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roiiiioiici -i:vax it Mowtis.
lllcclioii I'lliimry is.
T-sitost reports show thut only ono
flfth of tlio mine labor employed In llic
nntlirnrite Industry Is American born.
All tlio more need, therefore, to facill
:ittc the. work of the kindergartens and
iilsht school, which, In time, will
jnike Brood Americans of nil.
Disposed Of.
IX ADDITION to the Panama nnd
Nicaragua routes for an isthmian
canal, n third plan is now before
the senate and, according- to re
port, Is receiving some favor. Senator
llanna is mentioned as one who Is
favorably inclined, in case the repre
sentations of its promoters can be sub
stantiated. Others would gladly join
him on sueli a basis.
Ilrlelly told, the new plan is to cut a
canal at sea level acioss the narrowest
point along the Isthmus, which is from
near Mendogo lmrbor to near Pearl
Island harbor, a net distance uf thirty
miles. This would involve the construc
tion of a tunnel 202 feet In the clear,
through a solid mountain or granite
five miles long, as well as the building
of an electric trolley to tow the vessels
through.
The scheme is said to bo practicable
from an engineering standpoint; but
the cost seems to be u matter of opin
ion. The Ameiican Isthmian Ship Canal
company, an enteimise newly formed
to exploit this proposition, estimates
that the canal, tunnel and all, can be
built for about .$100,000,000; but the canal
commission llgures that it would cost
nearer $300,000,000.
This matter of cost might be waived
If other considerations made it advis
able. But there is a great drawback to
the tunnel route. Nobody ban any con
cession for It. Until mi) the govern
ment of Colombia cannot legally give
one. That appears to dispose of the in
teresting proposition of the American
isthmian Ship Canal company.
On the Pacific coast in I'.iOl a new
Young Men's Christian association
lullding was erectedfor every week in
the year, and ?10,000,000 was secured
'for endowments. Another exemplifica
tion of American expansion.
For Tax Reform.
THKIU3 V.H held In buffalo
last hprlnjj, under the aus
pices of the National Civic
Federation, a conference of
representative students ot economic
questions called to consider how the
many inequalities now existing In tax
ation, especially those resulting from
differing methods in different states,
may best lie overcome, and how ex
travagant nnd wasteful methods may
bo leplaced by more .scientific ones.
The chairman of the conference, Kd
filn Sellgnmn, professor of political
economy and finance In Columbia uni
versity, In calling the conference to
order, made It very plain that there is
room for improvement In both the rais
ing and spending of local and stale
i e venues, For example, he said:
"The population of Now York city to
luy Is about tlio samo as that of tho
entlro country at the beginning of the
present government. Yet wheieus New
York spends about $100,000,000 a year,
tho expenditures of tho United Rtutes
began nt $4,000,000, und even duiing the
first decade or Its existence under the
present constitution averaged only
about $8,000,000 u year. In tho federal
government whereas since 1790 the
population has Increns-ed twentyiold,
tho expenditure lias increased one hun
dred and fifty fold. In state nnd local
llnuhge tho figures ure still moio strik
ing, New York state spent In 1T0G less
than $l!i0,00O; it spont in lf00 about $23,
000,000, or 100 limes as much. New York
city spent In ISC0, with a population of
00,000, u little over $100,000, lly JMI0 its
population hud Increased sixty times,
but" lis exnendlttups had Increased one
thousand times,"
He went on to show how, us economic
conditions liavo changed, methods of
taxation, which seemed good and fair
In tho olden times, liavo become bur
donsptne, und often oppressive, but In
many instances have not been revised,
or have been unsystematic-ally patched
and botched. Ho pointed out that for
many decades tho stales huvo been
tnilldlns up Independent schemes of tax
ation -without leferencp to each other,
uutllnow wo liavo a chuotlc state of
affulrs. In which each state Is sighting
nearly every other Mute; some pop
erjy is taxed two or three times and
some is not taxed at all. The discus
sions were continued for two days ond
we're participated In by tome of our
brightest thinkers, thirty-five stuUs
having ofjlcluj representatives present,
Tliey culminated in the adoption uf
resolutions recommending that the
vtules recognize und enforce principles
of jnterstute comity (n taxation, umonu
vKtch was mentioned thut the same
properly should not be tnxed at the
same time by two state jurisdictions)
thut stute and local revenues should bo
sd separated as to give to counties' and
municipalities the lurgnit powers of
local option In taxation; and thatn'pfr
mnnont oiguulcullou Bhoutd be formed
to promote these reforms.
Through tho courtesy of Mr. ltulph
M. Kusley, secretory of tin1 fcdeuitlon,
wo liavo received n printed copy of the
piitlre proceedliiKS of the coiiforcnco,
Including slenorui)ili! leports of tho
impels and addresses; und uli-o the In
formation that Urn desired permanent
orgulil.utlou has been effected und ar
rangements have been completed to be
gin u Vlgoious ami systematic cam
paign ot education toward tax reform.
Buffalo, ton, has small-pox tioubles,
with more than 100 cases and a $10,000
bond Issue to provide a fighting; fund.
One ot tho most curious facts about
the piesonl small-pox epidemic Is that
It Is almost co-cxtoiislve with civiliza
tion. The only rational theory 'that wc
have heard to account for Its wide dis
tribution is that it is a legacy of the
Philippine and South African wars,
tho contamination having been spread
from soldier camps, The fact thut It
Is as common In J'nglnnd as In this
country gives a color of plausibility
to this oxplanatlon.
The Ethics of Labor.
N AN address delivered last week
before the pupils In Franklin
and Marshall college at Lancas
ter, President CJeorgc F. Ilaer,
of the lteudlng und Jersey Central
ltuihoad companies and Temple Iron
company, set forth clearly his views
on the labor question, Ills remarks
have Interest In themselves as being
the carefully thought out conclusions
of a prominent and successful director
of labor; and they are also interesting
in so far as they may foreshadow tho
attitude of the coat carrying corpora
tions toward the United Mine AVorkeis
and the demands which the latter have
decided to present In tht spring.
Ills subject was, "Work Is Worship,"
and he developed it by laying down
and elaborating certain propositions
which hu called fundamental truths, to
wit: "All men, as laborers, are not
equal; every man should receive his
own reward according to his own la
bor; the owner of property has u right
to control its lawful use; and the most
society can do Is to give every man
an equal chance of developing and us
ing ills powers, and to secure him In
his reward according to his work."
The th st of these propositions is so
self-evident that it hardly seems nec
essary to consider It here. The sec
ond will be disputed only by socialists
and unwise leaders of labor who ttrach
that efficient workmen should be held
back In order to please the inelllcient.
It is to what Mr. Baer had to say con
cerning the third and fourth of his
propositions that we will give atten
tion. "Whatever changes the future may
bring forth, the great law that evep
laborer shall be piotected in his In
alienable right to labor must in all
time," said he, "be a well-proportioned
pillar of free government. To
day there is no greater absolute des
potism and 'tyranny on the earth than
the power which forbids a man to
work because of some "other man's
quarrels. The nod of the despot, caus
ing the arrest of any man In his king
dom, represents no more arbitrary
power than the edict which issues In
the name of labor, whereby a work
man, without a grievance, must stand
with folded arms and see his family
suffer for bread because he is in terror
of the ostracism, if not the personal
violence, which follows an attempt to
be a free man.
"Is liberty regulated by law an Illus
ion? Is liberty to work less desirable
than liberty to worship? Can the one
live without the other? Are wo free
men In the sense of the Declaration
of Independence, whose liberties are
vouchsafed by the constitution, if
there be any power in this broad land
to control our choice of labor? Shall
we be denied the right to work in the
lawful vocations of man because we
do not belong to a particular labor or
ganization? "Lot It be said once for all, that It Is,
as It ought to be, lawful for laboreis
to organize; to use all lawful menus
to obtain higher wages and better con
ditions, and to quit work singly or in
a body. This Is their liberty. But has j
not every man a similar llbeity of ac
tion? If lie chooses to work at any
vocation, und on any terms, Is not this
his liberty? And what moral or legal
light has a labor organization to de
prive him of his Inalienable liberty to
work? Yet, It Is being done every day.
Men are dilven from work, threatened,
abused, culled nil manner or harsh
names, their wives and children ure
Insulted, and it social ostracism is es
tablished, which compels good, honest
workmen to bear the pangs of hunger
lather than endure (ho llueats and
gibes of their fellow workmen. In
some trades, employers uie not per
mitted to employ workmen without
labor organization cards. Union men
will not work with non-union men,
Was over greater tyranny practiced by
one set of man over their fcllowiuenv"
After showing tho fallacy of the out
cry occasionally heard against govern
ment by Injunction, a form or govern
ment which had Its origin, Mr, Baer
pointed out, when the Almighty en
joined tho children of Israel through
Moses and tho Ten Commandments;
and prutslng the American Judiciary
for tho courage It lias steadily shown,
in the faco of, mob outcry, in Its de
fense or liberty regulated by law, he
continued;
"Work will not bo worblilp in this
country until It Is uulvertmlly conced
ed that no man shall bo deprived of
ills right to work, by luw, by force, by
threats, by social ostracism, by boy
cott, or by insult; no mun shall be
denied the right to select his own vo
cation; no man shall bo denied the
right to work as many hours as ho
pleases, und no man shall bu boycotted
or Injured In his business because he
employs non-union lubor. Labor may
organize, but it may not tyrannize."
These sentiments, it will bo per
ceived, differ little fiom those set
fort,h In the recent manifesto of the
Citizens' Alliance, which evoked hos
tile expression fiom the United Mine
Workers In their Wllhes-Harro con
vention. And yet we fall to ore where -in
they can be modlHcd without dls
credlthiK the incanlnsr heretofore at
taching to American liberty,
tfav York's frightful tunnel acci
dent has uheudy Imrnu good fruit.
Charles T. Ycrkos, tho American who
Is to build electrical underground rull
louds in London, announces that ho
will uso Ihc-proof cars, so that, ir
there should bu n collision, those In It
will not bn burned to death. And
George Westlnghouse, to whom Scran
toiiluns are looking for some Important
local developments In electrical travel
and construction, says It Is ontlroly
feasible, nnd In tho end economical, to
use Sire-proof cars und electric power
In nil urban und suburban transporta
tion. It seems sad thut such lessons
have to be learned through bloodshed,
but history teaches that there Is no
other way.
A record of published contributions
In excess of $3,000 apiece given by
Americana for philanthropic purposes
has been compiled since 1S9:?. It shows
that in tho four Democratic years,
lS!)C-0il, Inclusive, the contributions
amounted to ?121,000,000( "or an average
of $20,2o0,000 a year. But during the
ensuing five Itepublleun years the to
tal was $207,000,000, and the yearly
average, $33,400,000. This Is simply one
measure of the difference In efficiency
between the two lot-inn of public ad
ministration. Tlio desire to give to
wortliy causes existed without change
during both periods; but the ublllty to
glvo differed widely.
The little strip of grape-growing
country between Buffalo and Cleveland,
not more than two or three counties
in extent, last season produced more
than 200 train-loads of grapes, to May
nothing of more than a million and a
half gallons of wine. No wonder it is
called, and not irreverently, "God's
country."
According to statistics compiled by
an eminent French savant, the United
Stat's now stands first among the na
tions in tho average savings bank de
posit account ot its inhabitants. That
's one reason why the Democratic
leaders at "Washington are looking for
an Issue.
Lust year 10!) industrial companies
increased their capital by $012,000,000;
while railroad and traction companies
to the number of 54 increased their
eupital by $473,000,000. But for vain
strikes, the showing might have ben
still better.
A musician in New York earning $300
a week, who, by gross cruelty had
driven his .w"'e into a. separation, has
just been ordered by court to pay her
$o.30 a week for maintenance. That
judge is evidently an economist.
Last year's output of pig iron In the
United States exceeded that of Kng
land and Germany combined; while
our output of coal broke the record.
That explains why we have become it
world power.
The parlies who bought South Afri
can stocks in anticipation ot the end
of the Boer war, are liable to soon ex
perience the feelings of a shorn lamb
of AA'al! street.
Santos-Duinout, the alr-shlp man, has
promised to como to the St. Louis
show and win the big prise for a rea'.lv
truly flying machine. AVlll Americans
let him? ,
A little learning Is truly a dangerous
thing. In Itussla twenty cities are In
a state of siege because of the fear of
disorder by the students.
Fusion In Philadelphia &eems to have
bumped against a snag In the distri
bution of the epaulettes,
THE LAND OF THE HUSHABY
KING.
Oli, hifely allo.it In J uciiulfifnl liojt,
from ocr die Snmlimn Him,
Wlieii the tide swings blow anil tlie LiiMve lunU
iiunelously inlrclu-I-y,
'Jlirui lomclli, llioif lomctli the llu-hal Klnsr,
Ami i!rwmaio Hie ches tl'.it creep
t Ion-, lia-c Py hi lili on tlio Sundown lliU,
As lio sIukcUl iii. luliu to nlcop:
"lly, oli! by. liy, we kli.ill u" KJillinf. llll:is;
Sttiiig low, iwiiii; IiIrIi, ovei tin- Picini Sim trail-
Ins,
Willi cIum of the UiiMiiil.iinl .iliout u a-wlns."
TliU U Hi-' hid;,' of tin' llu-Iuliy Kin.,'.
Oh, lltlltt blue i.H". lite tUi-. In the hl.lrri
OS llio Dii'Jinlanil (iro rtuimely aglow,
Ami the moon U IU- iiiu-cn of a fuii)l,inil si me,
Tu wjtili n'fi- tlio ilnUlu'ii below;
Ami .voni' bo.it, 'mid the lliml, t liiirs bully
o'tr
Ulicio tho ini'inuhU in lupplhcis llnon;,',
And, il'iwn wbcic they dwell, 'ni-nlli llw surtje
Hid tlio uell,
'I hoy uie hIiijIii!; j lull.iby hhk:
"sleep, dean uliep, lecp, roil.eil on the it-l-tide
bilious;
Wic near creep, lieep, elves to thy downy pil
low; Von dull be sooll cl by Ihe (liitte.- of win-it."
'1 tit -t H the mm;- tint Ihe nieiiiKiliU allies.
Oh. the fji'.iw-iy tui"l of the lluduby l..ind
Your Utile while feet thill pies,
And Ibu biidi of the uie i.hallwclcomi )on theio
To lillni-4 no inoital )iuy glie,,,
On woiideilnl tiers s-h.ill the tJiidy-fnili ymv;
I'lum-eaUn to the lih. Mull iltnz;
And no one Mull tiy: "Don't .toiu-li tliemt
My, no !"
Kor the die.im-fjliie ewr will tins!
'Vour .ill, ors, ill ,ii ; all to be hid for the
UMic;
llaln'i mull, luhci 1,11a r, Jiut ulvo the tu'cs
11 good MuKlii'ii
I'ov uinly in Dre.111d.111d' 11 w ssood ililng,"
TliU li the i-onw' that the while lili!e olng.
Oh, f.ii-nw.iy ttijiufti! Ihe Iltiliaij Land,
If 1 touhl but go. rould (,-
Wheie pry luby doili llojt In the I.ulljbj-boat;
If 1 tuulil her iapt,urc Know
M be IjukIh in 4 die.im l!ul tomia through
(bo uliflil,
A ilu'jin of ll eltlnt at pU)T
Hut the dilttetli fiom 1110 or the lliblul.y Sci,
And Je to in) jelf I u ;r
"lly, old-bjr, by, lube who Is dijftlny, drift-
ln$;
Swing low, cwinir lilli, tjfe on the tlecp-tldc
klilftwsr."
And my heart doth reply, though U;cd I cllinr:
"S"- Is safe in tlio uiuui of the llutlviby King."
Alfied .1. WalrrUousv, In Suue-a.
THE UNITED STATES LEADS
IN NATURAL TREASURE
.'pcelal Correpoinleiiee ol The Tribune.
Wellington, .Ian. IP.
ESTIMATES nf tU mineral product of U10
fulled Stite, vliltli hue Jul iMchcil
Ibo trmnity bnre.ni of tjtbitli. fmllf ito
Hint they will rueed In neatly eery par
lleulur those of tiny prrrrdliie jwr. Xot only
will Ib'y I'leoed those uf any priudlni ,ur,
but eured In nearly erry cane thoc of eeiy
other untntiy. In gold, In llvcr. In Iron, In
Ateel, In topper, in i.m.iI, ami In mineral nil
tlii pruiluttii of the United Slates In 1WI exceed
thoi- of any other icinitry, and In eery in
Maine ruept poMibly mppcr Mitu htr own
reionl In any iiu-ceillng jear. The estimate of
1,'old and tdhcr production are from the mint bu
reau and those of pig Iron, copper, (imI and min
eral oil fiom the lliiglnreiliu; and MlnliiR .lour
nal, These estlmatei put Ihe irolil piodurllon of 1IHI
lit $n,2IS,S0O, agultut f0,171,0UO In 1DDO, wlib.li
ttji the blRhet record In cold production that
the United Stales had eter made. They put tho
kilter piodurllon of 1D01 at B5,0ol,"Ssl ounrei,
atf.ihul 07,017,000 oiwcei In 1WU. The plif Iron
production is ritlnutcd at iJ.SOO.OUO lona; ton,
auraln-l l:l,7bf,2l.! lontr tout In 1l, In which
year the llgurci exceeded lhou of any preceding
year, 'Jhc- to.d prodnttlin M estimated at 21,7,
SJO.OOO lone; loni, nix.iliiat 2l0,M.i,tUT lone tons in
10O0, the J ear of blithest production heretofore.
Of pelrolcnm H10 pioductlon Is eatiitutcd at TO,
OOO.OW'baircls, or 2,772,(100,000 gallons, apilmt
t.',uf)l,.,l,Sflil gallons in I'M), the year of largest
pioductlon heretofore. Of copper the pioductlon
Is estimated nl S'tf.OOO.OOO pound, or 2iT,,0ij long
lon, or ubout f,,000 tons below- tlio figures of IPtX),
copper thus being the only Item in the entire
list wlili.Ii shows for HOI a rmallrr figure ef
production than that of last year.
OUTLINE STUDIES
OF HUMAN NATURE
A Husband's Advice.
JIi.s. U'lthcrby Dear, (lie men hae come to
put in the telephone.
Wltheiby All light, f.et 'cm put it in.
3lr.. Wltheiby Hut where do jou think it
would better go?
Wltheiby I don't care. Anywhere to suit jou.
Mis. Wltheibj Uul whcio do Jim think would
be the best place?
Wltheiby (carefully going over the whole nut
ter in Ids mind, after a moment's thought) I
should put it back of these stairs in the hall,
Mrs. Wltheiby Oh, dear, no. Thai would
never do. Why, suppose bpiglars
Wltheiby You weren't thinking of putting it
itp-xtafM, were you?
Mis. Withcrbi Well, it would be so handy up,
there, and then if burglais
iVlilici by Nonsense !
Sin. Wllherby Then why don't jou suegst
a place?
Wltheiby (drily) I h.ne.
Mrs. Wltheibj lint n decent plac.-.
Ulthciby Look beie; jou settle this matter
yourself, I don't caie .vlicre ou put tint tele
phone. You can hang it on the roof, pm it in
the laundry or on the fiont door, If jou want to.
Mm. Wltheiby (haiightili) Theie! 1 knew
that's the way jou would act. I have to decide
cieij single thing about tins bouse, and I'm
siel. and tiled uf lming such a hclplcs man us
j an arc for a husband.
Wilherbj- You ought to have niariied an clec
tilcian or a house-decorator. Haven't I told jou
what 1 thought?
Sli-,. Wltliorliy W II, wbj don't jou think of
nomc other place, instead of standing round like
a dummy?
Wilherbj- (getting aniij) You are a wonder!
l'iist I luld jou to decide the matter for jour
self, and then, when jou insisted on my iidcice,
I gac it tu jou at once Now- jou an- abusing
mc just because! I'm- got cliength of mind enough
to t-dck by what I (-ail.
Mis. Wltheiby I don't cue. You are perfectly
useless.
Wltherby (icigncd) All light; I am. Here
comes the telephone man. Sij-, whole's the best
place to put that machine?
Telephon; Slin I -hoiild bij-, sir, in the lull,
back of these stairs
Mis. Witherby (calmly) Of collide that's Ihe
best place. Hut I'll know belter next time than
(o ttiik by what I said.
IMt Wilherbj, whittling WulciiUy-Toni .Ml
son, in Smctt Set.
Had Often Paid to Hear It.
IMouaid do lteykc N telling a fctoiy which be
seems to lelish mightily, saj-s the Xew Yoik
Tillies, even though the Joke is upon himself and
1,U cINtingiiMied biothei. It wai during their
last season in P.uis together. In their apart
inenls sit a certain hotel the biothcis often pric
lived fiuging together of mornings. One day
while thus cngjged they wire annoyed by a loud
bammciing on the wall of tin- apiitmciit ad
joining theirs, 'thinking their iielghbois were
banging pic tin en they tiled to sing on.
When the lackct had continued with unabated
vigor for about ten minute,", however. It began
to glow- uueudiiiable. The- brothels pulsed to
consider the cruestlon. 'Ilien they noticed that
the noue had stopped, liistantlj- lliej- iccom
mi m od their piaclice, cueoutaged to hope for
peace. In another moment, howcvei, the sound
of hiiiimering again broke in upon their i-luging,
tills time do loudly as to seriously Inteiicic with
good result. Alter pcuevering ngilnst the ills
tuibanee for ioine inlntitcs longer .lean descended
to the oltiio to ark if lepaus could not be made
at nomc other time.
As he appioari.nl the desk be found an hate
American who in all the rrrm-h he knew wis
Ksliuilshlng the cleik with a tirade which in ling
ll.H v.-culd have been eoincthlug like this:
"It's an outiage, those fellows bellowing nevt
to us all day! If jou don't stop It, wo will.
We've alieady used ui the hliorvl and the tongs,
and now we're bevlning on the poker. We'll
have u hule clear lluougli the wall picsciillj."
'Ihe tenor, standing by iuiobcncd, enjoyed
the vaijlng cspirioiLS wlilcli tllttcd over tho
American's f.icc as the elcik, having pioducrd
tho teglstcr, revealed lo lilm the ideutllv ol his
iielghbois. When the complainant finally undci'
hlood, he made but one icmaih:
"And to think," lie j-ald, 'fb.it I've paid al
most nnv price over in Ainriicc Just tu Iiear
tbo-c fellows king."
Then be turned on his heel and went quietly
upstair. Theie was mi moie punmlliig on tho
wall. The "lackel" had become muluil.
Governor Shaw's Mistake.
(ioveruor .Shaw, of Iowa, the icccntlj appoint
ed sccretuiy of the cuiuj-, tells this toiy of a
personal cjiperlcnce. while tijlng a tasn in an
luvvu court, A boy about II jears old bad been
JVt r t f. t. V. V, l f, b ! t fe V, V, HV. t. P. V, . t", . P. P. K P. ft K K H K . V
h Bargain Hardest for Shoe Buyers I
We are in the midst of old-time Sncrlflce Sales of Winter
Footwear. The shoes we shall offer during this sale are not old ,
fc. or shopworn; among them will be the well known makes of 'ft
w Johnson 8i Murphy and The Stetson. Don't let this opportunity ,t
V slip away, Here are some of the values;
j; Lot i J. S: M, and the Stetson. Men's Patent Leather, .
J; Patent Ideal Kid, Enamel and Bo. Calf, tj m-A tA CA 2
J. rcuu'ar-f? and 36 values, all sizes, for, P 'U 44.DU J
& Lot a Men's Enameled and Box !v
; Calf, winter weight,regularS.?.oo,$j.50 zi OMj t-2
and $4.00 value, for $Z.D) ailCl $J J
? Lot 3 Ladies' Box Calf, lace, winter weight, t , . Jr
regular $2.50 and $3 00 values lor, ..,.,.,,..,,,,,., p 1 . D .
x. Lot 4 Misses and Children's Lace and Button,
a regular 75c and $1,00 value, for, ..,.,,,.,.., , OUC Jj
It will be cheaper to buy now than it will be to wait. !
k'Vt U U U U 'A ' 'A 4 U ' U U U '4 U U V 'A A M 'A 'A 'A 'A 'A 'A 'A 'A 'A 'A mA 'A 'A 'A U
That tliMe flgurej clearly put Uie. United Hhtes
In the lead In the production of all tticsi ar
llcln Is cliowii by a roinpirl'nn of the iiWO flg
lues of produetloti of Ihe United Mates with
llio! of ntlicr countries. Tin! loiiikm Dally Mall
Year-Hook puLs Ihe pig lion onlpul of lnoo flti
Hulled Slates, 11,7o'M!l2 ton; United ICltiRdjin,
K,U(H,ri7i) tons; (lennany, R,l(U,s:,J! tons; Ituula,
2,82t,tXX) totmt I'raiife, 2,UIW,ltU tons, With the
1U01 figure for the United hlates lr,,800,t)UO tons
there can be no iuctloti that the ITnlled Slates
iTulnljhii the trad In Iron production,
That the coil output of the United States tor
1001 will mirpass (bat of any other country Is
evident from statement of tho abocr authority,
the London Dally Mall Ycar-llooK, whltli slates
tli.it "the United States lias for the lat two
year ouUtilpped us as a coal-ptoducllig country.
In WOO the United States' total output wa 2IS,
ta,W (metric) tons; that of the United King
ilom, '-'.'o.lRl.Ofl") tons; (JcrniJiiy, liXt.SSS.OUD tons;
riaiiee, ai.r.77,000 tons; Helglum, ftl,B.V2,0iXI tons."
This ntatrmcnl, couuled with the fact that the
(Iruics ot the United Slates' production In lQtll
CMecd by 'j;,000,000 Ions Hide of 11)00, make ft
appaient tint the United Mates was In
1P01 clearly In the lead In the world's coal pro
duction. M hi the pieclous metals, the estimate of tha
mint bureau i that the United States' pinduct
of both gold nnd Silver rxcecili In ltKU Hut of
any other country.
As to petroleum, while the ltuwlnn figures cf
last year slightly exceeded those of the United
Slates, It la probable that the enormous total
of (,(1,000,000 barrels', or 2,772,000,000 gallons es
timate for the j ear 1001 places the United States
again In the lead In the production of that ar
ticle, these flguies showing ait Incrcaac of 110,
(XX), 000 gallons as compared with 1900.
put on the ntand, and the opposing counsel was
csaminliig him. After tho uual preliminary
rrucitiona as lo the witness age, residence and
the like, hf then pioceeded:
"Have jou any occupation!"
"Xo."
"Don't you do any work of any kind?"
".Vo."
"Just loaf aiound homo?"
"That's about all."
"What does jour father do?"
"Xothln' much."
"Doesn't he do anything to support the fam
ily?" "lie does odd jobs once In a while when he
can get them."
"As a matter of fict, isn't lour father a pretty
worthless fellow, a dead beat and n loafer?"
"I don't know sir; joifcl better ask lilm.
He's siltln' over there on the Jury."
Balfour Repulses Reporter.
A newspaper man who desiicd to Interview the
Rt. Hon. At thin- .1. Ilaliour was, by u Movant's
cnor, shown into Sir. JJalfoui's study while an
oilier visitor wan with lilm. With a foolish want
of tact the repoiter tried lo induce the leader
of the bouse of commons to talk while Ibis
thiid poison was still in the room.
"Will you," icplicd Sir. Balfour to a query of
the newspiper miu, in hi.s sweetest, gentlest man
ner, "be so kind as to go outside the door and
cloe it?"
Old Enough to Vote.
I'ele-r "Doolej" Dunne was in a Xew Yoik up
town iPs.tMir.int the other evening, when n very
young man in the party insisted on telling fto
iles, any one ot which was cbl enough to vote.
After the party bail listened for a long time to
these hoarj- anecdotes l'eter tinned to an ac
quaintance and said:
"Is it not strange that one fu veij- joung
should tell stoiies mi veij- old?"
THE AMERICAN INVASION.
I'ditor of The Tilbune
Sli: Auiciicau.s are to build a lailioad in
China, beginning immediately. It is to run from
Hankow to Canton, a distance of 7.V) miles, with
spur trades increising the line lo POO miles.
China aids with SH2,O0O,O0c gold bonds. Slost
of the material will be bought ot us, thus bene
liting numerous American industries. (Troy
TillKS.)
The bcuatu'g appioval ot the Ha j-.l'aunccfote
treaty, and the passing In the bouse of the Nica
ragua canal bill, each almost unanlmouslj-, are
sine Kiiai.intces for a gradual, but vast, increase
of our foreign business.
Dr. SI. (i. Iirumhaukh, superintendent of edu
cation for i'oito ltlco. is an American invader
of the light tort. As the Boston Journil of
IMucation saja, "Dr. Brumbaugh would nuke
life vrorth living anj-wheie."
llusslu lias scut a deputation to Kngland to
study the agricultural needs of the Kuglb-li mar
ket. It would pay us to do likewise In several
lines of industry.
Scottish htcel companies extended their Chrlsl
iiui bolldajs to one month, because- of ihe
tJackuess of trade.
"The old country must wake up If she Intends
to maintain her old position ot pre-eminence in
her colonial trade, against foiclgn competitors."
(1'iince of W'alesJ
The Rcrnun lion niaiket is fo depressed that
the Woodwaid lion works of Alabama, Is bring
ing back a shipment of tiOO tons.
By securing Hie control as we have of 5,000
miles of Kuglish and Kutopcan canals, and elec
trically equipping them, we shall soon be ship
ping gouds, on through bills of lading, from
our lake ports to many inland cities in Great
Britain and I'.urope.
The L'nglishinoii works to live; the Ameiican
lives to woil:, That' Just tho dlltcrenee be
tween biilliant (iluniph and uiedlocie miccesJ.
One of our latest ccpau.lon-s is the project for
a tiolley load from Cairo to .Mount Sinai, thence
to Sleeca, with a blanch to Damascus,
Speaking ot Ainerlrein competition In the Sledlt
cnaiiean, Sir. Curnej-, HrltUh consul at Mar
seilles, hij-s in a irpoit lo the British foieign
ofllee, as irpoitcd In tho l'dlnhurgh rjioUMiian,
"Iho limn features of the Aiiimtau fcucmc aie
In icdiico costs by owning their land tiansport
and their ships; to Inncaso our tonnage; icdiice
io;ts nf manipulation by lihor taving macldneiy;
tu pick up return fieight at even- available
pcil; to urate large depots, und ofl'er a large
volume of bulncs. Y'ouh virj truly,
- Walter J. II illard.
f-ehencctaily, X. Y , Jan. 13.
ALWAYS BUSY.
1902 Money Saving Sale
, Is jiow on. With overy pair 01? our
1 Feet nnd Health Saving Shoes you
get ft shoe sinner free.
30O pairs of Men's Double Solcih
Vldi Kid and Box Calf Shoes, worth
Sa.oo. Our 1902 Cnsh , rt
ce $1.40
aoo pairs of Youths Vicl Kid
patent tips, worth $i.oo. erk
Our 1902 Casts Price .... OliC
100 pairs of Youths' and Boys'
Legging, mixed tots, not all sixes in
every lot, but the size you need in
some of the lots, worth n
$1.35 Our 1902 Cash Prlco OUC
too pairs or Men's Solid Tap Boots
all sizes, worth $1.50 to $2.50.
Our 1902 Cash 4
Price $1.00
too pairs of Men's Solid Tapped
Soled Shoes, lace nnd- Blucher,
worth $1.35.' Our 1902 ,.
Cash Price 90C
100 pairs Ladies' Vlci Kid button
and lace Shoes worth $1.00 to
31.25. Our 1902 Cnsh
Prlco 75C
200 pairs Misses and Children's
Vici Kid School Shoes, worth 75c
to Si. 00. Our 1902 Cash
Price 50C
Mixed lot of Ladies' Dress and
Fancy Slippers, toe alittldbit nar
row, worth $1.00 to $1.50. -
Our 1902 Cash Prlco OUC
You can seo by the above list that
very littlo cash is"roquired to pur
chase good reliable nnd honest foot
wnre. Lewis & Reillv, Wy..!4",A6en.ft
Office Desks and
Office Furniture
New and Complete
Assortment
Being the
LARGEST FURNITURE
DEALERS IN SCRANTON
Wo carry the greatest assortment
of up-to-date Office Furniture.
You are invited to examine our
new line before purchasing.
121 Washington Avenue.
A Second-Class
City with a
First-Class Stock of
33,
verwar
Suitable for
Wedding Gifts.
Mercereaii & Connell,
132 Wyoming Aveune.
I
OF SCRANTON.
Capital, $200,000
Surplus, $550,000
Pays 3 interest on
savings accounts whether
large or small.
Open Saturday evenings
from 7.30 to 8,30.
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Are You a Lover
Of the Beautiful?
Do you Hi to luyo pictli lings? Wr will
lie iiIcjkiI tu blimv jo'i bollulm PUmoml
Ilings, DIjiiioiuI .mil lJmiuH llhign, PU
moiul mill Ituby llliig.. Ulainuiul and Oiul
Kliii4, DlimcnJ iinJ Sjpiilit Illiwf, V'.i
niciul jinl 'I'uiijuol illng. Wc will uiouic
any cliMlicd ccinljliutlon lo circlc-r.
E. Schimpff,
317 lackawnnna ave.
r- .uiTir
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HillMonndl
Out Oia
Sterling Sii
Clocks,
FINLEH
PARISIAN
OPERA
a
CLOTH
Comes in lines of new
evening shades and dark
colors,in various grades juBt
the material for
Opera Capes,
Spring Jackets,
Tailored Suits, etc
Shown here in Cream, 'Pearl
Grey, Biscuit, Havanna, Old
Rose, Purple, Navy, Garnet
and Black,
Quiited
Satin Linings
In new patterns of pretty de
sign. A fitting lining for your
new opera cape. Comes in all
the nice light shades, as
Pinks, Blues, Turquoise, Car
dinal, Cream, etc.
Rich New Laces
and Trimmings
So varied and so beautiful that
an adequate descriptoin is imt
possible. The season's latest
and best styles.
510-512 Lackawanna Ave,
Headquarters
for
Incandescent
Gas Mantles,
Portable Lamps'.
THE NEW DISCOVERY
1
Kern Incandescent
Gas Lamp.
uns!erForsytii
LZirt'iKj rcun Avenue.
Lager
Brewery
llfliinrftcturers or
OLD STOCK
PiLSfiER
485 to 455
V, Ninth Street,
Telophons Call. 2333.
Allis-CIialmers Co
Successors to Machlno Business of
Dickson Manufacturing Co., Scrunton
anil WilUes-Barre, Pa.
Stationary Engines, Boilers, Mining
Machinery, Pumps.
1
A Difference
There is as much difference in
Sinmonda as there is in human
faces, and not infrequently as
much hidden deception. When
you wish to buy a diamond come
to us. You can rely upon our
judgment and representation.
E. Schimpff,
317 Lackawanna ave.
in) ft)