JT?"4fefH, K P i V,",; f''" tt t u - A-v I wi it i? i I K V i -"CHE 6e cranfon tri6une ful.llhrl hall)', tltcrpt Sunday 'by The s Ttlji' tin liibllliltit Company, at filly Cents Montn. i.lVV 3. ItlCHARO, tMllor. 0. 1 UVXUUK, Dmlntss Manager. Kc fak OBctl 160 Nassau t,XIASD , '.A(nArM1.'I?lK!LAl.il!:vJ Enlered t tlia PoitolDce t Pcnnton, P.i Soond-Class Mall Matter, Whn space will permit, The Tribune ! always flat) to print short Ictlrrs trom Its frtcndj brar fnir on current topic, hut lis rule U that these muit be signed, lor publication, by tlm writer s real name; and the condition precedent to ac teptanco Is that all contributions alull be sub ject to editorial roilslon. SCRANTON, OCTOBER 22, 1900. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. National. PrnMenl-WILMAM MeKtNi.KY. VIcc-fresWent-THUODom: UOOSEVUT. State. Concrwmcii-at.I.inje OAMJSHA A. UUOW, itonKitT ii. Fonnnnnrn. Auditor Ccncral-U. U. HAItDl'.MintUII. County. rorRre-VII,t,IAM CONNTXI-. Judge CIKOHfli: M. WATSON'. Mifriir-JOHN It. rKU.OS. Trcasuicr-,1. A. RORANTON. IMstrlct Atorne.v-WH.LIAM It, I.UWIS. 1'rothonot.irv JOII.V COPIII.AND. Tlrrk of Courts THOMAS 1. PASIKtS. Heccrder ol Deeds UMII, I10SX. Ite?l5trr of Wills W. K. RUCK. ,.. Jury Commissioner KDWAMD D. STUIK11.S. Legislature Kirt DMrlrt-TIIOMAS .1. ni'.YVOI.m Second District .JOHN- SCIIKUKR. JR. Third District-EDWAItn JAMES, Jit. Fourth Diatrict-r. A. l'HILIlIN. "If there Is any one who believes the gold standard is a good thing, or that it must be maintained, I warn him not to cast his vote for me, because I promise him it will not be maintained in this country longer than I am able to get rid of it." William Jennings Bryan in a Speech at Knoxvllle, Teun., Deliv ered Sept. 16, 1896. "The party stands where it did in 1896 on the money question." Will iam Jennings Bryan, Zanesville, 0., September 4, 1900. Ice Trust Not a ''Local Affair." BRYAN SAYS that those who attempt to divide pilvute monopolies Into good mo nopjolles and bad monopo lies wilt never make any pro gress towards the overthrow of trusts. But Bryan does not say a word against any monopoly, however criminal, when his friends arc In it. He .says the ice trust Is "a local affair." This is not true. The company transacts a wholesale and retail business in the city of Greater New York, N. Y.; in Philadelphia, Pa.; It Baltimore, Md.; in Washing ton, D. C; In Camden, N. J.; in Lake-wood, X, J., and at Atlantic City, N. J. If Mr. Bryan wants proof of this, he can find it in the follow ing portion of the official report of the American Ice company to the New Yoik Stock Exchange, at the time its dliectors applied for the listing of $12,440,000 preferred stock, and $22, 939,100 common stock, in the dealings of that Exchange: lucoiporated in New Jcisey, on M.irch 11, 1S99. TlJiits and their location: (a) 11 docks, situated in Gicatcr New YoiL; two Ice manufactoiies uluatcd in Greater Xcw York; (b) planls for housing ice, situated on the Hudson liver; (c) four dock? situated in the city of Washington, 1). C. ; two sales depots; one ice house on the lotomac rher; fd) one plant at I'linee George county, JIaryhnd; (c) thice plntils for homing ice, situated on the Kennebec liui; one plant for. housing ice at Hootli Day, Jtalnc. The favoritism and protection by Croker of Greater New York to the ice trust has been shown in the granting of valuable dockage ptivlleges which no competing ice concern can get. Two of Croker's dock commissioners, J, Ser geant Cram and Charles F. Murphy, were on the recently published list of stockholders. The ice trust was given valuable contracts with the city of New York, through the official aid and consent of Croker, Mayor Van Wyck and others, Interested stockholders. According to the official records the fol lowing were some of the leading Demo cratic stockholders a few weeks ago: Mayor Robert A. Van AVyck, $323,000; Richard Croker, $100,000; Hugh Mc Laughlin, $30,000; Corporation Counsel John "Whnlen, $30,000; John P. Carroll, $167,000; Augustus Van Wyck, writer of the anti-trust plank of the Demo cratic platform, $17G,000; P, A. Croker, $:i,600; E. D. Croker, $3,C00; L. J. Cro ker, $1,000; E. R. Carroll, $10,000. At the Chicago trust conference, September 1G, 1899, Bryan said: "I want1 to start with the declaration that a monopoly in private hands is Inde fonslblo from any standpoint, and Intol erable, i make no exceptions to the lulo." Now lot II r. Bryan denounce tho Democratic Ice trust, Instead of swinging round tho Now York circle on Richard Croker's arm and shouting tho praises of Tammany Hall, "?Thc national campaign has settled down to a fight for tho control ot congress, Every believer in Repuhli cyin policies should vote for the Re publican congressional nominee. Gonipers on Trusts. NO MAN stands higher In tho estimation of organized labor than Samuel doin pers, president of th American Federation of Labor, He ought to know whether largo combina tions . of capltul, commonly called "trusts" but in fact nothing more than Immense stock companies, are a menace to tho Interests of labor. If they were ho would certainly be tho niun to say so. Hcya Is what he said on the subject at tho Chicago trust conference, one year ago; "Organized labor looks with uppre nVnslcn at tho many panaceas and remedies" offered by theorists to curb trie growth and development or de stroy the combinations of industry, We have seen those ,who know little of statecraft and less of economics, utge the adoption of laws to 'regulate' interstate commerce and laws to 'pre vent', combinations and trusts, and wo have albo seen that these meaa uus, when enacted, have been tho .very Instruments employed to deprive labor of the benefit of organized of. fort, wlillo at tho same time they hnvo simply proven Incentives to more subtly and mtrely lubricate the wheels of capital's combination. For our part, wo ate convinced that tho stnto Is not capable of preventing the legiti mate development or natural concen tration of Industry. All the proposi tions to do so which have come tin der our obseryatlon would beyond doubt react with greater force and in jury upon tho working people of our country than upon the trusts." Mr. Bryan's latest cure for trusti l.s to uptoot tho protective tariff. The experience the country had with the Wilson bill, which represented Biyan's views, ought to be a warning against any further tinkering with the tariff. The people appear to bo 'rapidly ac cepting the pioposttlon, submitted by the Republican party In the candi dacy of George M, Watson, tesq,, for Judge, that tho surest way to elimi nate politics from the bench Is to make It Republican. By this means they Intend to remove uny disposition on the part of a Judicial representa tive of one party to Iplay a course of offsetting polittcs against the repre sentatives of the opposite party. Mr. Watson's friends are prosecuting his canvass with a vigor which presages victory. Democracy and Crime, NOTHING IS more clearly es tablished than that Idle ness and crime go hand In hand. Men who are busy at work under conditions of content incut hnvo little time to plan evil deeds and their thoughts do noL turn in that direction. Those policies of government which encourage Indus try and istlmula'te (prosperity are, therefore, beneficial not only from the material but also from the moral standpoint. Thomas AV. Bailow, esq., of the Philadelphia bar, late assistant dis trict attorney, contributes to the Philadelphia Press some figures which are Instructive In this connection. Jin examination made by him of the criminal records shows the number of bills of Indictment found by the grand jury in Philadelphia county under a. DemociatlC administration to have been: In 1894 6426 Bills In 1895 6691 Bills In 1896 6809 Bills It 'will be noticed that the show ing grew worse tho longer the (Demo cratic period of depression lasted. On the contrary, Republican times re verse the ratio. Under the present national administration the flguies stand: In 1897 6097 Bills In 1898 5783 Bills In 1899 5022 Bills Among the public institutions in Philadelphia Is the House of Coirec- tlon. Employment and Reformation. It is the public workhouse, to which J are committed, not criminals, but Idle and drunken vagrants and unfortu nates of vaiious degrees. The annual increase of commitments to that in stitution during the continuance of Democratic bad times is In strong con trast with the annual decrease which followed the election of a Republican president and the assembling of a Republican congress: No. of Year Commitments 1894 6579 1895 7546 1896 8755 1807 9025 The year 1S97 was partly a Demo cratic year and partly Republican, It took some time to recover from the evils of a low tariff and a threatened disruption of the national finances. A change came in 1S9S: No. of Year Commitments 1898 7344 1899 6928 Philanthropy, no less than self in terest, calls for tho continuation of Republican prosperity. To take chances with Bryanlsin would be cruel. a Here Is another expert opinion on the trust question which conflicts with most of Bryan's loose talk. Henry White, general secretary of the United Oarment Workers, In his addiess be fore the Chicago trust conference said: "We must distinguish between the use and abuse of a thing, otherwise no human institution can stand. Dis crimination is the soul of argument. While pointing out the evils of trusts wo must not forget tho serious griev ances of competitive buslnes-'u its limi tations, its wastes, Its uncertainties. Worklngmen are only too familiar with the disheartening reply when asking for nn Increase In wages, 'Can't afford It on account of competition.' Tho trust method, at least, changes the sit uation as far ns ability to concede bet ter conditions Is concerned." That large companies pay smaller wages than small ones or than Individual employers is not true. Men In search of work prefer to sell their services to employers ot known ability to pay. Custom receipts for tho United States under tho free-trade Wilson tariff bill amounted to $131,818,531 during tho fis cal year ending Juno 13, 1S94. They In creased by ntoro than $100,000,000 dur ing tho fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, when they amounted to $233,S37,95S. The result is the nation has all tho money and credit It needs. Bear this In mind when you vote. The condition of the United States treasury was as follows for the fiscal years mentioned: lSOI-Deflcicncy $ ,S0.7,U00 lOOO-Smplus ,.,., 81,220,770 Republican Increase , $191,033,030 Bear this In mind when you vote, If the sheriff's office gets Into Demo cratic hands, Republican victory In future campaigns will be much harder to win In Lackawanna county. Vote for Fellows and keep tho Democrats out. All who want the Cioker typo of government should vote for Bryan. "Abiaham Lincoln told -us that It was not h good plan to swap horses when, wo were crossing a stream. I do not think it is a good time to THE SCBANTON TRIBUNE- MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1900. BUNCOMBE I N HIS SPEECH accepting the that the trusts fix the price of everything the farmer buys! and that, since tho trtlots pay as little as they can for raw material, they take the poor Agriculturalist both coming and going. Unluckily for Mr. Bryan, the farmers know better! they have had some experience of their own. It Is doubtless true that tho prices of some manufactured articles consumed by them have been raised, but only slightly; and farmers are well aware that the prices ot most of the manufactured articles that they consume have been lowcied considerably. Moreover, they are even surer that Mr. Bryan's other statement is false, namely, that they cannot get so much for their own products. They know that they not only can, but that they have und do and can continue to do so. A remarlcablo fall In the prices of manufactures In nearly alt of the great classes Is shown by the omcluHflgure3 of the Treasury Bureau of Statistics prepared for the current number ot tho Monthly Summary and by recent Issues of Dun's and Bradstreet's. Comparing prices at tho beginning of the present month with those at tho beginning of tho present year a fall of from 10 per cent, to 40 per cent. Is shown. Tin plate shown a reduction of 24 per cent, on October 1, 1900, us compared with January 1, 1900; refined petroleum, 21 per cent,; common window glass, 12 per cent.; wire nails, 30 per cent.; barbed wire, 2 per cent.; Bessemer pig Iron, 46 per cent.; Bteel rolls, 26 per, cent.; yellow pine lumber, 14 per cent.; sisal rope, 38 per cent.; manlla rope, 32 per cent.; leather, 10 per cent.; shoes of various grades, from 7 per cent, to 10 per cent.; woolen dress goods of various grades, from G per cent, to 12 per cent. The prices of leading articles of manufacture and farm produc tion aro regularly -gathered by the Bureau of Statistics for publication in its monthly Summary ot Commerce and Finance, and It Is from this and from the publications of Bradstreet's, Dun's Review, The Iron Ago, and the Cin cinnati Price Cunent that tho figures given herewith aro obtalnoa. While nearly nil of the figures relating to manufactured articles show a reduction on October 1, 1900, ns compared with January 1, 1900, nearly all figures on prices of farm products show an advance during the same time. Corn shows an advance from 39,z cents per bushel on January 1 to 48',i cents on October 1; wheat, from 73.8 cents per bushel on January 1 to 79.7 cents on October 1; barley, from 45 cents per bushel on January 1, to 59 cont3 October 1; hogs, from J4.G0 per 100 pounds on January 1, to $5.30 on October 1; cotton, from 7 11-16 cents per pound on January 1, to 10.8 cents on October 1; cot ton seed, from $12 per ton on January 1, to $17.35 per ton October 1. The following table shown the wholesale prices of leading articles of manufactuie, ns shown by the official figures of tho Bureau of Statistics, supplemented by reports from Bradstreet's, Dun's Review, The Iron Asre, and Prices Current, for the opening -eek of October, 1900, compared with the opening week of January, 1900. The figures quoted are New York, prices, ex cept where otherwise indicated. The percentage of i-eductlon Is also given: January 1, October 1, Percent- Articles. Steel billets (ton) Bessemer pig lion (ton) Sisal rope (lb.), at Cincinnati.... Manila rope (lb.), at Cincinnati. Steel beams (ton). Southern foundry pigs (ton) Wire nails (keg)... Timber, spruce (M) Steel rails (ton) Brick (M) Tin plate (100 lb.) Petroleum, tefincd (gallon) Yellow pine lumber (M) Cotton shirtings, bleached (yard). Window glass (50 square feet) Clay worsteds (yard), 1G ounces... Women's split shoes (pair) Lime (bbl.) Copper (lb.) Zinc spelter (lb.) ' Creedmoor split shoes (pair). Men's split boots (pair) Women's satin shoes (pair) Women's grain shoes (pair) Lead (lb.) Leather, oak (lb.) Indigo flannel suitings (yard) Plain cheviots, 14 ounces (yard) Wax brosrons, No. 1 (pair) Bleached shirtings, standard (yaid). Serges, 12 ounces (yard) Casslmeres, 16 ounces (yard) Woolen dress goods (yard).. October 1, 1899; "September 1, 1900; change pilots when we are crossing the tempestuous China Sea In a ty phoon." Senator Hoar. The foreign commerce of the United States was as follows: Year. Amount. IMrt $,'.! 11,11)3,513 19U5 l,5.i9,50S,l.TO IScpublicm increase 9 ,M,0Su,413 Bear this in mind when you vote. If It were not for the political sup port recelvpd by it from the solid south, "without the consent of tha governed," tho Democratic party this ear would hardly be recognized as in the running. m Mr. Bryan Is not in favor of Ameri cans loaning money to foreign bor rowers on good security. He Is evi dently not in favor of bank accounts of any kind. Dally it becomes clearer that Wil liam Jennings Bryan talks too much to be of presidential size. Mr. Boland's emoluments as city tresurer made him a rich man. He has had enough. m QUESTIONS BRYAN DOESN'T AN SWER. 1. Will j oh, If elected, pay the national obll. Bations in cold or in siherf i Will ou, il Ucrtid, make uae ot (ho Uni ted fct.itcs iiriny to forcibly establish k stable government for Aguinaldo? 3. Aru ou in fuor ot re-enacting Ilia Wilson tariff law, or one blmllur thereto? 4. Arc J on In Uor of dlstiimcliblnK the col ored citlens of tho South? 5. Po )oi appioNo of the action ot the Pcmo rrati in tongicts in defeating the antl-tiust amendment last .Tunc? 0, You !.ao lately gone on record as opposing a life trnuro in t lie chil ten ice. Iov long a Iciimc uuld )ou penult? 7. You Imo lately charged the Itcpublicauj with enllectlnt; a laigc fund fiom monopolies and ccciriiiff otcis. Will jott mention any mon opoly from which (he rtepubllcans have mails tilth rolled Ion, and alto mention one ppeclflc cine of coeicicn? -f "f -f REPUBLICAN OBJECT LESSONS, -f -t- South Carolina, -f 4- Pcposltors. -f -f JUnU. 1S1, 1SWV. -f -f Nation il 3,333 4,037 -f Statu and I'llvatc ,.., 300 -f. V 4- Total 3,333 4,037 -f 4- IniTeafo in No, of depositors.. 1,00 J -f- 4- Amount of Poposlta. -f Uankfl. 1501. ISM, -f National S 1,774,403 $ 2,45,Srtl -f -f Stale and I'lhutc ...,,,,,, e3,0C0 -f -f Total ,...$ 1,771,193 $ 2,317,301 -f f Inircae in deposits ..,.,,,..,$ 7H.871 -f 4- - -f Alabama. -f f Depoiltou. f Hank. 1S0I. 1SOT. -f f National ,,,.,, 7,301 11,431 -f -f I.33U .1,191 Total ,,,, 6,037 14,94$ - -f IncicasL- in No. of depositors,. (!,2$S 4 Amount of PepwiU. -4- 4- llanlw. 1691. 18W. Natioual ..,.,,,. 3,311,037 6,0.17,6.0) 402,320 J.SoVUS 4. J f foUl $ 8,607,203 $ 7,383,804 -f -f lucrcaso iu deposits ,V 3,SSt),G0 -4 f t i . i -f VS. FACTS. Populist nomination Mr. Bryan charged 1900. 1900. age of Dollars. Dollars. Reduction. . 33.00 2G.00 49 , 23.00 13.50 46 .10 .OGVi 33 .15 .10 327o , 45.00 30.00 33 , 17.50 12.00 32 3.65 2.55 30 , 22.50 17.00 2670 , 33.00 26.00 26 5.25 4.00 24 5.50 4.20 24 .11 .087 21 22.00 19.00 14 .23 .20 13 2.63 2.32 12 1.57 " 1.37 12 .75 .67 10 .75 .63 13 MS!. 1.6S 9 .4 .41 9 1.10 "1.00 9 1.40 "1.27 9 .83 .77 9 .97 ".90 8 .047 .04J 8 .38 .34 10 1.30 1.20 8 .92 .S5 8 1.02 ".93 7 .0737 .0693 6 1.03 1.00 5 1.35 jjl.30 4 .31 11.30 3 17.50 33.00 - 1.40 August 1, 1900. Farmers Are Not Scared by Triisfs 1'iom a Chicago Letter. SOMCTIMH AGO James Uutler, of Kansas, and those associated with him in the project announced that they had made long steps towaid perfecting an msanization of Kan pas fanners intended to collect and market the grain of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of their fellow agriculturalists. In other words, the busi ness function of collecting and marketing their product was to be taken away from the railroad men and elciator men and kept in their own hands; so that they, the faimcrs themsebes, might make (and distribute among themseUcs) those largo profit", estimated by some to be as high as seven million dollars a J ear. 1'iom all accounts this piopcwition is proceeding faor ably; If the capital with which to oiganizc and push It, and the administrative ability required to hold it together and develop It, all pioe to be foithcomlng. o Now, under the Biun plan to crush "Inibts" any association or union of farmers of this kind to beck or secuie better prices for their wheat, or seeking in any other way to make this and other tiansactlons of advantage to themselves uther than to bomebody else, would, Immediate ly upon its organization, become "a criminal tonspiiacy." Every farmer Interested In a co operative elevator, and thcic arc thousands ot them, recognizes that his association would clear ly be made to tome under any definition of a trust that would 'apply to any organization of business men for the purposo of securing higher pi Ices for commodities than prevailed before. Moreover, they know that it Unan should be elected ho would carry out Ids threat to make a criminal conspiracy out of every buslnes organlza tlon which got its members higher prices (or their products than could be obtained by the individuals acting separately; to that, under thcbo circumstances, the co-operative companies would have to fight not only tho independent grain dealers, but all of tho Bryan political foices, which, under the present condition of frco competition, cannot touch them. o Not only is the co-operative enterprise of Mr, Butler proceeding with every prospect of tucccss and by just so much puttlnB Itself in danger ot disintegration and confiscation in casa of Mr, Bryan's election but there is another cvidenco that tho farmers, especially of Kansas, are seiz ing the oppoilunltles which burrouml them. A farmers' educational bureau lias been organized at Topeka, and n Mr. W, O. Todd, its secretary, has been bending out thousands of circular let ters, uiging the farmers to settle tho question of a business organization o( themselves, for themselves and by themselves, as outlined in a small twenty-Rve-ccnt book entitled "Tho Coming Trust." The very great interest already mani fested In this comparatively 6mall enterprise, is indlcated-Tjy tho fact that several thousand copies of the book have already been Issued. o The great mistake made by Mr, Bryan and his fulloueis seems to hare been in tuppoolng that tho farmers o tho Wflt were inferior in Intelll genco In some way to their fellow voters fol lowing other occupations. As a matter of ttct, they are some ot the most thorough readers and closest rcasoneis to be found in any walk of life. OUR TRADE WITH CHINA. American tiade with China shows a more rapid growth than that ot any of tho Kuiopean coun tries. The official reports of tho Chinese gov ernment for 1890, the details ol which have just reached tho treasury bureau of statistics, show that tho imports into China from the United States in that year amounted to 2,233,745 Ilailc wan taels (Itaikwan fuel, 72 cents) against 17, 103,313 tacbj in 1608, 12,410,303 ill 1S07, 11,020.. ESS in 1S9; and 5,003,162 taels in 1803. Thus in the four years fiom 1693 to ISM the Imports Into China from the United Mates have more than quadrupled. During the umo period the import into China from Great Britain Increased funi 33,060,000 iiaikwan ttels In IS03 to 40.161, 119 111 ISO), and fiom the continent of Kuroe (ItussU excepted), they increased from 7,332,000 Haiku an taels in 1S03 to 10,172,309 In 1800. Thus, while the Imports from Great Britain show an increase ol 18 per cent, from 1603 to 1609, and those from Europe show an increase ol S3 per rent., thews from the United $fatci show an Increase of 83 kt cent. Taking the Imports from nil parts of the world, the flgines for 1895 show a total of 171,090,713 llslkvvan lacls and In 180ft 201,748,450, or an Introaic In the entire Importation of 61 per cent, against an In crease of 3.17 per cent. In the Imports fiom the United Slates. o ltcporllng upon the foreign trade ot Shanghai, the commissioner of customs at that port eivst "The Import trade In piece goods during the yoT ihovved great vitality, Almost every Item of importance HioM Improvement, the most re msrkablo being found In white shirtings, sheet ings of all descriptions, chlnlreinnd twills, handkerchiefs, towels and cotton flannel. Not withstanding the continued increase In the con sumption of American domestics, English goods have managed td ahow satisfactory progress. There nre several makes, notably prints and dyed fancy fabrics, which are not interfered with by American competition at Jet! and al though they must be looked upon more ns lux uries than at actual necessities, the trade In thcin is growing In Importance and value." The commissioner ol customs at Canton re ports ns follows! "The value ot our foreign Im ports exceeded that for 180S by nearly two mil lion taels, being 13,801,093 Hnlkwnn taels. With the exception of cotton jam, nearly all the staple articles, such as Manchester goods, kero sene oil and American flour advanced consider ably." Commenting upon the growth in the import trade at Tien Tsin, which showed a gain ot 0,700,000 taels over 1893, the commissioner at that point sajs: "The complcuous gains are in white shirtings and more especially in Ameri can sheetings! this last article having gtlncd 60,000 pieces over the record of 1693. American drills liavc declined 17 per cent, below the im port quantity of 1S98, although as regards value they show a gain of 0 per cent. American kero sene oil has fallen off greatly, the import (1,SS8, 000 gallons) being only half that of 1808. Ma chinery, railway materials, munitions ol war and government stores all, show an Increase over the figures ol 1897 and 1803." A SAMPLE OF BRYANISM. From the Philadelphia Pi ess. In a speech delivered In Quincy, 111., Oct. 9, Mr. Bryan gave utterance to the following: As I pass along the street, and as I look Into the faces of some of the careworn women who never get a chance to take a summer vacation at some pleasant watering place, I wonder how the husbands and tsons of these women can find it in their hearts to support the policies which are today amassing great wealth in the hands of the few people with a rapidity never known before in the history of the world, It is easy to imagine the tone of voire and the manner and look Mr. Bijan assumed while speak ing in this lugubrious strain. Ills hearers could doubtless detect the tears in his voice, wlille the mournful cast of bis countenance and his dis couraged behavior must have been visible to every one. But if he imagined he was making a favorably impression on his hearers he was doubtless mistaken. The American wives of American worklngmen, whether mtivc-born or adopted, are not in such a condition as to call for any tears or lamentations from Mr. Bryan. They do not ask for his sympathy or commiser ation. They aic too well cared for and too self- respecting. This is the case whether a special situation or the general situation is taken as the standard. Looking at the genet al situation flint, it is found that there is no tall for Mr. Bryan's lamentations. Xo better gage of the materia condition of the workingmen of the United States can be gained than through the reports of the mutual savings banks. The romptiollci of the currency at Washington reported the 'con dition of these institutions on June 30, 1900, as follows: Total deposits mutual savings banks, 1800 $1,000,709,131 Total deposits mutual savings banks, 1000 2,134,471,130 Increase in deposits, one jear 17.1,702,990 Average deposits, 1S99 383 90 Average deposits, 1900 397.47 Total depositors mutual bavings banks, 1899 fi.079,732 Total dcpositois mutual savings banks, 1900 6,370,109 Increase in depositors 300,17" This report will give on indication ot the con dition of the workingman in general. Taking Quincy, 111., the place where Mr. Bryan uttered his lugubrious wail, as a special case, it is found that there is no more leason thcic for his dis couraging claim that in the country at large. The Chicago Times-Herald gives some facts con tained in a speech deliCered by Joseph Bruckner, editor ot the Illinois Staats-Zeitung in Quincy, a few cla.vs ago in which the industrial conditions of that city weie outlined. Three banks had increased their loans nearly $3,000,000 and their deposits over $2,000,000 since Oct. I, 1900. Jn one factoiy employing ten or twelve men woik ing only three or four day a week in 1890 forty are cmplojcd, all working sit dajs a -week and sometimes overtime. Thcic aro six other small factories employing 2.13 men now, against 182 in September, 1890, and turning out $14,433 a month this year, against $33,415 in 1890. Another fac toiy which employed nitty-four men and turned out $18,000 worth of business in August, 1893, now cmplojs ninety men and did business to the amount of $2S,8S0 for the corresponding month this car. o With such conditions existing among the woik ing people of Quincy is it not likely that the wives of the worklngmen arc mote subject to care than the wives of'the worklngmen in gen eral, and they wilt not thank Mr. Bryan for trying to make them objects of prfy. But Mr. Brj an's remarks In Quincy arc only a sample of the whole tone ot Ills campaign. There is noth ing in it to suggest hope or pi ogress. It is a wall of despair und failure. LITERARY NOTES. A new short story by Itobcrt Barr, entitled "The Wizard of Wall Street," In Everjbody's Magazine for November, has never been exceeded in its quality ol interest by anytliinj from the pen of that popular writer. In its conception of certain Wall street types, it is peculiarly true to life. "Kuang Hsu, emperor of China," is the title of an illustrated nitlclo which deals with the personal side of that almost un'tno.vn per sonality, and which clearly explains tha under lying causes of tho emperor's leaning towards Western civilization and of his evident desire to adopt measures of sweeping reform in his emplie, "The Brass Bottle," the forthcoming romance by F, Anstey, the brilliant author ol "Vice Versa" ond "The Tinted Venus," is said to show the author in his happiest vein. Tho story is an imaginative romance, full of quaint ronccits and dcliciously extravagant situations. Ills new book,is tho most impoitant, as regards length, quality and sustained interest, which he has given us binco "Vice Versa," Tho scene opeus in London with tho 'introduction of a struggling architect to whom theio comes an extraordinary experience which furnishes a fair field for the fancy and humor ot the writer, "The Brass Bottle" is to be Issued immcdlatclv- by D, Apple ton k Co, One ot the marvels of the publishing business certainly Is tho Silurday Evening Post, It now has tho largest plant of the kind In tio world; an eight-story building with ten new monster pusses specially built for rapid production, and Its publisheis announce that this cheapening of rost and increase of circulation will penult them to msko permanent tho price which, unlir old ccndltlors, they were nhlo tu put nut only us a special and limited offer a j ear's su'ncriptlun, fifty-two numbeis, Including the legular monthly dc utile numbers and the special holiday issue.), for one dollar, The conspicuous success of novel, by Amciican writers within tho last t luee jears sccnii likely to be continued. The publishers ol "David Ilartim'' are about to Usuo an impoiUnt noVil which Hamlin Gailand has proeli:ccd,"Thc Kaglc's Heart," and it Ii understood Hint they ate scor ing success with Mr. Ik Hough's hrilllint story "Tho Olrl at the Hallway H.uo," and vdth Dr. Uarton's "Wiie Knot" and Mi. Alls licler's rommce of the Civil war, "Li Gliding Camps." According to .the 'New York IlciaM, Mario Corcllt Is still the most talked ot author in Lon don at the present moment, and never has a brio'; been more discussed there than 'T!u Master Christian." Tim success ot the book, in splto of the attacks upon it, is phenomenal. An important contribution from the world ol finance to the world of letters is to be made hy the well known banker and financier, Mr. James 0. Cannon, whoso boek, "Clearing Houses," ihelr history, methods and adminis tration, Is to be published immediately by D. Applcton k Co. This It the first book to ulve, In n tingle volume, a history ol the clearing houses of the United State and a description ot their methods. McClure's Magarlne for November will contain a vivid account of the utrge ot the foreign lege, tlcns In fckln, written m a dliry by Katliarlnn Mullikin Lowry, ono of the besieged. It will re lite In full many ot the eoul-sttrrlng events that vvp already know, and will make clear many Incidents upon which we have hitherto had Utile light. It will be Illustrated with plans of Pekln, of the Legation quarters, and of the British legation. "The Story ot the Soldier," which the veteran Indian tighter General Q. A. Forsyth Is com pleting for 1). Appteton A Co., Is described ns presenting a graphic history of ilia regular army, with special reference to the thrilling experi ences and stirring campaigns of the regumrs in the days of the old frontier. The author tell" consecutive story of gic.1t historical value, and one of picturesque and ntxorulng Interest. John Bach McMaster, author of "A History nf the People of tho United Statin," will bcaln In tho November Century a series of papers on Daniel Webster. The opening instalment, pro fusely illustrated with portrait, drawings, etc., will cover the "Thirty Years of I'rcpiratlon" of Ihl3 typical Amorlan ttafcsmtn of the nine teenth century, whose first popular address wjs delivered a hundred jears ago. "King Stark of tho Netherlands" Is the title of the new historical romance by Albert Ie, au thor of the successful "Gentleman Pensioner," which Is published by D. Appteton & Co. "The Art ef Writing Knglish." a, helpful manual by Professor J. M. D. Mclklcjohn, of the University of St. Andrew, will be published shortly by D. Appleton & Co. The Century means to make Its November and Deccmlier numbers the most beautiful issues ever published. Color printing will be largely used. BOYHOOD HAUNTS. Hoi I'm going back to where We were voungsters; meet mo there. Dear old barefoot chum, and we Will be as we used to be Lawless rangers up and down The old creek bejond the town. Little sunburnt gods at play, Just as in that faravay. Water nymphs, all unafraid, Shall smile at us from the brink Of the old mill race, and wade Toward us as we kneeling drink At tho spring our boyhood knew, Pure and clear as morning dew. Jnracs Whitcomb Itlrey. ALWAYS BUSY. Ladies know, all admit they know, how much they save when they can buy Edwin C. Bint's Shoes at 1 50 per pair, in turns and wells, patent leather und kid tips, button and lace. Styles they all admire. Lewis&ReMIy Established 1633. Shoes for all the walks ot life. ilercereaiui & Comeell Now open for business at our new store, 132 Wyo ming avenue. We are proud of our store now, and feel justified in doing a little talking, but we prefer to have our friends do the talking for us, A cordial invitation is ex tended to all to call and see us, HERCEMAIU & (MNRt Jewelers and Silversmiths. JiBiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaD kMltJUMMB'P mam ' S SitKaC! saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaai tsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssst Several nights during last hot wave,' around July 4, when the thermometer registered .ioo outside my window, my brother complained that he could not sleep, and said to me : "You sleep like a horse ! " I informed him the reason was that I took a R'l-P'A'N'S before retiring, I think R'I'P'A'N'S are the most harmless sleep producers during hot weather that one can take. I would advise all persons that take intoxicants and get drunk during hot weather to produce sleep to take a R'I'P'A'N'S, It is healthier and cheaper. AMvtljItMckFteectalaliur tc Birixs tubus In a paper cwtoo (wllkout (Un) Is now tf sale at dniar Uona-tva sits am, TbU lw gecti urt U lutendcd for tho poor, wl the tconomlol. Oh ot taVsn-ccatcutuns O libulci) oan be ha by mall bj MudiaajfoftyeifM cculs to tat ttiHCsm (Marinr, No iMrue wrves-M l' or unipcraa nu uwuwniw kjuiot are 1MVUmii avw VI gmcit, (past "" FNLEY'S i' SnecMI Sals of illks for Fauncy Waists ; We offer an ele gant line of New ' Silks, mostly in lengths of QK WalsH Pattern, all exclusive designs and no du plicates. The de signs are choice, neat in effect, and prices range from 75c to $1.75 per yard. We are also show ing a very elegant line of lies aid Lace Jackets 110-512 LACIAWANNA AVENUE "Don't Swear' If you haven't the proper office sup. piles. Come In and give us a trial. We have the largest and most com plete line of office supplies In North eastern Pennsylvania. If it's o good thing, wo have It. W make a specialty of visiting cards and monogram stationery. Rey molds Bros Stationers and Engravers, Hotel Jermyn Building. Aomen CaawlciE etuis. Rirtkl GOD- BU55I I stttekacstTf, ntws saUtJUtUvtW' stoniest leaner A fV a' ii i i 1 - . L-r ICJ& Jt'-ttil, k - . I S- V I'VM -.. - Jk -SfcHJgi . -j, tfc! .u.iAsa1. "Vt tjaw-
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