Republican News Item. CHAS. LOREN WING, Editor. THURSDAY, MAY, 25,1899.^ "FIRST OF ALL--THE NEWS." The News Item Fights Fair. IT IS A PATRIOTIC HOME NEWSPAPER. Published Every Friday Morning. By The Sullivan Publishing Co. At the County Seat of Sullivan County ■ IiAPORTE, PA. Entered at the' Post Office at |Laporte,Jaß second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION —SI.2S jier annum. If paid in advance SI.OO. Sample copies free. All communications should be ad dressed to REPUBLICAN NEWS ITEM, Laporte .Pa., TIIK IN EVITAULE SEQUENCE. "in- of Hie surest. as well Si 3 one «>{ 'ln most satisfactory evidences ol! re« : i-prosperity is tlio general tid viinee of wages. The iucrcasu is no* ■ "itlined to any one section fef 1h» • i.,:itr.v. into any ond brancli of in dustry. From ihe New iKnglauU from Pennsylvaniff. Illinois, New Vork. Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, .\l iliiuua and other States ceines the -.in ,• story of advancing wages. Cot ■l:i operatives, iron and stee?, workers, ii..n< is. employees o£ tin plate compan- i • - iiiici other classes o£ workmen all I I.nve proiited l'rom an advance *r The eominereial sigeiieies ies- ' i a it'll that the advance already al'- j i 11111y 175,000 workers. l-.iniitr the last campaign. President M Kinley said in one of his speeches Mint what the country wanted >vas not • >'ii minis, lull open mills for the cm* I ■ i>.\ i.jent of American labor. That v\.is n hat he proposed to see accom* | l ''(l if he were elected. That is \vl ai has lieen accomplished, ibanks to i'• prompt measures taker, by, tho I 'esifient to secure the American mar* I > ' in American producers by the re !':n.intent of a Protective Tariff law. An e:ieau mills have been opened and \ lue-ican labor employed, and now routes the inevitable sequence of si it 1:1 teased demand for labor 1 lie in i ens-' o;" wages. And, as tho wages of 1 •■•*• • i.;i I i-'ree Trade become more and more repaired under Protectioa, wages \\ ili probably advance more ;uul more, fit';l they reach high water mark in til industries. American workmen will not In likely to consent to any repeti :i"ii jt.' lie folly of 18!i'i, which resulted in tite paralysis of American indus tries mil in the Idleness of tin Ameri can people. ' INTKRIIKI'F.NIIKXT rKOSI'KKJTY. \ I lie railroad news of 1S!)S and ISt'9 'f.itier the Kinsley law offers a strik ing contrast to the sort of railroad itcsvs which was all too common in the \-■:irs of Tariff reform and tho Wilson i .urinati law. Then the regulation rail t.tid news was the going of one road .••iter another v into the hands of a re c. \er. Now nearly every week brings ilie report: of tile incorporation of one >. more new railroad companies. The 1 iiblishcd report of the roa.ls already in existence show increased earnings and a growing volume of business. The general prosperity of the rail mails goes to make a part of the mass •if evidence, easily obtainable which I :oves that the prosperity which re sults from a Protective Tariff is by no l.'i atis limited to those persons who are engaged in industries, theproducts •.! which are subject to Tariff duties. 1 roteetion means prosperity for the country. The industrial system is one ■if iutf rpeudence and the prosperity of one branch of iudustry means the prosperity of many others. AI ItIKVEMF.N'TS OK t'ROTKi "riO.N. ' A prominent manufacturer in a re i*cut speech said: "The railed States is no longer the world's market -the whole world is now our sail sroom." i:\cty man who ever glanced at the llgtues of our foreign trade in IKMS atnl for tin; tirst month of ly.j'.i, and who has noticed, as every one must irne noticed, the Comparative extent of our import and our expor. trade, nust feel the truth of this remark. And recognizing the truth, they must surely admit, if not blinded bj preju dice, that the Protective Tariff policy has been justified by its fruits The re nin) k quoted above puts in a nutshell t lie achievements of l'rotectlou. 'lliough it we have secured to the American producer the American mar I or, the best market in the world; we .'ir.ve given employment to. v itioriean labor: we have developed our home in di.ftries and have cheapened ihe cost '• production until now we can. in a l.nge and constantly growing number of cases, undersell all competitors and are in a fair why to capture the mar kets of the world. tI'TCT:,IT• TINM;AIXST snns-MNX. The system of discriminating duties ion trial for a good many years, and it is noticeable that in those years . there was an encouraging increase in j t!" number of American vessels carry ing the American Mag When ihe pro- ; ■visions for discriminating duties was ! repealed we began to lose our hold on ocean trallic. which went into the bandi- of (ireat ISritaiu. a country which for two hundred years had en con raged by subsidy ami bounty the ! vpbuilditlg of the greatest merchant : marine in the world. In litis country prejudice was excited against the sttli sidy system because in two or three , ■ »'is there were evasions of contracts, and in other cases it was charged that indue lobby influence had been exert Exchange. Woman Hank Miss Frances 10. Mason is president of i lie National bank in Limerick, Me., one of the sound institutions of the slate. The bank was founded by her father. .1. M. Mason, and its in i.-rests have been ably promoted under her leadership. I.omlon'* Poliitiiittii, Loudon has 33,564 ijoliceuifii. «»r . nineteen 10 every one of it« <IBB square ■ Utiles. TWO VIEWS OP THE SAME SUBJECT. 5> Jt ,«*/fci 3'roe-Traders are tickled becausd they imagine iluu the abandonment of Protection was foreshadowed by Pre sident McKinley in his Itoston speech when lie said: "We have quit discuss* icg the Tariff and have turned our at tention to Retting; trade wherever it can be found." © w It Wif It frii y {4 - ' Protectionist- are pleased because they know precisely whal President -Mi Kinlcv ine.'ini when in' said in hi? Boston speech: "It will lie a I our time before any change can lie had nr any change desired in our liscal policy, e.v eepl tn sirenghteii it The uil'ferences on this question which existed luivo disappeai'ed. We l .ivc nirued from aca i*•■ 111i. theories to trade conditions, and a f v seeking our share of rhe worlds r nt ket.s." Til H Tilt X(-5 TO nil. 'I lie future lisca I course of till I'nit ed Slates ill its newly acquired (losses s: ns is ;i quesiioii of alisorliing inler :'si oiitslde our own couiurv lireat liitain i- particularly collect ned to know ti what extent, if any. the eco I'.omii policy \\-111• ■ll hud mailt Aiuor ic:i tlie most envied among In nations i l tin earth is going to lie iiiotliticd in r« lerctice to new territorial conditions, ami new trade possibilities; m short. I I w wide the "open door" is to lie 111 a recent issue the Now castle "Journal'' deals wlili the question at considerable h t'gtlt in its relations to Itr'lisli pros pects and probabilities. The wriler is duly impressed with the magnitude of the events of the pasl year and is lei veil to say that Tile rapid exti n-ioii of the tr.nle of tin I'niteil States of late years, and ihe prodigious acceleraiion of its rate of progress during and since then tva' war wiili Spain, are niosi cxtraordl i.a-y lads in the modern hi-tory of the woild's ira'de. I.lke all simitar facts they have naturally excited ■< clings of pr.de and exultation in th • i'uitcd Mi les. The iletertuiualioii of the railed Stales to enter upon a career of trade conquest lias not been misunderstood j b\ the commercial interests of the old Wot Id. They evidently appreciate the fact thai a new era of vast importance is at hand. They see the full signifi cance of the fact that the waterway i c I'ineeliliir the two oceans is I<> lie ab- I snlutelj under the control of the L'nit- | ci States, tin this point the Newcastle I '.'ournal" remarks: \ coiiitllillee ol the Sella!- 1 litis do- !< i ii'ru that the Hag of the Stales shall j wave over the canal when it is tin- j. tsli'-d. and the new waterway will add iVi- inously to the prestige and power, i< as well as to the trade and commerce, 1 that are certain to follow la • auucxa- J tio'i of Hawaii and the Philippines. I The rniteil States will then inter into direct rivalry with Great I'ritaiu. litis- 1 s'n. llerniaili. !• alice I'lillia and .la- j nan in 11 u- I'.ir Kasi, ill ill - viisl Pa cine urea estimated. liy 1.-'i'iisseur in ivc in i-oiii:iin ni 1.-iisi a tton nl' I ."OU.tMMUMMI; While nil > I).■ shores • i a-ln'il liy i In- waters In be connected wilh Hit' Atlantic liy I lie Nieai'igua Canal ilierc is a population nl' about S7SOOO,IMKI |,, ss || l;m |f ~,• w j,| c J, dwells in China, anil nior" Hum a ijiiiirier i>r which K «•<-<-iti>i<•• I by the -* i «i:in dependencies nl' iii'iMi Krlliiin. ll' 1 lie passage from the At l.mrii i<; Hie I'ai-iiii- is emi I idled .jointly liy Civni Itril.iin ami the lTuit "•l Stall's. Hie iliilish Knipi'v ami the in.onii's. especially <>ur Australian • olou't's. who lire wairliins ih • onward ! progress of lite I'uiied Stains with the iVtpcsi interest, would im doubt share l*lV'ely the lietii'lils nl' ihi- trade eer tail' In Im developed in the I'm* JCmst, Hut K the Nicaragua Canal is io lie a monopoly of the I'nied States—forti fied oil iis sides and at both ends, and i'Atrolled by I'lilted States war ves sels: and if Hawaii and Hie Philip I pi»es are to lie shin in nur trade, like | Cuba and l'orto Kico. by high Tariffs. the ]>rospeets will lie very different i for the future of our trade in the Pa cific and in iis seaboard. Or the whole, the nutlooU is uot hiieriug from the I>rit is 11 v'ew-point. aged in hope for a very large share in I aged <• hope for a very large share in the commercial round-up. 'I lie.v are. , afrnid that, once having lasted the fl'uits of a tremendous prosperity, Hie American people will nm ialie kindly ' :o a diet made 1111 of tile m ddy chest inns of Kree Trade. The ".lounial" ' s-ays; There is nn symptom of ami ten deu y, in Congress or the Si nate, to change the fiscal policy of the United Slates: and as far as ran be guessed from the (language nf the American press and of American publi - men, the "boom" llial has fnllnwed the new Tar'ff. afier a brief spurt of Pree Trade in (lie Wilson Turilt.' of the Cleveland regime, lias confirmed the opinion held in main influential quar ters tl.nl from IM.'! in 180S a Free Trade policy has generally resulted ID i "lean" years, while Hie varloog returns ' 'u Protection iu itii;}. IS4O-M2 1860-'O2, and IMM> to 1898, have beon mostly marked by extraordinary advances in rlit! YOU me and re lite «»r American trnoe. If anything were needed t » confirm th people of the T.'nited States in their 4«iermitiation to adhere tlrml.\ to flu policy which brings the "fat" years, and to lake to themselves every bene fit of that, policy which shall' 1M- in ?oleJ in the enlarged horizoi. of possi bilities uow opened to view the fear aud dreads of foreign competitors fur nish that continuation. A safe eco nomic rule foe this cotintry in the fu ture aa in the past is t<> tin the tiling which foreigners are most .luiid we shall do—preserve America r.. • Ameri cans It is only when we ha\ • depart ed from that rule that years have come. r«ri> Wrlkfi" -if U i, I'aris. .May It).—Tin- striking Post Office employes have resumed' work. They inarched into the Post Office building in a body ami proceeded to the sortinc rooms. Notice The'e.xami nation of applicant- for eoninionjschool t iliplonias in district's having adopted'thej l.erkry course of study will occur as follows:*"'" * olley, at Lope/., May B l'or l'o»'ks,f J\l kla ltd jmd' Fox, ;it Forksvnje.'.lttne "i. 1 ft*" JForhaportc lloro., I.aporlc Twit. and Davidson, at Laporto. .June ('. fjKxaminations will begin prompt* ly at K.W.MKN I.I:I:T,( 'o.Supt. P, O. S.ot A. tiutcli desiredjthnt. Hie mciit bers of \V. C. J'.ti, 1\ < >. S. of A. bo present at the regular meeting I'ri day, .May iV>, to make arrangements for Decoration Day. \V. I*. SiioKM.Mv 1:1:, Sec'y. i (Cabbage, cauliflower, tomato and celery plants w ill be for sale at reas onable prices. I Mease leave orders! at the store of Mrs. M.r. Latter. Administratrix Notice. KxluU* of Clinton K. Lawrence, late o( Col ley township, Sullivan oounty. dcccustnl. Letter**of A»l ministration uimn tin* ulmvt- nam ed estate having been jrrnnteo to the undersigned ( all i»ersons having claims agriiiist the -amc will) present thein for payment, duly autlnntiented: i all those indebted thereto will plense nmke im mediate payment to MAKY M. LAWIIKN'ri;. Ailimx. LOIKV.. ]»a.. March 27. A. T. ARMSTRONG, SONESTOWN, PA. DKALFK IN' Flour Feed ami lirocei'ies 131 pounds ol'pure I.an I for #I.OO Baking molasses, 25 IO 50C. 8 pounds Rolled < »aI.« for 25c. 7 pounds r.l' Corn Starch lor 25c. 7 pounds of Laundry Starch (or 25c. 2 pounds of If io CoH'ce lor 25c. 8 liars oi Lenox Soap for 25c. No. 1 mackerel per jionnd Sc. Best Sugar Coated Mains (t» lie |>er Buckuheat'l'lour 25 pound sack' 4 sc. Buckwheat I'lour liHI pounds. #l>o. Yellow Corn per 1 (N) pounds 00c. Corn Meal or Cracked Corn '.»Oc. Corn. Onts and Barley ('hop (tOc. I Wheal Bran 200 pounds $1.50. i Flour middlings. 140 pound sack $1.40. I Fine middlings 200 pound- SI.OO. ! Flour per sack SI.OO. Winter lioller per sack j Good Flour 90c. j Rye Flour 25 pounds, 50c. j Graham Flour 12] pounds ;HV. Common Fine Salt |«er barrel $1.20. (Williamsport & Xorth Branch li.K TIME TABLE. In Effect Tuesday Sept. 13, lHOti. Northward. Southward pm. a. m. a.m. p.m. ft 10 2:1 Halls SMft t JO f.">3u flo2s l'entisc'alc '.I II n •/ , ft 4o 10 10 Ilughcsvillc. •• ::-JT | a ft I.S 10 is Picture Kncks.. y 2ft 4 l:t fftftl flO.Vj Lynns .Mill? fym i'i os f">M flo.V. chamouni (I'JO fl (Hi f6 02 u 04 (ilen Mmvr H II :: ,'>o fCI2 ill 11 straw bridge. ino.". 112:: i; u iti.fli 17 ..Beech (ileu fool f.s 12 62ii 11 21 Mutiev Valley... sftx Mo 62* 11 :;o Sollcslou II *fi;' ,) ;| J 6 I'i 11 10 Nonlmont X :is i 1,-) 701 12 lis l.ai'oric S2l 'ft" 7 12 11 l<arorlcTaiiuery Iv Jji f7 20 fl2:ai llinpdnlc fs<» 21.; 7 :!•"> 12 I-'. >nttcrtleM 7 J ill pm. p. in.in. p o. All train* daily except Sunday; I ig stations. Connections with the I'hiktdrlpbia ,t Heioting at lln 11 • for nil points n■>r l ti and tnialli, and the Fall llrook and Ueecli L'leek railroads. At Satterlield for nil points on Hit- Lehigh Valley railroad. At Sonestown with the Kngles Mere railroad. I: I K.W I NSON. Ccticral Manager. Illighciii ille. Til . Kverrhuily bay* Ho. Cascarets t.'andv Cathartic, the mo»t won derful medical discoverv of the ape. pleas ant and refri'shine to the taste, act pently and positively on kidney s. liver and bowels, cleansing the entire system, dupel colds, cure heailaohe, lever, habitual constipation and bllinusnevs. Please buy and try a bo* of tC. O. tn-dnv; 111, 2*». Ml cents. Sold and ->iii.rantoed to cure by all drupgristn. llenuty Is lllood De«|i, Clean blooil means a dean skill. No beauty without it, ('n»oaiets. Candy Cathar tic clean your blood anil keep it clean. I>\ stirring up the la/.,\ iivcr nii'l driving all hu milities I roii i Ihe bodv, Ileum today to banish pimples, boil-, lilolche*, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascarets,—beauty tor ten cents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 23c, HOe. Ilou't Tolmrro K|i»l mill SimiLc Yiihi I.IIV Ann). To Quit tobacco easily ami foreicr. be map netic, lull of life, ncrvo and v ipor, lake No To- Uac. the wonder-worker, ilint makes weak linn , Strong. All druggists, fiOc or ft. ("lire ■iiiavnn- I teed Ilooklet and sample tree. Address i Sterling I'enieily to, Cliirapo New Voile Rdueata Vour Bowels With ('WMntk Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c, SSc. If C. C. C. fall, druggists refund money. I The Best Place in 1 Sullivan County to Buy Your HARDWARE is at laities tf §UMtitttgftaiti, JACKSON BLOCK, DUSHORE. PA. I keep I in* lie.-l line ol Hardware in the Coimu at prices IO -nit yon. I jjive von bettergooiU lor your money than vou can | buy cl.-evvhere. I can turnisli handmade tinware none better made in tbe I'. S. !at prices tliat will pleas yon. Throe [grades, cheap, medium and tbe best al ' ways in stock from wbieb lo make votir ! choice. tiiveme a trial on tliese iioods. A Car Load of Barb Wire and nai's jiist received arid will be .sold at prices loner than can be bought at the j factory. If vou are lo paint your bouse or barn write me for prices on paint. | A full line ol jjardoi tools and seeds on | band. W r can repair your t inware.pnmp j etc. put up vottr eavr I rough and spout j inir. put on your tin and iron roolinir. in I stall for you Hot Air, || (lt Water and i Steam Healers. U ill yivo you estimates jon : lie cost <>l same If you think of buv | in;, a range call nud look my stock over, i I have some ol the finest ranges made. A complete stock of building Hardware and iron work lor wagons and bicgies I also on hand. .My stock ol pumps con-1 [ eisls ol every thing'from l.'J.'i up. Double i and single acting, lift and force pumps ; for dsep or shallow wells, l'or the butter | makers I have butter ladle- and bowl- all sizes and six ilillprent kinds ol churns. Chicken wire •_! feet lo t> leet at ITXXINGHAMS HARDWARE | 5551 STORK. DISHORK. — -■ _ l'or garden seeds, maple sutrar, syrups and inula—es ■><» to J. \V. i lluck, Nonestown. l'or shovels, hoes, grub-hoes, picks ' axes, manure forks, garden rakes,etc. i ffo lo John W. Itnek, Nonestown. Strawberry ami vanilla cream at Hitler's Ice Cream I'arlor, I.a porte. INew lot of muslins, g'iito'haiiis and calicoes jit J. \\ . [{lick's Sonestown. I G. A. Rogers KOKKBVII.I.K, I'A, (Successor to 15. W. I'avvcelt.) Watches, Jewelery, j Silverware, Etc.; Bicycle repairing. Bicycle sundries. i Fishing tackle, at lowest possible! Price. ! ?? ? ? All answeredf'at VERNON I STORE, , HILLSGROVE. ; New Stock of '! - ! Spring and Summer Goods. r i | Vernon Hull, Hillsgrove* Pa. Preserves A (—frulta.Jalllea, pickle* or catsup ara A M mora wllj, mora quickly, mora in healthfully aealed with Refined ML Paraffin* Wax than by any othar H M) method. Doiena of other UK* wills* W X'•""'"Refined * ® Paraffins Wax & ■T In erery bouieholil. It I* clean, ■§ fWJ taateleea and odorleu—air, water M V and acid proof. Get a pound cake of yWJ A it with a Hat of ita many ueea jf ttt from roar druff tat or grocer. Jul ISM Bold everywhere. Made hy ftl Ift ITAKUU OIL CO, W.L.Hoffman'.s t| TU n7T HILLSCROVE Three Big Stores- MUNCY VALLEY, PROCTOR, PA. 'favor nded lnto stm Greater You know we heat everybody on General Merc hen j clise, not alone on quality but in lowness of prices. We intend to make this year a memorable one in our business and for this reason we have reduced prices that will make it profitable for you to do your trading with us. y AN AVALANCHE OF NEW GOODS. in p ur supply of Winter Goods is extraordinary I I hr ff bl S stores sparkles with new styles and colorings of ! Fashions' latest creation General Mer handise. ■ Our prices always touch the lowest ebb in General Merchandise. Our stock is absolutely complete. At prices all too small. JENNINGS BROS. j - We keep in stock at our mills a complete line of dressed lumber MANUFACTURERS OF HEML ° CK ' dang Sawed and Trimmed Lumber. j LOPFZ. PA. SPECIALTIES Hemlock Novelty or German Siding, Hemlock Ceiling 7-8 or 3-8 stick, Hemlock Flooring any width desired, Hemlock Lath both } and 4 feet long, Hardwood Flooring both Beech, Birch or; Maple, The same woods in 3-8 ceiling. CORRESPONDENCY SOLICITED. 1 In a Pretty tlx - woman who mustontortain ' 7 &&fs2r unexpected company—unless she wmlftrlK ft \ '* NV<l " supplied with canned and 1^ bottled groceries. If her pantry I shelves are nicely lined with our •f Si 3 ' faniou brands ol' pickles, soups, C.T* I '■ ..V: MF HI vegetables, canned meats and fish and crackers she is completely ready for any emergency. What shall we send you to-day? ON DRY GOODS WE ARE IN THE LEAD WHY#? Because we carry the Largest and Best line in the county Because we have only new and attractive patterns to show "** Because you will find 110 old goods on our shelves, Wei iavc j;nt opened anew line of Ginghams. Shirtings, muslins etc., for tli° spring trade, which we would be pleased to have you inspect. IWyrr. E. G. Syivara DUSHQRE.AP. Wright & Haight, furniture UwdeHafeittq MANUFACTURERS OF DRESSED LUMBER Full and complete seasoned stock always on hand. A fine line of furniture etc. The most complete line of Coftins and Casket to select from in Sullivan County. The finest hearse in the county, with equipments to match. Embalming a specialty. Funerals directed with safety and dispatch. Everything New and Seasonable. FORKSVILLE, PA Prices Invariably Lower. Try us.
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