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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1900.
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SIXTEEN PAGES.
SCRANTON, DKUKMBKIt 14. 1D0O.
Tti view of tlir- probability that Scran
ton will hitvi- to enter the second class
of cltlca whether she wants to or not,
Is It not time that more definite steps
were being; taken to consider Just what
new legislation in eonnectinn with the
opcontl class transition Is desirable nntl
how It may be promoted'.'
Those Vacancies in Councils.
f IIK WAY to pel pood Rovern
I ment Is to put the light ltlnd
.JL of activity Into politics, bc-
KlnntiiK' tit the bottom, -which
is the party pilnmry. Alure street cor
wtv talhltifr will not avail, neither -will
f.tllll-llntlinpr which leads to nothlnp;
practlrai In the way of correcting1 the
abusoa complained of. AVhen the citl
Ki'tw who want hn'piovcd covernment
go to the primaries of their respective
Writes and buy so, they will get it If
they constitute a inajoilty: and If they
don't constitute a majority there Is no
other way than for them to keep Dog
ging away until they do.
Uy saying that they want good go--rrninent
we mean that they must say
so practically. If ten men are running
at a primary for one office and one of
the ten suits the substantial, tax-paying
population of the ward a little bet
ter than the other nine, steps should be
taken befoio the primary opens to cen
tralize on that one. Otherwise, the
substantial vote will split among a
variety of candidates and the Inferior
candidate, with a minority following
compactly organized, -will win out.
All the reform talk from now until
doomsday will not Improve municipal
conditions unless it makes itself felt In
a practical way at the party primaries
under recognition and acceptance of the
conditions which exist. This Is the
thought which voters should take with
them when proposing today to fill the
existing vacancies in councils.
The insurgent literal y bureau, after
January 1 next, will have for sale cheap
a lot of left-over, bargain-counter offer
ings In anti-Quay fictions and predic
tions. Pinned Down to Facts.
A CURAT deal is being made
in the antl-admlnistratlon
pi ess of the recent assertion
of .Tamos .1. Hill, the Na
poleon of the northwest, that ships
for ocean cairylng can be built at less
cost In the United States than in Oieat
Jliitnin. This Is constiued into an ar
gument against the pending ship sub
sidv bill, the line of reasoning being
that If ships can lie built more cheap
ly in thl country than In Kurope no
encouragement to the upbuilding of an
Aineiican merchant marine is neens
sary. The argument is fallacious from the
fact that cost of ship is only one of
the factors entering Into cost of ship
ping. Another factor, equally impoit
ant, is cost of wages paid the crew,
a cost which is at least 1!." per cent,
higher on Amoilcan than on competi
tive ships. If this weie not so nnd if
ships could be built in the United
States more cheaply than In Europe,
the only explanation which would re
main for the spectacle of Ameiiean ex
porters paying out In excess or $200.
000,000 a year In ocean freights to for
eign carriers Instead of building cheap
er ships nnd paying this immense sum,
piollt and all. Into their own pockets
would bo that they weie suffeiing from
an inexplicable epidemic of paresis.
Hut as a matter of evidence, Mr.
Hill's alleged statement Is Incorrect.
The commissioner of navigation In his
last annual report traverses this
ground thoroughly and shows that
while the cost of steolshlp plates has
temporarily fallen lower in the United
States by U2 to $11 a ton than in Great
Britain, tills difference does not enter
largely into consideration, because labor
Is the greatest element in the expense
of building ships. Last yeur, for ex
ample, two steel freight steamships, the
llyades nnd Pleiades, designed for coal
or- grain cargoes, wore built, one in
Jrigland and one In tho United States,
vyhen plates were soiling heie at $.'8 a
ton nnd In Great Britain for $0.S8, The
American hid was $275,000 and the Brit
ish bid $211,000 for exactly tint same
vessel and machinery. The cost of the
material In the A mm lean vessel' was
$63,000 and In the British vessel $S0,O0O,
leavlne $212,000 for labor, pioflt and so
forth la the, American and $131,000 in
.tfie British.
'"'Excluding thocost of matetlals," the
commissioner of navigation says, "the
'difference In co3t of the American and
British steamships in this Instance
about $60,000 represents tho higher
wages paid in American yards and tho
higher salaries of American superin
tendents," and lio gives a table of
wages paid in British, Scotch, nnd
Irish shipyards, as" compared with
those paid in the United States, This
table shows that patternmakers, re
ceiving from $9.60 to $9.88 per week In
Oreat Britain, receive from $16.50 to $21
In the United States; riveters from
$8.75 to $10.71 in Great Brltuin and from
$I3.C0 to $21 In yie United States; Join
era from $8.76 to $9.52 in 'England,' arid
from $14 to $18 In tho United States;
furnueemen from $3.59 to $10.91 in Great
Britain and from $11.50 ,;to $2tirt the
United-States; iron woikeru frpth $9.36
to $9.72 In Great Britain and from $15
to, $21 n the United States; brass work
ers from $9.18 to $10.80 In Greut Brltuin
nnd from $15 to $21 In thoUnlted States;
machinist a Irani $7.29 to 9.73 in Great
Britain and from $16 to $31 In the Unit
ed States; ship carpenters from $9.18 to
$9.48 In Great Britain nnd from $12 to
$24 In tho United Slates! riggers from
$8.02 to $8,76 In Great Britain nnd from
$11 to $18 In the United States; nalnt
ers from $7.29 to $8,75 In Grcnt Britain
nnd from $12 to $18 In the United States,
All these wages are per wecH. The two
steamers used for Illustration by Mr.
Chamberlain cost $72 per ton In the
United States and $57 per ton In Oreat
Brltnln. 'A similar Instructive Incident
Is cited by William E. Curtis in his
correspondence for theChlcngoRocord.
It occurred In 1S98, when vessels of tho
snme size, design nnd materials were
built for $335,000 In tho United States
nnd $217,000 In Great Britain, or at the
rates respectively of $80 nnd $53 per
ton. Plates were then worth more In
this country than In Great Britain.
The truth of tho matter Is that
American shipbuilding Is an Infant In
dustry which needs government en
couragement. To give that encourage
ment Is to apply tho doctrine of Protec
tion, so well vindicated on land, to the
high seas.
In reply to tho Inquiry of a corres
pondent, If the president should die
before March 4, the secretary of state
would qualify ns president for tho un
expired part of the present term, there
being now no vice president. On March
4, however, the vice president-elect
would undoubtedly bo Inaugurated as
president, it being taken for gi anted
that the electoral college would bo ic
convened and that It would name him
as Its second choice. After the Inaug
uration of the vice nresldent-elect as
piesldent there would bo no vice
piesldent but tho senate would elect
its presiding ofllcer and in tho event
of tho new prcslrUpl'H death, the suc
cession would go successively to the
secretary of state, secretary of the
treasury, secretary of war, secretary of
the navy, postmaster general and at
torney general in the order named. I-ct
us hope, however, that none of these
contingencies will arise.
Patents.
THAT THE inventive genius of
the American people shows
no signs of exhaustion is
fully established by the rec
ords of the patent office, some of which
aie embodied in the recent report of
the secretary of the Interior.
Last year the applications for me
chanical patents, designs, reissues
trade-marks, labels, prints and caveats
numbered 15,270 in all, or 1.S53 more
than the average annual total for the
past ten years. It was more than
double the number of patents expiring
by limitation. To run the patent office
cost uncle Sam $1,217,827.58, but Inas
much as his receipts were $110,100.77 In
excess of this sum the financial show
ing of the enterprise must be reckoned
as satisfactory.
One weak spot in our patent laws is
pointed out In the commissioner's re
port, tinder the present statutes an ap
plication for a patent can be kept alive
in the patent ofllce for an Indefinite
number of years, although there is no
good reason why nt least 90 per cent, of
all patents should not be Issued within
one year after filing applications there
for. The practice of keeping applica
tions pending In the patent office Is, in
his opinion, reprehensible, as it cer
tainly does not promote the progress of
invention, but rather tends to stifle It.
If an application does not become in
volved in an Interference, It should not
be permitted to remain in the patent
olllce more than three years without
nbildglng Its life of seventeen years..
To meet any c.ise of unusual hardship,
discretion might be lodged with the
commissioner to extend the proposed
limit of three years.
The pushing aside of the ship subsidy
bill for this session, which is threat
ened, would only postpone, not defeat,
the enactment of this practical and
necessary measure. Until those who
criticize It offer a more effective alter
native It will deserve the earnest sup
port of all who believe in a restored
American merchant marine.
Home Production of Tea.
ONE OP the ambitions of the
present accomplished secre
tary of agriculture Is to es
tablish on a permanent and
general scale an American tea Indus
try. He is convinced that a goodly
share of the tea used In this country
can be grown hero and In his recent
annual report he presents evidence In
support of lils belief.
For a number of years Dr. Charles
U, Shepard of Sunimerville, S, C has
been experimenting with domestic tea
culture. He hus.solved the labor prob
lem Involved by gathering together a
number of negro children, whom ho
leaches part of tho day and utilizes
In his tea garden tho remaining part,
paying for nil work done a liberal
rate per hour. Secretary Wilson has
co-operated with Dr. Sliepard In tho
work nnd the expeilments so far con
ducted liavo shown that tea may be
produced In the United States In two
ways: (1) By families in their gardens,
and, (2) on tho commercial scale, after
tho inauner followed by the British
East Indian tea establishments and the
beet-sugar Industry.
"Tho work at Somervllle was start
ed," says Secretory Wilson, "wth a
view of ascertaining whether under fa
vorable conditions tea plantations
could ho made to yield as much as the
nverago oriental production, and
whether tho crop could ho marketed at
a fair profit, Tho results obtained
have been nfllrmatlve, the crop of 1900
although not so largo ns expected early
In tho season, exceeding that of any
previous year by at least 12 per eont.
and the entire product being (.old bo
foro it was all gathered to a promin
ent Northern distributing house at a
price that gave a fair profit. As fur
ther evidence that tea can be profitably
grown in the United States, capitalists
are already making preparations to
begin the work In certain parts of the
South on a more or less extensive
stale A company with a capital of
$5C,O0O is being organized, and will en
deaVor to secure a location having
soil and cllmutio conditions adapted to
tho growth of tea, and where labor,
such as Dr. Shepard utilizes, can bo
secured. From what has already been
uccouiplifcued, it bos been shown that
n good grade of ten can ho grown nnd
put on the market In bulk at n cost
not exceeding 15 cents per pound. Un
der average conditions nn acre will
yield 400 pounds of marketable tea, nnd
this, at 15 cents per pound, would make
tho expense or growing It $60 per acre.
The tea should sell In bulk for nt least
30 cents per pound, nnd the profit on
this basis would bo 100 per cent. Be
sides the cost of marketing, however,
there aro other expenses to bo consid
ered, namely, the salary of n superin
tendent and the Interest of the money
Invested In the plant, which would, of
course, cut down the profits."
Tho great difficulty in the way of
upbuilding n large home tea Industry
Is the expense of curing the tea leaves
so as to retain the green color. Tho
purest tea and tho best from a hy
glenlo standpoint Is tho black tea,
which Is the leaf as dried naturally.
But the public will not drlnk.black tea;
It Insists upon having the green shade.
Hence the next problem with which.
Secretary Wilson proposes to wrestle is
how to produce green ten without cop
peras or prohibitive hand labor cost.
After asking the powers of Europe to
pledge nn open door In China It would
look queer In tho United Stntes to re
fuse to neutralize tho Nicaragua canal.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Dally Horoscope Drawn by AJacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
Astrolabe ca&t: l.lS ti. m,, for Dec, 15, 1900.
A child horn nn this ilay will notice that Pie
ces? generally smiles upon the man who puts up
lln howl rather than on tho one who docs the
w urK.
The nun who lakes real prldo in his wife's lit
erary nlilllly is generally un Individual whose
digestive organs do nut shrink before soggy bis
cuit'. Some people these days act as though they
thought that the Lord had ceased to hie affec
tion for the cheerful giver.
The lowered arc lights In Scranton seem to bo
satisfactory to everybody except those who are
obliged to look nt them.
The man who picks a quarrel with his best girl
today is liable to be pin-cushionless on Christ
mat. Ajacchus' Advice.
Remember that the powers of fascination do not
rest so much upon llngml brillhncy as upon
one's ability to look pleasant during tho recital
of a dull story.
Weekly Leffer on
Municipal flffajrs
XXVIII.-PAKKS.
New York, Dec. 15.
BV THE END of the fust quarter of the next
century the United States will lead the
world in hno park aj stems. The past de
cade has witnescsd an advance in park
acreage and embellishment thai is lenmkablc.
Despite this fact tho present situation is far
behind that found in the leading cities of Eng
land and Europe. Hut, then, they havo been
longer at It. There Is no need of shame, but
simply an excuse for gieater activity in this
great aesthetic and humanitarian field for jiublic
advancement. A glance at the activities in the
field of park Improvement is sutltclcnt to show
American ability fully equal to the need.
Although Louisville has nearly 1,400 acres qf
park land, it has just paed an ordinance for
the expenditure of :;j"5,000 for an addition to its
parks. Memphis, which has long been lagging
in the matter of improvements in this line, has
just authorized a tax levy for $-1)0,000 for the
purchase of a large tract of land for park pur
poses. Other cities, largo nnd small, are an
nually increasing their pirk acreage. Tree plant
ing association are becoming vciy popular ns
city oiganizations, and they are already found
in many municipilities. These work wholly In
dependent of the state laws, which set aside one
day in tho year to bo celebrated by public
schools as Arbor Ilay. Arbor Das' laws aro
found in nearly every statu in the union.
Vast sums of money aie invested in pork sys
tems far more than the general public wilt
lealize. As usual, the city of Greater New
Vcrk leads In its amount of puk a'Mls. The
actual amount invested in land, buildings, ap
paratus, etc., amounts to $!UO,$71,7!H. This is
more than the entile amount invented in the
thiity-hevcn other cities in the countiy of more
than 100,000 population, for Ue h.inic purposes.
It costs nearly if 1,500, 000 annually for mainte
nance. In tho matter of values, Chicago comes
next, with more than $111,000,000 invested; whilo
Iloston follows, witli an investment of moic thin
?.Vt,000,000, and Philadelphia stands fourth in
the lint with about 1,000,000 placed to its
credit in park values. Tho three principal parks
of Chicago are, South, Washington and Lincoln,
which are maintained at an expense of nearly
half n million a .vo.ir, while Philadelphia spends
nearer $0)0,000 and Boston about $240,000.
Iloston has two systems, one of the city proper
nnd one which includes seven counties. The first
is innUr the supervision of the mayor, and the
other is ruled by a commission of three appointed
by tho governor of the stale. The country sys
tem contains borne ,000 acrca of park lands and
nri additional reservation of 25,000 acres. The ap
propriation for the use of thLs country paik com
mission amounts to nearly $000,000 annually, but
only about VUO.OOOO Is used for maintenance,
while the balance is expended upon improve
ments. Among tlio smaller cities none is more prog
icssivc in its ideas and methods than Minne
apolis. The park commissioner of that city
lias charge of all tho three planting done in the
city in the lawn sp.uo between the stiect and
sidewalk, nnd also the maintenance of this lawn
strip. The cost of this work during the last
vcar amounted to 1,7 cents for grass cutting per
running foot, and $4.18 for each tree planted, and
the nece'Siry iinoiint of black soil required,
There are, according to the n turns from tho
census of 1000, thirty-eight iltica laving a popu
lation oi 10,000 or over. In ouler that the rela
tive amounts of pirk assets and expenditures for
maintenance may be seen the following table
is given:
TAiua: i.-PAitK arsi:ts-cost or maix-
TCXAN'Ci:.
Cost of Milntrnance.
Aoets: Land, build
ings, nppaiatus, etc.
New Veil; $l,0S,(v)O $JU0,S71,Iiil
Chlcngu 4IJ.1H) d.1,0 11,000
Philadelphia 4V,202 22,7fc,1ll
St. Loul 111,122 8,1W,S0;
llo.tun 2.11,411 5.1,02.1, 100
lljltlmoie U2,10S
Clcvelaiid 71,105 0,02.!,SI
lluir.iln , l:i,75l ,U9,&H
Sail l'rancisco ..., 203,301 12,000,000
Ciiiclmati i'J.'I'M ,. ',00,01
litUhurg 1,500,000
New Orleans 0,011 S.OjO.ojQ
Detroit "I, IKK) 0,2')5.0.iO
Milwaukee fcJ.tfB 2,IU,771
Washington 22,050 MOO.ixjO
Niwiirk, N. .1 ,. 4.C01 0,000,000
JiTwy fit' 3.5M 1X5,500
l.i, Hi, villi 5H,752 1,015,0i10
Minneapolis ,. fD,4V) 4,501,210
l'lovldiiuc , 47,S. 1,105,172
Indianapolis 121,701 1,010,570
IvJlisas City, 5tn t.7,327 2,U)5,O0O
ht, Paul M.OlHl ,
Uodicitcr tC'.UII 50il,(,00
Denver -Win 2.551), VM
Toledo il2.fi.ll 2,000,050
Alhgheny 10,110 2,.I20.ii
Columbus, O ,.,,,,,,,,,,,, 11,07.1 U3.1.200
WouoU'i ,.,., 2,201 S.KIVMI
Svracuso .,, 32,074 1,602.150
New Haven .,,,,.,,, ,,.,. 21,501 471,000
l'aterion 10,000 2(,000
I'all Itiver 4,215 471,500
St, Joseph, Mo .,, ,,, 0,000 10l,0.l
Omaha , , 3l,otu 2,o;f,tu
Los Angeles ,,,,, ,,. 5.1,810 500,075
Memphis 2.000 700,000
So union ,.., 2,373 76,000
City paiks only. I'edenl government owns
and iiblntaiiis nearly all ol'ilie p.irk ucreage in
Washington.
"City ordinance has lust authorized bond issue
of $250,000 for addltoiul purchase of park land.
Not quite lull of the thlrly-clght largest cities
have a raik acreage that exceceU 1,000. Of thl.
group of cities Philadelphia will stand ill the
head of the Hit. An Interesting study In con
trasts will be afforded by a comparison of the
following table with the one which precedes itl
TAIIM! It.-l'AltK ACItHAmi-POPULATION
ii:it Acm:.
Area III acres.
Population per acre of
Philadelphia ,,.,..,,,,, '.. 'j.OII 311
New Ymk ..,,, .l.tKl'l 870
Los At'Ketci 3.720 27
Washington .,.,,.,.,.., M,V)7 78
Hoeton ,,,,,, 2,013 211
St. I.omi 2,177 20t
Chicago 2,151 MI
Minneapolis 1,55.1 I'lil
Louisville 1,570 II)
Cleveland 1,32(1 27
Indianapolis 1,2.V) 131
San Francisco 1,11)3 2i7
llalttmore , 1,140 III
Cedi.nihus, O I.10S 111
New llnvcn l,10(i IU
Detroit ,,.,. 1.0.VI 270
IlulTalo , 1,025 311
All hut a small fraction owned by the Keel
ernl government.
"Only about 200 acres owned by the city
proper.
" THE WORLD ooojjj
ONE HUNDRED YEARS
AGO TODAYjojjt
(Copyright, 1300, by Tt. K. Hughei, Louis
illle.l THK UNITED STATER presidential situation
continued to gTovv more (drained ns the
date for counting the vote npproiiiied.
There was no longer any doubt of congress
being called on to deride between Jefferson nnd
Burr, the republican candidate for president and
i Ice-president respectively, who would tie with
seventy-three votes eicli in the Electoral col
lege, Several lVdorillsti oprcrd their deter
mination to prevent n choice by the house of
representatives and let the government devolve
on a prcxidmt of the senate. As Jefferson, beinj
ilcc-piwldent under Adams, was presiding of
ficer of the higher legislative body, this I'cderal
ist threat carried with It n provision to name a
presielent of the senate pro tern, by a stretch
of the Constitution. It was an hour to try
men's souls. The republic was Jet In its in
fancy, and the cradle was being rocked by war
ring parents. Some of the I'cdorallsts nsseited
that even anarchy was preferable to the success
of Jefferson. Ilurr was ready to enter into In
trigues that would land him In tho presidenlhl
chair. He hoped for an alliance with the Fed
eralists. Hamilton attempted to nip this in the
bud by Issuing a strong letter declaring that of
the two men Jefferson was les dangerous. Few
Federalists would listen to lilm, however, nnd
another moon waxed and waned with the coun
try's mind still in a tin moll.
Seven marriages In high life took place during
tho year. Perhaps tho most importiint of these
was that of Murat, the king of Naples and French
cavalry leader, and Marie Annonciade Caroline
Bonaparte, the youngest sister of Napoleon. Oth
ers were Anton Friederich Justus Thlbaut, one
of the greatest of German jurists, and the daugh
ter of Professor Ehlers, at Kiel; Caroline OII-
phant, the authoress of many fine Scotch songs,
and Lord William Murray Nalrne, in Scotland!
Itobert Owen, philanthropist and founder of
English socialism, and Miss Dale, daughter of
the owner of the New Lanark mills; William
Godwin, English politieat writer, historian, nov
elist and dramatist, and Mrs. Clairmont; Jacques
Henri Bcrnardin do Siint-Plerre, French man of
letters, and Deslrcc de I'ellcport; (leorge Canning,
one of the greatest of English statesmen and ora
tors, and Miss Jean Scott, who had a large for
tune and was connected with some of the high
est of aristocracy.
The old city of Hala, In the Hyderabad dis
trict, Sind, India, was threatened with encroach
ment by tlie Indus river. The inhabitants
moved two miles distant and laid the foundation
of modern Hala, whidi became famous for its
glazed pottery and tiles maile from a fine clay
obtained from the Indus mixed with Hints.
By a degree, Napoleon reduced the number
of Parisian periodicals to thirteen; all tho oth
ers, with the exception of those dealing with
science, art, commerce and advertisements, being
suppressed. The fieetlom of the press had been
stifled.
The seventh tariff net,. paed by the congress
of the United States, was enictcd during the
year. It imposed additional rates to those then
in effect. The average tariff duties was 10 53
per cent.
.
Owing to the' ferocity and cannibalism of the
aborigines of New Zealand, theac islands were
still a terror to sailors.
.
Among the births of the jeir of persons who
won fame in life weie the following:
Dixie Crosby, American surgeon.
Margiret C'oxe, American nutlioiess.
Abraham Siddon Cox, Americn surgeon.
jiis. Catherine Cravve, nee Stevens, English
authoress.
Ebenczcr Eilson Cummlns, P. )., Ameiiean
Baptist clergjman.
Wonderflil Groutfh
in M?fal Exports
Washington, Dee, 14
AN ILLUSTRATION of tho rapid growth of
our manufacturing interests is found in
the fact tint the exportation of manufac
tures of metals during the jear about to
end will i each $200,000,000. The figures of the
Trcnsury Bureau of Statistics for tlio ten months
ending Nov, 1 show that more than JIOO.OOO.OOO
worth of iron nnd steel nnd more than $50,000,.
000 worth of copper had been exported during
the ten months and thec flguics, coupled with
those relating to the less important manufactur
ing metals and the articles manufactured from
metals, but not Included undeT these general
terms, will bring the total (or the year up to
fully $200,000,000.
In Etcel rails the onorts of the year will
aggregate $12,1X10,001), or an overage of a mil
lion dollars per month, while it was not until
1S07 that the figures for any entire year readied
as much as $1,000,000. In tho fUcal year 1S00
tho total value of steel rails exported was $315,
000; In 16'Jil it was only $540,000; in 1W, $2,
500,000; in 1S0S, $1,500,000; in tho fKcal jear
1SOT, $5,250,000, and ill the calendar jeir U'OO
will bo fully $12,000,000. Nearly ore million
dollars' worth of these exports of steel Litis in
1900 go to Euiope; another million dollars'
woith to Mexico; nearly two millions to South
America; four millions to lliitUli North America,
and two million dedlus' worth to Asia nnd
Oceania, American locomotives also go along
with the Amerlcun steel rail, and the total (or
the jear i-eeiris likely to reach about live mil
lion dollars in valui The Ameiiean rails and
locomotives are In turn accompinied by Ameii
ean cars, of which the exportation for steam
railways will amount to tliii'n million dollars
during tho jear, and for other railways more
than a million dollars. Add to (bis a proper
shaio of tho $0,Oix),oiX) woith of electrical ma
chlnery anil $0,000,000 worth of telegraph, tele
phone and other electrical Instruments and se.
entlllo apparatus cxpoited, and it will bo seen
that for tho constiueliou and operation of rati.
wii)s outside of tho United States the tnanufac.
lurcrs of this couutiv will supply eiuring the
jear about to end fully $23,000,000 woith of
material,
o
The rapid growth in the exportation of metals
and those of which metals form a laige pio
portlon In initio is lllu.troteil by some flgines
regarding our export traelu of tho deeadcN Mann,
factures of bias, for instance, f which the
exports in 1600 amounted to $107,313, were In
the lUcal j par 1000, $1,800,727, Agricultural Jin.
ph incuts. Including plows, cultivators, mowers,
reapers nnd other machinery ol this character,
amounted In 1SW to S3.S50.1SI, ami in the lw.il
jear 10OD to $l0,O0l,te-0. I'ig Iron exports in IS'HJ
amounted xo only 18,453 tons, i allied at $.100,832,
while in the ftcal year 1000 they amounted to
lOO.tOO tons, valued tt $3,12I,&jI. The bar Iron
expectations In l&OO amounted tu 2,037,370 pounds
and In the fiscal year 1000 to 18,457,4.15 pounds.
Wire exportation in 1SD0 amounted to 21,629,
0(12 pounds and in 1000 amounted to 2.10,672,800
pounds, the average exportation for each month
In 1000 being thus nearly equal to the annual
importations in 1890. In uatU the exportation In
1500 amounted in round terms to 15,000,000
pounds, and III 1900 to 113,802,401 pound. 'Hie
total iron and steel exports In 1600 amounted to
25,543,208 and in tho fiscal year 1900 to $121,-
853,314, and In the cftlcnetar jear loot) will reach.
$140,000,000 In value.
n
In copper the growth In exporlatlons has hern
equally striking, the Intnl exportation of copper
In the fiscal j-enr 19T0 being $,3lt),30 In value
nr.it In the fiscal year 1000, $57,851,707, while In
the calendar j-ear llioo It scemi likely to con
siderably exceed $00,000,000.
TALKS JJY THE PUBLISHER.
UNDEIt THK heading, "To Have and to
Hold," n recent Issue of the Newspaper
Maker, New York, has the following,
which contains much truth)
"Tlio Ideal which the average publisher elects
1st
"Tu have good advertising customers, and
"To hold them.
"Hut the wild scramble for advertising pilron
agethat characterlres the present, while, with
the Keen competition existing, It may perhaps
be easy for the publisher to obtain custom, It Is
usually nt n nicrlllco. Whether once secured,
be can retain It, Is another nutter,
"In the endeavor to have, the publisher makes
concessions. Ills rival Is running the advertise
ment, nnd to secure It he cuts rates. If the first
cut Is not enough, the knife goes deeper, and
the advertiser calmly suggests that the publisher
get ilown to rock bottom. Another fall In prices
follows, nnd the advertising bear Inn made his
point.
"To hold the advertising, once secured, It Is
questionable whether contracts are ever renewed
on the same basis. Favors nre granted either as
to price, position, free notices, nnd nil the other
quirks nnd linns the experienced, advertiser
quiiklj' works to his ndvantnge.
"There nre but comparatively few pipers of
this country thnl elo not brenk rates to secure
business, nnd especlallj when clcillng with the
advertiser direct. Such methods arc unfair to the
advertising agent, to the advertisers he rcpie
scnls, nnd a souice of worry and loss to the pub
lisher. "Hates' should be like the laws of the Mcdes
nnd Persians line InngiMlile and the true motto
for the publisher Is:
"To Invc one rate, and
'To hold It."
The Tribune's advertising piges show tint it
has good adveitlslng cnstomeis, and the fact that
the mijorltj" of thorn are In Its eolumns regularly
proves thnt It holds them. How It does thli Is
no seeiet. Simply by giving wide circulation to
their announcements, by charging consistent
prices for the advertising, nnd by having one
price for cverjbody nnd no favoritism.
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NUBS OF KNOWLEBOB.
A gunmaker In Met, is said to have Invented
a rcmirkablo new cartridge for smalt arms of
all kliieis. The case is composed of a transpar
ent eelluloid material and the contents can
therefore e.isllj- bo examined from the outside.
It Is also gas-tight and causes no recoil. Some
astonishing results were obtained at some recent
trials, and the military authorities arc giving the
matter their attention.
Fruit has been found in Zanzibar, East Africa,
whose juice yield a substance eiosclj- resembling
Srutta pereha. The fruit looks like a'ieach, but
is as large as n cantaloupe. It Is unfit tor food
and it was learned by accident that the milky
juice would coagulate in boiling water and would
harden on cooling into any shape desired. Tests
are being made with this substance in London to
sec if it can be used as a substitute for gutta
pereha.
There Is a new distilling piocess which was
shown recently at the Paris exhibition.- This
process depends upon the employment of a mi
crobe which will convert starch first Into sugar
and next Into alcohol. Tho whole operation ii
carried on in closed vats, cverj' material being
sterilised, so that there can be no microbes pres
entecept those specially bred in the laboratorj
for the purpose. These microbes were first found
in Chinese yeast and have been taken to Europe.
HOME-FOLKS.
"Home-Folks" forms the Introductory poem
In Jamis Whitcomb Hllry's latest volume of
poems, published and copyrighted by the Bovven.
Merrill companj-, of Indianapolis. It is re
produced below bj" the publishers' permission.
Home-rolks! Well that-air name, to me.
Sounds jis the same as poetry
That is, cf poetry is lis
As sweet as I've he.un tell It 1st
Home-Folks they're jis the same as kin-
All brung up, same ns we have bin,
Without no ovcrpovverin' sense
Of their ememmon consequence t '
They've bin to school, but not to git
The habit fastened on 'em jit
So as to ever interfere
Willi other work 'at's waitin' here:
Home-rolks has crops to plant nnd plow,
Er lives in towns and keeps a cow;
Rut whether eountrj'-j ikes er town
Thej- know when eggs Is up cr down!
Li! can't jou spot 'em when you meet
'Em .injwheri'S in field er street?
And can't j'ou see their faces, bright
As circus-daj-, heave into sight?
And can't j'ou hear their "Howdy!" clear
As a brook's chuckle to the- ear.
And alius find their laughln' eyes
As fresh and clear as morning skies?
And can't j'ou when they've gone nwajr
Jis feel em shaking hands, nil day?
And feel, too, j-oti've been higher raised
By sich a mcctin' God bo praised!
Oh, Home-Folks! you're the best of all
At ranges this tcrcstchul ball,
But nor er south, cr east cr west,
It's homo Is where you're at j-our best
It's home It's home j'our faces shtne,
In-nunder j-our own fig and vine
Your fambly and jour neighbors 'bout
Ye, and the latchstring hangin' out.
Home-Folks at home, I Know o' one
Old feller now 'at halnt got none,
Invito him lie may hold back some
But j on invite him, and he'll come.
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The
People's
Exchange.
A POPULAIt CLEAltlNO HOUSE for the
rt Ilpnollt nt All Who Have Houses to
Bent, Ileal Estate or Other Property to Sell ,
or Exchange, or Who Want Situations or
Hell) These Small Advertisements Co.it '
One Cent a Word, Six Insertions for Five ,
cents a Word Except Situations vvantcu,
Which Aro Inserted Free.
ooooooooooooooooo
Help WnntedMrtle.
HOOKKEhl'llIt NANTIUI-WIIO HAS HAD Ex
perience ircfcncd; state refcrenca and a;'1'.
Addiess ' Tribune,
wati:d-i:m'i:iiii:.nce assistant hook.
Keeper; elate refcicncu and nere, Address J.,
Tribune.
Help Wanted Female.
WANTED - AN EXPEltlENCEl) COOK AND
laundtchs; one that is well rccommcndcil.
ills. C. Sejbolt, 17 Jeffeison avenue.
Agents Wanted.
iisl'VTi: U-4VTTI1 T(1 M.'I.I, Till! T.ATKST IV.
Miitlon for pioduclng LIGHT; beats electri
city; cheaper than keiooene; agents coining
iiienej; largest factory; prompt shipments. The
Best Light company, Canton, Ohio.
Salesmen Wanted.
ENEKnETIO SALESMAN-SCHOOL bOl'l'LIKS;
country work; $100 salary and commission.
It. O. Evans & Co., Chicago.
BALESMEN WANTED TO SELL OUIt GOODS
by sample to wholesale and retail trade. We
are the Urgett and only manufacturers in our
line In the world. Liberal salary paid. Addietu,
CAN-DEX Utg. Co., Ejv.noii, 0.
ALWAYS BUSY.
71 N ' itl I ffltu&
OjiriJspJ
The j'oiintr man lins no use tor "HuMier Necks."
but he could Inrdly live through ihe winter
without Rubber Boots. We have nit tho kinds
lie needs. Our Storm King he likes best.
STORES OPEN EVENMNO1? UNTIL AlTKIt THK
HOLIDAYS.
Lew5s&ReMly
1M-11G WYOMING AVENUE.
Thone 2152. Free delivery.
REYNOLDS MOS'
MOLIIDAY MSRAY
The handsomest line of
calendars ever shown in our
store,together with our line of
Fancy Ink Stands,
Japanese Novelties,
Brass Frames,
Leather Goods In
Pocket Books,
Card Cases,
Portfolios,
Dressing Cases,
Bibles
Make our place worth while
visiting.
Reynolds Bros
Stationers and Engravers,
Hotel Jermyn Building.
Situations Wanted.
A I'ASiHIONAllI.E DRESSMAKER WISHES EN
Bagement bv the day; rates icasonable.
Address Modes, Tiihunc ofticc.
SITUATION WANTUD-UY A BOY 10 YEARS
of age, to work at anything; store preferred;
experience in stoic. Address 1615 Penn avenue,
Oreen Itidsc.
SirUATIOV WANTED BY A MIDDLE-AGED
woman, as housekeeper in ividovver':. family;
can icive icfcience. Address Housekeeper, 4Z0
Third street, Scranton, l'a.
YOUNG MAN WOULD LIKE TO GET A Posi
tion tu vmk around house; can take care
of u horse. Addiess E. A., Tribune.
SITUATION WANTED UY YOUNG LADY 01'
good executive ability, pernnnent position as
correspondent; possesses knowledge of stenogra
phy and tjpewiiting. Wishes position in lavv
jcr's, insurance or real estate ofticc; first clas
icfcrences as to character and ability. Addresi
Experienced, care of Tribune office.
SITUATION WANT1H) TO GO OUT WASHING,
or any kind of work, and take washing home.
Mrs. Burke, SIS Gordon street. .
SITUATION WANTED I1Y MIDDLE-AGED Will
ow as house Uieper in widower's family. Ad
dress M. .1., General Deliveiy, city.
GENTLEMEN AND LADIES STOPPING AT
lintels can have their laundry done by hind
by an epert.lai!iidics. I'liees reMMinible ; lust
ot city leiciences. 520 Plca-ant stieet, West Side,
SITUATION WANTED BY A GOOD MAN, TO
diive groicry igcm or any kind of business;
sober ami indti-tiinus; "JO years old. Addiess
Louis Oitcihuut, 'lilliuue.
WANTED-WASIIING BY THE DAY, OH TO
take home washing, or will ilo eifllco cleaning
or bweipiiig em Eiiday, Call or address E. M.
II., SIS Goidou .sheet.
POSITION WANTED BY A YOUNG MAN, TO
learn the electrical business: nt present
studjing eirctiicul engineering. W., TOO Scian-
lon street, city.
HONEST MAN, GOOD HABITS, WANTS ANY
position of trust. Write Trust, Tribune of
fice.
SITUATION WANTED-GOOD OIRL WANTED
for general housework, at once, o-O West
Lackavvunna avenue.
WASHING AND IltONINO NEATLY DONE;
Call at J.01 New street, Pine Ilroo'.t.
SITUATION WANTED BY EXPERIENCED
Inly stenographer, work by the hour or piece.
Address Stenographer, Tribune ofllce.
WANTED-WOHK UY THE DAY TOR .MONDAY
and Tuesday ns laundicss on every kinel ot
woik; can give best city references. Address
M. M., 712 Elm street.
For Sale.
tVJVsWW'N'VsJ'sW.'N
FOB SALE RESTAURANT AND OYSTER
bouse, cheap; clo.se by all the.iteis; low- tent;
leasou for selling, sickness". Apply by letter,
ltostaur.ini, Tiibune ofllce.
rOH SAI.E-A DELIVERY COVEItl'.l) WAGON,
has been In use nbout two months. Suitable
for a gioceiy stoic, dry goods htore or other
mercantile purpose's. Apply to William Cialg,
I'OR SU.E-HHICK BUILDING, NO. til LACK-
nuann.i avenue, eorner Washington avenue,
being the prone rtv recently occupied and now
being vacated by the Hunt li Council Pninpiny,
A. E. HUNT.
FOR SUE-CONTENT? Or HOUSE PURNl
ture, carpets, bedding, etc, CJJ Washington
V rnue,
Wanted To Buy.
WANTED-SECOND-HAN'D SLOT MACHINES;
must be in c;ood older, state pat Oculars m
to make ami prlie Address 1,. M ,'cneial de.
ilvery, Scranton, pa,
Money to Loan,
MONEY '10 LOAN ON BOND AND MOHKIUIE,
mi amount, M. II. Ilul.'atc, Coiumo'ivvcaltli
building.
ANT AMOUNT 01' .MONIli 10 !.OA-(,UIUv.
btialgbt loans or Building anil Loi.i. At
from 1 to 0 per cent. Call on N. V. IValkcr,
ail-JlJ Council bulMin;.
BuBinesa Opportunity,
LNCItESsE YOl'K INCOME-JI0O INVI STEIUN
(lulu ot Stocks by in) "Mle linotlu-'iil
Plan" has paid larger piolits linn In any ether
li'.iuncr of dealing, Wilte iiimicdlatcl.v lor par
tie ill irs. Bank, liuaiklal uml customer's refer
inns. Stephen A. demons, Bioker, Old Colony
Dillldinff, Chleago.
l'ARTNER WANTED-WITIl HO.OOO, '0 TAKE
an active iuteic.t in an established wholesale
trioeery, Address, Joseph O'Brien, attorney.
Boarders Wanted.
ELEGANTLY FURNISHED ROOMS; STEAM
heated; board optional. 611 Adams avenue.
Lost.
LOST-BETWEEN 1111 WYOMING AVEM'E AND
High tchool, gold June bug, pcail setliu.'.
Reward if returned to cither place.
FINLEY'S
Umbrellas
FOR
Holiday Qlfts
We are just in
receipt of OneThous
and Umbrellas which
have been specially
manufactured for our
holiday trade, in 26
inch and 28 inch,
comprising a variety
of designs and artis
tic ideas in handles
eclipsing anything
ever shown here be
fore. We make special
mention of two num
bers, in both sizes,
handles to suit either
lady or gentleman, at
$1.58, $2.38 '
of which there will
be no duplicates at
the price.
Finer goods up to
$15.00. -
Initials engraved
when desired free of
charge.
510-512
LACIAWANNA AVENUE
LEGAL.
BANKRUPT SLE-1N COMPLIANCE WITH AS
older nt the United States District Court, fo
the Western district of l'cnnsjlvunia, the under
signed receiver will expose to public sale the
entire stock nt in-rehamlise of S. L. Gallon, at
S2A-2J7 Lackawanna avenue, in the city of Scran
ton, Pa., on Wednesday, Dec. II), at 10 o'clock
.1. in. The stoek consists of clothing, shoes,
hits and caps, and gent.' furnishings. Teinuj
of sale will be .ili.
AAtlON V. BOWER, Receiver.
Scranton. Pa., Dec. 7, 1000.
ELECTION PlttlCLAMATIOV.
NOTICE-IN PL'ltSUA.NCE OK RESOLUTIONS
adopted by the .select and Common Councils,
there will be special elections held in the fol
lowing wauls mi Tuesdaj, Dee. 18, 1000.
First waid One jieison to serve as Common
Cumcilman to till the uneMiiri'd tenn of David.
II. Reese, resigned.
Second waid One peison to seive as Common
Coiinciliuin to fill the unexpired term of M. V.
.Mollis, icdgncd.
Third waid On" person to serve ni Common
Councilman to till tho unexniied term of .Inmej
J. Grier, resigned.
Fourth wnnl One person to serve as Select
Coiincilinin to fill the unexpired term ot b'unon
Thomas, resigned, nnd one person to serve ns
Common Councilman to (111 tho unexpired term
ol W. V. Grlfttlhs, leslgned.
Fifth wird One person to serve as Common
Coiinoilmin to till the unexpired term of C. E.
Godsball, resigned.
Fourteenth ward One person to serve as Com
mon Councilman to till the unexpired term of
C. E. Wen7el, resigned.
Fifteenth ward 0m1 person to serve as Com
mon Councilman to till the unexpired term ol
T. M. walking, rcsigneil.
Eighteenth vv aril One person to serve as Com
mon Councilman to till the unexpired term ot
Thomas V. Morris, leslgned.
Twentieth ward One person to servo as Select
Councilman to fill the unexpired tenn of T, J.
Coj ne, resigned.
JAMES MOIR, .Mayor.
ELECnON NOTICE THE ANNUAL MEETING!
of the stocklmhlcis of The Scranton Stov
Wolks will be held at the oftlee of tho company
in Seinuton, Pa., Satuuliy, Jan. 11, 1W1, at '2.30
p. in. II. E. WATSON, Secretary,
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLD
cis of the Ciinsiimi'ib lee-Co,, will bo held at
their office, comer of Adams uvenue ami Asli
licet. In the Cllj nl Seranton, on Tuesday, tha
1Mb il iv of Dee ember, 1UU0, nt J p. in. Tha
puipusc of the meeting is fur the elee tlou of of.
Ilccui fui the ensuing .viar and the UMiwutlon nt
mhIi other business as may piopuly come befor
the meeting,
JOHN . RCHADP, S.-crctary.
OFFICE OF THE sC RANTON BOLT AND NUT
Co..
Sci.lliton, P.!., Nov. Mill. 1000.
A meeting of the to kholders of this company,
will lie lielel at its geiieinl olllce, on the twenty
(mu tli ilay of .laiiuaiv, A. II., 1001, to takes
netiou on a piopmeil Increase of the capital
stock of Ihe company tram isFiO.oeiO to $UQ,000.
li. M. IIOIiroN, Secretsrv.
EsT.Vi'lToF SILAS FLOWER, LATE OF TUB
Township id Clifton, County of Lackawanna
and state of l'ci.nvlvaula, deceased.
bitten of ndmlnlstutloii upon the alnve-nanicel
estate having lieen ginnled to (he undersigned,
all persons having cliiuis or il.'iiiisids against
the slid e-tate will pi cm nt them for piumint,
nnd tho-e Indebted theieto will pl-Mse i ako lm.
Iinlinto pavment tu
W. E. FI.OWEII, Adinlnlitntor.
THOS. F. WELL-, EM?., Goul.U'nro, I'g.
Attorney foi Elale.
EsT.vHToF ROIIERT (. LEE, LATE OF THU
ihuoiigh of Diuimoic, County of Lack-awaitus
and statu nf l'eiiinvv.inla, deceased
Letters of administration upon the above-named
estate! having been gianlfd to tho undersUned,
all peiMius having cIjIiih or elemiiuU against
Ihe said estate will piecnt litem for payment,
mid lhoe Indiblid theieto will pleise make im
mediate pa vine nt tu
CIIAItl.Ori'E LEE. Administratrix,
Dunmore, I'a.j
WILLIAM R. SIMI'r-ON, Aduilnntrator.
THUS. F. WELLS, EStf., 1'lttston, Pa.
.Minrney tor iwiai.
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Recruits Wanted,
'MIEHTCOt7s?u7 S. NAVY, HF.CRU1W
wanted Able-bodied men, service on out
war (hips in all parts of the world and on lint
In the Philippines when required. Recruiting; of
deer, 1W Wyoming avenue, Scranton.
Board Wanted.
BOARD WANTED-FOK TllltKE ADULT AND
one small child, tu rcspectible Jewish fam
ily, living it first-class neighborhood, Bute
price. W. A., Tribune ofllce. ,
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