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THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1900.
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SOrtANTON, OCTOniCH 30, 1000.
BEPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
National.
Trcsldcnt-WILMAM Me KINJ-KY. "
Vltc.VicsMcnt TllUOUOHi: HOOSCVU.T.
State.
Concrrnifii-nt.I.anrc (IAI.USIIA A. OltOW,
iiomntT it. ri:iti)i:iu:it. ,
Auditor Cicncral-U. II. IIAUDUSIir.nOII.
County.
C'nr.RrfM-WII.MAM CDSNIIf.U
.IiidKc-tllXllKir. M. WATS-O.V.
finTiir-joiiN' it. it.u.ows.
Ticasiirer ,F, A. M'HANTON
IliMrlet Alorncy WIM.IAM II. IXttlS.
rioihonot.in .ioiin rori:i..ND.
Clerk of Courts THOMAS 1'. DANli'XS.
Itcecriler o( DcuN-K.Mtt, HON'N.
Hr-sWer cf Wills W. K. HIXK
Jury Commissioner KllWAIH) H. STUUOJ.b.
Legislature.
first tlMriet THOMAS .1. ItBYKOMIS.
Kironil District .IOIIN SCHNUKIt. .lit.
Ililnl DMrlrl I'.inVAItli J A MIS, Jit.
Fourth District I'. A. I'HIMHN.
"If there is any one who believes
the gold standard Is n 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 Knoxville, Tenn., Deliv
ered Sept. 16, 1890.
"The party stands where it did in
1806 on the money question." Will
iam Jennings Bryan, Zanesville, O.,
September 4, 1000.
To nine-Workers.
DESPERATE attempts arc 1)0
Inp: made by our Deino
ciatlc opponents to preju
dice the mine; workers of
our vnlley against the Republican
ticket. Before election time, the
Democratic party is always a great
friend of the laboring man. It can
shed more tears and make more prom
ises than any other liolltlcal party of
which there Is any record. The)
trouble with the Democratic party's
tears is that they are shed for cam
paign effect, and the trouble with tho
Democratic party'"? promises is that
they go begging for redemption after
election.
What has Democratic administra
tion ever done to earn the confidence
of the mine workers? "When It last
had control of our national affairs, it
mannged things fo badly that tho
country was submerged in a tidal
wave of business depression, which
deprived from two to three million
men of employment, reduced the pay
of the men who were sucessful in re
taining any employment at all, and
caused a loss to the business Interests
of the; country estimated at more than
$3,000,000,000. Tho present Democratic
nominee for the presidency, Mr.
Ilryan, was one of the architects of
Hint panic, and four years ago, , In
order to divert attention from Its dis
astrous effects, had to raise a new is
sun In politics, the Issue of free and
unlimited coinage of silver at 10 to 1.
JTo went about throughout tho coun
try proclaiming many times a day
that if his new panacea was rejected
nt the polls, a much greater depres
sion would follow. Working men
would be forced Into Idleness; their
families would suffer for tho neces
saries of life; mortgages on farms
nnd hornet would ho foreclosed by tho
BhylocUs who contiol the money mar
ket, and the country would swiftly
descend into tho Ui'vost depths of gen
eral distress.
The miners of our valley know very
well that these predjctlons of Mr,
Hryan have not come true. They
know very well that even before they
won the ten per cent, advance in
wages, the average tlmo worked in
tho mines had, under thojjonoral pros
perity occasioned by Republican ad
ministration, boon steadily Increasing
from what it had been during the per
iod of the free trado panic; and, to
crown all, they havo been successful
in securing for themselves an increase
in wnges, estimated by one of their
leaders, Mr. Dllcher, at $1,000,000 a
year. Does any sensible man, famil
iar with tho Industrial conditions of
four years ngo, 'bollevo that such an
SJwrease could have been secured un
der tho clrcuinstnncea then prevalent
in tho business world? Does any re
flecting citizen suppose for a moment
that our mines could bo worked nt
full time, or anything like full time,
when tho industry of tho country Is
stagnant; when furnaces nro shut
down; when labor in great numbers la
unemployed, nnd when under tho
stern necessity of compulsory econo
my tho households of tho country,
which in tlmea of ordinary prosperity
-burn anthracite coal for fuel on ac
count of its superior cleanliness, nro
mibstltutlns the dirty soft article be
cause of its cheapness.
Thero is one law which Mr, Ilryan,
with all his cleverness of speech and
ellckness In appeals to discontent,
cannot repeal, and that is tho Jaw of
eupnly and demand, Everybody
knows what the supply of anthraclto
coni is. It U n fixed quantity, easily
computable, Tho number and capac
ity of the breakers are fucts of record.
It s the demand for the prepared
coal which constitutes tho ono great
factor of uncertainty, and tho miner
Who wishes o cast Tt ballot ono wesk
from today In such a manner ns to
better Ills condition in life will be
elow to cast It for a party under
.whose uUiiilnlstvaUod tfie demand for
anthrncito coal declines In sympathy
with tho general decline, in business.
In n few days more tho agony will
ho over and even- the Democratic spell
binders may look pleasant nnd enjoy
watching tho spread of ltenubllcnn
prosperity,
For Absolute Free Silver.
WHEN 1JKYAN was speak
ing nt Ann Arbor,
Mich., Thursday, Octo
ber 11th, some ono In
tho nudlcnco called out, "How about
free silver?" nnd ho replied as fol
lows: "Wo nro in favor of the free coin
age of silver at the ratio of slxtctm
to ono without waiting for the aid or
consent of any other nation on
earth."
Thorp It Is free sliver doctrine In
nil Its danger, recklessness and fana
ticism. Not n syllable of qualification
or caution. No hint of n safer ratio
no suggestion of securing the co-operation
of nny other nation, but n reck
less plunge by this country, single
handed nnd alone, In an nttempt to
maintain silver at double Its actual
vnltte! '
Angry men tell tho truth. Nettled
by the timely and pertinent question,
Hryan let the cat completely out of
the hag. Stung by tho keen reminder,
he dropped his campaign mask nnd
avowed tho full truth ns men do
sometimes In their wraths as In their
cups.
The alert citizen who propounded
the question at Ann Arbor did well.
Ho surprised Hryan Into declaring the
truth fully nnd plainly before tlio
country. As the Democratic candi
date hud been compelled by Jones,
ot nl to hide nnd dissemble his lovo
for free silver In a policy game to
Im kept up until the end of the cam
paign, It only required the sting and
surprise of tho sudden question to
bring out the burning Inner truth of
Hrynn's devotion to sliver.
ilryan loves his silver dogma nil the
more fanatically because ho has had
to nurse it in silence. The surprise
sprung nn him at Ann Arbor shows
how the land lies. Believing In free
silver as absolutely and as ardently
nn ever, Hryan will stop at nothing
when tho opportunity comes to en
force that policy In its most extreme
nnd reckless form.
Tho Irish poet tells of the prophet
Khorassan who disguised his frightful
visage for a time, making his follow
erA think it ono of entrancing beauty,
but when tho hour came to drop the
mask he did so with frantic joy, ex
claiming, "Ye would be dupes nnd vic
tims, and ye are!"
So It will be with Bryan's victim If
he over gets a chance to drop the mask
and give full vent to his silver mania.
In 18 Mr. Bryan declared that he
didn't want the vote of anyfcody who
believed the gold standard was a good
thing. His wish should be respected
in 1900.
Progress in Porto Rico.
MANY OF the teachers who
will be in this city this
week in annual institute
know personally and all
know professionally Prof. M. G. Brum
baugh, commissioner of education In
Frrrto Uico under the civil administra
tion. He hns been an Instructor in
local institute work upon a number ot
occatlonr. Professor Brumbaugh Is In
this country on a brief visit and In
a published interview bas pet forth
some fnct3 concerning conditions and
prospects In Porto PJco that differ
from the dismal campaign literature
of the Democratic party bearing on
this subject.
For example, he said that tho island
has recovered from the famine and
distress of the hurricane to a marked
degree. The sugar crop Is tho largest
since 1892 and one of the largest ever
produced on the Island. Tho coffee
crop Is about one-third of a full crop
and six times as great as that of last
year. The picking of coffee nnd the
grinding of sugar ore well under way
and are giving employment to many
who were heretofore Idle. Speaking of
schools Mr. Brumbaugh said 800 had
bren established and are now in ses
sion, an increase ot 181 over last year.
There are 30,000 enrolled, which Is Just
one-tenth of the school population of
the Island.
"We havo now organized a system
under which wo enn take In 100,000 ad
ditional pupils," continued Mr. Brum
baugh,, "but wo cannot put tho system
into operation until more money U
available. Thero is n movement to
hecuro tho money necessary. The rev
enues arc growing rapidly and will
soon permit of extensions of tho ser
vice, but aside from this, congress
appropriated $2,000,COO fur tho benellt
of Porto Ulco as tho estimated revenue
collections beforo the revenue laws
vera enacted. This Is still in tho
treasury at "Washington, or most of
It at least, and wo hope to have It
Hindu nvallablo for tho schools,
The people In thes-j rural districts
aro enthusiastic over tho Fchools.
When a new school Is established tho
first l-.t'ty children went lug clothes
(unny of tho native children In tho
rural districts havo no garments
whatever) are enrolled at the school.
That Is nil that can be accommodated
In the shacks or mud houses provided.
All others uie put on the i waiting list
mid admitted as fast as vacancies oc
cur. There nro as many ns 150 on
some of these waiting lists. A recent
case reported to mo shows the Interest
of the parents. A mother places her
child on her head and wades across
a stream In water up to her arm-pit
to reach tho Kchoolliouce, and whllo
the little one attends the sessions
gathers fruit nnd nuts for Its food,
and In tho evening wades back with
the child, She does this day after
day,
"President McKlnlcy manifests deep
Interest In this school system, espe
cially in tho rural districts, und In
quites into many of the details. Ho
is also much Interested In the work
ins of the tariff measure which Im.
poses r per cent, of tho Dlnslcy bill
schedules on all trado between the
United States nnd the Island, but pay)
overy cent Into the Porto Rlcan trens.
ury for tho betterments of 'tho Island,
I was ablo to Bay. to him that tho
measure was .a godsend to tho Island
and that It Is popular with the peoplo
Renrrnlly. Tho only objection is mads
by a few wealthy planters and heavy
shippers who would HUn to escape tho
payments. It Is tho money thus real.
Ised that moots the expenses of the
schools, of the decent courts that have
supplanted the, old, of tho road im
provements, nnd nt tho other improve,
inents on the Island. Tho government
of Porto Ulco la ns solvent nB any
bnnk. Not a debt Is contracted until
tho money Is available to pay It.
"Porto Itlco Is rapidly developing a
market for the products of the United
States that will bo far more appreciat
ed when It Is better understood. Just
as I was starting for the United States
I learned from tho customs onlccr that
for tho week of Oct. C-13, tho revenues
collected on shipments to and from tho
Island amounted to $2(5,000 and of this
$2S,O00 wns qn trado with tho United
States. This revenue for ono week Is
more than tho whole trade of a year
between the United States and tho
Island under tho Spanish regime."
Now thin Is not tho testimony of a
politician trying to gain votes by mis
statement but that of a man who
ranks high nmong the devoted teach
ers of our land. It Is worth rending
a second tlmo by those who aro fearful
lest the American peoplo should dis
play Innblllty to treat the new depend
encies honorably and well.
Two men were fined five dollnrs each
by a Kansas City Judge tho other day
for hissing nnd cat-culling in a thea
ter. The Judge evidently took tho
proper view that criticism which dis
turbs the entire audience should not
bo indulged In nt a public meeting
or theatrical performance.
The crop of "prominent Republi
cans" who, according to the Demo,
cratlc press, are to vote against Presi
dent McKlnlcy this year seems to
have been exhausted early in the cam
paign. Guerilla Boers do not appear to do
much damage to the British troops
in Africa, but the effect of one of
their raids upon tho London critics
Is something terrible to witness.
Another feud Is reported in Ken
tucky. Thero is ' no question that
Kentucky offers rare opportunities for
the formation of an ammunition trust.
As a Philadelphia exchange poetic
ally puts It, "Now let the breakers
belch forth their sooty stream!"
Mr. Bryan finds it difficult to blow
hot and cold with tho same breath
on tho silver question.
Even the "paramount issue" has a
silver lining.
Why Republican
Ticket Is Worthy
of Your Support
Py Perry S. Heath.
The Republican party Is worthy of support be
cause: It has fulfilled every government obligation.
It has matle it possible for the United States
to borrow money cheaper than any other country
on earth.
It has kept its platform pledges and never at
tempted to (ruin power by false pretenses.
It Ins never advocated a poliey that would
tarnish the (rood name of the country.
It has kept entire and inviolate the honor ot
the flair.
It has always stood for the protection of Ameri
can industries.
It has alnajs opposed free trade.
It has always been a debt-paying, not a debt
creating party.
It benefits all classes, labor, farmer, producer
and transporter.
It prefers to encourage the manufacture of
new products in tho United States rather than
Import them from abroad.
It looks upon the whole world as its legitimate
market.
It recognizes no sectional lines, but benefits
all parts of the country, North, South, Past and
West.
It does not believe in a 50-ccnt dollar.
It does not believe in fomenting class hatred.
It does not want American vmrkingmen to live
on the low wages pah! in Kurope.
It believes that free labor is not as well paid
as protected labor.
It does not believe In war, but when war
must be fought it makes it short, sharp and
uYelslee.
It believes in subordinating partisanship to pa
triotism. m
It believes in the encouragement of American
coinmerre.
It believes that International treaties have the
force of law,
It is opposed to the alienation of any part of
Aincrlran territory.
It believed in the annexation of Hawaii in
spite of Democratic opposition.
It believes In discussing real issues without
crcitlng fictitious oue.s.
It believes In exp.inlon rather than In the
diminution of territory.
It piefers prosperity to panic.
It believes that the bet money In the world
is none too good for America,
It his pasted every anti-trust law that has
ever been enactid by federal legislation.
It honors the army which with honor uphold
the flair.
It Is the missionary, not the miser, of liberty.
It believes tli.it the farms and foundries ot the
rountiy need the boiiiullca nuikits of the
Oil, nt.
It prefers to lend money to other nations rather
than lionovv fioni them.
It docs not shirk duty because timid souls be.
Hove tin' tusk to be hard.
It never declaied that any war In which tho
country was engaged was a faUuie.
It does not believe In furling the fhg in the
pvi'.'ence of the enemy.
It has placed tho currency system of tho
rountry upon a stable b.mls,
It has enacted and put In operation a Just
and ciiuitnbln tariff law, which enables huiiitv
maniilaetureis to control the home markets, and
to I'ompetR In the maikets of tho world.
It has restored prospirlty, disbanded the ar
mies of the uncnipIoveMl, abolished the soup hou.e
and et the wheels ot industry In motion as they
never were bcfoie.
It has Increased the homo demand for the
products of the farm.
It lias enabled the prudent and provident to
savn inure of their earnings.
It Ins rescued nearly ten million people from
the rule of rSpaln.
It lias secured tho control of the Pacific,
which will bo tho theater of the world's greatest
commercial activity In the comlns century,
It lias endeavored to extend the foreign de
mand for Hie products ot American woishopj,
(aims, forests and mines.
It Is the only party that has definite princi
ple j ard beliefs.
It Is the party of progress, of hop and of
aspiration.
It Is the party of optimism, vvhlc every
plank ol the Democratic platfoim Is fastened in
position vvllh pessimistic; nails.
It is the only party that has confidence In
Itself, trust in the people, faith In the future.
HANNA AND HIS WORKMEN.
The Drjanltcs have been holding up Mark
lltnna as the great ogre whose only object In
life was to crush the life out ot some working
man and get u few dollars for the remains. At
-GREAT IS TAMMANY AND
CROKER IS ITS PROPHET."
THESE AVOItDS woro uttered by William Jennings Ilryan In his
speech at Cooper Union hall, New York, October 1(1, 1900. Do tho
American people approve of tho alliance between Ilryan nnd Crokor?
Do tho American peoplo want Tammany hall methods to bo Intro
duced nt Wnshlncton? Do tho American peoplo want ns their president a
man who Is elected by Tammanv corruption funds that are levied from vice,
gamblers, blackmailers, thieves nnd thugs? Shall the chief magistrate of this
nation bo tho representative of vlcn?
Ono of tho most remarkable attacks ever delivered against Bryan was
tho likening of him to Satnn by CAltla SCItUIlZ on September !, 1800, In his
famous speech at tho Central Music hall, Chicago. Mr. Schurz said:
"Mr. Hryan has a taste for Scrlpturat Illustration. Ho will remember
how Christ was taken up on a high mountain nnd promised all tho glories In
tho world If he would fall down and worship tho Devil. Ho will also remem
ber what Christ answered. So tho tomptor now takes tho American peoplo
up the mountain nnd says, 'I will take from you half of your debts, If you
will worship me.' Hut, then, bravo old Uncle Sam rises up In all his dig
nity, manly pride nnd honest wrath, and spenkB In thunder tones: 'Get thee
behind me, Satan. For It Is written that thou shalt worship tho Cod of
Truth, Honor and Righteousness, and him alono shalt thou servo.' "
Since 1898 Mr. Schurz hns become one of those who has listened to tho
voice of the same tempter ncolnst whom ho warned tho American peoplo In
1890. Not for "all tho glories of tho world," but for Infinitely cheaper reasons
he has fallen down to worship tho one whom In 1R9G ho pictured ns nkln In
his1 principles to Bntan.
Mr. Schurz worships his new Ideal WITH HIS FACE TURNED AWAY,
Ho Is ashamed to mcntlonnhls name when ho gives testimony to his cause.
But by "their works shall ye know them," nnd by his present works Mr.
Schurz leaves no question in the nubile mind whoso servant ho has become.
Bryan has In 1900 made plain his criminal associations, so that If It was
a truth Carl Schurz expressed In 1896 It was a more terribly manifest truth
In 1900.
Mr. Bryan hns recently said, "Croat is Tammanv nnd Crokor Is Its
prophet."
He hns In these words made ooen expression of his sympathy with the
political power which robs and rules tho Greater New York.
The New York World has figured out that Tammany's committee is col
lecting $1,150,000 a year through the police as a tax on crime, and gives a
list of tho forms of vice and the avernge rate of tribute, which Is from $75
per month to $100 per week each, as follows:
150 Pool Rooms $ 780,000
100 Swell Gambling Houses 520,000
1,000 Little Gambling Houses 1,300,000
500 Policy Shops 630,000
1,000 Dives ' .' 900,000
ILLICIT TAX ON CRIME PER YEAR $1,150,000
And this is the supply tank which pours revenue Into the campaign fund
of Bryan. Every dollar of It Is tainted. Every dime and penny Is smeared
with tho vileness of the slums, of tho criminal joints and drinking dens of
New York city. This Is the TRUST IN CRIME with which Carl Schurz has
seen fit to become associated.
last Sir. Hanna has said a word in self-defence,
and this is what he says:
"I never lied to my men, and I never refused
my men what was justly due them. I am presi
dent of a mine up in bake Superior, where 2,000
men aro employed. l'our years ago .Mr. Iirjan
went up there to tell miners what a terrible
man I was. I ordered the mine shul down for
half n day hut I did not shut off the pay and
told my men to go and see Bryan. They
turned their backs on him and went home.
Later they sent ine resolutions to the eltcct
that they were glad they had -a chance to resent
the Insult that had been oilcrcd me on my own
prcperty."
Mr. Hannn Is satisfied to let it go at that,
and it would seem as if he could nftbrd to.
THE MAN FOR CONGRESS.
Krom tho Scranton 'Truth.
The strongest arguments advanced in behalf of
the re-election of President McKlnlcy apply with
equal force to the re-election of those membeis
of congress who stood loyally and uniliuchingly
by him in those thrilling days which followed
the declaration of war against Ppaln, when the
American people, irrspectivc of party, resolved
on putting an end fmcrer to the despotism
which made Cuba the Xiobe of X.itions.
The complex problems growing out of that
CNciting period are not yet settled, and reason
and common sense suggest to impartial minds the
wisdom of re-electing President McKinley, so
that those questions shall be disposed of in ac
cordance with the best interests of the United
States. To elect Mr. McKinley, however, is not
sufficient. He mutt, in order to be able to
carry out his policy successfully, be" sustained
by a congress in harmony with his tIcws. The
election of l'rctitlcnt McKinley and of i con
gress hostile to his administration would seri
ously complicate matters at n time like t'.is.
when so many vital questions of an Interna
tional character aro pressing for attention under
the head of "unfinished business."
Among those congressmen who, by patilotism
and constant devotion to duty, rendeied unselfish
service to the nation in its time of trial, our
own representative, Hon. William Council, de
serves special mention. He did not figure lumin
ously in the noisy areni of debate, but duty al
ways found blm faithful, diligent and effective
In shaping results ami giving to the impurtaut
work In hand his ceaseless and undivided ittrn
tlon. Congressman Council is not an ostentatious
man, but lie is u worker, and he devoted to Ids
work at Washington the same practical energy
and common sense methods excrei-ed by lilm
when he was n member of the Scranton school
board come years ago. The same fidelity dls
played by blm when he began life as a elrlycr
boy in the mines he his shown In every ta.tk
and every potitlou that lias claimed bis atten
tion since then.
This progressive city of Scranton recently ad
vanced to a city of the second class, cannot af
ford to take any step backward, nor can the
-virile young county of Lackawanna, which Is
now entering upon a new Industrial boom. The
substantial interests of this valley demand the
re-election of Congicttinan Council, a man who
has risen from the humblest ranks of mine labor,
through his well-directed and tireless energy;
a man who thoioiigbly understands th- needs
ol the community and of tho country, and
whose sympathies are with the peoplo In every
practical movement for their advancement In
life.
ABILITY AND WEALTH.
From a Hecent Scimon by Itev, Ilr, Newell
Pwight mills.
If the rich do well to remember society's In
dibtcdness to the poor, the poor also do well to
consider that much of the wealth of the field
niul factory has been produced, not by land,
not by labor, not by capital applied to both,
but by ability. Among many men tliet Impres
sion pievalls that labor alone has produced tho
wealth of store and factory and warehouse) that
the large fortunes of tho rich have uecn created
by and belong to the poor) that ho who lias
amassed a l.uge foituno has elono so by holding
back tho wage tlfit belongs to Ids workman,
or by corruption and the purchase of special
privileges. An age fruitful In foolish and false
Ideas Ins produced none more erroneous than
the Idea that labor produced all wealth.
o
Fortunately, of lite all scholars and thoughtful
men have begun to rail attention to the fact
that to tho power ol land and labor ami capital
must bo adued ,a fourth factor called ability.
In bis "Work and Wages" Tliorold Itogers tells
us that In 17V) the average weight ol a fatted
bullock in Ihigland was -ino pounds. Hut Hubert
llakcwcll discovered a method of Impinvlnir cat'
tb and sheep by a system of crossing and selec
tion, so that in fifty jcjm the average weight
of the fatted bullock went from 4W to 1,200
pounds. Labor had tolled for centuries and th;
utmost It eould ila was to produce a small, thin
bullock. Hut ability came In and enabled labor,
with the same exertion, to add SOD ctra pounds.
A still more remarkable instance of the fact
that it Is ability that has increased the world's
stora of wealth is seen In the enormous savlwr
through the reaper. In JS.50 farmers tolled six
teen hours a day with tho sevthe ami sickle.
Hut the newly invented reaper saved the average
farmer the labor of tlx men through a period
of ten days iu each year. In li-90 the ability
of the single inventor was saving the nation
unnutlly $o5,000,XX). In 1690 the annutl saving
in labor was 1100,000,000, and the aggregate
saving In wages since 1610 is estimated at $l,
000,000,000. The ability of that Inventor repre
sents through natural law a free gift of $50 each
year to the average farmer.
0
A recent writer declares that of the great
labor-saving inventions the people have received
over 00 per cent, of the Income thereof, while
the inventors whoso ability created these devices
have received from one-thousandth of 1 per cent,
to one-tenth of 1 per cent, of the gain. Now
nnd then, indeed, men makes fortunes by op
pressing the poor, by extorting unjust prices,
or through bribery gain special privileges, lint
these fortunes aic the exceptions. The gicat
majority of the fortunes of this country have
been made, not through fraud or oppression,
but through ability that has done far more
tor the poor man than for the possessors thereof.
A recent work contains a study of a hundred
millionaires in New York city. These arc some
of tho foundations of wealth: Oil lamps, wall
paper, clothes-pins, hooks and eyes, buttons,
spices, wire thread for sewing shoes, hemlock
tar, ntt.ir of roses, blacking, glue, cocoa, 3 east,
dyes, to which must bo added some eighty arti
cles that have made their manufacturers mil
lionaires. These rich men discovered certain
wastes that were going on in the factory and
the woikshop, and the saving of tho remnants
that others had thrown away made them ricli
and society far richer. That these lich men
became rich by making poor men poorer is a
.falsehood so colossal as to seem almost Alpine
in its vastness. All that they have was gained
through saving what bad been previously thrown
away, nnd where they made $1 out of their In
vention society has 1 reel reel $OT-
0
Today the wastes In the field, tho remnants
In the factory and the shop and tho dirt under
man's feet represent untold wealth. Hut the
joung men of tho next generation will save
these wastes and their future savings' will amass
large fortunes. Anarchy and socialism propose
to run a mowing machine over the top of society
and cut otf tho tall men's heads until all are
equal. The common school levels, not by lower
ing the rich, but by lifting the poor.
BRYAN IS EOR fcREE TRADE.
In one of Hryan's speeches in Congress, he
said;
"I WANT TO RTATn AS EMPHATICALLY
AS WOltDS CAN STATU THAT I CONSIUI'.lt
IT AS FALSr. IN ECONOMY AND VICIOUS IN
POLICY TO ATTF.MPT TO ItAISE AT A HIOI1
l'UICi: IN THIS COUNTHY THAT WHICH WI2
CAN l'HUCIIASK AI1KOAU AT A WW 1'ItlCK
IN KXCHANfli: FOU Till: PltOUPCT OK OUlt
TOIL."
Thero you arc. Free Trade, pure and simple,
and tho ropeal of all duties enacted to keep
higher wages in this country than abroad.
Kvcn more specific is the following from his
speech in the house of representatives on March
10, 1602 (Congressional Iteeord, Vol. 122, page
2129):
"What I denounce Is a proteclive tariff
levied purely and solely for the purpose of
protection. It is false economy and the most
vicious political principle that has ever cursed
this country. I am ready to stand by it nny
vvheic, that a tariff levied, not to raise reve
nue, but to protect some particular industry,
Is wrong In principle nnd vicious iu practice."
As an explanation why he could bold such
sentiments, Ilryan took as a text and motto lor
his fitc trade speech of Jan. 13, 1601, the fol
lowing from Proverbs (Congressional Record,
Vol. !20, Part 1, paero 210):
"BIITTKU IS LlTTLi: WITH niQIITKOI'S
NIISS THAN OHKAT HKVHNt'KS WITHOFT
HliillT."
As if American workmen must glvo up their
high wages as not right, and come down to
the foreign level In the name of religion. A
man who talks this way may be sincere, hut
ho Is dangerous. Let worklngmrn bevvaie ol
this fanatic, possessed, ns he is, with the idea
that the high wages of tlds country am not
right and must be reduced In tho name of re
ligion. Ills opponents do not accuse lilui of
that, but point to his words where ha himself
says It most explicitly.
Fanaticism is never so dangerous as when it
gets to quoting religion.
i.kt LAiiou m:r.un of hryan.
A PERTINENT QUESTION.
From Plihu Hoot's Speech at Clinton.
When, dining all the J ears that Mr. Ilryan has
been n leader of opinion, has he lifted a hand tn
aid his country with any one ot the hard tasks
with which it has been grappling? When ha
there been one word of praise or 11 edit for
America or American freedom, or American gov
ernment, or for any of the men who rrpictcut
the dignity of the people by the people's choice
When has thero been from him aught but de
preciation and disparagement and discredit fur
everything that is and over) thing tat is done
in our country? When has there come fiom hlui
0110 word of encouragement or hope, one word
to cheer the path of laftor, to flro tho uinhllioii
of joulh, tu confirm or IS increase the American
people's eonlldeiKc in their Institutions and loy
alty to their nag?
m
Explained,
Miss Olive (of St. I,ouls)-Say, cousin, what's
a periphrasis?
Miss Drowning (of llotton) A periphrasis it
(Imply a clrculoeutory eyile cf oratorical sonor.
osity circumscribing an innnltfttraal ideality In
terred in a verbal profundity.
Miss Olive Thanks; I thought It was some
thing like that, but I wasn't quite sure. Chi
cago Ncui.
MONEY IN CIRCULATION.
Dy cx-Controllcr Hepburn.
U there any good reason why the whole coun
try should be! jeopardized for the beneut of the
owners' br producers of silver? Surely there Is
money enough In tho country to supply the
needs of all business Interests. At no tlmo In
tho history of the United Slates Ins the amount
ol money per cnplln been greater. On the first
day of August there was in circulation:
(tolil coin (Including bullion In the
treasury) $l,aii1,0.1l,ni'i
Silver ,,, ,.,, ,,.,,,,,, ...... OTJ,rIO,073
United Stales notes (greenbacks) ... 3l(l.0Sl,fitil
National. kink notes :wi,0O,-Hl
?-.VJII,S00,lMi
Over A billion dollars, nearly 60 per cent, of
money In circulation, consists of gold. Isn't
gold good enough for the people? Is It worth while
to Jeopardlre lire Interests of lommcrce, of
business generally, of labor, by electing ,1 mm
pledged tn tho enforcement ot a policy which
must result In entire business dcmoiallratlon,
disaster and loss?
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REPUBLICAN
OBJECT LESSONS.
City of St. Paul.
Popusilors. -sV
-f Hanks. 1601. 1M0. 4
-f National 0,7i"0 7,Ssl -f
-f State and Privates Wi l,ll -f
f Savings 3,520 0,0.11 -f
-f Total 10,.W) 1-..BSI 4.
-sV Increase in No. of depositors.. fi.075 -sV
sV Amount of Pepsjlts. -sV
-f Pinks. 1 soi, 18'M. -f
National $ n,BM,T23 $10,107,010 -f
State and Private H72.CI21 l,3l,nn7 -f
-f Savings 600,1ft) 1,22-V).1 -f
f T0l.1l If 10,231,601 $ Ij.WI.SO1) -f
4- Increase in deposits $ 0,510,603 -s-
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City of St. Louis.
Depositors'.
f Hanks. 1601. 1600. -f
-f Natloml S.Ol.'i W.-W -f
f Stale and Private 10,211 Wffl -f
Loan and Trust.. 3,661 20,063 -f
4.
-f Total 2.s,7lt Ol.fll'l
Incieaso In No. of dcpnsllurs.. Ci,:i:i5 -sV
4- Amount of Deposits. -sV
-f. Hanks. 1601. ISO". 4
4- National $ ls.oul.sV) $ 50,ll,e26 4"
4- Slate and Private 0,220,071 17,171.000 4"
-f Loan and Trust.. 2,510,102 20,::i'.0,232 4-
4
Total $20,60:1,02.1 $01,520,077
4- Increase in deposits $ (ll,w;o,3j 4-
4- 44-4-4-44-4- 4 4-4'4--r- 4-
ALWAYS BUSY.
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Man wants but little here below,
And soon he'll want no more.
But while he's hero he wants the best;
That's why he likes our stoic.
Shoes for all tho walks of life.
Slvnes for nil seasons of the year for every
member of the family.
Ladles, in our Olove-flttlng Mcllia. 3 Shoca
wish to live forever, they arc so delightful,
Lewls&Rei!Iy
Established 1SS3.
Shoes for all tho walks ot life.
nercereani
t& Corned!
Now open for business at
our new store, 132 Wyo
ming ayeniae.
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.
MERCaiEAlIJ k CORNELL
Jewelers .nnd Silversmiths.
1 1 can speak in the highest terms of
Ripaiis
i i nil r ,'".. j !.' 'A?JjJ V ',',"" ' J ' . ssJm
mm m m
si
said the man from Washington. "I have licen for years troublcel witli
nightmare (an erroneous expression, hut one tint thousands, ate familiar with),
and have suffered a thousand deaths, heiujj caused elitcctir hy a torpM lier,
thence stagnation of the blood, A short while after ictiiing I would experi
ence the most terrible sensation that human can fall heh; to, such as havin;;
heavyweights upon )nu, seeing lieiiiilile animals, burglars, etc., and being
unable to get out of their rcicli. I have tried everything on the- marUt that I
could think would be of benefit, but never stiuek the right remedy tiiilil I tried
Ripans Tabules, and since that time nightmare with me is a tiling of tlip oast,"
NIEY'S
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A new purchase
of seventy-five pieces
Fancy Silks New
designs and color
ings which we have
divided into tlte lots,
viz:
7S&9 9B&
amdl $Ho2g.
Actual value being
at least one-third
more than the price
asked.
Goods now open
for inspection.
510-512
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piles. Come In and give us a trial.
We have the largest and most com
plete line of ofllce supplies in North-,
eastern Pennsylvania.
If It's a good thing, we have It. Wa
make a specialty of visiting cards and
monogram stationery.
Rey molds Bros
Stationers and Engravers,
Hotel Jermyn Building.
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