THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY. JUNE 27. 1808.
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SCHANTO.V Jl'Ni: 27, 1S9.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
ST A I' I
OoMnor WII.MAM A STONU
lieutenant Gocrnor-J 1'. 8 (iOHIN
Secretary nf Internal Affairs JAMLb W.
I.A1TA.
Jdilco of Superior Court-W. W. I'OR-
TWl.
Congressmen nt - Large SAMIM2I. A
DAVUM'CIIT. liALl'SUA A. GKUW.
m;;ihi,aii i:.
AfGHAN
Honnto.
Twentieth nisi -I AM US C
llOIISO.
l'lrst nistrlct-JOHN It. TARIt.
1'ourtli Distilct-JOllX V nCNOLD3.
coi,om:i, sror,'M n.vrroini
It will bo mv purpco when elected to
fo conduct mjtilf as to win the ie"pett
and good will of thee who have oppose I
mo as well as thoe who have given mo
their support I fh.ilt be the governor
of the whole rcoplo ot the Utc Alni'""
hne undoul.tidlv Mfn "P ' lno IfR1'"
Intni-p which nre neither the fault of one
partv nor the olhn but rathd tin
growth of ptiMcm l'i rocessaiy Investi
gations lnvo been authorized b commit
tees resulting in tinnecesjr expend to
the state It will bo in (.ire and pur
pose to correct theFO and othei evils In i'o
far as I Imp tho powu It will be my
purpose while governor of P. nnvlvatua,
as It has been my purpo-e In tho public
positions tint I hae held with Clod's
help, to discharge mv whole dut Tho
people aro gi enter than tho parties to
which the belong I am onl Jealous ot
their favor I shall only attempt to win
their approval and mv experience ins
taught me that that ran bct be done bv
nn honest, modest, dnllv discharge of
public duty.
We'll wager there Is one race of for
eigners that Is learning not to call our
army slow.
m
' Torce the Traitors' Hands.
Five enrs ago a tieatv of annexa
tion between Hawaii and the fulled
States, negotiated bv the Harrison nil
mlnlbttatlon with infinite care, und,
after public debate, appioved bv the
overwhelming sentiment of the coun
try. vas withdiawn smnniarily from
the senate, viheie It was jet pending,
by a Democratic president who aftei
ward sent a paramount commissioner
to Honolulu, with institutions to haul
clown the American (lag and woik up
a case aspeiMng the niemmy of tho
American otlh l.ils under whoso aus
pices Old Glory had hem hoisted there.
The locoll of public opinion fiom this
policy of Infamy Knocked Gtovor
Cleveland's administration Into tho
lowest depths of innocuous desuetude
Today, with the sentiment fot annex
ation mote ovei whelming than ovei,
and with the tountij engaged iti a war
the piogiess of which has death le
vealed Hawaii's indispensable value to
us as an outpost of defence nucl a
stepping stone to futtiie lnlluence In
the Pacific, not Uiovcr Cleveland but
a knot c)f flllbiisteilng senatois tiy to
Mock the way, saving by deed that
they hold their Individual opinion to
bo wot tli more than the wish and will
of the Kie.it ptoplp whom they seive,
and vlitually commanding piesident,
house of leptc-entatives, ainiv, navy,
gcncrnl public and a laige niajoilty
of their own colleagues to go to the
devil. Shall this new conspiracy to
thwart the populai wilt and nullify the
ruludple of majority title succeed.'
Polish the thought'
' When at 11 o'clock this morning the
senate- of the t'nltcil States icMimes
Its .sltiliiRs, tho chilli man of the com
mittee on foreign lelatlons,, Mi Davis,
with tho consent and approval of a
niajoilty of the enatois, Miould nilse
and Rive plain notice of an Intention
nt tho expliatlon ot 7J bonis to do-
mand a vote on the Now lands annexa
tion icsolutlon. and to enforce that
demand by ret using to adjourn until
tho vote Is taken. Let us see whether
this Is a rov ei nnu nt of. by and foi tho
peoplu or ono of, by and foi the Sugar
trust.
a tellBlotm function, It must tccelve a
formal public sanction as everybody
knows. Marry Ins and being Riven In
marrlat;? nro events In which the woild
takes a natutal nnd pioper Intetcst.
What Interests the public necessarily
Interests the newspaper compiler as a
matter of business. There Is no coun
try In tho wot Id In which newspapers
ethlblt such a tender regurd for the
domestic susceptibilities of the people
as wo do here. Tho public lives of
public men may be attacked and aie
attacked rationally or Irrationally on
grounds of public expediency. It Is
legitimate, It Is necessary, although It
may sometimes be excessive In Its vli
uleiue ot unjustlllable In Its lntemper
nnee of langungc. Hut It stops there.
The private lives of our citizens are
not made public, even at times when
there Is sufficient Justlfkntlon for do
ing so The newspaper tecords ot oui
dlvoice court proceedings, for Instance,
are Immaculate computed with vctba
tlm icports und tttisavoiy detail
dished up In Kngllsh newspapers,
which affect a puritanical vlrtunus
ness In their editorial columns. Theie
ate a few papeis In New Yoik, nnd
pet haps nearei home, which Indulge In
lewd sensationalism, but they do not
much exceed a score among tho thous
ands of newspapers thnt are published
eveiy day thioughout the length and
bieadth of the country. The Ameri
can press as a whole Is exceptionally
dean.
Ml, Gordon's assailant thieatoncd
hlni with mutder If he leportcd the
cowardly attack of which he was tho
victim. Mr. Got don nnd The Tilbune
have iRnoied tho tin eat. They are
not to be detcned by tin cats. The
lesouues of civilization are not yet
exhausted in Scinntnn. There exist in
this state two excellent Institutions,
the county jail nnd the penitentiary
A sojourn in olther Is not a veiy au
spicious tct initiation to a honeymoon
In nil kindliness and slnccilty wo ad
vise Kelpoi s f i lends to counsel thnt
young und excitable man If they have
any legard for his future happiness,
to let Mi. Guidon or any othei repre
sentative of The Tribune in the execu
tion of his duty nlone.
Spain they nro likely to nllennto Amer
icans of German birth He adds:
"Gcrman-Aniei leans arc pioud of their
new fatherland, nnd know how to ap
preciate Its advantages and grout tnial
Itlcs. Now that war Is going nn they
stnnd with their new country. Us
fi lends nro their friends nnd Its en
emies aie their enemies" Well said
of Call. There Is hope for Mugwump
ery yet.
tho Biigtir ttust will ngtce to stop in
sisting tho necessary annexation of
Hawaii.
Sngnsta, like nnother Mlcawuer, Is
only waiting for something to blow up.
Big Grou)lh in Oiir
Oriental Trade
The senator who obstmctlvely defies
a majority Is little better In wnr time
than tho ti allot- in camp. Annex
Hawaii forthwith.
Kven the mistakes of tho Anieilcnn
soldier aie brave mistakes, which add
to the lustie of Yankee arms.
A Word of WnrnlnR.
Mr,,John Gordon, the South bide tep
rerentntlvo of The Tilbune, was hav
ngcly and unexpectedly assaulted by
a lusty luftlan named Kelper on l'll
day evening An lltni of news, the
Impending mmriage of this man to a
young woman, became public property-
through the medium of ono of Kelpei a
friends, air. Goidon did not take up
the report of the event upon Incspons.
Ible heaisay. Ho was requested to
publish It, nnd wns of couise meiely
fulfilling his duty in doing so Such
reports aro a matter of dally and con
ventlonnl record In every newspaper
In this ilty and In every other
city. The business of a newspaper
Is to publish news, and the business of
a reporter Is to collect It Some few
persons have a different notion. They
seeni to Imagine that public events In
which they figure affect them alone,
nnd ttmt public proceedings In courts
tf Justice nnd other places should bo
held In secrecy ns long as they are
discreditable or disagreeable to them
selves. This Is a theory which lannot ho
(olerated ns long as u free press exists,
There Is nothing wrong In getting mai
ried, It Is a public ceienvony, made
to by law with particular anxiety. As
The State Campaign.
A significant ndlon has been taken
bv the Republicans of Allegheny coiin
tv. Hefoie the lecent state convention
thy were divided In prefcienccs on the
gubernatorial question, a Iuirp niajoi
lty of them bltteilv opposing the nomi
nation of their fellow -townsman, Col
onel Stone Into this opposition en
teied nnny Lisping factional mein
oiles; but now that Colonel Stone
stands ns the choice of the party
throughout the state, the Republicans
of Allegheny have indented him unani
mously and ate making piepniatlons
to give hi in a lousing niajoilty
This example of p.utv fidelity ls
worthy of emulation throughout the
commonwealth Pergonal and factional
aspects of the situation should now be
iiboidlnated to the laigei question of
the paitv's welfaie. Republic anlsm as
an active force In public affalis either
Is wen thy of popul.n Indoisomcnt oi it
is not. If it Is. the pcison.ility of the
tcmpoiaiv nominee Is not to be com
puiPd in Impoi tautc with the preset -union
of the peiinanent prlnc Inlcs for
which that nominee momenta! lly
stands .Men who ns Republicans have
dlffcicd as to nominees nnd who, in
the open pailiaineut of public debate,
have espoused nntngonlsth factions
must now decide not a question of
permissible vniintlon In piefetenco
within the p.nty lines, but a vital point
of loyalty to political doctrine Theie
is no evasion of the i-sue. It must be
met and faced and decided between
this day and the eighth day of next
Novembei.
Dissatisfaction there Is and always
has beem Twice before It has led tei
p.nty revolution, with no other tesult
than party emhanassment and public
disappointment Hxpeilence has con
duslvelv pioved to the ..itsfactlon of
well-nigh eveiy Intelligent voter that
the pioml-e of lefoim when utteied
by tho Dcmociatle patty pos-.es.seh no
redemptoiy value aftei election. Theie
is confessedly no hope of betteiment
from a political eugauizntiou whose
own leadets publicly confess In their
attacks upon each other that their one
bond of union, apart fiom the fence ot
life-long habit. Is an ineslstlble appe
tite for spoils The Republican who,
with hlsteuy before him, would aban
don stone to ti ust In Goidon or Jenks
would theieby confess himself a
lnunoilht, and could no longer be taken
seitously.
Hope of n successful Independent
movement tlieio Is none. Clicutu
stanecs national In thelt chai.uter
lenelet out of the eiuestlon the possi
bility of scenting for u state canvass
nt this lime the coiuentiatlou of popu
lai attention on local matters neces
saiy to the sepal ntlon of stnte fioni
national issues. War makes paitlsaus
Inevitably aien align themselves In
local campaigns by an Irieslstlblo im
pulse alemg the lines which divide them
In tho lniger contests of tho nation.
Anything savoring of detadied and in
dependent politics Is at such times put
unelei the ban Immediately.
One ot thiee men will be the next
gov et nor' Colonel Stone, tho Demo
unt to he nominated at Altoona tills
week very piobably Mr. Jenks en Dr.
Swallow. Theso candidates icpresent
respectively the policy of construction,
the policy of obstruction nnd tho policy
of desttuctlon In publlo nffnlrs Per
sonnlly such difference ns theto mny
be among them is not to the discredit
of the first named, whose Individual
record ns fatmer boy, student, soldier
nnd civilian promoted step by step to
eminent and responsible public trusts
sustains the most exneting scrutiny.
Hut ns repiesentntlves of past public
achievement nnd present and futuie
public piomlse theie can be no doubt
among fair-minded men that lie who
stands for Republican principles Is by
far the worthiest of confidence, and
this obvious fact will sulllce to Insuie
Colonel Stone's tilumplial election,
The Speakeasy Crusade.,
C. W, Travers lias at last succeeded
In obtaining two V-onvIe lions In the
nntl-spenk-Prty prosecutions In which
ho acted ns Infoimer. Tho in -n who
havo been convicted pleaded guilty,
or attempted no defense. Hut the g:eut
ninjorlty of his cttses havo fallen
lluollgh and the costs been put upon
the county, air Travers bus danced
himself Into notoilety, If nothing moio
substantial, and the people have to pay
tho piper.
We wonder how long this farce is to
continue'' It Is no discredit for a mnn
to go i mind on a mission of lefotm, ns
Judge Kdwnids said. On the contrary,
the refonneis who began the crusade
against slaveiy and for the alleviation
ot the tlnaldom of humanity In this
and other countries wete obscure and
unknown men who weie pioscrlbed
ami j)eiccuted to within almost nn
Inch of their lives; enthusiasts who
were hounded from pillar to post nnd
fiom post to pillar, who weie scoffed,
Jeered at and levlled by the hirelings
of those whoso vested Interests they
attacked or were supposed to Uneaten
As we have sniel on a funnel- occasion,
tlie public does not believe that elthei
Travers ot aialoney Is nctunted by nny
such disinterested motives Indeed,
neither of these men makes nny pie
tentlons to such vlitue. Hut we do
not lequire In modem lcformeis the
fanntlclsm ot the nnclcnt uusadets
All that Is wanted Is honesty of pur
pose nnd liKoiiuptlbllity In dlschatg
Ing obligations Imposed by tho olllce
voluntarily assumed.
It Is a notoilous fact that speak
easies continue their Illicit career un
interruptedly, without let or hlndianee
fiom those whoso duty It ls to see Hip
law eairied out. They letnll mote dt Ink
piobably on the whole than the fully
licensed saloons. Thev are far more
deinoializing, because they can nffoid
to give their ctistomeis long cieelit,
and they aie under no obligation to
disci Imlnnte between mlnois nnd men
of legal age It would be mote equit
able if the license laws of the state
weie altogcthei abolished than that
they should be violated with Impunity
by any bod v who likes to set the com
monwealth at defiance
If It is notorious, and Judge Kdwaids
declares that It 1, that speakeasies
continue to trade In spliltuous liquors
unlnteiiuptedly, how Is It that the
waul constables nre 'not held respon
sible0 Hvery notoilous speakeasy that
ls fiequented by tho geneial public
must be known to the constable of the
waul. The fact of the matter Is, and
theie is no sense In disguising the fact,
that the wnid constables bring Into
couit ictuins with their lips swollen
with pel Jui y Theie Is not a district
In the city in which even a stianger
may not obtain what tliink he pays
foi.
Where is tho remedy? Wp can see
only one We believe the license
laws aie altogothci too high If they
wete stile tiy enfoieed. the tinele In
drink would be moio or less n mon
opoly. Hut as these laws aie not or
cannot be stilt tiy enforced, tho legiti
mate saloonkeeper is taxed out of the
l.ngcr p.ut of his pi tiflt. while the piei
pi letor of the speakeasy has only 1 1
meet the blackmail levy of tho watd
constable A license for a saloon Is
nlmost as high In Scrnnton as it Is In
New Yoik. We tio not say that licenses
aie too hlsh If thev could be made
opeiatlve lu the lesttlctlon ot the sale
of intoxicating liquors What we do
maintain Is that the high license act ns
it Is opeiatlve In this community pi ac
tually defeats the object feu which it
wns Imposed If It weie placed nt such
an amount as would bring it within
the lesoutces of the piopiletois of the
speakeasies gencially, they piobably
would not lun the ilsk of detec
tion and the giave penalties which the
law Imposes, while the license holdeis
themselves would form the nucleus ot
nn effective trade association organ
ized to pi event the Illegal sale of diluk.
As it Is, licensed saloonkeopeis are too
few and too Indlfleient to co-operate
for sdf-piotectlon The licensed saloons
ociupy as a lule the moio central pans
of the dty, while the speakeasies stud
tho outposts They do not theiefoie
come much Into seiious opposition and
competition docs not array one sharply
agnlnst the othoi.
The time has ni lived, we think, when
the obligation of detecting bleaches of
the license laws should be taken out
of the liuuds nnd fiom under tho le
spunslblllty of the waicl constables and
placed In bettei hands Hotter n state
license commission than no attempt at
law enfoi cement whatsoever.
THH growth of American com
with Japan and especial
American ixports to that
try ls dlMUi'sed nt consld
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fan
f eater
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arable
Srigoant Hamilton Tlsh of Roose
velt's Rough Riders, who met hl death
lu Cuba tho other day. was over nix
feet in height with a frame herculean
In piopoitlon May tho tuif lav llsnt
ly on his bi.ue henit. Home and friends
and worldly advancement wer- socrl-
llced foi the cause of freedom and then
life Itself The tree of liberty Is nur
isheel by the blood of patriots.
Geneial Shatter evidently believes in
tho U. S. Giant Idea of lighting along
u straight lino fiom statt to finish.
If ho Isn't cuieful hlstoiy, repeating
Itself, will also make a heio of him.
A scnatoilal Vesuvius Is needed to
toss n few catthquakes among tho
Popotrats who ate trying to bottlo up
tho administration's war polity of
Hawaiian annexation.
The German empeior may not tucklo
Cncle Sam but ho has every provoca
tion to seek a fall or two out of tho
sensational fuiclgn eoucspondents.
Pail Sthui, warns the people of Ger
many that In espousing the cause of
Gieat men are not so numcious these
ilays that the tar heels of Maine can
uffoid to turn Tom Reed down.
As a matter nf economy If not of
Pilnclplc It might be bettor fiankly to
nscerlnln Hnd pay tho price for which
HH growth of American commerce
uy en
conn-
Idetahle
lpnrth In it recent number of the
nrltlh diplomatic nnd consular reports
Just recelvcil by tho bureau of statistics
nt Washington. Tho siiilcmcnt Is In the
form of a report from Mr A If l.n.
assistant Japanese secretary to her maj
esty s legation at Toklo The icport dis
cusses tin foreign Undo of Japan dining
tho yeat PIT, and after showing thut
On-it III Main's Impoi ts Into Japan In
rio.itr.rl in 1S17 bv about u Per criit. anil
that those from Grrumny amounted to
onlv 8 tur cent, of the total Instead of
10 per cent ns In the previous year, says
'The rnitcd Stntcs bus acquired a very
largely Increased shale of both the Im
port nnd export trade the values of her
Imports nnd exports hiving risen no less
thnn U und ST. per cent, icspcctlvely.'
o
Tho table showing the total Imports
into ond pxpntts from Japtn bv counlilcM
shows tint the lmpmls from thp fnltcd
States Incicnsed 1 ;i S3ri pounds steriins
against .ll-Ms pounds sterling Incicuse
from Great Hrltuln Ctilj pounds sterl
ing Inereasp from Hrltlsh India, in 130
pounds sterling Ircreisp from Germain,
617 7M Ireriosn f r. m n.li.n 222 603 In
cicise from Hong Kong nnd a deercaso
of "01 (ill prutds sterlh-g 111 the Imports
fiom Trailer It will thus be seen tint
the Incteaso In lmpotts from tho I'nlted
States Into Jnran wns greater In 1WT
than fiom any othei ceiuntiy.
o
Discussing the details of the gilns
mtilo b tho I'nlted States In lmpoits
Into Japan, tho repot t snvs. "'Hip In
e tease In the Import or law cotton
amounted to 11 Oil tons to the total vnlae
of W1271 pounds sterling. 1'rom HrltMi
India comes the largest supply, numely,
POOM'iOO poutds; Lhln.i was next with
G"l.'l,0 pounds, then the t'lilted States
with 1'iWitn" pounds l'lentli India sent
2 111 200 pounds 1 he I'lilted Si iti s sho.vs
much the laigest incrcTso owing to the
fall In the nuotntlons for Ann lie an cot-
ton caused by the unusual 1 irgeness t f
the ctop. Pig lion imported
amounted to ?, "0 tons more than In P03
and pile es have lnct eased to a largo e
(piit owing to hcivlcr freights n pig
lion the 1 nited States appeal fur Hip flru
time being credited with a value of 1. 110
pounds sterling ns agilnst So 071 pounds
sterling vvoith from Great Britain Amei
Ican Iron dos not ippenr to hive met
with vtrv tnuih favor 'Iltilenr' and other
Hrltlsh btanels being prefetred So far
the shipments hivt been experiment il,
but It ls understood tl.it Hrge quantlt! s
will arrive monthly In future shipped
In combination with cotton e.iigoes dl
lect from Ponsacol 1 it ills have
been Imported vtrv Hrgely but he. 0
Great Hrltain s shne is decreasing,
while thnt of othei countries excepting
Plant p Is huieaslng ond as teient 1 irgu
contiacts lnvp bTii obtilned mos,tlv bv
thp Pnlteel States t s prohibit- that lsiS
will see a still 1p-s propoitlon of this
tritlo In the binds of Hiltl-h makeis 't
has aluavs been alleged tint American
maiiuf.il turs or the suppliers lost monev
over these tall contiacts but Judging bv
their peislstent bidding for the husliu ss
this would not appear to lie collect. "
N'eills fiom tho I'nlted States have pra -tlrtllv
ill hen out of the market those
from Geimanv and Iitlgliim but Insiifll
rlnnev of picking his mused much loss
on wire Halls shipped overland bv wav
of Pacific ports The demand
tor knosone Is still lncteaslng about
f nun 000 gellons mole than In IS'ii, having
been impoi ted Stocks at the end of the
v ir wie not laice About 70 per cent
of th oil was Atrei lean 21 per cent, II is
slan and 7 per cent l.inckal '
o
Commenting further upon the g'llis
mitde bv the Pnlteel States lu the sales of
her pinelucts and minufactures to Japan,
the icport s.ivs. 'The appearance of the
I nltocl States as a serious ennipotltnr
with Kuropp was mentioned lu the list
ippnit In l'iti tli's was attiibuted to llvi
lt ev Tiling dPincMon In the stales but
the same reason will not account for tin
continued giovvth of this competition In
lc'7 nnil other causes must bp sought
"In thp first nliico It would seem tint
tho n rlocl of piosperlty t xpeilenc t-d In
the states until about Pii or li ended
with a consldeialilo ovcrpioductlon in
every hi .inch ot uuuufic lure 'I he de
pression which ensiit d liiiiiight about alt
er 1 of economy and stimulated the dp
vtlopnicnt of laboi -saving miihliiPiv
and nppllani ps of evpry description and
by tilth adoption Hip Ameilciu inakT
has bren able not only to meet the lower
prices offend to him b his own countrv
men but lu nnnv eases to eieate a de
malid nhiotd bv selling hln sill plus at
co-t price and thus ficelng the home m.u
ket trom inn exeesv In thp m-c ond pi 1 a
the elevelopmmt of ,111 expoit trade fiom
the I'lilticl Stutts has bten tvken up bv
laige combinations of varied luteiesis
having as tlnlr oblect the collection .iiul
ilisstmli.utlou ot suih practical lufoimi
tlon u-spritlng the worlds requliements
as will lead to nn extrusion of commerc
Thesi, h stltutlnns stal d le.uU to tumMi
siatls all details with lcgaiel to the n-
souiecs and Industries of tho stales and
there can bp llttlo doubt but that this
broad and eeuupiphcn'-lve policy Is of in
calculable) assistance to those conccund
In Ameilcan tridc Another point to be
nentloned Is the development of ellret t
steamship lltns fiom New Yoik. wlureis
formerly goods wpio sent to I.lveipool or
London for tra-ishlpinent lo Japan
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"While tho relative (.rowth of Japan's
lmpoits from the I'nlted Stutcs shows a
vn lalf,p Incicaso In lecent years tho
amount of expoits from Gieat llillaiu
has Increased by a lugcr total value,
but It must be homo In mind that tho
American Invasion has only just com
menced that tho ground has been pre
ptred for laige extensions In tho fuluie,
and that unless some unforeseen changes
tako place the tondrrcy will be towards
encroachment upon the tiaelo hlthcito be
longing to Great Hrltuln A glance nt
tho figures given below will show how
lapldlv the Import tiario to Japan of iho
I'nlted Stati s ls growing pjrilctilarlv in
maeliltierv. locomotives und railvvav mi
te rial articles foi which tho I'nlted
Kingdom has hltlierto held a mnnopnlv
Thlspoitlon of tho report cannot bo closed
without a lefercnce to the qulik deliv
eries which tan always be obtuliied from
America As an iustai ce, Hngllsh loco
motive builders required two venrs for
tho delivery of an extensive order, while
tho Baldwin locomotive works turiiPd
them nut at tho rate of two a day mid
shipped th whole quantity wlthlng eight
or ten weeks Anothei case leiently ce
curred where tho Kngllsh time for ship
ment of live locomotives was ten months
nnd tho pilco about 112,000 gold delivered
In Japan, and American mukers offered to
ship in fouitcen weeks ut about jsooo
gold The samo specification was sub
mitted to both countt leg The tlmo al
lowed for execution of ordeis by tho
Jap.inrso buyer Is nlvvays shott nnd Iho
tendency Is to make It shniter still.
Consequently prompt shipments ma a
great advantage and when In addltl-m
the shoitness of the will and sea route via
tho Pacific coast U taken Into consldeia
tiou, it Is apparent that tho Hiitlsh
maker must, oven on tho same terms
as to price, offer slicing eountor indues
ments to ensure successful competition.
At tho same time theie seems to M no
doubt In tho minds nf the Japanese as lo
the supeilaiity of the Hi ltisli-niaelo en
Bine." The total lmpoits from tho United
A bargain budget. Bright, breezy batches of coolness and comfort. A store
full of sensible, seasonable merchandise suited to your summer needs, AH
priced to push the business far in advance of previous records,
The Wash Goods Stock
Is now at its best, assortments most complete, qualities reliable, prices lower
than you'd expect.
At J cents you can buy beautiful Lawns, worth double.
At 10 cents you can buy Dimities, Madras aud other thin goods that will
surprise you,
The Shirt Waist Stock
No stock in this store will give better account of itself for the next sixty days j
no stock better equipped to add to your summer satisfaction.
White Lawn Waists at 2jc, 49c aud 73c that are worth double.
Printed Lawn, Dimity aud Madras Waists at 49 cents and upwards.
tinier Separate Skirts
The economy of the Summer Wash Skirt is to be commended. The style and
comfort of these popular garments there's no gainsaying. The prices put
them within easy reach of all.
Linen Crash Skirts, 45 cents and upwards.
White Duck Skirts, 9S cents and upwards.
White Pique Skirts, $1.98 and upwards.
Lewis, Reilly
t& Davnes.
AIAV.US BlbY.
MILL k CQMEIX
121 N. Washington Ave.
1 . . 0
Our Korrect Shape Shoes
lOIt CK.NTI.hMEN. HAM: MOlth.
t KlKXUa 'I II V. A.N V Ol II EK
bllOKft MADE.
Lewis, Rclily & Myles,
HI AMI 110 WMUIIVC, AVK.NLK
States and Oreat Untnln in l'W Hi", 15
and Is''", are shown as follow
Imports from the t'nlted States an 1
Great Urltaln lulu Japan
Impirt lmpoits
tmm tho from iho
United tlrcat
Sttttes. Hrltnln
Yen Yen
lv1 667IWI Jb,6ni'J2
H03 0,27(1,360 45,17.' 110
lsil 10:73.111 MJSIUO
li'17 S7.030E37 05 I .
BRASS BEDSTEADS.
In buylns ft bra nedatend, be sure that
fou get the belt Our ban Hedtcids nro
all made with seamlc brat tubln; and
fiamo wort Is nil of steel.
Tboy cost no more thai many bedsteads
mnrteof the open 6oimlc tubing. ICvery
beUntead Is hlshly finished and lacquerel
under a peculiar method, nothlns over hav
ing been produced to equal It Our new
Bprlng Patterns aro now on exhibition.
FINLEY
II
2'
a yard for
Floe Freed!
Qreaodiies
that have retailed throughout
the season for
Hill &
CoirraeU
At 121
North Washington
Avenue.
Scranton, Pa.
The follow Iuk summar.v of the prlneip.il
items which formed iho I nltccl Mates'
totals lu thei eni will slve an Idea of
the changes tint ImvVi taken and are
taking place:
Imports into Japan fiom the United
States, by leading artlclci.
isr). 1M,
Yen
Kerosene . . . 4 l-'i I0D
Itiw cotton CM S75
Leather .. . IJI.MO
Watches. clocks
and paits of . 327 101
Locomotives . l5SS
Machinery und In
struments . . . mi 111 7S1 511
Steim boll?r.s .... So,31l 51 dbJ
Hour :.'0.7in OSIO.'I
Yen.
1 252,'pjD
4 Zii.'ifo
M5.0J7
Z.M.V2
197.
Yen.
S 971 V5
7,273,221
43i,277
sji in
2,J3,JSj
1 IT) 721
211 7'i0
1,15'-' 3.S
;nami:kican amkiucans.
Geneial nirnej in WaMilngton Tost
Among our own people I am vtiy soriy
tu say thoro nre a few peisons who slm
the C'ubiiiH as untiustworthv, and who
aro endeavoring to m ike our govern
rani filthless to lis pledges to glvo ni
di pendente anil a liable BoviTiuuent to
t'uba to persii ide the United Stati s to
step Into the shoes of Spain and attempt
to govern that Island ns Spain ins done.
These advocates ot nation il cINhondi are
blind to Hi" fact that Spanish methods
Inn! to Pppiisa letblth, rebellion, icvo
lutlon, and chronic gueiilli warfare
Thrj appeal to our na'tonal vanity by
telling us It would le easy for us to co
ereo both Cula-m nnd Spaniards' Impo.
slble Su'h a task In mill a eountiv
would irqulie a stunillng nnnv of sooooo
men Such ar Infamous violation of m
tlonal pledges would make Americans
more hated In Cuba than Spinl.erds aro
now-. Kverv cl dpparal wculd be dfd
with American blood No! tho path of
honor Is tho pith of safetv 1 -a us tr at
tho L'ubins according to thcli great
merits franklv, genciouslv Let 113 ac
cept them n nuxlllnrles without raising
fine, pettifogging points about Ilag3, etc.
Let both go In and whip the Spaniards
without splitting hairs on questions of
precedences In this spirit we will free
Cuba and lay tho found itlons of a stable
government
m
un mill 110 ir.
Reveemie
CancellatlQe
it amps
Made
to
Order0
20
Will be our '"special drive'
for a lew days of this week.
Pieces
selected from stock will be sac
rificed at this price for only a
few days longer. They are
this season's goods, all choice
designs, and are undoubtedly
The Biggest Bargaans in
Organdies Ever Onered
Here or Elsewhere,
From the Washington Tost
fieneral Miles has his oppoitunlty nt
hist The United Stntes, Is at wai and
Important military operations are on foot.
Ho will have every clnnce to ellstlngiilsh
himself as a leader, a soleller, and 11
strategist. Tlieio Is no 0110 lo block tho
wn of his advancement or dim tho ln,s
li 1 of his deeds Let him muzzle the lob
bies that am elamnrlns fot his promo
tion In advance of his achievement, let
hlni lav tint TeiNcdo coat In its llttlo
nest of nnth-balls, dispense with the
dazzling pagciintrv In which he nstiallv
moves go lo the front lu the simple, sol
dlcrly fashion which heroines tho tuily
great warrior and which gleal vvatilois
In th past have generallv adopted-ln ft
vvoul, let him phi 11 tho Lieutenant Oen-
Icrdlny as his piedecessord did.
Reynolds Bros
Stationers and
Engravers,
HOTUL JUlt.MY.S" BUILDING.
130 Wyoming Avenue.
Our import line of
(Mcestt Organdies
Manufactured by Koechlin,
Baumgarter & Cie, is unex
celled. We show them in a large
variety of designs, all exclu
sively our own, and they ara
selling freely,
HAMMOCKS,
REFEIQEtATOES
WATER MtERS
AND
FILTERS.
WHITE MOUNTAIN AND OHIO
ICE CREAM FREEZERS
AT JIAIU) TAN !'mCE3 TO
SUIT TIIKTIMKS.
TEE CLEMONS, FEREER,
WAIXEY CO.
Also One Odd Lot of
French Organdies in Dress
Patterns at 18 cents a
yard to close.
530 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUB
HENRY BEL1N, JR..
General Arcnt for tho Wyomlni
Ulitrlctfj;
POIDER.
Mlnlnc, Hlatlns Sporting SmoUe'.sil
Bad Iba Kepauoo Chemtca.
Company's
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
fcafety Ku.e, Caps and KxplodMJ.
Iloom 101 lonnell liulldto:.
bcraatoa.
4'i'i Lsckavranns Aveung
AOUNClha.
THO1, FOUD,
JOHN II. SMITH AdON,
W. K. MULLia.VN,
nttitott
riyinoutb
Wtlkes-Barrs