FREELAND TRIBUNE. Published Every Thursday Afternoon —nv- THOS. A. BUCKLEY, I EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. | TERMS, - - SI.OO PER YEAR. Address all Communications to FREELAND TRIBUNE, FREELAND, PA. Office. Birkbcck Brick. 3d floor. Centre Street. Entered at the Freeland Postojflce as Second Class Matter. FREELAND, FEBRUARY 19, 1891.| Tiic "Pluck-Ma Stores." The rapacious company store system ' for defrauding miners and other work- J ingmen has never operated so exten sively in Pennsylvania as at the present time, and there never was less pretext for it. With the increase of importa tions of labor from Russian Poland and other portions of Eastern Europe into the mining regions, the t4 pluck-me; store," system has been so much ex- 1 tended that cash payments of wages are becoming rare exceptions. Through carelessness or by design the law requiring semi-monthly payments of wages in cash provides no adequate means of enforcement; and as mine owners and manufacturers fear no pen alty, they treat the law with contempt, j By the company store system they are | enabled to filch not less than 20 percent. ; from the workingmen who are subjected ; to it. What makes the system all the more cruel and demoralizing is the fact that forehanded workingmen who de mand payment in cash find it dilficult to obtain employment where the "pluek-me stores" exist. Thus a penalty is put upon economy and thrift, and a premium (such as* it is) is given to the unthrifty . who are willing to spend their wages at ■ the company store and ask no questions \ about prices and qualities of com mod- | ities. In truth, tlie victims of this j 1 system, whose currency is a monthly j , pass-book, rarely learn the cash prices | of commodities. An amendment is before the Legis- i lature to cure the defects in the present I 1 law, so as to enable workingmen in the mines and manufactories of Pennsyl-! vania to receive their wages in cash. | This amendment ought to be passed. It is true that the Supreme Court of Penn sylvania has decided that such legisla- j tion is in violation of the right of private contract. But Courts make progress I with the rest of the community. This I company store system for filching honest j labor of its earnings is as much in viola- j ■ tion of public policy as would be a con- j tract to pay an election bet or a liquor j bill. \\ hen a workingman earns his , wages he should be paid in cash, accord ing to contract, and not in store truck at , 20 per cent, advance on cash prices. Let j this amendment be passed again and ; again, if necessary, until the Courts shall ! recognize that the company store system j is in violation of public policy, and | therefore no longer to he tolerated in ! Pennsylvania.— Phi la. Record. The Postal Telegraph. The House Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads—the same committee which deferred and delayed action on the Louisiana Lottery bill until its Chair man, General Bingham, yielded to rising public indignation—lias defeated a pos tal telegraph in the present Congress by laying the bill providing for it on the table by (1 to 5. This ends this reform now. Neither I public sentiment nor public need, neither 1 facts nor arguments, neither the plea of the Postmaster General nor the pressure of newspapers has availed with the com mittee. After months of delay, which brought the measure to point where its passage was well-nigh impracticable, the committee has summarily defeated it. However public opinion may demand this measure, this avails nothing within the narrow circle of'the House Post Office Committee, where the in- I lluences opposed to this great reform are potent to stop it. This lias gone on long. It will not go | on forever. Twenty years have passed since this subject was first agitated, fif-! teen years since Mi* Scud am ore's pur-: chase of the English line set the example, and ten since the success of this purchase decided most thinking men in favor of a j Government telegraph. The decade has ' seen a steady advance in the demand. W&namaker has gone further than any previous Postmaster General in urg ing it. lie has proposed a speedy method of beginning this great reform. It involves no expense for' plant and adds nothing to patronage. It ' simply enables the Government to use telegraph lines for messages as it now uses railroads for the transportation of ! letters and newspapers by contracting 1 for their delivery. Such a plan leaves ' in the hands of private parties the profit- j able ownership of the telegraph plant of 1 the country. These owners have seen fit to defeat the plan. The Got eminent may decide some f day to open its own telegraph lines. 1 I here is no contract, express or implied, ' to prevent it. Tree competition, as Gould and the telegraph monopoly are always 1 saying, can be trusted to protect the public. The public will suddenly con-1 elude that it can, and set to work to pro-j vide it. I < This has always been the history of'! the past. \\ hen moderate reforms are : 1 rejected more drastic reforms succeed. ( 1 his rejection is the most unwise step J' which could have been taken in the in terest of existing telegraph companies. The Half-Holiday Hill. The proposal under discussion at liar- j risburg to establish by law a half-holiday on Saturday should be regarded in the light of such experience as other com munities have undergone. It is an ex periment which some think will work very well, while others are convinced it 1 will only result in waste of time. Before ! deciding either for or against the experi-' ment, why not ask others who have tried it as to results. Our neighbors of New York have been indulging in a Sat urday half-holiday for several years past; why not inquire of them how they ! like it as far as they have got? There are, undoubtedly, advantages as well as disadvantages to be looked for; hut it is reasonable to presume that the practical working of the Half-holiday law in New York has demonstrated a preponderance of loss or of gain by this time, and it should be a comparatively easy matter to ascertain whether the majority of the people affected by the law are satisfied or dissatisfied with its operation. It will I at least do no harm to ask.— K.r. Old newspapers for sale. j Against the Convention. [ A Harrisburg correspondent of a Pliila- j | del phia pa per gives warning that a strong , j effort will be made by the corporations i to defeat the Constitutional Convention, | by which the proposed reform in ballot- j j ing can only be effected thoroughly. ; j He says: There is a powerful public and political I sentiment behind the demand foraCon j stitutional Convention, but there is a , silent and still more powerful opposition I against it, which comes from the corpor-1 i ation power of the State. Corporations | don't like the tinkering with the organic law of the State. The Constitution of j '74 was never wanted by them, and they did their level best and squandered a great many thousand dollars to beat it \ at the polls. * They employed the highest; legal talent to pick it to pieces; thevsub sidized the newspapers to cast a doubt uj>- ' on it, and in Philadelphia they organized j one of the most colossal schemes of i i election villainy the world has probably ever seen to count it out. The people i ! were for the new Constitution, however, j , and voted so uniformly for it that the gang was simply overwhelmed and j buried. One of the most potent factors that ! is working in the direction of a con- j stitutional convention is the cry fur bal lot reform. If this is not given the peo- : I pie by this Republican Legislature the j I Republican party is destined to feel it , materially. But if corporation power, ; : which is 'higher than the dictum of the | politicians, is opposed to a convention there will be none. A number of radi cal changes are demanded in the present ! constitution: Among these is the elimin ation of the system of ballot numbering, ! so that the Australian system can be in troduced. The system of biennial Leg : islatures should be abolished so that | there shall he a short session every year, and the present representation of the House cut down somewhat. The old I system of special legislation should be | ' restored, so that it would be possible to i pass a law that only has a hearing upon , a certain locality without making it apply j to the entire State. State Chairman Kerr is taking a keen j interest in the proposition for a conven- j < tion, and has been here and looked over | the ground. He has reached the con clusion that the House will largely favor I it, but that it will he halted in the Senate, i The Democrats will vote almost toa man | for the convention, and the responsibility I for its defeat, if it shall he defeated, wiil ' rest upon the Republican party. The Immigration Problem. I The question of restricting immigrn-; tion is as interesting as it is puzzling, j How to keep out the objectionable and • 1 to admit the desirable immigrants, or ' rather how to tell who are and who are | not objectionable is not an easy matter ; by any means. No particular nationality can he put down as totally desirable or totally undesirable, but it is a fact that j as a rule tne people of one country make I | better citizens than the people of another, i and the figures of 1890 seem to show that J the generally undesirable immigrants are I i increasing in numbers while the gene- 1 ! rally desirable immigrants are decreas- I ing. The serious aspect of the situation i j is that the tide of German, English, I | Scotch, Swiss and Scandannvian arrivals ! have been checked, while the Slavicand ; Italian tide is decidedly on the increase. i There are many good people among the 1 Italians and Slavonic emigrants, but the I percentage of bad is much larger than it i is among the others mentioned. In round numbers, 491,000 immigrants landed in this country in 1890, an in crease of 64,000 over the total of the pre ceding year. Italy sent 62,000, an in- < crease of considerably over 100 per cent; Roland contributed 20,000, an increase of s,oooover 1889, while Hungary guinea over 9,000, Russia 7,000, Austria G,500 ! and Bohemia over 5,000. The total j gains from these countries were about j I 70,000, or 12,000 more than the net gain I on the entire immigration from all the countries combined. The falling off was of English, Irish, Scotch, Nether landers and Swiss, while that of Ger many just about held its own, with a total of 96,000. These figures show that the increase in immigration last year t was among the people whom we have j considered less desirable. — Phila. Call . j Only One Year More to Live. j Experience SIIUWK T hut the American j I people rarely occupy themselves with j j more than one great political question at [ '. a time. The tariff issue is in the door, and there it will remain until brought to a permanent settlement in harmony with j public interest and opinions. In the next I I louse one or more measures removing tariff burdens and iniquities will be passed by an overwhelming majority and sent to the Senate. Whether the Sen ate shall concur in the action of tne House by a narrow majority or not, 1 ! Tariff Reform will be the overshadowing i issue in 1892. The Republicans cannot escape from the issue if they would, and , the Democrats would not if they could. It would be rash, of course, to base any ' political circulations on so ill-defined ait element as the Farmers' Alliance. But: it may be safely assumed that the West ern farmers will not return to the Re publican party while the tariff issue i shall remain undermined. As to the ; South, the Republicans have kindly ar- j rested the danger of Democratic disinte gration in that region by interposing the j Force bill. Should the Farmers' Alii-! anee, however, organize a third party, it ! might possibly carry enough Western | States to throw the election for President j into the next House, where the Demo- ; crats would have an easy victory. But with Tariff Reform as the paramount j issue, anil with no blunders in the next ' Congress to provoke a popular reaction, ' the prospect is that the Republican party | will be as completely annihilated in 1892 | as was its Wig predecessor forty years I ago. I n the new political alignment that would then take place no necessity would 1 arise for organizing a third partv in op position to the Democracy. The new party would step into the place left vacant by the Republicans.— Record. "On The Trial Or Hnn'l Boone." 'I he Indians ncconqanying "On the I rail, or Dan'l Boone" company are al-< most as interesting a feature as their fa mous Challenge baud. They are genu- I ine red sons of the forest. The Providence j .Journal says of them: "It is worth a visit to the Gaiety this week just to see the little Indian pappooses used in the 1 Indian encampment scene in 'On the Trail.' One, a little fellow not two years old, carries a tomahawk almost as big as himself; the other, not a year old, strap i Red to a hoard, leaning against a tree, j laughs and cooes after the most approv :ed Indian fashion. They have been 1 I great pets with the ladies this week, i j many of whom have found their way ; hark on the stage at the conclusion of the performance to pet the little ones, ! while the mother stood by on guard, but ' in spite of all her Indian stoicism' evi- i dently very proud." Subscribe for the "Tribune." | | TTKUt SALE.—A fresh cow and calf, Jersey breed. Will be sold cheap. For terms ; apply to EDWARD QOTKIV* Highland. r pWO LOTS FOR SALE, SITUATED ON -L Washington Street. Five Points, Freeland. For terms applv to PATKICK MCKADDEN, Eckley, Pa. TTMJR SALE.—A property In South Heberton I oHi-i-tintr <>f II lot i.UA KI tn i wit It a dwel ling of six rooms and large store room thereon; also a large burn and all necessary outbuildings. Will be sold on reasonable terms. Inquire at j this office. H. M. BRISLIN. [UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER. FURNITURE 1 of every description. Centre Street, above Luzerne, FreelaiM FLORIDA. I Send address, on postal card, for information I wanted about LANDS, HOTELS, KOITKS, j etc., etc. Answered promptly. 1.. V. JKNNEBS, SAKBFOKD, FLORIDA, j Washington House, 11 Walnut Street, above Centre. Goeppert, Trap. j The best of Whiskies. Wines, Gin and Cigars. ! Good stabling attached. ARNOLD & KRELL'S | Beer and Porter Always on Tap. A pamphlet of information and ab street of tho laws, showing How to/v CITIZENS' BANK OF FREELAND. 15 FRONT STREET, Capital, - - 550,000. OFFICERS, j JOSEPH BIUKUECK, President. 11. C. KOONS, Vice President. B. 14. DAVIS, Cashier. EDWARD SNYDER, Secretary. DIRECTORS, j Joseph Birkbcck, 11. C. Koons, Thos i Birkbcck, Charles Dusheck, John Wag ner, Edward Snyder, William Kemp. Anthony Rudewick, Mat bias Schwabe, i Al. Shive, John Smith, i ftT Three per cent, interest paid on savings j deposits. Open daily from 9a.m.to 4 p. in. Saturday ; evenings from 0 to 8. LIBOR WINTER, RESTAURANT, OYSTER SALOON, No. 11l Front Street, Freeland, Pa. &T The finest Liquors and Cigars served at , the counter. Cool lleer always on tap. I <;O TO Fisher Bros. Livery Stable; FOR FIRST-CLASS TURNOUTS : At Short Notice, for Weddings, Parties and 1 Funerals. Front Street, two squares below Freeland Opera House. RBAKIISIG POWDER)] l|pf \J RADC jffff^ AR y I pfPp Dr. Gideon E. Moore, the noted \ Analytical Chemist, of New York City says : 4, A pure Cream of Tartar and Bi. Carb. Soda Baking Powder." One of the purest and strongest Baking Powders in the market." j J HENKELBROS., Paterson, N.J. j JERSEY GALVANIZED STEEL FAR N IS LAWN FENCING is JUS* ' mmm warn THE THING \ where a STRONG, LASTING, SU PERIOR fence U desired. Is ORNAMENTAL, does not conceal yet protects enclosure without injury to man of beast. Defies wind, time, and water. All Intending Purchasers should get our Illustrated price list, showing the superior twist and weave, and otliet points of merit. Apply to jour dealer, o* directly to the manufacturers, The New Jersey Wire Cloth Co., T " NT .? N ' YOU ARE INVITED To call and inspect our im mense stock of DRY GOODS, Groceries, Provisions, FURNITURE, Etc. Our store is full of the new- j est assortment. The prices are j the lowest. All are invited to j see our goods and all will bej pleased. J. P. McDonald, ! S. W. Corner Centre and South Sts., Freeland. \ "Nothing : Succeeds & "S E Like § ! SUCCESS"I I * * SOAP 5 ! IT MAKES JUni ■ ; | HOUSE KEEPING A SUCCESS. S = ABSOLUTELY PURE = S HIGH GRADE LAUNDRY SOAP. ; ! BUY 1 " A ioap free from Impur- ■ ■ ity f that will not Injure - • hands or fabric, and that is ! i 2 In every way a proven " ! SUCCESS. I 1 "■■■ : " SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO THE TRADE. : |R. H. HEAGLEY'S SONS, ; • BINGHAMTON. N. Y." J Where to Find Him! Patrick Carey has removed from the Ameri can hotel to John McShea'S block, 95 and 97 Centre Street, where he can be found with a full line of Medical Wines, Gin, Brandies, Hum, Old Hye and liorbon Whiskey. Any person who is dry and wants a cold, fresh large schooner of beer will be satisfied by calling at Carey's. Good Accommodation For All. , SIX DIFFERENT KINDS OF lIEEK ON TAP. i DANIEL J. KENNEDY, DEALER IN FINE CIGARS AND TOBAC CO, TEMPERANCE I DRINK, CONFEC TIONARY, ETC. Centre Street, Freeland, Pa. j The Most Successful Remedy everdlscov red, as It Is certain In Its effects and does not blister. Head proof below : KENDALL'S SPAVIN CIIRE. BRI.VERN'ON, Pa., Nov. 2T, IN). DR. N. J. KENDALL CO. : Gents— I would Uko to make known to those who are almost iiersuaded to use Kendall's Spavin Cure the fuet timtlthlakltlsa most excellent Liniment. I have used iton u Blood Spavin. The horse went on three legs for three years when 1 commenced to use your Kendall's Spavin Cure. I used ten l>ot ties on the horse and have worked him for three years sluce and has not been lame. Yours truly, WM. A. CURL. j GERMANTOWN, N. Y., NOV. 2, j DR. B. J. KENDALL Co., Ennsburgh Falls, Vt. Gents: In praise of Kendall's Spavin Cure I will say. that a year ago I hud a valuable young horsedie ooine very lame, hock enlarged and swollen. The horsemen about here (we have no Veterinary Sur geon here) pronounced his lameness Blood Spavin or Thoroughpln, they all told me there was no cure for it, he lieeumeabout useless.and I con sidered him almost worthless. A friend told me of tho merits of your Kendall's Spavin Cure, so I bought a bottle. and I could see very plainly great improvements Immediately from Its use,ami before tho liottle was used up I was satisfied t hat it was doing hiin a great deal of good. I bought a second bottle and before It was used up niy horse was cu red and has been in the team doing heavy work all the season sinec last April, showing no moro signs of It. I consider your Kendall s Spavin ( are a valuable medicine, and It should Ik: in a vary .table In the lanil. Price SI per bottle, or six bottles for All drug gists have it or can got It for you, or It will be sent to nny address on receipt of price by the propria tors. 1111. 11. J. KEN DAM, CO., F.nosburgh Falls, Vermont. SOLO BV A 1.1, IMIJTJUISTS. i j A. RUDEWIGK, GENERAL STORE. SOUTH HEBERTON, PA. Clothing, Groceries, Etc., Etc. Agent for the sale of PASSAGE TICKETS | From all the principal points in Europe ; to all points in the United States. Agent for the transmission of MONEY To all parts of Europe. Checks, Drafts, and Letters of Exchange on Foreign Banks cashed at reasonable rates. IEWSPAFEB ISJSSS UramitiasHS the name of every newspaper published, hav ing a circulation raring 1" the American News paper Directory of more than 25,000 copies each issue, with the cost per line for advertising in them. A list of the best papers of local circula tion, in every city and town of more than 5,000 population with prices by the inch for one month. Special lists of daily, country, village and class papers. Bargain olfers ot value to small advertisers or those wishing to experi ment judiciously with a small amount of money. Shows conclusively "how to get the most ser vice for the money," etc., etc. Sent post paid to any address for:*) cents. Address, GEO. I*. How KM. & Co., Publishers and General Adver tising Agents, 10 Spruce Street, New York City. E. M. GERITZ, 23 years in Germany and America, opposite the Central Hotel, Centre.Street, Freelaecl. The Cheapest Repairing Store in town. Watches. Clocks and Jewelry. New Watches, Clocks and Jewelry on hand for the Holi. days; the lowest cash price in town. Jewelry repaired in short notice. All Watch Re pairing guaranteed for one year. Eight Day Clocks from 83.00 Ito 812.00; New Watches from j 84.00 up. E. M. GERITZ, I Opposite Central Hotel, Centre St., Freeland. j A New Enterprise! FERRY & CHRISTY, dealers in Stationary, School Books, Periodicals, Song Books, Musical Instruments, CIGARS and TOBACC), SPO ZRTIjSTGL OOOODS Window Fixtures and Shades, Mirrors, Pictures and Frames made to order. Pictures enlarged and Framed. Crayon Work a Specialty. 41 Centre Street, Quinn's Building. J. J. I>( >W Wis has opened a MERCHANT TAILOR'S and GENTS' FURNISHING ESTABLISHMENT at 110 Centre Street, Freeland, and is not in partnership with any other establishment but iiis own, and attends to his business personally. La dies' outride garment* cut and fitted to measure in the latest style. C. D. ROHRBACH, Dealer In— Hardware, Paints, Varnish, j Oil, Wall Paper, Mining Tools and mining Sup plies of all kinds, j Lamps, Globes, Tinware, Etc. Having purchased the stock of Wm. J. Eckert and added a considerable amount to the | present stock I am prepared to | sell at prices that defy compe j tition. Don't forget to try my special brand of MINING OIL. Centre Street, Freeland Fa. THE ODELL TYPE WRITER. Will buy the Oilell Typo Writer with 78 ! characters, and slfi for thcNingle Case Oriel I warranted to do better work than any : machine made. It combines SIMPLICITY with DURABILITY, HI'KKD, KASE OF OPERATION, wears longer with out cost of repairs than any other machine. Has no ink ribbon to bother the operator. It is NEAT, HITWHTANTLAL, nickel plated, perfect and adapt ed to all kinds of type writing. I,ike uvi'inting press, it produces sharp, clean, legible manu scripts. Two or ten copies can be made at one writing. Any intelligent person can become a operator in two days. We offer SI,OOO to any oiierntor who can equal the work of the Double Case Oriell. Reliable Agents and Salesmen wanted, i Special inducements to deulers. For pamphlet giving Indorsements, &c.. ad- ODELL TYPE WRITER CO., 80 ami 87 sth Ave. CHICAGO, 111. ! YOU WANT !pp \ WewAnt to sell you one, r- STADERMAN. J SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTION STYLE AND FINISH. AGENTS WANTED 7we will offer special inducement* Ijjdirect to purchasers. | FIRST-CLSS3 YET HRCERfITE PRICED. j| Send for Circular nml Prices Fwwirt 1 Mipgfe To Neuburger's Brick Store and Bargain Emporium. Where you will find inducements which mean a saving of per cent to you in goods which you want in our line. OVERCOATS! OVERCOATS! OVEdOOATS! For Ladies' Misses' and Children. Men and Boys also. The largest stock to make your selections from in Freeland and at prices below all competition. As you will also find us to be the same in Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, Clothing, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Trunks, Valises, Comfortables, Blankets, Notions, &c. &c. At astonishing low prices. If you are in need of anything in our numerous lines call and examine it before making your purchaes elsewhere and ask to SEE THE NATURAL ALL-WOOL UNDERWEAR. Which we are now selling at 75 cents each. It is less than the cost of manufacture. A full line of I SWEET, ORR & CO.'S Overalls, Coats and Pantaloons Con.stan.tl3r on. Hand. JOS. NEUBURGER, LE t?^^xo E 3. QR\CK ST OREL, Centre Street, - - Freeland, Pa. BOOTS AND SHOES. A Large Stock of Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, Slippers, Etc. Also HATS. CAPS and GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS of All Kinds. A Special Line Suitable for This Season. GOOD MATERIAL! LOW PRICES! HUGH ZMLA.LLO-S-, Corner Centre and Walnut Sts., Freeland. THOMAS BIRKBEGK, "\*7"liolesale and. lESetail. STOVES, : HEATERS, IMS, RtPWRSNG, HI MIS, TIME, 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. LADIES If you are in need of any thing in the way of MILLINERY GOODS i Call and see My Handsome Stock. I am offering. TREMENDOUS BARGAINS -In— Ladies' Coats. Cloaks, Under-; wear, Fancy Goods, Rib- j bons, Dolls, Linen Goods, Mufflers, Hats and other Goods. MRS. JAMES MATHERS, | Centre Street, - Freeland, Pa. • PETER TIMONY, BOTTLER, And Dealer in all kinds of Liquors, Beer and Porter, Temperance Drinks, Etc., Etc. Geo.Ringler&Co.'s Celebrated LAGER BEER put ! in Patent Sealed Bottles here on the premises. Goods de | livered in any quantity, and to any part of the country. FREELAND BOTTLING WORKS, for. Centre an