long periods does not appear to be In
their interest and besides it furnishes
an additional temptation to the man
i auers to make on unwise use of the
mrrlus so accumulated,
Tho percentage of expense In some i,f
the lerner companies la now double
what' it was fifteen years ago, and It
ihould bo less Instead of more, because
the volume of business Is now more
than doublo what it was then, having
kept pace with the growth and pro
cess of our country.
The actual expenses of tho manage
ment of threo companies last year fell
ut u little short of twenty-five millions
)f dollars, and onecompany has spent
lor tho 6ame purpose nearly twenty.
nine millions of dollars during tho last
threo years. It need not bo said that
such a wasto of tho policy holders'
money Is discreditable to the managers.
Hnpplly there are many companies
In which the conditions aro better, but
they are Injured also by the competi
tion and recklessness of such as are
trying only to bo tho biggest company.
Tho mutual principle used to bo In
high favor, but It cannot bo Bald to bo
now. Tho sagacious business man
would rather trust his Interests In the
hands of ono hundred stockholders and
twenty-five or thirty directors than in
one or two officers entrenched behind
tho proxies of a majority of their mem
bers. It docs not appear safe or wise
to give a proxy to any ono holding
office In a mutual company, and it
ought to bo unlawful for an officer of
any mutual company to receive or vote
on a proxy. Such a reform would be
In tho Interest of tho members of all
mutual companies and would tend to
economy In management expenses. Al
though tho commissions paid to agents
are probably higher than they ought to
be, not ono In ten secures even a fair
Income from his labor. The wasto and
extravagance to which we have alluded
must bo sought for elsewhere, and In
tho Interest of tho Insuring public wo
hopo tho tremendous leak may bo found
and stopped.
In tho past tho Justification for tho
existence of what are called assessment
llfo Insurance companies was found In
the fact that tho regular companies
charged such high rates as to bar out
all except the rich. This Is no longer
true, ns many companies now sell pure
and simple life insurance at the lowest
cost consistent with safety, which Is
but little more than half the old-fashioned
life rates. The assessment com
pany was always uncertain, and Is al
ways In danger of dying before tho In
sured, and Inasmuch as they have
sencd their purpose they might as well
go out of existence at the first favor
able opportunity.
The subject of Insurance is one tho
principles of which merit closer study
than Is commonly given to them by the
average business man.
If there is a chance to submit the coal
strike to ai bit rat ion on fair terms tho
men should by all means embrace It.
The strike has progressed far enough
and Its continuance through obstinacy
would Inflict a serious loss upon the
community as well as upon the con
testants.
A Mile Post in Civilization.
To every American who has viewed
from an eleated standpoint the epi
sode culminating in the resignation by
Dr. E. B. Andrews of the presidency of
Brown university, the action of tho cor
poration of thit institution on Wednes
day in deciding, after much urging
from leaders in American thought, to
lequest Dr. Andrews to withdraw his
resignation, is most welcome. It marks
in perhaps a more beneficent manner
than can for some time be thoroughly
appreciated a long strldo In American
civilization the stride from bigotry
and intoleianco to freedom of honest
opinion. Tho inference from It is that
persecution no longer, among men truly
civilized, Is regarded as the proper
penalty for independence of belief and
conviction, but rather the resort of
minds nai rowed and Inflim.
We ate disposed to ngice to the let
ter with out- esteemed Canadian con
temporary, the Toronto Globe, in its be
lief that this, in many ways unfortun
ate, incident will prove In the long run
a great blessing to the country at large.
"It means." adds the Globe, In an opin
ion to which we heartily subscribe,
"that the whole ideal and conception of
tho American educational system will
be subjected to a most searching re
examination. Already there are signs
of reaction. There has been too much
specialization, too much emplojmcnt
of men simply because they were mas-
teis of one phase of a subject, regard
less of their manhood nnd character;
too much depersonalization in the re
lations of btudent and professor; In a
word, too much commercialization.
Mark Hopkins used to define a univer
sity as a log with a teacher nt one end
and a student at tho other. The modern
American university Is a vast caravan
sary where the personal element Is
steadily growing weaker and the ma
terial stronger, while the intellectual
finds Itself more and more specialized
and narrowed. Schools are for the pur
pose of producing men rounded, devel
oped, waim, feeling, personal men. The
historic Williams college In Massachu
setts has led the way by announcing
that it will hereafter receive onlj a
limited number of students. Its aim be
ing to produce more man rather than
moro men.
"It will be admitted that a preacher
or teacher owes something to those
who pay his salary; and when his
views change he ought to resign if the
views of bis constituency do not chunge
with him. But the constituency of a
great university is not local; it is
wo: Id-wide, and without the utmost
liberty of thought and expression no
school can fulfill its high mission. In
a demociacy the only thing that can
not bo spaied is truth; and henco there
must bo absolute freedom of thought
and discussion. Tiuth alone is true,
and rational discussion will always
eventuate in truth. Tho loss to the
church and to education arising from
tho suppression of fieo thought on tho
part cf their paid teachers Is incalcul
able. If preachers and professors have
any use It is to discover truth and lead
the people into It. This means that
they must be free to traverse received
opinions without prejudice to their
standing. Instead of trimming their
views to suit the prejudices or tradi
tions of their constituency, they ought
to endeavor to bring their constituency
around. While this is beyond contra
diction thero Is need of the utmost cau
tion and delicacy of regaul for the pro
prieties that must govern all Christian
nnd civilized intercourse. Manhood is
more than money. Tiuth is more pre
cious than position."
After the defeat of the bigots nt
Urown It Is probable that these word
will be more fully appreciated by the
community In general.
Day before yesterday the Providence
Journal said: "Tho corporation of
Urown university will today decide
whether It Is competent to manage Its
own affairs In en honorable and bust-ncss-llke
manner or has become so
weakened by ago ns to bo frlghtenad
by tho threats of erratic nnd Immature
employes." Are we to ipfer, then, that
It was scared Into offering tho olive
branch to President Andrews? ,
The governor of Indiana, who Is him
self a farmer, advises wheat-growers
to hold their wheat until they can get
I1.2G a bushel. To do that It would not
be necessary to hold It long. Put blunt
ly, wheat Is Aomcthlng that Europe sim
ply must have, and they can get It
nowhere save from America, It is our's
to make the terms.
Tho fuss which Colonel Conger, of
Akron, O., Is making because, accord
ing to his version, Mark Hanna, in 18S9,
refused to help Toraker la uncalled for.
What If Mark did refuse? That was
eight years ago. He has done a heap
for Forakor, Ohio and tho entlro Re
publican party since then.
Tho proposition of tho Telephone
company to baso Its charges In futuro
upon actual sen Ice rendered seems on
Its face to be a sensible one for all con
cerned. But the company will please
not make those charges too high.
Senator Wellington, of Maryland,
now lives for tho one purpose of "get
ting square" with those Republicans
who recently exercised judgments of
their own a circumstance which Indi
cates that in a political sense he has
not long to live.
If any part of tho Klondike gold fields
belongs to Uncle Sam he should prompt
ly take steps to enforce his title or else
keep still. There has been a little too
much gabble to the galleries on this
point.
Mr. Hitter's idea of a political sacri
fice seems to be that It should not bo
made to no possible purpose.
The trouble with Eugene V. Debs Is
that he neglects to Intersperse some
thinking in his talking.
Friends of Mr. Lenahan deny that he
apologized at Reading for being thrown
off the stage.
Say! George, what kind of wheat has
legs?
L"gs! Wheat does not have legs. Where
did J on get that idea?
In the papers.
You must bo mistaken.
No. I saw In the paper yesterday that
"wheat Jumped over a cent," now how
could It Jump without legs
Z-z-z-llng.
Hello! Mary! Are the girls well today?
They are.
I have a conundrum for you, Mary.
Well.
What Is tho different between a cloud
and a candidate's pocket?
Too deep! Glc it up.
Why, they say cery cloud has a sliver
lining, but tho sller lining of the candi
date's pocket has generally disappeared
before this time In tho campaign.
Z-z-z-llng.
MERELY A STRAW.
From tho Commercial-Advertiser.
A statement sent out by tho treasury
department based upon recent reports of
tho condition of national banks through
out tho Union shows the following In
crease In the deposits of those Institutions
slnco May 14 lat: Pacific coast statps,
$2,100,000, western states, J3.500.000; mtddlo
western slates. $8,500,000; eastern states,
$21,100,000, and Now England states, $!),20,
000. These figures are tlgnlflcant for two
reasons. They demonstrate that the in
eieaso In tho deposits of western banks
has kept pace ielatlcly to population
with tho Increase In the deposits of banks
in tho older states, and furthermore, tho
Increase In tho deposits of western banks
lias occurred In a period when the crops
were only beglnnlg to be moved. More
oer, the figures in question refer to only
national banks. Institutions which are not
so numerous in the west as they are In
the cast. They take no account of the In
creases of deposits In state, savings and
private banks, nnd they afford no Indica
tion of the amount of mortgages and
other forms of private Indebtedness that
has been cancelled. Tho same treasury
statement shows that a large part of tho
reserve of national banks consists of gold
coin, tho "countrj" banks alono being
credited with $o5,K0.000 of this kind of
money. It Is not necessary to dwell upon
tho meaning of such figures. They toll
their own story more eloquently thin
words could do. They prove what has
been said scores of times of late, that nil
sections and nil classes are enjoying the
benefits of tho era of prosperity and of
lencwed confidence which set In with the
i hinge of administrations at Washington.
It remains for the American people to
uso wisely the splendid opportunities
which have opened for them.
AN UNlTiTusrUDV.
The devil's hoofs were muddy
With sleep his eyes wero din1"
llo sought an understudy
To play his part for him,
Whilst ho took rest and washed and
drebsed
Within his palace grim.
"Although I am expected
Tu need a Liea thing spa....,
No duty Is neglected
Till somo one fills my place, '
And works," qioth he, "such 111 for me
That evil grew a apace."
Thero was a pious woman
Who dwelt bctcath the sun,
In willing service no man
Did more than she had done;
She strovo to preach, to train nnd teach,
And counsel every one.
She clothed tho poor and need
In suitable uttlrc;
She nursed the sick and seedy
And raised them from tho mire;
No godly w ork she seemed to shirk
No pleasure to desire.
Vet lightened sho her labors
(So called) of Christian love
By stories of her neighbors
Too subtle to disprove.
She roarod as sweet, this dame dlsct ecu,
As any sucking dove.
She cheered each dry committee
With tales of absent folk,
And let nor truth nor pity
Impair her little Joke,
Till loves were soiled and lives yere
spoiled
By every word she spoke.
With talk her tasks beguiling,
Sho blackcrcd people's names,
Nor etreamed that such reviling
Annulled her talntly claims
And turned to naught the good she
wrought
(According to St, James),
The devil saw the matron,
And merrily cried ho:
"I'm proud to bo the patron
i Of gossips such as she!
Whilst I llo still ahe'll work my will
And be my deputy."
Ellen Tovvler In London Speaker.
Are Busier Than
Any Other Nation
rrom tho Provldcnco Journal.
The census report, Just Issued, on the
number of persons at work In tho United
States In 1&90 comes rather Into; but, as
a matter of record and comparison, If
not of contemporary Importance, It Is of
Interest, confirming ns It docs somo com
mon impressions regarding the Industri
al conditions of tho country and bring
ing out some facts that are not, per
haps, generally known. It shows, for ex
ample, that thero Is truth la the asser
tion that Americans nre preeminently a
nntlcn of workers and that the propor
tion of Idlers Is smaller hero than In nny
other part of tho civilized world. Tho
proportion of workers to population has,
Indeed, been steadily increasing of lato
jears. In 1S70, according to the census
figures, 32 43 per cent, of tho American
people were engaged In gainful occupa
tions; In IS'K) tho proportion was 36 31.
Put In nnothcr form, that means that at
the former dnto 324 persons out of a
thousand were working for pay nnd that
nt tho latter date tho number was 363
out of a thousand, an Increase of 39 per
thousand.
Exact figures from other countries on
this subject are. not at hand, but It Is
snfo to say that nny comparison along
that lino would bo favorable to us. Cer
tnlnly, not only In tho aggregate but In
proportion to tho population, there are
moro people working In the United
States now than .ever beforo In our his
tory. Tho somewhat common belief that
tho number of Idlers nnd tramps Is in
creasing among us is not borne out by
the ascertained facts. The Incrcaso In
tho proportion of workers Is in largo
part due to tho fact that n great many
women who had previously done no gain
ful work have, of lata crowded Into the
trndes nnd professions, cither because
they desire grcnter Independence or be
cause the necessities of their families re
quire that all the members of them shall
labor to support them. The struggle for
existence has become greater and moro
Intense; and tho revealed willingness of
the American peoplo to respond to the
greater demands made upon them Is one
renson for that Immense and rapidly In
creasing wealth of the country which
nstonlshes the Europenn statisticians.
Tho women workers have, of course.
Increased more rapidly, relatively, than
tho male. In 1S70 of tho women over ten
years of age 14 14 per cent, were nt work;
In 1S90 tho proportion was 16 97 per cent.
During tho same period tho number of
nil persons, both malo nnd female, over
ten jcars of age who were omploycd In
creased from 44 3 per cent, to 47 95 per
cent. That is, the gain of women work
ers per thousand was 3S, whllo the gain
of nit workers, of the clnsses considered,
was 36 per thousand. Notwithstanding
this Increase of women workers, however,
thero was still In 1S90 only one woman
working to five men, so that what we
nro plenscd to cnll tho weaker sex Is
still very far from full equality in tho
neitt or labor.
Turning to tho classification of work
ers by industries, wo find Interesting evi
dences of tho economic changes that
have been going on In the country. In
tho earlier dajs tho proportion of Ameri
can workers who were engaged In agri
culture was far greater than the propor
tion engaged In nny other Industry: It
still remains grenter, but tho difference
Is less Thus In 1S20, out of a total of
2,402,640 workers in the whole country,
the number engaged In agriculture was
2,070,646, or S5 per cent. Then we were,
obviously, very nearly a pvrely agricul
tural people. By 1S40 our Industries had
become somewhat diversified, and though
tho total number of agricultural work
ers hnd Increased to 3 711,937 their pro
portion to tho total number of workers
of tho country had fallen to 78 per cent.
In 1S70 tho proportion was 40 per cent.
In 1SS0 It was 46 per cent., and in 1S90 It
was 39 per cent.
Perhaps not everybody fully realizes
that, notwithstanding tho extraordinary
development during recent years In man
ufactures, trade and transportation, more
people still get their living directly from
tho soil of tho United States than from
any other source. As things are now
going, however, that will hardly be true.
It would seem, when the next census Is
taken In 1900. In the twenty yenrs prior
to 190 the number of agricultural work
ers Increased only 47 per cent., while In
tho ten years between 1SS0 and 1890 tho
number of persons engaged In manu
factures Increased 112 per cent. In tho
snmo decade the number In the profes
sions multiplied three fold, which Is ex
planation enough of why these lines of
emplovmcnt nro overcrowded. On tho
other hand, the number engaged In per
sonal and domestic service has barelv
kept pace with the growth of population.
An explanation of tho so-called "servant
problem" and n suggestion of some of
the most serious of our soclnl nnd econ
omic questions Is in that fact.
TIME TO ACT.
From tho Philadelphia Times.
Tho civilized nations of tho world have
for moio than two years permitted Spain
to glut her vengeanco upon tho people of
Cuba. Their homes have been burned,
their fields laid waste, their citizens, men,
women nnd children, brutally murdered;
nnd with more thnn 200,000 Spanish sol
diers not a single great battlo has been
fought and nothing done to vindicate
Spanish nuthorlty beyond the most atro
cious abuses of every instinct of human
ity. Systematic stnrvntlon has been de
vised with studied cruelty to bo Inflict
ed upon thousands of peoplo In particu
lar communities, and Innocent and guilty
nllko have been Imprisoned and mur
dered without pretenso of anything np
proachlng a fair trial, of those suspected
of svmpnthy vlth tho insurgents.
Tor more than two years Spain has
written this fiendish nnd bloody chapter
In Cuba, where not one-tenth of all the
residents sympathize with the parent
government. It Is no longer war between
Spain nnd Cuba. It Is simply a wnr of
extermination, a war of murder, of pil
lage, of plunder, of desolation, nnd
throughout this whole wnr tho Cuban
government has maintained itself ns Its
cnpltnl without even an nttempt on tho
part of tho immense nrmles of Spain to
dlspcrso tho civil authorities
Tho time has come when tho civilized
nations of tho world cannot bo held
guiltless for tho fiendish atrocities per
petrated In Cuba.
JUDGE WILLAIID'S HESIGNA
TION. From the Philadelphia Press.
The resignation of Hon. Edward, N.
Wlllard, qf Scranton, from the Superior
court has been foreshadowed and will
crcato thcreforo no surprise. The pay cf
a Siperlor court Judge, $7,000 a yeai, falls
far short of tho turning capacity of a law
yer of Judgo Wlllard's ability and repu
tation, while tho dignity and considera
tion which goes with tho position prob
ably do not compensate Judge Wlllard for
the Inconvenience and discomfort of hav
ing to shift his residence five times a
ear as the court moves Its sitting from
Philadelphia to Pittsburg, Wllllamsport,
llarrlsburg and Scranton. Judge Wlllard
Is not the first lawyer to discover that the
honor of being a judge docs not in every
case compensate for the limitations which
tho ermine Imposes upon the wearer.
NOT YET IS THE KACE.
From the YHkes.Darre Times.
The Scranton Tribune assumes from
the fact that the Luzerne county Repub
lican convention Incorporated In Its plat
form a resolution favoring Hon, John
Lelsenrlng for tho gubernatorial nomin
ation next year that Mr, Lelsenrlng has
formally announced his candidacy, Such,
however, Is not the casa. Although It Is
generally understood that ha will, If
nothing occurs to ohnnge his present
purposes, make an effort to securo ,ho
honor, Mr. Lelsenrlng has not an
nounced i.iat ouch Is his Intention.
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S1EGLEY PLANE3. BAILEY PLANES,
GAGE PLANES, CHAPLIN PLANES.
SARGENT WOOD PANES,
DISSTON SAWS, WITHERBY CHISELS
GOODDELL SPIRAL SCREWDRIVERS,
CHA5IPION SCREW DRIVERS,
STARRETTS MACHINIST TOOLSj
BRADE'S BRICKLAYERS' TROWI
ROSE BRICKLAYERS' TROWELS, j
DISSTON PLASTERERS' TROWEL
PLASTERERS' DARBYS
PLASTERERS' HOCKS,
PLASTERERS' FLOATS,
EVERYTHING IN MECHANICS' TOOI
No extra charge for special orders.
FOOTE & S!
Wo Glvo Exchange Stamps.
HENRY BELIN, JR.,
General Agent for the Wyomlnj
District for
DUPOHT
Mining, Blasting, Sporting, Smokeleu
and the Repauno Chemical
Company's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES,
bafety Fuse, Caps and Exploders.
Rooms 212, 213 and 211 CouimonwealtU
Building, Scranton.
AGENCIES.
TH03, FORD, PIttston
JOHN U. SMITH A SON, Plymouth
E. W. MULLIGAN, WIlkes-Barre
II PLEASANT
COAL
AT RETAIL.
Coal of the best quality for domestls nsi
and of all sizes, Including Buckwheat and
Blrdseye, delivered In any part of the city
at the lowest price
Orders received at the Ofllce, first floor,
Commonwealth bulldlnr. room No 8j
telephone No. 2S24 or at th mine, tele
phone No, 272, will be promptly attended
to. Sealers supplied at the mine.
L 1 SI
PiflEl.
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