THE SCRANTON T1UBUJNE-. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1899. '4 Published Rally, Rxrpt Bnnday. by Th Tribune PuhllxhlriB Company, at Fifty Cents a Month. New York Office: ISO Nnocnii St.. B. S. VltERUAND, Bole Agent for Foreign Advertising. Entered nt the PoMnfflcn nt Scranton. I'n., as Seccnd-Ctatia Mall Matter. When rpncp will peimlt, Th Trltmnfl l alwnys trlml to print Miort letters from Ita friends licnrlnp oti evirrent top!"'' but Its rule Is that 1he,e must he olgncd. lor publlcnllon, by the writer's real name. TEN PAGES. SCRANTON, DRCKMHim 12, 1899. Holiday buyers now thronrc the city stores, anil those who arc best equipped to make Christmas purchases with prcatest despatch first cotiRUlt the ail vertlsliiK columns of The Tribune. The City's Health. IN ANOTHRH column will ha found a statement of the snnl tary conditions and needs of this city which deserves the care ful attention of every thoughtful man. Wo havo not grouped together this In formation for sensational purposes, but because It has become? necessary for the city's welfare that the people should realize Into what u condition the public health has fallen in conse quence of general carelessness In the regulation of communicable diseases, nnd what steps are Immediately needed In order that this Increasing peril may be halted and eventually overcome. In the casual talk upon this subject which ot.o hears upon the streets, there Is apt to be criticism of the board o' health. At our request Dr. Allen oj that board, has presented a statement showing the limitations surrounding the board In Its Incessant efforts to arrest these diseases. The board has neither the authority nor the assist ance which are needed to cope success fully with an emergency like that now confronting the city. It has performed exceptional work under the circum stances and, despite occasional stray assertions to Its discredit, It has be hind It a clean and credltnblo record for hard work without extravagance or scandal. The point to be emphasized now, however, is that it needs more power. Its one lone officer can no more keep up with the rush of disease In a city covering nearly twenty square miles of area and representing almost every complex population problem that is to be found anywhere than ho could don muslin wings and fly to the moon. The board of health needs for at least a considerable time to come not less than the four special officers suggested by Dr. Allen, but also a general strengthening of its hands by the utmost co-operation of intelligent men nnd women throughout the city. The diseases now rife are enemies which nre liable to levy a tribute on any household In the city. The careful parent Is largely at the mercy of the negligent neighbor. There has got to be a death grapple with this enemy and his ex termination must come. The question of how is one of the most important and pressing questions before the city at the present time. The blow delivered by Hon. Ullly Mason will probably bo the most disas trous to the Boers of any upon tills side of the Atlantic. fir. Scranton's Letter. -TpHK LETTER of Mr. Scran I ton, printed elsewhere, con- 1 tains the first Intimation which we have had that the board of trade committee has had its conference with him on the subject of water rates. The public will now await with eagerness the presentation of the committee's version of the In terview. It Is a poor story which doc not have two sUes and profit by the telling of both. Mr. Scranton's letter places i5 somewhat peppery and while we give him tho chance to say what he wishes to say on this topic of public Import ance, wo wish to add that his letter Impresses us as being in a measure un fair to the board of trade. The board does not discuss the affairs of Mr. Scranton or any other citizen In a de sire to be ofllelous or to mix Into other people's business, but from the wish ts further tho common Interests of this community, and In this mission it is entitled to co-operation rather than censure. Its' purpose Is to diversify local Industry and In other ways pro mote the Industrial and commercial well-being of the town. In pursuance of this object It has a right to give at tention to factors entering Into the lo cation of new Industries In this neigh borhood, of which the Item of water facilities and cost Is one. Statement! by Individual members of the board, made hurriedly Ifi the process of u g&eraf -Ubitto, nmy occasionally go somewhat wide of the line of exacfc.fdct, htjt this does not constitute a reflection uflpn the board nor Justify a spirit of niUiiRQiilsm toward tho proper purposes oflt's'-'exlHt'encQ. We are sure that If the Scranton board of trade had never takerr Ti live Interest In the develop ment of this city, tho Scranton Gas and W,ater epmpany would today be dojmr, ponflerably .smaller business th5u Jtls'6ow'lolng and making oven less Than a 2 per cent, dividend. These few remarks are in correction of what we take to be an unfortunate view of the board of trade's spirit and aim In this matter. They do not reach down Into" tho merits of fte question which has been raised as to whether the prevalent meter rates are or are not too high. Thn,t;,as wo have all along sought to emphasize, Is first of all a question : for:'ool, dispassionate an1 essentially Judicial Investigation. Wo dare Hay that the truth on this point will be elicited ero the present discus sion shall havo ended. The British troops walked Into an other trap, at Ktnrmberp on Saturday omV were slaUghteretf lllib shoep by the Users who 'were possessed of every nrty'n'ntape, Prom the time of tho de fejtti of Hraddook tho British oflicers ImVc' persisted In n method of fight ing wnlcli has pnvpil costly whenever lB s. .-.y ' " their men have encountered nn enemy properly equipped and under any sort of discipline. Until the KtiRlloh 8ol dlors can be persuaded to adopt tho Indian warfare mctles used by the Amcrlcnn regulars trait victories will bu expensive nnd defcalp appalling for loss of life. Tho question of social precedence be tween Mm. Miles nd Mis. Dewey lias nt last been decided by Secretary Hoot, Secretary Long and John Addison Tor tor. While the ndmltal outranks the general, yet on official occasions when the army ai,d nivy are represented the hero of Indian campaigns will le.id tho hern of Manila. The same propo sition will hold good In ropnrd to their wives. Now that Hip question has been finally settled It If safe to pre dict that Mrs. Dewey and Mrs. Miles will seldom attend the same celebra tion. Justice for Ccrvera. TT- IIK BOOIC, to be published I by Admiral Corvera giving fl his version of the campaign thnt resulted In the de struction of his squadron at Santiago will be road with interest by those who have followed closely the Impor tant events In tho Spanish-American war. It Is well known that Admiral Cervera realized the Inevitable results of his voyage across the Atlantic and protested against the policy that could only end In the destruction of tho rem nant of Spain's navy. Stupidity held the reins of power, however, and tho brave old sailor could only obey. The fact that the Snanlsh govern ment has given the admiral permis sion to present his cast- to the world and give a statement looking to self vindication Is an evidence that n spirit of liberality hitherto unknown per vades the administration of Castlllan nfi'alrs. This Is one of the most hope ful Indications that Spain hns profited by the lessons of the recent war and has entered upon an era of progression which will In time neutralize tho blind bigotry that has ruined the prestige of that once proud and powerful nation. A number of university presidents have recently been engaged In arguing the question as to tho time of tho be-' ginning of the twentieth century. Al though It has been generally supposed that the exponents of science and cul ture had decided to fix upon midnight on Dec. 31, 1900, as the end of tho nineteenth century, tho president of Wellesley college nnd the president of Smith college have opened up the dis cussion again by making the assertion that the twentieth century will begin on Jan. 1, 1900. As only a few days Intervene, It Is to be hoped that the college presidents will get together l -fore the end of the year and arrange a schedule minus a minority report. No good citizen will be anxious to lean Into the twentieth century before it If time, yet most of us desire to bet all that Is. coming. A peculiar Illustration of the ele ments controlling a strike was given at Altoona the other day when one little girl prevented a tie-up In a silk mill. Klght hundred employes of the mill quit worn because demands lor Increased wages were refused. One girl remained at her loom and In a few minutes 700 of the strikers had re turned to work. One hundred of the operatives who first struck remained out, proving conclusively In this as In many other cases that the minority brought about the strike. The disposition to heap Insults upon the daugnter of Congressman-elect Hrigham Roberts, who Is in Washing ton with her father. Is unworthy of the residents of the national capital. Miss Roberts Is certainly not on trial and Is not responsible for her own condition or the acts of the unrepent ed Mormon who is knocking at tho door of congress. There Is no reason why this young woman should be sneored at or treated like an escaped museum frca whenever she appeals in public. While ferret hunting should not be allowed, farmers will do well not to place too many restrictions upon tho sportsmen who kill rabbits upon their premises. Hut for the efforts of the enthusiastic Individuals who are will ing to shoulder shotguns nnd follow small dogs about the deserted clearings and patches of woodland on these chilly days of early winter the rabbit would soon become an Intolerable nuisance to the tiller of the soil. One hundred years ago tho total amount of money In circulation In the United States was $20,500,000, or about $1.90 per capita. Now its amounts to $25.83 per capita. Hut people who are Inclined to sympathize with the ap parent poverty of our forefathers must remember that there were no gas and water and telephone bills or campaign assessments in those days and that $100 tailor-made dresses were un known In fashion. If some largo manufacturing estab lishment does not reduce the wages of Its employes soon the Democratic party will be entirely without ammuni tion for next year's campaign. This wage-raising wave that is passing over Industrial centers Is most discourag ing' to tho party of discontent. A son of OH Magnate Rockefeller has attempted to corner leather -n Wall street. Young Rockefeller Is !", 000,000 behind the game and the cou'i try Is not yet shoeless. "Hucklng the tiger" Is often disastrous even for a young man with a rich papa. The Scranton Tribune Year book for 1900 Is now In press and will be ready for patrons on Jan. 1. The book has been compiled with unusual care this season and will bo up to the standard of the past In excellence as a work of reference. Urlgham Roberts has already achloved notoriety enough to make him eligible for a position on tho staff of the Now Yor. Journal, It has been Intimated thut the "Sor rows of natan" aro nothing when com pared to the sorrows of speotatori who have witnessed the dramatlo ver sion of Mario CorcM' Indigestible book. The bicycle riders at Madison Square Harden, It ls said, havo sot a killing pace thus far In the six-day race, In splto of tho regulations tli.it were necessary to prevent tho am bitious young men from committing suicide by over-cxertlen. Although forced by the nuthorltles to tnko cer tnln hours of rest on the track, tho riders make up for it by passing all records during the time they are al lowed to ride. The fact that now aspirants for glory are ever ready to take the places of the athletes who nre victims to over-training nnd over exertion seems to prove that tho fool killer has been remiss In his duty. The original Whltelaw Rcld-for vlcc-prcsldent-man has appeared. Wafer Question Up to This Date. Editor of The Tilbune Sir: I havo read with Interest the cdl toilalln today's Tribune, on "The Water Question," and I cordially concur in its views. After showing the undcslrnbllity of municipal ownership In Scranton un der present local conditions, and the folly of th otdlnnlice now before council llx Ing the water rates, The Tribune says: "The conditions governing the domestic use of water evoke no complnlnt. The charges for ommvrclnl and Industrial, and chiefly for Industrial, iiso ale alone In question. The board of trade has un dertaken to iT.nvlncu Mr. Scranton that It would be advantageous to his Water company to quote to manufuctuiers eas ier terms on a water supply. It is going' to send a committee to him to havo a talk on the subject." "O From this I perceive that the city press l.i not nuaro that tho Interview with tl'e board of trade committee referred to has already taken place. It occurred last Friday morning. Mb Inst. I am not sur prised that the papers havo nor heard of It. Indeed, 1 do not wonder that the board of trade do l.ot care to say much about It. One of the committor, Mr. Lansing, stated that he had been on the board of trade's committee on manufac tures for many years. When uskcil to give the name of seme of the companies ptevintcd from coining here oy the high water rates, the vast nnd my.Lonous cotton mills referred to by young Mr. Henshaw, the dates, the amount of water they would have used, the 'lumber cf hands they would have employed, where they have since gone to, and t.'.e vntcr rates In their present locatlon-in chort, the data necessary to sustain the :ilU .' tii. ns of the board of trad"' a secretary in his letter of Nov. 2ft to the b art! on which the board's resolutions were Pisco, namely, that "the water rates in Scran ton nro almost prohibitive to Its further development along Industrial lints," he could not give one single name. It will bu three weeks tomorrow night since the board of trade held itr historic meeting. Though repeatedly called upon to do so, they have not yet glen the public one single fact to prove their assertions so materially affecting tho value of a prop erty which has cost millions. Under the circumstances, I respectfully submit that the board of trade at present stands In the eye of the public In an even worse predicament than Colonel Holes; for It must be admitted that tho gallant Colonel did at least attempt to back up his speech. -c When pinned down, the board's com mittee could only say that, somehow, they had a feeling that our meter rates were lilsh. Now, while the water com pany's directors are entirely open to con viction In this meter matter, they really must ask for something a little more dell nlte on which to base reductions, than that soit of airy talk. Tin whole com munity also has a feeling that the price of butcher's meat Is high. Hut that don't seem to have much weight with the mar ket men, nor di.es It diminish tho cost of bringing meat here. When shown a carefully prepared list of the meter rates prevailing In the fifty-four largest cities In tho country, from Now York down to Hartford, though rates In a few, more favorably located or receiving city old, were lower than In Scranton, nnd thero were many more In which rates were higher, the committee could not show that meter rates here were In any way excessive when fairly compaied -with those of other places, nor had they any thing to suggest, except to say that they wished rates were lower. o Tho only thing at all approximating a real point which Messrs. Lansing and Dale tried to make, was, that they thought we ouplit to give new manufac tures comlni: here, a specially low rate. Our reply to that Is, that we do not think It would be good policy or fair to our other customers. For instance.would It be fair to out customers, the Sauquolt or Harvey's Silk works, that we should give a lower rate to a new and rival silk concern? We think not. It has been our uniform policy to treat all customers, without exception, alike. If wo were to give ratos to people, based simply on whether they could or could not mako money, wo should, Indeed, have our hands full, and as many different rates as wo have customers. It Is only necessary to state such a policy to show Its absurd ity. Tho Water company Is not a char itable Institution. Tho new manufacture coming hen-, depending for Its success on charity, will be of no value to this community. As for any mill, employing l.fiOO hands, being deterred from coming hern by a water rate, which may posti bly equal tho wages of two or three workmen, every business man knows that Is nonsense. Wo cannot ask whether our customers are, or ore not, making monej . In Scranton, as everywhere elbe, meter bills are large or small, according us the customer uses more or less water. How much water does a customer use? That Is all wo do. or can, or ought to look at. Whatever other changes this company may from time to time make, one thing may be considered settled. Wo do not propose to change our policy of treating all our customers alike. Neither shall we give a lower meter rate to one man than to another of tho samo class. Nelth tr have wo now, nor shnll wo hereafter have, any free list. And tho customer who don't pay his bills within a reason able time will havo his water cut off. And It will make no difference whether ho Is a Judge on the bench, or mayor of tho city, or a councilman, or a member of tho board of health, or tho owner of n newspaper, whether ho Is rich or whether ho Is poor, whether ho Ib pious or whether he Is nn Atheist. I hope this Is plain. o Tho real fact Is that meter rates here are not high, havo not prevented manu factures locating here, and nro In no way whatever an hindrance to the city's growth. All such statements aro abso lutcly falie, and mainly put out by par ties, who hope to gain a llttlo popularity by fomenting, through misrepresentation and lies, tho temporary scare, which has Invariably at tlrst uttended tho Introduc tion of meters everywhere, till the Justice of the meter system la seen, and tho fact made clear that no one Is hurt by It. Wo were told that tho brewers here would bo heavily Injured by It, Though not nut on meter rates till the first ot December, iwo find, had they been put on In November, that tho bill of Ht Robin son's Sons would havo been less by $07.35 than was tho case. Tho Casey & Kelly Brewing company's bill would havo been less by about $16.00, Tho Scranton Drew lug company would havo been moro by about $2.40. Taking nil tho city brewer ies together, though not on meter rates In November, nnd, therefore, not stimu lated to prevent waste, we llnd that theli bills by meter rates would practically havo been about tho samo as by tho old barrel rate. Tho samo state of affairs applies to many other customers. Ot course, In a place so large ns Scranton, meters will cause changes In properties heretofore given specific rates. Some will bo higher, others lower; according as men nro careless of waste or otherwise. Hut even our most careless customers, tho restaurnnts nnd snloons, will llnd, If they go to work nnd have their plumb ing tnndo tight and needless waste slopped, that they nro not going to bo hurt. Most of them don't go on meters beforo the first of January, won't know what their bills aro till February, .and, In fact, It will be March or April before any of us know enough of tho effects of tho meter on either diminution of waste, or tho company's receipts, to form nny opinion of value In regard to the expediency of changing rates. I again respectfully recommend our cus tomers to keep cool nnd not get fright ened beforo they nre hurt, and to re member the company's record during the past twenty years In regard to volun tary reduction. fl it should be remembered that we work tinder precisely tho samo conditions ns all other water companies In this coal Held. All nlko havo to bring their water from small streams outside the coal measures. Our family rate Is 1(5.00. Out side of Scranton, from Forest City to Nantlcoke, It Is $s.00, S3 1-3 per cent higher. Outside of Scranton. the meter rates of the Spring Hrook Valley Supply company rule. A manufacturing concern In Scranton using say, 1.000,000 gallons of water a month pays $90.00. Outside of Scranton In this valley It has to pay $172.r.O. Now, I am far from saying that tho rates of these other companies are too high. I say nothing of tho kind. They havo been passed on by the court, Judge Edwards on the bench. I agree that they aro moderate and fully Justi fied. Yet why rates In Scranton with Its Immensely varying heights and depend ent on two little streams should be In variably compared by tho board of trade with the rates of Huffalo, a town flat as a pancake, and supplied by Lake Erie, Instead of with tho far higher rates pre. vailing everywhere else In this valley, Is rather difficult to say. Is It because Lieutenant Oovernor Wntrec, Mr. Wat kins nnd other gentlemen ut the head of these concerns arc members of our board of trade? If tho courts have declared the rates of the Spring Hrook Valley Supply company Justified, what nbout ours, which are so much less? o I have been asked, what about the councils fixing rates for us? I may ob serve that this company has never been used to paying blackmail, nor to brlbtng councilmen, and don't propose to begin now. If tho councils choose to pass their silly rate ordinance, we shall not raise a finger to prevent It. Perhaps It may as well be settled now as later, whether tho councils havo the right to confiscate and ruin property coptlng millions, under the guise of fixing rates. The gentleman now leading the select council In the mat ter of the rate ordinance, tho proprietor of the St. Charles hotel, was so fortu nate, lately, as to have his meter re versed by somo kind friend or plumber (a very common trick to defraud), but did nut put It light again quite soon enough, so that, instead of his owing us for water In November, we appear to owe him S10.D2, and we have begun suit to llnd out how this miracle occurred. And yet It Is under the leadership of such men that tho city is asked to spend mil lions In tho experiment of municipal ownership! o When It comes down to the bottom fact, It Is difficult to see what there Is In all this commotion concerning tho water rates, except that the president of the great octopus happens to be an unpopular man nnd yours truly, -W. W. Scranton. Scranton, Dec. II. PERSOHAHTIES. Richard Croker, hen he sailed for Kuropc, was saluted by tho flreboat Pa trol with a round of 21 guns, the salute usually given to presidents of the United States. Lieutenant Henry Cahlll, who was a member of the staff of General finmcz, of tho Cuban army, has ent red tho law school of lloston university, Intending to tnko the three years' course. J. I'lerpont Morgan has a tarto for red. His private loom In his place of busi ness Is coveted by a supeib red carpet especially woven on an Knglish loom. The mountings are in dark hardwood. John Garland 1'ilce, who icpresents Alaska In congress, la a lawyer of SUa guay. He was born In Iowa 29 years ago, and Is an enthusiast on tho sub ject of Alaska. He believes that a ter ritory should bo mado of Southeastern Alaska. General Lew Wa'luco has purchased a tract uf land near Crawfordsvlllo, Intl., and will make a fish preserve of It. Tho land Is watered by a number of excellent springs and creeks, which will be dammed for the purpose of trout breed ing. In a quiet part of Kensington resides Dr. Samuel Smiles, now In his SGth year, whose books have been rend and digest ed by millions. His name has been so long familiar to everybody that It will probably surprise many people to know that ho Is still working and living in London. Dr. Seler, who was recently appointed professor of American ethnology und archaeology at tho University of Herllu, Is one of tho foremost men in his Hue In Germany. Ho madu his chief reputntlon by his Investigations of Old Mexican lite, In the states of Puebla, Chiapas und Lax aea. Occasionally we get a little reminder that John Ruskln is still with us, al though his working days aro over. Ho now lives nt Conislon, a. beautiful place In Lancashlie, whero he has decided to spend the remainder of his days, Inter esting himself In his books, pictures and music. 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