PUBLICAN NEWS ITfc/* OtiAU.es L WING. Editor Published Every Thursday Afternoon ■ By The Sullivan Publishing Co. | At the County Seat of Sullivan County. LAPOBTB, PA. W V MASON, Preskieii. H. M. DI NHAM Treas '1 HoA .1. INGHAM, Secretary. Kntered ai the Post Office Hi Laporte, an second-class mail matter. AN ADMISSION. Xo Longrr Contendeil That Protec tion la Productive of Panic. The Springfield Republican, after .noting what the American Economist recently said regarding the Dlngley 1 t\v as "the great causative and saving factor in the business prosperity" (the ifcpublican's own words) and our em j.basis of the fact that, in spite of the ninny adverse influences of the past year in no way connected with the tar i,T, the panic which has BO long been looked for by the free trade press bad not come, says: "Nobody that we know of contends 11.at a high tariff is or ever has been directly productive of panic and de pression." Well, this is an admission, to be sure, which we are very glad to reproduce. 'Now, if the Republican will only go a step further and admit that a low tariff is* and ever has been directly produc ! \ c of panic and depression, then we shall have the whole stoi*. The Republican is rather inclined to i sent the accusation that the free t! <ie press is always pessimistic and spreads distrust by putting always the worst possible construction upon finan cial and commercial conditions. Its answer is not exactly n denial, but a counter accusation that the Republic an and protectionist papers during and after the panic of 1893 did all they could to increase the trouble t>3 T "llu i:ig up failures, shutdowns, working force reductions, etc., In long tables, v It!» most impressive totals of disas ter foreboding further disaster con .■i 'l uously presented, accompanied by comment and prediction black with P< iniisni and with only a thin ray of li:iit shining from the faroff oppor tunity of electing a Republican aduiln i-Iration to throw a gleam of hope up on a .lark and desperate situation." The Republican does not seem to dis tinguish facts from fiction. The dis inters of 1893 were facts to be chron icled after their positive existence with the lessons to be learned from what li;id already transpired. The looking for trouble In the future and not only anticipating that trouble, but endeav or; ns to bring it about by questiona ble if not false summaries of the sit u .' ion, is a very different matter. The Republican accuses the Whigs and Republicans in the fifties, the I lemocrats in the seventies and the Re publicans in the nineties of holding up depressing business conditions in as dark a light as possible. We can only repeat our assertion that facts and fic tion are two different articles and are to be treated in a very different man lier. The Republican has shown signs of Indorsing several pronounced protective principles of late, and we hope soon to see it back where it was fifty years ago, advocating the maintenance of our home market and protection for our labor and industries. American Economist. I Mplcaa Subterfuge and Bvaalou. It is useless for the New York Times to scold Senator Lodge for making clear the fact that the panic of 1893 was caused by the Wilson tariff bill and that nothing but the restoration of the Republican party to power brought back prosperity. Equally use less is it for the Times to assert that "the panic of 1893 was not In any pos sible sense n tariff panic. It could not have been caused by the Wilson tariff bill since that bill was not enacted un til Aug. 27, 1894, long after the panic liad reached its climax and begun to subside." The people of the United States are not to be fooled by subterfuge or eva sion. They know perfectly well that the panic of 18D3 was caused by the i lection of a free trade administration nnd congress pledged to repeal the Me- Kinley tariff. They know, moreover, (hat the effects and the duration of the panic of 1893 were greatly increased bv the passage and operation of the Wilson-Gorman tariff. llow well they : new these things was shown by the election of William McKinley in 1890 :id again in 1900. They knew them ;Ili better when they saw what hap pened after the defeat of free trade aud the restoration of protection as the result of the election of 1896. The country paid the penalty of the free trade triumph and the protection de f "it of 1802. and it will pay the pen i y again just as surely and just as often as it abandons protection and takes up free trade. 'J'tie Nation und the Secret Deal. iii Germany, as in the United States, there has been an effort to orgnnize all producers of steel in one great trust. The attempt lias failed In both coun tries. although both countries have a protective policy. The Democratic theory touching the relation of trusts t<> the tariff is handled with effective declamation, but all the recent experi ence in trusts shows tiint trusts have come in obedience to other Influences than those of economic statute. The -aiost menacing trust of this country Is the trust which is not protected by the ta'-lff. Mr. Rockefeller, like Have rieyer, only challenges the law of pub licity. The Sherman law unenforced troubles none of the promoters. Just nojv one of the most widely advertised of the promoters Is ready to settle handsomely to avoid the publicity of the courts.—Boston Journal. i ii£ GRANGE I j Conducted by J. W. DARROW. Chatham. N. Y., Presu Correspondent X'tw York State Orange NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANGES. Governor !f. J. Bachelder Writea of the Work In Thnt State. Governor N\ J. Bachelder. lecturer of national grange, says in an article in the New York Tribune Farmer of recent date that of all the men, wom en and children in the Granite State one in every fifteen is a granger. It la believed that this record cannot be du plicated by any other secret society in any state in the Union or in any other country In the world. It is also be lieved, by Patrons at any rate, that the grange is as important and beneficial in Its influence in the Granite State as the size of the organization would Indi cate; that the quality of Its member ship is on a par with its quantity. Its growth in New Hampshire is of just thirty years, Gilman grange. No. 1, having been organized with eighteen charter members on Aug. 19, 1873, at Exeter, while the state grange was or ganized at Manchester, Dec. 23, 1873, with fifteen subordinate granges repre sented. For a few years following Its organ ization the grange In New Hampshire, as elsewhere, laid so much stress upon the principle of business co-operation as to make It perhaps the chief induce ment in attracting members. After a time this policy met with reverses, and the growth of the Order was briefly at a standstill. Then a new start was taken upon social, educational and moral lines, and for more than two decades now the grange ship has fared prosperously forward on this course. Equal good fortune is likely to attend it so long as it continues to refuse all questions of partisan politics, secta rian religion and private business as part of its cargo. The grange in the Granite State fully agrees with the national body in heart ily supporting free rural mail delivery, postal savings banks, the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people, the vesting in congress of power to regulate and control all corporations and combinations, the en largement of the powers and duties of the Interstate commerce commission, pure food and antitrust laws, an ex tension of the markets for farm prod ucts equally with manufactured arti cles and a ship canal connecting the great lakes with the Mississippi river and with the Atlantic ocean. Special objects to which the grange has lent its aid in New Hampshire have included the old home week movement, the equalization of school privileges and the%placlng of the State Agricultural college upon a proper basis, the improvement of highways, the kindly nurturing of the summer home and summer resort branches of the state's development and the equita ble adjustment of state taxes and ap propriations. The fact that the last three govern ors of New Hampshire and both of its present United States senators are members of the grange and that a hun dred Patrons can always be counted in the makeup of the state legislature gives an idea of the influence of the Order. It is the honest belief of the writer that in the past this influence has been wisely and usefully exerted, almost without exception, and he is just as firmly convinced that so long as this continues to be the rule so long will the influence of the Order remain undiminished. Ohio Patrona of llnabandry. A movement is on foot in Ohio to make Columbus the permanent meet ing place of the state grange. Central location, ease of access and ample ho tel accommodations are much in its fa vor. There would no doubt be a larger attendance of l'atrons from all over the state if the state grange were lo cated there permanently. The argu ment is made that so long as the state fair in that state was moved from place lo place its success was meager, but when it found a permanent location it became one of the greatest expositions in the United States. The Tatrons of Ohio are also paying much attention to the work of the farmers' institutes, a very successful series having been held in Geauga county. Farmers throughout the state are finding out that the grange is the one organization that helps the farmer, and they are flocking to its standard. Michigan state grange will have headquarters at the next state fair where meetings can be held. Lransfer of License. Notice is hereby given that an applica tion lor a transfer of license granted to Frank Magargel, Sonestown, Davidson township, to Harry Basley, and the same will be presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions on Friday, April 1,1904, at 10 o'clock a. m. THOMAS E. KENIIKDV, Clerk. Clerk's office, Laporte Pa., Mar. 23, 1904. Notice is hereby given that an applica tion for a transfer of license granted to Norman E. Stackhouse in Shrewsbury township, to Benjamin F. Wise, and the same will be presented to the Court ol Quarter Sessions, Saturday, April 2, 1904. THOS. K. KENNEDY, Clerk. Clerk's office,Laporte, PH., March 24,1904 Notice is hereby given that an applica tion for n transfer ol license ganted to Henry Tracey in Dtishore Borough, to Dennis Kcet'e. known as Exchange Hotel and the same will be presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions on Thursday, April 7, 1904, at 10 o'clock a. in. TIIOS. E. KENNEDY, Clerk. Clerk""# oflice, Laporte,Pa..March 28, 'O4. John D. Reeser's Big Store, Pank Block, FY" Per", F rr~ M—m tmmmm ■—*—— —immwir j Spring Goods Spring Goods Have now come and are still arriving. The assortment consists of fascinating collection of Wash Goods in Whit<l French Lawn, Persian Lawn, India 1 inon. Wash Chilton, French Orgar dies, Long Cloth, White French Nainsook.! White Pique, Check Nainsook, Striped Nainsook, Lawn Check?, Lawn Stripes, Madras, Colored Mixed Linen! Movelties, Linon Lawns, Dotted Swiss, French Voiles, French Percale, Silk Ginghams. jj fIODISH DRESS FABRICS. Tweed Suitings, Eolienes, French Voiles, Albatross, Nun's Veiling, Fancyj Voiles, Mohairs I ELEGANT SILKS. —Taffetas in all colors, Pole De Soie, Shanting Pongee, and etc. I Now is a good time to come in and see the assortment before buying elsewhere as we carry the largest i sortment in Sullivan County. ; Carry a full and complete line in Dry Goods, Millinery, Mioes, Carpets, Rugs, Oilcloth, Curtains, Wall Paper Crockery, Groceries, Trunks, Suit Cases, Satchels and Telescopes. y I John D. Reeser's Big Store> Bank block j • i ' i - c SHOBE . Grass Seed. We sell E. W. Conklin & Son BINGHAMTON, M. Y , Kecleaned Seeds, Recleaned Seeds, Standard Timothy, I <jo per bushel. The famous B B recleaned Timothy 2.25 per bushel. Medium recleaned Clover seed 7.50 per bushel. Don't delay buying Clover, you will see higher prices at seeding time. Bran, $25 person. Old process oil meal 1.6 s ) per 100 lbs Every farmer and stock owner should use a bag or two at this season. No. 2 white oats 55c. Look to us for your supply seed oats, we have it bought and will soon be here. Tomatoes SI.OO per fdozen. (i)e 3ell A. P. WIELAND CO. General Merchants, pr °G^ST°MILL TEAM itTOiR iDiMioiisra:, mm . ■ ■ am m - J Carpets, We have the largest line of Carpets shown in Sulli van County; at any price you want, any color, any patem, any grade, at any price, in any quantity you want. Aattings battings Some of the greatest bargains in Mattings you ever saw shown in this or any other town. All grades and all prices. Don't forget that we also carry the largest sto.:k of FURNITURE in this section of country. Holcombe cf Laoer, Furniture & Undertaking DUSHORE, PA. TELEPHONE. »=• mm —————— mmmm THE NEW YORK WORLD THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION. Oniy 1.50; Clubbed with the News ltem.l year. Ef Mil AVJTs PITEIT Sold Mni I 31 sstirra&s IL JI I ■ I THE PATENT RECORD, ■«««■■«■■ Baltimore, Md Subscriptions lo The P*t«nt Booord W OO per uium FOLEYSHWETHCAR Cures Ootdsi Prevents Pneumonia BANNER BALVE the most healing >BIV« in the world. Hdnrete Toor Rowel* With Cnlckretk Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. *oc, 2&o. It C. C. C. fall, druggists refund uiouty I iMnt Tstace* Spit urf iMki Tow Lift Away. To quit tobacco easily And forever, be mar netic. full of lite, nerve and vigor, take No-To Bac, the wonaer-worlter, that makes weak mea strong. All druggists, 00c or 11. Cure guaran ]te*d Booklet and sample free. Address SMir'ln* Kemedy Co , Chicago or Nfcw York. lnxmsnmnraißi Makes Kidneys ud Bladder Right (To Cure a Cold in One Day | Tdn Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. on every I Seven Million boxes sold In past 12 months. Thty j A RE YOU GOING TO BUILD A NEW HOUS | OR LAY NEW FfeDORS IN THE OLD ONE" If so, it you to get some of our Dart "UCloob Kiln dried, matched*sides and ends, hollow backed and bored, MAPLE and BEECH. It will out-wear two ordinary floors and is very much smoother, nicer and easier to put down th in soft wood flooring. All kinds kept in stock by Jennings Brothers, Lopez, Penn'a. ALSO ALL SIZES IN HEMLOCK WE HAVE IN STOCK NO. 1 AND 2 LUMBER, SIDING, PINE SHINGLES. CEILING, LATH, ETC. AT LOWEST PRICES. Williamsport & North Branch Railroad TI3VCE TASLE. In effect Monday. Jan. 18th, 1904. Read down Read up Flag Millions where rime is marked ! 1 I 11.I 1 . M. I". M. AMI*M A>l A. M. A M STATIONS. A M I'M P. >l. I' M1" M I'M A M !' 1 i :0 15 12 50 4-20 520 10 22 751 Jails... 945 IPO 10 10 'JO l'J 55 f4 23 5 25 flO as f75:! Pe iilfilnle ... !'4O :: si: iu «>:: I 15 I) » 7 30 105«>10 432 5:15 10 HI 80V . HUKliesville... 931 345 053 4 :»>:C 00 9157 20 f4 43 ' ( ...Lyo ns Mills 331 912 882 - f8 15 ....Clinlnouiii 32S 910 830 1 50 5 13 8 10 ... Bo»< stuwn 3 00 9 10 8 00 fo 13 112 . ...Moliomn 112 841 7 24 ffi 05 f9'2B ..Berniee Road 112 8 12 7 04 P. M. I'M AM. AM A. M. AM 1' &1 A. M. 1' M I'M I i , ■ i I I ! I . ; I I I ' ~ PM AM ' AM P.\f 515 845 Sonestown 11 10 7 > f9 oo (.ieyelin I 'ark 005 985 Eagle* Mere 1015 C 55 I I ISiglet MereParkl j| | (i 20 ~ 947 IPShiSC" " 842 ~Y~(S 7 20 10 48 ...Towanda... T 50 6 15 1210 Wilkes Barre 05 430 400 T229T000 730 Wlflianisport 65010 21 12 41~5 38 53810 31 S. D. TOWNSEND, D. K. TOWNSEND, Gen. Manager, Hughesv Vile Passenger Agent. FIRST NATIONAL BANK __^TTC3-H:ES^I3L3L,B, CAPITAL STOCK, SSO COO DcWirnßoDlNE > President C. WILLIAM WODDBOP, Vice Pres. W. C. FRONTZ, Cashier. SURPLUS AND NET PROFITS, $50,000 DIRECTORS: ~ I , DeWitt Bovine, C. Wrn. Woddrop, Peter Reeder, Transacts a General - ' _ . JeremiahiKellev, William Frontz, W. C. Frontz, BonKinj Business. * ' . ~j- Jaiues.K./Boak, John C. Laird, E.P. Brenholtz, Accounts ol Individ- ' .n. - tI Peter,Frontz, Jolni P. Lake, Daniel H.Poust, uals and Firms Solic-, ' John Bull. red. I ifhe NEWSTTEM IS~7sca Year. f)nly 50 c• If ADVANCE.
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