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SCHANTON. DECEMBER 2C, 190L'.
Vow improvements msido lu Scranton
ilurlnsj tlie iiuiBli-inallsneil "ripper"
regime aro liimc welcome and more
liclnCul to the public convenience than
the placing of sttcut sign, .iunt accom
plished. Director Roeho Is entltlsil to
public thanks.
More Pay for Our Presidents.
IT IS :N"OT creditable ta the people
of the United States thai their
president should have to par out
of his pocket the expenses of tlio
social functions which custom calls
upon hhn to observe. In the case of
President Roosevelt it happens, fortu
nately, that the chief executive has
tome private means upon which he
can draw when ills salary is exhaus
ted. Although not a, rich man as riches
are estimated in these multi-iiiililonairo
days, air. Roosevelt has u larger pri
vate income than uny president wo
have had since Millard Fillmore. But
It Is noi consoling- to national pride to
think thai if It were not for this fact
the white house would necessarily be
deprived of a. sood deal of the guyetj
which II now manlrestH in a social
way -sayuly which not only serves a
nueiiil purpose in llghtcnins Ihe bur
dens of the executive by affording him
congenial relief bill also is a direct
aid to the performance o his inoi-2
serious duties'
A number of foreign (.ounfriss pay
their ambassadors in salary and allow
ances a-ffood deal moi'i than wepayour
president. Tlicr.- U no head of another
important nation who is paid so poor
ly. Even llttit Cuba, beginning amidst
economic stress, pays her president a
salary half that of the president of the
United States and makes allowances
for entertaining which bring the total
up to that which we allow. When pri
vate corporations can pay for execu
tive seivice double and quadruple the
pay of our president il should be evi
dent that the latter is underpaid. Of
course no man seeks the presidency,
nor should seek It for the money there
is in it; but wo might at least enable
our presidents to pive their who!
thought to the duties of their ofllce in
stead of compelling them to use pa:t
of their energies in planning how to
make straightened ends meet. In this
era of high prices a twenty per cent,
advance in the executive income would
hardly more than keep pace with pri
vate industry and a hundred per cent,
"raise" would be no nioio than fair In
view of tho presidency's increased du
ties and responsibilities,
All that is now needed to make the
TAiliey movement a Democratic love
feast is for former City Treasurer Itob
Inson to lie down and let h!ms;IC be
stepped on.
Not Deteriorating.
I.NVAIUAIHA' I lie vmX looks pret
tier than the present, hecaufo wo
do not ses its passions and preju
dices and do Me only its glories.
Yet thosio who study history in detail
and who estimate faeii generation by
iw own t.tantlimla do not feel uncom
fortable because ti'dr lot bus been cast
In the iiivmit. it "thete were giants
in those days.J' ilttre ars giants now
and many more ihan we step to enum
erate. Ah Senator -Piatt, of Connecti
cut, bald the other day to llio New Kng
bind society of Pennsylvania:
"It is fashionable nowadays to speak
of tho dceadencft of the penale. ami
compare Its present with tho days ot
Webster nr.d Ills compatriot?; and vol,
1 think when I ilrst entered tlu senate
from Connecticut thcro was as much
average ability in tho Hcnnte a nt any
time in Its previous history. No man
of! tho proicnt can tower above his fel
lows as Walwler towetcd obovu his fel
loes p,r tl)osu day?, bctauso thu five.
ngb ability and tho average strength
ami the averana povcr ot tho senate
today is gi eater than it was In tliosj
eajly times. They might imvo been
great leaders In our history, but I ven
ture to say that no sluslo man today
can be such a great leader became thn
average standard of our whole peoplu
hris so wonderfully increased and ad
vanced. We can huvo no great leaders
In, tho cfinate hecr.ua there nru mj
many men thcro fitted to ha leader.
"How was It when I llret came into
the senate? Prom the state of llnssa
cluibctts, the old original stale of tin
VI grim mid tho Puritan, thcro were the
dl tlngulslied (senator who Mts at my
rljfht (Senator Hoar), and I had ulrrioNi
nd(l his eciually dUllitgnluhed colleague
anj: peer, Henry L, Duveo. Prcm tho
stalVof Hhode IMand there were An
thony'nrid Ilunihido, two men each of
whpmiAvafi .lltted by iducatton nnd by
hlB5lirevwk to gtacu not only the
United" State senate but any leglMallyv
body of he ivtald, And, from Jlalne
there was that prlnco of souator,
James O, Hlaine. Prom Vetmont, there
was tliat great man, wept-lawyer nnd
great senator, Georgo Kdmunds, and
his colleague, equally distinguished In
the business world, Mr. Morrill, Who
yhall say that buch men vere nut en
titled to cseiclso a great mid powerful
Influence, not only in the senate, but
Jn tlin' -United 'States? Who shall say
that fconio of the names 1 have men-
tioncd were not the peers of even Web
otcr IilmsclC?"
Scnater I'lntt did not lUloiiint to piifiH
Judtrmont upon the ecnxitos of today i
hut liad hu done so nnd hr.i1 tr.odeaty
not intervened, he misht fairly have
pointed to tho nrercnt iunlm' Botiator
from Oonnertlciit as reprcpcrttlug In a
peculiarly high degro the prnclical
wisdom amt uncontn minuted patriotism
combined with ripe cxpetleiice which go
to mako tip lha besr platesiimnshlp.
Ulr, iijconl for doing things; nnd for
doing difficult things panely, notwlth
etnmllns tlie contusion so common In
half-informed circle outside the pen
ute, compares favorably wltli that or
Daniel Webster or any other "giant." of
old; and v:c are hjppy to bo able to
add that ho Is only one of perhaps two
ncort! senators of which the- rarno may
be said with iual truthfulness.
The alorm king's Clulstii.u!' prt-mit
was strong If not fancy.
Clidpr Telegraph Tolls.
SKEPTICISM has gieeled eei-j'
now development In science,
hence wo are not unprepared
for thr; deluge of cold witter
which the sub-marine cable people are
pouring out upon Marconi's feat in
npnnnlng the Atlantic by wireless com
munication. But it is r.nta to assumo
that the skill which has achieved what
Marconi has done will prove adequate
to Improve the details so as to render
wireless telegraphy commercially ex
pedient. It ia high time that telegraph
tolls came down. As the World's Work
aptly says: "One of the crimes ol our
llm.j Is the successful prevention of
such an increase lu telegraphic conven
ience as wo now suffer. It costs twenty-live
cents to .send a ten-word tele
gram from one town to the next, but
a letter can be sent to inland Alaska
and drawn hundreds of miles on a dog
sled for two centF."
When wo consider the economies in
most other forms ot public j-crvlcc
which have been accomplished during
the past deende It Is remarkable that
there should have been no material
decline in the cost of'sending ordinary
telegTams. From the mechanical side
telegraphy In this period lias been won
derfully improved. Processes of du
plication have been introduced wiicro
b5 one wire is enabled to do tho work
that five and six wires used to do at a
speed twice to thrleo that formerly in
vogue, yet so far as can be observed
the public has shared Utile, if at all, in
the benefits. Instead of profiting by
tho experience of tho post olllcc depart
ment, which lias taught that every re
duction in what may be called the re
tail price of service lias bf-en followed
immediately by an immensely in
creased volume of business and reve
nue, the telegraph companies appear
to have set themselves athwart the
prevalent tendency and it is high time
thai they had a .shnkiiif; up. If the
Marconi system shall have this effect
it will, indeed, prove a benefaction.
The political signiiicanc-e in the ap
pointment of General Greene as police
commissioner of Xew York is that it
strengthens the hands of Governor
Odeli and bodes 111 for those Republi
cans who tried ot the last election to
send him to the junk heap. It is an
other sign that Odell is it.
The United Farmers of America.
THE ferment of organization,
which has permeated capital
and industrial labor, seems
destined to have for its next
field of activity tlie farms of the eoun
tiy. II has been observed that those
things move in cycles. The last general
movement among the farmeis, aside
from the Grange, was tho Populistlc
political movement, which recently went
to smash. Now comes another enter
prise for 'the amelioration of rural con
ditions, in its prospectus the most com
prehensive of all. It is called the "Na
tional Society oC Equity of North
America." and those ur- its declared
purposes:
1, To piomotir and eucuuiagi. oiswniza
tlon and co-operation among formers,
stockmen, horticulturists, sardonura and
men of kindred vocations by the cstr-h-llf-hmcnt
of a national society, with such
branches and such local societies ns may
be necessary to carry out such objects.
2. To obtain profitable piicos for all
products of llio farm and garden and
orchard.
il. To enccuiagj the building ot cold
storage houses and warehounos in tho
principal market cities, or in oil the lo
calities wheto necessary, so that farm
produco may bu held for advantageous
price.
I. To cncouiagu prohibition of the ndul
tciatlon of food and the marketing ot the
same.
5. To FPCiuo legislation In the Interest
ot ngrltulturo, horticulture, stock rais
ing nnd gitt doping.
0. To secure eauitnblo late.s ot trans
portation. 7. To oiiou up new market? and en
large old mu-j.
s. To Hccuri ww biiuda, grain, fruit,
vegetable.', li'., from forolgu umnlilo,
disseminate iho tame, ilth u view ot Im
provement of present crop and giving a
greater variety.
ft, To report props, crop conditions, and
miiilei't icportB In tills and foreign emtii
trlcn. so that faromrs may nporato lutein
gently In planting and maikethig,
10. To ciiconrngo tho establishment ot
Institutions of Wtnlug, o that fnrmeis
and their sons and daughlcrj may lift ed
ucated In Acluiillllo (arming, and for tho
geneial advancement of acilculturu.
It. To encouraso tlin Improvement of
hlBhway?,
Vi. To encourugo tho Inlg.itlon of laud,
l.l. To piomotfl hocial Intercouifco.
II, To oncourngo tho sottlonii'iil of ills,
putcs without ii'cotirso lo law.
15. To establish s-hnllnr scclntltR In for
eign coiiuliics.
Tlio president of this enterprlbo, K.
A. Everett, of Indianapolis, says In
further explanation; "Wo expect to or
ganize tlio millions engaged in agri
culture. A complete system of crop
reporting will be maintained through
an otllclal organ, Knowing tlio amount,
of crops produced and tlio consumption
from' past experience, nn cimlUiblo
minimum price will bo fixed by tho ill
lectors of the national body and re
ported at once to nil parts of the
count! y. Onco Used the prlco will rule
on that crop for the year." On Jin
face this ambition is not mora illogi
cal than Homo that animates othor
forms of federutcd enterprise. If it Is
possible from Indianapolis to guide the
fuel producing labor of tho United
States it should not be deemed Impos,
sible, before trial, to elfect a slmllur
control of tho crop-producing labor
with a vlow to establishing Ameiican
conditions of employment and social
life. But in doing It Mr. -Everett will
bo kept busy.
The crrallo methods of Dlslrltil At
torney Jerome, of Now York, In break
ing into houses on tho suspicion that
they conceal gambling are to be re
viewed la court, ns they should Uo.
Gambling is a vie which should bo
suppressed It possible, but. there nra
,vuy to do It which would bo far worse
than the state of tilings which they nro
supposed to correct, awl Jeromn wema
to have" adopted thorn.
During tho year morn tluui lx, thou
sand miles of new railway tracl: wore
laid in tho .United States, tho largcwt
new mileage laid In ojny year during
tho past decade. During- tho year 16V
(500 now cars were built, almost enough
to make a train that would reach from
New York to Chicago and back to Buf
falo, A pretty good Index to prosperity.
The fear &coms lo be growing that If
President Roosevelt shall arbitrate tho
Vcnesuelan muss, Uncle Bom will wind
up as debt collector Tor South America.
Well, It clearly needB one. And it is
dlfllcult to uea how Undo Sam can
pocket the gains of the Monroo doctrine
without at tho same time shouldering
its responsibilities.
On an average a baby i.i bom in New
York city every ten minutes. And the
problem which this fact presents la
liotv to make good citizens of tho ex
tremely poor babies and also the ex
tremely rich.
Truly this is an age of innovation.
It is announced that beginning with
the January number the North Ameri
can Hcvievr Is to admit fiction Into its
columns.
In his desire to discredit the nimy in
the Philippines General Miler. should
hereafter avoid General Franklin Bell.
Bell ia loaded for bear.
Pope ieo is certainly a marvel of re
cuperative power. Has the Vatican a
fountain of perpetual youth?
The decision at Washington to ooik
up the Venezuelan news seems a trifle
late.
Outline Studies
of Htiman Nature
"Please Wet Your Whistle."
Although it Is well known that Gen.
Foils Agnus, the editor of the Baltimore
American, Is a native-born Frenchman,
ihoso who have listened to his fluent con
versation or tlnoly finished oratory llnd it
dlfllult lo believe that when tho genial
general was winning his honors ia tho
Union ianl;s during' our civil war, ho
could speak llttlo and understand less of
tho English language. Thcro is one
quality, however, for which the general
has always been noted, and that Is irre
proachable gallantry.
This quality was very apparent on ono
occasion during tho early sixties, when
tho company to which tho general be
longed ho was then a lieutenant plan
ned to give a reception to tho fair dam
sels of tho neighborhood where they were
in camp. Cako and lemonade weio
served, and the then Lieutenant Agnus
was asked to carry tho tray containing
tho glasses of lemonade to the fair
guests.
Anxious to do tho proper and gallant
act, the young soldier inquired of one of
his comrades thn proper speech to mako
when offu-lng the beverage. This mili
tary beau saw In the situation the germ
of a joke. but. keeping his Idea to him
self, carefully Instructed the young
Frenchman in his part and started him
out. with tho tray.
Smiles and giggles followed in tho Heu
tenunt's path until some ono kinder tlinn
tho others informed the gallant soldier
that It was not exactly the correct thing
In America to request a young lady to
"pleaso wet your whistle."
-Mtliough the general often tells this
story of hi-5 discomfiture, the sequel
his Intcrviow Willi his obliging Instructor
Is ns yet an unpublished chapter. New
York Times.
Hev Husband's Seatixaent.
Not lone ago a small luncheon wan
phi nncd by tho wife of Rov. Dr. McCon
noil for a few irlcnds, nil ladles. Sho had
suggested to her husband that possibly
ho would enjoy lunching at the club that
day. which he agrodd to do.
But on that day ho wan so absorbed in
lily work that ho forgot to lunch at tha
club, but came into the house about 1
o'clock, saying. "My dear, just give mo
a blto and let me co back to my work."
This of coursn 3ho did, taking him Into
the basement and giving him what sho
could gather hastily togvthey.
As the ladles wero talcing their de
parture after a delightful luncheon, one
Oi thorn turned and said:
"Oh, I must not forgsl m;' cars? ith
Its Httlo eeut latent."
"Theio Is no ecntlctr.nt r.rJUer. on it."
said her hosienj.
"But Z nm quite n 1! saw seinethlne;,"
ralii her friend, and taking up hftr card,
reel: "f, tho raartc: of this house, am
eating scrap In I'm collar," Somerset
Hero Id,
It Won.
Senator Dopovr. while noting as pies
idmit of tho New York Central road, was
appi oached for a pass to Syiacusa three
years In suoccbalou by a man with the
pitiful tnlo of a mother's illness and tho
strong dash e of tho applicant to sco her
once at'ulti. Through his sympathetic
nature ho had yielded each year, but
upon tho last occasion with an ndmonl
tlon that tho application should n'over be
lcnewcd. Much to his surprise, upon en
tering his ofllce ono morning the follow
In year lw found tho applicant with iden
tically the samo recital.
"How rtaio you como horo again wllh
that old story?" ho oxclulmod.
"Why, Mr. Iepow" blundly lepiled
tho applicant. "I thought that you were
fond of old stoik's."
The cloud fell from Uhaimcoy's face, a
sinllo overspread hli features which
broadened Into a hearty laugh, nnd us
soon as ho could recover himself 'he sat
down and wrote out tho annual pass.
Now York Times,
Street Car Company's Favor,
IMnik Twain was standing in a ciowdcd
street car, hanging la a stiap. Ah tho
car swung nrounu a corner the strap
biokc dumping htm Into the lap of a
woll-drcsH'Ht woman Tho humorist arose
and bowed.
"Madam," 6a)d he, "this Is tho first
llmo tho streol car company evor con
foncd a favor on mo." New York Times.
In Case of the Husband's Death.
"All, my darling wife," said a young
husband tho woclc after he was mar
rW, "if your husband were to die what
would you do?"
"I don't know, I'm suie," said his lov
Ing wife. ''I must look in my 'Book of
Etiquette,' nnd read tho rules for young
wMow-j." Woman's Homo Companion.
Stingy Steps.
An old man was passing the houae one
Sunday, taking- exceedingly abort etep.
A llttlo girl watched him for several min
utes, nnd then said, "Mamma, don't ho
walk sMutty?" Wonmn's Home Compan
ion, m - -
OUR MANY-SIDEJD PRESIDENT,
Profit tho Wn&hlngton Star.
Lotiln Michel, editor of Bar DoulHch
Amorlkiuier, was Introduced to Presldont
ItotwoVnlt lant Wednosday nt tho white
house by Itcpreaentatlvo Frank C. Wnch
tor and Chtirlco n. Schlrm. Mr. Mtchol
la much pleased with thn reception ac
corded him and speaks in the hlghr.Bt
termn of tho president's literary nttaln
aicuts, especially his knowlcdgn of Ger
man nnd Dutch literature. Wtion seen
at hlo homo Mr, Michel spoko enthusias
tically of hla vlilt.
"President Roosevelt." ho said, "is not
only ono of tho greatest r.tatcsmen this
country has over had, but ho Is also a
great literary man, and I don't think
thcro is any other man in tho Ilopubll
can party who could have dismissed Gor
man and Dutch authors a) ho did yester
day. Tho fact that President Boosnvclt
gavo us twenty mtnutcn of his valuable
time showo how Interested lio was In tho
question of German llti'mturo. hi tho
course ot his talk tho presldont referred
to tho 'Zring,' the mnstorploco of Theo
dore Koornor, a German soldier nnd poet,
and ho recited several passagos of 'Nlho.-'
lungen Llnd.' Ho said ho admired Schil
ler greatly and referred to Gotthold
Kphrntm Lcsslng, tlio author of 'Nathan
tho Wise,' who was really tho founder of
the realistic school of Gcrmnn literature.
Tlie prerldont showed that ho was con
versant with thoso authors, and I regard
him as a master mind indeed, 1 was
dumbfounded at his knowledge of Euro
pean literature. Ho is a great admirer
of Klopstock and Herder, and hi the
courso of tho conversation he tald that
the Boers are tho descendants of tho
Frluslanders and Normans through tho
Dutch. Ho mentioned Herman, tho king
of the Cheruskers. ns a fine spoclmcn ot
tho old German hero. Tho president
spoko pint of tho tlmo In German, part
in Dutch and part in English, and re
peated an old folk-lore song popular
among tho Dutch of South Africa, 'Tho
Cows Ato in the Clover.' When Mr.
Wachtor spoke of Fritz Keillor, tho prin
cipal author in Plattdeutsch, which In
spoken In part of northern Germany,
Denmark and Holland, tho president at
onco referred lo tho worlcs of Router.
"Tho president received us kindly and
entertained us for twenty minutes, a very
UuuMial thing when his busy life is con
sldernd. Ho is a wonderful man; majes
tic in personality, crisp in conversation,
Ihm In tho expression of his ideas and one
of tho best-posted men In America on
German affairs not merely German poli
tics, but German history and literature."
10 YEARS OT MANUFACTURING.
Tho census tolls us that our manufac
tures make tho following showing in
value of yearly product:
lflOO fl-1.014,2.S7.49S
1SS0 9,37:,437,'.'Sa
Increase J 3,011,550,213
In round figures an increase of three
thousand six hundred and forty-ono mil
lions of gold dollars.
The chief items wer?:
ISM.. tuiiO. Inc.
Mil- Mil- Mil
lions, lions, lions.
Food and kindred
products 3,63(5 ",27T Clt
Textiles 3,"J61 1.037 :!70
Iron nnd steel, and
products 3,111 1.7ft: ii!3
Lumber and its
manufactures ... S77 1,0.50 133
Leather and pro
ducts -H7 u& I'C
Paper and printing U iiflB lul
Liquors and bever
ages .'. oil 4J M
Chemicals and al
lied pioducts :)ii .'.1- 172
Clay, glass and
stone products... .'-n 'jyi g
Metals, and pro
ducts other than
Iron and steel.... :ilO 7)S 452
Tobacco -'11 -S-'S '"
Land vehicles 311 ..Ob Kit
Shipbuilding 4" "i 31
Miscellaneous Cf, l.ooi .130
Hand trades 1.U00 1.1SJ 171
Tho four principal manufacturing states.
are. with product for 1S00:
New York J2,17.',726,000
Pennsylvania l,S3l,700,SfiO
Illinois 1.239.730,1S
Massachusetts 3,or,19S,!iS9
These states show tlie following In
creases for 3900 over 190, in louud mil
lions: New York $-l.0OO,O0O
Pennsylvania WW.OoO.000
illlnolr, :;.l,GOO,O0Q
Massachusetts 347.000,000
AVhilo Now York leads In total product.
Pennsylvania leads In the ten years' In
crease. -Walter J. Ballard,
KIPLING'S VIEW OF IT.
Following is tlio complete toxt of Rod-
yard Kipling's stirring poem upon tho
Anslo-uermon alliance, tlio ccnocs ot
which ring round the world:
Tho banked oars foil an hundred strong,
And backed and threshed and ground;
But bitter was tho rowers' song
As they brought tho war boat round.
They had no heart for the rally and roar
That ounces uio wuaieimcic smoKc
When tho great blades cleave and hold
nnd leave.
As ono on the racing stroke,
They sang: "What reckoning do ye keep.
And steer nor iy wnnt star,
If wo como unscathed from the Southern
deep
To be wrecked on a Baltic bar?
"Lnht night yo sworo our voik was
done.
And haul and back and veer
At tho will of tha breed that have
wronged us most
For a year and a year and a year.
"Thero was never a sliaino In Christcmlio
They laid not to our dnor;
And yo say wo must takq tho Winter sea,
And sail with them onco more.
"Look south, Tho galo Is seated o'or
past
That btrlnned and lay uh down
When wo stood forth. But thoy stood
fast.
And prayed to t-na us drown.
"The dead they mocked aro scarcely cold;
Our wounds aro bleeding yet;
And ye toll us now that our strength H
sold
To help them press for a debt.
"Neath nil tho Hags ot all mankind
That ciulho upon tho seas,
Was thcio no other fleet to (hid,
That yo stiiko handi with these?
"Of ovlt limes that men could chooso
On ovil falo to fall,
What brooding judgment let ye loosu
To pick tho worst of all?
,
"In sight of peace from the naiiow bcus,
'O'er half tho world to run
With a cheated crow to league nnow
With tho Ooth and the Shameless I run,"
A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
Editor of Tho Tilbune-
Slr: Courting u nicho In our puollo
romer, I liavu veutuied In the realms of
the muse with the following result:
Tlioro was oilcan man from Wllkca-Barre
town,
Wiio hurt a penchant for pootio renown
Ho eat at his desk, his heels In the ah;
A truly great and magnlllccnt pair.
They to wrought on ills biuln that tho
feet of his song,
Reeled off too unwieldy, and wearily long.
Sincerely yours,
-U Merrlileld
Scranten, D-.c i5.
LABOR'S DUTY TO LABOR.
From tho Washington Slur.
There nro two tilings which ilcmaud, nhd
at hit early day should receive, thn at
tention ot labor In the United Slates.
Wherever It Is organized, lis organization
should bo Incorporated, Capital can be
proceeded 'ngnlnst tinder the law for any
i violation of Its agreements, or fur any
damage It may Inflict by any other means.
But as matters now stand labor organiza
tions are Immune from prosecution. In
their name unit for their bcuellt Individ
uals may Inlllct serious Injuries upon cap
ital, but ns thoso organizations liavu no
legal exlstonco they ennntit bo reached
by process ot law. Organized labor en
joys thus an advantage over capital which
makes, ono Is led to believe, not for good
order and fair dealing at nil' times, but
often for violence. Responsibility under
tho law would undoubtedly huvo a ro
stiatnlng lullucncu on thoso member of
labor organizations who aro loo easily
Influenced to cxtremo nctlon lu limes of
conflict with capital.
Labor's second niovo should bo thu
abandonment of llio boycott as a weapon
of attack. There Is no w capon to un
AmoilFiin ns tho boycott. It nover has
been, nnd never can bo, used wllh justice
or tho proper discrimination. Innocent
persons are Invariably lnjtued by It, Spy
ing I tlio most demoralizing of employ
ment, and tho boycott calls for con
tinuous and unlimited spying. S!n nro
forced to do that scrvlco lo whom it is
thoroughly repugnant, while thoso t"
whom 11 Is agreeable nro seldom lo bo
trusted. 11 Is safo to iy, Indeed, that thu
trim Interests ot organized labor havo
suffered rather than profited by tho uso
of means which incite to misrepresenta
tion and exaggeration.
Thcso mutters', which havo long been
important, aro of all tho greater Impor
tance now by reason of two decisions
which havo just been delivered across tho
water. In Ftiglaud damages havo been
assessed against an unincorporated labor
organization for injuring by "picketing"
a railway company with which It was in
eonlllct, whllo'ln Ireland, tho homo of tho
boycott, tlio officers of a political organ
ization have just lost their case lu which
Il was shown thai they had employed thu
boycott to tho injury of a man Of proinl
nenco In the neighborhood. Ono obvious
effect of the 32ngllsh case is to suggest
that oven it unincorporated, tho labor or
ganization cannot avoid legal responsi
bility for damages which it has in fact
intltctcd. Thcso decision's arc giotinded In
right nnd justice, and thero is small room
to doubt that tho spirit of tliein will pres
ently find n. wide Indorsement. In this
homo of labor, therefore for, surh the
United States undoubtedly Is thoso who
have Its true Interests at heart should see
that Its responsibility should bo Increased
openly and formally to that point where
It would be a restraint neatest excesses,
mid that no means aro employed in for
warding Its ends that do not tquaro strict
ly with American methods.
Fnrnito
Ours is the most complete
and up-to-date line in town.
Our desks are of standard
make ; built by concerns
that have reputations for
quality, honest workman
ship and good finish.
We call your attention to
our line of
Office Tables
Office Chairs
Racks and
Specialties
ii i in
121 Washington Avenue.
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SN0W WHIT
Always reliable.
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J Mill & Grain Co
X Scranton and Olyphant,
The
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Commonwealth Bldg,
SCRANTON, PA.
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MINING AND BLASTING
POWDER
Wide tt llooilo and Ilusbdalo Worl.
Lafliu & Rand Powder Co.'s
ORANGE GUN POWDER
Utclrlq D-ittertts, CUctrio 15xplodeu, 15x.
ploding Blut, Safety Fuse.
REPAUNO CHEMICAL CO.'S
HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
Office
Men's Jewelry
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Link Cuff Buttons,;
Scarf Pins, Etc.
The proper place to purchase Men's Jewelry is at
the store which makes u specialty of catering to men's
want's.
Our strong line contains only such
nieces ns we can conscientiously
rcnomniEiitl -nieces that are sure to
meet our patrons requirements. '
Prices, ns usual) governed by duality,
"The Popular Haberdasher."
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Our store presents a brilliant array of most excel-'
lent Holiday Gifts. Gifts that have the stamp of
quality. I
? Watches, DimotcI
Gold Jewelry, Gold Handled Um-
brellas and Cist Glass, Sterl
ing Silverware, Etc., Etc.
And all at prices that are
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C. LUTH
133 Wyoming Avenue, Hotel Jermyn.
.J ' . nSTAOLISHED 1857.
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v ! .1 $ .2 .; ?. 4 - y !' S ! $ !' ! laf'la'lia'ti'ia'iafiir,2aia
sorters
for
Incandesc?ni
Gas Mantles,
Portable lamps.
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Kern Incandescent
Gas Lamp.
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Old 'Hlmne, -53i.
New 'Phone, 'ipaS
SUMN'lOlYS
BUSINESS HOUSES.
THTST CNTCKPniSINO nSALCRS CMV
supply youn hepos op cvenr
CHBRhCTER promptly mo satis
PACTOFilLY.
nrnyin -MCT jnvmiuin
FOR SALE
nnaains una wagons of ait Kmiiu aio
II. !!' .iiid IIiiiIiIIiik I.uU nt baiyailil.
UOUEKS LUlTia) unJ CIIUOMI I) at
Nl. T. KBLLER
lackiwanna Carrui;o Work
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Home Otnce, 20S-M1 Sloir Ilulldlnj.
Wi) aio miturjne e!iaioi -ji It nuiith whkli
fliW n (int. r-.HTi tn thu in....,,1 ,1 nliinit 1
per cent. Vie lun m in v. Wo alio i..,m j
i ri,i. r.ui bit), u fiui.i-u icr aiuri', niur
ut 3j Jlila tcmi ann.i.iUy.
ALUCUT IIAIX, SetK'tiiy.
E. JOSEPhTKUZTrEL,
rear Clt I.ackjwanra avonu, iiiinufadurer of
Who t-trfcns v! all Umb; full iripurnt for
tha tpiiti'.' kcAon. Wo muko all Kituli ot
(torcli ecrifcai, etc.
PETER STIPP.
OucmI Ctlilrattur, lluililcr uml Dealer In
Hu'laiUtT itoui', f,'t iw iitlns of alUla a UK
eljlt). Tcleiilione U:"-'.
OIIUo, ui7 Wakhliijton a-icnuc.
the sou anton vltkified bhick
anoTilc Manufacturing Company
UtUn of I'axlns lltkk, itc. J. 11. inle,
Utiiicrjl bales Ascnt, OIQic 3'U Washington
an. WeiU at Kay Auy, Ta., 11. i W V II It
BUkMlUUH u uu
30S
LACKAWANNA AVENUE.
! ! 4 4 S i $ f 4 fi 41 4 4
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EDUCATIONAL.
Do You Want
a Good Education? .
Kot khort course, cor tn tuj coiir3,'
nor a cheap course, but tho best education
to be had. No other education Is north'
ependinc; time and money on. If you do,
nrile for catalogue of
Lafayette
Easton, Pa.
i
c.'hlclj offers thorough nrparatlon in tha
Kngliiecriii3 and Chemical- l'rofeasloni ai well
is the ri'b'Ulai' College oouraes.
STATE 1RMAL SCHOOL,
EAST STROXTDSBURO, PA.
Rt-Rular Stnto Normal Courses and
Special Departments of Music, EIocu
tlon, Art, Draw luff. Stenography and
Typowrltin?: strong: College Prepara-'
tory Department.
FREE TTJTION.
Boa'r'dlne expenses tiZi per week.
Pupils admitted at any time. Winter
Term opens Dec 20th. Write for cata
losuc. E. I. KEMP, A. WT.j
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Principal.
S0HAHTON CORRESPONDENCE BCHOOiS
SCRANTON,' PA.
T. J. Fostor.rrea. Klincr II. Lawallrreas.
II. J. 1'oster Stanley P. Allen,
Vice President. Secretary.
OPEN EVENINGS.
Dlnmnml llaisnliisi, nil array of Invitlns
nilcca, from tliu (Juttor to Coiisunier. with
but uim Miuill prollt lukletl.
tils-Kt. Dl.iiuonil Itlllff, woith $S0Oi My
Pilcu, PO. r,'i-lvl. UlaiiKinil Html, wortli
luw; .My Piliv. JIV), Hi-Jvt. Dlnmonil
Klim. oitlt $IM; My 1'rlctC fj-i0. I'i-Kt,
Diamond IlliiK, worth jL'j; .My Price,
fj;'j. a-Kt. Diiimiiml nine, worth fo; My
I'llco, $:'.vi svki. Ulumoml Illntr, woit
L'bj. Jlv I'lli-o. JI').
All of thu nliuvo nro Ainstcidam cut,
iluuk'KM, uii'l blium of ilaiizllnt; lullilancy.
I Coihcslioti Scuf Pin, ai Diamonds,
wen Hi $m); My Prim, "t,"A), lluiiGrarlun Opal
Kins,-. IJ Diamonds biirroumllii. t-ot in
lilatlillim. woi III $lMl; My Prlco, 1W.
Huby Itlm? (iiIkcoii lilood) uniiounileil
with lino diamond!). $I73j Ituliy nloiin
woi Hi over JfLiU fiapiihlro IthiB. 1'4-Ift,
ifiirnlluuur blim rolor). biirioiiniled with
Jnjer Dliiinnnd.i wi in platinum, Jlu".;
uirth $.M. LKt. Diumond Itinx worth
$IOu; Mil Prlco. 7i. 1-Kt, Dlumoiul
HIiiks, woilli $110; My l'rlcc. ?;). -Kt.
Diamond llhiK, woith s7J; My Price, JUi;
',3-Ki, Diamond Itlne, worth 1.; My
Price. J. Vi-lit, Diamond Hlnss, J10, u
and 15. , , .
Dluniond!, Itublcs, Sapphires, Opals gii.
loio, nnd choice Hclectlon cf liuiliutlut'H
ror Biime. nwattini; your command.
TAK1J KI.J'JVATOll AND SAVE MONKi"
and nt tlio samo time see exhibit Jet
ni.uk Diamond, Oolden Ilrown Diamond,
Canary Diamond, the Priceless (not blue,
but) llollotiope-colorcd Diumond.
Uncut Diamonds, Sapphlics, Opals, etc.,
etc., ns they roino from mother earth.
l'ncli lady customer will be presented
Willi a Now Safety Garter Purse, tlin
newest und most practical Invention at
Its kind, an nbsokilo safo way to carry
money und jewels.
l.'neh Kcntlcniun customer presented
with n lino leather coin bolder: iiothlui;
llko It; my own Idea. SATISFACTION
GPAltANTKBD.
"Your Money Hack Without Arcument "
WALTER V. WINTON'S
DIAMOND PAULOK, CO Mears BulMIiB
College
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