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TWELVE PAGES.
SCRANTON, APRIL. 28, 1902.
For governor or Pennsylvania, on the
Issue of an open field and fair play,
JOHN P. ELKIN, of Indiana,
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nubject to the will of the Republican
masses.
Probing th Heat Trust.
THE CONTENTION of the beef
trust is that a scarcity of
cattle on the ranges 1ms
forced the hlsh prices now
prevailing for dressed meats. The action
of Attorney General Knox In instruct
ing his subordinates In the department
of justice to move for Inductions dis
solving the beef trust's conspiracy,
agreement or "gentlemen's understand
ing" In restraint of trade a form of
"government by injunction" calculated
to become very popular if successful
will enable the trust to produce their
evidence in court, so that the public
may see just what there is in it.
In tho meantime, one of the leading
commission merchants In the Chicago
stock-yards, In an interview printed in
the Chicago Record-Herald, presents
some statements that are Interesting it
true. "Cattle," says he, "are more
plentiful on tho ranges of Montana and
the two DaUotas than they have been
in many years. The increase in tho
size of tho herds over last year Is fully
20 or 2." per cent., and the greatest part
of this Increase will com to the Chi
cago market. Growers are holding otf
their cattle until they got ''heavier,
when they expect to get better prices
for them." The range cattle from
Montana and tho Dakotas, the Record
Herald explains, are no mean factor in
the live stock situation. Last year Mon
tana sent to Chicago 2,790 carloads of
rattle, South Dakota 4.08S and North
Dakota 1,581. This year it is estimated
that Montana will send nearly 4,000 car
loads. South Dakota more than 5,000
and North Dakota in proportion.
The attempt of the stock yards people
to put the blame on the farmers Is
somewhat weakened by an admission
made bv one of them in an interview
In the same paper tho chief clerk in
the auditor's department or the Union
Stockyards company. "They tell me,"
this official is quoted as saying, "that
these farmers have plenty of good
cattle, and that they are holding off
until the apparent scarcity in the- mar
ket forces the price still higher. I have
been told that the large packing com
panies own a great deal of this stock,
and that they, are waiting a while be
fore thoy market it. I don't know how
true this report is, but farmers will tell
you every day that there is plenty of
pood cattle out on the stock farms. The
price must necessarily go higher if the
cattle don't come in faster, and that Is
probably what they are figuring on."
If tho large packing companies own a
great deal of stock pn the ranges and
nre holding off for higher prices, all the
elements ofia "corner" are presented,
and It .pught to bo posslblo for the de
partment of justice to establish this
fact In court. That meat prices should
run somewhat higher now at a flood
tlde season of prosperity than when In
dustrial conditions are depressed and
meat-eating Is curtailed does not seem
unreasonable; but the great jumps re
cently tuken do look suspicious on their
face, and it Is desirable that there
should be a thorough investigation.
Cuptaln 1 Clark levldently feared the
Jr.clght charges.
Indiana Republican Platform.
-TTHK PLATFORM adopted by
' I i tho. Indiana, Republican con
,)jfA,' ventlorir-lho first of the Re
publican conventions to bo
held this year In a Republican state Is
interesting as exhibiting ,the trend of
Republlpan .sentiment In tho heart of
.p'ur country, Its.esse'ntlni planks, from
a,, national Htandppint, are those con
ceding relations' with Cuba and tho
Philippines, trusts, reciprocity aiid tariff
revision. ,
''"Regarding Cuba, tlio plutfovm ex
presseH gratification nt Its liberation
?nd proximate independence, and adds:
'VVq' favor Just and liberal reciprocal
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and the republic of Cuba, which, by tho
Y'lr Qi American arma and the wia
i dnit - "f American "statesmanship, is
auutu ivi ii4u luiuiiy ui HUMOUR,"
We plank concerning trusts follows
tho Jlnes of Senator Heverldge'H speech,
from which wo quoted yesterday. It
reads' "We are opposed to all trusts
sr ejrnblnatlons of capital whose pur
pose or effort la iPrtrlct business or
control prices. And, we especially de
npunco those, .whoso .tendency it is to
hiMmVLWh&fSf ifrWUnjI tVWnec
ssearles of life. Wo favor lealslatlon
to prevent such abuses. Wo approve
"We"ilhcereea"hll,"alteTrnlncTinrbrt of
President Roosevelt to enforce the laws
gainst illegal combinations in restraint
of trade, and demand that bdmlnistra
'th'c' officer, state and national, hall
enforce thtAlaws In the most vlgorou
manner' ho tliut the-Wlllmntc compoll
Hon shall not be embarracftd or de
stroyed." Qutle us positive mnd explicit Is the
plank relating to the Philippines: "We
approve the course of the administra
tion In establishing peace and civil gov
ernment In the Philippine; Islands. AVc
oppose those who continue to resist the
authority of the United Htnfes, whether
openly In arms In the Philippines, or
secretly or openly, In the fnlted States,
In nympathy with the Insurgents. AVe
hold to the doctrine that American sov
ereignty must he respected within the
United States and alt territory under
Its jurisdiction. Wo favor the estab
lishment of ubsolute peace In the Phil
ippines and the erection or civil gov
ernment therein. We Insist thnt the
people of the island shall be given In
creased participation In tho administra
tion of their domeatlc ufl'ttlrs'tin they
shall .demonstrate Intelligence and
capacity for self government."
The attitude of the convention re
garding protection and reciprocity Is In
harmony with the national administra
tion's policy: "We adhere to the policy
of protection. Under It our Industrie
have developed and the hopes of labor
have been increased and wages main
tained at a higher rate than would have
been otherwise possible. We favor the
extension of our markets through care
fully guarded reciprocity arrangements
with other countries wherever it can
be done without 'Interrupting our home
production." While we favor such modi
fications of tariff schedules us from
time to time are required by changing
conditions, we Insist that such changes
shall be made In line with the funda
mental princlpteur protection."
Other planks express confidence In the
gold standard, gtatilleatlon at the abro
gation of the Cluyton-Bulwer canal
treaty and the nearness of tin isthmian
canal, demand for the "most stringent
national and state legislation to sup
press anarchy," approval of Chinese ex
clusion and a demand for the enforce
ment of immigration laws which "shall
exclude all unworthy and undesirable
immigrants whose presence menaces
our citizenship or Injures our wage-
workers."
It Is a well-rounded expression of
party policy and It will win.
Now that the opinion of the attorney
general has been announced It will re
main to be seen 'Which Is the most
powerful, the United States govern
ment or the beef trust.
About Trusts.
I
N A LETTER printed elsewhere,
an esteemed subscriber asks us
to explain why the public should
not arlpe in Its might and over
turn all large combinations of capital,
-commonly called "trusts." This is not
his language, and perhaps he does not
mean exactly this, but this seems a
fair statement of much of the opposi
tion to .trusts which llnds Its way into
print during times of public discussion.
If our correspondent will read Presi
dent Roosevelt's recent message to
congress and Senator Reverldge's
speech, from which we quoted yester
day, he will discover The Tribune's
position on this subject. It Is there
better stated than we can state it.
Co-operation Is the order of the day.
It is a. necessity of large achievements,
which cannot be effected by men act
ing ?liigly. But Just as some Individ
uals are dishonest, so some corpora
tions are dishonest. Creed Is nn in
herent vice, common to all ages and
conditions. Our correspondent, In a
business dealing, would no doubt seek
tho best terms possible and strive for
the largest posslblo profit; and that Is
what the so-called trusts do. But not
all of them are oppressive. Not nil of
them extort unfair prices: nnd when
one does, the statute laws should be
applied to put a stop to the extortion;
and if they are not, the law of trude
sooner or later will intervene and by
competition cut things down to an
equitable basis. The president at
Washington is applying the law of
congress fearlessly, and the lawi of
trade will very soon supplement his
efforts by inviting other combinations
of capital and enterprise to strive for
a share In the profits of those trusts
which make exceptional margins.
It used to bo said that protection
made only the big guns rich; but when
protection wub tampered with by free
trade Influences It was soon discovered
that the damage fell hardest upon the
poor. So with trusts. They can be
regulated. They can he made to obey
the law the same as Individuals nie
made to obey it. The merchant who
cheats can be prosecuted and the trust
which cheats or robs can and should be
prosecuted; but it would muke a rem
edy worse than the disease lo mil all
merchants and all trusts out of busi
ness because some are gieedy and
tricky and dishonest,
The beef trust can only keen prices
up unfairly by cornering the market.
it can only maintain a comer by virtue
of special privileges with the railroads
or the connivance of cattle growers,
Tho administration at Washington Is
looking alter violations of thu inter
state commerce law, and humnu na
ture will suffice .to cuui.0 the cattle men
to Increase their heids when they see
there Is money In It. The dairy trust
can only corner the butter and egg and
cheese market until Individual fanners
inerense their output sufficiently to
overcome the cornciv And so on down
the line. Temporary pinches may oc
cur, as In the past; but upon the whole
and in the long run no man or group of
men is powerful enough to hold up
against universal trade laws; and in
the meantime, all that can be done is
to gather evidence when statute law Is
violated and hule the offendeis, be they
big or little, Into court.
Prosperity always Induced h'gh juices.
When Industries uie busy wage dis
bursements are heavy, buying Increases
und prices rise. This was Just as true
befote trusts were heard or us It is to.
day. TrustH nowadays, however, fur
nish u convenient target at which to
alpi the kicks natural lo human kind.
Some of tlicin undoubtedly deserve
kicking and hard kicking, und they will
got It until they become cither good' or
dead. Rut it would be the height of
folly to put a ban on enterprise or to
try to arrest Its present large growth.
We favor expansion, tt is inevitable.
The methods of forty years ago would
not fit the requirements of today. Com
binations, whether of labor or ruiirtnt,
are forms of this inevitable. Uoth have
their faults nud abuses, and these need
to bo sternlv rebuked until corrected!
but the underlying principle has .come
In response to a genuine need, and Its
various applications will gradually but
surely work out for the general wel
fare. - mi
Senator Uulley bids for recognition
by Insisting the American representa
tives nt the coronation of 'Edward shall
observe the rules of Jeffcrsonlun sim
plicity, f-o fnr ns any expense to the
government Is concerned.
An American Industry.
A
STRIKK for hotter wages re
cently took place In the work
shops of tho Oeneral Electric
company at Schenectady, M.
V. It lasted part or u day and a largely
attended public meeting of the strikers
nnd their sympathizers was Just warm
ing up to a receptive mood for the sur
charged ihetorlc common lo such occa
sions when a committee of the strikers
entered the hall, hulted tho proceed
ings and announced that the manage
ment of the company had conceded all
that was demnn'ded.
Perusal of the tenth annual report of
Ahls corporation (supplies, ample renson
why the management should be liberal
with the men. On a capital stouk of
25,242,200 the compuny last year had
sales to the value of $32,338,030 on which
the profit was $7,083,914. Including a
profit of $938,044.77 derived rrom the sale
or securities und all other profits save
one, and deducting all general, patent
and miscellaneous expenses, expendi
tures of 31,1.11,583.93 on factory plants
and machinery, and allowing for de
preciation nnd losses, there was a net
margin to the good In the year's busi
ness of 58,598,241. In dividends and in
terest on debentures $1,997,968 of this
was paid nut. During the year tho
value of the stocks und bonds owned
by the company Increased $S,0S7,CS5, and
there wus therefore added to the sur
plus account the tidy sum of $8,637,900,
equivalent to si 34 per cent, dividend on
the total capital. An increase of the
capital lo $43,000,000 is soon to be made,
the extra $19,7,",S0O of stock to go to
present shareholders as a stock divi
dend. In the report is this significant
paragraph:
"The company has no note naynblc,
nor Is there under discount any paper
bearing the company's Indorsement or
guaranty. Since January, 1S9.", the com
pany has not borrowed any money, nor
nt any time since that date lias its
credit been used either by Issulng-notes,
Indorsing customers' paper for dis
count or lending Its name In any way.
By adhering to its established policy of
maintaining sales on a basis of cash, or
short credit to desirable customers, all
purchases have been paid for In cash.
On April 13, 1002, there weie but $232,000
debentnies outstanding, $120,000 having
been exchanged for stock since Janu
ary 31. On the same date there weie
but four shares of preferred stock out
standing, the remainder having been
exchanged into common."
We know nothing about the merits of
the recent strike in the General Elec
tric workshops, but It Is evident from
the foregoing figures that this rich and
prosperous company can well afford to
pay top notch wages for good service.
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Ajacchus,
The Tribune Astrologer.
AMt.il.ibi. C.i-l: i.-ii j. in,, for SmIuhIjv, Aiuil
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2ii, lug.
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A ihilJ born oil IhL. il.iv will notiie ln.it the
indliidiuls who lumMi the uiiip.ih!ii ki.tiiuit
aif beginning to hunilihli Ihclr tuning- foik.
The piomolcr of the t.ptn ilrect ctr at this
iitiige may believe tlut the udtutinii of pup.i
latlon ihoiild not bo lift mtlrely to nn.tl.po.
People who Jii-ha lli.it inucaji'il eponse-; will
make Lives no higher t.il! like the man who i
engaged in promoting a meigei.
It Is not iilwa.v-. wfe u auine that ou am
furnishing ple.isiiii. fm it lioie. (. nuv unlj be
killing lime.
ii i Mm ;iui me .wmiton sued en ujii.
thictor whu InU rue iiuounler with S.-iuior
Monty feels veiy iiitith "nit up" t.er Ihe .ul.iir.
The lioiililr with iljeis .it l'atelon M-eiiu tn
I'ate been :m "oil toloi" lill,e.
Ajacchus' Advice.
If ehiqllfliCO Will IlOt Will I lie lieall tif Wl.MIJ'l,
I ly lie iri'Jln.
ABOUT TRUSTS.
lldltur of 'Ihe Tilhunc
Sit: I generally llnd jii)ill In .iiionl with the
policy of 'ihe Tllbiuie, but I ue of liin .cad
Iks editorial ultiiaiue- Willi liiuib iiuiit.il pinliwi.
Your rontentlon Hems to be lh.it the (taste do
not iniiiutr pucis, while thiy fiellltate pm
duetlon and enlaigr trade. .Now as to pilcra,
uv un dealing not Willi Ihioiii,.', bill fan-, In
I he lai-t two yc.il.. the coal tliut Iu- put ill llu
ptlie of loal In this wllcy 73 cents per ton,
while, us 4-bcmn by their I emit leporbs, tlie ic-t
of ji oeluctluri, on :n count ( , btrike, his
only liurea-ed about '.'5 rriiU a ion. The lief,
or i.iltlr mill, li.i- tiiintly made melt ,i hu
rry In whlih lommiu people inn only Indulge
iuot kpirlngl.v, nlilln the daily tiul has. Ju.t
put up the prlie of butter ..luiUft wil e.i tight.
Oilier inounpullis, like the Ktandaid Oil, thu
Sugar mill Met-1 ltlM. aibllLlilly keep up pllen,
when they ought lo be in itel Lilly lout-red. Thia
ij blioMh iroiu their cnoriiiou dividends, In gen
ri.il, the corl of living has luiicued about -3
per unt. In the latl two yeats, Now n all the
necesujiles of life me In the lauds of iho iruil,
and us them Ij no tutuial fcirclty, except of
potatoes, It Is fill- to conclude loiucrnlii's this.
Jnildeii-onie increase, tlut Ihe timts lu done it
No one tan dispute the fail of Ihe iniiearf. Who
can explain it, without holding the (ru.-t.i le.pon
Hlbluf l'loducers eau eland the IikicJm', be
iuue they tluro In the profits, but lalioiing urn
und men on nalarir uro finding it iiicicadiigly
dlllliull to Ihe, to eay nothing of la.ilng by "a
llltle III ktore. In order lo i.-epiud trade and to
tiowd the pocketi of men alieidy rnorinoihl
rich, mut the conmion peaple bo driven to Ihe
wall? Will joii, r, IMItor, or will Mr. l B,
Thutber, who recently mote .1 lelicr to The
Tribune on the bemflH of (he tnult, kindly
aimneri' - S, II. lloon.
I'ecklh, April !!3.
QUOTATIONS.
Some vji ago u l'lill idelphla puaehci linn.
guruted In hU iiimliy mIiuoI the piaitice of hav
ing Ihe thlldreii iiiote bomu Heiipluiul text m
tin' droppee) Iheir ptunlcj Inlo Ihe coiilribu
tlou bov. On (ho llr.t nuuday iu quettioii, a llt
flo fhaier walked up and taicl; "Tho f.oul lav
clh a rheerful glier," ami In dropped Ids penny,
"l lurlty shall cover a niuUitiula ,f liu," nud
In dropped the uexl, "It U more blesseel to glvu
tluu lo leciiU'," quoted the thlid, and to on.
Just then, up walked ,i little fellow- Ui tha
unmistakable rcimijnU of inolatfes tui.dy on Id i
ihubby fair, and, an he diopprd hit irul, be
banlcjl ouls "A fool oi.d l.i mouey uro oou
( paj ted." -Argonaut,
TALKS BY THE PUBLISHER.
Flat Rates
THE TUtmjNH was among tho first
nowspnpers to adopt the Hat rato
per Inch for advertising, nnd the
plan has been so eminently satisfactory,
both to the mlvettlser and the paper,
ond Is, withal, so simple In Its applica
tion, that tho wonder' Is that such a
system was not put In vogue when the
list newspaper was started. The plan
Is becoming more nnd more popular,
and the newspaper that hasn't one or
more contracts In Its flies for u certain
number of Inches, lo be used within a
year, at so much per Inch, Is a very
rnre exception.
There Is hardly an Issue of a trade
paper, devoted to advertising or pub
lishing, thai doen not hnvc some refer
ence to the Hat rate for advertising. A
year or two ago columns-, and pages
were printed In thce magazines, ex
plaining what tho Hat rate was, but
now tho Items are shorter and simply
toll of some paper that has come over
to tho majority, or of some new argu
ment or experience in Its favor. Hero
Is a sample of the Items that nre be
ing published:
The Omaha Dully Hit I iMjUIUiIhk a Ihl
r.ilc. Vlf,l, It ua Hi,, nioiiflillrd that reeoR
nlil tho vali.e of u II.it uli'. Xuiv Hip iljlllci
uie tir-icliuiliig to apprwljli' tho advantage of
nidi a late, which of all r.itc? Is the best.
Some of the greatest questions of the
age wore not recognized as of any par
ticular value when first announced.
The flat rate would probably not be
classed ns nn Invention, yet It Is akin
to an Invention, as It' Is nn awakening
to a new system that Is more econom
ical and more satisfactory to both
A CRITICAL SITUATION.
1'ioni (lie l..ini, liter .Viw Kr.i,
Th( ieult of the llepubliian piinury elections
In f.ui'eiiie county, wlmc ilflrg.uet. were In
slmelril for Attorney fieneial Clkin, despite the
ctrajrdlnar.v efi'oits of friends of Senator (Ju.iy
mil evUiuiciiant i.'ovornoi H'atu. acting In
Iituinony, will carry an Influence throughout the.
state that will glic u big impetus to the Attor
ney Genual's canvass. That Senator Qiuy appre
ciates this Is uliown by the fjet that he feels
called upon In nuke another announcement that
lie will not pirnilt i:ikln to bo nominated, an an
nouncement of parly dlct.itori.lilp that i.s hailed
with meat MtWartion by hii ncwli -fnunil organ,
the l'lill idelphla 1're.s, which for r.irs has been
the sjn.itoiV 11104I pen-Utiiit opponent fcr exer
cising the veiy mialltii; for which it has sud
denly achieved greit admliation. It Is ceitalnlt
a rim.uk.ibio turn-jrcuml in stale politics, noted
for its strange alliances, but time are indications
under the Milf.ue that Senator Quay is not .iltn-
sretliei happy Willi !- ncwl.vbuinel friend-hip.
He piohahlt i.iletilatid on holdiui; all the old al
liances, ami placating hi.-, enemies, but in Liking
the hitler to his b.i-cim and iulhle-l.v .-.itliug
aside those who li.nl luuglil and mn bis titrates,
lit; attempted an ill.nl at pally l renin Illation and
l.i tion.it obliliiatiiiii tint Ma-, run br.iniiil his
wcll-knmwi ability iu that line. Willi Ihe aid f
the Phlliidilphia Mid Allegheny dclctitis, (,0
one 'el .ib-oliilely imnul bj l'oiiuiii"ioner lluv
hum and the otlui- by the iiiilliimjiieV lombiu...
"cnalor Quay ina lie able lo dlitate the pari
Humiliation for uuveruor and hand it ovir to his
ln9teiious unknown, legaulle-s of the wi-he.s of
the mas-en, but In ie-.orlin- tn this lomaikible
lotu-'c lie is taking chanict tlut no t-cnihlt- .mil
conscientious puity leader, s-irblng lo con-rue
Ids pally'- Mtcirglh, would chile In take.
'Ihe Su.inion Tiihuiio -.mil-, up the siiuatiuu in
Ihe following dtroi. and -enable w. : "Their
ii today iu-t uiic .name of e-i ipe iroiu pally dis
organization .iii.l ji.ii.ll-!-. That is in leiokieg
the endeavor to thioltle pnpul.iv cxpie. ion of
choice and in peiiiiittlng an open Held and fair
phi. 'J lit-, is the plalfouu upon which .lulm P.
Klkiu caulf-. Iii- appeal brfuic the people. It I
,i solid and Mib-t.inlial plalfouu. It muni-i- in
legitiuiiti' pull' iiitcici-t, but, on the iouli.il,
rtlriui.ill fafc guards the parly welfare. No man
afiaid (o -laud mi it -hoiild In i-anud for Hie
otlice of governor of I'eiiu-.vlranl.i or any olhu
oll.ee. Thu attempt to four the nomination of
-cone mill. boweiiT eeilhnt pei-omlly. open
who-e claim- Ihe put' masse- have not bun .. r
luittul lo pi, will cpi.'ll a- big a dtraster in
1'XrJ a-- we had ill 1J .it.d li-lb. II had lutlir be
.h nn luind."
WAYSIDE NOTES.
iu lool.lrg over tin- ails. In an Apill magaine
aeli-. aie u-iiilly iutcic-liug leading I nolhed ono
iiitllled "liilrlllgnit l'h.i -leal ( ultuir." II in
I lac fed atlenlioii bi-enii-e Instead of the iii-loiu-ary
ehibit of Saru-onlan miireles there was sim
ply i h.ilf-b-nglli pot lull of a iniddle-agid and
llaiillled gentlcui'iu 111 coirti".' iveuing dress.
'Iheie was a iiilalu uii'leiit, nud ct a kindly
look in the taie. Looking at the root of tl.'u
ad. for further particulars, I found it lei'ened to
the "ftedirrl ritttiuunoii- Iiinlilute of l'hi.Itul
Culturi-. Kobe rt rilrjiiimioi-s Ulietlci anel'Utii
er.il Muiagrr." The n.im lookul familiar, and
em retlertioit londudesl that it could lie nonr
either than "Lanky Hob," the late (and pio
peetivel ilutiipiou prle nglitir. Well, -futlng
a ph.-U.il nilliuc mIiooI Is .i muih luili-r thing
Ihan oiening a .'lloull, a- nio-t if the- Mirie.-i'u!
pugili-t- do. rilAi.vs be utis uu npnaiaiib, nor
medhlni1. but -eane of bis foimer pupil ceriainl
had to Like theii meillrlur. I'wii-Idriliig Hob
-liinueiu- method, I am plea-ed that he inn
glvr in-liiiitinii by roiie-poiubnie, 'lids phm
would pot nuke pupil m nt-iio.is as a pu-onal
llltlivll w iniglit. '.-cud tor IbKiklrl" to llobeit
rilshllllloll bill lio. .vim eali'l gi l Iu yi.ui ji.
die-s line, Uub, unle-s ou pi foi It .H iriiikii
l.llc.
What an oa-i- Iu a ih-stit of ii-phJt, biiik mid
moiLir mid ilu-1 our mill t hoii-e tiiiiie I-!
Siiaiitou .-hoiild be thankful for this lrfiedilug
bit of giecu In the veiy itulii ol lis bu-y luiri.
in'ss Hie. It is ,i p!y lh.it -oiue of Hie tir-.n
ai.. ic-t mme thrifty, but on tint wboio tlie
eouit liou'e giouml- am iqu.illed Iu but few
illle- of Ihe -lie of Scianlon, and many lugti
phiees would l' tliaukiul for k nltiaetlve a
publlii f iil.ll i',
.Vow prihaps oiuc of Ihe "uiidiiim," e.iu get
Mm Ui n't iplilt to trll u- vvlitlhii il vvu- the
Lady or Ihe 'I'igei.
Magi-tiato.-. have llieii n-iiivw as well as biisl
I is men.
It 1- t.lted Hut tlio po.tnlthu ilepailuiiul Is
pn paling a low -i-iii.-, of tumps, nud thai the
will be n luie mlistlo lli in tlio present Maiups-,
TIioh' iu use now are neat enough, but if tho
govrrmuciit lould get up .1 lelter t-t.iii lh.it
would retail lor one nut, even It not veiy in
tl.llr, would llll a long felt public w.inl,
"Pa, what was 'Paul lleern's llidu" that tho
Ic.ii'hir vvanlcsl us In learn uhniilV
"Oil, he lode out flout llo-lcut cue night In
Li'slnglnn to notify the people that tlio lliithh
suhlk'is who o march out the licit illy to teio
fount powder,"
"v rll, pa, how many lull t-r. was II he had lo
fide?"
"About Iwuit,"
"Wai it u dJil. night, hj"
"I Huppohs oj don't bolhei mi-."
".-'jy, pi, .why didn't he tail 'tin up on Iho
'pliuuei"
Orilliuril.v, it a man wants In adivrliie for a
wife, or a woman for a husband, It 1, their own
peironal affair and does nut tall for 'comment;
but when a clergyman goes' about It in a c old
blooded way that the minister down In Heading,
Pa., lus, and lakis Iho riiuiters of the .itillow
Journals, inlo Ids loiifldeuiu to tlio extent of a
loluuui or to, It tcenis to tall for a little gentle
uilhUii. A ilirgvnun should at least bo s(l-
ioui and dlgnltleel. Jlr. 1 but It ft not
lieoewaiy in mention hit name Intimates (but
tho ouug ladles in Heading do not meet hhs
views of what ho want In u wlte. Tlil.s Is a
pretty ilear ca-o of ioiir grapes. Ho al.-o tells
the repoitrr that he umkiatatids the t-ev, nud
klio.VK just what he wants', but (he! plobabUltlcis
are tint II lw gel a wife (liiough his ad. he
will leaiu ,1 whole lot more about the dear
iriaUne.. One lliiug it eel lain and that it that
his inefiiliu.si In Itt-adlng Is at an end. He it
out of plicc in Hit? niluliliy. .-Sojourner,
for Advertising.
parties to an advertising contract, and
it moro profitable way of using adver
tising space, as through such a con
tract an advertiser Is at liberty to use
his space, In such quantities und at
such times as the exigencies of his
business deinnmlH, without being sad
dled with unreasonable charges.
Here Is another comment In a some
what different tone:
A i'.ll nilc caul li being adopted, or .it lr.nt
comtilircd, by n whole lot of il.illy impcr Ju.t
now, liul Mnn of the innio wary pnblMirra feel
Inclined to go lov. The lint rate W n mill
slntic nrutnid thu link of the inlciprUiiiK ndtcr
tlliijr nviiuiier who has a reputation for tithing
a iKirif.iln,
That Is Just where the nib comes. An
nrtlcle that cannot command Its ad
vertised price must have defects some
where, and the newspaper that cannot
announce Its prices nnd get them In an
open field must have ti screw loose
somewhere. Some "enterprising" adver
tising managers on some papers prefer
to have a rate card thnt quotes prices
above what they are willing to tuke, so
that they can offer a "bargain." But
such a man does not hesitate to accept
the higher price where the prospective
advertiser does not "kick." By accept
ing such a price lie Is able to give some
other man a greater "bargain," and It
averages up all right.. But Is this the
right kind of policy? Another trade
paper answers the query:
Vou m.iy Ki't moic inches of iidu'ithiiif.' if .urn
make nimiolniK, but If joii Midi to one into
joii will lno le lies to tell, a clear conscience
mill more friciub.
LITERARY NOTES.
The -levvMi r.ncycloiodlii, of whiili Vol. I was
icccnlly published and Vol. II is to appear in
dune, has been icn-sired by the Ilm-l.ni gov
cinnicnt. Tho ndiul-slon of Vol. t into Hiwdan
teiritor.v is pprmlttcd, but the following para
graph which appears on page S-J7 nnd which
form? part of tho article on Alexander III, em
peror of Hula, li "caviarcd"; or, in other
words, priuteet over so that It ran not he read:
"The terrible fate of the latter .(Alexander II)
produced an awful unpresslon upon Alexander,
but. Instead of continuing the teforms of the
'CAir-L'mandpator,' as was expected, he at once
cave ptoof of his fractionary tendencies by dis
charging the Ubprat mlnl-ter Loris Mellknv, nnd
by his first manifesto, wherein he madcit evi
dent that he was deteimlued to maintain his
nulocialh- power against all nl tacks
"In interna! policies, he followed the advice
of hi- foimer leather, l'obicdonostzev, and ruled
with igoious .ilmohitUin, favoring the princi
ples of the Kuislnilals. 1L. ptnulttrd, and even
encouraged, the oppies'lon of Ihe villous foreign
ii-oiilents in iltirjin, and was p.iitieul.uly lnn-h in
bis pci-eciitiou uf Hie Jews. Tlie initicipation
of fonie .Jev.i-1. outh- in Hie revolutior.iiy move
ment of the NilillNt- win made u-e of to lead the
llii'situ people lo believe thil the .Icvvh weie
innmited with the loii-piincy vvliiiii had ic-ulted
in tlie mil i .1. t of Alexander II. lloslliity ngalii-t
tlio Jews was fostered In nnlei to divert the at
tuition of liic iIKcoiilinted ele'incnl-. anil, If
pos-ihle, to -upprc". the n Voliilleniiy move
ment." Haipei'.-. M,u.iiin for May nimi- biilliautl
with Ihe hist cl.npteis of .Mis. Ilumpiiicy Waril'i.
new novel, "ljely Ho-eV D.nigbtei," w-ilh two
illu-tr.it Ions b Howard tliii.dhr (lirl-ty, ore- if
whl.-li I- ,i loloinl fioiili-iiii'.-e. The dgld fhort
Moilcs mi' by Kbnore lllliutt l'cal.e, lleulah
M.lrie- His, .liilim ltilph, (irair Llleiy Ch inning.
I'.v iu- Towiisciul llrady, .M.uy It. S. Andiewii, end
olbeis; mid there .no skekbe- by Itoy llolfe
(iii-on, AI..1.V Appkwhltc llaion. and .lai.e W.
(iiitlnii'. The liavel nitle-le Is "hven lleeliu in
Cri-nal A-i.i." b -I. i-iotl Keltie, l.L. 1).. und
an .mount of eo.iddug m Trance entlth-d "The
(linni of II..' lbi.ul." by .lames II. ll.vde, fii
nblies h-s m-i!oiis enleiliiuiiieiit in the ramr
A fin. Siieice U rcpiescnted by "The c t of
Viidoii," by Prof, ltavruoiid Poilge, of Wi-sle.van
t "nivii-itv, and ".Maine l-'l-h lle-tro.ver.s," by
W. C. lilnto-h. f.L. I). Sir HVnivss Heid has
ii dlighli'iil aitide on "William lllatk's Vi-it tn
inriii-a": -lohii II, Spears I elks about lb" un
failing gooil-Iiii-k of Hie I'nltid btlitrs wai-hip
Kuteipii-e, I7:H. in bl- aithle "A Chaiiucd
iii.-i ii.in Waiship"; while Vdilin II. .Inline
wiitet. catitlvutliiu'lv of the " Walil-itiont of uu
Autograiiii Colhetor," und l.ivee Urovvuell 1'rek
of "vnialeur Ait In linly Viw- nnglund." 'llicie
aie four moie of M.be-' tile-lures for "Tlie l)e
"lle.l Vlllaae," in.l nine other lllii-liat'ons in
eolor. Tlie Cellini's ili-pailiiiruts and a gioiip of
puims till to tin be'iiii a v.t ndertiillv lit h mid
railed number.
Kjlwtcr ll.iter is cu.itiibuling lo Tlie C'e-n-liny
a gioiip of papers nn "Town and Village (in
prnvenient." The May nitiitbrr TV 111 cunlatn a
practical ili-'iisioii of "What to Do nnd How to
lio II," Willi examples drawn l;.rgily from the e
piiieuce of Itoston and other places in Massachu
H'll", whire a gteat advanco ha.s been mado In
this Hue.
An .illicit1 on Auiintl Pbotoiraphy M.ileh jp
pe.m Iu the May Delineator will be of gnat
liiteii'.-l lo imate'ir pliotou'iapluis who aie di
luting their attention lo Hill line of work. TI r
in ioui..'n,v lug pHiiins have bieu trite lid ftr
their v.ulely and their gtneial piclollal as well
as Ii ..hull al value.
Lalid .V Lee me out eailv with ihl- .vr.u's
t'lmintr novel, "lb" Sjbrrtnoth," u delightful
loioaiite of Putdii-lliy. by Mi plien Kinder. It
i- full tn the lulm of tluui.tt'o illicit- -t.
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