FREELAND TRIBUNE. Published Every Thursday Afternoon BY— THOS. A. BUCKLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS, - - SI.OO PER TEAR. Address all Communications to FREELAND TRIBUNE, FREELAND, PA. Office, Birkbcck Ilrick. 2d floor, Centre Street. Entered at the Freeland Postoffice as Second Class Mailer. FREELAND, PA., MAY 21, 1801. CONGRESS liad millions for steamship subsidies and sugar bounties, but only ten thousand for experimental free delivery. Thus Freehold must jog along in the old way, all through Re publican extravagance. AN exchange answers the Republi can cry of "tariff and reciprocity" with a hurrah for "war and peace." There is no more inconsistency in one than the other, and yet some of the protec tionists propose to make the former their issue in 'O2. If they only would TEXAS proposes to appropriate 81,- 500,000 for the World's Fair at Chicago, and its action is in marked contrast to that of some Northern States which will give nothing. Rut this cannot prevent rabid Republican organs from howling about sectional- ■ ism and Southern disloyalty. SOME people have been unpatriotic enough to think that Harrison's re cent swing around the circle was to find an honest Republican upon whom he could thrust the Pension Comrnis sionership. It is feared that Benja min's journey was in vain, for the 1 self respecting people of his party ! shun this administration and its methods. LITTLE Democratic Delaware wheel ed into line on ballot reform this week. The great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is now surrounded by- States that have enacted laws to purify the ballot, but it will never be able to extend to its neighbors the reform hand of fellowship while its Legislature is under control of the Republican machine. SENATOR RAPSHER, of Carbon, lias a quiet but telling way of rattling the whole Republican side of the Senate. Almost daily he introduces a resolu tion concerning ballot reform and the committee in whose hands its fate lies. The discussion which follows generally brings to light some of the dark secrets of the scheme the major ity party is pursuing to smother the Baker bill. IT would require two ordinary Gov ernors to watch the trickery and partisan legislation of Pennsylvania's law-breakers, but the present Execu tive is just a little bigger than the Harrisburg gang and knocks them into confusion with a daily veto or two. And in spite of their own wishes every veto is sustained by the men who pass these bills, thus show ing that they must submit to the superior common sense of our own "Veto Bob." JrnoE LYNCH has received congratu lations from every portion of the State, and Governor Pattison is com mended by all for choosing sucli an able lawyer to fill this important posi tion. Only a few snarling Republican editors, who took their cue from slur ring paragraphs in the Philadelphia I'ress, have said anything against the Judge's ability as a jurist. The malevolent spirit of some people would assert itself if their Creator should aspire to an earthly office. -THE probabilities are that the Gubernatorial campaign in Ohio this fall will attract widespread attention. It is most likely that tlio candidates will he Hurd and MeKinley. The latter, as the father of the most recent system of legalized robbery, enter tains tariff views which are directly opposite to those advocated by his prospective opponent. Hurd is a free trader of the most uncompromising type, and will be remembered as one of the few men who dared voice the sentiments of fair play in Congress years ago. LAND REFORMERS have at least two full-blooded Representatives in the Fifty-second Congress Tom Johnson, of Ohio, and Jerry Simpson, of Kan sas. Jerry is at present actively identified with the Farmers' Alliance, but does not advocate all the measures proposed by that organization. He and others are quietly instilling the doctrine of justice in the Alliance ranks and when the farmers are sufficiently educated to grasp the idea Jerry will be heard from. Johnson won his seat on a straight out battle of free trade and single tax vs. high tariff. IT really seems that, the official scandals of the present administra tion will never end, especially in the Pension Bureau. First came James Tanner with his well-known record of re-rating, then Commissioner ltuum, whose, misconduct was covered up by a partisan committee, and now the latter's son, who was assistant chief clerk, is fired from office on three charges, one of which is termed mis appropriating Government funds— stealing the people's money is tire proper name. Between the Tanners, liaums and other robbers at Washing ton it is no wonder that Uncle Sam is staring nt empty treasury vaults. Fimt Step in Labor's Emancipation* i Nearly every panic in the United States has been caused by speculation in land, and we are on the eve of the worse one yet. There is not a nationalist, an I anarchist or a socialist who has a single formulated plan of a practical character 1 for carrying out their ideas. If they have, they don't expound them. We all know this ought to be done and that j ought to be done, but where is the man who can show us how? I defy any living man to show a more simple and effective . method of inaugurating the lirst step in ; the emancipation of industrial slavery j than the single tax. It removes all mdi ; rect taxation borne by the toilers and ; places it belongs. We single taxers pro pose to let every man retain possession of his land, provided he pays or con tributes, in the form of a tax, the value the community gives to it. There is no robbery in such a proceeding. Such a . tax throws open the land, not nearly a ' fifth of which in this great United I States is in use. It gives the 1 crowded ranks of labor an opportunity to supply its own wants by obtaining | the full product of its toil. It cuts away, root and branch, the great system of monopoly that renders it possible ; for the few to appropriate the earnings of the many. It opens up endless ; lields of labor by compelling capital to j resort to legitimate investment instead of ; spoliation and speculation. It will be ■ the death knell of trusts by opening up ! the natural opportunities of the resources | now monopolized by the finest mine i and cattle-ranch barons. It will render ' co-operation possible by increasing the ' power of labor and lessening that of cap- | Italy and place labor and capital on more , equal terms. { Intrenched in a home of his own, with the means of subsistence derived from the land, the laborer will not need to go, cap in hand, begging for work, nor be , the wage-slave he is to-day. Capital will ( seek him. Nor need lie fear lockouts or strikes. Secure in the shelter of his ' home, he can bide his time longer than ' ; capital can and make his own terms. ' i This is no Bellamy dream, but within ! the power of united labor to accomplish in an incredibly short time if they will . only be faithful to each other and true to themselves, nor permit for one moment the influence of any man to swerve them from their purpose. The farmer will 1 receive immense benefit by the single 1 tax. Believed of the burden of indirect 1 taxation, which takes considerably more j than half his earnings, his dollars will ; purchase double what they do now. j Mankind was never intended to herd ; together and live considerably worse ! than pigs. The lonely and deserted 1 country will teem with humanity and the | cheerful hum of industry be heard on 1 every side throughout the length and l breadth of the land. i When will men learn to think for themselves and critically examine into the merits of the various methods neces sary to bring about the needed reforms, and not accept the wild talk of men who are in a greater fog than themselves as to i practical means to practical ends, j The Australian ballot system renders self-government possible The single tax will Furnish the means to achieve the end sought. I throw down the gauntlet and challenge any one to find a better. Every spot of land can be seen and its value ascertained. This is not the case in any other form of direct taxation.— Win. Saul in Journal of the Knights of Labor. THE coke makers prefer to starve do ing nothing than to work for starvation wages. They unanimously voted on ! Tuesday to continue the strike. Ml-Killleyism and Landlordism. ! Taking a cab, we next drove to the i biggest chamber of sorrow in the United States, says a Washington correspondent of the Chicago lLrahl. Imagine a room about fifty feet long, twenty feet wide j and fifteen feet high, and pack this with long tiers of shelving running in aisles , through the center of the room and , reaching from the tloor to the ceiling. ; Make the walls of this room of iron and j vault it at the roof with fireproof cement, i j Fill these shelves with great packages of • files so that they burst out into the . aisles, and let the files consist of thin , | slips of paper not much bigger than a postal card, hut each covered with notes 1 j and figures. These are the records of all I the mortgages in the United States. The 1 name of every man w ho has a mortgage , debt is recorded on one of these files. The date of his mortgage is there, the j rate of interest lie pays, and in some \ cases the reason for which it was given. | There are nine millions of such records, and it is safe to say that eight million ( live- hundred thousand of them keep the i men who gave the mortgages awake at ! night and worry them from day to day. : Each one of those slips could tell a story j of hope and misfortune; each one of i them is full of pathos, and the collection ;is t he most remarkable that has heen I gotten together by a census or anything j else. When the reports are published i this bureau will bring forth some very astonishing facts. It will show, for in stance, that 9 per cent, of the lands in lowa are mortgaged, and that the farmers pay from I to 20 per cent, for the use of their money, while in Alabama the in terest rate ranges as high as 40 per cent. UNCLE SAM is having a Raum old time j of it with iiis Pension Bureau. Constitutional or Rerolutlonal. One of the leading labor papers in I this country summarizes the situation of to-day in the following manner: The i New York Herald views the erection of j armories in some of the principal cities as simply precautions taken by the de i vomers of labor against any possible forcible attempt on the part of the workers ' to put an end to the plundering of capital -1 ism. This is not the Herald's language, >} but it is its meaning. There are those e who will see in the state of affairs , j something alarmingly like tire uneasiness . which often precedes civil war, and ! there is an ever-increasing number ' : who, seeing the evils of the present i system and the apparent hopelessness of s : peaceful and constitutional remedy, are [i beginning to think that the end will he an i armed struggle. There is no wisdom in | closing one's eyes to the facts of the time. B I As the workers see more and more of B | the causes which prevent their enjoying i i the results of their industry their discon j ! tent with the present system must in crease, and their determination to end it ' j will become more fixed. The end will 1 eomeeitlier by the peaceful constitutional j means of the ballot box or by arms and ! force, and we warn the upholders and I beneficiaries of the present system that i the course they are pursuing "is tiie one best calculated to precipitate a disastrous | ij conflict. ; In the educational power of labor I j organization lies the one security that j | the change will he peaceful, and the ; efforts of certain classes of employers to destroy and prevent the organization of ■ theii employes will, if successful, de : strov the only chance of averting a . forceful overthrow of the capitalistic ' system. In America we have come m, r! ok wit ' l com Placcnce upon the likelihood of revolutions in despotic 5i countries. We think it the most nat , "fa' thing in the world that peoples, de med free speech and a free press, should resort to the only means left them of 1 winning their political freedom. Why should it he supposed that peoples are less iii earnest in their desire for industrial freedom? If, "like the water o'er. Hol land," an uprising of a people, politically enslaved, "is ever in sight," why should this be thought less true of peoples in dustrially enthralled ? The denial or sup pression of the right to organize is, to a people seeking industrial freedom, what the suppression of free speech is to those seeking political liberty, and those who sow the wind of repression may have to reap a harvest of revolution. Of thisthe defenders of capitalism may be assured : that, if not peacefully then otherwise, the present industrial system must be overthrown. The continuance of free institutions and the welfare of the race itself demand it. They may influ ence and to a very considerable degree determine the question of whether it shall be peaceful or otherwise, but to prevent or even to materially retard it is beyond their power. HARBISON returned from his trip with out seeing the shadow of a second term. llorrowed Tlimiglit. for Thinkers. Although they were but Hungarian men and women who were shot down in j the wage war going on.in the coke region, nevertheless the thing has an ugly look, ! particularly when viewed in connection | with the fact that it occurred after the j MeKinley tarilf had seven months heen : shedding its beneficence on the wage- j earners of the land.— Ashley Observer, Two years ago financiers were wor- j ried about the surplus; now they are de voting their ingenuity to showing how I the.Government may manage to meet its j obligations without disturbing the re- j serve funds.—/, edger. The cokemakers have obtained their ; protection on a false plea for American labor. The steps they take in behalf of ; the American laborer are first to make I his living more costly, and second to de prive him of work by improving cheap , slave to take his place. * * - And every protected employer should be deprived i of his tariff bounty if be does not pay to j his workingmen wages greater than the ! full measure of the duty charged on! foreign competing articles.— Freeland Progress. He is a careless student indeed who i cannot, from the present condition of social and political affairs in any civilized country, perceive that we are approach ing a general upheaval, which is sure to come from the "lower" and despoiled laboring masses.— K. of L. Journal. Miners and mine laborers are warned to stay away from Butte, Montana. There are 2,000 idle men in the camp at present. Montana is at present overrun with men out of employment, and mechanics, miners and laborers of all kinds are re quested to stay away.— Official Labor Notice. Property should have no rights that in any way interfere with the rights of man. No rights should be vested in property that will take from or injure the rights of those yet unborn. Our present system of land-holding does that. If it "is not modified so it w ill gradually reverse the present conditions, the coming landless and homeless generation will be com pelled to revolute the system and re gain its lost right as did the people in other periods.— Cnion Pacific EnepUeyees' Magazine. Mine accidents are of so common oc currence that the city papers refuse to be bothered with a report of them unless two or more men are killed. Nothing is BO cheap as life.— Neeeselealtr. Instead of standing out for an eight hourday the workers may consider them selves lucky in these high tariff times if they are allowed enough to keep soul and body together for a full day's work. .Jmlgc Lym-li Takes His Seat* At 10 o'clock Monday morning, when court opened, there was present about the largest attendance of members of the bar that lias gathered in the court room for a long time. They were there to witness the seating on the bench of their old-time colleague, Hon. John Lynch. Immediately after the assemblying of court Judge Woodward, who occupied the bench, announced that the first busi ness would be the administration of the oath of office to Mr. Lynch. After the document had been read Judge Lynch stepped forward and with uplifted right hand took the oath of office from Re corder McGinty. ! He then mounted the platform and Judge Woodward arising escorted him to a chair after introducing him to the members of the bar as a member of the judiciary. In response Judge Lynch spoke briefly to the assembled lawyers, lie wasevidently nota little affected and spoke with some hesitation. He said he was fully alive to the great honor and responsibility that had been given him. The place he was to occupy had been held by many brilliant and distinguished men from Judge Conyng ham to the one who had so warmlv wel comed him to the bench. He could not hope to perform the many duties of the high office with that distinguished merit and ability that had marked those who had been before him. He would endeavor, however, to discharge these duties to the very best of his ability, and appreciating the warm friendship of the members of the bar, he felt sure that they would give him all the uid and support in their power. Judge Lynch then took his seat on the bench. Senator Ilincs, who was stand ing close by the bar, at once presented a motion to the court and passed the paper to Judge Lynch, who, after examination, signed it. Mr. Hines thus possesses the first document signed by Judge Lynch in his official capacity. Judge Lynch will probably occupy the | bench during next week's session of argument court.— Ncmdealer. Law anil Oi-aev ltnncnmbe. Another meeting of the so-called Law and Order Society was held at South Ileberton Friday evening. Lawyer E. D. Nichols, of Wilkes-llarre, late Pro hibition candidate for Judge, addressed the few people present, but before doing so requested those who did not wish to join to withdraw from the meeting. Very little of tnu proceedings could be learned, as the most solemn secrecy pre vails among the reputed members. It is said, however, that a permanent or ganization is not yet formed, owing tc the apathy of the general public in tin matter. Very few are taking any in terest in the movement, the majority ol Freeland people seeming disposed tr. mind their own business. Washington House, 11 Walnut Street, above Centre. A. Goepperl, Prop. The beat of Whiskies, Winea, Gin and Cigars. Good stubling attached. ARNOLD & KHELL'S Beer and Porter Always on Tap. TjlOR SALE.-Onc lot on Chestnut Street, .1" South Ileberton, size *50x150. For terms apply to T. A. lIUCKLEY, Freeland, l*a. HAVING more furniture than 1 need at present 1 will sell at private sale a quan tity of good second-hand bedsteads, tables, etc. MATT, HIEOKH, Cottage Hotel. ! ®FREELAND* J. C. Bkrner, Proprietor. J Flour, $2 85 percwt I Corn Meal, Gold Dust 2$ 44 tt> 1 Oat Meal 5 " " Oat Flakes 5 44 44 Farina 13 44 pk. Rolled Wheat 13 44 44 Tapioca 9 "lb Buckwheat Gritz 9 " 44 Wheat Gritz 9 " " Corn Chop 1 75 Mixed Chop 1 70 Whole Corn 1 70 Screenings 1 70 Middlings 1 50 Hay, per 1001b 75 Straw, 44 44 75 Straw, bundle 25 Granulated Sugar 20tbfor$l j Standard A 44 211b 44 $1 C 44 2211> 44 $1 ' Rice, best 8 per lb. i Rice, broken 5 per lb Bailey 5; 51t) 25c Beans 8 Dry Corn, 7; 41b 25c Peas 5; sqt. 25c Lima Beans 8; 41b 25c Valencia Raisins 7, 8 and 10 Muscatel Is 44 13 per lb Dry Peaches 10, 12$, &c Dry Apples 12$ per lb Dry Pears 18 44 44 Citron 20 44 44 Lemon Peel 20 44 44 I Prunes, French 10 and 12$ I Currants 7; 4lb 25c No. 1 Mince Meat 10 Jelly, pail 95; lib 6c j I Jelly, slb jars 40 j Jelly, small glass 10 i Apple Butter 35 per jar j ; Lard, home made 9 per lb j j Hams, small 1 1 44 44 | California Hams 8 44 44 j Long Cut Shoulders 7$ 4 4 4 4 1 Green Bacon 8 44 44 Dry Beef, chipped 18 44 44 I Smoked Bacon 10 44 44 | Bologna 0$ 4 4 44 j Fresh Pudding 10 44 44 i I Scrapple 8 44 44 j | Tripe 8 44 44 j Pigs Feet, sour 7 44 44 Cheese 12$ Saur Kraut 3 per lb Tub Butter 25 44 lb ! Kull " 28 " " I Baking Butter 15 44 44 Codfish, Large 8 44 44 1 Codfish, boneless 8 44 44 j Mackerel, No. 2 10 44 44 44 1 15 44 44 44 101b tubs, No. 2.. 1 25 44 44 44 1.. 1 60 • Smoked Herring 25 per box I Hollander Herring 90 44 keg Russian Sardines, 1 keg.... 50 j Salmon 12$ 14 15 i Souced Mackeral, 31bs 30 Sardines 5;5f0r25 1 Canned Herring 15 44 Oysters 15 , 4 4 4 4 small 10 FRESH FISH OF ALL KINDS. Others as They Come in Market. | Potatoes, fine cooking $1 20 per bu j Onions, scarce 50 " " Canned Beef 15 " can Roasted " 22 " can j Oranges 15 " doz | I.emons 20 and 25c | English Walnuts 15 " " | Filberts 15 " " j Mixed Candy 15 " " j Gum Drops 10 •' " Clear Toys 12 " " Rock Candy 16 " " j Mint Lozengers 20 " " | All kind of box candy.... 00 per box CANNED GOODS. ('aimed Corn, good 10; 3 for 25 44 44 best 12$ and 15 Tomatoes, Berner's Brand. 10c per can 44 Peas 10 44 44 44 best 12$ 44 4 4 String Beans 10; 8, 25 Canned Peaches 25 44 44 44 Pears 25 44 44 Baked Beans, canned 20 44 44 Gloss Starch 8 Corn Starch 9 3 for 25 Loose Starch 6 Hops 20 per lb j Stove Polish, Rising Sun... 5 Stove Polish, Klectric Paste 5 Coffee, loose 25 per lb j Coffee, prize 25 44 44 ' Coffee, Rio 25 44 44 1 Coffee, Java 32 44 44 SOAPS. I Soap, 3lli bar LI; 2, 25c . j Soap, Ilb bar, full weight.. 5; 22, $1 ' | Octagon Soap 5; 11, 50 ' I Tom, Dick it Harry Toilet Soap, 3 bars 10; 30, $1 SALT. 2001b, coarse 8 00 ' 1401b, coarse 70 81b, fine fi 51b, fine 4 | 1 peck ol' Salt 10 i Washing Soda, 21b 5 Gold Dust, 41b package.... 22 Soap Powder, 41b package. 20 Soapine.. 11 Jyorine, spoon in 12 Soap Powder 10; 31b, 25c j Lye Balls 8 I Lye, Red Seal 12 | Canned Lime 10 ' Lye, Borax 10c a can All Kinds of Cooking Ex tracts, Etc. WOOD & WILLOWWARE j Buckets, 2 hoops 15c 3 " 20 Baskets 10 Wash Tubs 75 Syrup No. 1, per'qt 10 Molasses, per qt 15 Soda Biscuits, loose, by bbl, 5 per lb. " 25 for 41b Coffee Cakes 9; 3, 25 Ginger " 10 per lb Mixed " 9 " " Oyster Biscuits 7; 5, 25 3000 rolls wall paper 9 " roll 2000 rolls wall paper 11 " roll 1000 rolls wall paper, gilt... 15 and 18 Tinware— All Kinds. Complete Line of Stationary Reduced. LADIES' and CHILDREN'S SUMMER COATS. Dry Goods and Notions. Everybody knows what we keep. This spring we will endeavor to suit everybody in style and at prices away down. Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes. Cannot tell you prices in this paper; it would take up the whole paper. Carpets and Oil Cloth I have 70 rolls of CARPET |up stairs. Do you need any FURNITURE ( Well my room is 110 feet long, 25 feet wide and loaded down with new goods. We can please you if in need. If you need anything not men tioned in here call and you will find it here. FRATERNALLY YOURS, J. C. BERNER, Cash Merchant. I PENSIONS THE DISABILITY HILL IS A LAW. Soldiers Disabled Since the War arc Entitled i Dependent widows and parents now dependent whose Honp died from effects of tinny service are included. If you wish your claim speedily and successfully prosecuted, "" w JAMES TANNER. I Late Com. ol' Pensions, Washington, I>. C. of the Condition of the Citizens' Bank, of Freeland, Pa., May 5, 1KIH: ASSETS. Ponds $13,n00 oo Car trust certificate 1,000 00 Bills and notes discounted.. 77,001 87 Premiums K2S 17 Furniture and fixtures 04:; 12 Expenses 1 75 Due from banks 0,004 14 Cash checks, etc 7,0114 97 $110,873 02 LIABILITIES. Capital stock $50,000 00 den. deposits $12,008 71 Suv. " 27,320 77 59,384 48 Due banks 728 83 Dividends unpaid 497 50 Surplus stock 144 04 Earnings 113 17 $110,873 02 I hereby certify that the above statement Is true and correct. P. It. DAVIS, Cashier. w!raf^E —HUT— Wise's Harness Store Is still here and doing busi ness on the same old principle of good goods and low prices. The season changes, but GEO. Wig! Does not change with the seasons. He is no winter friend, but a good all the year round friend to everybody who needs HORSE: GOODS. 1 Blankets, Buffalo Robes, Har ness, Whips, Dusters, Fly Nets and in fact every- * thing needed by Horsemen. Good workmanship and low prices is my motto. GEO. WISE, Jeddo, and No. 35 Centre St., Freeland, Pa. 11 EARTH HULL! WIS And so do all kinds of Ready-Made Clothing", Dry Goods, Carpets, Hosiery, Gents' and Ladies' Furnish ing Goods, Notions and all Kinds of Fancy Goods. We keep the largest stock in town and in the region, at JOSEPH NEUBURGER S BRICK STORE, GOODS MOST SELL At the prices we make to all that deal with us. WE BUY FOR CASH ONLY And we are therefore enabled to get large discounts for the benefit of our patrons. To sell for cash is no mystery, hut to sell cheap for cash we can do, because we buy for spot cash only. Our prices will compare favorably with city cash buyers' prices. Dry Goods Department. Yard wide unbleached muslin, 5 cents per yard. Lancaster Gingams, best qual ity, 7 cents per yard. Small checked bonnet gingams, 5 cents per yard. Good calicoes, 5 cents. Shirting flannel. 20 cents. White checkered flannel, 12£. f yard wide Cashmeres, 121. Velvet and Velveteens from 40 cents per yard upwards. Taped lace curtains, £I.OO per pair and upwards. CALL 111 EXAMINE 01 STUCK BEFORE BIIYINB ELSEWHERE. JOS. NEUBURGEE, BR\CK STORB, 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! UTTGKEa: Corner Centre and Walnut Sts., Freeland. W Aft liiAfuitiia FOR Eh And Hardware of Every Description. REPAIRING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE; We are prepared to do roofing and spouting in the most improved manner and at reasonable rates. We luive the choicest line of miners' goods in Freeland. Our mining oil, selling at 20, 25 and 30 cents per gallon, cannot he surpasssed. Samples sent to anyone on application. Fishing Tackle and Sporting Goods. eARVCRBRLCVCB, CENTRE STREET, FREELAND, PA. Clothing Department. Good suits for men, $5.00. Boys' Suits, $4.00. ; Children's Suits, SI.OO. Children's knee pants, 25 cts. Undershirts and drawers in all sizes, 40 cents. Sweet. Orr & Co.'s Overalls as cheap as the inferior make can be bought for elsewhere.
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