V.
long injustice patiently borne by those
who worked beside him In the breaker
but who are now grown to man's es
tate. 'Educated In the public schools, the
mighty fortress of American liberties,
he has In acquiring the foundations of
a large and liberal edUcatldn, devel
oped a passionate love for the Institu
tions of our country and of our great
state of Pennsylvania.
As clerk he has dealt wit'h many and
various classes of men and as a news
paper man he has made many sincere
and life-long friends in every walk of
life.
As editor he has been obliged to
carefully examine all manner of public
questions and their bearing upon the
general good of the whole people.
In the wide range of studies which
hf- has pursued he has Included a pro
found knowledge of the constitutions
and laws of the state and nation. He
has the advantage of knowing thor
oughly the principles of law and ne
knows not only bow to draw up a law
himself, but how to draw it up so that
it will not offend against the constitu
tion and be thrown out by the Supi'eme
court.
A great percentage of the laws in
favor of the miner have been killed by
the Supreme court, not because they
favored the miner, but? because they
were not drawn up in the light of the
constitution and erected on the solid
foundations of the organic law and the
guarantees of human life. The same
ideas in aid of the miners can be em
bodied in laws t'hat can be so drawn
as not to run counter to the constitu
tion and be crushed by its weight.
Mr. Philbin has held many positions
of the highest trust where thousands
of dollars dally passed through his
hands. Besides, he was twice elected
tax collector of his native town, and he
has made the proud record of having
effected the most prompt? and thorough
settlement of tax accounts ever made
to the commissioners of Lackawanna
county. He has thus proven himself
worthy of the confidence not only of
private business men, but of the high
est trust of all the people.
His personal habits are beyond re
. proach. He has a high sense of public
duty, anti can always be depended
upon to do what is dictated by an en
lightened conscience always in posses
sion of the fullest and brightest powers
of all the faculties of the mind. He
can be relied upon to take his part in
the decisions of all public questions,
and to be present at every ballot either
for the passage or rejection of a law
or in disposing of the funds of the tax
payers of this great commonwealth.
He is not a man without an estab
lished profession, and he does not in
tend to make of politics a business.
Although, as it has been said above,
he received his education in the pub
lic schools, it is founded on the broad
basis of our American system of edu
cation. The seed implanted in his
mind by the public schools he has since
carefully cultivated until by diligence
and study, observation, deep thought
and broad reading be has acquired an
education and culture attained by few
graduates not of mere fourth rate edu
cational institutions, but of the very
first colleges in the land. Those who
know him intimately recognize in him
a high authority on the history and lit
erature of the United States and
Europe. Yet, withal he is not puffed
up thereby, nor does he pretend any
superiority over his brother man. -The
best testimonial of his character is the
fact that those who know him best are
his sincere? t friends and his most ar
dent admirers are the companions of
his childhood days.
There are few men who aspire to
make laws for the great state of Penn
sylvania so well fitted for that high
position as is Editor P. A. Philbin. A
former breaker boy and from life-long
association with mine workers, he
knows the needs of the anthracite
miner; the man least of all protected
by our laws. His education has been
broad enough to crowd all prejudice
from his mind, to know that the rights
of the Individual are too sacred to be
profaned by legalized tyranny or theft;
his knowledge of history will teach
him how to avoid the legislative mis
takes of the past; his knowledge of
men will tell him their rights and
wrongs and needs; tested in the band
ling of private and public moneys he
can be trusted In safe guarding the
public funds. His irreproachable char
acter for honesty, sobriety, virtue and
honor is a guarantee of an honorable
career in the state legislature and of
the purity of his public life.
McKlNLEY PROSPERITY
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
How the Keystone State Has Profited
by the Uplift Resulting from the
Victory of Protection and Sound
Money Figures Which Are Elo-
- quent in Their Demonstration of
Republicanism's Worth.
The great state of Pennsylvania,
which has contributed such substan
tial majorities for the Republican can
didates in presidential years, furnishes
the total number of persons em
ployed in 1808 was 118,092; in 1899,
154,422. Aggregate amount of
wages paid, 1896, 852,102,365; in
1899, 878,179,333. Average yearly
earnings, 1896, 8441.29; in 1899,
8506.27. Value of product, 1896,
8211,252,732; 1899, 8377,934,411.
GREAT GAIN IN EARNINGS.
The 1806 comparative series, which
follows that of the 1892 series, is made
tip of 03 industries, representing 855
establishments. In this series com
parison is made with 1896, including
the Intervening years, and shows the
increase or decrease in wages, etc.,
same as in the 1892 series, with the
addition of capital invested, and the
cost of basic materials. In the presen
tation of the cotton and wool census
for 1S99 the figures represent the en
tire business done in the state, in
eluding capital invested, wages paid
to males, females and children; quan
tity of output and value, and also
show the number of power looms,
hand looms, spindles, cards, combs,
pickers, knitting machines, braiders,
otc.
The resume of these 55 establish
ments showing the comparison be
tween 1S96 and 1S99. makes the fol
lowing interesting exhibit of progress
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a magnificent example of prosperity
and progress under Republican ad
ministration during the last four
years, and the benefits to the work
ingman resulting from a wise and con
servative financial policy. Few states
in the Union tell a more impressive
story than may be learned from a
study of the last annual report of the
secretary of internal affairs, part
third, referi'ing to industrial statis
tics. In the report referred to will be
found the 1892 comparative series
tables. This is a presentation of
forty-four industries, representing 354
establishments. The same establish
ments are carried through from 1892,
and comparison is made year by year
of the days of operation, the persons
employed, the aggregate of wages
paid, the yearly earnings, the dally
wage and the market value of the
output.
The actual figures tell a wonderful
story of progress in the last four
years, in these 354 establishments
and prosperity during the, McKinley
administration: Capital invested in
plants and fixed working capital, 1896,
S205.283.013: in 1899 it was increased to
$245,577,826. Average number of days
in operation, 1896, 298; 1S99, 288; num
ber of persons employed, 126,578 in 1896,
and 181,9r.6 in 1899. Aggregate amount
of wages paid in 1896,, $51,873,543, in
1S99, $78,680,725. Market value of pro
duction in 1896, $195,205,164; in 1899,
$332,S0S,934. Value of production dur
ing the year to each employe, $1,542.17
in 1896, while in 1899 it had increased
to $1,829.36. Average yearly earnings,
1896, $409.81; 1899, $432.49.
Comparison with the preceding years
Is made of the entire production of pig
iron in the state, its value, cost of
basic material, days of operation, per
sons employed, aggregate of wages
paid, yearly earnings and dally wage.
The same detailed information as to
wages, earnings, etc, is shown In roll
ed iron and steel as Is set forth in
pig Iron. Attention is especially call
ed to the largely increased number of
employes in all of these leading indus
tries, to the Increased earnings and
wages and to the increased produc
tion, all of which is' fully set forth
in the analysis at the close of the re
port. PIG IRON.
The year 1899 marks the greatest era
in the production of pig iron in the
history of the State, the Increase over
1898 being $1,175,019 gross tons, or near
ly 30 per cent., and the increase of 1S9G
being 2,516,648 gross ions, or 62.5 per
cent. Pennsylvania's production of 6,
542,998 gross tons in 1899 was within
about 30 per cent, of the entire pro
duction of Great Britain. The entire,
production of the United States, ac
cording to figures furnished by the
American Iron and Steel Association,
was 13,620,703 gross tons, an increase
over the production of Great Britain
of more than 46 per cent. These figures
are very significant when it is reflected
that in 1894, just five years ago, Great
Britain produced nearly 12 per cent,
more pig iron than was produced in the
United States, and that in 1899 her in
crease in production over 1894 was but
little over 25 per cent, while the in
crease on the part of the United States
was over 100 per cent. The value of
Pennsylvania's production of pig Iron
for 1899 was close to a hundred million
dollars, the realized value being $98,
203,803. The average, number of days
of employment for 1899 was 327, bein?
thirty-eight in excess of 1896. An av
erage of 15,347 workmen were employed
in the making of pig iron during 1899,
an increase over 1896 of 3767, or 32 5
per cent. The average earnings in 1899
for skilled and unskilled labor was
nearly one hundred dollars in excess of
1896, the average for 1899 being $495.1S,
and for 1896 but $396.30. The average
daily wage was $1.51, an increase over
1896 of 14 cents per day.
TINPLATE.
Pennsylvania had twenty-one black
plate works in operation during the
whole or part of 1899, eighteen of which
turned out a tinned production. The
total number of pounds of black plate
made was 368,600,734, as against 158,
306,490 pounds in 1896, an increase of
210,294,244, or 132.8 per cent. Pennsyl
vania's increase in tinned production
has been equally as satisfactory as her
increase In black plate. The aggregate
tinned production for 1899 of the black
plate works and dipping works was
331,082,734 pounds, as against 139,588,703
pounds in 1896, an increase of 137.2 per
cent.
Pennsylvania's share of the entire
production of the United States of tin
and terne plate for 1899, which was
891,000,000, was about 37 per cent. Com
paring this production of the United
States for 1899 with the production of
1894, 166,343,409 pounds, it will be seen
that the Increase in the past five years
has been 724,656,591 pounds, or 435 per
cent. The number of workmen em
ployed in the black plate works was
increased from 3,194 in 1896 to 7,682 in
1899, an increase of 140.5 percent.Thelr
average dally wage was increased from
$1.80 in 1896 to $2.36 in 1899.
Black plate for tinning was made
in eleven counties in 1899, Lawrence
county leading with 41.26 per cent, of
the entire productions of the state, fol
lowed by Allegheny with 19.94 per cent.
Westmoreland with 18.62 per cent, and
Washington with 6.71 per cent. The
remaining counties were under 5 per
cent. The dipping works are confined
to Philadelphia, Allegheny and Mont
gomery counties, and their ratio is re
spectively 68.93 per cent., 23.36 per cent,
and 7.81 per cent.
The only army
The American people have to fear
Is
AN ARMY OF UNEMPLOYED.
THAT MEANS HARD TIMES FOR
ALL.
If vou want one like we had' from
1893 to 1895 vote for Bryan,
AND YOU'LL SURELY GET IT!