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SCItANTON, AUGUST 22, 18D8.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
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STATE.
Governor-WILLIAM A. STONE.
Lieutenant aovernor-J. t. S. OOBIN.
Secretary or Internal Affairs JAMES W.
L.ATTA.
JudKo of Superior Court-W. W. 1'OIt-
TEll.
ConRrtPsmcn - nt - targe SAMUHI. A.
DAVKNPCKT, OALU311A A. UUOW.
LEGISLATIVE.
Senate.
Twentieth Dlst.-JAMi:S C. VAUG1IAN.
House.
Tlrst DIstrlct-JOll.N It. TAIUt.
Fourth Dlstrlct-JOHN V. REYNOLDS
COLONEL STONE'S PLATrOKM.
It will be my purpose when elected o
so conduct mjelf us to win tho reepect
nncl good wll! of those who h.ive opposed
mo ni well nt those who h.ivo rIvcii mo
their Biipport I shull bo the governor
of the whole people of tho Rtitc. Abuses
hnvo unclnulteill.i nrown up In the legis
lature which nro neither tho fault of ono
party nor tho other but rather tho
prowth nf custcm tnrecevF.iry Invofitl
Eutloni huv- been nuthorlml by commit
tees, reultlncr In unnecesnrv expense to
tho Plate. It will be nn c-irc nnd pur
roo to corieet these nnd other evllt In fco
far ns I have the power It will be my
purpose while Kovernnr of l'ennvlvnnin,
ns It has been my put pose In the pub'le
positions tint I lno held, with God's
help, to dlfcharce niv whole duty The
people nro greater than the parties 'o
which they beloiiR I nm only Jr.iloui of
their f.vvor. I shall only attempt to win
their approval nnd mv eperlcneo has
taiiRht me thit that cin best be ilono by
nn honest, modest, dallv dlscharso of
public duty.
Tho election of o-L.leutonnnt Gov
ernor Wntren to the colonelcy of tho
now Eleventh leglnicnt, X. G. P. after
a tnnvass In which he personally took
no part. Is a simml tiibule of which
ho Is entitled to feel proud The choice
Is In every respect n most fortunate
one both for the leclment and for
Rcrnnton. May It fcpeeil the new arm
ory! In the Current of Destiny.
AVp must. It seems, plve up the con
Bollns but lnnrcut.itp thought that the
surrender of Manlli curled with It
the capitulation of nil the Philippines.
Tho ofllclal terms of surrender, ns re
ported by General Merrltt, limit the aren
of capitulation to "city nnd suburbs,"
and while In Chicago and .1 few other
places tho word "suburbs" Is sometimes
stretched to Include several fair-sized
counties, we can hardly hope to make
it cover In this Instance an uichipelaRo
In dimensions almost equal to Great
Britain.
Vet, In a material sense. It does not
greatly matter. If our duty shall re
quire us to take over the whole archi
pelago as the easiest disposition of a
troublesome dilemma we will be In i
position to do so quite regardless of
the opinions of Spain. As tho Phila
delphia Press veryportlnentlyobserves
"Whatever It was best to take before
the assault on Mnnlla It Is best to
take after It. It Is the final and lasting
Interests and needs of the United
States, and not the transient enthus
iasm of victory, which must deter
mine the act and policy of a nation."
It Is not, In any event,, the land but
the principle that enters ns the control
ling factor In our deliberations re
specting the future of tho Philippines.
Those v ho will take the trouble to
read elsewhere on this page Judge
Grosscup's fotecast of the commercial
future of modernized China will per
celvp that In the settlement of the
question opened by the victories of
Dewey considerations enter vastly
ovei shadowing In their pregnant sig
nificance either the claims of Spnln or
those of the few millions of Malays,
Negritos and other races making up
the complex population of the Philip
pines. Compated with the magnitude
of these Immense factots that are to
determine the whole trend of Oilental
progtess In civilization the points In
volved in the tetms of Manila's sur
render become, wo may say, Infinitesi
mal. The man who rends this forecast
with open mind nnd then relleets upon
the singularly providential chain of un
expected events which has can led this
nation almost uncoimlotiplv Into this
new sphere of opportunity and respon
sibility, must, we ImBalne, sense the
Irresistible Inlluenees of destiny which
are bound to consummate their pur
poses, sav or do what we may.
It Is evident from the distribution
of Saturday's applause in New York
that the North Atlantic squadron Is an
all-star combination.
An Unaffected Welcome.
Tho leading newspaper of Havana,
La Lucha, owned nnd edited by an In
telligent Cuban, promptly relleets In its
columns the liberty of opinion which
has already come ns a result of Amer
ican Intervention In Cuba. .Under tho
Spanish regime it was a mere vehicle
of Spanish policy but now It voices
the actual sentiment of the substantial
elements In Its community. In Its Is
sue of last Friday It said:
"The responsibility for the restora
tion and maintenance of order In Cuba
now rests upon the United States, and
must be brought about through the ef
forts of their forces on land and sea.
The government of tho United States
Is now the arbiter of tho fate of Cuba.
Nor can wo hesltato to believe that In
assuming this great responsibility the
United States will bo mindful of the
rights of our people. Whatever form
the new government may take wo feel
assured that It will guarantee to all
citizens equal and exact Justice, nnd
that It will recognize nnd treat as Cu
bans all Inhabitants of Cuba, nnd Its
minor dependencies, without regard to
whether they vvero born there or In tho
mother country, so long' as they ac
cept tho situation and manifest the cle
slro and Intention to bo loyal to tho
new government which shall be estab
lished. We believe that' the govern
ment and people of the United States
will be true to their promises, nnd In
determining tho future of Cuba will
sincerely endeavor to provide Just nnd
adequate remedies for tho conditions
the alleged existence of which Induced
them to Intcrvcno In the affairs of
Spain."
That vvovd "alleged" Is evidently a
concession to tho sensibilities of the
ct dominant Spanish military power;
otherwise the foregoing might pass for
the production of an American pen Wo
can read In It the cordial welcome
which awaits us from the representa
tive Inhabitants of Havana when wo
shall enter that city to put it to rights.
Thnt these Cubans the men of educa
tion nnd property, the conservative ma
jority which has found Itself In recent
years caught between tho upper nnd
nether millstones of Spanish tyranny
and tho radical, hot-tempered and
moro or less fanatical separatists who
have fomented Insurrection will hnil
with genuine Joy tho advent of Amer
ican icconstructlvo administration as
they would a miracle of heaven sent
for their relief is conceivable without
overtaxing the Imagination.
It Is obviously this clement In tho
native population which must bo tho
foundation of tho free Cuba of tho
future.
Soon the steel mills will be goln5
In all departments on orders likely to
keep them busy the lemalnder of the
J ear. There ate better signs, too, in
the coal trade. Sensible met chants
will t.ikc prosperity by the forelock
by promptly Insetting llbeinl adver
tisements In the favorite morning pap
er. Steel Hail Prospects.
Tho formation of another steel rail
trust is icported but the announce
ment, although ptophetlc, is believed to
be piematute. A Imtmonlratlon of In
terests In this Industry is, however,
Inevitable sooner or later, for the samo
reasons that have made It necessary
In the coal trade, and those who assail
It ns prejudicial to the best Interests
of the community merely display Ignor
ance of prevalent industtlal condi
tions. Tho march of developments In tho
steel tall Industry has been so rapid
that only by the utmost economy In
production nnd dlsttlbutlon inn the
necessarily gigantic Investments be
rewarded with profits. By careful hub
banding of the business In sight it Is
possible at prevalent juices for tho
better situated mills barelv to sus
tain themselves, but with competition
constantly cutting theso pi Ices lower
all operations In rall-muklng must soon
be carried on at a loss. Only those
mills can stand such a loss which, by
teason of other Interests, nre relieved
from dependence upon tho rail market.
Carnegie, for Instance, can lose money
In nil of his steel winks and yet bo
upheld by his coke inteiests; but theic
Is only one Cainegle, nnd even ho
should have no Joy In a situation which
compels him to sell for, say, $15 a ton
rails that cost hltn not less than $17
or $1S A condition like that, made
permanent, spells certain ruin.
The number of rail mills now In ex
istence Is ample not only for present
but for probable future needs. It is
unlikely that any more will be built;
certainly no mote should be built. By
harmonious agreement nmong the ex
isting mills curient production can bo
equitably appottloned, prices put on
the upward instead of the downward
scale and money now wasted In futile
competition be applied to tho yielding
of moderate profits. Tho mill which
earns Instead of loses money Is the mill
most lllcely to pay good wages.
Such nre tho atguments and condi
tions that make steadily for another
steel rail "pool." If new business Is
to come from new territotles acquit ed
In war there Is additional Incentive to
prevent the demoralization and wastes
of unchecked competition. Ilhetotlc
and prejudice will not prevail against
these jract!cal considerations.
The estimate of Dewey In Saturday's
Ttlbuno, challenged elsewhere by an
esteemed correspondent, was not meant
to belittle the worlc of either rarrogut
or Poiter, "et it was made with delib
eration. Dewey is to bo rated ns much
by the inlluence of his achievement
uion the world's future as by the dif
ficulty of the achievement Itself. The
generalship and diplomacy exhibited by
him have bequeathed to his count! y
men a new sphere of Inlluence Im
measurably more extended and pro
phetic of larger and better results for
the world's civilization than have ac
crued from any prior sea fight of which
history makes record. A single false
step by him would have spoiled all.
But he made no false step. Hence wo
consider that his proper rank is in tho
(list place among our navul heroes.
Sagasta's Impression that Spain will
teeelve compensation for tho public
buildings and works erected dining her
tule In Cuba suggests that ho needs
to guess again. These are mere In
cidents of sovereignty which change
owneis when soveielgnty itself Is
ttansferred.
The managers of the Kansas county
fair who want to engage as their star
attraction tho woman who kissed Hob
son evidently estimate that osculatory
eplsodo at Its proper value. As a
shrewd bid for notoriety It was tho
spectacular success of tho war.
Fteps are about to bo taken In Luz
erne county to do nwny with those re
lics of medlaevallsm, the toll bridges
that span the Susquehanna. Tho toll
bridge and the toll road should both
be relegated to the rear.
We surrender space this morning to
an extiact from tho speech of Judgo
Grosscup at Saratoga upon America's
futuro foreign policy which is winning
enthusiastic praise. It deserves to bo
read with care.
It Iloosovelt shall ho nominated for
governor of New York and It must be
Bald tho signs are rapidly pointing that
vny Croker and Hill will do well to
let It become unanimous.
The Itepubllcans of Luzerne county
aro to be congratulated upon tho good
Judgment they have shown In refusing
to consider any other candidate forcon-
gress than tho present nble Incumbent,
Hon. Morgan B. Williams. Mr. Wil
liams has done good nnd faithful ser
vice nnd tho district will gain mater
ially through his rc-eloctlon.
Tho Cramps nre to build some more
fine wnrshlps for Kussla. This Is otin
of tho early results of tho succcsful
exhibitions made ut Manila and San
tiago. Thero will bo more anon.
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It Is hardly Btipposuble that Third
district ltciiubllcnns will renomlnuto
Dr. N. C. Mackey.
TOLD BY THE STABS.
Dally Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
Tho Trlbuno Astrologer.
Astrolabo Cast: 4 IS a. m , for Monday,
August 22, 1S93.
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A child born on this day will notice
that the Swnllowltes heie.ibouts have
thus far shown a disposition to keep off
tho board walk.
Although it Is a trifle late In the season
foi Hay fever the new iccrctary of s'nto
seems to have b"cn the cause of the epi
demic on both sides of tho vvatcj.
Many persons who do not rare to skate
on Ice hnvo ro objections to an occasional
skate on Iced drinks.
Almost nnv man ought to feel pattlotlc
without h.ivlnir his tnxes doubled.
The election contest Is n good thing for
almost evcijbody save tho city real cs
tnto owner.
Ajacchus' Advice.
It Is about tlmo that tho taxpajlng
woim turned
Why We Need Good
Footholds in Asia.
Illy nil odds tho most notable nddress
delivered at the Sarntcgu conference of
citizens called to discuss the foreign ol
lei of tho United States was that bv Iloi.
P. S. Grosscup, of tho federal Judlclarv,
Chicago. Judge Giosscup announced lilm.
self feirlesslj an expansionist without
apologies nnd after answering In order
the various sentimental objections which
lmvo been uilseil to tho retention b the
I'nlted States of tetrltory captured from
Spain, concluded with the unansweiablo
argument which Is appended
I come now to what Is In mv Judgment,
the most Interesting and Impottant object
of our futuro foreign policy. I refer, of
emu so to tho lmrr cdlato future of Anil.
It Is in thnt quarter that wo will find n
situation open to Atrerlcnn venHire. nnd
eventually a people nnd Institutions ready
for n graft from tho treo of Anglo-Saxon
civil liberty. Outside of those countries
that are nlreadv European dependencies,
the population of Asia numbers nlreadv
4n0,0u0,000 souls They am, In many re
spects, not onh civ Hired, but highly civil
ized They nip accustomed to govern
ment and social order. Thc-o thev Inherit
from moro than ono hundred generatloi h.
They observe tho ceremonies and jir ic
tlco the precepts of a religion that ante
dates the New Tcltament, and that
stands, In many features, upon uii equal
footing of dignity nnd human usefulness.
They are tho possessors of tuts that we
have ns jet onlv unsuccessfully attempt
ed to copi, nnd of n lltcraturo thnt goes
back In unbroken current to a period bo
jond our Greek and Latin classics. Trey
nro neither crudo nor b irbirous, but. In
their own way, have culture and devel
opment both orderh nnd complete. Uti
with nil this, they have, up to tho pies,
ent time, lived almost apart from m.m
1'lnd The breaking of the seal upon their
ports Is to us of Eutope and America tho
dlscoverv of u new continent. In tho
nature of things great results must fol
ic iv Tho discovery of unpeopled America
broko up tho deepest fountains of Euro
pean life: tho opt nlng nf Africa, jienpled
onlv b siv.igrs, Jus stirred every corner
of Euiopean nntci prise Hut hero In tho
Ear E ist, swinging Inwnrd are doors
that will admit us to one-half of tho de
f Irablo territory and one-third of the pop
ulation of the canh It Is n land without
rallroids, without manufactories, v.lthout
cities built on modern lines, without fields
cultivated by mrdcrn Implements. It
bids for every chiracter of American en-
tn prise. It lies under the tempento zone,
the only strip of our globo that Insures
health to men now alive, nnd promises
Increasing vlpos to nun jet to cum.?.
Looked at from every material point of
view, tho Invitation tendered Is ono that
no cntei prising pcoplo can afford to de
cline. o
Tho bieakup In the current of Asiatic
life Is nt hand It will not. In mv judg
ment, bo Ilrst seen in nnv ch ingo of ic
llglon nor in any revolution of civil pol
Itj The instincts of the former nro too
deep to melt awaj, perhaps in a century,
nnd the habits of social order too strong
ly Imbedded to break up ut the first in
novation from tho outsldo world. The
transformation will flow In lure, ns It has
elsewhere, on tho rapidly Using tldo of
Its foreign commerce It seems to be a
law of civilisation that it l.ijs siege to
men through their phvslc.il wants. It
goes from tho exterior Inwardly. It
reaches tho citadel of polity and tellglon
only nfter tho old modes of living have
capitulated The people of China nro
nlienilv beylnnl! g to compare their own
modes of llfo with ours, and to leacn out
for some of the physical aids that wo aro
uady to offer In tlmo will come n
chango of clothing, of houses, and mc'n
ods of transportation, all that constitute)
tho material side of human life. Ships
laden with theso fiom tho western world
nro entering their ports Ilallroads will
soon carry them In nil directions through
out tho Interior. Telcgnphs will evcry
v.hcro quicken their Intelllgcnco ns It
quickens the means of exchanging
thought. Rice, to somo extent, will give
way to bund, sandals to Ic-ithcr foot
wear, and the ancient dress to modern
clothing With aims of steil and n vision
searchful ns the lightning. clvUUntlon
will eventually gather these pcoplo In,
and feed and clotl e and build them nne.v.
These are not dreams, they are the dawn
of tho realities The stand nlready
proven In the reports of our consuls, In
tho statistics of our shipping, nnd In the
observation of every Intelllgont traveller.
That tho breakup In Asia Is at hand Is
known to every foreign mlnlstrr of Ej.
rope, and to evcrv observer who keeps
his flnser upon the commercial juls
That it will cumo in leaps and hounds is
proven by tho iccent hlstcry of tho nelsh
hoilng emplio of Japan. Indeed, thero
can bo no more Interesting study than a
comparison of theso two peoples. They
nro descended, It Is believed, from tho
Bimo original stock, and have been
moulded through centuries substantially
In a like civil polity nnd religion What
has happened In ihn case of tho ono will,
In all likelihood, under slmllir conditions,
happen ngaln In the case of tho other.
c
I need recall but lltllo of tho recent
history of tho Jnpanecc. Until 1MI, us Is
well known, they refused to trado with
tho outsldo world. Early attempts In
that direction upon the part of tho Dutch,
PnrtugueBa ond English proved either In
effectual or very limited In amount. In
fuct. for a long tlmo prior to 1S51 foreign
trado was entirely forbidden. Then
camo tho expedition of Commodore Per.-)'
and the oncnlng up of their pronclpil
ports. Tho transformation, rlovv at first,
grew in geomotilcal rntlo. Prom a her
mit pioplo they hnvo In fifty jenrs 1 e
comca world people. I.lttlo of early Japan
remains today, nnd travellers tell us that
In n few years tho remaining little will bo
gone. On tho pi yslcal slihs of Ilfn they
am nlready seml-Caucaslun Tho Chlnioo
people, Judging from the commercial sti
tletlcs, have now advanced to about tho
stato of tho Jupaneso twenty icnrs nflor
the opening of their ports. It Is Interest.
Ing to noto tho advnuco In Ji.pineBu trado
during tho past twenty years. Tli'lr
trudo with the outside world In 1878 did
not more thnn equal to tho inhabitant tho
present ttade of China with tho outside
world. Since then, however, It hns grown
like u thing of magic. In 1837 their foi
clgn trado amounted to two hundred mil
lions of dollars. A trade of such bulk by
pcoplo who a quarter of a centuiy ago
hud none, and who wcro separated from
tho world by wide gulls ot both race and
hnblt a foreign trado amounting per
enpta to one-third the total exports of
tho United States, Including brendsluffs,
provisions, Ire n, Bteel, leather, oil, etc.
Is nothing less than marvelous. Tho bulk
of It, too. has come Into existence In less
than ten years As lato as lbSl It amount
ed to n little moro thnn one-half its pres
ent volume. As is grows Its cnpuclty to
tako en new growth proportionately In
creases. It illustrates tho commcrilal
axiom thit wants, once creatid, grow
faster than the menns of supplying them.
Tho growth, too, has been chlelly In what
tho outside vvcrld hns cent to Japan. In
ISO! her entire Importation amounted to
not qulto J.'3.000,0ou. Six jcars later it had
reached $111,(KH),000. 1 confidently nsk, 's
there In tho nnnnls of mankind another
such striking commercial revolution? A
people Isolated from tho world from the
beginning of time by nice, religion, nnd
scus, springing In a quarter of a century
to a commercial standing equal to that uf
the Caucasian settlements In South Amer
Icn, nnd approaching to that of the pco
plo of tho United States themselves.
o
Hut tho significance of this Is that what
has tranrplrcd In Japan can and will lnp
pen nmong their Asiatic kin The world's
commerce with China has nlreadv grown
phenomemlly during the last few jcars.
It has now reached tho volume of two
hundred nnd seventy millions, ono hun
dred nncl seventy of which nre Imports.
This Is more thnn live times the Ameri
can expcrtatlons to nil of South Amerlen.
Hut the Chinese commerce today, mag
nificent ns It is, g not the lrnpreslvo fact.
Its cap.icltj for growth, Its lmmcdlato
promise, as measured bv the example of
Japan, the fact that It Is, per canlta, still
less than one-seventh of the Japanese
trade, Is tho consideration of greatest sig
nificance. Can nny ono tell why the full
storj- of Japan may not bo rewritten in
tho immediate future of China? Will
this people, llko the Japanese In every
quality mating them susceptlblo to for
eign Influences, develop less rapidly? Will
not tho jenr 1015 or 19.M witness In one
the change that has already been wrought
In the other? Is there unj reason to lio
llevo thit tho magic of civilization thit
lias transformed the one, nnd has alrendj
brought about a fair beginning upon the
other, will not go on with equal strides In
both' Stop, then, nnd consider what miy
bo expected In China in ten or tltteen
J ears. At the latlo obtained hi Japan,
the world ought In llftcen jcars to have
with China a trnde of more than $:000,
OoOWO. This vvculd bo considerably larger
than th" commerce tint the whole woild,
both uy v ay of Imports and exports, his
now with the pcopls of tho I'nlted Utntes
At tho same ratio, the world ought then
to bo sending to China merchandise
amounting to $1 230 0o0 0v, or CO per cent
more than the I'nlted Statis takes from
all tho world. It Is dlfllcult, I know, to
appreciate tho significance of llguics so
largo, without tho presence of familiar
measures or tests, wo do not fathom
their meat Ing. nut every American
knows the estimation In which the trade
of the I'nlted States Is held by all the
world The tariff debitcs taught us at
least thit much The great lines of rnll
wny that dally bear our exports to the
sc i, the mammoth steamers anil whiten
In; sails that cany thrm across, the for
eign marks upon tho cloths we weir, the
plates from which wo eat, tho Imple
ments with which wo woik, the nnn
wrought visitors fiom other lands that
meet us whervcr we turn nil these give
tertlmonj-, only nppriixlmalclj,1 however,
of the extent of that trade we call our
commerce with the rest of mviHiI. It
Is one of tho great facts of modern life
end Interests deeply every people on the
I lobe. Hut before us. In the f.ir east nt
this veiy momcrl, aro opening fate, llvt
will In a few years reveal n muket
trutif lending In value our own nnd trans
cending our own Immensely In Its poten
tialities for tho future. Tho full mngnl
tudo of this opening era hns not jet
ilivncd upon the vvcrld. Tho far-seeing
statesmen of Europe see It, far-seeing
America will soon compass It. Looked at
rrom every side its certainty, its Immt
dlnte propcrtlcns, its liumeisurahlo po
tentialities for growth It reveals Itself
as a wet Id event commercially moro im
portant than the disccvciy of America,
nn event In many respects without a pai
aUet in the hlstoiy of mankind.
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Tho character of tho eastern trade, too,
will be suited exactly to the present sit
uation of the people of tho United States
We have como to n point of development
whcio we need tnko,s of our manufac
tures The piodi-cts of our soil, bejond
domestic needs, po to Europe; but Hu
ll pc. In tho naturo of things, can t..ko
but little of tho products of our mills
We hive for jrnrs rast been looklp, for
markets toward the West Indies and to
ward tho agricultural peoples of South
America, and have, by treaties of recip
rocity and by the ucquilntlng Influences
of such Institutions as tho bureau of
American republics, assiduously cultivat
ed these fields. Nor have our hopes I ecu
wholly disappointed. Commerce nnd
manufactures havo iclt the cheeiing ef
fects of growing trade from these direc
tions. Hut all tho West Indies and South
America combined coutnln not ono-elglilh
of the prpulition of this new Held. The
wnnts of almost a half scoio of people
beckon us fiom ncross the Pacific for tho
wants of cverj one that call to us from
tho southern hemisphere. They are a peo
ple, too, who, llko tho people of South
America, and unlllco those of Europe, me
In need of manufactures, and will call
for thnt side of our resources In their de
velopment. A trado of that character
will exactly supplement tho character of
trade wo nlready have with Europe
Could our situation bo moro fortunate''
Ljlng Ktween two gteat and populous
continents, with the hlghwajs of tho
ocean to each, we should feed tho one
fiom our corn fields nnd supply from our
centers of Industry tho things Involved In
tho wants of tho other. The opportuu
lty Is nt hand to become the worksnop ns
well us the granary of tho world.
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Hut fortune llko this will not fall, fully
ripened Into our lap. We must nssumo
responsibilities nnd make preparations
proportionate to the results to lo
achieved Obviously the first need is the
rlgl.t to go Into Asia on equal terms with
other people. This we must be prepared
to demand. The great jiowers of Europe,
accustomed through centuries to the
planting of new settlements and to regu
lations under which tho trado of theso Is
exclusively controlled, nro extending
these devices to the far cast. All savo
England nro plajing for a trade monop
olj not through merit, but by virtue of
treaty concession. Unfortunately tho
Held for their operations Is plastic to dip.
Inm.iej. Tho favorlto conditions exist
Tho Chinese empire Is highly heterogen
eous, nnd on thut account easily open to
Inlernnl disorder nnd dissension. It Is
hard prcttcd for money nnd hunej combed
with corrupt olllclallsm. It crumbles
easily whenever touched. It will, unless
hedged about, fnll easily Into the hands
of those who nro plotting for its posses
sion. Hut In reality thero Is no need that
tho English-speaking people should per
mit this play of mediaeval selfishness.
Thero Is In tho enso of Asia no room,
rightfully, for tho application of these
old policies that grew out of colonization
and discovery Asia Is, In this respect,
unique No power can claim prefeience
bj right of discovery, for tho settlement
and civilization of China antedates thit
of Europe. Prom every point of view,
clthei of international law or of common
equality. It Is a Held that can be mailo
open ullko to every nation of the globo.
America, Joining Great Britain, should
sco to It that this Held icmnln common
ground upon which tho enterprise and
civilization of every nation may compote
on equal teims. Such a step would be no
political alliance with uny European pow.
cr. It would simply bo asserting mda
pondintly a rlsht wo share In common
with mankind.
o
With a free field our commerce icouH
perhaps without further aid, more than
cousin's &
Have Yotm Ever VIMted
Oimr Rug Departmeet?
If not, it will pay you to do so.
number of bargains that we know
'&., save you money.
A Hostile Sale of Rtmgs0
Beautiful Rugs at 39, 49 and 59 cents."
Symrna Rugs, 49, 69, 79 and 98 cents, $1.29 and $1.59:
Khaskoi Rugs, 30 in, x 60 in. $1.39.
Tapestry Rugs, 30 in. x 60 in. $1.25.
Velvet Rugs, 30 in. x 60 in. $1.23.
Axminster Rugs, 27 in. x 54 in. $1.79.
Crumb Cloths, 62 in. x 72 in. 98 cents.
Always Bmisy
SIMMER, 18P8.
Our annual July and August sale of
Summer I'ootwcar Is now on. All our
Itussets must so. You need the Shoes.
We need room.
Lewis, Relily & Mvies,
111 AM) 110 WYOMING AVENUE.
hold Its own. vVe have, Indeed, hlnco 1S75,
constantly Increased our eommcionl
giu8i upon Jniian. In lb07 we had more
than Wj per cent, of her entire trade.
At that ratio, In tlfteen ear, wo ought
to be sending annually to China two hun
dred millions of dollars of metehandUe.
or one-half as much es that, exclusive ot
purely agricultural products, wo now
eud to all tho other peoples of tho earth,
tint commerce, however vlrllo and tlter
prlslng, ought not to be left to shift for
Itself. Government should aluajs give
to It the aid uf Its presence and moral
lorcc. Tho Importance of this cannot
be overestimated. l'hslcal presence ihe
power that flows from personal contact
Is the force thut dominates ever where.
This has proven lts-clf over and over
nifaln in trade between Individuals, In
politics, In the propagation of moral
truths, In cverj relation of life. We may
not con prehend the philosophy, but we
know tho fuct. Natlens Impress them
helves upo.i the pcoplo of other nations
after tho wmc r.inner. They tako on re.
lutlons with others larscly ns they aro
diawn to each other by phslcal contact.
A nation that seeks trudo and Inlluence
must mako itself seen and felt. Hut the
phvslcnl prcsenco of ,i nation to people
of foreign lands Is Its flap, Its warships,
and the power It wields within tho bph're
of their observation. A harbor In the
Philippines!, well garrisoned, and sove.
elsnty over the Islands or a portion of
them, would be the embodlrrent of Amer
ica In Aslatlo waters. Our eourso seems
clear. If we nro in earnest In our pur
pose to participate In the development of
the east. We need these Islands as an In
tcRral part of tho naval force, without
tho display of which we can never ob
tain 11 proper sharo In her commerce or
protect It after It Is obtained, wo need
them In the Interest of the merchant shlp3
tint will for all time cany that com
merce on; wo need them ns btrategio
points In a naval contest with any otnnr
power on the earth; we need them that
wo may draw phvslcally close to tint
quarter of tho globe In which wo wish
our Inliuenco to bo felt nnd our com
merce to expand; wo need them, above
all other considerations ns seiurlty to.
ward pence that character of peace bond
that all nations respect.
o
I am not unaware that what I have
said h is the ring rhlefly of commercial
conquest. The appeal, however, Is not
sclely to tho commercial spirit. Com
meice. nfter all, Is tho forerunner only
of every form ot clvllizitlon. Civil lib
ertv and better culture follow In Its leid
ershlp. Ily creatine now wants, com
mcrco stirs new nsplratlons. Ily giving
to men new surroundings. It quickens
new character of thought. It lights up
tho within from the new light It first
places without It reaches a peoplo on
their human ilde. and hnvlng tnus ob
tained a permanent foothold, opens to
them n higher civilization. If Anglj
Saxon law ever takes root in Asiatic soil.
If tho peoplo of that far-off continent
ever rlso to the Individual ennoblement
and dignity that constitute the disting
uishing characteristic of tho English
speakirg raco; If true popular Institutions
ever come to supplant the present (.pedes
of paternal despotism; If the religion of
Christendom, llko the light of the sun
swallowing up In Its cffulgenco other
lights, displaces their crudo religion,
tin so will como to pass becaube tho pri
mal germs will hnvo been borne In upon
tho tldo of commerce. In tho chnrnctcr of
her rising commerce Is bound up tho fu
turo civilization uf the Ablatio people. It
Is tho unerring hand of civilization tli.it
points to tho far eust. A vast continent
lifts out of the sou upon which to lay, by
tho hand of commerce, the foundations
of that civil ui.il religious liberty that hus
given to the English-speaking raco great,
ness Ht home and coming primacy over
tho affairs of mankind.
"''"""' I m? ft
MILL 8l CORNELL
J21 N. Washington Ave,
I -. -
BRASS BEDSTEADS.
In buying n brass Bedstead, be inrs that
yon get the beU Our brass BedtteacU are
all made with seamless brass tubln; and
frame worlc Is all of steol.
Ibeycostno more than many bedsteads
madeof tho open seamless tubing. Every
bedstead Is highly finished and lncquerel
under a peculiar method, nothing ever hav
ing been produced to equal It Our nevr
Bprlns Fatterns are now on exhibition.
Hill
&
Cooeell
At 121
North Wasbtnjton
Avenue.
Scranton, Pa.
S,
Tyyewrikrs9 Supplies,
Letter Presses,
g Balls,
'gest
office supplies aM sta
tionery 11 ft E Femna.
ReyeoldsBro
Stationers and
Engravers,
HOTEL, JEHMYN BUILDING.
130 Wyoming Avouuo.
MJdsMinniinnier
Lamp
Until Sept ist we will offer
our entire line of Banquet,
Princess and Table Lamps at
frOiU 25 to Jo per cent, dis
count, We wish to reduce
stock. If you are in need of
a lamp this is a chance to
get a bargain.
TIE OJMCMS, FERMI,
ALLEY Ca
A'i'l Lucka wanna Aveun
bazaal
We have opened a
will interest you and.
Towel
1A1CAHS!
We PJace on Sale
TODAY
A Purchase of
100 Oogemi
Oermae
Lleemi
Towels
Which are "undoubtedly
the greatest value ever
offered here or else
where. The lot con
sists of
11 Sticks! and
Heavy Inotted Fringe
Are extra large sl2e 0?
fine quality and come in
Turkey Red and Blue
Borders, also all White.
The price will be
gC Each or
And we guarantee that
they could not be dupli
cated at Jess than one
third over this price.
510 and 512
LACKAWANNA AVENUE
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
General Atent for the Wyomlaj
District fj:
Mlnlnr, lUantlnz, Bporttne, Bmolcelesj
uud the Kepauno Chemical
Company
HIGH EXPLOSIVES,
tafety Kuso, Capi and Exploders,
lioou 101 Connell Hull dins,
Ucruutoa,
FILEY'S
iiureirs
roiDEH
AQKNCItt!
THO FOim
JOHN U.BMiriI& SON.
W. E. MULUQAN,
rtttsteq
Plymouth
WllkwDarre