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' ' THE SCRANTON TIUBUNE-THUBSDAY, AUGUSl' 28, 1U02.
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LABOR AND THE
COAL STRIKE
WHAT EX-MAYOR HEWITT HAS
TO SAY ABOUT IT.
Declares That Arbitration Is Not the
Solution to the Problem Says the
Operators Are Only Doing Their
Plain Duty In Declining to Arbi
trate a Question Which Is in the
Domain of Conscience and Involves
The Personal Liberty of the Indi
vidual. (Hepi-lnled by Homiest.)
At nur Harbor, Me., Monriny, Abntm
S. Hewitt, ex-mayor of New York, wiis
asked whether arbitration was the only
moans that remained whereby the
Brent anthracite coal strike might he
ended, and whether or not It was an
rnultable solution of the difficulty. He
said:
You nuk whether tho time has not ar
rived for arbitration In order to end the
coal strike In tho anthracite roRlon. I
think Iho time has arrived when the plain
truth should be told, as well to the strik
ing minors as to tho public, from somo
recognized advocnto of trade organiza
tions ns beneficial nuclides for tho Im
provement of tho condition of working
men. For a quarter of n century 1 linvo
uniformly maintained tho right nnd tho
duty of association, both on the part of
employers nnd employes. Such orRaulza
lliins, however, must bo for lawful pur
poses nnd must look to the accomplish
ment of results founded on justice. When
claims aip made contiirnry to the funda
mental conditions upon which suclcty Is
founded, they must be resisted at all haz
ards. I am clear that tho clulms of Mr.
Mitchell and the organization over which
lie presides aro in contravention of the
principles of free government and of tho
rights of men to earn their living In any
lawful way, without Interference from
organized labor or organized capital.
WHAT MITCI1KL.L, SEEKS.
The unhappy controversy now existing
!s not based upon any reasonable claim
which labor can make for shorter hours
or better wages. It Is truo that Mr.
Mitchell alleges this to bo the object of
the strike, but as a matter of fact It is
notorious that tho real object Is to secure
tho lcconltion of his national organiza
tion as mi authority entitled to decide
upon the rates of wages and tho condi
tions of labor In the coal Holds wherever
hltuated. If this dcinund be conceded It
will not be possible for any man not hold.
lug a union card to secure employment
In the coal Holds. This will amount to a
denial of the lights of every man to soil
his labor In a free market. The conccs
rton of this demand will make Mr. Mit
chell the dictator of the coal business and
put him In control of votes enough to
decide the next presidential election.
The right to labor is inheicnt In every
human being and cannot be surrendered
without tho micrlllt'c of Individual liberty
and of private property. It thcrcforo
cannot be arbitrated any more than the
right of a man to his own homo If it
shall he claimed by an outsider who prof
fers aibltratlon. An offer of arbitration
is always attractive, but there arc many
things which cannot be submitted to uri
bltrallon, and among them none Is so im
portant to tho workingman as the right
to sell his labor In a free market. Tho
operators cannot yield this point without
being disloyal to the owners of the prop
erty and to the workmen who carry on
tho operations. '
REASON FOR NOT ARBITRATING.
It would bo far better to abandon the
suMncss of mining anthracite coal than
.11 concede tho demand of any man or set
)f men to deny the rights of employment
ind of labor upon which tho whole struc
ure of frco government Is founded, and
o which this country owes phenomenal
irogress. In my judgment, therefore, tho
operators aro only doing their plain duty
in declining to arbitrate a question which
is In tho domain of conscience and In
volves the personal liberty of the indi
vidual. The only solution of the trouble Is for
Mr. Mitchell to order tho strike off with
out delay. 'When this Is done, If thero
be grievances to be abated they will be
piomptly adjusted between the local oper
ators nnd the local unions. The right
of association Is not In question. This Is
admitted by both employers nnd em
ployes. What Is denied, and properly so,
is the power, by t he Issue of union cards,
to refuse employment to non-union men,
nnd thus condemn them to ostracism,
Murvullon and death. Such n result Is
abhorrent to Justice and Is fatal to per
sonal liberty.
RESUMPTION OF WORK.
It Is claimed In somo quarters, nnd al
leged to bo the general opinion, that the
operators ought to resume work without
regard to the menacing conditions with
which tho anthracite coal mines are now
surrounded. Such a position does not ap
pear to mo to he reasonable. As the
nwnoi of property, tho operators un
doubtedly owe a duty tithe community,
which Is surtorliiB great loss from the
scarcity of fuel, Tho right of private
property, guaranteed by the constitution,
li. always subject to tho underlying prin
ciple that It Is to be used so us not to
damago society.
Any claim of the operators, therefore,
that they cun do with their own us they
see fit, does not rest upon a sound foun
dation, If, however, in the recognition
of their duty to the public they aro com
pelled to respect other fundamental con
ditions equally, if not more, Important to
tho public welfare, they would bo falso to
their duty If they should yield to clamor
and pressure from those who havo not
carofully considered the consequences of
such action. Thero l a principle moro
Important than the obligation of private
property to subordinate Itself to the gen
eral welfare. Tho demand of nny man or
set of men not occupying public office,
to decide upon tho conditions upon which
labor shall took Its living, and to innko
It subject to a license from Irresponsible
lenders, whether representing capital or
labor, Is In effect, a claim to tho power of
life and death, and can never bo conceded
without u bnso surrender of duty to.
greed,
THE HiailT TO I.ABOIt.
The coal operators, therefore, aro not
fighting so much for the control of their
own property ns for tho right of the citi
zen to labor whero ho may find employ
ment without Interference from organiza
tions or men who have no right to con
trol his freedom of action.
Finally, the clnltn of the United Mine
Workers' organization to control tho en
tlro coal Industry of the country Is based
upon nn Impracticable Idea. Very llttlo
knowledge Is necessary to show that tho
coal regions of the United States differ
so much from ouch other that the policy
which Is adapted to one Is utterly un
sultcd to another. Moreover, tho various
mines differ from ouch other In condi
tions, requiring careful adjustment In tho
wages of labor, and In some respects in
the hours necessary to keep them In
working order. All that a national or
ganization could possibly do would bo to
upport tho claim of workmen who for
any reason aro dissatisfied with the con
ditions which prevail in any particular
lacallty or mine.
Rut to call a general Instead of a local
strike when n local grievance Is not ad
justed In a satisfactory way is nn out
rage of such vast proportions that it can
not for a moment bo tolerated by a free
people. Moreover, In this day of free dis
cussion nnd the publicity of nil the facts
through tho newspapers, there Is no pos
sibility that any coal operator could or
would resist demands which are founded
upon justice. Tho coul mines arc all un
der offlclu! Inspection, generally by ofll
ccrs who sympathize, und properly so,
with the miners. Any real grievance,
therefore, will not only bo promptly made
known, but will bo as promptly rcdresed,
when the questions at Issue lire discussed
with good temper and free from tho pas
sions which arc excited by n general
strike, throwing thousands of men out of
employment.
RECURRENCE OF STRIKES.
The consequences of such strikes aro
so disastrous, not merely to the parties
directly concerned, but to the whole com
munity, thut every effort should bo made
us soon us tho existing striko has been
called off und the excitement Is abated
to prevent, by appropriate legislation, tho
recurrence of such calamitous conflicts,
whereby everybody Is injured and no one
is benefited.
The enactment of such legislation will
not bo attended with more difficulty than
In the case of other disputes, now regu
lated by law and subject to tho adjudica
tion of the courts, when the minors shall
realize that they are making war upon
their own rights secured by centuries of
conflicts und sacrifices and that nt pres
ent victory will result in depriving them
of all personal freedom. Such disastrous
conlllcts will cease to recur and arbitra
tion may then well be invoked to settle
local disputes.
The hope of the working classes In tho
future, as in the past, for bettor condi
tions rests upon personal liberty and the
security of property. Tho English speak
ing miners understand this proposition
perfectly well, but for the time being
they are powerless in tho presence of bad
leadership and tho state of terror which
prevails In the coal region, subjecting
then to obloquy, violence and death, by
which unwilling acquiescence Is enforced.
What Is wanted to end this destructive
conflict is not aibltratlon, but tho stern
repression of violence and tho assured
protection of the miners who dcslro to
earn a livelihood for themselves and their
families. To this protection they aro en
titled, and the government which falls
to afford It is a reproach to republican
Institutions.
Tho demand for arbitration comes with
an ill gr.icu from a leader who began tho
conflict with an order culling on tho en
gineers, firemen nnd pumpmen to aban
don their task, thus exposing the mines
to utter ruin. If this order had been
obeyed, the resumption of work would
have been indefinitely postponed and the
helpless victims of this desperate expe
dient reduced to hopeless poverty.
"To rule or juln" is not a policy which
commends Itself to the American pcoplo
who believe In the old fashioned rule,
that he who demands equity must first do
equity.
LABOR DAY EXCURSION.
PLAYHOUSES
OP THE CITY
GOOD ATTRACTIONS ARE BOOK
ED FOR THE SEASON. '
John L. Kerr Says That Scranton
Will Get the Best the Stage Af
fordsReese Richards Has Resign
ed H1b Position at the Lyceum nnd
Has Been Succeeded by Grover
Swartz Offering with Which the
Popular Star Opens Its Doors to the
Public.
John ti. Kerr, of Syracuse, general
manager of tho circuit of theatres of
which tho Lyceum and Academy of
"Music are a part, left for Bethlehem
yesterday, after paying a short visit to
this city. He expressed himself as much
pleased with the appearance of their
theatres In this city for the coming
season and said the bookings for Scran
ton for the season are the best ever
listed for this city. "We will give you
tho best tho stage affords," was the
way Mr. Kerr summed the matter up.
A fey changes have been made In
tho staffs at the theatres. Reese Rich
ards hus resigned the position of treas
urer at the Lyceum und has been suc
ceeded by the assistant treasurer,
Grove Swartz. Prank Duffy, asslstunt
treasurer at the Academy, has been
made assistant treasurer at the Ly
ceum. The vacancy caused at the
Academy has not yet been filled.
Samuel Grant has been appointed press
representative for both theatres.
At the Star Theater.
Next week a pretty and pleasing ex
travaganza will be put on at the Star
theater, under tho title of the "Moon
light Maids." The show Is claimed to
bo a decided novelty In tho vaudeville
houses, for many reasons, one being
that the entertainment Is In three acts,
with a charming story running all
through. From rise of tho curtain on
the first act of "A Day and Night,"
until its full at the end of the last, It
Is full of bright, catchy music, and
most of the time the stage Is filled
with handsomely dressed women. There
Is just enough plot, concerning a cir
cus queen, to hold together the many
songs and dances which make tho real
attractiveness of the piece. In the
company arc Williams nnd Adams, the
Monte Cuilo millionaires; Miss Toma
Hnnlon, a splendid soprano vocalist;
Frey and Allen, comedy sketch; Camp
bell and Dare, the "Musical Conductor
nnd tho Pullman Porter"; Fields and
Evans, "The Hebrew and the Rube";
Miss Georgia O'Ramcy, coon shouter,
and the Misses Llttleficld and Emer
son, acrobatic madcaps, and several
others.
Dally matinees will be given, with
smoking concerts. Evening prices will
bo charged Labor Day and on all holi
days. Matinee, L30; evening, S.1B. Now
telephone, 2891.
STAGE NOTES.
KCT
'ai
en
Each of the chief
organs of the body is a
link in the chain of life.
A .chain is no stronger
than, its weakest link,
the body no stronger
than its weakest organ.
If there is weakness of
heart or lungs, liver or
kidneys, there is a weak
liuk in the chain of life
which may snap at any
time. Often this so
called "weakness" is
caused by lack of nutri
tion, the result of disease
of the stomach and other
organs of digestion and
nutrition. Diseases of
the stomach and its allied
organs are cured by the
use of Dr. Pierce'sGolden
Medical Discovery,
Wiien the diseased stom
ach is cured, diseases of
other organs which seem
remote from the stpcuach
but which hav their
origin in a diseued condition of the
stomach and other organs of digestion
and nutrition, are cured also.
"I was in poor health when I commenced
taking Doctor Pierce' medicines writes Mr.
Klmer Iwler. of Volga, Jefferaoo Co., Ind. I
had stomach, kidney, heart, and lung trouble!,
was not able to do any work. I jud a severe
cough and hemorrhage of the hiBgi, but after
using your medlciue a while I commenced to
faiu in strength and flesh, and stopped cough
tig right away. Took about lis bottles of
Golden Medical Discovery.1 I feel like a differ
cut person, j gladly recommend your medicine
to ail sufferers, for I know It cured me."
The use of Dr, Pierce's Pleauat PclleU
will cure that foul breath, .
It Will Be a Most Enjoyable Affair
at Lake Lodore, Sept. 1.
The Labor Day excursion will be con
ducted to Lake Lodore on Monday,
Sept. 1. There will bo no place at which
the day can be more pleasantly spent
than at this beautiful lakeside, where
thousands of merry excursionists will
be entertained In royal style. Thero
will be an excellent dance programme
provided In the mammoth pavllllon, and
the safe and rapid moving steamer and
naptha launches, the large and com
modious passenger boat together with
the fleet of row boats will be In full
service. No better spot for fishing in
the region. Then thero will be one of
tho most" exciting bull games of the
season for a gold prize. An abundance
of delicious refreshments will bo sup
plied; the merry-go-round, swings, etc.,
for the children. Trains will leave the
D, & H, depot, Scranton, at 9.1G and
10.13 a. m. and 1.11 p. m. Fare from
Scranton, 75 cents. Excursion trains
will leave Curbondale at 10.00 and 11.05
a, m. and 2 p. in. Reduced rates from
all points between Scranton und Hones
dale. ZELINSKY RE-ARRESTED.
.One of the Prisoners Who Escaped
from Jail.
Frank 55elinsky,vho escaped from tho
county jull, with his brother Louis, last
December, was brought down from jull
yesterday by Warden Miles McAndrew
and taken before Alderman Ruddy.
Tho charge was Jall-breuking, for
which Hellnsky will have to answer be
fore the next grand Jury, was preferred
and lie was held In S0O ball, nnd In de
fault was recommitted to awult trlul.
Tho brothers wete Incarcerated for
some offence committed In Priceburg,
and niter they had been In Jail uwhlle,
Frank wns made a "trusty," One morn
ing last December, while breakfast was
being prepared, he, with his brother.
secured a plunk and rope, scaled tho
Jull wall and escaped.
Frank was recaptured, nnd has just
completed his sentence for the first
offence. Ho will now havo to wait trial,
and undergo another sentence for
breaking Jail. Louis is still ut large.
WYOMING SEMINARY,
Kingston, Pa.
Special work: Character-building and
preparation for college und business.
Certificate received by colleges. Co
educational. Ample attention given to
tho ornamental branches. Superior
dormitories, science hull, chapel, din
ing room, gymnasium and athletic
field. A finely equipped preparatory
school. 300 a year; term opens Sept,
17. For catalogue, address L, L.
Sorague, D, D president. .
William A. Brady will have an even
dozen attractions this season Grace
George, in her now play; threo companies
In "Way Down East," threo In "Lovers
Lane," two in "Foxy Grandpa," "Under
Southern Skies," a revival of "After
Dark" and a melodrama ns yet unnamed.
Bettlna- Gerard, who has been starring
wtih Hubert Wllke in vaudeville, Is work
ing now on her own book, and will con
tinue in tho vaudovillo for some time,
though she may return to comic opera,
it is stated, under tho management of
Henry W. Savage soon.
Malic Tempest opened a new play from
tho French last Monday night at tho
Duko of York's theater. London, and cre
ated a big success. It was a comedy
called "Tho Marriage of Kitty." Miss
Tempest will bo seen in the piece in this
country tho coming season under tho
management of Charles Frohman.
Klaw & Erlanger purchased the New
York theater from tho Sire Brothers last
Wednesday, the prlco paid being about
JL',000,000. Tho Criterion theater was in
cluded In the deal. Later in tho day tho
Criterion was transferred to Charles
Frohman nnd Rich nnd Harris, JoOO.OOO
being involved in the latter deal.
George Fortescue. tho 385-pound come
dian, has played the part of Hen How in
"San Toy" ever since that piece was pro
duced without an understudy. This year
Wilfred Gerdes, who weighs 348 pounds,
but who says ho can get up to the re
quired size, is to be his understudy.
Bobby Gaylor, tho funny llttlo Irish
comedian, will have the chief rolo in "Tho
Wizard or Oz." He replaces John Slavin,
who Joins tho Lederer forces In New
York.
Kirk Ln Shello has great confidence In
tho drawing powers of "Arizona." Dur
ing tho past week ho bought out Fred
Hamlin's interest in tho piece, playing
J.OOO.
John Gilbert, tho well known eccentric
comedian who has been in vaudovillo for
tho past two years, will play Eddlo Foy'B
part In "Tho Strollers" this season.
At a cost of moro than $l.r,000 Messrs.
Sam S. and Leo Shubert havo Installed
nn entirely now electric plnnt in the
Casino. Everything is now, from tho lat
est and most powerful typo of dynamo to
switchboards, dimmers, wires and light
bulbs, without missing a performance of
"A Chinese Honeymoon," tho present at
traction at the theater. Tho work was
finally completed yesterday and accepted
by tho management. Experts say tho
Cnsluo Is now tho best lighted and tho
best electileally equipped theater ln
America.
MOSQUITOES.
Lutsi, tho celebrated biologist of Chica
go university, who calculates that tho
first litter. born In a well-regulated mos
quito family numbers 126,000 that tho
next numbers 12,000,000 or thereabouts,
and tho next 30,750,217,432, and then I
suppose he got dizzy and stopped count
lug. I met a bug sharp down at Oyster
Day who told mo that one of the best
places to breed mosquitoes was the
barrel that farmers' wives usunlly sot
under the sprouts from tho cave trough
to catch rain water. These barrels are
generally near the bedroom windows so
that the mosquitoes don't have to go
far. Well, this particular bug sharp,
who had been hired by an association
of citizens down on Long Island to got
up n mosquito agitation and squirt
crude petroleum over tho swamps, de
clared that he examined one of those
barrels at a farmhouse near Sagamore
Hill and found In It llfty-filvo grams
of mosquito eggs, which will pnn out
nbout 10,000 mosquitoes to the grnm
and can be reproduced nbout four times
a week. There were nine soft water
barrels nround the house, hence tho
farmer's wife, who Is a good, Christian
woman, kind to the poor, and makes
an excellent huckleberry pie, had un
consciously been running all summer,
and goodness knows how many sum
mers before, a fnctory that produced
19,800,000 fresh and husky young mos
quitoes every week, nnd each one of
them bred 188,137,775,102 youngsters be
fore his death tho next week after. I
told the president about It. Ho bitched
up his trousers, observed that he owned
property In that neighborhood, and
asked wjicro tho man was who told the
story. I replied to tho best of my In
formation. He glanced up at his
favorite gun, which was lying across
'the antlers of a moose, breathed a sigh,
remarked that he feared he was out of
range by this time nnd settled down
Into his chair.
THE MARKETS
Wall Street Kerlew.
Now Yoik, Aug. 27. Today's early
strong market was a repetition of yes
terday's hut on a smaller scale. Tho re
semblanco extended to tho reactionary
tendency caused by tho heavy realizing
hi progress under cover of tho sustaining
strength of a few stocks, b ut it was not
until tho announcement of the reduction
of the dividend on Reading first prcferted
thnt tho weakness of tho whole markot
became acute and prices broke all around
to well bolow Inst night. There has been
nn impression for many weeks that the
Reading dividend would bo reduced in or
der to extend tho voting trust, which un
der tho terms of tho trust would bo dis
solved by tho payment of ono year's full
dividend on tho first preferred stock. Tho
announcement last week that the South
ern railway voting trust had been re
quested by stockholders to defer the dis
solution of the trust by tho postpone
ment of tho dividend on tho preferred
stock was a strong corroboration of tho
expectation of similar action In the case
of Reading. It Is improbable therefore
that the more fact of tho reduction of
the dividend would have shocked tho
stock market, had It not been for the de
termined way ln which tho Reading
stocks wore advanced this morning on
tho purchase of enormous blocks of stock.
The sudden tumble In those stocks caused
by the announcement of the dividend re
duction gave rlso to a chilling apprehen
sion that tho bold speculators who are
leading tho opcrntlons for advancing
prices are acting without tho best infor
mation in all cases and may bo putting up
prices simply by the force of abundant
funds and without substantial grounds for
tne mgnor range or values. Total sales
for the day, 991,300 shares. Speculative
bond issues yielded in sympathy with
stocks. Total sales, par value, $2,543,000.
United States bonds were all unchanged
on tho last call.
Tho following quotations nre furnished
The Tribune by Halght & Freeso Co., 314
315 Mcars Building. W. D. Runyon, man
ager.
lis .,.
115 ...
it. 07
... 97
.. 105
oral mortgage, dun 192t,,i,..
Scranton Trac. Co., o per cent.
Economy L H. & P. Co.,..,.
N. Jersey & PocOno lco'CO.,,,
Consolidated Water Supply Co
Scranton Wholesale Market.
(Corrected by II, O. Dale, 27 Laeka. Ave.)
Flour 14.40.
. Butter Fresh creamery, 23c. 1 fresh
dairy, S2c.
Chrcse-llattiic.
Eggs Nearby, 22c! westorn, 21c.
Marrow Bonns-I'cr bushol, JZWa2.40.
green Peas Per bushol, 2.23.
Otilnns-Pcr bushol, DOc.
Now I'otatocs-DOu per bushel.
Philadelphia Grain nnd Produce.
Philadelphia. Aug. 27. Wheat-Vic. low
ers contract grade, August, 7J'4iii3V&c.
Corn-Firm i No. -J yellow cm track, tisawie.
Onts-Firm; fair demand; No. 2 whlto
clipped now, 42c Uuttcr-Strady; extra
westorn creamery, IDVie.j do. nearby
mints, 21c. Eggs-Steady ; fresh nearby,
.'lc.j loss oft do. westorn, 21c: do. do. do.
southwestern, Ifc: do. do. southern. Ilia
lie., do. do. Choose Firm and higher;
Now lork full creams, prime sinnll, 10'iu
J0)ic.; do. do. do. fair to good, DUuloUc
Refined Sugais Unchnngcd. Cotton
Steady. Tallow-Qulct but stoadvs city
price, In tierces, G"4uGc: country do, do.,
barrels, (InGVsc; do. dark, In barrels, Gin
'! enkes, C3,aVic. Llvo Poultry
uoiet: fowls, 13c; old roosters, 9c: spring
chickens. 13ullc; spring ducks, lie; old
do., lqaiic. Dressed Poultry Quiet and
fowls lower; fowls, cholco western. 13Vie;
do. southern and southwestern, 13c; do.
fair to good, 12aI2V4c.s old roosters, SVie:
broilers, nearby Inrge, lufil7c; do. small
nnd medium, 41ai:.c; westorn do., large,
Inc.: small and medium, Halle. Receipts
I' lour, I.iOi) barrels nnd 2.iHii,000 pounds In
sacks: wheat, iCI.iioo bushels; com, 0.K00
biiHhe s; pats. 77,000 bushols. Shlpmcnts-
.".U H,'(!00 bushels; corn, 0,000 bushels;
oats, H!,000 bushels.
Now York Grain nnd Produce Market
Now York. Aiitr. "7.T.,lrm-iiiilni ,,.,,i
easier. Wheat Spot easy: No. 2 led. 7jc.
devutor: No. L red, 7oa7iiVtc. f. o. b.
afloat; No. 1 northern Duluth, Sic f. o. h.
afloat; options closed steady at V&uVic. not
..i-uiuit.-, miiy cioseu Hifce; Hopicmiior,
inc.; December, 7L')ic. Corn-Spot easy;
Np. 2, bio. elevator and 675(0. f. o. b.
afloat; options closed steady at Uale not
loss; May closed 4liJ,e; September, (ilVic;
December. 4SJ,c. Oats-Spot dull; No. 2,
o4a3,e; No. J white, 37',a41c.: options
quiet and easier: May closed 35Vic; De
cember. 35i,6c. Butter-Steady; creamery,
LifilOc; factory, 13ul5Vie; renovated. 15a
17J4C.J Imitation creamery, Mfenl7l&c:
state dairy, 15al8'ic. Chccsc-Weak to
firm; now state full crenm, small col
ored fancy, losiaiojic; small white, 1014a
lOVic: huge colmcd, Ojjc: largo white,
?J?F-V'SKS-1 ,rn,i tntc "d Pennsylvania,
-OJin.Me.; western candled, lSa20c; west
ern uncundlod, liialS'ic.
Chicago Grain Market.
Chicago, Aug. 27.-Qrnln markot ruled
weak today. Improvement In the weather
was tho most potent factor. Support was
poor and stop-loss orders were felt, par
ticularly in the near deliveries of wheat
and corn. At the close September wheat
wna 39ic. lower; September corn, "ic. off
and September oats, Uc lower and Sep
iS.m,,cr. .Provisions closed 12y.c. lower to
22V4c. higher. Cush quotations were as
follows: Flour Steady; No. 2 spring
wheat, i2a73c; No. 3, da&tfOe: No. L- red,
71iaiJe; No. 2 corn, 5!)Vic; No. 2 yellow,
: No. J oats, 31c: No. 2 white, Traffic:
No 3 white, 31VSa30Vic; No. 2 rvc. 51a
filVic; good feeding barley, ; fair to
ho,,Cx,n"i,t,nB' M-uac.; No. 1 flax seed,
J1.41; No. 1 northwestern, $1.47; prime tim
othy seed. $4.40a4.r,0; mess pork, per bar-r?Ji'-.?,1,'al7.'0,';J"r.1'
Per 10 Pounds, $10.70
n,l'!,i: Hl!01't rlbs $10.05ul0.15; shoulders,
,o:.-.i biioii ciear sines, I0;4al0c.
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(y I For Today's L Business .
Open.IIIfih.Low.Close.
Figures Showing How Rapidly They
Multiply in Summer.
AV. K. Curtis in Chicago Record-Herald.
It is ono of tho strangest problems
that human curoslty has to confront,
why Is It so easy to raise mosquitoes
and other things you don't want, and
so hard to raise broiler chickens and
many other things that you do. And
It seems to me, traveling urouud this
summer, that the mosquitoes are get
ting larger and more numerous and the
broiler chickens smaller and scurcer, I
suppose that Is one of the things that
will be mude clear to us after we are
dead, when the Information Is of po
value whatever.
Dr, L. O. Howard, the bug man of tho
agricultural department, who has done
more than any other person to set the
mosquito right In this matter and ud
vertlse bis Industry and enterprise, Is
usually 11 truthful man. Hence, I took
his word for It, at the Cosmos club In
Washington one night, when he told
me that one welt-behaved, modest nnd
Industrious lady mosquito, who does
not go gallivanting about, but stays at
home and looks after her household
and the nursery, can produce 188,137,
775,102 children, grundchlldien, and
greut-grandchlldren In a slnglo season;
and It Isn't often given to a mosquito
to live more than two weeks, even If
her career Is not cut off by being
caugnt nctween the palm of somebody's
hand and tho side of somebody's head.
I don't know that I ever heard of
anything thut accumulates faster than
Aniai. copper tib
Am. C. & F 34?i
American Ice 12
Am. Locomotive .... 33V1
Am. Loco.. Pr 04Vi
Am. S. & R. Co 4(i'A
American Sugar ....13i?i
Anaconda Copper ...102',fe
Atchison 95U
Atchison, Pr 1034
Bait. & Ohio 114
Brook. R. T 07
Canadian Pacific ...,133J
dies. & Ohio 55
Chicago & Alton .... 43
Chic &G. W 34Vi
C, M. & St. P 187i
C R. I. & P 181
Col. Fuel & Iron..... 78
Col. & Southern .... 33,i
Col. & South, 2d Pr.. 51
Del. & Hud 178!i
Den. & R. G., Pr .... 05
Detroit Southern .... 22
Krlo 41Va
Erie, 1st Pr 70
Erie, 2d Pr 57
Hocking Valley 99
Illinois Central 171
Knn. City & South.. SSV4
Louis. & Nash 154?i
Manhattan 135Vi
Met. St. Ry 147Vi
Mexican Central .... 20
Mo., K. & Tex 33
Mo., K. & T Pr .... G7
Mo. Pacific 117
N. Y. Central 1G4
Norfolk & West .... 71
Ont. & West 30
Pacific Mall 4VA
Pennn. R. R 1G23J
Pcoplo's Gns 104
Pressed Steel Car.... 51
Reading as
Reading, 1st Pr &Vik
Rending, 2 dPr 75'4
Republic Steel 21'i
Republic Steel. Pr ., 78
St. L. H, San F SO
St. Louis, So. XV .... 3S
southern Pacific ,.
Southern R. R ....
Southern R. Tl Pr
Tonn. Coal & Tron,
Texas & Pacific ...
Union Pacific
Union Pacific, Pr..
i'. h. ieatner Wi
U. S. Leather, Pr ... 87
U. S. Steel 4Pi
U. 8. Steel. Pr MW
Wabash 31
Wabash, Pr 4S
Western Union K
Wheel. & L. E 27
WIh. Central 20
Ex-divldend.
Total sales. 905,700 shares.
Money, 3 per cent.
CHICAGO GRAIN & PROVISION,
WHEAT. Onen. High. Low. Close.
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East Buffalo. Aug. 27. Cntilr nnorlnla
1.1: good cattle steady; common to light. 10
aloe lower; prime steers, $Sa8.25; fair
to choice, $4.75a7.75; heifers, $3aG.50; cows,
$3a5; canncrs, Jl.50a2.50; bulls, J3a4.75; feed
ers, S4.25a5; stoekers. $3a4; stock heifers,
SJaJ.u; veals, slow. Hogs Receipts, 1,700:
fairly active. lOair.c. higher; heavy, $7.S5a
1.90; mixed, 7.75a7.85; pigs, $7.50a7.G0:
lSFi3:. Wan-: stags, $3u5.50: grasscrs,
7.30a7.50; closing steady. Sheep and
Lambs Receipts, 3,350; sheep, slow;
lambs, dull, 5a25c lower; top lambs, $5.75
a5.8a; fair to good. $5.25a5.00: culls to com
mon, $3.75a4; yearlings, $la4.50; wethers, $1
!'! ewes. $3a3.50; sheep, top mixed, $2.50
a3.70; fair to good, $3.25aU.40; culls to com
mon, $1,i5u2.75.
Our August
Prices Mean Economy
In Shopping
10c Ginghams
For school dresses or boys' waists; colorings the
most desirable kinds, all stripe designs, broken (f,
' and plain effects, a yard "
59c Pongee Silk for 39c Yard
Black, green and red dots, corded pin stripes and
leno stripe weaves; very firm weave and stylish "2 Of
when made up. Earlier 59c, to close out, a yard
Mack's Peach Heal
Endorsed by Boston's leading chemist, the late
Prof. James F. Babcock. Very harmless; it does not con
tain any oily substance. A healing toilet preparation and
perfect substitution for soap, regular price 25c, f fr
now I vw
Wash Goods
The last days of August and the last of all our. sum
mer goods at half earlier prices.
A Silk Finish Gingham, a plain weave and plain col
ors of pink; shades of blue, grey and linen, also lace
stripe of white, edged with black, woven on ground of
pink -and old rose colors. Included in this lot are a few
mousselines. Every piece was marked earlier c
at 50 cents a yard. To close out At OK
Buffalo Live stock Market. j Percale, Yard Wide, at 1214c
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago. Aug. 27. Cattle Receipts, 17,
uOO, including 500 Toxans, 0,000 westerns;
steady: good to prlmo steers, $a9; poor
to medium, $4a7,23; stockors nnd feeders,
$2.50a5.23; liclfers. $2.50ati; canncrs, $1.50a
2.50; bulls, $2.25a5.25; calves, $2.75a5.50;
Texas fed steels, $3a5; western steers,
$4.50aC. Hogs Receipts today. 21,000; to
morrow. 20,000; left over, 7.000; opened
steady to 10al5c. lower; mixed and butch
ers. $7.33a7.90; good to choice heavy, $7.B0a
7.95; rough heavy, $7.25a7.00; light, $7.35a
i.7o; bulk of sales, $7.50u7.73. Sheep Re
ceipts, 2.',000; sheep, 10c lower; lambs. 15a
25c. lower; good to choice wethers. $3.50a
3.i5; fair to cholco mixed, $2.50a3.50; na
tlvo lambs, $3.75u0.10.
FINANCIAL
THIRD
NATIONAL
BANK
OF SCRANTON.
The ideal fabric for boys' waists, children's dresses
and house wrappers. Fall patterns, the best.
Yarns, Qermantown, 12c
All the soft and pretty shades, full length and
weight, smooth finish, a yarn that so many like to knit
with.
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Capital, $200,000
$600,000
SURPLUS
(Earned.)
Pays 3 interest on
savings accounts whether
large or small.
Open Saturday
from 7.30 to S.30.
evenings
Spencer Trask & Co.
BANKERS
27 & 29 Pine Street, New York
Members New York Stock Exchange.
Hats
Fall Styles
Now Ready
uIM(dmir4
412 Spruce Street.
309 Lackawanna Avenue.
8.00
S.35
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COTTON MARKET.
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Scranton Board of Trade Exchange
QuoMions All Quotations Based
on Par of 100,
STOCKS.
I.acUawamia Dairy Co., Pr,...
County Sav. RauU & Trust Co
First Nut. Hank tCurboiulale).
Third llntlonul Hunk ,,,,,
Dime Dep. & Din. Rnnk ..,.,,
Kconomy I... II. & I. Co,.,,,,
First National minli ..,, moo
Lack. Trust ft Snfo Dop. Co . 193
Clark & Snovcr Co.. Ir 125
Scrnntou Siivlngs Hank boo
Traders' National Hank ,..,,, 2''j
Scinuton Holt & Nut Co,.,,,,, 121
Pcoplo's Dank .1,. 133
110NDS.
Scruuton Packing Co
Scranton Passenger Railway,
(list mot tease, duo 1920 115
rcopiu a nucui jiuiiwuy, lirst
600
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IlOODY.McLELLAN &C0,
BANKERS,
No 57 Hroudway, New Vork City,
MUMBIIHS NKW VOI1K STOCK IIXCTIANOE.
STOCKS.BONDS nnd INVESTMENTS
ORDERS EXECUTED
FOR INVESTMENT OR ON MARGIN
Headquarters
for
Incandescent
Gas Manfles,
Portable Lamps.
THE NEW DISCOVERY
Kern Incandescent
Gas Lamp.
L
Gunster&Forsytli
253-327 PtMin Avenue.
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ALL 9w&TtLt
Allis-Chalmers Co
Successors to Machine Business ot
Dickson Manufacturing Co., Scranton
and Wllkes-Barre, Pa.
Stationary Enslnes, Boilers, Mining
Machinery. Puiod
Lager
Beer..
Manufacturers of
Old Stock
PILSNER
Hrewry,
., -135 o 455
N. ;evcnlu St.,
Old 'i'hone, 333i.
New 'Phone, 2935,
Scranton, Pa.
S. J. Fuhrman & Bro
Manufacturers ol
Storeand
Window
Awnings
Our celebrated
Strap Holler fo.
Awnings a Specialty
Lackawanna kn, Scranton, Pa.
328
Second Annual
Manufactures'
Reduction Sale
of Umbrellas
lilttt hlili'lr fttnnl fo.1 .nii.i ... .'
Un bieiuis;"" W blS?k '""r
t1edfT.U-,,tJ1.,,llf,2(
(llniiu, "S-lii.. 89c, Kino nloco-ilvcil Union
Taffeta silk itinhrellns or nil colo's. your
cholco ur tho ilnvBt pearl, horn and Ivory
silver tilnuncd handles, fl.tt.
BORANTON
UMBRELLA MANUFACTURING 00
313 Spruce Street.
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