FRffiLID TRIBUNE.
Published Every Thursday Afternoon
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THOS. A. BUCKLEY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
TERMS, - - SI.OO PElt YEAR.
Address nil Communications to
FREELAND TRIBUNE,
FREELAND, PA.
Oflleo, Ilirkbeck Brick, 3d tloor. Centre Street.
Entered at the Freeland Postoffice as Second
Class Matter.
FREELAND, I'A., MAY 15, IS9O. J
AVeij, to use a homely phrase, the J
Republicans have bitten off more than j
they can chew*—tho Tariff bill is too j ,
much for them. They cannot agree | j
among themselves; ami they are liable
to go to pieces. All the Democracy '
have to do is to play "a waiting game,"
to use Mr. Tiiden's language. We '
must win. The country is rapidly, 1
now, becoming awakened. — Henry j
\WUtersO", in the New York /Steer.
EXTRAVAGANCE is the Repuplican
synonym for economy. The enor
mous surplus in the United States
Treasury has been a problem perplex
ing two administrations. The Demo
cratic plan was to judiciously conserve
the public money, but to prevent its
excessive accumulation by diminish
ing taxation. The Republican plan is
to squander what is on hand and in
crease taxation so as to provide hun
dreds of millions more to scatter to
the winds.
THE Republican party has become
anxious concerning the large appro
priations for public buildings, etc.,
which have already been made or for
which bills are pending in the present
Congress. The subject of pensions
is also a troublesome one, for the
claims on behalf of the soldiers are so
many and will withdraw such a large
sum from the Treasury if allowed,
that the much-talked-of surplus must
entirely disappear. The Service Pen
sion bill which has passed the House
and is pending in the Senate, will, ac
cording to Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio,
who advocated the measure, absorb
$150,000,000 yearly, or 43 per cent, of
the gross revenues of the country.
WHILE the new ballot reform act, i
which has just received the approval j i
of Governor Hill, in New York, is j,
without some of the features which |
have been regarded as important in |
the sense of real reform, the measure '
will he welcomed as offering something !
in the right direction. Uuder the
circumstances it is a good deal to get j
as much ns this hill concedes, and
having made a beginning it will not
be so difficult in the future to secure
amendments which will make the sys- j
tern in New York something near j
what it ought to be. The popular
sentiment in behalf of ballot reform
has become irresistible, and the State I
that refuses to adopt it now will be
heedless to the intelligent demands
of the time.
WHAT lias become of the!
boom which was started by the j
people of the Five Points some !
time ago for the annexation of
their territory to the Borough
of Freeland ? The town coun-!
oil of the borough gave their !
assent to the measure, and it!
now lies in the hands of those |
who favor the movement and
are residents of the Points to j
urge the project to a final con- j
elusion. Weare of the opinion 1
that the measure proposed 1
would be beneficial to all con- j
cerned. Why not the advocates j
of annexation include Pine!
Knot Hill and part, or all, of
South Heberton'i Let us hear
from those people. The col
umns of the TKIBUNE are free I
to all for a discussion of the
question.
THE Chambersbnrg Spirit has the
following to say on behalf of ex Gov
eraor Pattison and the success which
the Democratic party would encounter '
with him as their next candidate for
Governor : We would not belittle Mr.
Wallace's past. 'We would not decry j
his party work in the years when the
party needed help. We would not j
refuse to award him all that he de
serves at the party's hands. But at
the same time we dare not shut our
eyes to the truth that he would enter
the coming contest handicapped in a i
dangerous way, while Governor Patti- 1
son would be a candidate equal to him j
in his faithfulness to Democratic prin- I
ciples, equal to him in ability and in j
earnestness of devotion to public!
duty, while at the same time, to go no
further, he would be able to take from
the Republican ranks the votes which
Mr. Wallace could under no circum
stances get, and without which there
is no chance for Democratic success.
ISN'T it a rather singular spectacle j
which the country presents to day, 1
and one which shows the self confessed
impoteney of the ruling classes to
govern, when we see large commnni- j
ties convulsed by labor troubles, caus
ing paralysis of business and industry,
and the solution left to haphazard.
Never was a country more governed
and yet, in the true sense of the word 1
less governed. We have national
government, State government, county
government, city and village govern
ment, yet strikes, lockouts and indus
trial disturbances flourish unchecked
without its being anybody's business
to provide a solution. Is it any won- j
der that many men call themselves
anarchists and proclaim the useless- j
ness and harmfulness of our xnul
tiplk'itv of governments when they |
: see a system which vaunts itself as
j the best in the world—and really has
j no superior—so powerless to interfere
I in matters which so closely concern
j the well-being of the community?—
; Journal of the le nights of labor.
I A $<10,0(10 Bribe Takes for Governor.
j Quay's candidate for Governor of
| Pennsylvania is being pretty thoroughly
exposed to the public, even by Republi-
I can politicians and newspapers; in fact,
as this is a struggle for the Republican
nomination, the Democrats have had no
occasion to discuss Delamater, and must
wish that the Republicans would do so
suicidal a thing as to nominate this vul
nerable person. The Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph (Rep.), under a display head
in bold type, throws down this defiance :
j "We ask the Republicans of Pennsyi
| vania to consider the fact that we charge
that the defeat of the Billingsley hill by
the last Legislature was worth $00,(100 to j
Senator George AV. Delamater, now a I
candidate for Governor. A\'e agree to in
stantly withdraw this charge, and hum
bly apologize, if Air. Delamater o: any
of his friends will convince us that this i
statement is not true. The facts are j
known to many persons. The allegation
is a most serious one. Can the Mead
ville candidate afford to remain silent?
Our place of business is at 42 Fifth
Avenue, where letters or processes will
find us."
l The Democratic Course in Congress.
| Advices from AVasliington announce
I the determination of the Democratic
minority of the AVays and Means Com
mittee to refrain from proposing a sub
stitute to the AlcKinley bill, while oppos
ing mercilessly the deformities of the
Republican "What is it." The reason
given for this determination is that it
would he useless to frame a measure on
Democratic lines which, if for no other
reason than on account of its Democratic
origin, could not pass the present Con
gress. The Republicans are welcome to
all the enjoyment they are getting from
I their present responsibility as the ma
jority party in Congress. By their dis
sensions and the exposure of the incon
| sistencies and absurdity of their quickly
shifting attitudes, they are doing re
markably well as things are, if not for
j themselves, for the country and Demo
| cracy. It would he utter folly in the
Democratic members to go out of their
j way to formulate an opposition tariff
which could have no other result than
to drive their opponents together or en
able them to conceal from the people
the bickerings and heartburnings in their
own ranks. We congratulate the Domo
. crats of the Ways and AleansCommittee
| on the determination, which is in the
j right line of practical statesmanship and
j will commend itself to the good judg
! raent of Democratic politicians and busi
ness men of all politics throughout the
I country. It will bo likely to prevent
; oppressive and unequal tax legislation
and to hasten the return to power of
a conservative but enterprising Demo
| cratic administration, upon which our
commerce, industries and tax-payers can
j rely for a rational and enduring solution
of the problems of Federal taxation.
Shako (ho Fliei^Off.
i This is a progressive age. The busi-
I ness man who sits down and expects
[ business to come to him is sure to get
left. The time when the mere hanging
: of a sign, and standing behind a counter
| constituted a merchant has passed. The
business man to-day who wishes to make
money must he active and pushing. In
' stead of waiting for people to come to
| him he must go to them. He must in
! vite them, he must compel them to come
to him. People like enterprise and
rightfully so. They don't wish to go
where they are not desired. They care
| not to buy of a merchant who has no in
\ ducementsto offer them. The merchant
; should take advantage of a paper going
I into many houses. He should go into
j these houses with the paper. He should
tell of the bargains he has to offer. If
you fail to see a man advertise, you can
set it down that he lias nothing to adver
tise, or else that he is too indolent to do
' it. If he has no bargains to offer you
his neighbor has. Watch the columns
j of the papers, and trade with live men.
How She May He Recognized.
We have, in our time, adverted, re
verted, and animadverted to the fact
that when a young lady puts 011 her
fall ulster and her Derby hat one can
not tell whether to offer a caramel to
her or to beg a hunk of tobacco from
him. The girls and the hoys have a
way of getting themselves up so much i
alike that we have until now been un
able to tell t'other fm which. How
profoundly we, at the present writing,
rejoice may he imagined when we say
we have at last solved this vexing
problem, mastered this perplexity
And it is simple, too, when you go at
it aright. All you have to do is to
watch the person pass a plate-glass
show window. If it is a man he will j
sidle along sort 0' sheepishly and look j
to see if anybody is watching him; then
if the coast is clear he will take a quick I
sly peep at himself in the reflecting
window and, lest possibly somebody I
may he watching him, he will look up
anu down the front of the building as
if all in' wanted to know were whose J
! store this might be. If it is a woman j
| she will look squarely into the window,
stop, look at herself leisurely, calmly, j
turn clear around to see that every- i
thing is all right, give this a hitch and |
that a yank, press it all down smooth- |
ly, and sail on, conscious that she has
not shown any of that petty little van- J
ity that the man displays when he I
wants to look into a mirror and dares
not have it known that he wants to. j
A man doesn't object to being alone J
with a mirror, but when it come to j
standing before one right out in pub- j
lie and confessing that it is a pleasure j
to look at one's self it takes a woman
for that. And this is how you can tell .
them apart.— Washington Post.
San IJiego's Park.
San Diego, Cab, has a public park (
1 1,400 acres in extent, and the ever vig
ilant despoiler is now striving to get
j hold of it and to cut it up into 6,000
| building lots at an annual rental of I
I f2d, which would yield $1.10,W0. I
A Thing Slireil, and Patches.
| After over four months of tinkering J
the tariff bill of the majority of the Ways I
J and Means Committee lias been pre-1
sonted to the House. The popular de-1
mand for a reduction of taxation has j
| been responded to by an increase of tax
ation. Every schedule but one increases
existing rates. The sugar duties are
wiped out, but this reduction is offset |
many times over by increased taxes on
j other articles. The bill will not even re
duce the revenue taxes, and the amount j
! which the people will be compelled to j
pnv for private benefits, if the bill be J
j enacted, is increased to an indefinite but [
I enormous extent.
With all their efforts to secure harmoni-1 c
ous action the Republican members of | '•
the committee were unable to agree, j j
Mr. McKenna, of California, dissented { ;
and presented a bill protesting against; <
the sugar schedule and the proposed '
bounties on that product and raw silk, i j
"The bill in its sugar schedufe," he j,
savs, "makes an arbitrary and invidious i
distinction between the sugar industry *
and other industries, a distinction incon- i (
sistent with the principle upon which ! ,
the bill is framed and upon which it can <
alone be justified. Protection, asunder- 1
stood politically, is the clear right of all ,
industries or none. A tariff may be a tax; i
a bounty certainly is. A tariff tax les-1
sens with the production it encourages,
while a bounty increases with the pro-1
tection. A bounty is as useless as it is I
burdensome, and as odious as it is use- [
less. It lias no justification in either the I
practice, the principles or the professions j '
of the Republican party. If a bounty I
is useful for sugar, why not for other |
things? In all the range of articles with ! i
which the bill deals are none fit for the | ;
bounty but sugar ? 11 a bounty is a tax !
of less burden than is a tariff, why arc '
sugar consumers selected for favor? A j
Republican House of Representatives
should not set this example. Who can
say where the contagion of it will stop?"
Speaking of tiie best sugar industry of
California, Mr. McKenna says : "Must
an industry he aide to supply the home
consumption before it is entitled to pro
tection? Other industries have not done
this, industries that have been protected
in every tariff bill ami are protected in ;
the present bill. It is submitted, then,
upon every principle upon which a pro
tective duty can be applied to an Ameri- j
can industry, it must be applied to sugar.
Upon every principle upon which a pro
tective duty can be denied to sugars it
niust be denied to every other American
industry. Protection must be universal
or not at all. It must be national or not I
at all. This bill presented gives a bounty
to silk cocoons and raw silk. It is as ob
jectionable as a bounty on sugar."
Of Air. McKenna's argument it issufll
cient for the present to say that from a
protectionist standpoint it is utterly un- [
assailable. No protectionist can success
fully attack Air. McKenna's position.
He is wrong, not because be dissents from |
protectionist doctrine, but because lie I
agrees with and upholds it. He is wrong j
because the carrying out of his theory '
that tho benefits of protection should be
equitably distributed is an utter impossi
bility, and it is this fact that makes pro- 1
tection the gigantic fraud that it lias j
proved itself to be in practice.
The committee lias vacillated to such i
an extent that it lias lost the confidence
even of the Republican party. Nobody
would venture to predict whether its bill I
will receive the approval of the House or ;
undergo further changes in that body, j
If it ever goes to the Senate the proba-!
bility is that when it comes back Ale- [
Kinley would not recognize it. If the
bill shall pass the House it will get
through by leg rolling with the silver in-!
flationists. llut it is uncertain whether i
there is really a serious intention on the
part of the majority to enact it at this
session, or whether it is offered merely
for the purpose of catching votes in the
; fall elections.
i Democrats need have no fear of its
effect. One thing may be regarded as
certain; Nothing that this Congress will
be able to agree upon will take the tariff
question out of politics even temporarily.
! Popular education on this subject has j
gone so fur that the tariff fight will end j
only when the principle shall be rccog- j
nized and acted upon that government
lias no right to levy taxes on the people j
for other than purely governmental pur
poses; that the taxation of the many for 1
the purpose of enriching the few is notli- j
ing less than legalized robbery.
They Don't Know Their Real Enemy.
A number of farmers of Montgomery,
Bucks, Chester and Delaware counties
held a meeting at Norristown last week
and completed the preliminary steps for
the formation of a Farmers' Union.
The object is to obtain relief from the
present excessive taxation which they
declare is a burden upon the ngricultur
j ists of the country. Some"" time ago a
j number of the brightest men engaged
j in farming in Alontgomery county, real
] izing that there was something radically
J wrong in the existing state of affairs
j among the farmers, proceeded to investi-
J gate. Failures among them were fre
i qucnt and steadily increasing in number, j
The valuation of farm land was also j
found in some sections to be very low. In !
the northern section, it wasstated, farms 1
; could be bought for less than the cost of
the buildings upon them. As a result of
this investigation it was felt that some
I steps should be taken by the farmers for j
self-protection, and the organization was
; effected for that purpose. They are still
| laboring under the delusion, however, J
: that the heaviest exactions from which
they are suffering are those from local
j taxation, when tho real fact is that a war
j tariff which nearly doubles the price j
of clothing and a large number of
other articles consumed by them is tak
ing out of their pockets much more than
| they are compelled to pay for roads,
schools and other local purposes com
[ billed. They are clearly justified in de
j mand ing better and more equitable tax
| laws from the Legislature, but they
should go further and insist that Con
| gross shall reduce tariff taxes to peace
1 basis.—Allentown Item.
Correspondence From tlie Capitol.
WASHINGTON, May 13, '9O.
| Why there should be any exalt- 1
ation 111 the diplomatic rank of our Itep- j
i resentatives abroad, with a multiplication j
of pay to go with it as has been suggested j
from some quarters, is an incomprehen-1
| sible thing to the average American mind. 1
The United States stands for itself in all
the elements of power, wealth and j
j progress. It requires no adventitious
I aids to emphasize its standing. Were all
j our ministers embassadors there's not
one among the nations that would stand |
| in greater awe for us or care a farthing !
i more for our opinions. American in
(luence rests upon 110 such grounds, and
if it is handicapped at all it is by unwise
legislation and not from lack of titular
parade. If reforms are to be inaugurate
111 our diplomatic intercourse with foreign
countries let it begin with the consular
service—at the business end of the sys
tem. Ministers may go or stay; it makes
110 material difference. But the consuls
are always worth looking after. They
don't need any new title, hut they need
better pay at all important points. The
service should hold out one inducement
to men of ability and fitness, and it
should be so arranged that competent
men of moderate means are not neces
sarily barred out of the minor positions, j
Here could Congress find an opportunity j
for useful legislation. Whatever can he |
done to improve the efficiency of the
consular service is in accord with a I
sound public policy; and the best means
to this end—or the first best means—is
to make every consular position in the
Government worth taking.
On the first Monday in December the
Republicans organized the House of
Representatives with a majority of eight
—the membership consisting of IG9 Re
publicans and IGI Democrats. Since
then the labors of the committee on
elections have increased the Republican
majority to 17; the figures being; Re
publicans, 172; Democrats, 155; Inde
pendent, 1. The places held by Wilber
(Rep.) and Randall (IJem.) who died
are still vacant, but these two elections
are not likely to make any change in
the political complexion of this House.
Of the seventeen election contests eight
have already been decided, three Demo
j crats being allowed to retain the seats to
| which they were elected, while four Re
publicans and one Independent have
taken the places of five Democrats. The
other nine Democrats will undoubtedly
he removed to make way for Republicans
'as soon as the majority of the House
feels the necessity for increasing its num
-1 hers. But seventeen is a pretty good
working majority. If Speaker Reed had
j had it at the beginning of the session
} lie would have hardly laid down the
doctrine of the visible quorum. It is a
noteworthy fact that the whole seven
j teen contests were raised against the
Democrats. No Democrat contested a
seat to which a Republican was elected.
Election contests are expensive to the
people. Besides paying for the contestee
i a Congressman's full salary for the time
he serves—that is to say, from the fourth
of March till date of his removal—and
besides paying the successful contestant
a Congressman's full salary for the full
Congressional term, Uncle Sam is called
j upon to pay the legal expenses of the
J contest which may amount to as much as
| $2,000 011 each side of each contest. Aml
as it sometimes happens that the matter
| is not finally disposed of until near the
i close of the Congressional term, an elec
j lion contest may cost the Treasury $14,-
! 000. There is hardly one that doesn't
cost over half of that amount.
j Representatives buyers, of Texas, and
Bland, of Missouri, have covered into
| the Treasury the money stolen by Sil- j
cott, which the Court of Claims deter-;
mined was due them. During the dis-1
cussion of the Silcott hill in the House
j these gentlemen held that the members
! and not the Government should suffer
the loss of this money. As there was
J 110 other way for the Treasury Depart
| ment to accept the money it was turned
| over into the "conscience fund." The
other members who believe that they are
not entitled to this money propose to in
troduce a bill authorizing the Sergeant
\ at-Arms to cover into the Treasury at
j the end of the session any money re-
I maining in His hands. They will then
decline to draw the money to their
I credit for November salaries.
* #
*
A pleasant event of the past week was
I the visit to Washington of ex-President
Cleveland. The many friends and ad
mirers of the distinguished gentleman
I were glad to perceive by the brightness
| of his eye and general vigor of his ap
| pearance that he was even in better
health than when he left the White
House. R.
Tlie Agricultural Situations.
A number of farmers, reputed rich
men, in the wealthiest farming region
of Pennsylvania, have lately made as
| signments. Everything with which the
| farmer is connected has gone down in
' the past few years except taxes, and they
I are tlie same where they have not been
increased.
| There is no doubt of it, the farming
J interests are in a bad way. There is so
! much distress among agriculturists every
| where that their case have been brought
to the attention of Congress. 111 Decem
ber, 1889, the price of corn was lower
than has ever before been reported, by
II per cent. Senator Voorhees said in a
speech not long since that tlie average
price ol corn to the farmers of tlie coun
try is only 10 cents a bushel; of wheat,
50 cents a bushel; of hogs, 2J to 3 cents
a pound, and of fat cattle, 14 to 2 centsa
pound.
Worst of all, a frightful burden of debt
hangs over many of these farmers, con
, traded in the time of high prices, and
; now, tlie prices going down drop by drop,
the prospect is ruin and dispair.
| One doctor says there is overproduc
tion of food. Farmers have gone on in
creasing their area of production till they
! have grown enough oats for a hundred
■ million people,enough wheat for seventy-
J nine millions, and enough pork for sev
enty-six millions. That, says this doctor,
j is tlie cause of the agricultural depression.
But this theory is nonsense, with due
respect. There are in Europe, America,
| India and China thousands starving
every day for want of the very corn
Kansas farmers burn for fuel, because it
1 is cheaper to burn it than to sell it and
buy coal. Meat, corn and wheat are no
whit cheaper to consumers than they
were when farmers got living prices.
Whatever tlie cause of agricultural de
pression is, it is not overproduction.—
j Ktroudsburg Timet.
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reduced away down
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All goods needed
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Centre Street, Freeland,
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and special references sent on request.
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Solicitor ami Attorney in Patent Causes,
Washington, U. C.,
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Candies Etc. 47 Washington St, Freeland.
B. F. DAVIS,
Dealer in
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HAY, STRAAV, MALT, &c.,
Best Quality of
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CARPETWEAVING
By
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In the roar of J. P. Carey's
BARBER SHOP,
No. 83 Centre Street,
A. RUDEWICK,
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Clothing, Groceries. Etc., Etc.
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: From all the principal points in Europe
i to all points in the United States.
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THOMAS BIRKBECK, 85
lesale and detail.
H HARDWARE.
All kinds of plumbing and spouting done at short notice in
the most approved style. We carry the largest stock of goods in
Freeland and extend an invitation to the public to inspect them.
The Mill will never grind with the water that has passed.
ZBZEZRHsTIEIR'S-
To-day is the Accepted Time.
Ladies undershirts, 10c
All wool dress goods, 30c
Lace curtains, 85c
Curtain lace, 8c
Base Balls from 5c to $1.25
int a - °y s Ul^s caps at half price, Capets and oil
cloth, furniture and beddings, Ladies muslin ware, Boots and
shoes; m fact the largest stock and the cheapest of any in Lu
zerne County for inspection at
]. C. BURNER'S.
RIP VAN WINKLE RECLINING
CHAIR.
"GREATEST OH EARTH"
SRE&i- : MAKES-15-PIECES FURNITURE.
rUol I lUNOi ' HAS NEW ROCKING PRINCIPLE.
PERFECT ACTION, MODERATE PRICES.P-
A BEAUTIFUL PRESENT, A COMFORT EVERY HOUSEHOLD NEEDS, BUY ONE.
BEST INVALID'S CHAIR IN THE WORLD I
For Printing of any Description
call at the
TRIBUNE OFFICE.
Posters,
Hand Bills,
Letter Heads,
Note Heads,
Bill Heads,
Raffle Tickets,
Ball Tickets,
Ball Programmes,
Invitations,
Circulars,
Constitutions, By-Laws,
10 marbles for 1 cent
Soda Biscuits, 5c by bbl.
Corn, 5c a can
.lelly, 5c lb. by pail
Spanish lace, half price.