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SCRANTON. JULY 80, 1000.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
National.
rrcililent-WILMAM McKISI.ET. .
Vice-President THKODOKB IIOOSKV F.I.T.
State.
CoDcremenatI,aree OAUT6IIA A. GnOW,
HOUEIIT II. rOKRDKHUR.
County.
ronirrcs.-Win.UM COXSKI.U
Juelfre 01:011011 M. WATSON.
FhcrllT JOHN II. FMM.OWS.
Treasurer-.!. A. f-ORANTOV.
District Attorncr WILMAM It. LEWIS.
Prntlionntary JOHN COPKIANP.
Clerk of Courta-THOMAS P. lUNIIXS.
lecnnlcr nf Derds-KMII, ROW.
RecWer ot Wllln-W. K. 11KCK.
Jury Commissioner I.DWAHD 11. STUROF.9.
Legislative.
First Dlatrlrt-TIIOMAS J. RnVSOI.DS.
Second I)ltrlct-JOII.V SC I1KCK1I, JR.
Third I)i!lrlct-l:i)Al!li .IWIKS, JR.
Fourth Dlhtrict-P. A. P111LI1IN.
Saturday's Truth reported all dead
at Pekln while Saturday's Times em
phasized that all are safe. The coin
cidence illustrates the utter lack of
real news and the impossibility of
KftlliiK the multitude of conjectures
to Elbe.
Out With the Details!
WE ARE SURPRISED nt
tho Scranton Times.
After charging, day af
ter day, In the boldest
language, that the bankers of the
country are in conspiracy to rob the
public and to pervert the government;
after using In general terms accusa
tions that if directed specifically
against any individual banker would
compel tho editor of the Times to sub
stantiate his assertions In court or In
cur the penalties of criminal libel; In
short, after doing everything possible
to fill the minds of its readers with
prejudice against and with distrust
for the gentlemen In our city who are
connected with tho banking Industry,
Including, wo should Imagine, the
Times editor's own colleagues In tho
directorate of tho Dime bank, the
Times replies to a courteous request
for details corroborative of its rock
less accusations by the pitiful attempt
to dodge, republished elsewhere.
It seems to us that If the editor of
the Times is sincere in his asserted
belief that the bankers of the country
have conspired to gain dishonorable
ends by disreputable political means;
If ho Is honest in the opinion that they
stand toward tho public in the tcla
tionshlp of unpunished receivers of
stolen goods, then the obligation rests
upon him, as a public educator, and
especially In view of his personal fa
miliarity with banking methods, to ex
pose tho culprits, not In mere vague
generalities, but with details. We
can conceive of no more serious In
dictment than that wlilch he has
drawn against men who ought to be
the incarnation of honesty. If he Is
convinced that his Indictment Is true
there must be reasons back of his sus
picion. If we cannot have proof; If
the Times has not the data In its pos
session to substantiate its broad and
emphatic charges, let us at least have
tho grounds of its surmise and con
jecture. Unlike the Times' view of our mo
tive, we shall assume, as long as we
can, that Its motive In making these
wholesale accusations la sincere and
not tho motive of a contemptible
demagogue.
Colonel Ouffey denies that he expects
to carry Pennsylvania for Ilryan. Th-i
('lonel is llablo to impeachment for
defective faith.
A Problem to He Hat.
-TpIIE QUESTION has already
I arisen In connection with
JL Nay Aug park whether th.it
pleasure ground should be
turned over to schemes of profit or
preserved as a public benefaction; and
It Is a question sure to gain in Im
portance as the park gains In popu
lailty. A good plan would be to havu
a wise policy laid down at the begin
ning. Pieventlon of evil Is much
easier than Its cure.
The tioublc began when the park
commissioners granted a concession to
Peter Stlpp to run a merry-go-round
und refreshment booths in tho park.
"They gave him exclusive control of this
business and that drove his compctlt
Ojs to camp out on private property,
ha near to the park as possible, and
by their Coney Island accompani
ments to make life a burden to tax
payers residing near them. We under
stand ( that the park commlssloneis
yere' Influenced to make this arrange
ment with Mr. Stlpp because the city
was Indebted to him for work done on
park development beyond the money
Immediately available for payment;
ahd 'because by the revenue from tha
concession they hoped to patch out tho
trifling sum voted by councils for
park improvement. This motive Is
opmprehenslble and there Is no criti
cism of Mr. Stlpp, but It would have
been tcttor had such concession never
been granted. Then there could have
b'een no cry of favoritism and the city
could with clear grace now suppress
the colony of competitive Tenders
which has established Itself as a
fringe along the park's western bound
ary. JsThe: plying of all kinds of catch
penny traillc In the vicinity of the
jrark Is bad enough on week-days, but
v&ien prosecuted with redoubled In
genuity and disturbance of the peace
on Sunday It amounts to an unendur
able scandal. We do not 'believe that
a majority of our citizens desire this
kind of activity In connection with
the park and we are certain that tho
taxpayers who have chosen the neleb-
borhood of the park na a place of resi
dence will, If necessary, exhaust every
resource ut their command to prevent
the conversion of the prtrk nnd Us ap
proaches Into u cheap John midway
plalsuncc. The mayor tins been prompt
to assert the law In thin matter and
he should bo upheld by public opinion
until tho nuisance Is cleared away.
Chauncey F. Black nays ho has no
use for the fusion pchemes now cur
rent In Pennsylvania politics where
Democrats arr he-Ins nsked to pull
Republican factional chestnuts out of
the lire. Mr. Ulack likes stand up
debts and stand up fighters, and It Is
probable that a large majority of the
honest membership of both parties
heartily oereo with him.
The Weather Alan's Work.
CRANTON'S promotion into a
full-Hedged weather station
makes opportune sonto con
sideration of tho work of the
United States weather bureau from
the point of view of public utility.
And naturally the first question to
arise Is, Does it pay? It costs In tho
neighborhood of $900,000 a year; what
Is there to show for tho money?
Two years ago this subject was con
sidered In some detail by a wtlter In
tho Forum, and the conclusion ar
rived at was certainly favorable to the
continuance of tho bureau ns a na
tional Investment. "Mariners," that
writer said, "now universally heed
the storm warnings, horticulturists
and truck gardeners make ample pro
vision against frost, and shippers of
perishable produce give full credence
to the cold-wave predictions. Of the
many West Indian hurricanes 'which
have swept our Atlantic seaboard
from Florida to Maine during tecent
years not one has reached a single
seaport without danger warnings hav
ing been sent well in advance of the
storm, and no unnecessary warning
has been issued. Tho result Is that
no disaster of consequence has oc
curred. Large owners or marine prop
erty estimate that one of these severe
storms traversing our Atlantic coast
In the absence of danger signals would
leave not less than J3.000.000 worth of
wreckage. On two occasions a census
was taken Immediately after the pass
age of severe hurricanes to determine
the value of property held In port by
the danger warnings sent out in ad
vance of the storms. In one case, the
figure was placed at $31,000,000; In the
other, at $38,000,000. Of course this
does not represent the value of prop
erty saved. It simply shows the value
of property placed In positions of
safety as a result of the danger sig
nals and warning messages sent to
masters. On January 1, 1S9S, an ex
tensive cold wave swept from the
Rocky Mountains eastward to tho
seaboard. Estimates secured from
shippers in one hundred principal
cities Indicated that propel ty valued
at $3,400,000 was saved as a direct re
sult of the predictions sent out."
If this was true two years ago It Is
none the less true now. Every month
Is adding to the accuracy of the
bureau's work, every year Is enlarg
ing the scope of Its usefulness.
Men who bet on elections are fool
ish, of course. They shouldn't do It.
Hut with this understood in advance
It is certainly a reassuring circum
stance that those who do Indulge In
this pernicious practice nre offering
odds of three to one on McKInley.
Weighing the Odds.
X THE ENTIRE absence at time
of writing of trustworthy news
from Pekln ns to tho fate of the
foreign ministers, what consider
ations are there to support a conject
ure that these ministers are yet alive?
Apparently:
(1) The absence of corroborated re
port to the contrary. A month has
passed since communication between
the ministers and their governments
ceased. In this lntenal It is reason
able to suppose that the governments
have tried in every way possible to
restore tile severed communication. It
is also leusonalilo to suppose that no
private effort or expense has been
spared to penetrate the mystery. If
there had been a wholesale murder of
the foreigners In Pekln, could the news
for so long a time have been kept
from traveling the eighty miles be
tween Pekln and Tien Tsln? Without
professing to have special knowledge
of Chinese conditions, we Incline, on
general principles to believe that It
could not,
(2) The futility of their murder as
a means of promoting nny scheme of
Chinese revolution. We must not for
get that Prince Tuan, the icu'ci head
of the Boxers, Is not an Illiterate but
one" of the most accomplished men In
China, until recently and maybe yet
at the head ot tho tsung-yl-lamen, or
Chines foielgn ofllce. Ills knowledge
of International customs nnd condi
tions Is sufficient to excite (doubt of
the theory that he would permit a
massacre of foreign ministers if tho
power to prevent lay within his grasp.
That such power would lay within his
grasp sems a reasonable assumption
If tho Uoxer element Is uppermost at
Pekln; on the contrary, the men be
hind the throne, If again In control,
would have no Incentive to permit a
massacre, and but one motive for
withholding new3 of It tho fear of
consequences.
(3) The value In final negotiations
of tho ministers' gratitude for protec
tion furnished. Certain damages to
foreign Interests stand admitted. Mis
sionaries have been massacred, mis
sions havn been burned. Foreign
property has ben looted. Fire and
sword wielded by native fauacticlsm
In ebullition have overrun great dis
tricts with havoc Incalculable. Tho
men of experience at Pekln, whether
rebel or loyal, know what this means.
They know It means demands from
the foreigners, Imperative and relent
less. They would bo likely to appre
ciate that the process of settling up
would be materially expedited nnd fa
cilitated If the saving of the ministers'
Uvch could be played by them as a
trump card. To this end, they would
be likely to secrets the ministers until
after tho adoption of a deflnlti pro
gramme of negotiation with the pow-
s
era. This would explain the absmtca
of direct communication.
Whnt considerations weigh against
tho foregoing conjecture? Ore. tho
straggling reports of a massacre, but
these are contradictory and might ap
ply to tho legation guards without In
volving the ministers themselves,
Another, the apparent unreliability of
the messagca purporting to come from
tho Pekln government, but these tnlicht
be put forth for th deliberate pur
pose of effecting delay and confusion
until the Pekln authorities had evolved
a policy. A third, the asserted Ignor
ance of the Chinese, tending to make
them Indifferent to consequences, but
this does not convlnco us that tho
ruling class In China, largely men of
the M Hung Chang type, ate half so
Ignoinnt or short sighted as might be
Inferred from the superficial appear
ance of this present muddle.
So that, in the absence of evidence
and having to rely wholly upon con
jecture, we venture tho guess that the
ministers are nllve and safe and that
proof of this will shortly be forthcom
ing. Our only surprise Is that It has
been so long delayed.
Since by his attendance at the wed
ding of Lady Randolph Churchill, ago
53, with Lieutenant Cornwallls West,
ngo 26, United States Ambassador
Choato has Invested It with the Im
portance of an International affair,
we should like to know his true opin
ion of It, not for publication but as a
guarantee of good faith.
The nrrest of Rathbone completes
the rounding up of the Americans
Implicated In the Cuban postal frauds.
Keep your eye on the administration
and you will see a straight march of
these culprits to Justice.
Chairman Ilanna makes short work
of the fiction that Thomas B. Reed
had been ruled out of the list of Re
publican campaign speakers this year.
It was a lie that was not even or
dinarily plausible.
Governor Candler, of Georgia, Is op
posed to militarism yet wants McKln
ley to put an army of 100,000 Ameri
cans In China. Candler would make
bricks without straw.
THE ARTFUL DODGER.
From Saturday's Scranton Times.
Tho Tribune this morning requests details from
thtf Tunes of the demonctlration of tlher, the
history of currency leRlnlatlon of the country,
and tho opcratiom of the bankers to secure con
trol of the money making functions of the gov
ernment. The Tribune in our opinion Is neither
honest or sincere in Its request. Why? The
Si ronton Times dunnc the campaign of 16,
when slher was the "paramount issue" before the
country, 'or three months, almost dally bail ed
itorials on the slher question. The Tribune ab
solutely refused to aiyuo the matter, and In-
varlahly dodged rr ignored the i-uue h;n the
Times took The Tribune to task for reckless as
sertions. If The Tribune is really honest tn Its
dcalre for cnllKhtemmnt, we will kindly loan
the flies of the Times for the ediflutlon of lis
editor, wbow memory has a singular weakness
or failing on this particular subject. The Tims
Is prepared to discuss the political laues before
the country, and will do so during the pending
campaign, liut It docs not propose to fill secral
columns today, to revamp and rehash a question
that has been thoroughly and fairl presented
In the paper, merily because Th Tribune shirked
the iseit In lil and in ltKtO in an endeavor to
again shirk the "paramount Issue," would slide
under covttr to a matter of less importance Ik
cause it is to the Interests of the party The
Tribune sen is.
IN SWITZERLAND.
From the Detroit Tribune.
Contiiit our sjstcm with that of Switzerland
and we are put to shame. That little country
cannot afford to maintain a standing arm, jet
it can put in the Held at forty-eight hours' notice
a furct of ESt, 000 of the best troops in Kurope.
Switzerland makes ccry able-bodied man be
tween the arcs rt 17 aid SO liable for millUrr
duly. Sen lee is divided into thue periods of
twolie years each. The new recruit enters the
Ausnig, ur actlo corps, and hi" liut experience
Is an encampment lasting from forty-two to
eighty days In company with experienced trvors,
where he icedU'S his flitt training At the end
of his cnca'iqunent he goes home tiking kis
gun and entire outf.t, which he must keep ready
for Instant ue. For twelve jcars he attends
annuil encampments, paitlclpates in maneiners
and In fcharpihoetlng and volley firing conlisU.
As a result the Swiss army is acknowledged to
be the hct shooting organization in the world.
Ticle j ears mere Is scivtd in the first re-b-rut,
and the third tuiHe years of Swiss
military smlce is in the second reserve, with
unlj occasional camp duty. Kach man is ready
t) put on his uniform at a moment's notice,
shoulder his ride and take the train tor the
designated rcndrzous with 1(H) rounds of am
munition and three days' rations In his haver
sack. He knows hie officers, his plaie in the
ranks, bis duty in camp, and is immediately a
spleidid fighting machine ready to meet what
ever comes. The Swiss ij'ktun of mobillratlon
is said to be the finest In tha w.r!d, and this
petty eocrnnunl of less than 3,TO0,000 is able
to inamtilu without heavy expense an anny
which commands th respect of Kuiope. If we
aie going to continue our strife for commercial
supremacy and foreign markets we must lay
a-iJe our conceit and get in line with the other
powers.
AMERICANS ABROAD.
From the Chicago Kecord.
Instances of the expulsion of naturalized citi
zens of the United States fnm the Oerman and
Autrian empires are becoming more and more
coi'iinon. In ecry such rase the object of Im
perial displeasure is ono who has been a subje t
by birth and who has returned to the place id
original jurisdiction for a visit with nls nit. ml
Izatlon pjper in hand to proe his American cltl
lcushlp. Various excui.es hac been off-red tor this prac
tice of arbitrary ejection but they all reduce to
a single explanation' 11 Is not a good thing (or
the military empires to hate men coming back
from America exhibiting their liberty of action
before their former frlcuels who may be stimu
lated to discontent and lestlessncos thereby.
Sometimes these naturalized Ame-rlcans hae
left their fjtli. rland directly to escape military
enke, but tret la by nu means alwaj-s the
ease Other Instances hae appealed in which
men who left Oeimany with their parents as
children, or by special permission, hac re
turned for a visit, only to be requlicd to de
part. One man of this class has been cmplojeo.
for somo j'cars by an American tourist com-pan)-,
which sent him to a German city to
take charge of a branch offlro there. Alter sev
ral months' rrbldencc he lias been sjinmarily
notifed to leaic the empire.
'the Furcpean gotemments have abandoned
their "once a citizen, aluajs a citizen" conten
tion, admitting the validity of American natur
alization, which they disputed o long. Not all
of them, lieu ever, can forget their desire (or
the old sjittm. Thej do not reccgnlre the
obligation of national hospitality to their for
mer subjects who lue chosen another home, and
they me the power that is theirs to remote un
welcome) is,tors fiom their domains, To Amer
icans it li clear that citizens are entitled to
equal protection wheiever they may be, whfth?r
lutnc-bom or naturalized. It may be that the
powers are within their treaty rlfhti to expl a
peaceful traielcr without explanation, although
this Is only an cxtrenm application tf ths piln
tiple which has foried the world into war with
China. II there be citizens who have dtsiicd nat
uralization papers only that they mar hate an
tfk'ttlte accident Insurance policy they may not
be entitled to go eminent Interference and jm
pulley, but it would teem that the state depait
ment might obtain n more satisfactory definition
of the rights of a bona fide traveler visiting the
plate of lilt nativltr
BANNER TRADE YEAR
IN YANKEE HISTORY
STItlKINO DEVELOPMENT
OTJB EOREION TRADE.
OF
Keport of the Chief of tho Treasury
Bureau of Statistics Beads Liko a
Romance Because of Its Wonder
ful Showing of American Progress
in the World-Wide Strlfo for
Business.
Special to tha Scranton Tribune.
Washington, July 29. Tho annual re
port of the chlof of the treasury bu
reau of statistics, upon the foreign
commerce of tho Unltsd States during
tho year ending Juno 30,1900, has been
completed. The report shows tho to
tal Imports of merchandise during the
year were $840,714,070; the total ex
port, 41.394,1SG,371. The principal fea
tures of tho report, omitting the statis
tical tables, are as follows:
Four great facts characterize the foreign com
merce ol the United States in 1900, the closing
year of the decade and century:
1. The total commerce of the 3 car surpasses
by $319,729,250 that of any preceding year, and
for the first time In our history exceeds two
billion dollars.
2. Tho oports exceed those of any preceding
j ear, and have been more widely dlattlbutcd
throughout the world than cicr before.
3. Manufacturers' materials were more freclj
imported than ever before end formed a larger
lharo of the total imports than on any former
occasion.
4. Manufactured articles were more freely ex
ported than eser before and formed a larger
share of the total exports than on any former oc
caslon.
In exports eery great class of articles Phowel
a larger total than in the preceding earj In im
ports eeery clas except manuhcturcrs' materials
showed a smaller percentage of Ihe total than
In the preceding Jtar, while manufacturers' ma
terlals showed a much larger total and laiger
leercentage of the grand total than in any formT
year.
INCREASE IN ISirOIlTS OF MANUFACTUllF.I'.S'
MAIEHIA1.S.
Two of the five great classes of Imports are
exclusively manufacturers' materials. The fiist
of these "articles in a crude condition which en
ter Into the arlous processes of domestic In
dustrj'," Includes, and is chiefly made up of un
manufactured fibers raw silk, wool, crude India
rubber, hides and skins, pig tin, and certain
chemicals. The second, "articles wholly or par
tially manufactured for use as mitcrials in man
ufacturing," Includes wood, leather, furs, ce
ment, jams, oils, djes and eljewoeids, and cer
tain chemicals. The other three clasecs of im
ports and foodstuffs, articles manufactuied rcadj
for consumption, and articles ot voluntary use,
luxuries, etc. Of Use two classes designated as
manufacturers' materials, that which includes
only articles in a crude c million Is by far the
largest, being in I'iOO, d0-j,2f.t,10d, against i?2i,
Ci7,774 In 1699, or nearly 40 per cent, greater
than in any preceding J ear; while the class
which includes articles wholly or partially man
ufactured for use in manufacturing amounts to
$SS,i:,549, against 0',7H,a,i in ISM, and iflOU,
132,520 in lfc&l. The share which aiticles in a
crude condition for use In manufacturinic from
the total of imports is constantly increasing und
In the yrar Just endeel formed by far Ihe large-t
total and largest (icrcentage of the grand tot il
In the history of our foielgn commerce. Of the
total imports ot tha vear, manufacturers' mate
rials, including the two classes above named,
show an increase of ?107,375,C03 over those of
the preceding jear; while the other three cla-se,
foodstuffs, manufactures and luxuries, show un
increase of but $t5,VO,4i over the pree cling
year, thus showing that over two-thirds of the
increased Importations of the jear aiu in manu
facturers' materials.
OHOWTII IN KXPOnTS OF M.VNITACTUhT.S.
While manufacturers' materials show the large-t
ETOWtli in our imports manufactured article -show
the larrcst growth in our erorts. Ihe
total exports of manufactures in WOO amounted
to $l12,2M,3f.t), against $31S,li75,ii5 In the pre
ceding j-car, an lncre-ase of ffH.fiOSSUS, while In
no earlier jear had the Increase amour.tcel to fo
much us $.V),Ou0,Oi)0. Manufactures formed ill'-s
per cent, of the total e-portations in 1000, agaln(
2.13 per cent. In 1810, 2H S7 per rent, in lsl",
21.14 per cent, in 1S9, 2).25 p-r cent, in l'S'i,
IS per cent, in 1S70, and 12.70 per cent, in 1WK).
Exports of manufacturers in 110 were $10,30, 60'-',
and In 1C00, $4'(2,2l,Sca; while the total exports
In 1SC0 were $.533,570,007, and in 1'KIO, Jl.SOI.lSfi.
371. Thus, while the total rxports of 1900 are
four times as great aa in 1K.0, those of manu
factures alone are ten times aa much as In Ino
In that year manufactures formed but 12. ill P'r
cent, of our total exports, while In I'iOO th j
form 31. Jl per cent, of our total exports. F.rn
In the decade which ends with the jvar U'00, the
growth In exports of manufactures has hirn
eimally striking. In IfOl Ihe total exports
amounted to JS'M, 40,510, ard those of minufac.
tmes alone to 10s,'J7,315, Ihe total exports fir
l'joo thus being but 60 per c-nt. in exi evs e f
1K01, while the exports of manufactures are ISO
per cent. In exee-s of that jear.
This rapid growth in the exportation of minu
factures is particularly gratifjlng when com
pared with that of other nations which have here
tofore chiefly supplied the world's markets In
nunutaclur-d goods. In 1PC0, as already indi
cated, our total exports of manufactures were but
$40,345,82; In that yrar tkose ot the United
Kingdom were 013.S.'i3,20Ji by 1570 our own ex
ports of manufactures had increased to fCfS.27'),.
701, and those of the United Kingdom were ?9O0,
1fS,224; in lSO, exports of manufactures from
the United States were $in2,S50,615, and tlioe
from the United Kingdom were 5970,1,400; in
lftX), oports of marufactures from the United
States were J)151, 102,370, and those from th
Unlted Kingdom were $1,0,153.7S7. In lfA ex
port of manufactures from the United States
had reacheel 432,2St.Rfifl, while tho,e from the
United Kingdom In 198, tho latest j-ear avail
able, bad dropped to $,.!rt,185,S25. Thus our ex
ports of manufactures are now ten times as much
as in I860, while thosei of the United Kingdom
arc but one and one-half times as great as in
1SC0.
orn roMMuncE analyzed.
A study of our Imports from the grand dll-ions
of the world Illustrates tho growth in the pro
portion of our Imports which is being I'ippUed by
the tropical and sub-tropical parts of the world.
In 1S90, the Imports from Kuropo were $140.
liS7,2(Vl, and In lfX, 4410,500,150; from North
America, the Import! in 1'XI were Hlf,W9,70il,
and in 1000, $125,039,75; from South America,
from which our Imports are almost exclusively
tropical and sub-tropical, Ihe imports of 1SD0
were $00,000,141, and in 1900, VJJ,ai5,134; from
Asia, whose supplies sent to the United Stales
are chiefly tropical and sub-tropical tn charac
ter, our Imports In If 00 were $07,501,83.1, and in
1900, $13S,817,B23; Irom Oieanlca, tying iilmn-t
exclusively In the tropics, the Imports in l)
were $28.350,5f', and In 1000, $31,500,012; and
from Africa, from which our imports arc almost
ocliislvely tropical ard sub-tropical, our imports
In 1890 were 14,321,477 and in 1900 $11,217,110.
IMPORTS FftOM NEW POSSESSIONS.
That a large proportion of the growing demand
for tropical and 6nb-tropieal products can bo
upplled by tha Islands which luvo recently come
into closer relations with the United Slates is
illustrated by the statistics (bowing the value
of the imports Into the United States from Cuba,
Porto Uico, Hawaii and tho Philippine Islands in
each year from ISM to 1PC0. In 1S90 the imports
from these islands aggregated over $SO.Od0,ii00 and
reached $100,10.000 under the increase which
followed the reciprocity treaty with Spain, lull
ing to less than $40,000,000 In 1507 and ISO, and
again reaching over $00,000,000 In 1900, while a
return to the conditions of productions and com.
pierce which existed in Cuba and l'orto Hico in
ls92 and 1893 would probably again bring the
total Imports into the Unit -d States frcm the
four groups of Islands to above $100,000,000, with
n prospect of further growth ns their producing
capacity is developed by the construction et
roads, rallwaji, etc., and the introduction of
new capital. In 1900 the imports into the United
States from the Islands In question were: From
Cuba, $31,371,704; from Porto Itleo, $3,078,411;
from Hawaii, f20,707.fC3, ami from the Philip
pines, $5,071,203. Tho fact that the most rapid
giowth in our imports Is in the class of articles
,irni1i,Ar1 tn thosrt Ixlfl i-H t -siiir&r. Ohrrs. rafTep.
tropical fruits, tobacco, etc., and for which
their producing capacity may be rapidly and
greatly Increased, suggests that t much larger
share ot our tropleat Imports may be supplied
from this source in the near future.
EXPORTS TO NF.W POSSESSIONS.
The following table shown our exports to Cuba,
l'orto nice), Hawaii and the Philippine Islands
In each year, from I'iOO to 1900i
Exports from the United Stales to
l'orto. Philip.
Year. Cuba. Illco, Hawaii. pirns.
lf.no ...$ 7,fs'10,8?0 $2,102,001 $.l,l,707 i H2,lt)
1SU7 ... 8,209,770 1,0,8.SS 4,000.075 111,597
1K)S ... 0,501,050 1,501.040 B,007,1M 127,01
lf-99 ... 1?,C10,S77 2,ft?:.,S49 H,!:0).17fl 401,193
1900 ... 20,513,013 4,010,431 13,509,148 2,010,11
AN EXPANPINH MAIIKET.
The fact that the exportation of 1900 exceeded
by $317.7411,250 those of any preceding year, and
that this Increase while apparent in every class
Is especially marked in manufactures alone, the
increase in which amounts to $92,G0n,t0S over
lS.ro, suggests that new markets are belnj
found for American products. A detailed study
of our export trade for lfOO shows that this
growth is found in every rart of the world, es
pecially In those countries to which all the
cleat manufacturing and producing nations are
now looking for an increased market.
While Europe Is naturally our largest market
for breadstutts, the percentage of growth In our
sales ot other parts of tho world Is much more
rapid. To Europe our exports for th" jear 1900
tressed for the first lime the billion-dollar line,
jet our exports to that continent show an In
crease of but 10 per cent. In 1900 over 1599, nnd
but 50 per cent, over I'M); while to North Amcr
lea, our exports In 1900 slww an Increase of 18
per cent, over ISM and 9"i per cent, over 1830;
to South America, the Increase is verjr slight
owing, In part at least, to the lack of direct
steamship communication for our export trade; to
Occanlra, the inoreao in IKK) over IVJ9 is 48
per cent, and over l'BO is ir.2 per cent.; to AMu,
the increase in 1900 over 1S99 is 4t per cent, and
over the j-ear 1890 Is 237 per cent.; to Africa,
the Increase In 1900 over 1801 is comparatively
small, owing to the Interruption of commerce
with that continent by the existing war, but
compared with 1890 (he ii:creae Is 321 per cent.
To Europp and British North America, our ex
ports In 190O shew an Increase if lot per cent,
over T-90 and e"i7 per cent, over 1W, while to all
other parts of fhe world, our expotts In 10
show an Increase of 31.7 per cent, over 1899 and
01.7 per cent, over 1'90.
(JOt.l) PRODUCTION THE C1REATP.ST IN HIS
TORY. Tho phenomenal commercial record of fhe year
has been accompanied by an equally striking
rce-ord with reference to coll production. The
gold mined In the United Mates during the jear
ending Pccember 31, 1S99, exceeds lint of arj
year in our history, and for the firnt time vir
passcs the record established in 1-53, when the
mines of California mide their highest record
of GJ,000,000. The gold production of the United
States was in 1S'9, according tn the estimate of
tho director of the mint. 7'2,J0O,0OO, while no
prior jear bad shown so high a total as that
of l."t, f!5,000, KM. though the total for l -was
$01,403,000. The snnual average gold prod
uct of the United States Is now dou.ile that ot
a decade' earlier, though in this particular th
giowth his been more rapid than that of ollii
parts of the world, the world's total product in
1SOT having been, according to the best esti
mates, $315,000,000, acalnst $123,000,000 a decade
earlier.
Th very rapid increase In gold production,
both In the United States anil elsewhere during
the past few years, brings the total gold product
of tho half century r.nw ending to the enormous
figure of $r,,RCi,r!l,000, or more than twice ns
much as during the entire 350 jears preceding
the half century now closing. The gold produc
tlon of the world from 1192 to 1'50 amounted to
but $rt,129,720.nOO, while that of the period 1'51
1S99 was 0,6fi-,fi31,000.
The following table, compilcel from the estl
males of Dr. Adolph Sootbeer and the ellrce tor
of tho United States mint, shows the gold pro
duction of tho worlel by half century periods
from the jear 1500 down to the present time:
Period. Amount pioduccd
1 01-1550 ? K2S.50.OuO
1NM10 SIWWUiOO
1001-1 030 231.SI0.0OO
10M-1700 321,l40,iiui)
1701-1750 o7,5'0.00)
1751-1500 6",2IO,OUO
1801-1 '50 787,4O0.O,0
1SBM199 l.,iV,5,(m,000
The additions tn tho world's supply of gold
during the past four j-e.irs have been at fillows;
OoM proiluctlon Total golel
In United production In
States. the world.
1S90 $ M.flvS.OOO $ 2fr2.2-il.OTl
1S97 57,n0.!,O0O 22,812,0OO
ISfia 01,103,000 267,42,
1699 72,f00,000 315,000,000
Total $217,411,000
$1,043,191,000
MONEY IN CIRCVIATION.
The rapid increase in gold production In the
United States nnd the large excess of exports
over imports, already alluded to, have been fle
companied by a marked Increase in the money in
circulation in the United States, which stood
on July 1 of each years, as follows:
Total money of Per capita
CoM and gobl all kinds In money in
Pate. certificates.
circulation, circulat.on.
lROei $19,119.212
$1,509,72.-1,200
1,010.02,210
1,813.135,749
1,912,1S4,'239
2,002, I25.19C
$212.15
22. T7
21.74
25.:.S
0.5u
197
1C0S
1899
1900
550,43-2,591
f.n.iMI,510
731,710 72S
815,174,100
NOTHING SEKIOUS.
How They Did It.
"Mamie wouldn't sing for us because she
wanteel to be tease-d."
"And did yon tease her!"
"Oh, terribly! We didn't ask h-r again."
Philadelphia, Bulletin.
A Natural Preference.
"Come, Dick-, ami I'll read you about how
dear lltt'.c Moses was mercifully taved from
death."
"Oh, no, gran'ma; don't read me "bout little
Moses; read me Rome of th' real wicked parts."
-Detroit Free I'rtJ.
He Was Satisfied.
"Po jou believe that those who can sing and
won't sing should be made to sing. Mr. Sour
dropp!" asked Miss Scrcechcr. with a toy glance
towarel the piano.
"No, I believe in lettin; well enough alone."
Baltimore American.
One Form of Eccentricity.
Johnnj Paw, what is eccentricity?
Paw Eccentrlcllj, my son, is what a man di
plaja when he is very wealthy and wears cloth's
that would be called ellsrcpulablo if he weio
poor. Baltimore Amerlcun.
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rartlcular Inlet est cente-t" around
our $20 Thrce-Plece Heilioe- Suites.
And it Is not dllllcult decide why
There Is Boinethtns about each plrca
which catches tho eye and invites a
better acquaintance. Then tonstruc
tton and finish are observed and com
parisons made. Tho decision senerally
Is that these are better In ovary vay
than anything ever offered at tho rVlco.
Hill & Coemell
121 N. 'WasliiuBtou Ave.,
ALWAYS BUST.
I $V7 rVi rPfOV'VK:
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its owv71" "- r ' r m A riTvTr
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Cool Shoes for warm feet, from EO
cents up.
Lewis & Really
Established 1888.
134-1116 Wyoming Ave.
TtHie
Public
The recent fire having de
stroyed our store, we have
opened temporary quarters
at No. 137 Penn avenue,
where prompt attention will
be given to watch, clock and
jewelry repairing.
JSCSAll repair work left
with us before the fire is safe,
and will be taken care of at
our present store.
MERCEKEAU&CONNELL
The HMot &
Coeeell Co0
Heating, Plumbing,
Gas Fitting, Electric
Light Wiring, Gas
an Electric Fixtures,
Builders Hardware.
04 Lackawaiia Araiie
HENRY BEL1N, JR.,
bcuciiu Accra for tUa Wyomluj
litrlcf'
Alining, lllastlnj.Sportlii;, i nolia.aji
uud iiaej ltcp.iuna Uueauci.
lu npiiuy 1
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llooia .(ot Ccmiielt tluil.hu;.
cicraulaj.
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W. E. MULLIGAN. Wllket.Crre-
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A well-known Armenian gentleman, whose efforts in behalf of his
countrymen have borne considerable fruit, writes as follows: "I
had been suffering with indigestion for months. My food would dis
tress me, and many .sleepless nights would I pass with an overladen
stomach. I did not have much faith in patent medicines, but I had
heard so much about Ripans Tabules, that I thought I would give them
a trial. I took one after each meal, and on the second day I already
began to feel that they were helping me. Therefore I continued to take
them faithfully till I used up a whole box. Not only did they entirely
cure mc of my indigestion, but my appetite has so improved, that it is
causing much content and pleasure to the other members of my family.
As to myself, I do not hesitate a moment to state here that Ripans
Tabules arc a wonderful remedy for such troubles of the stomach as
I had, and now I am so attached to them, that I shall always have some
in the house for the use of the family in case of need, and I also shall
recommend them to my friends, whenever I have the opportunity."
Anewjl.rketcU!nltiENRirMreiirlJjlnMlreirtcn(wlUitrlAilinwforiJM mm
dniz.tore ,oit nrr. m ihii low prteJ uit la lou-idol for ch. mr and th rroeoulrr Os.cCZ!
of tba Are-eiit c-ftrton. fits ubulei) cin t h4 bj rrwi) by aanellnc forcr-tli bt au to tb Emm cujuoix
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FINIEY'S
Two Specials in
Hie
To close the sea
son on two lines, we
will offer:
One Lot of 10
pieces Fine Figured
and Stripe, French
Pique at 23c a yard.
Former price, 35c.
One lot of 7 pieces
extra quality, Dres
den Figured and
Stripe French Pique,
at 25c a yard. For-
mer price, 45c.
Full line of White
Piques from 15c up.
510-512
IACIAWAMA AVENUE
66Doe9t
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If you haven't the proper office sup
piles. Come In and give us a trial.
We have tho largest and most com
plete line of office supplies In North
eastern Pennsylvania.
If it's a Rood thing, we have It. Wo
make a specialty of visiting: cards and
monogram stationery.
Reynolds Bros
Stationers and Engravers,
Hotel Jermyn Building.
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