THE CITIZEN. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AKD FRIDAY BY tub crnzEH ruBi.isiiraa company. Kntercd as second-class matter, at the post ofllco. Honesdale, I'a. C. B. HARDKNIIEHflH, - - PRESIDENT w. vr. wood. - - manager and skcy directors: 0. If. DORFI.IKOER. M. B. ALLElf. MBNRY WILKO.f. E. B. 1IARDEICBERQII W. W. WOOD. SUBSCRIPTION : J1.50 a year, m advance FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1009. Fares Here And Abroad. Mr. Bryan could have told us that on his trip from Liverpool, to London, a distance of 200 miles, his fare, including 150 pounds of baggage, was $5.50, while the fare from Boston to Albany, 201 miles, is $3.80. He conld have found by inquiry that the engineers who pulled the train from Liverpool to London were paid $2, while the men who run the engines from Bos ton to Albany receive $7.60 for substan tially the same mileage. If Mr. Bryan made the trip from Lon don to Edinburgh, a distance of 400 miles, ho paid $13.02 for his ticket. If he had felt interest enough in the matter to suggest the inquiry, he would have found that the engineers who handled the train received $0 for the run. When he reached New York he could have traveled on the Empire State Ex press from New York to Buffalo, a dis tance forty miles greater than the dis tance from London to Edinburgh, for $11.25, and he would have found out by inquiry that the engineers who pulled the Empire from New York to Buffalo were paid $16.04. In other words, while the fare in the United States was 20 per cent, less, the pay of American engineers was 177 per cent, more than that paid abroad. Mr. Bryan might have truthfully told his fellow countrymen on his return that the average pay of American rail road men is lrom 75 to 100 per cent, higher than is paid for similar service abroad and that the rates, both freight and passenger, in foreign countries av erage fully double those of the United States. He might have said a word in commendation of American railroads and American railroad men, by whose faithful and intelligent service these magnificent results have been made pos sible. Leslie's Weekly. On Tuesday last, Jan. 10th,' United States Senator Boies Penrose was elected for his third term. He is the thirty fifth individual selected to represent this State in the upper house of Congress. There have been more elections for this office than thirty-five of course, but only .thirty-five men have been commis sioned froniTenntfylvania. He has com pleted twelve years of service and ia now chosen for a six-year term. J. Donald Cameron, whom the Senator succeeded, was a Senator for twenty years, holding the record for continuous service from this State. Hie father, General Simon Cameron, served almost as long, but his terms were broken. So were those of the late Senator Quay, who had about fourteen years to his credit. Among the Pennsylvania Sen ators' who went higher were President James Buchanan, Vice-President Geo. M. Dallas, Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin and Secretaries of War Simon Cameron nnd J. Donald Camer on. James Ross, Wm. Bingham and Andrew Gregg were presidents pro tern, of the Senate. Philander C. Knox will be the second Pennsylvania Senator to be Secretary of State, Mr. Buchanan having been the first. In 1801 Simon Cameron resigned his position as United States Senator to become Secretary of War under President Lincoln and, later, Minister to Russia. In 1863 he was a candidate for re-election to the U. S. Senate his opponent being Charles R. Buckalew, of Columbia county. At that time Hon. William M. Nelson, of Equi nunk, represented Wayne county in the lower branch of the Legislature,, and as the Democrats had a majority of one on joint ballot, a strong effort was made and large sums of money offered to in duce him to give his vote to Cameron, against the Democratic candidate. Aside from the personal temptation to profit by his opportunity, there were other reasons, involving the financial welfare, of a near relative, which it was thought might serve to swerve him from the path of duty ; but it was exploited to his credit then, and is regarded as one of the most praiseworthy events in his public career now, that he stood firmly by his party and gave his casting vote for its candidate. State Zoolooist Surface believes that disposal of brush is about as im portant work as the farmer or orchard owner does and that care should bo shown. In a recent address ho said : "The necessary treatment of the brush depends upon whether they contain dis ease germs or not. If they be brush from blighted pear or apple trees, they should be burned, but If they contain only insects, such as San Jose scale, tho immediate burning ia not necessary ; but it ia, of course, desired to removo them from the orchard to permit pass age of spray pumps and other imple ments. "If there be gulleya or washed places on the premises, the brush should be thrown into them. "In burning great care should be taken that the fire ia not made near some living tree or bush that will be damaged by the wind blowing the flktnai toward its top." Washington Letter. The Coming Inauguration Pension Matters Tariff Revision. Washington, Jan. 18th. The com mitteo in charge of tho inauguration of William H. Taft has planned the most brilliant aeries of inaugural ceremonies that has been undertaken. In tho great parade that will follow tho new Prcsi dent's Inaugural addresa, Pennsylvania probably will havo a larger representa tion than it has had in any inaugural parade in recent years. Marching clubs and other organizations from every Bee tion of the state are applying for posi tions in the line. For many years the Amcricus Club of Pittsburg has marched as the escort of the Grand Marbhal, and this time it will again be assigned to that position. Members of the Pennsylvania delegation in Congress will see that other organizations for the Keystone state are also given desirable positions. Arrangements have not been completed for the regiments of the National Guards that will march. The parade is expect ed to be the largest military pageant Washington has ever seen at an inaugu ration. The controversy in Congress over the use of tho pension building for the inaugural ball has been settled, and the ball will beheld in that building aa usual. The hotel managers predict that Judge Taft'a inauguration will bring to the nat ional capital the largest crowd that has over attended an inauguration. They base this prediction upon the applications they have received from every state for accommodations. Manythousandsof pensioners through out the country are interested in a bill introduced in tho Senate by Senator Pen rose. It is entitled a bill " for the better payment of pensions." It provides that all pensioners with permanent disa bilities and the widows of soldiers and sailors who are receiving pensions for life shall be paid their pensions monthly and by checks mailed on the last day of the month covering the pension due them for that month, with restrictions no more onerous than are made by the Treasury department in paying interest on government bonda. Under this system it would only be necessary for the pen sioner to file with the pension agent an affidavit stating his residence and post officeaddress. Under the present system pensions are paid every three months and at each payment the pensioner must make an affidavitbeforeanotary. Uuder the plan proposed by Senator Penrose the pensioners included in the provisions of the bill will save the notary's fee as as well as receive their pensions at more frequent intervals. The Republican members of the House Committee on Ways and Means are hold ing sessions daily for the consideration of the tariff revision bill . The Committee hopes to have the bill ready for intro duction on the day the extra session opens, which will be about March 15th. The general belief is that the heaviest reduc tions that will be proposed by the bill will be in iron and steel products, lumber and Canadian coal. But when the bill reaches the Senate it will be reconstruct ed and at this time no one is in a posi tion to make. an accurate prediction re garding the changes that finally will be macte in the various schedules. Prof. Will S. Monroe. Educator, Author, Lecturer and Teacher, but not aHoncsdaler. Editok of The Citizen : I note your quoting last week the Wilkes-Barre dispatch to the Now York World telling of Professor Will S. Mon roe's escape from the earthquake in Sicily, and your editorial note that no one of the name of Monroe appears in the Honesdale directory. Allow me to say thatlcannot imagine how the person sending that dispatch could have been so ignorant of the resi dence of the well-known educator, auth or, and institute lecturer, who for years was supervisor of the schools at Kings ton, Luzerne county, across tho river from Wilkes-Barre itself j and whose career ever since at Stanford University, California, then as a post graduate stu dent at German Universities, followed by his professorship at the Westfleld, Mass., State Normal School for years, has been kept actively in mind in the Wyoming Valley by his frequent return to Wilkes-Barre and Scranton as lecturer before the City Teachers' Institutes. He was in Wilkes-Barre in that capacity last September ; as, in 1007 he had been there, and iq Scranton and Allentown The dispatch to the World speaks of "Prof. W. S. Monroe and family" by which token we inferred that his sister, Miss Kate Monroe, who haa been in Southern France since June, 1007, had joined him for the Sicilian trip ; aa Mr. Monroe haa never married, this ia the only explanation, Finally, I am glad to add that I am this morning in receipt of a postal card from Mr. Monroe, mailed at Palermo. three days after tho earthquake, in which he writes : "These are sorrowful times for tho island, I came near being in the worst of it. As it was, I was badly shaken up. I return to Montclalr, K. J., in tebruary." The last sentence refers to tho fact that, before going abroad, he had re signed his position at Westfleld to accept one at tho now Montclalr Normal School which New Jersey claims is to be tho finest in tho country. Ypura very truly. Susan E. Dickinron Scranton, Jan, 10th, The Old D. and H. Canal. In 1880 there were carried on the Del aware & Hudson Canal, extending from Honesdale to the Hudson River, 1,450,- 320 tons of freight. This ia more than half the tonnage carried on the Erie canal and all its.branches in either 1006 or 1007 and it nearly equals the tonnage carried last year. The combined tonnage of the Champlain, the Cayugaand SenO' ca and the Black River canala fell below that of tho Delaware & Hudson in 1889 by more than 650,000 tons. The tonnage of the D. & H. up to twenty years ago was increasing at the rate of 100,000 tons a decade, whilo that of the Erie and its branches waa decreas ing and lias aince decreased approxi mately a million tons a decade. In the decade following 1899 nine million dollars was expended in tho im provement of the Erie. Simultaneously a policy of ruin with respect to tho Del aware & Hudson was inaugurated, and has continued until to-day the water way is to all practical purposes aban doned ; only a few miles, extending from Rondout westward, to accom modate the cement trade, being in opera tion. Its tonnage two years ago was 87,000 tons, exceeding only, that of the Black River canal. In view of the D. & H.'s showing in 1899 it is a reasonable conjecture that if the waterway had been taken care of and improved to meet the requirements of traffic, its tonnage would now almost equal that of all other canals in the State of New Vork. There are no elevators at either ter minal of the Delaware & Hudson canal. That is why the "canal interests" in tho New York Legislature have not been heard for the improvement of this water way, with its promise for cheaper fuel for New York and New England. Barg es could float from the coal fields and discharge their cargoes at docks of cities for the supply of a million homes and thousands of manufacturing establish ments. So-called "coal roads" completely control the situation, and "will continue to unless the waterway is restored. A large part of the price of coal represents the transportation charge, which the government has proved the roads are in a combine to maintain. The bituminous field in Western Pennsylvania has a water outlet in the Monongahela-Pennsylvania West and Vir ginia canal, which last year carried more than 12,000,000 tons of freight I The economic effect of this waterway is felt throughout the West, where in almost every section coal sells for less than here. Ok Jan. 28th, at noon, the Cuban people will come into. their own for the second time at the hands of the Ameri can government. This last intervention was in September, 1906, when' a com- pany of marines landed at -tfaa- palace irom me uniiea estates cruiser Denver and halted a victorious revqlutionary army on the outskirts of Havana. The members of the Cuban Congress had be come indifferent, and for months prior to the revolution it had been impossible to secure the attendance of a' quorum. This necessitated government by presi dential decree, and it was quickly fol lowed by tho cry that President Palma was'usurping the power and assuming the role of dictator.' The American pro visional governor, Chas. E. Magoon, has done all that it was possible for him to do to prevent a recurrence of this state of affairs by decreeing that Con gressmen who do not attend the sessions shall not receive pay, and providing limitations to the securing by them of leave of absence. These rules, however, have already been declared dictatorial and irksome by the Congressmen, and an attempt undoubtedly soon will be made to repeal or amend them. The Congressmen also are even now discus sing an increase in their salaries from $300 to $400 a month, although the Cu ban Constitution, like that of the United States, declares that an increase in sal aries shall be effective only in succeed ing Congresses to that amending the law. Amono the rcvenueraisihg bills which are said to be in contemplation are sev eral which will affect stocks and bonds, the idea in the bills being to reach those lines which are only partially taxed or exempt. In addition to the proposed tax on manufacturing companies and the changes of taxes on trust companies it is proposed to require a bonus to be paid on bonds, the same as a bonus is re quired on stock of corporation granted charters. This bonus on stock is ono third of one per cent. The bond tax may be made the same. It would yield a large return to tho State every year, as many corporations take out nominal capital stock in their charter applications and then issue bonda. The man who occupies the most ele vatcd position in the world is neither a monarch nor a multi-millionaire. He is simply a poorly paid station-master on an Alpine railway. The name of the little station is Gornergratt. It is near Zermatt, Switzerland, and is only reach ed after a difficult climb over a chaos of glaciera. Ita altitude ia about 0,000 feet above sea level, A warning haa beon issued to nursery' men through the State by State Zoologist Surface to look out for the brown tailed moth, one of the most destructive of In sect peats which haa been seen lately in New York State. Dr. Surface Bays that If It gets footing it will prove worse than San Joit leal, CdUNtY CORRESPONDENCE Pleasant Mount: Jan. 18th. Mrs. L. C. Bush left for Scranton last Friday, where she will be a guest at the home of Mrs. J. D. Peck. Mrs. D. Yale entertained at dinner last Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Moase and Rev. Mr. and Mrs. VanCampen. Mrs. George Brain and eon, Gordon, are at Forest City for a few days. Mrs. John Brain is housed with a severe attack of neuralgia. Mrs. E. A. Wright attended the Tor rey meetings in 8cranton. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Moase were at Eikdale two days last week. Mrs. Belle Niles has been housed for some days with a lame foot. Rev. Mr. Markurian was unable to fill his appointment here on account of the drifted conditionof the roads on the other side of the mountain. Mrs. John Brain served tea to the Ladies' Aid of the M. E. church last Thursday afternoon. Wm. S. Monroe, whose name was mentioned in the papers last week as be ing in Italy at the time of tho earth quake, is a former Wilkes-Barre teacher and well known to severol Wayne coun ty people. Decker & Carpenter have opened a store in the Budd building in Forest City, and announce that they are pre pared to do any work !n the line of painting, paper-hanging or decorating. The carpenter of the firm is Charles C. Carpenter, formerly of this place and many friends wish him abundant suc cess in his business venture. Bethany. Jan. 20th. Judson Faatz, of Jermyn, spent several days last week with his father, Charles Faatz. He will move his household goods here this week and will take possession as proprietor of the store. Mrs. Maurice Fitze and sons, Earl and Claude, spent last week at the home of her mother, Mrs. George Houser. Vinning Cody was called Thursday to the home of Mrs. Manaton, at Cold Springs, who is suffering from an attack of measles and pneumonia. Mrs. Kate Clemo attended the funeral of her brother, 'James M. 'Spencer, at Pleasant Mount. Dorothy Clemo' has the mumps. Mrs. John Dony is having a visit with her grandson. Sunday services were omitted in the churches on account of the sleet storm. Miss Ella Gainmell returned from Wilkes-Barre Tuesday. A social club was formed at the home of the Misses Starnes, Tuesday evening, for the purpose of having a good time once a week at' the different members' homes. Blanche Starnes was elected president ; Eva Harmes, vice-president, and Ella Gammell, secretary. It will be known as the "T. I. C." The next meeting will be held at the home of Ella Gammell. Remember Rev. Cody's donation on Friday 'evening, Jan. 29th. Men are busy filling their ice houses. Clinton; Jan. 19. At seven o'clock this morn ing the thermometer registered 14 below zero. The Clinton Creamery Co., at the election held last Saturday, elected the following directors for the ensuing year: C. J. Giles, Manager; F. C. Deitrich, President; George Hauenstein, Secre tary; F. E. Loomis, Treasurer, Scott Ledyard. Pomona Grange meets with the Moos- ic Grange on Friday and Saturday of this week. Some time during the holidays Mrs. Arthur Curtis was so unfortunate as to burn her foot, which resulted In a seri ous case of blood poisoning, but at pres ent she is much better, and it is hoped the worst of the trouble is passed. Bennie Gill and Allen Cramer began the year well in becoming students of the Aldenville high school. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Cramer, of Carbondale, spent Sunday at George Cramer's. County Superintendent Koehler visit ed the iFarno school yesterday. Lake Como. Jan. 18th. Walter Olver, of Carbon dale, is visiting in town. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Randall, who have been visiting friends in town for a few weeks, will leave Wednesday for Indiana, Pa., their new home. Ralph Lake spent a few days at his home in Binghamton. He was accom panied home by his father, W. E. Lake. Tyler Hankins, of Pleasant Mount, was a business caller in town on Satur day. C. W. Fulkerson, of Carbondale, has placed new pianolas in the homes of John Randall and Peter Madigan. The banquet given by the Ladles' Aid Society of tho M. E. church was a grand success. A large sum was realized. Miss Grace Larkin, of Hancock, visit ed her aunt, Mrs. John Randall, over Sunday. Miss Sara Strong spent Friday and Saturday in Scranton. HUanvllle. Jan. 20th. -Mies Mabel Skinner ia re covering from an attack of tonellltia. Mrs. E. A. Carpenter, who haa beon viiltlng her grandmothsr, Mrs, D, H. Beach, left the early part of lost week for her homo at Burlington, Vt. J. J. McCullough, of Binghamton, is in town for the week, and will attend the Cochecton bridge meeting. Miss Ella McGee and John McGcc went to New York on Monday last. ' Miss Theresa Hynes has returned to Port Jen-is, after, a short stay here. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schulbohm, Mel vin Mitchell, Porter Ross and D wight Griffin, all of Tyler Hill, left Now York last week for Florida, where they expect to spend the winter. Miss Bessie Skinner spent last week as a guest of Port Jervis friends. W. J. Tyler, of thiB place, will be one of the Republican candidates for nomi nation for supervisor, at tho coming cau cus. This is the first office Mr. Tyler has asked for, and we are confident that, if-elected, he will serve the public in an honorable manner. Being located on a farm, and interested in improving farm property, Mr. Tyler is naturally interest ed in good roads. With the exception of three years spent in the regular army, at Fort Riley, Kansas, Mr. Tyler has spent his life in this vicinity. Sterling. Jan. 19th. Rev. M. D. Fuller, Dis tritt Superintendent, held quarterly meet ing on the 16th, and preached Sunday morning. J. M. Gilpin, of South Sterling, was in attendance and was the guests of Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Simons owr Sunday. Rev. Edward McMillan is still at a Brooklyn hospital 'and we hear that he does not improve. On the 16th, the G. A. R's., Posey's and quite a number of their friends had a dinner, and the G. A. R's installed their officers. F. H. Cross is moving again into his own house near Bidwell Hill. W. B. Leaner is in Honesdale attend ing to his duties as a County Auditor. John Gillner is calling en friends in Soranton and Honesdale. A Republican caucus will be held on the evening of the 23d, from 6 to 8 P. M. The common school term is seven months but the board recently decided to make the term for the high school (Prof. Creveling's class) eight months. Prof. Creveling spent Sunday at his home in Stroudsburg. White Mills. Jan. 10th. EmileStoquert left on Fri day last, for Corning, N. Y., in search of employment. Edward Tuman left on Jan. 15th, for Brooklyn, where he is engaged as a glass cutter. Robert Lustenader left on Thursday last for Corning. From reports he has found work. George Byer, of Hawley, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Fuoss, of this place. .Frank Smith is still on the sick list. He has our sympathy, as he is a very sick boy. The Grim Reaper has called at the home of Chris. Kittner and taken the little daughter, Ida, who died of scarlet fever, on. Saturday, Jan. 16th, aged four years. Interment was made in the ceme tery, at Honesdale, on Sunday after noon. Rev. W. F. Hopp, of Ho'nesdalo, will hold Lutheran service, at White Mills', on Sunday, Jan. 24th, at 4 P. M., at the church. took for Sale ! 220 Shares ot Common Stock par val ue tlOO-o! the HONESDALE SHOE COMPANY FOR SALE. Averaec dividend during last Ave years has been 18 Per Cent. For farther particulars address all communications to P. 0.. Box 524, HOHESDALE, FA. ROLL of HONOR Attention is called to the STRENGTH of the Wayne County The FINANCIER of New York City has published a ROLL OF HONOR of the 11,470 State Banks and TruBt Companies of United States, In this list the WAYNE COUNTY SAVINGS BANK Stands 38th in the United States. Stands 10th in Pennsylvania. Stands FIRST in Wayne County. II MI Capital, Surplus, $455,000.00 Total ASSETS, $2,733,000.00 Honesdale, Pa., May 80, 1008. 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