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T1E SCKANXOjSr TRIBUNE-TUESDAY , JAN UA' 28,19,02,
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Si conl Cliw JUII Mattel. ,
When space will penult, Tlis
Tribune Is nlways glad to print
short letters from Its friends heav
ing' on current topics, but Us rule is
that these must be signed, for pub
lication, by the writer's real name;
and the condition precedent to uc
ceptance Is that nil contributions
shall bo subject to editorial revision.
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SUIIANTOX, JAN'UATIY 2S, 10J.
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
roiitu.llrr-r.VAX II. MOtitllF.
Klwllon IVbiini 1
Thu National I.llieriil narlv .ItiHt or
cimlzed tit CliiclnniiM sconm to bo a sort
free-runi-niul-iio-Huniliiy uiTalr.
Questions.
THK esteemed Philadelphia
I.oilser Is authority for the
assertion that Senator Quay
believes that If Attorney
General Hlkln shall bo nominated for
prnvcrnor It will lusult hi the Iomh of
six I'onRrea.i districts now represented
by ISepubllcaiis. It names the six. The
Kltvonth is anions thein. We do not
look upon the Philadelphia Ledger as
the most trustworthy vehicle for ex
pressing: the thoughts of .Matthew
Stanley Quay and are Inclined J.o take
the view that the senator will find a
time and a way of his own to make
known to those whom It may concern
his matured opinion on this and other
controverted points.
Rut as a study In politics what rea
son Is theie for the Ledger's belief that
Klkln's nomination inoie than any oth
er would affect disastrously the con
gressional campaign? The . Ledger
says that the vote cast at the last elec
tion shows that Judge Yerkes carried
ten concessional districts, with ma
jorities ranging from &07 to 12,118. That,
however, was the result of a Democrat
ic and insurgent fusion, combined with
an off-year, light straight Republican
vote. In a congiessional and guberna
torial year the vote would come out;
hence there is left to inquiie only if
the insurgent or disaffected Republi
cans, in the event of Mr. Klkln's nom
ination, would vent their objection to
him by fusing to defeat Republican
nominees for congress in close districts.
Is It their intention to stilke, not at
Klkin solely, but likewise at the Repub
lican nominees for congress and,
through them, at thu Republican na
tional administration? Are they pre
paring to fight Republicanism fiom lop
to bottom in case a majority of the
Republicans of Pennsylvania should de
cide to choose the Indiana county can
didate instead of some candidate
higher In Insurgent favor ns the gub
ci natorhtl standaid-bearer?
Whether Kll.lu or another shall be
nominated Is for the Republicans in
insular convention to decide. We at
this lime express no- preference. "We
shall accept cheerfully and support
i ordlally whomsoever that majority
shall see lit lo nominate. Rut before
Pie discussion goes much fuither the
foregoing quertlons ought, it seems to
iiu, to be answered frankly, so that
Republican voters throughout the state
may know whether the dog Is to wag
the tall 01 the tall lo wag the dog.
The grots value of Hie inanufacluied
jioducts of tho Culled states In the
year ICCU was S13,CP3.l:!7.CS:. as com
pared with a gross value in 1SU0 of $9,
o7;',l;'.7,'JSa, an increase of J0,C30,(l!)0,39O,
or 3S.72 per cent. t'.m the pace be main
tained V
Flying Machine Progress.
T IK announced that the first en
try for the airship contest at the
Louisiana Purchase exposition
has been recorded. The inventor
who announces his intention to
compete for the prlzo of $200,000 offered
hy the exposition Is Uustave White
head of 241 I'Ine street, Bridgeport,
Conn, Mr. Whitehead writes to tho
exposition management: "I have been
woiklng on the problem for the last
ten years. The latest of my tesultB Is
a, one and a half mile night. I am
Jinpioyjng every day, employing u force
of men In order to come to a practical
conclusion In regard to tho Hying ma
chine," Accompanying .Mr. Whitehead's en
try were a number of views of his ma
chine, which Is called the Aeroplane
Flying Machine, and u description
which reads; "This machine is built
of wood and bamboo and covered with
silk, The body Is 10 feet long, a feet
wide and 3 feet deep, something in tho
shape of u flh or bird. On eaeh sld.j
ar great wines or aeroplanes stretched
tightly on a bamboo framework. Four
wheels support tho machine' while
standing op the ground. A 10 horse.
pover engine Is connected with the
wheels In order to get tho running sturt
in the way a bird starts to fly. in
fipnt of tho wings and ncross tio body
is it double compound high pressure
engine (about 0 horse-power), revolving-a
pair of propellers In opposite d.
ructions about 700 revolutions per min
ute. These piopellers are feet In dl
tur.eter und while running: at full speed
wll thrust Sfl5 pounds. The entire
weight of the machine Is 2So pounds
complete. This machine on June 3, 1801,
with uu operator on board, (low one
atfd one. half miles, It has done so sev-
ernt times slhce vltli Safety. This Is
Urn first machine of Its kind that has
ever risen In the ttlr with it human be
lilg on board In an Upward course."
If American genius Is equal to solv
ing the pmblein of human night Con
necticut Is ii good slate In which to
look for It tu develop. We uwnlt re
salts,
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In a leceiit report John V. Winter,
our consul at Anhnberg, wttite! "drr
liiiiny Is putting forth every effort to
take advantage of the commercial op
portunities orfered In southern Hrn7.ll,
Steamship Hues and banks have been
established, and German capital Is con
structing railroads, bridges, electric
plants, factories, canals, etc." it be
hooves Americans to get Into this game,
Learning to Shoot.
ECRETAHY ROOT has a plan
for the formation of national
1 Hie clubs throughout the
country and an allotment of
ammunition lo tho clubs, rifles to the
members and the establishment of na
tional ranges where tho members may
have illle practice. It Is desired to
form tho clubs of men who have not
time to devote to u regularly organized
National Ounrd, and who don't enro to
participate In the ordinary mllltla drill.
It Is proposed also to have records kept
at the war department of the state of
the elllciunoy of the clubs, so that the
secretary of war will always have at
hand information as to what the clubs
are accomplishing In the work of In
structing citizens in target pinctlce.
The beauty of this plan Is that
though It should do no good for many
years It would at no lime do any harm;
ami If trouble should arise demanding
a requisition tiDon the services of the
unorganized mllltla, which must always
be this country's ultimate defense, it
would supply many men trained In the
soldier's fundamental art of how lo
shoot,
The plan contemplates asking con
gress for an appropriation. It is not
likely that this will be given. Congress
has never looked kindly upon prepar
a lions for war in time of peace. Rut it
should be granted and if refused should
be Insisted upon by public opinion until
eventually a start shall have been taken
toward fitting the average non-military
American in some degree for the al
ways possible duties of military life.
Prominent men who do not wish lo
become presidential candidates will do
well to file their protest eaily. The
original president makeis are now on
the lookout.'
A Study In Alternatives.
E P1UNTED yesterday the
substance of : bill con
feiring power on the In
terstate Commerce com
mission to compel railroad companies
to live up to the requirements of the
Interstate commerce act. It Is now
worth while to Inquhe why this bill
should be enacted.
There Is expended In this country on
steam road freights annually a sum
live times the yearly customs collec
tions of the Federal government and
equal to one-ninetieth of the entire
wealth of the country. To trauspotl
the products enteilng Into the Internal
commerce of the United States the rail
roads and water carriers charge In
round numbers one billion dollars an
nually. It takes but scant knowledge
of business to understand how neces
sary it Is from the standpoint of pub
lic policy that this immense collection
of tolls should proceed equitably and
without discrimination as between man
and man. Transportation Is a prime
necessity of civilization. 'Without it
business could not exist. Yet today, In
the United States, the strange fact Is
presented of an almost entire absence
of effective regulation of charges for
transportation. It is in the power of a
lallroad management, by practices con
demned by law but not now punish
able, to malic or mar a city or an indi
vidual by the manner in which It re
sponds to calls for transportation and
by the discrimination it observes In de
termining Its charges. Inhabitants of
tho anthracite legion do not need to be
convinced that what has just been said
Is not an exaggeration of the truth.
Ftom sad and oft-repeated expeilence
they know bow impotent Is the Indi
vidual shipper when the power of tho
ralhoad Is directed against him.
Then theie Is another consideration
calling for a inoro effective exercise of
the general government's constitutional
right to regulate Inteistate commerce.
It Is found In the recently developed
tendency toward a centralization of the
control of railways in the hands of n
lew men or gioups of Interests, it Is
estimated that at the present time
three-lll'ths of all tho railway mileage
In the L'nlteU States Is controlled abso
lutely as to policy of management by
live men. It Is, happily, the geneial
Judgment that thtse live men, Into
whoso hands have come for fiduciary
handling the wealth of many thousand
less efficient Investors or "captains of
Industry." are Inclined to bo fair and
just upon tho whole. Rut It Is none the
less an unwise policy to leave so great
a power la tho hands of nny man or
group of men without surrounding Its
exeiclse with safeguards of tho public's
Interests, At any time this power Is
liable to abuse; and the history of
hearings before the now impotent in
terstate Commerce commission Is elo
quent In Instances wherein the ubuso
has been flagrant and defiant.
"The principle has been well estab
lished by decisions of the Federal
courts," writes K 1. Racon, "thai tho
railways of tho country are public
highways; and that the corporations by
which they are constructed and oper
ated were eU'Uted tor public purposes
aud am perfounlnf, a public service
which Is pilmarlly u function of the
government. This set vice should be
performed in the sunto manner as If
performed by thu government Itself,
with equal charges and privileges to
all, and at no greater charge (hun a
necessary to coyer the cost of main,
tabling thu service, Including a reason
able return upon tho capita) actually
Invested In the ptoperty used for the
purpose. It devolves upon thu govern
ment to exercise effective supervision
oyer these corporations to enforce the
practical observuuco of this piluclplo."
Unless that shall bo done, there will
o
w
develop 11 sentiment for outright gov
ernment ownership which will become
Irresistible.
Tho experience of the young man at
Mlddlelowu, vlio attempted Upon his
return fiom the west to surprise hts
parents by crawling In a window, nlid
received a bullet In his leg, should be a
warning to future prodigals. A man
Who has lived up tu tho pace of tho
woolly west for 11 season Is Just as
liable tu be taken for a burglar as 11
member of tho family, unless he ap
proaches by daylight.
Xo matter what may have been the
sentiment at the beginning of the Span
ish wai", we lire assured of tho affection
of Germany until the completion of the
tour of Prince Iknry.
Whether anything Is accomplished or
not, tho nowly-organlzed Pennsylvania
Democracy Is expected to look fierce
from this time hence.
A J 10,000,000 ilver and harbor bill Is
threatened. Let congress use the edi
torial rule and boll It down.
OMIine Studies of
flUman Nature.
Schoolboy English.
Kuli our vilni'iition if "Mltei" on the imiler
klilr. Vim bo into (lie scliuul anil nip m plc.isetl
with tliu ton-cct Intonation, the picuMon of
(,'inimniillciil construction, the eMittni'ss ol state
ment In the liiniftus.e mill I'J' the pupils in tholr
U'dtalUmi. You compliment the piipIN anil jou
pi.il'C the tocher, ami juur opinion of our school
lavs up to ninety in the liiule. Then at jou
walk .limn (.licet utter mIiooI houu Jou bear two
joitnsf ccntlunen who are pilre puplh tonirning
nuuss the Hnittli of the.lilocK, loudly iltaussitiir
the i"c.inilnatiimj HnmiKli wlhih they pli'ed til
umplijntly. "Ileho, fckin-nof!"
"Hey, 1)1111"
"Waltli ge gtltlu rllliincllu!"
, "Ktghty-ncvcn uimi Uidilnn tc.vptil ivgh mom
foily. .lew passlu nr.inini.ir)!"
"llcteher hoot "Ullilj got nhiet.vtlut'P aiml tiny
niailt" twii inNt.iKes in liistty, mini got .1 hunuVil
din spehin all light."
"So.ll. Ooige (iooilio f.iileil in tpcllin."
"Ve&.nml nodcivouilloo; fmjy :il.ijs lool.eil
in Iho hook, t'unnnoiit tjflir mippeiii nuviin
fun!"
"Can't iOs-1 got to irolo niectlu nllh liiiiin
tinithcr. See?"---It. .1. Huiilette in T..1-. Angeles
Timi".
, A Motion to Adjourn.
.Sjnltor lVltu, of Aliluma. Is miteJ for 11
ponileiou Mileiiiiiily of manner ami a' Mow ami
st.itely inanutr of cnatory, anil on account of his
piiat aje is houoied by his colleasue-.. While
Senator Spooncr was insning; on the (Jmiy t.ijj
1'ittiis aio-e. "I should like to ask tho hi tutor
lo she wy for .1 motion, If lie plo.iieV' lie le
m.iikid in his tunc1c.1I wij. "I will asice 10
.in. thing the senator wants me lo," lerlled Mr.
poner, smilingly, "ercpt to ote against lny
(omictions on a constitutional question." "I
am not a!:ini; ,oii to do' thai," nld Mr. I'ltlus,
.still iiysteiloti-, hut 1 want ,ou to Khe way
lo a motion." "Well, what It, it?" n-ked .Mr.
Spooncr. "it is to .idjouui," answeie.l -Mr. I'.'t
tils', In his melancholy loicc and without .1 unlle.
Kiciy member if the senate laughed, ard tho
motion to .ulloiirn was milled. Kin rumlaco
Waie.
All About Patellas.
There is .1 hoy pchol.11 in one of tho downtown
Ki.iinm.ir schools who .has net his teacher wonder
ini whether lie is one of the nnniphosiiciteil
.students of the aire or a leal InmioiW, At a.
ecent monthly examination one of the qi.cstioai
in physiology the pupils wem called upon to an
swer was: "What I-, the Patella or Knee pan?"
The answer of Youm; Innocent or joker was :.s
follows: "1 ho patellas 01 Knee pants Is troiiaets
which -Atcml fiom the waste to the Knee, and
were wore hy grown unjoin dining ('come Wash
ington's administration, they nie not woie by
men In the present time cccpl bicycle il.'eis and
men who play trolf, but are only worn by pmill
Boys, i:ciy hoy is slid when lie ! old enough
to taKe oir his patellas or Knee pmls and go into
long pints which otind fmm the waste tu the
anKle." -I'iilladc'lph!.! lfecord.
Too Much for 'the Elephant.
V ( hie.igo fchowiuaii leccntly .uheitisid a
"pi.iiiivpl.ijiiiff elf plant," and diew a i;ioul for
the (list peifcMiiame. Alter a pieliiainaiy
"cpiel," dc-ciibiiit- the talents of the beast .mil
his education, the elephant was let into the ling.
He flipped up to the piano, ran 11 Fcale, .stopped,
lifted ids Hunk and 1.111, bellowing, fiom tho
tent. The ,liowiii.m ttepped foiw.ird. "hadies
and gentlemen," be said, ",m tuifoi lunate no
current r pieuuls the intelligent nnhn il from
continuing the perfoimince. I 11111 sauc that you
will all respect Ills reason, lie lias iu-t ue-ognh-i'd
his dead mothci's tictli in tho piino
Keis." ;,,!, rianclaco Wae.
A Consoling Judge.
A tcitnlii judge who once pieslded oei .1
ciiminal couit was famous, as one of the most
(Ampa-slon tie men nhu eer sat tin the bench.
Ills softncs of heirt, liowcur, did not pievent
him fiom doing: his duty as a ju.Ue. A 111.111
nlio bad been tomirted of Mealing a iimill
amount was brought Into couit fur sentence. II15
looked wiy -ail and hopelesi, and the couit was
much inoud by his conuKe uppc.ii.nicc. "Have
ou ever been sentenced to InipiNonmentS" tho
judge nsktd. "Xewi! Neui!" exclaimed tin
pii'onei, biitsllng into tears. "Ilou't ciy, don't
tij," f.iid the Judge, consolingly, "you'ie solus
to be now," -Stray Minlc.
IN ItEGAHD TO GAMBLING.
Troui I be Catholic Observer.
When theie Is no 1 heating at .1 game of chair.e,
when tttu plajers can nttoid to lis!, the stakes,
when they do not lose their temper and glow
anuiy, whin tiny do not wate time that belongs
to soiiie dutj, and when In no oilier way do they
oll'end .iMlutt justice or ihailty, under what
lomniindiiKiit du they commit a moiat urcu?
Theie Is nothing sinful In dunce, since the
eleven Apostles chew .1 nucce-rior lo Judis by
lot. Theie Is nothing vanng in iiaLing an ague
ment to let 1 bantu decldii who slu'll have a
slake.
UNDER THE DAISIES.
I KJie Tilhune has bun unable tu Identify tho
aiilho.' of tliU pei. 111. M.ivhe same nf its 11 uleis
1 .111.)
It Is tirauge what .1 deal nf tumble- wc take;
Wli.lt u saallleo nio.t nf IW willingly make,
And the lips may rinlle, thouli the lieail may
ache;
As we bend to the wajs of the world fai.tle
sake
Ol Its pool unci siauly piabes.
Out time runs on In such pitiless (low
Thut our live-, ate wasted, befoie we Know
Uhat l.iil. to flultli, hffoio vvu gu
I'uiler the ilaUUv..
And too olwn wt fall In 11 Utalru lljj'it,
I'w wrong Is so miiih 111 Ibu place of iljfht,
And ih end Is fco far bf.vond oar sljshl.
And wo the shadovvvt pursuing ;
And so we inn toe when uur race is 11111,
'Hut wilh all wo liavo stiiieii foi, little is vvoiij
Ami of all tli! work thut our truurili has doiu
How Utile wan woilli tho duliu',
S-o, uot of in trivd at very j.uor speed;
Tallin, III iliriiglli, when vie conquer In died,.
Least bravu In Iho hour o( our gu-atett need,
And making a liJ.llo that low can lead
Ot our llte's intricate 1111171K,
O'l! cucn a cliaoi of right and wiong;
Is jl atianje that a li'.-ait, mice brave and
Ml oil 1;
Sdiould falter at la.t, ami earnestly .Jung
I'cr a calm sleep, undvi Ihe tliUIei?
But if one poor troubled heait ran say
Ills klnclncvi has softened my life's lough way,
And the U'au fall ovtrr the llfci-tb ;
Viu sluill (land up 'there In brij,htef a,uy
Than If eailh iang with our praUe
l'or the good we have done will never tile,
'Ihoujih tlu wages be earned and ilia tools
laid by,
And the weaiy fume ol the laborer lie
1'iMccfully, uuder the il.U.in.
ASSESSORS GIVE THEIR
SIDE OF
lMttor of The Tribune -
Sill In Ihcsc Iroiil.lcloinc limes, when the con
JOrw.thc dally presi Is leanlujr tnw.it 1I1 kelisatlon
nlbm, and neighbor attacks neighbor In iln cob
mini", we feel loalli to rii'li Into print, but for
the benefit of our frlct.ds mid ourectlcs and thu
public itenefallj, we feel that the lent we run tin
Is lo mike 11 simple statement ol the toiuluct of
affiilts In our office, and Justify our position In
asking councils' to uppioprlate $1,000 (or a pel
hinnent clctk In nur department and V2i lo pay
ilellclemy In the hltc of clerk to April 1, ltKM.
In tonfeieme with llceoriler Connell, held some
time last fiimincr, In tcgltul lo the method of
making- tho apesmmt for ItiH, tho llrt ulucc
HcMtiton heeame n city of the second clan, he
directed us to iro together In 11 body, lcw radii
property and eleclda ai 0110 tho aluitlon to be
placed upon It. Wo did this nmt found a icninrk
able Mute of affairs existing. No tun wauls In
the entile city assessed In nny Kind of ptopoilloa
one to the oilier, eicn whero the siune n 1tur.1t
cimilltlons existed, and th wisdom of Hecoreler
Connell In dlicelliig the uvrssnuiit to he uncle
In this way at once became apparent.
TIiIh woik consumed about four month of our
time, niiel wa.s finished about Pee. 20. Now It
becomes necessary each jrar for the lioaid of ns
fesois to furnish the city eonlioller with the np.
proximate eatlnntc of the total, giaduated, first,
(ccond and Ihlnl das.s valuation for the iwe of
councils at about tho same time that the outside
assessment Is completed. In order to do this, wo
took the unwarranted liberty, as it has been
termed, to employ a clerk, agreeing- to piy said
clerk oiittelvcs If councils lefused to appropriate
tho necessaiy money. This tlctk has, since wo
completed the assessment In the ITist ward, be
Klin the woik of liansfeirliiB the asscs-sinents fiom
our lleld-book Into the new blotter book for said
waul. The clctk emploied tu do tills work, Mi.
Watklns, Is a rapid and thoroughly efficient ac
countant; lie has labored faithfully div and
night since the assessment has becil completed
and has had the assistance of the assessors in
this woik and It Is not yet finished, and wllj. not
be for seeia,l weeks to come.
beginning; .Monday, .Tan. '2, the board of asses
sors sit as a board of revision. Tho ndicrtlscd
time for hc.nlng appcils consumes about one
month or to March 1, but as a nutter of fait,
owing to the dajs that li.ue to be set aside for
bearing appeals of land companies and coiporu
tlons, it will bo nearer May befoie this woik Is
completed, and during this time not one single
moment could be devoted by the lioaul of av
ecssois to doing clerical work. This inoie than
consumes the time that councils li.nc been asked
to ap'proprlate money to pay deficiency, and we
ask the public lo judge as to whether or not we
Wcic unwauanted in placing that item in the
expenses of our drpailmtnt, remcnibcilng, of
course, that It would never appear again.
Now there aie .13,000 single assessments In the
city of Scrautou that aie written and tarried out,
fir-t in the blotter books, then from these Into
the alphabetical assessment books and traiisfeircd
again and the ley flguied in the tax duplicates
for the dt 1 1 easiirer's office .1 giand total t.f
ISo.OOO. Xi Hi lug person can write to exiccd
.100 assessments per day, even In the blotter,
books, tho simplest of all the work, and Keep it
up fur a jcar. Tills would take 207 working dajs
each year, but it liui-t be leiiiembcred that this
is figured on, we might say, the blotter book
basis, and when the 43, 000 asscoMnetits are
searched out and written alphabetically into the
alphabetical assessment hooks, not one-half of this
number can be avcniged. The woik of unking
alphabetical books must of necessity be done or
doing while the bond of assessors are sittblg .is
a board of revision in older that they may be
completed and work begun on the tax duplicates
which b.ie to be ready for Hie tieasurer July 1.
We have shown that it will be impossible for the
alphabetical books to be completed before late in
May or early in June, an utter physical impossi
bility sooner, which lcucs one month to write
the duplicates and llgiue the leiy for which addi
tional dirks luc to be employed and for which
an additional Ij-'iOO Is asked and always appropri
ated. Tlie cleiks employed to do this woik are
in no way icpoiisible for their woik ccept tu
us. The boaiil of ossesnois aie icspoiisible to the
ilty for the work of these ileika, and they must
sio that it is done conectly, consequently with
the help of elerk each book is gone oier and
verified when completed.
This is simply n summary of the duties of the
asscvoii each year and biings us up to Aug. 1,
by which time or possibly before we will be in
eiiilenee again, a band of foot-soie, weary pil
glims, ti aiding about nuking poison. il tax assess
ments, liewing new buildings, legulating and
propoitioning the assessments of Kind and build
ings in ci cry part of the city tor the iiar l'ad!.
Wo bale no tiienni.il ns-sessineiits as in t lie past,
which pi.ietically .stands for tlneo jeais, but each
ON HOW TO AVOID
BEING CAUGHT BY A COLD
ACCOItniXO to a Xew Yoik phjslehn In
tel viewttl by the hun, taking cold int
a nutter of temperature; it is wholly
a ipit'sllon of ph.vsic.il condition,
"l'at igue," he -.!, "causes more colds than all
the draughts that blow. A draught isn't going
to J1.11111 .1 nun v. lio.c nerves and ciieulatiou .1 re
in peifect tone. The oidinaiy sensations of a
cold seldom have an external caui'e. Their cause
is jntciii.it. 'Hie man and women who go siin
lug along our sheets in winter weather ought nut
to be cold, unless they have some disease tint
explains their eliiilliit-s. Tli.v think they tan
icmedy matters b.v piling t.n luav.v clothing It
iau't be done 1h.11 way, aunally, warm cloth
lug will help lo olfict a low temptiatuic, but it
will nut mike .1 man waim it theie is, n, j.
Usually the case, some Internal ic.ison whj he is
cold.
"1 believe Out fully Ihiet-fourlhs of our peo
nle wear too manv heavv tlotbei in cold weather.
They feel cold and the only thing they think of
doing Is to put on another title Mies-i of flannel.
Waim clothing is all light, but heavy tlotliing
isn't, and the tlose-llttlug tlauuels that aie co
uulveisally woin .tie an abomination. They keep
thu sKIu from 1110.111111 mid the moment ihe
skin gets out of lneath, the owner of Ihe skin
kjlll be cold, even It he wears flannel and fur a
toot thick.
'It seems queer lo me Hut people will never
km 11 and put, in praclltc the simple mien that
will I11-111 0 them commit in cold vuathcr, I'm.
ting aside Invalids, we'll take tho man who eon
Ideis himself pcifeflly well, but who gets blue
and shlveis on a cold day. His cliculatiuii is nut
of tear. He must find tin) cause und leniovo it,
if possible. If ln.it, he unjst ulfsei it, as tai as
ho can, by simple unit rational uTcluis.
"Impcifctt digestion may have impoi eilshed
his blood. Then be must forswear g.istionomlo
iuilulgcnie and cat plain fond that will uuKe
pure blood. The llit plunge into wintry nlr,
out of a waim home, will always niuke Hie
poles gasp, and ihlve the blood from the suifat
to Ihe Inner foureoes in tlie big udns and ur
ttiii's and around tho vital pails of the body;
but If tho circulation is pood, tlie Kactlcii will
follow ulnio-U luiinetlialely, and lint blootl will
flow back lo the siirlace with a uish, producing
a line tlulmg glow.
"hi eider tu bring about this happy condition,
i man must tko taie of hi bady and entouiai'e
his tin ul.it Ion. I'me air, vvl.olesome food,
RELATION OF WAGES
TO COST OF LIVING
fiom th New Yoil; Bun,
NOT IO.NT. AUO Andrew Carnegie, in .111
uddie'sS brio'v the Voting Men's liulsllill
association, said; "it u one nf tho most
diccring facts of tier day thut inieler I'Ui
cnt toi'dltioiu iho waje-j o( lauir tend to iU, and
the pi id's of the uccrsarlei, of life- ttml en fall,"
A day cr two after the j spoil of Sir. Lariicgiv'j
rpeeth was publltlied, "I", I',," in u letter to the
Fun, combated tho statement, and said that tlie
tort of living, when tho word living is meant to
Include only things to cat, was never higher than
It Is at piesenl. Some of the newspapers, wtli
socialistic leaning!, have taken ocj-asiouito com
ment cdltoilally upon Mr. Carnegie's uttciauccs
and upon the letter of the Sun's correspondent,
and luive attempted to show that In theso piasper
cjim (lines of curs the capitalist U getting all the
THE QUESTION
mul every jcar must nuke and revise (he city i-
esmcnt.
Now we wlh lo call attention lo the expend
of running the tlly assesot' department as torn.
pited lo the old method. The nppioprlallon for
1DO0 follows!
Salary of three asfesois .,,,...,,,.,,,? :l,O0O
l'alil St nHst.nit osscssors,,,,, .. ....... I.MD
Hoard of revision ...,,,, .,..,... 2,000
Making tax duplicates IV)0
Assessment I100L4 ., , ,,,. 12)
Stationery, printing and stamps ,,,.,.. tVO
Sheets for tax duplicates ..., T5
Total 310,120
Amount asked for 1002 ,,,. a,,.,,, 0,021
N tin I,,,, f.f- 1fMS e r.nl
Add to (his the deficiency of ?325, which can
neicr appear again uftur this year, and wc show
an actual sal lug in our department of !jil,000 an
nually, with the permanent clerk Wc aked lor
allowed. Again wc ask the public lo Judge If
fhnt wo haio stated is (rue, and It can be veri
fied nt any time. Are we not, In nil Justice and
fairness, entitled to the elerk 11c asked for, and
yet, according to the piess, n member ol the sub
committee of councils, Mr. Keller, at one of the
meetings last week, sprang to his feet In a
fury of Indignation and declared, "that If he hail
Ihe power ho would remove the entlro board of
assessois for daring to Include this deficiency hill
In their estimate and asking tor a single tlei't in
their department."
We grant Mr. Keller had a perfect right to ntlc
that the Items be stricken out, but wc i)W8
tlon hts right to vilify and denounce 11s without
giving as an opportunity to defend ourselves and
justify our position If we could. He says If he
had tho power he would remote Ihe hoard of
assessors. After lemoilng them, we have no
doubt he would appoint another board to fill
their place. Now, let us ask Mr. Keller, what
soit nf fellows would come up to bis ideal as a
board of city assessors? Would he select a board
of cpert accountants? Well and good. Can lie
iuipioie on the picscnt recorder's method of
making the assessment? We doubt this and think
It reasonable to suppose that he would not at
tempt it. What, t hen. would he do wllh the as
tessjr's office, while they were out making the
ass:!snient, knowing that there Is not a day In
the year, winter or summer, but what people
call at the assessors' office on various business,
such as making transfcii of real estate, notify
ing Ihem of property burned and dozens of other
things of minor Impoi lance. We claim It is ab
solutely necessary that the office be open eieiy
day, und some one in charge capable of dlsciuug
lug any of the dnfies pertaining to It.
I'crhaprt Mr. Keller himself could find tiiuo to
attend to the office while bis board of assessors
were out making the assessment; very well.
Would bo also wilte their work in the blottrr
books for the ensuing year as fast as they com
pleted each waul, in order to have the total
usssessable valuation ready for councils In the
time required by law, so that the appropriation
oieliiuncc might be passed? lie, or some one,
would have to do this, but then It is a mere
trifle only 4.1,000 names to write In twenty-one
blank books of a hundred or o pages each, and
.1 few figures to carry out at the end of .-ach
name and then lo foot them up; or ierliaps he
would tiy some other method of nuking assess
ments. He might, tor instance, have assistant
as--i.oi-i, as in the olden time. Wc have shown
they they only cost about ?l,.10O anually, and
he could then keep his board of assessors in Ihe
office and let them do their own clerical work,
and llitis save the expense of 11 f 1,000 cleik. Hut
could they spend the necessary two or tlnee
months consumed Bitting as a board of lcvision,
anil get their alphabetical books written up, so
that tho tax duplicates could be gotten ready for
the city treasurer? Ob, well, he could probably
abolish the cu.stoiu of bearing appeals altogether,
or he might bale a board of iei.s!on appointed,
as in the past, indtpendent of the assessors.
That only used to cost 5-2,000 a jeai.
Wc have no deslic to be saicaslie; far ri'im
it. We weic neicr more serious. We feel that
Mr. Keller has insulted us and owes us an apol
ogy. And in this article we arc seeking vindica
tion, lather than the services of 11 clerk. We
shall Hie to see scveial clerks appointed in tlie
assessors' dcpailment of Scranton's city govern
ment after wc have passed out of it, and they
will all earn their money.
Heggiug the Indulgence of the public who may
take the trouble to lead this article, we just
want to add that the person wbo.se thadc ap
peared in the columns of the Sleranton Timc3 out
day lat week, over the signature ol "A Tax
Paver," is beneath contempt.
Philip Itinsland,
Ottiljm Jone,
I.. X. Itobeits,
IK Morris,
J. G. Seaman,
Hoard of As.sessois-.
plenty of e.xercUe, frequent bathing and ventila
tion of tho skin, and avoiaance of sweltering
clothes' will put the average 111.111 whcie lie can
defy any winter weather this climate can fur-nl-h.
It his uoc and ftngt-r.s do get cold tem
porarily in extreme cases, they will waim up
quickly and general prolonged elillllne's will be
tnknovvn to him.
"Our houses and olllces are too hot. We all
know that. So far as possible wc should remedy
It; but, unfortunately, It isn't alwajs possible.
When one can't ktcp the temperatuie down to
somo point between Wl anil ,0 degrees pi cfei
ably nearer bC degiees than "0 dtgiees one mavt
grin and bear it and do what one can to counter
act Ihe iiijuiy. At least, let the air be puie.
"I'ew person understand how desperately tl c
skin needs ventilation. The body needs un a!r
bath ut least once a day, If the skin is to do Its
duty by the blood and neivcs. For the same iea.
sou, the skin must have Its dally water bath. I
favor the cold plunge for few- persons. I think
the waim tub bath should be used spailngly, lut
a sponge bath, followed by vlgoious friction,
evcijboely should have once a day. fold water
Is preferable, but that, like the air bath, may
be a matter ot education, llathc one portion ot
the body In tepid vvatei, keeping the ret of the
body covered. As the shock lessens with habit,
hue inoie of the body at one time, When you
aie luidencd to exposure to air and tepid water,
giatlually lower the temperature nf Iho water
until you aie taKlng a sponge bath in told
water. That word sponge bath Is a niUnomcr,
I lintc sponges. They .11 c genu and filth c.iirkry.
Ue our hand., or, better, .I'lough wal rag
tint will t-iiMte fiiitlon and can be, boiled be
tween hatha. Don't use one w.uh rag for a week
as sumo people do, Tho thougidns unc leant!'
lien of dei flit people is bcyunil my comprehen
sion, ".S'lnc peiioua out of ten wear soiled under.
wear next the skin. 1 admit that laundry bills
would keep nisny, save plutocrats, fiom ebaiiglng
eveiy day, which Is tho ideal ruunc, but nt
leiut micUiivcar,inay be well ventilated between
wearing. 1 advise keeping two suits going at
onto, Wear a suit one day, Put It where H will
bo well ventilated in freh air tho next day and
don a second suit. Alternate the two suits until
both are olM. 'll.en litvo a new deal. The
rule will bu wintli money to yon hut b sure
In hung the suit you nre nut wearing out in 'lie
freli air. Don't tuck It away in a daik closjt.''
benefit of the piosperily and that the laborer u
a paitlculJlly haul tima to get along.
When Mi. Carnegie's attention was cjlled to Iha
fact that statistics did not beir out his State..
mini, he muHIlcd his utterance In this wise;
"When I spoke ol the decreased tost of living 'In
our day nwler pieent conditions' I had no refer,
tnee to the advance in pilt during the past few
jeais of this tcmpoiJiy 'boom,' This Is to
thange when tho 'boom' su'wldes. Couliait pilce
befoie that and Ihe fall Is seen. "Oar du' is our
generallon. In clothing, foi liistanie, the fall
U remarkable, and in many oHur miwclliucoia
articles cquijly so."
Iho fact Is that the tost of fooiUtuffs lui ma
teilally incieascil, but H h equally hue that Hie
condition of the I (Inner In this country was never
better than it il today. The caplulbt U making
tiioncy, but set Is the laborer. This Is shown In
ho heller wSy than by figures compiled far (tin
"Index N'umher," of Dim's llcvlcvv. In compiling
lhl "Index Number" tho pthe of s unit of cadi
tommodlly for a given month Is multiplied hy
the annual per capita consumption, so that at any
Riven tMla shown at the price of that date,
the cost per capita of si year's suppllei ol all Ihe
necessaries of life. In a lahle recently iiuullflinl
lit tho Ilovhvv It was hown that the cost of liv
ing for 1P01 was higher than Iho coat nf living
lu any oilier teccnt year. A comparison of figures
given below may be ot Interest, In explanation
ot the table It should be slated that the figures
given teprceent the average cost per capita of any
tommodlly mentioned for one jcar, ot tho pilco
of the tommodlly 011 .fab, 1. Here ate the llguicst
llread- llilryie Oilier Cloth-
stiiffn. .Meats, tiatden. I'ood. Ing. '
1501 $lfi.7u (i!..1l. (fLVSO lfti.6'1 ?13.00
ISM ll.Ht 8.M.1 12.10 S.bO ll.ha
1803 10.31 MW 12.W 8.31 11.67
101X1 1.1.2. 7,2.1 I'l.Tl) fi.a) 1V.48
1001 II. IS ' 8.10 1.1.51 11.60 10.0-J
1002 20.00 0.07 1.1.21 S.D1 1561
"fli-eadsturfs" Include wheat corn, llatley, oils,
i.ve, beau- and peas, "Meats" Include live hogs,
beef, sheep, and many meat products, such ns
lard, tallow, etc. "Dairy and garden" s'ndudc
eggs and fruits, while "other foods" Include
llsh, liquors, sugar, ileo and tobacco. "Cloth
ing" Includes law mateilals, silk, rubber goods,
hides and leather. In commenting 011 the table,
only a pait of which Is given above, the licvttvv
savs:
"It Is to be legictled that 'the compilation of
prices here given has been quoted In support of
cffoiln to utlr up antagonism between wage earn
ers and cmploj'crs. In this connection, the claim
has been nude that the rciuaikable advance In
the cost of living since July 1, 1807, was due to
omblii.itlons nt capital, and that tho inauiilac
turer secured all the difference In price, while
the wage earners wcie not Mining any 111010
money, although compelled to pjyjhc advanced
quotations for all things consumed. These
sliitcnicnl" are very far from the truth. Xot only
are the wage earners receiving much belter pay
than at the earlier date, but they are well tin
ployed. The rate of wages Is of (rilling Impoi t
anco when there Is no woik. It was this factor,
more than any other, which produced the de
pression that culminated on July 1, 1S07, with
pilccs at tlie lowest point In the nation's his
tory. It was estimated by labor cipeils at 1h.1l
time that 3,000,000 men were unable to find em
ployment. Tills means that 15,000,000 person
were living on as little as possible, and conse
quently the consumptive demand was reduced la
the lowest point. At tlie piesent time, theie is
llltle difficulty In meeting the higher level of
quotations, for there Is full employment and eieh
lii.in lias only his own family to think of instead
of a host of unfortunate relatives and friends, ns
was the cao during the eailler period."
Tlie figures show that, while foocMtiffs have In
cieased In price, the cost of manufactured arti
cles has (ended to dec-tease. The table, as given
above, does not show a material decrease in the
cost of clothing, which Is a maniifattuied ni ti
tle, although Dun's figures, In the full table,
show that for months other than Januaiy, timing
the yeais from 1S03 to 100J, the tendency of
clothing prices has been downward. The priies
of oilier nuntVactuictl aitleles, particiiluly
metal products, have become steadily lower. Ihe
lisc In the price of tooilslulTs Is tiaced to a
variety of causes. The nolin.il incicase In Ihe
population has something to tlo with it, but it
must be ascribed chiefly to the demand for our
agiicultural products abtoad. The lioer war has
had something 1o do wilh Increasing this dennnd,
and the new markets opened to us in the islands
of the southern and western seas have ul-o had
something to do with it. Attention is called to
the fact that, when the farmers in any country
arc prosperous, tlie geffcial condition of that
counliy is good. It seems lo be a proper con
clusion, thciefnie, that the increase in the cott
of foodstuffs is not altogether an unfavorable
sign.
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should fit the foot or you
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effect of smartness in our
shoes which appeals to good
dressers but more impor
tant every pair of our gen
tlemen's $5 shoes are at this
time $4, which is important
to the economist.
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