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SCKANTON, FEBRUAIH: S, 1902.
REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.
Controller-EVAX 11. MO'tRlS.
Election february IS.
Ex-Minister "Woodford lio.iitlvcly
denies that he Indulged In tiny "loop"
business preceding or dutinpr the Span
ish war.
Dishonest Substitution.
f V " TIKniO IS a drurr
ptoro In
B rs.cv. sons nine, nun uus over
M XTrt... V,-.!.- tlinf lina
JL Its door: "We Rive you just
what you ask for." It has
moved the Journal to some comments
'which, while vo do not. admire the
Journal or its ways, we can unhesltat
inKly endorse:
"One businoFS man devotes nil his
energy, his money and his time to
building up the reputation of a certain
article. He enables the retailer to
make a large prollt, rind ho spends his
money that customers may be plentiful.
When n. customer aslcs for tho article
iuiuestion it Is dishonest to say to him,
as many do: 'Don't buy that. Wc have
something else just as good and much
cheaper.' If the merchant has some
thing good and cheap of his own, let
him sell it to his customers by till
means. Hut let him not steal the trade
of a man whoe energy helps to build
up his business. Lot him not divert to
his own pocket all of the prollt which
ho ought to in honesty share with an
other. There are wares that are made
enormously profitable to the retailer
simply because men push their busi
ness with intelligence and perseverance.
It Is ungrateful as well as dishonest for
the sake of a little extra profit to cut
Into the legitimate business of the ad
vertising manufacturer.
"Incidentally the public, as well as
the storekeeper and the manufacturer,
are Interested in this question of sub
stituting one article for another. That
which is represented as 'just as good'
is usually XOT just as good, but very
far from it. If a man has spent a mil
lion dollars building up the reputation
of a certain article. It is lo bis advan
tage to keep up tho quality of the
material which enters Into the manu
facture of that article. His profit is
large if ho is honestly treated, and it
would he suicide for him to use inferior
material for the sake of a little oxra
money. The man who makes up an
Imitation article and announces It as
'Just as good" has no such sum at
stake. He has Invested nothing. Ho
has no valuable name to ruin, and It is
to his Interest to make the 'just as
good' article JUST AS CHEAP as he
can make it.
"The buyer should remember these
facts and put his confidence in thnt
retailer who gives to tho customer
JUST WHAT HE ASKS VOU, treats
the wholesaler honestly, and shows
gratitude for tho energy which builds
up a successful business and makes the
ictailer prosperous."
This is sound sense and fair play,
every word of it.
It Is now In order for defendant Meek
to show that the average country editor
who takes wood on subscription does
not use the Century dictionary as n
book of reference.
On a Small Scale.
AniiaL has been Introduced In
congress by Hepresentuilw
Lacey, of Iowa, chairman of
house committee on public
lands, which offers a fair compromise
on tho subject of the Irrigation by the
federal, government of our arid public
domain.
It proposes to authorize the secretary
or tho Interior to belect n tract not ex
ceeding one million acres, nltuutcil In
two or more states, or in a state and
territory, or wholly within a territory,
and to sot apart the sumo as an "ex
perlinontul national Irrigation district,"
Mr, L,acoy'H Idea Is to make It an In
terstate, or territorial proposition, as
thereby a contract would bo selected
that 11 single state could not possibly
handp, because the land and water
wpuld not be both within the states
controlling tho work, or course, the
I'apd'lna territory would bu wholly
wllhncontro of tho ntUlomil govern
ment, and that would make It a nation
al proposition, Tho secretary having
selected, the lund, and organized an Ir
rigation ,lstiict. would be empowered
by the, bill to use wide discretion In his
inethod of reclaiming land, and furnish
lug water supply, The land under the
bill would be opened to lionietsteacl, net
tiers, and tho secretary would huve the
right, wheje the land Is fruit land, to
W-P.V-'S M?-0 ?.M! I'oWWU'niljr
tlio ordinary 160 ncre limit.. ii.','.! J!l
,Ip other words, this proposes tiat the
experiment of federul Irrigation be tried
on a small scale before the nation goes
In tho whple big problem. To tills we
can 8eosno possible objection. 'p fancy
that even that eloquent and accomplish-
jfcfl .political agriculturist, the
.Joseph Sibley, Would not tlcmtir.
Hon
In contemplation of the controversy
as to thu Identity of our warmest ad
mirers during the Spanish war, one Is
forced lo admit thnt our best friends
wore the Castllluns. They had the
politeness lo yield without putting up
much of 11 light,
Prlncs Henry's Object Lesson.
S AN" exnmplo of Americanism
ptlt Into tangible form, 11
brief description of Uin
jt.
special train In which Prince
Henry will trnx-el while In this country
us the guest of our government should
have educational Interest, Wo doubt If
for comfort and luxury such a train
could be duplicated nnywhero else on
earth. In describing It wo are Indebted
for Information to William II. Batter
son of tho Pullman company.
In addition to the prince's private
car, which will be the famous "Olyni
plu" refitted for the occasion, there will
be one composite, parlor, smoking and
baggage car, one regular sleeper and
thiee stateroom cars. Tho Pullman
urow will consist of a tourist conduc
tor, a baggage .car conductor, a chef
anil steward for tho dining car, nn
electrician and the usuat number of
utendants. Stenographers, typewriters
chaperons will' bo furnished by the rail
road company.
The "Olympla" Is seventy feel long
.liul contains live private rooms and one
sofa section for servants It will ac
commodate nine per&ons. Illuming the
full length of tho car Is a hall, four feet
wide, finished In Mexican mahongany,
All of tho rooms open into tills passage
way In the two larger looms of the
suite there are large brass bedsteads,
with drawers below, and spaces for
steamer trunks. Lavatories, mirrors
iiiijl wardrobes complete the equipment,
nnd close at hand are the private baths, I
In which may be obtained on short !
notice any sort of ablution known to
natorlal science. No
finished exactly alike
tWO rooms are
the wood used
ranging from mahogany to light maple.
At tho rear end of the car there is .1
dining and observation room sixteen
feet long. This room Is finished in Ver
million and is bright and cheery. Tho
car Is Illuminated by electricity and the
bulbs are so arranged that they can be
moved to suit the purposes of the oc
cupants. Tho kitchen, which Is at tho
other end of the car, is finished in
0.1k, nnd is lucking in no detail needed
to Insure nn acceptable cuslnc.
Forward of the Prince's private car
there will be three stateroom coaches,
set apart for the use of government
officials and the reception committees.
In each of these cars there are seven
staterooms and three drawing rooms
one at each end capable of accomodat
ing comfortably twenty-one persons.
These cars will be finished In Vermil
lion, elaborately carved. The rooms arc
Inlaid with Ivory and gold, and beauti
ful draperies. In keeping with tho dec
orations, hnvu been Introduced. In
each car thcte are private baths, bar
ber shops and smoking rooms. The
three cars immediately behind the en
gine ccunposltc, sleeping and dining
coaches complete the train. Forty
persons can be seated in the dining car,
vhleli In finished in Vermillion wood and
specially selected draperies. The com
posite! parlor, smoking and baggage
car is one of the most complete coaches
In the Pullman service. The forward
end is set apart for baggage, but room
is reserved In this compartment for a
barber .ihop and bath. The main por
tion of the car Is a smoking saloon.
This is finished hi natural wood, and
contains a lounge, sofas, writing desks
and reading matter. In Its appoint
ments tlie saloon is not unlike the
lounging room of a club. Here tho
Pennsylvania company will station
stenographers and typewriters.
II will probably Interest the prince to
know how, In a country of such large
distances ns have to be traversed by
the railroads of the United States,
many of them sparsely populated and
affording small passenger traffic, such
high standards or efficiency and com
fort In railroading can ho maintained.
One incident will illumine the subject.
Hecently the New York Central got
Into trouble over a tunnel accident
A
eumbersou executive organization had
allowed certain things to go to neglect.
The accident showed that this neglect
could not continue. The onieiuls looked
for n man to untangle the tangle.
Where? Not among tho blue bloods.
They picked out n man, who as a boy,
some thirty odd years ago, had corded
wood along side n railroad In the
Northwest, and corded It so punctually
and well that he got a Job as section
hand, later as telegrapher, nnd then
moved on, up the vurlous grades, until
merit demonstrated In every depart
ment of the railroading business, point
ed him out ns pre-eminently the man
to do what the New York Central peo
ple wanted done.
This Is .the American way: the way
that runs through nil our triumphs in
industry, commerce, war and diplo
macy, thu aristocracy, of developed
ability regardless or its origin; tho
dolling of bats to him who can do
things. Prince Henry need not get out
of his train to discover the secret which
ills imperial brother wants him to dis
cover thu secret or Ameilcau su
premacy. Upon his arilval in this country
Schwab will no doubt hu able
".sciuiue hlniseir."
Mr,
to
lu a Nutshell.
TUK ItKCBNT statement o
II. Thurber, piesldeut or
I'nlted States Kxport n
of r.
r tho
asso-
elation, hoforu the ways and
means committee at Washlnuton on the
subject or the tariff on Cuban pro
elucts Is among the most Instructive
that we have seen, Mr. Thurber said:
I am interested in this tuhjecl piliiurily as A
question of the (rood faith of the United Plates
toward Cuba, necond, to voico the Inteio.'- of
American producer And rnsnufactuier:, who, un
der proper roit'lltluni), would find a veiy vnlmblc
market in Cuba und lldul, the Intercut of Aiurt'
lean consumera uf kujear.
1'or many jearn, I vvaa our of tho larmV. die
tribiitiTsi of sugar In Hie United Slates, and am
fiinillar with Hat industry for the past (lie
jean I have been prnidcnl of the United fctato
l.xort aWA'lJtlon, wlioio objeot it to widen the
market for American product, and whoso inrin
LorsMp romprlsva leadiuc,- hoiuej in ninety-eight
principal lines of lndutry, ltuitcd in thirty-four
tatci. During the past jear I haie lud occasion
to nuke a ipeclal itudy of the tariff relatlona Ire-
tcen Cuba and the United Kia'le; with the re
mit of aniYin at the belief thnt the greatest
Eod to Hie greatest number ot the people vf bvtli
couultle will .lie Milwcrvcit t.v plarliifr Oibi, M
far; ni our larllf relation atn innvctneil, a ncaify
.11 pimllilp on tho aiime lOJlf m I'urln Itlco art I
1 1. .ill ( and tho Mine bu raid of the I'lilllpptiii
lliamli.
Htranire a.i It may vein tho lllnalry Uilff lm
pjsca on lh" ihlcf Cuban prodm In juirar nnd lo
liicvo .1 ilulj aniounlliiR lo nboiil KM per irnl,
While nn the dutiable product!) nf it 1 1 othrr mull'
lrl.cn Imported Into Hie fidlul HlalM It merajriM
about f,0 per irnt, Thl l nnotnaloiu In llnelf,
nd I rendered ftlll more o by our Hi 111a.nl le
Inllom In Cuba, ulikli virtually mike her the
Kurd ol tho nation. She hi accepted the Halt
anirtidinciit, whlclr impw upon Ixr duties and
cb! lira Horn whlrli picvent her from nnMiip: aJ
iitilnjrcoui lre.ille with olbci cuuiillloii and, ni
alnted by I'reddinl lloo'ovolt, "eury romlilir
iitlon of duty and lntrr.'t demaiuN Hut (.'util
fliotiM bale liberal trcilrr.int at our hunk"
Thlj l opposed by our domestic beet nnd rails
Rujrar Interest.", who have been inaklinr cnormoui
profits under the ftcvIvp protection nlToriterl
them by our present tariff. The tcet tusar In
tercts are on record, out their own signature,
In n letter to their bankcM. Hut they could pros
per under ubsoltitc. free trade; nml It li fstlmaled
by (rood authorities Hut In facloilc favorably
ulluatcd they luo been niaklnir n prollt of about
two cento a pound, with a leser luirpln In lea
favored localities which they now burnt forward
an an argument why concessions should not be
made In the l.nlfl on Cuban product", which is
nomcwlut like arjrulne; that the tulfT should be
high enough to make the Kiowliur of baiuuis
under i;l.m profitable, t um a Itepuhllciu und a
protectionist; but thcio Is reniui In all tlilnmt
mill I believe that theie .hould be u power above
unrensjtiliiic protectionists to kiv what Is i.Mson.
able. The permanency uf n pmlcitlve tailff will
largely depend on this; and I rpiilmd Hut It Is
short. hiht.-d cn the pail of our protected indus
tries not to rccoKnl7o changed (ondltbins, and
tint unlem they are recoxnlrod then' vlll conn
.1 ground swell of public opinion nlilili will pi In
c.ttiemes on the other .side and be disastrous to
nil our Industries. This, was the view of Willi 1111
MeKlnle.v, who could not be i osi'ldcrcd nn enemy
to American indti'trles. It Is especially slioit
sighted on tho pirt of our domestic ntsar fcwmeH
not to be w'llllmr to mike liberal concessions 11 1
the piesent tlnn In the tartT on Cuban piodueN.
There Is an itilttiontl.il clement in Cuba today III
fivor of annexation to the I'nitcd Matc, and if
lids Is slreiiKtliened hi disastrous Industrial condi
tion! in fulu Hut day will be lnslened and, with
nlmalutc free tinde between Cuba unci tho I'nitcd
M-itM, our beet siwir lndutiics would be In the
position of that man whoso "last slate was worse
than the first," although It would unquestionably
be a blessitii- to the eonsumeis of .mjnr in the
Culled State), and our fruit iciowintr. cumins and
prc-orvlnir Industries, vvliiih would greatly de
velop and prosper with cheap t-u,rar.
I he ioprcrntitive of Hi- boot MUar irdiiilriis
i lm"e mduslrioic-lv spread the lepoit thai the lie-
I rcvipioui- ran hum was inspimi iiy
.111- miiii 4 si-.i , inii. it. 11 hi i;irc iimc'si iiieiiis in
Cut an plantations, and hoped, with fico i.uv
smear, to broik down on- domestic sugar inter-
e-sis. 1 nave nnUu clllierent inquire as to tine
unlit ui mis, anu can hoc nun cnai mere is any
truth in it, except, po'sibly, tint some indi
vidual Ktoi'kliobleris in Aincilcan Suttar ic fining'
inteies'ts a)a,i own inill amount.) of Mock In
Cuban suc-n- plantations; but those tame indi
viduals are much moie largel.v intrusted In I'orto
l'.lco and II.iw.ill, whose sugar cornea in free, of
duty.
I nin in no vviy intcicxtcd in the fcii'j.ir tiuit,
and am not ll:osctl to believe that tho human
nature embodied in it is any better or woiso than
lint embodied in our domestic beet and cai.e su
sear industileii; but it has ceitalnl.v been less
Kreecly In its margin of profit than our donieitic
sugar interests: for while they have been niakiiig
from one and . half to two cents 11 pound prollt
on siisar, icflnli'7 intercffs hive varied fio'u
nolhinir to thne-cinrters of a cent a pound profit,
averaLrill1? neril.ios nllii.nillllnr tn tlmi.M,.lit!i
'since the formation of the mitral- trust. In .the.
early U1.11 of the sugar reflninir Jtulu-tty the dif
ference bttveen rav and leftoed varied between
two and three. cenU per pound; hot, the aver
age dltlerence la peihap one cent a pound, with
an .Html cost in the pioee.ss of peilunt five.
eighths cent a pound, leaving a margin for piolit
of about thiee-eighllu. 'Ibis is doubtless the!
icmsou wlij under all taiills, not iblv the Me Kin
ley, the !Vilnn, and the luesent Dlngley tarifl.
our sugar icflning indiistiies have been pioleoteil
by n influential duty on refined of peihaps otic
half cent per pound, and this, it should be re
membered, inurci as much to the protection of
the "beet .sugar interests as it does to our leaning
inteicst.', for tho beet sugat manufaLtiiiers make
letlned tugar.
Xiiw-, iih to what concession should be ni id" to
Cuba. I believe it would be to Hie IntciOat oi the
Cubans, nnd Ameiican Hour and pmvi-don inter
c-.ts and American fruit canning and picwrv liu
interests, nnd the inleics-t of all American con
sumers of sugar. If what the Cubans ak could be
giantcd, viz.: Free raw suwr and onednlf the
picscnt duties on tobacco and cigars. Hut if in
jour wisdom jou think we can not go as fir 113
tliat at tills time, then the veiy lea,t conccision
which thoulil be made should be ,"iO per cent, on
all her piodurls; and with this, it should lie ie
inembcred, it would still leave tier pioduels sub.
ject to a duty equal to the- average o-i Hie duti
able products leceivcd by us from all othrr conn
trieis. This would lower by one-half the high
laiilT vail which we lnve eteetcd against our
ward. And if .lie in ictuni would c!ablMi a
tarifl aveiaging 50 per cent, on her importations,
ihc could leduce tint one-half on hei imputa
tions fiom the United Kates; and this would en
able her merchants to buy all of then suppllei
In the fulled Males, three-fifths of which they
now buy in Europe. This would not violate the
most favored nation clau-e in tieaties with other
couutrli's, bicau.-e nn country could offer Cuba
such Inducements as we vvuuM offer 1t b- such
an arrangement.. And it would still give her suf
ficient revenue; because her pie.sent tuiift, osUh.
llshed by our war department for Cuba, aveiago)
about 25 per cent. American products would still
enter tiie Cuban mMl.et nf s 1,.. (. -,,n i...t
those of ether eoutiries 'would have to ii.iv the
aigiier raie; neiiee, wo would get the trade; and
a large and increasing trade, becnuo with In
creased purchasing power on the part of her peo
ple Cuba would bjcomo one of our most Impor
tant markets.
It is proposed by the president, as n
compromise among conflicting Interests,
that the reduction or our tariff on
Cuban sugar shall be 25 per cent. That,
certainly, could not destroy or harm
aiiy home industry. Hut in any event
the only true rule In law-making is the
greatest good for the greatest number.
i.-.... . . . . -
It has been a happy thought upon the
part or some or our contemporaries to
head the department or song "Poems
Worth Heading." In many instances
without llils guarantee a perusal leaves
the render In doubt.
Tho Industiial Ooinmlsslon, lu sub
mitting a report of over a thousand
printed pages, gives proof or Industry
on part of f.oir.0 one connected with the
business or preparing tho document.
Foreign ndvlces show that this coun
try Is not alone in the matter of uglta.
tors. Afghanistan Is now under the ln-
lllction or a mad mullah who thinks
tho government Is too slow.
It Is announced that DoWet's last
gun has been captured. Future Intelli
gence will doubtless demonstrate
whether or not any bolos were Joft In
his possesion.
The teport of tho house committee on
labor Indicates that there is u sentiment
against allowing tho United States
murine band to toot In citizens' clothes.
Itesidents of ,st. Thomas, St, John
and St, Croix, who do not like the
Diinlsh "ripper bill," are given the
privilege or moving out at will.
Tho unbroken silence In the vicinity
or the Nebnibka political belt arouses
tho suspicion that Mr. Uryan may be
writing a book,
,
Cleanleld w be entitled to a place
on the nuip until tho verdict of the
Meek-Harris Jury has been recorded.
Tho groundhog's predictions are also
favorable to the coming Kuster bonnet,
RAILWAY EMPLOYES--THEIR
WAGES AND WORKING HOURS
C0.MMTI0.N8 vaty so gicatly In different
parts nf the t.'nllnl .etates' that ft Is diffi
cult tn give an nvrrajro olntement of
wains for the different rlassoi ot railway
labor tor the whole country, Tho nearest npprut
Imnto uniformity In wanes paid will be found
In the highest orgnnlred grades of service. The
chiefs of railway brotherhoods In evidence be
fore the liuliMtil.il rommlssloM Btated Hut In most
cases wages were tlxed Iiy agreement or contract
between the rollioads nnd the employes' organ
liutlons. Such wui tald to 1' tins eac for nt
least po per cent, of the engineers throughout the
i ountry, they having the best and most successful
organhatlons.
The intei -state (omincric commission give a
lible In Its statistical report for 11)00 of it cum
parntlve summary of average dally compensation
of lallwny ctnployes by general classes for tho
jears ending dime W), 1 to inoo. In tho wages
of general uffleers the advance from IfctU has been
nbout M per cent, Offlce cleiks, stillon ngrn!,
machinists, larpeulera and other shop-ten, sec
tion foremen and othrr trackmen, switch, Hag r.nd
watchmen, tcleenaphers and illspitchere, there
Ins been no material difference In wages ulnce
law.
We give below- a statement of wages to train
men for three of the years given by the Inter
state lommmeiee commission, which will show
the geneial prices for the nlne.vears:
18VJ. IStXI. 1').
Mnglncrrs s.t.ns ij-t.ft', J.7."
rircmcn '.'.nr 2.M '.'.It
Conduct oi s il.nr tt.Ol it. 1 7
Other ti.ilmnen 1,W l,!H) 1.P0
Messrs. i;. claike, jrunil chief ol Hallway
Coiiductois, ami P. 11. MonKsey, grand mister
ot Itailmail Trainmen, have published .i book of
.'t" page, giving lates of wages, and legul.itioni
piviinlnt; iinplnjrji In ttalii and yard service nn
the ptim-ipit lends In tho I'nitcd States, Can
ada and Mi'xlcti. There mi' on some lead) wo
liieasininients for a day's vroilc, the one lielng
the number cf lioui.s per dav, and tho other the
number nf miles mil. Tlie lutcr-stite ciinnncn-e
commission slatcK tint the nveraic dally com
prns.itlon of n locomotive engineer cinnot I'c
lomp.ucd wlili a machinist ot cnipeunler, paid
on the basis of time. It also Mates In Justifica
tion of Its statistics Hut "from Hie point of
virv.- of the railway manager, these dill kept in
.t miifiiim manner from jeai to je.ir, .no slcnitl.
cMiit wli"ti placed In cnipirIon with Hie amount
U'ceived from traffic, it Is of impcitinee to t ho
i.illiv-0 einploves as indicating Hie liend in avci
age wages in the laihvay servlc.
The question of hours of labor in talhviy ser
vice Isseaicely less perplexing than tint of wages.
Testimony taken befoie the lncliistri.it commit
sien fiom bolii railway managers uud binthcriiood
officlats, showed that ten hours, constituted .1
nominal day for trainmen, but emergencies oc
cur fiom accidents or weather, where emplo.ves
have been kept out twenty-four nnd sometimes
thiily-six boms. In the south and west they
Usually work from sunii-e to sunset, mid in
many sections fiom ten to eleven hours a day.
MONEY BRIBES ARE
UNKNOWN IN CONGRESS
.1. S. Henry, in the Philadelphia. Press.
CONTRARY to curient opinion, money
biilies nic unknown in congress. In this
respect congiess is honest.' Compired
with some stale legislatures, congriH is
Hie embodiment of integiity. And .vet, judgiiia;
by reports of cenruption tint ficqiicntly appear
in the .scnatIornl press of the country, the csv-
ridcis of Hie eapltol mo tilled with lobhjMs and
pioinc.tTs whoso pockets are bulging with tat
rolls of gi cenh.ieks, ami each coiner and pillar in
the bulletin;; witnesses; the secret transfer of Hies;
lolls to congressmen, whoso eager batida clutch
at the biibe.
Tills is an erroneous, idea and one that has
not the slightest foundation in fid. The pio
moter of legislation who would approach the
moit obscure congie.sniati with an otter ot money
would ruin ills iiscfulne-s to the lnlclisN eni
plo.ving him and would betrij his provincial
cxpeiicnce. The 1C0 and M.tMO bills that so
often are potent far tots in state legislatures aie
unknown in Washington. This does not mean
that there are no efforts, to control and form leg
islation by inteiests outside of the capitol. And
it docs not mean that these inteiests aie not
picpirecl to adopt any foim of bnberv to attain
tlieii purpose, but the blutal cash purilnso is
never attempted.
There liny be isolated cases of biibeiy- in
each congress, where voted ate influenced by other
considerations than belief In the merit of the
measure supported. Theie may be the guarantee
of influence to le-elect a member; there may bo
premise of preferment; there miy lie pledges to
e.upp.ilt foi the member's own bills, but they
seldom come lo Hie surface, ami in tho past quar
ter of a ccntuiy no in in lias been publicly ac
cused of taking u bribe. There aie frequently
charges Hut men vote in the interest of some
great coipoialinn when tliat interest is against
the genci.il public good, but nearly alwivs is
it found that the constituencies represented by
these men indorse their action as subacrvlng the
good of that particular eomuiuiiltv. Direct open
briho'takiiifr is unheard of,
Nowhere ts there a more complete lobby svs
tem than in Washington. The term "lnbb.ving"
Is ilUUstct'iil, although of common use. The
men and women too, who engagu in Hie work
which the vvoid Implies, prefer to be known us
legislation attoinevs, ngenU or piomotcis. Tills
business has developed Into a legitimate pro
fession and as pursmed by tho majority nf "pro
moters" Is a proper, and to some extent a nec
essary adjunct to congress. Thousands of bills are
introduced In tho house nnd senate lcprcscntliiff
claims nnd pensions, be-ides general legislation,
that cannot be thoroughly examined by memben
of committees and congrcsiuen who must po-ss
upon them, in cxiduuatlun of their merits) or
lemeiils by "legiidatlvo altnrncjs" Is welcomed.
Data und information are often given which the
congressmen would have no time lo secure for
themselves.
Then ncarl.v neiy niejsiue of gieat public Sin
poitanco, such os tarln bill;. Pacific ciibln bill.),
Isthmian canal bills, shipping bills, ciuieuey
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Dally Horoscope Drawn by Ajncchus,
The Tribune Astrologer,
-rue
Astiulabe e-a-t! !t.f!l
m,, for -attudaj, l'eli,
S. lll'.
A child born in lids da.v will notice Hut many
.men waste good oppoitunltlcs through life in tho
blind endeavor lu mike isilltic.ll lightning still.o
twin' In the mine place,
Adniliallon for ralnv day Mil is geneiallv
(empeied by Hie i-jnnu'tiy of woiniu's peal it ex-
tll'lllltlcS.
People who coiitimijllv look for evil in men
aie generally moie t-ucccssttil than those who
seel; the good.
Kill kiiggcslions al.va) find a larger audience
than good advice,
Tlie eloquent oratot is the iiui. who talks ilia
way wc llilnk.
Ho w,o laughs lat l not a eonifoit tu the
story teller.
It takes a lulnd leader lo analyze ounie meii'j
e.ki'1.
AJacchus' Advice. j
Mu avs b.'Ji' n pii.vl Hut Hie woman win)
apologize.) for lifi altiic necks u lompllmiut.
LINCOLN AND THE SOUTH,
I'loiu ll.a 'Iroj, N. Y Time).
Tho par-jloiu generated by the gieat Civil war
have been iilmo.it eutlicly aliased, und Noith and
tsiuth can dUcus the questions growing nut uf
He contest without heat and with mutual con
sideration for the ditlc-rcnt points of view held a.
generation ago. ltolli are glad (hat tho ktruggle"
ended as It did and that the new- access of nation
at unity and strength has followed. And what Is
ttlH better, the South Is rapidly Hearing the
point viheie It can leallie and U willing lo admit
Hut Hie grcateit president of the last century
was iilyi the tructt und bet friend of the ISputli.
A itllUiur Illustration vf the,' change ot the feel
The feeling of the lihor organb.illon.s among nil
load men Is dearly slated In the following Joint
.statements of the chief officers of the inllvvay
brotherhoods, published n the report of the In
dustrial conunlrslont
"The neies.lty of c hanging train and engine
crews at established points) where terminal fa
cilities are provided renders It Impiuetlcable tn
arbitrarily tlv (tin hours of train and engine men,
We think Hie hours of labor of yard nnd office
tnen should be shortened, nnd we think they lould
be reasonably fixed by law. l'ur train dispatchers
and .lard employes In large and busy yards right
hours should constitute a day. in alt other
classes of service ten hours should be recognised
as n djy'a work, und nil time on duty In excess
of ten hours for u day's pay, thould be paid us
extra overtime. We should surest an sot speci
fying the legal work day as aliova and Icgnlltiiig
claims for extra pay for extra hours notked."
1'or the safety, of the traveling publlo s vrcll
as for the health ot the employes, several of the
slates bavt" pjssed laws fixing the maximum
hours of labor for railway trainmen, with tin
nuinbir of limits rest which shall follow. In New
York, Ohio and Minnesota, ten Imuis Is u legal
da.v's work, Home slates have fixed a mixlmum
period of llbor with a certain number ot hours
following for real, without naming the riimber of
limns constituting n legal day, thus (ieorgli und
I'lorlda, thirteen .hoius; Ohio, flttien; Colorado,
Minnesota and Nebraska, eighteen, and New York
nnd Michigan, twenty-four hours with eight houri
list In each ot them.
The Industrial commission us will ns the
commissioner of labor glic no names ot lallvvay.i
or corporation in their statistics, but the icpllci
only to Inquiries liindc. They give what ibey
oil lipic-t! lepllos fiom nine roads which operate
M,5C7 miles, and employ .1",,11J men. The aver
age wages doo3 not vary materially Iroin this
from the report of the lutrr-state commerce com
mission as given in Hi" tilde above.
The representatives of five organizations of i.iil
way enmlo.ves assembled at Carnegie, Pa., Julv
I, lSlf), to the number of S.noD men and adopted
iciolutions petitioning congiess to pas an act
lestrlctlug the hours of libnr In the transporta
tion ilepaitincnt of Intcr-shtc lallioads to eight
out cf iMontj-four.
Professor .lndny, the compiler of the-e ft it is
tics for Hie dopirlmcnl of the buieau of Inlior,
Washington, sain: "With rcfeienee lo the hours
of labor, it Is questionable whether economic con
ditlonu and the present high degree of intensity of
um vices would Justify un eight hour day as a
standaul for nil i.illwajs of the coimtiy. The
facts or tl.c cas" show lli.it on fast express trains,
men In the tialn service frequently work less
111 in tint at the piesent time, some of them
making good wuge.s on Hie mileage basis Willi
live or six hours' working time per day. Ir is
also cleir that miny economic' fences are nt work
In Hie tiaiisportntlon. bushiess to fl.x a ihj's
work at or as near ten bonus as possible. This
fiTiiw lo be the point of cipilllbriiim at which
the ecunomie Interests of both employer and cm
plo.ve under existing conditions can best meet."
lillld and many otlicrs, requiic oxptrts to discuss
and explain. In mod ca.se.s tlic.se experts are
attorneys, vho hive studied tlie Mibjects and
icprrsent interests thit may be affected by the
legislation. They argue for their clients) as tliey
would in a court of la'-. Then in addition to
Hie big; attorneys, smaller fiy are employed, who
endeavor Iiy pprsonal Inteiviewij and aigunients
with, Individuil meinbeis to cnfoice the view that
is advocated by the interests they repiciciit.
'lids is all considered ns legitimate work, the
fiimo as Is tho personal appeal of nil individual
wlio has a little pension or claim bill befoie
congress. Tlds is lobbv ing, not bribeiy.
Anotlnr popular misconception of congtoxs is
dispelled by accpiaintinco witli that body, and
that is the idea tint the Iiou-m- and senate is
made up of bard drinker-: and immoial men.
'Ihli opinion is due to tlie .sensation il ihngis of
mislufoimed or intentionally metulaclouu tout
per.itiie and feini-iellgiuus publications. The
awful hold the demon rum has on the nation is
usually depleted in giuesome wood cuts, 'showing
alleged scene", in the liou.se or senate restaurant.'.
Tlie etTect of inlcmpeiancc and kindred Immoral
ities is pictured in mined homes of senator-) nnd
lopic.cntntiu'.s. luiiuinarj- "gilded palaces"
where fortunes arc won and lost on the tuin of a
caul aie told about and Washington plctuied as
the very center of vice and folly of which con
gloss in Hie source.
There may have been a tini" when theie w.is
some excuse for such assertions. There are still
some lacy stoiics told of the "doings" of sl.ili.s
nivn in the days when drinking was a virtue and
temperance i irely observed, ll.'.l the pciiod of
these scandals is very leinote. At tlie time
Washington was no woise thin any other city in
the country, but in the advance of tho nation in
subtlety and decency, the cipital city has been
well to the front. The cougiessioual element
actually sets an example to the whole city. A
drunken congressman now sho.ks the sensibilities
as much as u dnuikcn woman, 'the day when
members of both houses appeared on the lloor
under the influence of liquor, is pi..l. Keen dur
ing all-night sessions, when the temptation to
relieve the tedium and fatigue by occasional Illa
tions, is very great, there arc no loncer the
scenes of drunkenness that were common itomc
yeais ago. A comparison of the conduct of the
congress of today with that of even fifteen jears
ago, would convince tlie pessimist Hvit mankind,
icprcscnted by these statesmen, is glowing belter,
It is no longer fashionable to take too much
wine or liquor, and official society fiuwns upon
exhibitions that weic tolerated once upon a time.
In the hovse and the senate lcstauianLs "haul
llquoi" has been tabooed and only wines and
beers ate seived. Tlie sight of some habitual
drinker, once, found among the cou;-rcnsmcn tuk
ing four fingers) nt whiskey and uslnu tomato
sauce as a "ehuser" Is no longer witnessed. There
still exist committee looms v-hoso closets und
bookcases afford a hiding place for buiplclous
looking1 bottles, but this very secrecy Is fvldrrice
of the decadence of the former public drinking
luhit,
ing brought about In the .South is furnished by
an incident ut Kcrantoii, I'enn,, Tliursda; , when
tho l.iol..tw.itm'i County Union t::-l'rio:ieis (
War Association held iti annual miellnj and was
.iddrcseil by Col. II. P. II. tstaub of llallimo-c.
Colonel ftatib was a gall-nt oillccr ol the Coufisl
eiato urmy .ird scivecl under "Stonewall" ,laik
isjii during Hie war. At onu nine he was eiptui.'d
by Union hoops und held a pilsouer b t-oino
t'emu.vliuuli soldleii), in beginning his inniiks
I, Colonel Staub said lie hardly fell Instilled lu .li
miting tu ills beams ns fellow comrades, hut udt
sifo in calling I Im-iii fellow-vcterans ami fellow
citizens, lu the course of his leninks In added
that hu was, gieitly indebted t those vvlm wore
the blue, and it utloided him much plrsiiirs- tu
thank them for tudlii,- the llelielllon, els.' bu
would not now have tlie pilvilcge or iiihliivniiu;
theiii in this mauiier, Hut tlie nia-e Intiteitius
poit lou of bis talk was the fclluivlmi:
"Tho war bad belli cumins on I'M .cni, and
though in;' father vi . ilavu nvvnei I oil a
wondered why under a free Boveininijit b'lch an
institution aialaviry was iillcmtd lo exist. Hut
Hie illinium of the slaves by the government
would lint bale been Hie settlement, as oinc
suppoad, and tho only kvllleuiem was by tlie
twnid.
"The people uf tho twuth iiscil lo tbii.k l.luiulu
wore bonis, und we hail on,' prejudices .uilnsl
lilm, but vvn uflcru.iiil liuiuul tin', lie um, not
as bad us iepio.iiili'd, but it Hue, klud-heart.-d
nun, and the tluul came when we liked Mm,
and I am lino u hear Irlbuta Id thu nieiiinry
and gieatness of Lincoln, a greater state.sin nt
than .Icifi'isvn Davis,
"Had Dnl.s been the statesman that Lincoln
was ha would have set I led Hie shite lung befoie
It was settled, Hut it leiitaiucd for Lincoln to
iiiiiiuliute the slave, and when tin weie liber
ated the negroes flocked to the Noitlicru army
and irudertd good sen lee, loo.
'I lejolce In the icsult ot tlut war, the aholl
lion of tslaven and the icuulou of our coimtiy,
which Is truly one country, under one (tag and
one constitution. Wc arc all one now, and no
nutter how- strong other countries may be they
must not fool wllh America.'
That is an honest, straightforward, pJtilotic
statement, and it Is not doubtful that it reflects
the real opinion of a large number uf Southern
men, cspec lally those who. like Colonel Btaub,
were joung when hostilities broke out and who
realized "tho irioprcsIblc conflict"- between
slaver,))) and autl-slavcr.
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should fit the foot or you
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tlemen's $5 shoes are at this
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to the economist.
Lewist&KeiSly
114-116 Wyoming Ave.
I
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Capital, $200,000
Surplus, $550,000
Pays 3 interest on
savings accounts whether
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Open Saturday evenings
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JJ 20 Riglans and Newmarkets
20 Raglans and Newmarkets
h 10 Raglans and Newmarkets
S 15 34 Jackets at . .
25 3-4 Jackets at . . .
$ 20 3-4 Jackets at . ,
ioo 27-Inch Jackets
S? were $10,00 to 30.00.
324 Lackawanna Avenue g
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317 Lackawanna ave.
FINLETS
Clean-up
Sale of
Blankets and
Comfortables
There are not a great many
of any one grade. Yet in the
whole lot wc have a fairly
good assortment, We take a
big cut iu prices to close out
the eutire lot this week.
Blankets
Our Blaukets at regular
prices are the best values on
the market. All are marked
down, and are here at these
figures, 95c. $1.50, $2.50,
$3.75, $4.88, $6.50.
We call special attention to
the $4.88 and $6.50 Blank
ets being extra size, all wool
and shrunk.
SaSk Covered
Down Quilts
$12.50 quality, marked to
$9.75.
Comfortables
Are marked down low to sell
them quick. Price, 95c to
$3.00.
510-512 Lackawanna Ave.
$ J 4 4 4" "S1 ' 5 ! f1 2 S' 4 !
SPECIAL PKICE ON
ALI, STERLING SIL
VER ARTICLES OF
ToiI?f War?,
Manictir?
Pieces and
Desk Fiir-
p nishings
These Roods, ate nil good heavy weight,
such as wc always carry in stock.
, Mercereau & Connell,
13S Wyoming Avonuo.
sj s 3' J J ! $ J' $ ! ! & Js ! !
Sell as Follows:
at $6.90, All Wool
at
9.90, All Wool
14.90, All Wool
8.90, All Wool
11.90, All Wool
13.50, All Wool
at
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from $5.00 to $!3.00 that $5
Alterations free of charge. 5."
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faces, nnd not infrequently nu
much hidden deception. When
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to us. You can rely unou our
judgment and representation.
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317 Lackawanna at.
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