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
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firmer v. i"
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it vt.s 'vi
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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.
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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.