"PUBLICAN NEWS ITEM.
CHARLES L WING, Editor.
Published Every Thursday Afternoon
By The Sullivan Publishing Co.
A.t the County Seat of Sullivan County.
LAPOHTE, PA.
W c. MASON, l'resicien.
THUS. ,1. INGHAM, Sec y & Trcas.
E ired at the Post Office at Laporte, a;.
sppombclnns mail matter.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
For Supreme Court Justice.
.1 >ll N I'. IM.KIN, of Indiana County.
ForJPresidential Electors.
electors at Large- —Robert l'itcairn.
Allegheny; Levi"f4. McCallev, Chester.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
For President Judge.
HON. E. M. DUNHAM, of Laporte.
For Member of Assembly.
]>H. M. K. IIKItRMANN,
Fur Sheriff'.
FRANK \V. BUCK.
For Congress
E. \V. SAMUELS.
or 11 BALANCE SHEET
UNCLE SAM'S FINE SHOWING FOR THE
PAST YEAR.
lie- < «in<lnuen to Sell Mncb More Than
lie Hily» lilid (o Keep American l.n-
Fjiir StenclHy lilntployed lit Ilemti
iterative Wnffew.
The fiscal year of the United States
j vc rnnient enils on June 30, when the
uunual balances are made up. Although
tl exact figures have not yet been
completed, enough is known to show a
comparative statement of the eommer
cinl and financial results ol' the year
IDO4,
As regards the ordinary receipts and
expenditures, the surplus for the year
■\v s somewhat over .$13,000,000, which,
though not equal to the large excess of
receipts of recent years, was quite sat
isfactory. From the large accumulated
surplus Uncle Sam was able to make a
l'nuaina payment of $50,000,000 anil
also to lend the St. Louis exposition $4,-
000.000, $500,000 of the latter already
having been repaid. During the year
millions were also paid in reduction of
the national debt. With the exception
of one year the expenditures of ISO 4
exceeded any in our history, and yet
they were most judiciously made and
were warranted by the receipts, which
were more than sufficient to meet them.
Uncle Sam conducts only one great
business in addition to the regular gov
ernment finances —that is, the postof
li-e department. Here, too, the reve
exceeded all preceding years and
w.: -ranted a larger increase in the ap
-1 r i; -.'iation for the rural free delivery
s'Wic ■, which has now reached most
astounding proportions under the ad
ii s nis I rations of McKinley and ltoose
vclt.
i'assiog from the financial condition
cf iKe treasury and its operations, one
i i xaniine with great satisfaction
t . reign trade of the country and
t j.■ • splendid favorable balance of 1004.
t exports of $1,460,820,530 were the
1. . Li in our history, with the exeep
t ii oi' the year 1001, when they were
<ied by about $27,000,000. The ex
-s ~112 exports over imports, amount
i j in S4TO.(iiK).O(Mi, is a most favorable
I '.lance, and approaches again the
av. r. ;e balance of the past several
years. It will be well to glance at the
fell.living table, showing our foreign
ti:,ne under the operation of the Ding
le- tariff, which went into effect July
2-i, is!>7:
Excess of
exports over
V. :i; ti. imports. Exports. Imports.
]- stac.o49,tis4 11,231. 452,330 JiilO. 4:12.1170
JV.-'.i.... G97.145.489 1,227.023,302 029,874,8X3
j: J.... 84!), Ml. Ivl 1,21)4,483.082 644.541.898
J; ..... 823.1V: Ilia 1,457,704,991 0ti4.592,82fi
1. ... 903:1-0,948 1,381,719,401 471.398,403
1 ...1.ii:",.V1:i.:37 1,4211.141,879 394.42-.412
990,745,084 1.400,829,539 470,084.455
; j ;: evident that some s4t)o,< 100,000 or
o.i :)0,000 is necessary to satisfy
iiur annual foreign charges and prevent
th 1 exportation of gold. Just what
these charges are it is impossible to
say. although we know that more than
11::;of them are due to ocean freight
1 i and settlements of the expen U
t .. . s of tourists abroad.
iriiig the year 1004 our excess e:<-
t Tl sof silver amounted to s'Jl,7N3,<!£>>.
1:, ilgures for I'.>■'» being $20,000,00'..
a'! I for ]!)(s'Jl.soo.( 00. These shottM
1 • added to our in rehandise balance.
The xolil imported was $00,000,000, an .
w. exported $51,500.000, making an ex
:'ess of gold imports of $17,500,000.
It should be noted that In spite of
t'.e fact that we appropriated $50,000.
I I fir the Panama canal, to be paid
in eld, and which was settled during
tie month cf May. yet our excess of
1 ts of ■. ! 1 during the year was
' :;.".000. This would seem lo show
tin,i in:' indebtedness abroad has been
la; ( l.v lii|tii(lalcd (luring recent years,
rii.l that we shall not for much longer
be great debtor nation, but may soon
In line a creditor nation, if we have
in already reached that condition.
We are now firmly established as the
lar_. st exporting nation on earth. Nor
i :1s due to large sales of agricultural
pr ducts, as has been the case for many
.v. .rs until recently, our sales of man
t:f . lures abroad for the past year
were the largest in our history, and
si ,i to lie constantly Increasing. A1
though our exports of farm products
I " e fallen off somewhat, yet it has
r, ilted in no decrease in revenue lo
our farmers, tin the contrary, they
have been enabled to market almost
r. r entire product at heme, and st I
h, or prices than they would have
ri ; eiveil abroad.
We have filtered upon a presidential
•impaign, which is always supposed to
be more or less detrimental to business,
and yet the outlook for the future is
stand by the impartial commercial
agencies and financial journals to be
bright indeed.
There is one industry to which atten
tion should be called at this time, and
tiie proper lesson drawn therefrom. We
refer to the wool industry. Never in
our history was there such a demand
for raw wool as there is today. It ha.~
taxen six or seven years to recover
from the blight and the blow given to
this industry by the free wool tariff
from 18'. 14 and 189". The large stocks
of foreign wool which accumulated iu
this country under that law have at
last been consumed, and we are now
operating under normal conditions, and
our wool growers are reaping the bene
fit of protection to their product. 11
can be said that buyers are standing
by the shearers, ready to take the wool
as fast as it is clipped and almost at
the grower's own price. As this wool
is made up during the coming year
into garments, the double benefit of a
tariff upon both wool and woolens will
be more and more apparent, and the
situation will help largely to mitigate
the losses of the last year, because of
the abnormally high price of cotton,
although in that Industry conditions
A LOST OPPORTUNITY
HOW DEMOCRATS MISSED BEING SANE
AND CONSERVATIVE.
William Jennings Ilryan Forced Up
on the Democratic Party the Plat
form Declaration to tlie Kffect That
All Protection In llobbery.
It is refreshing in these days of par
tisan radicalism to encounter so calm,
so sane and so intelligent an expression
on a subject of hitdi importance as the
following from the Brooklyn Eagle, an
independent newspaper of Democratic
proclivities:
"The Bryan substitute for tlio Wil
liams draft begins with a characteris
tic Bryanism. At this writing the full
text of it has not come from St. I.ouis,
but it is described as declaring that
all protection is robbery. This is a
proposition with which the country
may take issue. It is undoubtedly a
proposition from which the voters may
withhold the seal of their indorsement.
They do not regard protection as rob
bery. The rank and tile of Republic
ans and many more Democrats than
can be counted regard the schedules,
with all their infirmities, as a shield.
Prices paid for labor in Europe are
such as are suggestive of pauperism
here. The difference is a sort of credit
balance in favor of the American ar
tisan. It is a balance he is more than
disposed to keep on the right side of
his ledger. To ask him to vote it out
of existence is to invite him to become
his own worst enemy."
It was the Bryan substitute which
went through, while the far more mod
erate and guarded draft of John Shun*
Williams was voted down in the com
mittee on resolutions. Bryan was in
the saddle so far as concerned the form
of declaration to be used or not used
relative to vital questions. The Ne
braska malcontent could not control the
presidential nomination either utlirma
tivoly or negatively, but he could and
did bar the way to the recognition of
the gold standard as an accomplished
fact, and lie could and did compel the
adoption of a tariff plank whose rabid
folly of denouncing protection as a
felony must offend many Democrats
and alarm many liepublieuns who
might otherwise have been favorably
disposed toward tariff revision at the
hands of the Democratic party. It was
the blind Samson pulling down the
stones of the temple on the heads of
the Philistines. Bryan could not rule
the convention, but he could ruin the
chance of the Democracy to regain pub
lic confidence.
Barring a few fanatical free traders,
the delegates to the St. Louis conven
tion know now, and knew when they
voted to adopt Bryan's tariff plank,that
they were voting to adopt a lie. They
know perfectly well that protection is
not robbery and that it is not so re
garded by nineteen-twentieths of the
American people. The Eagle well says:
"They know what robbery means.
They know that the policy of protec
tion is legitimate, even though there
are instances in which it is pushed to
extremes. They know that the only
free trade country In the world is be
coming restive under the system and
may invoke a change. And they know
that under the existing tariff this coun
try has broken all industrial records.
Commerce in this country is not rob
bery. It is giving an excellent account
of itself in competition with countries
which v.ould a.-;. : ..tl/.ng ' :\v than
an opportunity to umlers( II the Ameri
can producer In his own market."
To say that protection is robbery U
to say that protection is a felony, an in
famous crime against society, and to
say this is to insult the intelligence of
close on J0.000.000 voters, who, though
some of them may object to that policy
for one reason or another, know perfeet
; l.v well that protection is not robbery.
The Democratic party has simply lost
one more opportunity, to be sane, safe,
reasonable and decent on the tariff ques
tion.
A I'io Ins Investment.
Cood roads, no matter what they cost,
are a paying investment. They increase
the value of every acre of farm prop
erty. save time, wear and tear on wag
ons, harness and horseflesh and make
it possible for country people to enjoy
privileges that would otherwise he be
yond their teach.
John D. Reeser's Big Store, Lank ?>iock, Dushore, Petm a.
! Reasonable Goods. \
The most fashionable of the season, the serviceable .Moiiair, stylish lor traveling, mountain or se.olu.ic wc..
and a perfect material for shirtwaist costumes. All prict s iioiu soc t<> i25 Black and colors.
LININGS The very best linings, have in stock and you fan be easily suited as they are very reasonalie i.,
price and best materia! 12 1-3, Is, and 2sc yd. in Black and Colors. fc
WASH GOODS, have a very pretty assortment of W is:i Goods and now is a good opportunity to buy as t!u yjj
are within reach of everyone. jj
CORRECT FITTING CORfETS. A perfect fitting (or ot is a necessity to make your costume look we!! rc'j
when we can give you one that exactly suits your tigure n tin* same price as you pay for one that docs not, .!u : j
you can see the advantage of buying here §
Have the best brands including Thomson's Glove Fittiug Millitant J. ('. C. Corsets, Annorside Abdominal. Girdles. in .JuKei>hi»e.B
Cleopatra and H. &U. Ribbon Girdles. Have a fine assortment in 50c corsets; but the 1 .00 and 81 .."•() corsets wear the best. I
Suit Cases, Satchels, Telescopes and Trunks, a new Ihe having been received and the prices ranging to suit youl
Come in and look over the remnant counter as you will fuiu that they are reai bargains tor you.
Carrying complete line i 1 Dry (loo.ls, Millinery, Shoes, Crockery, Carpets, Rugs, Oilclotns, Curtains aiu o
G oceries. Will buv Spring Chickens every Wednesday.
John D. Reeser's Big I
•4 ■ V . .T . erg DITSHIOE/E • 8
Get ft)C Habit
OF BUYING YOUR SUPPLIES OF US.
OUR MOTTO !S
"GOOD Q,TJJLI_,IT"Y""
"ZHZCOSriEST Q,TT A NTITY" ;
SELL CHEAP AND SELL A HEAP
AND KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT
SALT FISII Ciscoes and No. 1 Family White in 10 Ib. pails 75c. |
{ brl at 2.00. No. 1 Lake Trout 10 lb pails 510 c. large lish to the ,
package. Alaska Blood Hod Salmon Trout 10c per lb.
( i ran ii lated Sugar 5\ per lb. '-J5 lb. bags. Lancaster or Auuiskeag .
(iinghams 7c yd, Choice No, 'J, \\ bite Old Oats »5e per bu-liel.
BRAN 1.25 per 100. We make "Excelsior'' Chop right. All discrim- j
inating feeders know it. Ask your dealer for it. In its nianutaclure |
we are proud of more than money making, but that is why our trade |
grows continually.
On suits made to order we invite inspection. Our sales embrace
lnanv orders including husinkks mkn, Clerical and a General line of
made to measure by expert tailors. Silk sewed and well lined gar
ments at from Sl'-'.OO per suit up.
Try us and compare values from any source you may
choose to and we know we will share in your patronage.
A. P. WIELAND CO.
General Merchants, PROP G R R I ,|™^ L i TEAM
USTCXR JDJS/EOJSTT,
Carpets, Carpets,
We have the largest line of Carpets shown in Suili
van County; at any price you want, any color, any
patern, any grade, at any price, in any quantity you want.
Aattincrs Aattings
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 stock ol
FURNITURE in this section of country.
HolcombecrLcKier,
Furniture cT Undertaking
DUSHORE, PA.
TELEPHONE.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
BIITGHIESVILLE, JPJL.
CAPITAL STOCK,
SSO 000 DeWITT BODIHE, President
C. WILLIAM WODDBOP, Vice Pres.
W. C. FDONTZ, Cashier.
SURPLUS AND
NET PROFITS,
DIRECTORS:
$50,000
DeWitt Bodine, C. Wm. Woddrop, Peter Reeder,
Transacts a General
Jeremiah Kelley, William Frontz, W. C. Frontz,
Banking Business. ;
.. „ James K. Boak, T John C. Laird, E.P. Brenholtz,
accounts ol Indivtd
! Peter Frontz, John P. Lake, Daniel H.Poust,
unhand FirmsSolic-j
John Bull.
>cd. |
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strong. All druggists, .'i"c or £l. Cure gunran*
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' Seven Minion boies sold in past 12 months. F HIS SIGNATURE, I>OA.
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aundaj Flag stations v hi re time is marked "i"
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