- t , - H T f ' av TJL-AJi. SCRANTON TllIBUNB-THUltSDAlr, MAKCH 20, 1002. . (r-v -f (Je crattfon $rf Butte roMMiccJ Dally, Except Sunday, lJ The Trlli. tine rublUhlntt Company, at l'Hty Cent- Month. MVY B. niClIAlin, Kdltor. O. F. BYXDUi:, HunlncM Manner. New York OfflccS ISO Nwu St. H. R. VIU'.F.t.AND, Bole Agent Tor Foreign Artvortllnjr. Knitted t tlie Ponlofflco t Frnnlon, tM. M Second CIA Mall MatUr. When Bpaco -will permit, The Tribune Is nlwixys glnd to print short lottors from Its friends heav ing on curront topics, hut Its rule is thnt those must ho signed, for pub lication, by tho writer's real name, nnd tho condition precedent to nc coptanco Is that all contribution shall ho subject to editorial revision. tiiu rur hat roit Anvntvrisr.sn. The followliiff table shown ttii prloo per Inch each Insertion, epjee to lie used within ono ycrt niSIT.AV. Paper Itcidliiff Portion I.rm than 600 IneliM .Bo .275 ." fi" Indies 20 ,2J '-! 1000 " io .IT.'. .1". S0O0 " 15J .17 .135 flOOO " .1.5 .IBS .15 For cards of Ilian1. ictolutlons of tondotrnro, and similar cnntrlbutlonn In the Mature nt id cttlMnjj The Tribune males n chaige. of 5 cents line. Hates of Classified Adverlhlng furnished " application. SCI5ANTOX. MARCH 20, 1002 On December 20, we editorially unci favorably reviewed Walter J. Ual lnrd's article, "Our South American Trade," which appealed In the Pro tectionist for December. We notice by the Congressional Itccoid that Senator lluiinu iiuolecl freely from the article In his ship HUhsltly speech In tho sen ate, on .March (!. President Schurmnn's Mistakes. WK CSIVK space on this page to a statement or opinion by President Schurinan, of Cornell university, on the duty of the United States with ref erence to the Philippines. It has Inter est from the fact that Its author not only Is one of the men whose opinions on any subject aie entitled to weight, hut also because, as the chairman of the (list Philippine commission, lie has had exceptional opportunities for f anil ine an accurate opinion In this matter. It may seem presumptuous to differ In opinion from a man so well quali fied as ho is to speak Willi authority on this subject; but we detect what Impress us as at lea.st two Haws In Dr. Schurman's line of argument. The llrst of these Is his statement that the development of American trade with the Philippine archipelago and the im provement of the opportunities of in dividual Americans In that aichipelago do not depend and would not be pro moted by American sovereignty. This, on its face, looks unreasonable. Ameil can sovereignty in the Philippines would mean the full protection of every American light theie. This would not necessarily mean the sacrifice o any native right or foreign right; but it would mean that American capital could invest itself in lawful Philippine developments with thorough assurance of protection; and that American en terprise, when it had worked out prob lems in the islands to the advantage of both natives and those exhibiting it, would be free from petty annoyance and confiscatory exactions. The Amer ican flag would mean In the Philip pines just what it'means in Porto Itico law, order .uyl fair play. That would be to the manifest advantage of all concerned.'' Tlm'second point of weakness which mjj -view In Dr. Schurman's argument is his endeavor to promise ultimate In dependence to a people who have not yet laid down their arms, It is use less to parley with the man who holds a pistol at your head. In parts of the Philippines armed resistance to even that degree of supetvisory and educa tional American authority which Dr. Scliurman admits Is now necessary in the Philippines, and which the logic of his admissions shows will likely he nec ensary for a great many years to come, continues; not, pet-Imps, so forcefully as in former months, but still strong enough to requite the services of a large army of occupation, which has its hands full chasing and capturing predatory gueillla bands and breaking up tendencies toward resistance in mass. Now if the matter of Independ ence is concededly something not t be ctfectlve until a remote and Indefinite time In the future, why complicate the difficulties of the present with its pre mature consideration? A homely old saw recommends one hurdle at u time; whereas, Dr. Hcliunnan Impresses us a wishing to leap them all at once, beginning with the one furthest otf. The fundamental n or In his whole article is lack of faith hi tho underly ing fairnebs and righteousness of the American people. Their f.ons and duughteis In the generation when this now academic problem of the final dis position, of the Philippines shall bo-i-ome vital can safely bo trusted to do what Is right, Any attempt to tie their hands now would be both Inexpedient and also, in all probability, Ineffectual, We do pot expect, ond wo certainly do not wish, to live to see the day when the American flag shall be hauled down from whero Dewey and Menitt hoisted It, to make way for any other emblem either now In existence or yet unborn. When tho Filipinos become better ac quainted with It wo have no doubt that they will learn to feel tho same way, Tho predictions of the hot summer prophet, whether believed or not, would bo regarded with pleasure Just now. $ ; An Opportunity for the Census, ONIJ Or the things which may llshtfully bo expected from ''he census bureau after It has been reorganized on a per manent basis Is a careful compiling of vital statistics, In both of the last two censuses jfjerures us to the birth rate and as to' Us variation according to locality and nationality data of the tlrst importance from many points of view were collected but not tubulated and thus made available for scientific purposes. The reason for this no doubt wus the exhaustion of the appropriation before the, work of the census wus L-omuleted-. The lminensr waste In time and money resttUln-r from having to organize each eOnsun separately has Ween a heavy drag upon tbc efficiency of these decennial Inquiries. Hereafter this will not be felt; nnd It Is sincerely to bo hoped that tho subject mentioned will receive duo attention. Next to the enumeration of the popu lation we can think of no subject of Inquiry of larger consequence than this. If the assertions made by a num ber of distinguished obstetricians con cerning tho decline In tlio size of Ameri can as compared With foreign-born families be correct, a problem of far reaching Influence Is Indicated. We have no doubt that these assertions arc made honestly and In good faith; but they admittedly rest on a narrow basis tho vital statistics or .only six states. What. Is needed to define this problem Is a comprehensive Inquiry covering the entire country. That would show Just what the facts ate, and It would aid materially In estimating the future population, something which Is of Im portance In statesmanship. Tho vari ous states are untrustworthy collectors of vital statistics. They lack a suit able machinery of collection and also the authority associated In the public mind with a census conducted by Uncle Sum. All that Is needed to secure the desired information is assent from Washington. Tills should certainly be given. The hopes of the Democrats who In tended thnt failure to enact Cuban re clpioclty should become an Isue have received a severe jolt. The Strange Case of General Allies IT HAS recently been made public, not by the administration, that General Miles, after evolving an unsolicited plan for the pacifica tion of the Philippines, submitted it to the secretary of war, who disapproved It; and then took It In person to the president, who likewise declined to authorize Its adoption. The public has not been Informed as to the character of Ceneral Miles' plan and the admin istration has not seen lit to take any notice of tho incident. It will be recalled that General Miles was prolific In plans for bettering the conduct of the war against Spain. His first effort In that direction was an nt tempt to convince his superior officers that General Wesley Merrilt had no use in the first Philippine expedition for more than BOOO men, although it turned out that more than seven times that number had to be sent eventually. Another of General Miles plans was to march uu army overland In Cuba through mud and swamps from the eastern end of the island to Havana, a feat that would hardly be possible in a time of complete peace, owing to the difficulties of transport and of keeping in touch with the base of sup plies. This, also, was rejected, as was his subsequent plan for withdrawing Sliafter's army from Santiago before the fall of that place and Its use in an overpowering swoop upon Porto Bico. There were many minor incidents in connection with General Miles' conduct during the Into wai that as spread upon the records denote singular pet ulnnce and jealousy. These were pass ed over in silence at the time, but they added to the burden which President McKlnley had- to bear, and they had their part in weakening the Influence of the majoi- general commanding-. For the administration now to turn down the officers who have been work ing night and day In the Philippines by summarily abondonlng their plans and substituting the plans of an oftlcer who has not been on the ground and whoso temperament as developed in recent years In tho atmosphere of intrigue prevailing In army circles In and around Washington makes It uncertain how long he would stick to a. line of conduct after marking it out, would be an unheard of proceeding. The admin istration needs no defense for its action In these premises. It is now announced that Russia has it Monroe doctiine that will not allow the United States to collect Miss Stone's ransom money from Turkey. It Is a safe guess that this announce ment Is a woik of fiction. Value of Applied Science. IX A RECI3NT icuort to the state department from Stuttgart, Con sul Omini analyzed keenly the causes of Geimany's lemarkable commercial advance and dropped some hints not without value for the Ameri can people. Common belief credits tills advance largely to tho victory of Prus sia over France In 1S70-1. Mr, O.tnun attributes It more largely to the em phasis placed in Germany upon scien tific education, upon applied- science. And In support of his theory he makes a convincing show ot circumstantial evidence. As a lesult of this emphasis there are today, he points out, more than 4500 thoroughly trained chemists In Gorman factories, not to speak of 5000 as sistants, all continually studying how to Improve piocesBes and Introduco economies. The sugar industry Illus trates tho practical application which the Germans make of their educational system. In 1S40, 151,000 tons of beet root were crushed, from which S.0O0 ton3 of raw sugar were produced, show ing about GVi per cent, of raw sugar extracted fiom the root. Twenty years later, 1,500,000 tons wore treated which produced 128,000 tons of sugar, or about 8 per cent. Last year, about 12,000,000 tons weie crushed, which produced 1,500,000 tons of raw sugar, raising the percentage to 13. This advance Is due entirely to scientific treatment. The production of dry colors, chepi Icals, and dyes In Germany shows a corresponding increase In product and In dividend-paying capacity, Compar ing, tho statistics of the dyeing Indus try of the year 1874 with those of 189S, It la found that, notwithstanding prices In 1898 were considerably lower than In 1874, the net Income in 1871 wus 21,000, 000 inarkb, (about $0,000,000,) and' in 189S wus 120,000,000 marks, (ubout J30, 000,000.) Tho great Increase of earning capacity Is duo largely, says Mr, Oz mun, to the constant labor of trained men, who by application of their tech. nical knowledge have so cheapened production that they have succcded In getting this trade away from the Eng lish, who formerly controlled it. An other Illustration Is found in the manu facture of artificial Indigo, a chemical process for making which was discover ed In Germany about thlrly-flve years ago, It was started with less than forty workmen, nil told. It now em ploys over 0,000 men, and has a stnff. of 148 scientific chemists, and by plac ing this substitute upon t1e market at a very low price they linvo nearly ruined the nntttral-lndlgo Industry of India. The Gei-juans have also discovered a method for obtaining ground slag from steel process, which Is used as a fertil izer, and lOnglantl, although she pro duces as much steel as Germany, has become a good customer for this article. The Krupp gun factory Is another In stance of this progress, too familiar to need description, but tho latest Is the discovery by tt Oermun chemist, by the name of Glcbler, of a. process of hard ening steel which makes It, tt Is said, 14 per cent, stronger, GO per cent lighter and one-third less costly than the Kiupp, Harvey, or Uoehlcr steel. Tho Inventor will not sell tho secret of the process to any foreign manufacturer, but will retain It for tho benefit of Ger many. This, It true, will glvo this country an enormous advantage In naval matters, for, with a lighter hull, lighter machinery, and lighter guns, a very much higher rate of speed can bo produced for a given consumption of fuel, which means also an enlarged steaming distance. A century ago, tho ICngllsh and French makers of scientific Instruments were far In advance ot tho Germans. During the last twenty years all this has changed. The value ot the exports from Germany of scien tific Instruments for the year 189S was about $1,250,000 three times what It was In 188S and the work gave em ployment to 14,000 people. Study of these facts has caused Con sul Ozmun to question whether In the United States the relationship between the scientific shool nnd the factory Is close enough. It probably is not at this time; but it is becoming closer year by year. The old-fashioned way of meas uring production by rule of eye and thumb Is fast giving place to well-developed scientific processes. Just as sensible people no longer build houses without employing architects or try to erect great industrial or public works without mechanical and civil engineers, so it Is becoming the rule in American Industries to utilize the services of skilled chemists and other trained men of applied science, to do by accurate and trustworthy means what our grandfathers were wont to do crudely by guesswork. Nevertheless we have not advanced so far in this direction that there is not yet plenty of room for further progress. We can still learn a lot from Germany. Senator Proctor is right. Talk at this time of Cuban annexation is out of place in the United- States. We are pledged to give the Cubans a chance to go It alone. That pledge may or may not have been wise but it has all the moral force of a contract and must be lived up to in good faith. This is necessary not only in justice to the Cubans but even more in justice to our selves. The time to talk of annexation is when the substantial people of Cuba ask for it. The Pittston Gazette is correct in saying that it would be a relief to the business community if Instead of an nual agitation and strike talk three year agreements could be Introduced in the coal fields between operators and mine workeis. We doubt, how ever, thnt this will ever be possible. According to Minister Bellamy Storer, tho information to tho effect that the young king of Spain Is a weakling, is incorrect. He is a bright, "healthy boy and capable of occupying tho pitcher's box on almost any amateur nine In the country. A well-known scientist Is endeavor ing to solve the problem of ptoduclng steam without fuel. Nothing is easier. Tho matter Is demonstrated at nearly every meeting of the Scranton councils. After persuading General Funstou to submit to the Interviewer, the knock ers are now complaining that he talks too much. It seems impossible to please some people. The fate of the peach crop seems to be In doubt, but Chairman Jones an nounces that the Prohibition party will be all right this season. OUR FOREIGN TOUR, IMItur of The Tilbunc. Mr: Amrileaii l)uiitus, to the muulior of 1,200, luc been oulrutl for the com la of the Avi4trl.ni cniphc after three montlu' of toinpetl. the ten agaitut keu'ral nuUcn of otlitr nation. IVtiolcum bhlimiei.tn fiom the port ot PhlU. delphU slmo Jiniwry 1 weru more than 1.13,000, too gallons, against siMMVU gallons for the wine peiluil la.t vf.n, ' Portland, Die,, spoiled !1lU'i,S47 Inulich of grain in J.inuaiy, the laige-t month's eoit Hum that iit on letord, Tlieio It jnt lfl,IS5,00O,00O in urn- faur, on it compai lnon ot our linpuitu ai.it c.iiorU tor ipoi, with tho.e of fircat Ililtalu, Her piiHha-Q r teoded calei by iiw)u,ou,u00, while our sales c teriled our puichawa by (fJM.OOO.OOO. We uie feeling pretty bad because our cxpoita (leaving out the fi,0tx),0u0 Bent to Portn Itico ami Hawaii) tell oft JU'.OuO.OOO in 1P01, but the feeling U bomewhat oflet by the Knowledge that (Jreut lliltaln'a exports tell oft ihjO,000,000. MUeiy low company. The following tlgurcd, in lound inllllom, tell the story ot our Increased csporU In 1001 otcr mi; 1M1. 1001. Cain. (heat Itrltalu 4Vi MS 1IU Germany W IS! Vi Canada ,,..., , 41 107 CO ftetlirrlandi ,.,,,.,.., fit 81 S( Mexico , ..,,..,,,... IS ;) si Italy , , II .-It tiO Austialaoia .,,, ,,, U 27 17 Cuba, , , '1,,, II J7 i IlrilMi Afiku .1 21 ;l licmnurk , 0 n China , 8 U 10 Aigenthu , J 11 it The laigt-kt propoitlcnate galu ii th lit It Uh Africa, on fug to t lie war, but Willi Ceuminy und temal other our balcj in 1U01 ncie more than double thOM! of 1S01, Our acruge monthly c. rti for 1001, in lound millions, woe 110, ugaiiut Gicat llrltaln 113, (lemiany 00, Trance ul, Netherlands (1000) 50, Aiutia-Ilungary Si, t'uiopcan ltu&la 30, UritUli India 30, Ilclgluiu i!S, Italy 21. Our contluuou lead teems uuurcd. l'or tho twche monlln ended January at our export weie $1,437,000,000, aglnt imports of HW,00O,O0O. Thiu our foreign tour in 1901 gain ed im S307.OOO.0O0. for the bit tlx Itepubllcan jear our experts exeeeded our ImpoiU by I luce thousand mid foity-onc million of gold dollar. Wgltcr J. DaUrd Schenectady, X. V., JUrih 19, WHAT IS OUR DUTY TO THE FILIPINOS? By, Jacob tlmiM Mitirnimi, Chaliman of Iho Plttl Philippine- Commlwlnn. (Copyrighted by the Christian nnde.or World nnd lleprlnted by Pcnnlwlon.) OUIt llb'TV to tho I'lllplmis Is the most Im. porlant now confronting tho people nnd got eminent of our beloved republic. If we me to discover what vc ainilit to 1I1, It li essential to discern tthat wo ought to nsold. The Mrnlght nnd tnrrow path steers clear of fins of tniiston on tho one ride mid xttis of commission 1111 the oilier. And we ehatl be able (0 fhic.ul our course with the more rer lalnty If we note the cductlte hut forbidden prospects which Jt paws mid hta behind. I mean that what it is our duty to do to nnd fcr tha nilplnos will become clearer If we consider what our own moral pense and Christian con wloiiMirM tells as It would be wrong to do to and for the t'lllplnos. first, then, It Is wrong to think ot the Philip pines or their inhabitants ns the properly or ponxraion of us Anieilcoid. It t.s true that we have lawful sovereignty over them; but sovereignty means responsibility for government for peace, order, and internatloml behavior. Sovereignty over a country doea not signify a property right in It. England has tov rrelgnly over Canada; but England does not own a foot uf land In tho Dominion, nor has she any right oter the person or property of any Cana dian. Tho country In lt entirety Is owned by private Individuals or It Is held by the Cana dian government for flie public In general. In the utno way the rlcc-fleld, the sugar es tates, tho tobacco plantations, the hemp farms, of tha Philippine Islands arc the property of In dividual Filipinos; nnd the unoccunlod areas, though now controlled by tho United States, ere held in tiust for the people ot the Philippine Islands; and, when n central government U es tablished there, this trust will undoubtedly de volve upon It, ns the control ot fhc public lands within their own borders ban been devolved by cmigreM upon the .several states of our Union. All the natural resources of the Philippines lands, mineral?, forests, fish, etc belong thus to the inhabitant of the islands. Our sovcieignty, so far ns it nffecte these, is simply n responsibil ity for administering a trust on behalf ot the people until the people are so organized politic nlly tint they may undertake It for themselves. Consequently any exploitation of the Philip pines by the United States would be the grossest violation of a Irnut; it would be the robbery of nn orphan ward by executors, an outragu on humanity, and a sin against high heaven. Yet, stiange to Kay, there nic Amciicau; who point tn the Philippines gold, coal, hemp, lum ber, tobacco, and lands as means of enriching the United States or its citizens! Of courte J oil may go there, and buy these things, nnd iloxclop trade, and make money; but so may 11 Spaniard, i German, or an Englishman; and the lcult does not In nny way depend upon America soierolgn ty ocr the Philippines. Yet, undoubtedly, the American jingo would use American sovereignty over the aichlpclago to exploit the Filipinos for his own selfkli ends. Tills. If pomittcd, would be the unpardonable .'in of America against the l'lUpino. Secondly. It is certainly folly, and perhaps it should bo called a crime, fo attempt to Amcil c.mizc the rili.-iincs. The Americans aie mainly of the Anglo-Saxon slock, and our institutions are principally of lTnglibh oilgln; but, though we admire our institutions and find them well adapted to cur need', and though we think liighlv of ouisehes, more highly than of any other people, it is only Ignotance of history or lack of foreign travel that prevents our feeing that every other people have the same bounding conceit of themselves and the Fame complacent satisfaction of race and nationality probably as ancient as the moral sen timents, nnd they are not less fundamental. The unload or untr.iveilcd Amercan may dream that it is our mis-Ion to make Americana of tho 1'ili pincw. Others bcttcis informed Know- tint is as impossible .19 it would be demoralizing. Itabert Louis Stevenson Ihcd many jcais in the south Pacific, and in the year ot bis death (1S9I) he wiote from his Samoan homo a goldon letter of adviie pn this Mibjcct to .1 prospective mUslnnuiy, who had been a fiiend ot his own in England. Here is the summary and tho cli max of that advice: "ltemrmber thnt nil you can do Is to civilize the man in the line of his own eivlllzation, such as It is." And this is as true of the political as ot Hie rnoial and leligious apect of civilization. Our political institutions .11c tho expression and em bodiment of character and ideals of an English speaking Teutonic community. Since the Till pittas ate Jljl.ijan, nnd not Anglo-Sax'ons or Teutons, it is cert.iiii that the political or gaulztion in which wu live nnd move nnd have our being will not bo adapted to them any bet ter than it is adapted to the Indians half bleeds and Spaniards of t'ential and South Ameiiea who have not been induced fo copy or appropri ate it. It is 110 part of nur duty, therefore, to force the l'lllpinos into this 1'ioumtes bed of our own making. England has tried that game In India, and what is the icsult? Here is what tioldvvin Smith, the ablest of living EnglUi bisloilnns, declares: "I eonfe-d I am not sanguine as to the tialn Ing of one nation for self-government by another. Experience dors not point that way. 'iheie is no saying what might bo the result if Ibwton were to migrate to the Philippines und take the political nuisiug in hand, though even then there would be the banters of uce, language and leltglon. nut the nursing fatbeis w-Hl probably be of a very different tla.s. We have done prub ably at much ns is possible in India; but with legaid Din main objut, that of Euiopeanlring the Hindoo, IliitUli empire in India .so far is a failure. "You iiiibl begin, nt all events, by completely severing your tutclaiy government In the Phillip pines from the political influences and paitk-3 of the United States." Wo aie, then, to repcct thu l'lUpino-, as an other lace, Willi other national cbaracteiUtlcs, and with other ideals and M'liliiucntti, which, though often unlike ours, are for thcni quite as good, true, bciutlful, and v-fcntial us ours arc for W. The tights of humanity in them aie Inviolate; they were Implanted in them by the tamo t'raa lor; and, if they demand freedum nnd Independ ence for the expansion and unfolding of their own nature and cipaclty, it is only what wo tie maud for ouiselveo. Any former impediment to the free development of the political life of the Filipinos Is, ns foon as they aie siifilrienlly or ganized to walk nlone, uuw-airanted; and in their ccs it is equally tyranny, whether It comes from Spain or whether It conies fiom tho United States. Here, then, the light begins to illumine the path of duty. Do jou ak, What Is our duty to tho Filipinos? 1 answer, our duty to the 'Filipinos is to help them to help themselves, to aid thein to develop their own powers wlthajt undermining them to enable tUctn to get r.n their pwn feet and giadually stand alone mid unaided, 'I his is what I found in 1MW that neatly all educated and pioprrtted Filipinos wanted, They did not legard Augutr.aldo or Ills to-called Philippine republic as the leprescnlatlie of the Philippine people, nut they never lost tight of the fact that there was a PhlllpDlna people, who had n countiy of their own, and who wanted soma day tn icntrol their own destinies. Only, ns the Islands luid been for tlnee cen turies under Spaiil.h dominion, all hO -gov em inent bad been destioycd; and they wanted the United Stated to stay in tho airhlpelago long enough to organize the Inhabitants politically and get them well started in a career ot telf government. That done, they wished a sovereign and independent republlo of their own. The one all-embisting duty which Americans owe the Filipinos is fo give them all the home lule they ileslie, and independence as soon as they want it and arc fit to exercise It as well as the average republic of Central or South Amer ica. Of rourso this tin il step prc-supposes tho political organization of the Filipinos, and an oiganlo act for tlut puiposo fhould be passed by the present coiigrew. Such a measure should pi 0 vide for a popular assembly ot lepiesentatlvu ilected by the Fili pinos themselves. When that is oigsnlzcd, the Philippine people will for the flr.t time havo au official organ qualified to speak for litem. At picscnt thero is none. And what that popu lar assembly of the Filipinos petitions the United Stitcs for, we must bo prepared to giant. We will grant it, first, becauso we believe in govern ment cf the people by the people, in the ttov eminent of Filipinos by Filiplnw, not of Fili pinos by Araciicans; and, icrondly, bccau.e what a united nation like the Filipinos wunt they will eventually at any cost secure. In 1S99 I found tho Filipinos more or less disunited; but righting sgalnut another rice and foreign domina tion la unified them nd fired their souls with the idea vf national independence, I Of c$ure, w-o liny construct hlgtiiva.vj nnd railways; we may encourage the Ingoing ot capital to develop the natural resources of the reunlryj we may buy up the lands ot the friars (whom tho Filipino bitterly hate); we may engage, ns we have done, about one tltous-ind American school teachers (at the expeusn of the Philippine treasury) to promote tho cducition of the tlslnir generation) we may sepnrato church from stnto nnd give all religious denomlnatlsns the Fame opportunity which the Catholics have hitherto monopolized! but, important ns nil these things nre, they nto nil subsidiary to the one supreme duty which the United 8UU1 owes to the Philippines, nnd that Is the duty cf po litically organizing the nation wltli icprescnta live Institutions of their own, nnd granting the nation thus organized increasing homo rulo nnd ultimate) Independence when they want Inde pendence nnd can use It as safely ns, My, Vene zuela or Nicaragua or Chit" So I close. 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Spangled Robes Spangled Allorers Rich La co Robes Chantilly Lace Net Embroidered Chiffon Silk Gauze Point D'Esprite Embroidered Veilings Embroidered Ratist Crepe do Chine Silk Grenadines Silk Lonisincs Fean de Cynge Crepe dc Paris Moire Silks i Rroclie Poiirtelle Soie Fine Laces and Trimmings Persian Tinted Cluny Silk Passemanterie Russian Lace Chantilly Lace Applique Bands Flounces, Allovers. Etc. 010-512 Lackawanna AYenue.: Office Desks and Office Furniture tusurw New and Complete Assortment Being the 1AKGEST FURNITURE DEALERS IN SCRANTON We carry tho greatest assortment of up-to-date Office Furniture. You are invited to examine our new line before purchasing. Hill&Gonne 121 Washington Avenue. S0KANT0N CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS SCRANTON, PA. T, J. Foster, 1'rcaldent. Uiner II. Lawill, Imi. Jt. J. renter, Stanley I Alien, Vice rieildent. 8ecrttr. r 1 Headquarters for Incandescent Gas Manfles. Portable Lamps. THE NEW DISCOVERY Kern Incandescent Gas Lamp. 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