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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1902
Page
4
The Scranton Tribune announces policy for short signed letters on current topics and notes a charge per line for cards of thanks condolence resolutions and writer listings. Dated September 22 1902 at Beranton and printed in Scranton.
Election briefs list state officials and county candidates with names such as Governor Pennypacker and Lieutenant Governor Brown. The piece notes Republican chances for a complete victory in Lackawanna County within six weeks of Nov. 4, citing harmony of purpose and strong organization.
The Anshe Chesed congregation celebrates its new Madison avenue temple with cross faith congratulations. The event symbolizes religious refinement and cooperation beyond past persecution and intolerance, offering a public lesson in liberalism and social uplift.
Secretary Shaw argues reciprocity expands foreign markets without harming the home market. He cites the sugar example from Paris showing foreign exports undercut U S prices, while home production faces higher wages and tariffs. He contends exporting nations thrive by selling abroad and that liberalizing trade benefits producers.
A discussion records Dutch sugar costs for chocolate exports and a tariff debate. It notes Holland’s seven and a half cent wholesale sugar price, a two cent per pound duty, and sales below five cents abroad. The speaker urges tariff revision without harming national prosperity, highlighting American agricultural products as supporting workers while barbed wire is produced for foreign ranches.
The note by Secretary Hay flags Romanian anti Jewish discrimination as a threat to American welfare and global conscience. He argues the Berlin treaty guarantees equality for all faiths, urges protest against exclusion from public life and taxation, and cites immigration strains as a motive for action. The piece frames the U S response as principled yet self interested, urging broad Christian nations to heed the plight.
The article lauds John Hay for expanding American prestige through moral law among nations. It notes prompt British backing for the Hay declaration and cautious German agreement. It also mentions Charles F. Murphy and Devery in a Tammany fight and a New York murder mystery filling headlines.
A coal operator argues against John Mitchell and his union, claiming varied mine conditions prevent uniform wage hikes and criticizing strikes, arbritration, and threats. He cites past promises to workers, warns of violence, and urges miners to return to work while denouncing union leadership.
An individual operator from Scranton, Pa. laments the delay of constitutional amendments, arguing no vote until five years from next November. He accuses mine leaders led by John Mitchell of deception and urges miners to abandon the new plan for the old system, claiming wages and homes suffer under union influence.
A gray-haired passenger on a street car loses his straw hat in a gust. A prosperous man offers a twenty-dollar Panama hat instead, insisting the stray hat will be useful until the traveler can buy a better straw. The giver calls it a providential chance and urges him to keep the new hat.
The Philadelphia Record notes Hon. William Connell has more money than Democratic opponent Professor Howell in the Lackawanna district. It argues Howell can compensate cash gaps with brains, while criticizing any claimant who doubts Connell’s intellect.
Poem lines describe a sea bird soaring above waves through seasons facing storms with bold endurance. The verse is credited to J H Fisher from Forest and Stream.
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