Republican News Item.
CHAS. LOREN WING, Editor. . | j
THURSDAY. JUNE | 1899.
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PROSPERITY FOR WAGE-EARNERS.
The advance of wages announced in
■he current issue of the American
I Vonoinist is a natural development of
ihe conditions of returning prosperity
v i'ic-h set in directly upon the inagura*
1 lot. of President McKinley two years
ago. Following the enactment ol' the
D ugcly Tarriff came :» marked revi
val of business activity, svliich sit thrt •
•los- of 1898 had in inauy ways passed
I lie high water mark DC 3892. the year
II which the benefits of the McKinley,
rat iff were at their fcenith. The. lirst
quarter of 1809 has Witnessed a con
tinuation and increase of ''good times"-
I iigely Tariff times—and !i new! PCt of
e ceptional prosper!tv have been es«
l;:blished.
Now comes the wage-earner's period
of prosperity, lie has not without
some share in the bettered condition of
ili'ngs. for even though his wages were
1.01 largely increased, he was the
:..iner b.v increased and certain fen;-
r'oymint. So long ago as March
.MIS. as shown by ihe Industrial cen
»-t;« < 112 the American Protective Tariff
I 1 rgue. a vast increase bad taken
place In the gross sum of money dis
bursed among work people, as com
pared with the month of March. 1893,
w'ien the disastrous Tariff tinkering
1 r i'. Free-Trade administration had be-
L'lii its deadly work upon American
labor and industry ft will be recalled
'l,at this census, reporting eonipara
;>c conditions in nearly l! 500 labor
-1 ii.ploying establishments, showed for
<:..ich, 1808. eight, months after the
I . -sage of the Dingely law. a gain of
.1.03 per cent, in the number of hands
employed. a gain of 44.03 pc cent, in
•! 1 • gross sum of wages paid, and a
.tain of 11.56 per cent, in the average
:mi rate per capita.
These gains, important and signili
c-ti t though they were, had not at
that time reached the more populous
1 enters of employment, the large aver
age being helped by exceptional in
creases in regions of smaller popula
lam. For example, phenomenal gains
uei 1 shown in the States of the l'acl
-1 1 t'oast, the Far West, the Middle
West and the Northwest. Longer time
was needed to brlngaboutageneraiad
«. .nice in the heavy, producing districts
of the Middle and Eastern States. Kn
trinous overstocks of foreign goods
brought in just prior to the higher 1111-
'ies of the Dingely Tariff had depres
sed home production in many import
ant lines, anil until these storks had
been absorbed by comsuuiptiou the
"lean" period must jjerforce continue.
The advent of the "fat" period so
confidently anticipated as tu<> natural
outcome of the policy of Protection is
1 bviously at hand. The reports
printed in the current issue of the
American Economist show a gen-r.il
r.dvance in earnings of cotton
1.1 ill operatives of about li> i—>-
cent, of iron and steel w.'if 1 ;
cis generally 10 per cent., in nil
plate and sheet workers from 3 to in
per cent., of coal miners about 10 per
e.'jt., and in several other departments
of labor fully 10 per cent. The report
thus far indicate that nea.lv H3O.IMMI
workers have been uffedeil bv the ad
vauce in wages. Other establishments
which were forced to redtic • wages in
times of Free-Trade Tariff depression
and which are now experiencing the
1,-netits of revived activity are certain
10 join in the increase of wages.
There is in the situation, as it e\i-ts
today, and as it promises lo develop
from this time, a guarantee of g-.-id
business for the entire country. As is
•veil remarked by "Dun's Review" of
March 11:
'itaders and manufacturers can only
sell when wage-earners can buy. and
.■ 1 proportion 10 their buying power.
. . . . Those who fail to compre
hend what such a change may mean
have only to consider 1 hat a tenth in
crease in the wages of all labor would
put into the market a new buying de
i.iand. in amount about thr >e-<piariers
of the entire value of exports to all
countries.
I infection is keeping its word with
the American worklngman. The Ding
lei Tariff is carrying out its contract
to revive business and increase wages.
I'lie "advance agent of prosperity"
proves to have been aciing with
Knowledge and authority. The fullill
ment is in a fair way to make
tl>- forecast, and more. too.
I'AN'll S AND PANICS. N
Ttade reports from all over tin coun
try continue to tell of remarkable
business activity with prices strong
and steady, collections goo 1 and .111
iecteasing demand in till lines of trade.
One correspondent to a trade paper
sized up the situation as a "buyers'
panic." That is the kind of.l "panic"
that a Protective Tariff nlway- brings
about. In 189:;. under the Five Trade
i'.dministratlon of -Mr Cleveland, with
its Tariff Reform Wilson-tJorman law
•ve had another kind of a panic, the
kind that lias always followed upon
experiment made with Free Trade or
any appoach to it by this country: a
I ai.k when banks failed, factories
dosed, business men went *0 the wall
ami Idle workmen walked the streets.
Ii is safe to say that the people of the
country prefer the "buyers' panic" of
under Protection to t'l- sort of
panic we hail in 180:$ uud.-r partial
Free Trade.
Will tha Cat Come Back!
REVENUE RECEIPTS.
To those who have so persistently,
prevaricated concerning the rev'enue
producing capacitlM of the Dlngley
law, it will be unwelcome news that
the customs receipts of the (loveru
ment, exclusive of those from tea. are
uow running at u rate of $300,000 per
day, or considerably more than one
half Ihe average daily expenditures
during the live years prior 10 the be
ginning of the extraordinary expendi
tures due to Ihe war with Spain.
The Bureau of Statistics of the
Treasury 1 >epartnn'Ut lias just com
piled si line ligures on the customs re
ceipts of the 1 Jovertuiiciit since the be
ginning of the liscal year 180:1. thus
including the operations of three tariff
laws. These figures show that the to
tal receipts from custom* during the
fiscal years ISO:',. I*o4 .bsori. 1890 and
1897 were SS'jii.'.ins.ti-l I. or an average
of per die-in during tinit live
years' period. iliree of the years in
question having been under the \\ H
son-Uorman Tariff act of August -7.
180-1. and two years under the act of
October J. 18011. the McKinley law.
The fiscal year ISDN is not included in
tiiese estimates, since its customs re
ceijits were far iielow the normal lie
cause of the 111:111 importations imme
diately following the enactment of ihe
Dlliglcy Tariff law of.l illy -'I. ISO 7,
while its expelidilures. by reason of
the war. were far above the normal.
The total expenditures of the live
veal's, IN!i:i !>7. were 1 .sj.i. l.i-. 1.19,
inaUiti!! the average annual expendi
ture during Ih.ll time or
an average of SI.HIHI.IIOII per day for all
of the general expenditures of the
Government. This, of course, includes
none of the expelidilures ol the l'ost-
Ottice Department except Ihe annual
deficit, the custom of the Treasury De
partment in considering iis expendi
tures being to omit from its calcula
tions the total receipts and expendi
tures of ihe I'ost nrtlce Department. I
which is practical!.* self-sustaining,
land 10 include onlv the deficit of each
year in the Treasury expelidilures.
The statement of the Bureau of Sta
tistics further shows thai the receipts
of the calendar year IHI IS from the
Dlngley law of .Inly -4. 1807. coupled
with tiie internal revenue and miscel
laneous receipts under Ihe then exist
ing laws, have more than equaled the
ordinary daily expelidilures prior to
the beginning of extraordinary ex
penditures due to the war. The total
receipts from customs in the year IXOB
were .SIV- , .57!».::«i1. of which sj.o7!'.7R"
was from lea. The lotal receipts from
internal revenue during the year were
i s'_ , -j-j.:c , - , .::III. of which was
' from war revenue taxes. The total
! miscellaneous 1 s of the year
were !|>;!ii.S , JO.."iSii. of which X14..H4 1.401
1 was from sales of l'acific liailroad,
; making the total extraordinary re
ceipts of the year s7"J.'JuX.ol'.l. which,
j if deducted from the grand total re
ceipts of the year. SI IJ.ii:!l.L'."il. would
I leave s:',7n. as the ordinary re
ceipts from Pacific liailroad. or in
| round figures s.", MI) in excess of
j the average annual expenditures dur
ling the live years isit:'. U7 prior to
j the beginning of Ihe war expenditures.
The following tables show fli the to
1 lal receipts from customs.internal rev
enue and miscellaneous during ihe cal
endar year iMtS: IJI the extraordinary
receipts of the year in each of these
divisions, and (•'!> the net ordinary re
ceipts after deducting the extraordin
ary receipts of the year from the war
revenue ait and from l'acific liailroad
sales. The only increase made to the
customs receipts by the war revenue
act were by way of the duty 011 tea,
which produced during the year 81!.-
j U70.7N7. The internal revenue receipts
I of the year from tin- war revenue act
| were S."i.VJßo.s:il: those from Pacific
Railroad. .V14.541.-HH.
! Total receipts, calendar year ISti.v,
j Customs .5152.5711.861
Internal revenue JJIMCt'-'US
Miscellaneous •'!•!.s2!t,."»so
Total 5it2.iL".1.251
Total extraordinary receipts from war
revenue and tnis-ellaneous, calendar
year 18! 18:
'Customs ilea dul,vi $U.n70.787
Internal revenue (war rev
enue act) 55,286,831
j Pacific liailroad 14,841.401
1 Total 872.208,010
! Ordinary receipts (omitting war rev
enue and Pacific liailroad). calendar
year 1808:
i'otal receipts of year 5442.631.251
War revenue and Pacific
liailroad 72.208.015J
Total ordinary $.".70,42."..2.".2
j ordinary receipts of ISits. compared
j with ordinary expenditures of IS<»3-
'O7:
Average daily (ordinary)
receipts. calendar year
1898 $1.014,860
Average daily expenditures,
189.V97 l.ooO.OSJ!
D is about time to slop lying about
I the Dinglcy Tariff law. As a revenue
measure it fully answers the confident
expectation of its fratners. As an eco
nomic measure It has proved produc
tive beyond all expectations and be
yond nil human experience.
English friendship conies high. If we
ire to have it. and our Augloinaniacs
proclaim we must have It at any and
►very cost, we must pay ihe price even
■ ,112 In' Ihe ad of paying we sacrifice the
most vital Interests of the Republic.—
Irish World.
IMICA i
1 Axle ■
(Crease - 1
■ helps the team. Saves wear and I
K expense. Sold every where.
Mg Mil)* BY
STANDARD OIL CO. jHft
AUDITOR'S XoTICK. Tin- iindiTsiifiicil ami
** auditor appointed by the Court «»f common |
Pleas of Sullivan county to make report, and to
dispose of the exceptions filed to tin* return of the |
Sheriff of the sule. and distribution of the fund I
realized by sale of the property of William. Sarah
and M. W. Keener, at the suit «»i Kdward Kiltie
man and F. 11. Behr, Kxr's.. of c. \V. Kntfleman,
deed., to the use of Lillie Moser. will atteml to the
duties of his appointment at the Court House (in j
the court room) in l.aporte. I'a.. on Friday the;
30th day of June next at «.» o'clock a. HI., when
and where all parties interested are requested in
present their claims In*fore the undernamed. or
be forever debarred from coming in on said fund.
\VM. P. SIIoKM AK I". 1 1. Auditor. j
May ::im lv.m.
A. T. ARMSTRONG,
SONESTOWN, PA.
DKALKU IN
Flour Fecil itml llnntriis
130 (ionn<lr. of pure Lnnl for SI.OO
Baking-innhisses. 10
8 pouuils Rollctl '>ats lor
7 jiounds of Corn Standi lor L'.ic.
7 pounds of Laundry Starch for
2 pounds of liio OuM'ee for
S liars ol l.ong.x Soap tor'Jse.
No. I mackerel per |K»iiml Sc.
liest Sugar f'oatcl Main* (ii 11 c per lit.
Buckwhcat'Flonr 'S> pmind sitek'l.ic.
Buckwheat Flour 1(H) pounds, SI.N().
Yellow Corn per ItHi pounds '.'He.
Corn Meal or Cracked Corn ',loc.
Corn. Oats anil Barley Chop 00c.
Wheat llran 200 pounds $1.50.
Flour middling?. 140 pound sack $1.40.
Fine middlings 200 pounds il.tiO.
Flour per sack SI.OO.
Winter Holler per sack SI.OO.
Good Flour 90c.
Rye Flour 25 pounds, 50c.
Cirahani Flour 121 pounds ;toc.
Common Fine Salt per barrel *1.20.
Williamsport \ Xortli Branch R.R
TIME TABLE.
In Effect Tuesday Bept. 13, 1808.
' Northward. Southward
pin. a. m. a.m. p.m
--526 10 28 . Ilall- I • I i"
fft:iolflo2S ..... Penusilale SHI II"-.
610 10-Hp llllglleitvilli' SI U2 I - •
ft 4> 10 Is Picture Bocks si 2ft I !•
fft 5] floftJ Lvous Mills in-"J il H
fft.s4 flfl.Vi rhatnouni 'J 20 n li
ft; 02 1104 (ilcn Mawr t< 11
ft 12 fll II ..strau bridge fun", r: 17
0 111 (II 17 Beech lilfii (HOI i:l 12
8:1) 1121 Muncy Valley sfts ' 40
ojs li:;o Sone*town .1 .« :i2
645 114!l.. Nordinont s:» ; l-">
701 12 (« Uil'orte »21 -'-w
7 01 12 11 l.a Porte Tannery s lw - VI
(720 fl2:» ... . Uingdale fSUft iSt
7 a'" 124 ft .. Satterlleld •V>2 20
pui. p. m. i l,l pn.
Connections «i|li the I'liilailelpliia l!fa<l iiiji
at Halls, for all j«oitits north anil «outh. ami the
: lull Brook ami Beech < 'reck rullrottds, At Sutler
I tleld lor all pninl* on the I.chigh Valley nillroad
At Sonestown with Mere railroad.
+ Daily except Sunday, i flair station-. I>.>
not stop
11. 1I AUVI.V V\ Kl.i II
President.. Hutxhsville, I'a
8. 1' TuW.v-K.Nli,
den. Mgr. 11 iialisvi 11«- I'a
Ti> Cure ('onKI l|mtloii I uri-iir.
Take Cascaiets I'aiulv t'atliart ie. P'r or '.ftc.
; If i ' r t'. tall lo "tire, druggists ivftiinl iiimlu *
Kvnrvbudjr bays So.
Casoarets < 'andy <.'ulliartic. tin.' must won
derful medical discovert oi the uge, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taKie, aci gently
attd positively on kidneys. liver and boivels.
cleansing lite entire system, dispel colils,
cure headache, lever, habitual nnistipatioD
and biliousness. Please buy ami try :t box
of C. C. C. to-dav; 10. 2."i, ."i0 rents. Sold and
. guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
Cure
Consti
pati
; and you cure its consequences. These are
i some of the consequences of constipation :
; Biliousness, loss of appetite, pimples, sour
: stomach, depression, coated tongue, niglit
j mare, palpitation, cold feet, debility, diz
. ziness, weakness, backache, vomiting,
j jaundice, piles, pallor, stitch, irritability,
nervousness, headache, torpid liver, heart
burn, foul breath, sleeplessness, drowsi
-1 ness, hot skin, cramps, throbbing head.
Ayen's
Arm m Surm Oufm
112 '#9 for Conmllpmllon
Dr. J. C. Aver's Pills are a specific for
all diseases of the liver, stomach, and
bowels.
"1 suffered from constipation which as
•timetl such an obstinate form that I feared
it would cause a stoppage of the bo .vela.
After vainly trying various remedies. 1 be
gan to take Aver's Tills. Two boxes effected
• complete cure."
D. BURKK, Saco, Me.
"For eight years I was afflicted with
constipation, which became so bad that the
doctors could do no more for me. Then I
began to take Aver's Hills, and soon the
bowels recovered their natural action."
WM. H. DEIiAL'CETT, Dorset, Out.
| THE PIU THAT WIU.
The Best Place in
Sullivan County to
Buy Your
HARDWARE is at;
James
JACKSON BLOCK,
DUSHORE. PA.
I keep the liesl line ol Hardware in the j
County at prices to suit you. I give you 1
better goods lor your money than you can j
lmv elsewhere. I can lurnish handmade !
tinware none better ma le in the 1 .S. \
at prices that will pleas you. Three !
1 grades, cheap, medium and the best ul- '
wavs in stock from which to make your I
choice. • iive me a trial on these goods.
A Car Load of Barb Wire
! ami nails just received and will be sold at
j prices lower than can be bought at the j
! factory.
If von arc going to paint your house or j
barn write me lor prices on paint.
A full line of garden tools and seeds on j
liaiid. We can repair your tinware,pump '
etc. put up vour cave trough and spout |
put on your tin and iron rooting, in
! stall for you Ilot Air. Hot Water and
Steam llcaters. Will »i\e you estimates
ion the cost ol same If you think ol bii\
j in>. a range call and look my stock over, j
I have.some ol the finest ranges made.
A complete siocl; of Building Hardware I
ami iron work for wagons and buggies ;
i also on hand. My stock ol pumps con- (
sisls ot every thing from up. Double j
and .-ingle acting, lift and force pumps !
tor d Jcp or .-hallow wells. For Ihe bitltel
makers I have butter ladles and bowls all
sizes ami six dill'erent kinds ol churns.
thicken wire 2 feet to li leet at
| ITXXIXGHAM'S HAKDWAUK
STORK. DISH OK K.
For garden seeds, iiiiiplf -tigut',
| syrups ami molasses goto .1. \V.
Muck, Sonestown.
For shovels, Itoi's, grttli-lioes, picks
axes, manure fork*, garden rakes,etc.
goto Jolm W. I'.tick, Soiicstown.
Strawberry ami vanilla cream at
j Hitter's Ice Cream I'arlor, l.aporte.
New lot of muslins, ginghams and
j calicoes at .1. \V. Murk's Sonestown.
G. A. Rogers
KORKSVIM.K, l'.\.
(Successor to I'i.W. Fawcelt.)
Watches,
Silverware, Etc.
IticycU* rt'|niiriiig. liicvclo siimlrics.
Fishing tackle, :it lowest possible
Price.
?9? v ;
i All answered at
VERNON
STORE,
1 HILLSGROVE.
New Stock of
Spring and
;Summer
Goods.
112
*
I
Vernon Hull,
Hillsgrove, Pa.
L .. ....
No-To-llac f«r Fifty l>ut§.
(iuarauieed to hue eo habit core, makes weak
lueu siionu, oioua pure. 50c, tl- AUdrußgists.
licit II t > IN lllooil Deep.
C lea II blood means ;I clean «kin. No •
beauty without it . ('awnrets, Candy l'atliar- '
! tic* clean your blood and keep it clean, b> '
Ktii riun up the lazy liver and driving all iiu
■iniiities from the body. Hegin today to
banish pimples, boils, IdotchcK, blackheads,
! and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
| Cascarcts, beauty lor icn cents. All drug
gists wit intact ion guaranteed, ltk*, 25e, 50c.
Ilmi"t Toliarro S|»it n»i«l Smoke Vino life Awny.
To quit tnban o easily and forever, lie uuij?
| netic. lull of lif<». nerve uml \ iyor, take No'lti
' Bue. the woinler \vi»n;«T, Miat maUes. weuK men
RtrcuifT. All ririitftfiHt-M, Mki or ft. Cure puaran- |
I teed Itiiuklel uml sample free. Address j
Sterling Itemedy to , Chicago New Vork. ,
W.L. Hoffman's
»<».«;
HILLSGROVE
Three Big Stores- MUNCY VALLEY,
PROCTOR, PA.
Have Bounded Into still Greater
favor
You know we beat .everybody on General Merchan
dise, not alone on quality but in lowness of prices.
We intend to make this year a memorable one in
out business and for this reason we have reduced
pi ices that \vil[ make it profitable for you to do your
trading with us.
AN AVALANCHE OF NEW GOODS.
Our supply of Winter Goods is extraordinary
I hive big stores sparkles with new styles and colorings ot
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.
<=s§.
We keep in stock at our mills a
complete line of dressed lumber
in hemlock and hardwood.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Gang Sawed and Trimmed Cumber.
LOPEZ. PA.
BPECIA I,TIES
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 orjMaple,
! The same woods in 3-8 ceiling.
CORRESPONDENCY SOLICITED.
1
! fj jk A lln a Pretty
I Pickle
a- is the woman who must entertain
Ajw|S unexpected company—unlm she
' is well supplied with canned and
bottled groceries. If her pantry
i shelves are nieely linocl with our
p».» laniou brands of pickles, soups,
I \ J;' \ :t l vegetables, eitnned meats and tlsli
and crackers she is completely
ready for any emergency. What shall we send you to-day
ON DRY GOODS WE ARE IN THE LEAD
WHYi? Because wo carry the Largest and Best line in the county
Wn If . Because we have only new and attractive patterns to show
„ Because you will lind 110 old goods on our shelves,
We have just; opened a new line of Ginghauis. Shirtings, muslins etc..
for the spritt;; trade, which we would lie pleased to have you inspect.
' DUSH^^
Wright & Haight,
furniture n jliinq.
MANUFACTURERS OF
DRESSED LUMBER
Full and complete seasoned stock always on hand.
A fine line of furniture etc. The most complete line of
Coffins 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
j Prices Invariably Lower. Try us.
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