Jaige Penaypacker Speaks to Three Thousand Republicans. LEHIGH COUNTY'S GREAT RALLY Senator Penrose Makes An Able Speech On National Issues Both Speakers Warn Against a Change Jn the State's Political Policy. Prom Our Own Correspondent Philadelphia. Aup. 26 While the ap pearance or' Judge Ponnypacker and Senator I'ermse at the county commit tee meeting in Lehigh county Saturday Afternoon penalized the former's en trance Into the active canvass, it must tint le u.::i rstood is the opening of the cnni.ni.;n. Rather It was a clar ion call. Although the brief address f the J'ldpe was, as he put It. a word of greeting to the Republicans of Le M?h. -et there were some very solid truths embodied In It. There were three thousand enthusi astic Republicans at the meeting, which was th? largest attendance In recenl years. It was held in Fogles vllle in the heart of a farming country, anfl this lare attendance was all the more remarkable by leason of the fact tha' to rwich it one had to drive or walk, as no steam or tiolley cars reach ed iho place. Judge Penny packer said ia vart: tjikva .irnr.n now a farmer. "For many years I have been a Judge :in Philadelphia, but for the present I i;a no c upatlon but that of a farm er, and I am one of your neighbors. Urine alon ; the Perkionvn railroad. It is to 1 ' hoped that the campaign. "it has been estimated by the presl i:ptm our si.lo. at least, will be conduct- dent of the American Federation of d with decency and propriety, and that Labor that three million men were out no wnkindness may be exhibited In the i 0f employment during the free trade support of the people at tha approach I ua cmuuu, uu. wuu iui um i tin tends to do, or promises to do, but for what it has already accomplished. FARMERS PROSPEROUS. "Our agricultural prosperity has been as extraordinary as has been our com mercial development. Our agricultural growth since the Republican party came into control in 1S96 has been as marked as was the preceding agricul tural degression under Democratic nil?. The farm value of the wheat, corn and oats crop in 1901 was nearly double that of 1896, the last year of the Cleve land administration. The former in 1901. in other words, for the three crops of corn, wheat and oats received near ly double the amount that he did in 1S96. "Rural prosperity and Republican rule are coincident, while agricultural depression, mortgago foreclosures and low prices for farm products accom pany Democratic administration of national affairs. The prosperity of the farmer depends upon the prosperity of all other industrial elements of our pop ulation; when the industrial classes are employed at American wages their consumption of farm products is on a liberal scale and they are able and will ing to pay good prices for the necessi ties and luxuries of life; under such conditions there Is a good market for all the farmer has to sell. When the reverse is true, and workmen are idle, or working scant time at cut wages, they are forced to practice pinching economy, and the farmer necessarily loses a part of his market. The Amer ican farmer Is prosperous when well paid workmen are carrying well-filled dinner pails, a condition which al ways accompanied Republican suprem acy. LABOR NEVER SO WELL OFF. ITIU HIT The Illinois Congressman's Message administration. Kfkle idmrn tat ratine la taa lfa ' Klnley administration years th farm ( ( value of corn Increased $280,000,004 over inai oi me preceding vemocrauo to Pennsylvania. TARIFF MUST NOT BR TOUCHED "treatment i our Democratic oppon- . rjm. They are American citizens. ' l:Ve ourselvi Interested in the maln talnence in- th public welfare, and also, like ourselves, getting the benefit of "the prosperous condition of affairs. It . Is Tery doubtful whetner even they are period from 1893 to 1897, while the wages of those employed had been con stantly forced down. In 1897 the same president declared In his annual report that no man in this country worthy and willing to work need be out of employ ment. Labor in the Lnlted States was hopeful of bringing about a change In ' never so well off as it is today, never the control of the government, or would j go fully employed, never so well paid; do lt. If they had the opportunity with- . n fine, the most pessimistic free-trader in iheir prar.p. They keep up an or- j will not deny that, jcanizatlon and make ostensible efforts j "This condition of the mass of our iroui force of habit, and fear of neces- ' people Is the foundation and the rslty for the future; but certainly they 1 frame-work of our prosperity. It Is ruu.'it see that In the present It would Jbe wise not to Interfere. "Snm years ago a sailor, whose life 1;sa1 been spent on the sea, decided he would go through the country and find rft how the land looked. In the course of his travels he entered Into one of our rural graveyards, and amused him ufelf by reading the inscriptions on the tombstones. On one of them he read: 4 auu " u"0 -. ,i ,,. r- i. remarked: 'Well, if I. were. dead I would own up.' We do not expect our Democratic Trlends to own up that they are dead; we do expect them to admit tv. the condition of things Is fairly favor able. (Laughter and prolonged ap plause.) PRO.SPEH1TY AND THE FARMER. "The great tide of 'm.-'irity which tia swept over the m::itry since the retirement of Mr. Cleveland t' private lite Is Just now reaching the farmer. Kvery wave affecting business lnter Ts reaches first the dealer In stocks, then the nunufactarer and merchant, .tind. finally. The tiller of the soil, who represents the mo?" fable and conser vative (if all las-es in the commu nity. La tt y.-ar th - price of corn went v:p at as; year th" ra;c. , more r.:c:K !,.(. r, snp'-r. s-ini r- 1 : revenues f: lart'er 'ban J" ir e;,.: : Fru'ii t:ii- . 4iii". "her r in-' 1; .-: . :.:'. n ti:i- nth' tM wbeL firmer v. i" t-f T , r r.v : : r i ( it vt.s 'vi XivA "!'! i 1 "! "VTTlve T'i s ' t arrj'-t-- " lilWjKTA re :e'-r-,i :: is 1 rt.n. t - of I i: thai t : v.tsa leciia;ure -wi.ti they are s j t: w ! r ;i tt III) Hi.; i: it) 'i cei.: a bushel. This i. e ( f ..its had a hke in : ! and att'.e are brineing y in th" market. I have :-:::- 'lie londuct of a farm .r.J i! :: ,z the last year the ::n the tn'e of n::ik were ever I- V:e: and I am sure '-!! " hu n like u.v own. :.. rea.-e . ; ri of f::n:. pro- trj-ist ; : .- r.t.y itably ....;! v -ux ::. the value of The . -.e ;' ij. per l":.t up r. Th" :;r.;e is not far dis yrci wi.: no longer see the :: fifty rr.iies of a great cen- i ' .'i.n like Philadelphia. ' ' ! ;s ia:. 1 f ir one-ha'.f whet ?.t r!rr.e r.f his father, i-!' fiii.i'y 'o find a pur-V.'i.-;: f iiy would he to :, :r." .r;-r.t which is now this great purchasing power of our wage earners that Is today keeping our mills busy, our railroads running to their very' hl-rhest capacity, our farm ers reward' to the limit of their In dustry, and -uir great army of clerical, professional and mercantile workers fully occur'. "d with liberal recom pense. DA! Zll IN A CHANGE. "Musincii conditions should mi it a' one; the American people should be r . mltted to continue onward in the ex . .'aordinary career marked out for them -without having their prosperity imperiled by experiment or change. Pennsylvania above all the other states of the union should not hesitate at this time. Let Pennsylvania, which leads all the other states in the gen eral prosperity of the country, also lead in renewed evidence of devotion to those great policies and principles through which those splendid results have been achieved." Before the close of the meeting the following resolutions were adopted, after eulogizing President Roosevelt and pledging support to the entlro Republican ticket: "We commend our United States Senators Hon. M. S. Quay and Hon. Boies Penrose for the ability and fidelity exercised in the discharge of the onerous duties devolving upon their responsible positions. And Sen ator Penrose Is especially entitled to the gratitude of the farmer and dairy, man for his championing the ami-oli-imarg. l ine Mil. and carrying it to I a suci essn:! enactment." ::t election. : ff T.e Ttfi Tl "i ;c " I nnffi i.-f 1 t j., r-;; , " ' v n : r ' ; vh?i 1 SI) i 3 e ! ' . .i ni'; r.. FKN ." ''H 1 y.emror - .'livi:ie:.--. :' wit : tn J a- :r.e "rr.' t:'v J piirMe'i'-' -ly to Jsjrjft. tt 'Sitg' i-tame to i" vo':r next t'ov t:.o:c ':;,;)rtai; e rs e t p0 to t lie id be in. u, who. s-:.i there, .-an be trust a 1 Stat'-:- Senator i'l :.';.' ji'i! anisrn. '.g i f ti.e i Torts of the : r.t.-y!v&n:a has ever or f a change In the :i.;i'. afTairs and a pre ii ; - j'M. I i :i; sure I ti' . a- '.. ,! ls i. y own. at we do not propose to V never s'.ivht. in that v sirs SPEECH. ' r,r(jp made a -" - ' ' :;"i' r.'iy an I.c;c.:l,:ican policies 1 His speech 8ilal. 1 the wage earner end I t liem-fi-iarieg undr : Setator Pen- 1 i For Pe:mypaeker and Penrose. I Ex-Si natcr N. B. Critchfleld. a ' prominent farmer and active member of the grange of Somerset county, is quoted by the Philadelphia newspa pers in an Interview as saying: "I have no means of Judging what the condition may be in other parts of the state, but if it be the same as It is in the southwestern section, there can be no question regarding the election of Judge Pennypacker, j as well as the return of Mr. Penrose ' to the senate. Among the farmers, ! especially of southwestern Pennsyha 1 ria. th" nr.me of Judge Pennypacker . stands tor everything that should be I embodied In the character of a chief : executive of the commonwealth. "We have full faith both In his ability and Integrity, and we feel sure that not only the agricultural inter ists of the state, but every other in tereFt of our people will be safe in his hands. "Senator Penrose Is regarded as an able legislator, and one in whose 1 bands the Interests of the whole peo I le ran be confided. There need be no f'-ar of the result In our section of the slate." 'th iir"'wl;e Mttem 'rose -r,i i in ..an "Nu pjiMi'-al party j-, the Llbiory of fi:ilitica. purtU "ia p'j. it to more .T-vl'Ui'Jid a' i. ieven.tr. ts than caa the IlepuUicnn party at thin time. The Ipub!lcau party, therefore, claims tt Team Plunged Sixty Feet. Norristown, Pa., Aug. 2C Fright ened by a stone thrown by an unknown person, a horse of Howard Wood, the Contsbohocken iron master, plunged through the guard rail along the river road in Lower Merlon yesterday and went over a GO-foot embankment to the main line of the Reading Railway. The occupants of the buggy, Marie Kehuian and Mary Farley, of the Wood household, were badly Injured. The horte had to be killed. Pattison's Election Would Mean a Lack of Confidence In President Roosevelt and Hia Policy Prosper ity and Republican Rule. (From a Special Correspondent) Washington. D. C. Aug. 26. "You can say to the people of Pennsylva nia that if our present prosperity Is to continue, then tariff protection as exemplified in the Dingley act must continue." These significant and Impressive words were uttered by the chairman of the house committee on appropri ations, Hon. Joseph Cannon, of Il linois. He has been in the city for several days, returning from the na val maneuvers and is on his way home to take part In the Republican campaign In his state. "In your campaign speeches are you going to promise the people that there will be a revision of the tariff at the next session?" he was asked. NO TARIFF TINKERING. "No sir. Why should I make such a promise? The people of this country do not want the marvellous prosperity we are enjoying checked, and that is what would happen if any revision of the tariff should be agitated. There is always a year of uncertainty connected with tariff revision. Business becomes demoralized and industries shut down. Manufacturers do not care to make con tracts for the future, because they do not know what the tariff rate will be. "No sir. The tariff will not be re vised at the next session ot congress or by the succeeding congress, unless there Is an unforseen check to our present prosperity. There Is nothing sacred about the present tariff sched ule, but any. tinkering with tt at the present time would be demoralizing." The above is a significant utterance. It comes from one of the best posted and one of the moBt conservative men in congress. It is a statement particu larly Interesting to Pennsylvania, which above all states of the union with its great iron and steel Industries would be affected by tariff agitation. There are four great manufacturing states in the union and Pennsylvania is second. They are New York with $2,175,000,000 of manufactured prod ucts; Pennsylvania with $1,835,000,000; Illinois, $1,266,000,000, and Massachu setts $1,035,000,000. The Instant the tariff Is touched or revision Is agitated by Its enemies, the Democrats, just that Hn w have an era of Democrat ic nam times. i Here is an Interesting statement of facts as showing the difference between conditions in 1896 when Cleveland left the White House and last year after five years of undisturbed Republican rule. The deposits In the savings banks of the country, those depositories of the Burplus funds of the working man, were $690,000,000 greater In the single year 1901 than they were In 1896. The individual deposits in the National banks of the country were $1,298,064, 000 greater In 1901 than in 1896. Thus the deposits in the Savings and Na tional banks in tha country in Re pubiican good times exceed those of 1896 at the close of four years of Democratic uncertainty by the enor mous sum of $1,988,000,000. FARMERS GETTING RICH. Now what has this meant to the far mer? The live-stock on the farms of the country which was reported by the ag ricultural department In 1896, at $1, 727.926.0S4. Is reported at $1,981,054. 115 by the census of 1900, an Increase of $253,128,031. With the Increased activity. Increased earnings, and In creased consumption by a prosperous people the farmer has received greatly Increased prices for his production. The farmer is becoming an exporter. The exportation of agricultural pro ducts increased from $370,000,000 in 196 to $944,000,000 in 1901, an increase f $374,000,000, in the mere surplus re maining after supplying our great and rapidly Increasing home market. The farmers of the country received $350, 000,000 more for their cereals alone in 1900 than they did in 1896. A statistician In one of the depart ments here In Washington, said to me the other day: "The Democratic stump speakers sneerlngly claim that the Republicans claim every big crop as a result of pro tection or Republican legislation, there by robbing Divine Providence and Heaven of Its Just dues," but the fig ures show that It is a fact that during Republican administrations there are larger crops and better prices than there are in Democratic times." In teresting Isn't it? But this is easily explained. The in telligent farmer, in connection with the rest of the country, has no faith in Democratic administration or promises, consequently during Democratic ad ministrations less wheat, corn, oats and othir crops are planted. This Is proven by official figures. The farm value of the corn crops for the four years of Cleveland's first administra tion, from 1885 to 1889, aggregated $2, 109,653,980. In the four years of Harrl non's administration which followed, the farm value of the corn crop aggre rated $2,830,938,138. an increase of more than $250,000,000 during the Cleveland administration. Thesameconditlnn was repeated in the second Cleveland ad ministration and the following 11c- WHAT THE ELECTION OF PAT TISON MEANS. The farmers of Pennsylvania shared In this prosperity. Do they propose to help elect a Democratic governor this year, and by that action Indicate that they have a weakening faith In President Roosevelt and Republican principles? For that Is what the elec tion of Pattlson would mean! That Is the question that heads of departments and the strangers that visit Washing ton are asking. Almost every day I am asked the question, "What is Penn sylvania going to do?" The Democrats from Pennsylvania who come down to Washington on busU ness boast that they are going to make their fight on state issues. When they are asked why they do not discuss na tional issues, those who are honest re ply that it isn't the year for a discus sion of national issues, seeing that their party has not recovered from Bryanlsm and free silver, and to there Is nothing left to do but take up state Issues. As a result when I am asked what Penn sylvania Is going to do I invariably re ply: "Why elect Pennypacker of course." DEMOCRATIC SCHEME EXPOSED Trying to Fool the Farmers By a Mis statement of Facts. One of the arguments upon which Democratic stump speakers this fall will largely depend to capture un thinking voters has been disclosed through some boasting remarks of Democratic State Chairman Creasy. Its first outcropping was at the meet ing of the McKean county Demo crats. At that meeting the resolutions adopted made the following declara tion: ' "The auditor general's report of the state of Pennsylvania shows that the farmers and home owners pay $16.50 in taxes for each $1,000 in value, while the steam railroads pay but $2.75, the street railroads but $4.75, and telegraph and telephone com panies but $3.20." The statement is absolutely false in every particular. It is an attempt of the Democrats to excuse their own wretched short comings on the mat ter of taxation when they were in power. Republicans will not be de ceived by this trick and subterfuge when they consider the deception, as exposed by the Philadelphia Press, which says: "There Is no state tax on real es tate, as everybody should know by this time, since it was wiped out rl most 40 years ago. There Is no state tax on trades and occupations, or on horses and cattle or on household fur niture, all such taxes having been repealed years ago so far as the state is concerned. Wherever taxes of this kind are imposed it is a local matter. The tax on real estate paid by the farmers and home owners Is fixed by the local authorities and raised only for local purposes. If It is burden some it Is the fault of the county, borough or city authorities, for the state has absolutely nothing to do with it. It Is not a subject for legis lation at Harrlshurg, as the McKean Democrats want to pretend. "The state gets the bulk of Its revenues from tax on corporations In various forms, and though It ia com plained that the corporations are not taxed enough the state revenues have, been so large for many years as to support the policy, long sine" adopted, of returning large amoun'a to tho counties as a means of reliving the local burdens of taxation. This policy has been greatly enlarged In the past dozen years, and with the present overflowing state treasury there is very certain to be a clamor before the next legislature for still more lib erality In tluit direction. Without counting what the state has surren dered by the remission of taxes on real estate It is paying to the. coun ties from $10,000,000 to $12,000,000 annually. This Is In the form of re turns of three-fourths of the personal property tax, school appropriations, the payment of Judges' salaries and charities, together with some lesser Items. "Now let us see what kind of a grievance McKean county has against the state. The auditor general went to the trouble In 1897 to prepare some tables showing the amount paid the state by each county and that return ed to each county by the stato. These tables show that there was paid into the state treasury by McKean county In that year $19,358.88. There was re turned to the county on account of personal property tax, Judge's salary and schools alone $43,589.93. to Ray nothing of appropriations to charities. By charging the county with Its pro portion of state expenses and hospi tal and charitable appropriations the auditor general makes the benefits re ceived by it amount to $92,443.14, as against $19,358.88 received from the county. But we have been content to take the direct payments, which show that the county received more than twice what It paid. "The figures for McKean county are not exceptional. They are pro portionately the same for all tho coun ties. The money is collected from corporcMons and paid over to the counties to relieve the local burdens of taxation. If the farmers and home owners in any county are taxed too much let them look Into their local administration and seek relief there. The state does not Impose a penny of tax on them." GELNETT BROS. "Buy from us and save money." Remember wbat you save in buying is easily earn It will pay you to couie and tee our complete line of MBRCHANDIS We are making a drive in many lines and we wot especially say now is tbe time to buy your Strj Hate at a greatly reduced price. SUITS... From f 4.00 up to These are Suits that sold formerly at from $ 6.00 to . $15.00. A complete line of up-to-date Wool Hats at all prices and all grades. SHOES. We carry the most complete line of Shoes ever ca riot! in T!1i1lAVnrc Gents Heavy Weight. Tap Role, a big value for $1.0C Star Union Line 1.50 Creole Milwaukee Grain 1.40 Medium Weight. Retuuleas Bal $1.50 Kangaroo Calf, guaranteed 2.00 dent's Fine. Five Points, absolutely solid $1.25 Mens' Katin Bals 1 75 Hecurity Congress 2.20 Velours Calf 2 00 Fine Grecian Blucher 3.00 This shoe sells at $3.25 to $3.50 by all dealers. r Ladle's Every-day. Kangaroo $.; Kangaroo Calf . Oak Kip Polish l.i Box Call l. Ladle's Fine. Brand O, Sadie $1 Womau's Dongola Polish li A very high grade flexible sole shoe for 2. A friction sole for 2 We have a nice assortment Walking Shoes and Slippers lei Be sure and come and flee our line before you buy and convinced of these exceeding low prices and great value. We still have a nice lot of Slimmer Dress Goods Such Silk Ginghams, India Linuens, Lawns and a very fine piece Black Pokadotte Satine. If you don't wish to buy come jn and examine our sta virtue; it, uiusij ' i Mlddleburg, Pa. THE POST contains more reading matter than any other county paper Try It. Only $1.00 Fall Caipaip The fall campaign in the mercantile trade ia coming on and althougb my trade has been unprecea ed, I am compelled to still more reduce my stock in der to make room for Fall G-ood I therefore make the announcement that for the Forty Days I will sell at Extraordinary Low Prices my entire Stock of Dry Goods, Notions Clothing and Shoe 200 Mens', Boy's and Childrens' Suits Great Reduction. I most cordially invite the people to come and advantage of this opportunity. Yours in waiting, J. V. RUNKLE Aug. 1902.
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