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The Commoner.
JULY 10, 1903..
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Pennsylvania Privates Astonished.
Governor Pennypacker of Pennsyl
vania, who in the service of the Quay
machine signed the bill designed to
muzzle the press of his state, has dis
covered that the thing is not to be
done. The press defies him, and
treats him as the tool and fool ( he
has proved himself to be. The now
law Is badly broken, openly and re
joicingly, Pennypacker himself being
made the special object of the law
breakers' contempt and laughter.
What Is he going to do about it?
Has he the courage to bring suits un
der the preposterous statute which,
while signing, he defended in a paper
that demonstrated equally the empti
ness of his head and the soreness of
his temper? Or will he order out the
militia to suppress the newspapers
that most insolently mock him? He
intimated that such might be his
course on provocation, and certainly
no donkey in office was over more
cruelly switched than ho.
Tho confederated scoundrels who
rule Pennsylvania possess enormous
power. That is because the incorpor
ated predatory wealth of tho common
wealth is behind them, for personally
they are greatly Inferior in brains Jo
looting politicians elsewhere. In most
other states PeLnsylvania-'s foremost
buccaneers would bo in the forecastle.
That a person of Pennypacker's cali
bre should rank as an intellectupl
giant in the estimation of the leaders
of the machine sufficiently Indicates
their own mental grade. They actual
ly had a childlike faith that by leg
islation It was practicable to choke
off the press' criticism of their bal
lot box stuffing and boodling. The
amazing Pennypacker, with his vil
lage mind, cvident'r stared this sim
ple faith to the full. Therefore all
bands on board Quay's private brig,
from the captain down, are astounded
and dismayed at tho temerity of tho
newspapers in firing rebellious broad
sides instead of lowering their flags
on tho run in submissive terror as
was expected.
Pennypacker, standing for tho in
tellect and morals of Quay's machine,
has placed Pennsylvania on exhibition
before the astonished American peo
ple. The result is mortifying to Penn
sylvania, but the experience will do
her good. In more shame tho ma
chine, as .dull as it Is corrupt, ought
to be smashed. San Francisco Examiner.
The Stone Pipe.
Tho little village of Mogadoro, in
Ohio, supplies five-sixths of the United
States' smokers with what is known
as the stone pipe. The industry be
gan 25 years ago, on a small scalo,
and has increased until it is the larg
est plant of its kind In America, and
gives employment to 50 men, women,
boys and girls. The adjoining hills
furnish an abundance of a peculiar
kind of clay used in tho manufacture
of the pipe. It is ground in a clay
mill until perfectly smooth and then
submitted to a piece of machinery
which shapes the taffy-colored earth
in long, sausage-like rolls, which are
cut In two-inch-length bars, or wads,
and given to the men called "punch
ers," who, by placing them in a ma
chine, form the shape of the pipe.
The dexterity of the workmen in all
the departments is wonderful. It is
not an unusual thing for a boy to
make 16,000 pipes In one day.
The mining, grinding, running wads
and punching is done by male help,
but when the pipes leave the punch
er's table there are bits of ragged
clay clinging to them, which are
trimmed off by girls, who are styled
The First Battle
-BY-
W. J. Bryan.
A Story of the Campaign of 1896, Together with
a Collection of His Speeohes and a Biographical
Sketch by His Wife.
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"finishers." Tho only tools required
for their trade are a unite and a grain
bag. Tho latter is fastened across the
lap, and after tho pipo is trimmed with
tho knife It is rubbed on tho bag un
til it is smooth. - Ono finisher can
smooth as rapidly as a puncher can
make them. When tho pipes arc par
tially dry they are placed In a sagger,
which resembles a straight butter pot
with numerous holes punched in It,
and thou burned In a kiln about 48
hours. Shortly before tho fires are
allowed to go out salt la thrown in
the fire to givo the pipe Its gloss. Kiln
burning is a trado of itself, and re
quires considerable experience to tem
per tho heat to tho proper degree. It
Is the all-important part of tho work,
as it is in tho kiln that tho pipo re
ceives its color, gloss, Emoothness and
hardness.
The stems are a cane shipped from
tho southern states, and come in bun
dles five feet long. The joints are
sawed out on circular sawB and tho
length made by little boys, who run
great risk of losing fingers. The next
machine Is also manage ! by boys, who
sharpen the end of the stem.
Thoy are then subjected to an Im
mense wooden cylinder, resembling a
land roller, and rolled and whirled
constantly, which gives tho stem a
very respectable polish.
Passing to the next room they are
treated to tho bending process. Long,
regular rows of stems are placed on a
grooved block of wood, and on the
tpp of the hollowed part is a hollow
iron tube reaching across a row two
yards long. A red-hot Iron bar Is
Icserted In the hollow, and in a very
few minutes tho heat will bond the
cane the shape of tho groove. This
npo and stem. Commercial Advertiser.
Baer Explains His Fiscal System.
President Bacr frankly tells tho in
terstate commerce commission that he
is more concerned with the profits of
the Reading companies than ho is
with the welfare of the United States.
This Is only natural from a man who
has exhibited such consistent con
tempt for tho rights of a public which
Is helplesly at the mercy of the an
thracite monopoly, but vhen he at
tempts to Justify his position he fails
miserably and is neatly trapped by
Commissioner Prouty. Mr. Baer in
forms tho commission that the price
of coal Is to be advanced ten cents a
ton until an increase of fifty cents
is added to the price fixed by the coal
companies Immediately following tho
termination of the strike. But when
the commission suggests a lowering of
the freight rates, eo that tho compa
nies may secure what they deem a fair
price for their product and at the
samo time not compel the public to
bear tho whole burden, tho freight
rates being notoriously exorbitant,
Mr. Baer utters loud protest He de
clares that to reduce the present
freight schedules would wipe out all
of the profits of his railroad. Mr.
Prouty follows up this statement with
a question that compels Mr. Baer to
admit that all of the stock of the two
Reading coal companies is owned by
the Reading Railroad company. The
profits of tho three companies there
fore go to tho same stocl.aolders.
It is easily seen that by this triple
division of the business, the owners of
which are one and tho samo, tho op
eration, of either company may bo
mado'lo appear on its books at a loss,
while the net profits of the three com
panies combined are large. Thus the
price paid the mining division of the
Reading company for its output may
be cut to a point where the cost of
production is at a slight loss, and
simultaneously the carrying charges
of the railroad will be advanced so as
to net any profit that Is desired. Con
wholo matter of mining anthracite in
Pennsylvania Is a case of Juggling be
tween tho ororators and railroads
whoao Identity is tho samo.
Mr. Baer pleads tho heavy losses
sustained by the Reading company
during tho strike as Justification for
tho Increase of tho prico of coal and
on tho losses of that strike ho fig
ures the present and past profits of
the coal business. In other words,
until tho millions sunk in the big
fight" with the minora are recouped
tho Reading propcrtios, according to
Baer, will bo operated at a loaa, and
the consuming public Is to be com
pelled to make good the expense of
opposing tho strike. Mr. Baer has no
qualms of conscience In forcing tho
public to balance his profit and loss
account, but what about the minora
who lost thousands and millions of
dollars in wages in conducting their
strike? If Mr. Bacr were willing to
odvanco wages to a point which would
enable the miners to make good their
losses tho public might be willing to
settle tho entire bill. Saginaw Even
ing News.
Wherein Safety Lies.
If courts arc controlled for politi
cal purposes thcro is no safety for
anybody. A decision against tho
meanest citizen, without warrant of
law, is a stab at the security of every
citizen.- Indianapolis Sentinel.
Bellefonte (Pa.) Watchman: After
changing the tanu forty-eight times
in forty-two years the republicans can
hardly claim to have practice back;
of their already begun campaign
preaching against "tariff tinkering."
Forty-eight times in forty-two years
H pretty high, so it is little wonder
they arrogate to themselves superior
knowledge as tinkers.
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