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THE CITIZEN, T,UESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1913.
THE CITIZBN
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1013.
THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY.
I want to help you .to grow as
beautiful as God meant you, to foe
when he thought of you first. Geo.
McDonald.
CHRISTMAS IS COMING.
Do you begin to realize that
Christmas is but a few weeks off,
and that those who shop early not
only secure the best of the stocks but
avoid the rush and worry of the
days just before the holiday? Then
you should remember the people In
tho stores who have to stand from
morning to night and endeavor to
please exacting customers who don't
know what they want. It is time to
' be up and doing, get your lists
ready, be they large or small, deter
mine what you want, the price you
can afford or desire to pay, and then
staVt out on your shopping tour and
get It off your mind before you be
come a victim of Christmas worry.
A CLASSIC
On the seventh page of The Citi
zen to-day wo publish, along w.ith a
picture of the Great Emancipator,
one of the classics of the English
language. The battle of- Gettysburg
occurred 50 years ago last July 2nd,
3rd and 4th. The address made by
President Lincoln on the 19 th of the
following November when the Na
tional Cemetery on- the field of tho
great 'battle was dedicated. It con
sists of exactly 2G7 words, and was
hastily written by Mr. Lincoln while
on the cars riding to the place where
he was to deliver it. Brief as it is it
will live throughout the ages of
Time, and patriotic lips will repeat
its words with the same fervor that
lips hungering after soul food repeat
the 118 words of the Twenty-third
Ps'alm. It would be wisdom to com
mit both Psalm and address to mem
ory. HUNTING TRESPASSING FAIR
PLAY.
An exchange, we believe it was the
Agitator, of Wellsboro, this State,
recently published a very timely ar
ticle about the rights of hunters and
the rights of land owners.
The Agitator says that "a hunter's
license is issued under a law design
ed to raise, a fund for the propaga
tion of game in this state. The li
cense gives no privilege whatever to
its possessor to enter upon lands
which are posted with trespass signs,
and this should be remembered by
the hunters. A landowner who ob
jects to hunting on his premises has
the right to order off a trespasser
whether his property is posted or
not. The license gives the hunter
no privilege whatever that he did
not have before the law went into
effect. No hunting is permitted on
Sunday by anybody under the law.
"Some sportsmen find fault about
so many farmers putting up trespass
notices this fall, and allege that af
ter paying for a license to hunt they
find their territory much curtailed
by facing a trespass sign upon almost
every fence corner, and they charge
the farmer with selfishness. The
fact that much woodland Is closed
to the hunter is due to the depreda
tions which cause tho farmers much
annoyance. It Isn't necessary to enu
merate these acts which make the
farmers fear the trespassing hunter;
the gunner knows himself all about
them, and the stories the farmers
tell about the damage and annoyance
they are subject to give sufficient ex
cuse for posting their lands.
"Besides all this, if the farmer
furnishes food for the game all sum
mer, can you give any good reason
why he shouldn't have the first
chance at the rabbits and tho quail
when the gunning season opens?"
UNFAIR CRITICISM.
Criticism, if just, is the whetstone
that puts an edge on capability and
merit. Wo reckon that expression
is original with The Citizen. Any
, way, we can't recollect that we have
previously heard or seen the word
"Criticism" thus defined.
Our strictly independent neighbor
across the way, (and stubbornness Is
often mistaken for independence),
is always brimful and running over
with criticism. It criticises every
thing and everybody not in accord
with Its notions of what is right in
politics or religion, and everybody
who think differently from our con
E. B. IIA1IDEKHEBQH
W. W. TVoOD
TERMS:
, .$1.50 THREE MONTHS 3So
.. ,75-ONE MONTH 13o
temporary are rogues, rascals, liars,
tax-eaters, grafters, and members of
"the gang."
It apologizes for such men as the
Impeached Governor of New York,
who converted money that was con
tributed for a special general poli
tical purpose to his own personal
uses, and really makes a hero of
him. Had Governor Tener been
guilty of such an offense there
would not have been words strong
enough in our neighbor's vocabulary
to denounce him.
Among other matters that have
been criticised by such paper's as
the Independent was what was de
nounced as the extravagance of the
Highway Department Jn the matter
of travelling expenses. Now, we
want it distinctly understood that
The Citizen will not stand for any
improper ,use of State moneys; but
it will stand for fair criticism of
every State or County official, wheth
er they agree with us politically or
not. Along this line, if you are a
friend to the square deal, read the
following that we clip from a wide-,
awake exchange that has been inves
tigating; not carping and grumbling:
The statement made in criticism
of the last Legislature and of the
Highway Department that ?125,000
is used in traveling expenses for two
years is manifestly unfair when the
truth is known. It was called ex
travagance during the campaign; but
is It?
Tho legislature made this appro
priation': "For the payment of the
necessary traveling expenses and oth
er incidental expenses of the State
Highway Commissioner, the First
Deputy State Highway Commission
er; the second Deputy State Highway
Commissioner, the Chief Engineer,
the Bridge Engineer, the fifteen As
sistant Engineers, tho fifty Superin
tendents, the two Maintenance Engi
neers and the Paymaster and his as
sistants two, years the sum of one
hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars ($125,000)."
This is $02,500 a year for about
75 men, or an average expense of
?2.50 per day, including all neces
sary incidental expenses. That Is
certainly cheap enough. Nobody
could travel for any less; nobody will
begrudge that allowance.
SOME CITIZEN COMMENT
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Tluuiksgiving Day literature always
appeals to the minds of boys, for it
points to a busy kitchen and the ap
petizing odor of roasting Tom gob
blers, spicy pumpkin pies and all
the rest of the good things that find
their way on the best room dining
table on that day every year. You
have to reach a boy's mind through
his stomach. As to men, why,
" Men are only boys grown tall:
Hearts don't change much, after all."
As to the form the literature takes,
that is something different. All of
us have read the typical Thanksgiv
ing story, with its flavor of every
thing that is nice, including a dash of
rosy cheeked, sparkling eyed, auburn
haired maiden and the troth that was
plighted between the young man and
the maid with a wishbone between
them. What the writer wants to find
out Is this: How many of you, dear
readers, ever sat down and calmly
read, understood and appreciated the
annual Thanksgiving story that the
Governor of the State publishes?
There, wo thought so! Well, here is
Governor Tener's Thanksgiving story
for 1913. Why not read it? Why
not enjoy It?' Why not enter into Its
spirit, and why not do these things
right NOW? Here It is:
" The citizens of Pennsylvania have
countless reasons for rendering sincere
thanks to the Supreme Ruler of the Uni
verse for the many material blessings
which have been enjoyed during the past
year. The fertile genius of our people
has brought forth Inventions, by the use
of which the mighty forces of nature are
utilized to lighten the physical burdens of
man and to promote comfort, health and
happiness.
"No great calamity 'or epidemic has
visited us to blight the peace and content
of our people. Amicable relations have
generally existed between the employer
and employe, labor of every character
and kind has been steadily employed, and
the various products of industry have
found ready markets.
" Therefore, following a venerated cus
tom, I, John K, Tener, Governor of this
Commonwealth, do designate and set
aside Thursday, November 27, 1913, as
Thanksgiving Day, and recommend that
our usua; Places of worship be fllled wlta
a reverent and grateful people, praying
Almighty God that the observance of tho
day may find favor In His sight, to the
end that the future may know nothing
but peace,. prosperity and happiness."
w-"f
Voting for Jackson" seems to bo
the rule with some people and some
newspapers. The day after the late
election ono of our valued contem
poraries over in Plttston had the fol
lowing advice prominently displayed
in its columns: "Vote for Granville
Clarke, for Judge. The only candi
date who has the back bone to de
clare for law and order." Mr. Clarke,
we believe, was defeated, and law
and order got a severe Jolt.
A Famine of Eggs is now country
wide in Its extent. A first-class article
last week commanded from 70 to 80
cents a dozen in Now York city, and
predictions are quite freely made by
conservative dealers that the price
will reach an even dollar a dozen be
fore the ultimate 'break In the market
is reached. While these prices are
staggering, tho fact that this famine
is largely manufactured and not real
is equally staggering. It Is well
known that there are in cold storage
in Pennsylvania alone ninny mil
lions of eggs that will have to be de
stroyed within a few days by the au
thorities on account of the expiration
of the eight month limit on December
1st. They may be placed on the
market before the end of the time
limit; but their owners may find it
more profitable to allow them to be
seized and destroyed. Getting back
to the dollar-a-dozen Idea, that means
eggs, at 8 1-3 cents each. How
would an ambitious actor like to be
greeted on his opening night with a
volley of such eggs-traordinary ap
plause? In the meantime
Roosters have a right to crow
And hens, likewise, to cackle;
Egg farming's everything but slow
We're tempted now to tackle
Such proposition where pure gold
Comes rolling in, not straying;
But pshawl Before an egg we'd sold,
OUR hens would all stop laying.
ypyff y t(0t
The Railroad Interests are agitat
ed just now over the question of
"Who pays tho freight?" We cer
tainly give it up. It used to be
"Jones," wasn't it?
JJJv W 1 WT
A Destructive Storm swept over
our great lakes early last week and
in its wake were many wrecked ves
sels and a great loss of life. Bodies
of the drowned and bits of wreckage
are even yet being cast up on the
shores of those great inland seas.
In one of the news reports wo saw
a little statement that we reproduce
herewith, and we are strongly tempt
ted to use it for a text and do a little
sermonizing along the line suggested
by the news item. Here is the ex
tract from the news report:
Many of tho ships that went down were
misled by the false beacon of the light
ship at Point Gratiot on Lake Huron,
which, torn from its anchorage by the
gale, was buffeted about at the mercy of
the waves, its light still burning to lead
other vessels to destruction.
Somo of our readers may not have
a clear idea of what light-ships are,
confusing them with light-houses.
The latter are built on solid founda
tions, while light-ships are small
vessels anchored at points where
their lights will serve as beacons to
direct mariners safely on their
"trackless way," marking danger
points, or pointing to open and safe
channels. The reader can readily
see tho danger of one broken from
its anchorage, drifting shoreward,
but with its light brightly burning.
Don't we see such examples all about
us? Are they not to be found in
religion? Do we not see them in pol
itics? , Are there not many of them
in the social circles of the average
community? The only safety from
such lights is the passing of night
and tfio shining forth of the white
light of day which springs from the
Son of Righteousness.
We Thought It AVould come at
last, and here it is. To an insano
man was awarded a prize of ten
dollars for answering correctly a
guessing contest. The winner was
an inmate of Farview, too. Now let
him tackle the subjects of Patterson
and Ann, telling lis who really
struck Billy, and exactly how old
Ann is, and life will therefore be
worth living. Oh, wo almost forgot
to say the successful guesser had an
unusual name. It was Smith B.
Frank' Smith.
Billy Sunday is coming to Scran
ton at an early day, and already cer
tain forces are ranging on the battle
field, forces that will work In har
mony with the base ball evangelist
with the red blood pulsing through
his veins, and other forces that are
attempting to destroy his Influence
even before he has begun ,his 'six
weeks' campaign. Ono of the claims
made against Sunday lsthat already
the results of his work in Wllkes
Barre have vanished, that already
" the dog is returned to his own
vomit again; and tho sow that was
washed, to her wallowing In the
mire," that already the hyphenated
city by the Susquehanna has return
ed to the "wide open" class. These
tales are told in tho face of tho open
testimony to the contrary of the
Mayor of that city, of the Sheriff of
Luzerne county and of the leading
ministers and citizens of Wllkes-Bar-re
and vicinity. Within ten days
the. papers of the Wyoming valley
have told of p. Nanticoke liquor sel
ler who became so tired of his busi
ness that he held a public meeting
at which he burned his license and
destroyed all of his stock qf drink
ables, refusing to sell them for
money. This was one of the results
of t'he Bflly Sunday meetings In
Wilkes-Barre, and It did not happen
last winter In the midst of great ex
citement. It is a hard proposition to
oppose Sunday in the face of such an
Incident as that. In other words, it
Is only another way of declaring the
truth of a Josh Billings saying, "It's
hard argylng ag'In a success." ,
Uncle Sam's All Right! He has
directed his postmasters to see Jo it
that Santa Claus is placed In tho
special freo delivery class, and here
after old Santa will get his mall
without any unnecessary delay or
fuss.
COLUMBIAN REFUSES TO PAY
MORE THAN REGULAR DIVIDEND
Letter Received by F. J. Tolley Says
Tlint Company Will Pay. Only
AVluit New York Insurance De
partment Approves.
Replying to a letter written by
F. J. Tolley of this place as to
whether or not the Columbian Pro
tective Association Intended to pay
all insurance claims of the old Amer
ican Fraternal Association in full, F.
L. Andrews, president of the Bing
hamton concern says that they will
only pay such amount as the Insur
ance Department of New York com
puted and approved in each case.
As there are many policyholders in
Wayne county who will doubtless be
interested,, we quote the letter as
follows:
"Mr. F. J. Tolley,
Honesdale, Pa.
"Dear Sir:
"Your letter duly received. It
ought to be apparent to you that the
dividend mailed to you was in full
for your share of the earnings under
your contract. We of course under
stand that three or four of the mem
bers questioned the amount of the
dividend, after which we requested
the Insurance Department of' New
York State to compute and approve
the amount we should disburse.
This was done and their decision was
that we were paying too much and
wherein you received $41.91, the
amount wo should have disbursed
was $34.40 according to their com
putation and this amount was dis
bursed on and after April first of last
year for all policies maturing dur
ing the first six months of the year.
"You are at liberty to write to the
New York State Insurance Depart
ment or to Mr. Thomas B. Donald
son of Philadelphia, the receiver ap
pointed for the American Fraternal
Association by the Pennsylvania In
surance Department. Full informa
tion is on file with these parties and
they can advise you intelligently.
No offer has 'been made on the
part of our Association to pay any
Individual any more than the regular
dividend computed and if any action
is commenced wo shall as we have
In the past carry it to the highest
courts, If necessary to do so.
"Trusting you will see our posi
tion in the matter, I am
"Very truly yours,
F. L. ANDREWS,
President."
WANT ARMY OF 115,000.
Plan to Increase Infantry Arm of tho
Service Outlined.
An army of 115,000 men is what tho
Infantry arm of the service has asked
of tho secretary of war, according to
advices from Washington. This would
permit the formation within the Unit
ed States of a mobllo nrmy of three in
fantry divisions of twenty-seven, regi
ments, ono cavalry division of twelve
regiments and seven regiments of field
artillery.
This Increase) also contemplates In
creasing tho number of men in the in
fantry companies from 05 to 100, tho
former being nt present the minimum
on a peace footing.
On the basis of the proposed Increase
the mobllo army, exclusive of the coast
artillery and troops serving beyond the
seas, would consist of 35,000 Infantry,
12,000 cavalry. 5,400 field artillery,
2,200 auxiliary troops, a total of 54,000
men, or an enlisted man to every 1,700
population. .
ELIOT EXTOLS POVERTY.
Is a Safer Moral Condition Than In
ordinate Wealth, He Says.
That poverty is preferable to Inor
dinate wealth as a safe moral condi
tion, and that low wages are not re
sponsible for immorality, are somo of
tho conclusions reached by Dr. Charles
W. Eliot, President Emeritus of Har
vard, as published In tho current num
ber of the narvard Theological Re
view. In his article, which Is entitled
"Tho Churches and Social Sentiment."
Dr. Eliot says:
"Ono declaration as to what churches
must stand for exhibits a strong tend
ency to attribute tho moral 'evils In tho
community to poverty. One reads fre
quently In tho public prints that tho
causo of prostitution Is tho failure of
employers to pay young women what
Is called a 'living wage.' Must tho
churches stand for that doctrine? It
seems to mo n demoralizing nnd de
grading doctrlno in nil Its Implications.
To my thinking, poverty is a far safer
moral condition than inordinate
wealth."
"Atrocities" Pictures For Schools.
By permission of tho Turkish direc
tor of public Instruction tho schools of
Constantinople are to bo provided with 1
pictures which nro said to Illustrate
atrocities practiced upon tho Turks in .
the Balkan war. a
"PEDOS" CORN CURE re-1
lieves pain at once and event-'
ually cures. 15 cents. I
REPORTERS GHAT
WITH PRESIDES
Opposition to Somiweekiy in
terviews With Wilson.
KEEP DOWN IMAGINATIONS.
Talks Are Heart to Heart Affairs, and
Correspondents Are Thus Prevented
From Anonymously Quoting "High
est, Authority" or "Some One Who Is
In a Position to Know."
By ARTHUR W. DUNN
Washington, Nov. 17. Special.
When 75 or 100 newspaper corre
spondents stand in a semicircle facing
the president, each of whom is privi
leged to ask any question he pleases,
it might be. assumed that Mr. Wilson
Is placed in a most embarrassing po
sition; that he Is being Interviewed
by the press nnd might bo "badgered''
into a lapse of some kind. In fact tho
suggestion has been made that these
semlwcekly Interviews should be aban
doned for tho reason that they may
bo embarrassing to the president, also
that they have not been productive In
the matter of news.
' Presidential Anesthetic.
But another theory has been devel
oped in regard to these meetings be
tween the president nnd the newspa
per correspondents. They serve to
"cork up" the imaginative writer who
could turn out a good story of what
ought to be taking place in tho secret
councils of the administration. They
are sort of a Wilson anaesthetic ad
ministered to those who would like to
write what ought to be doing.
Tho Wilson method gives every man
nn opportunity to ask the president di
rect about everything under the sun.
If after his questions are answered ho
goes out and writes something differ
ent, or draws upon his imagination he
will "get in wrong" nnd the other cor
respondents will not back him up. The
president toils tho newspaper men that
ho has not done so many things they
think he ought to have done, or that
ho has received no information on
points that they think should have
reached him, that tho presidential In
terviews serve to closo tho avenues of
"good stories" on "the highest author
ity," and other sources of Inspiration.
Talking Too Much.
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon pre
sented to the senate a resolution con
demning tiro utterances of ono of tho
ambassadors. Another senator made
an inquiry ns to tho purport of the
communication. "It is a suggestion to
our diplomats abroad to keep their
mouths shut," replied tho Oregon sen
ator. But In the seclusion of closed
doors it was decided to eliminate the
remark from tho Record, and so that
publication, which is supposed to tell
what takes place In congress, did not
record tho remark.
Big Fight Coming.
Tho California men who thought
they had the netch-IIetchy water proj
ect tied up securely nre finding a'
widespread opposition. Nothing goes
quite so much to tho heart of tho
American people as a crusade to pre
vent the spoliation of something in
which tho country has taken a groat
interest. The Yosemito is said to be
threatened, nnd that has started hun
dreds of interested persons who never
saw tho Yosemite, but hold it in ven
eration. Curiously enough, many per
sons who have heretofore worked side
by side in reform movements are divid
ed on this Hetch-netchy proposition.
By the time tho legislation is actually
before the senate there will bo a very
formidable opposition organized.
Senator Reed's Democracy.
Speaking of his loyalty to tho Demo
cratic party and his Intention to abide
by any decree it may issue, Senator
Reed of Missouri told tho senate that
ho had never bolted a convention nor
a caucus, ne had never bolted a tick
et nor drew a pencil through a name
on a Democratic ballot. And, what
was more, he was going to nbide by
any decision n majority of his fellow
Democrats made. It was because they
could count on getting Reed in line
that a caucus was called on the cur
rency bill. He had been Inclined to
support many provisions which the ad
ministration did not want.
Hay Retaliates,
Congressman Smith of Idaho was en
deavoring to get through a bill of Im
portance to Ills state when James Hny
of Virginia objected, saying that as
Minority Leader Hann had objected to
bills coming from the Democratic side
he would do some objecting himself.
And in this way, If no other, partisan
feeling is kept alive.
A Mississippi Chesterfield.
Three sharp rings of tho elevator bell
and tho scuato elevator cbnductor, pos
sessing that awe for senators in a hur
ry, forgot that ho had Senator Weeks
of Massachusetts aboard and rushed
tho car to the top floor, whore Senator
Vardaman stood..
"Senator we camo up to havo the
pleasure of your company down," re
marked Weeks.
"Senator," replied the Mlsslssipplan
with a courtly bow, "you are as sweet
as yon are handsome."
And by this exchange the elevator
conductor knew ho had been forgiven
for having forgotten that Weeks Is
now a senator nnd not a mere member
of the house.
VERY UNIQUE SIGNS
IN W. J. REIlS WINDOWS
lEACHERS and everybody els!
B I last weelXvere Very rrtuci
Interested In two of th'fl
most unique, automatll
window disnlavs ever seol
In Honesdale or any other dale. Thl
display is In the window of W.
Reif, headquarters of the famoul
Walk-Over Shoes for men and QueeJ
quality oiiocs ror women.
The Walk-Over display is that of :
very nattily dressed gentleman, whl
Is made by some system of mechanl
ism to walk step by step over samplg
shoes of the Walk-Over make. Thl
walker takes his steDS with nrecis
ion and care, and really looks anJ
acts princely. You become fascinati
ed asyou watch the grace and charn
of the automatic walker.
In the opposite window is the flo
ure of a lady, daintily dressed li
silk. By a mechanism as clever al
it is charming the lady raises' hel
skirts just high enough to show thl
various styles of Queen Quality shoeri
iuvery time sne raises her skirt
different shoe is shown black, rusl
set, white with hosiery to match!
And as you gaze you wonder how it il
all done. There Is not even a sugl
gestlon of boldness in the ladv as shJ
shows her new shoes, and you feel
impressed, some way, that she Is
lady, a Queen in fact, with nurltj
'back of every automatic action. Yotl
better look at that window, study it!
tnen you 11 oe led to step inside anJ
see the goods the little gentlemail
and tho little Queen are exploiting.
Adv'f.
HONESDALE CON. EXCHANGE
TO BE IMPROVED!
As part of the reorganization nlari
under authority of the federal court!
there has been filed In the office of
recorder of deeds in Lackawanna
county a deed, for all the property
ana irancnises or the Consolidated
Telephone company, of Scranton
The Independent companies, of whicl
the local company was one, have!
passed to Alvln Markle, of Hazletond
Harry C. Trexler, of Allentown: J I
Graham and Murray Gibson. Wml
B. Given, of Philadelphia, is presH
dent. W L. Connell and Colonel
L. A. Watres are directors.
The Consolidated company was
promoted and managed by S. El
Wayland, of Scranton, and had ar
auspicious start. The burden oil
smaller companies in the state was
like a millstone. The reorganized
company is expected to Be vitalized!
by the new capital and blood. Iti
cut telephone rates in that locality!
materially.
The exchanges affected by the deed
filed in Scranton last week include
those of the Lackawanna, in Scran
ton; the Peoples, of Wilkes-Barre;!
Carbondalo Telephone company;!
Anthracite, of Hazleton; Lehigh, o
Allentown; Consolidated, of ReadJ
ing; Slate Belt, of Slatington; OverH
land, of Lehighton; Carbon, oil
Mauch Chunk; Honesdale Telephone!
company;- Easton company; Warren,
of Philiipsburg, N. J and the lnter-1
state Telephone company, with lines
in the city of Philadelphia. There!
are arrangements effected through!
which long distance messages can be!
transmitted to the Keystone Telen
phone company of Philadelphia; the!
American Union company, the Inter-!
state company of Now Jersey, thel
Pittsburg and Allegheny company!
of Pittsburg and the Frontier and!
Inter-Ocean companies of Newl
York.
"A" Wins. "B" May Use a "Strap"!
to "Strop" nis Razor, or u
"Strop" to "Strap" His Razor.
Honesdale, Pa., Nov. 9, 1913.
Editor Citizen:
Dear Sir: Kindly decide the fol
lowing argument: A says that a
"strop" used for sharpening razors
is identical to a "strap" or vlca
versa. B claims that the term
"strop" signifies a material or thing
to sharpen razors on, while a I
"strap" is used to fasten articles to-1
gether, and that the two words can
not be used for one meaning. Kind
ly publish same and oblige B
TOTAL CANAL COST $375,000,000.
Washington, D. C. The Pacific I
and Atlantic terminals of tho Pana
ma Canal will cost a large part of I
tho remainlng?37,000,000 to bo ap
propriated for that water way, esti
mates of the bulk of which already!
have been submitted to the House)
committee on appropriations. Tho
$37,000,000 will make up the total
of $375,000,000 contemplated as
the total cost of the canal.
THE
DELAWARE AND HUDSON
COMPANY.
Industrial Opportunities.
The rails of The Delaware
& Hudson Company serve di
rectly over one million people,
and through its connections
with ail the great trunk lines
.of the .United States and
Canada serves indirectly over
iflfty million people, or over
one-half tho population of the
country.
The cities reached by Its
rails are prosperous and pro
gressive, and are abundantly
supplied with contented labor.
They have splendid schools
and churches, excellent bank
ing facilities, and all offer
excellent factory sites at rea
sonable terms.
This Company, in maintain
ing tho lowest, freight rates
generally of any railroad in
America, and with its excel
lent transportation facilities,
both freight and passenger,
together with its proximity
to cheap fuel, raw materials
and ready markets, offers lo
cations along its rails of in
estimable value to all Indus
tries. More detailed Information
in relation to Industrial de
velopment will be supplied
promptly upon application to
the Industrial Department.
II. B. WEATIIERWAX,
s Industrial Agent.
Albany, N, Y.