FREELAND TRIBUNE.
Published Every Thursday Afternoon
—BY—
THOS. A. BUCKLEY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
TERMS, - - SI.OO PER YEAR.
Address all Communications to
FREELAND TRIBUNE,
FREELAND, PA.
Office, Birkbeck Brick, 3d floor. Centre Street.
Entered at the Freeland Posloffice as Second
Class Matter.
FREELAND, PA., JULY 2, 1891.
THE recent death of S. H. Hollinger
made a vacancy in the Board of Trus
tees of the Hazleton Hospital, which
the Governor ably filled last week by
the appointment of J. W. Maloy, of
the Lansford Record. The selection j
is a good one and creditable to the
Carbon portion of the district.
ONE of the greatest injustices the
United States Government is guilty
of is the disfranchisement of the citi
zens living in the District of Colum
bia. Including Washington and the j
smaller towns in its limits there is a
population of 2*29,7110, tho voters of
which are debarred from a voice in j
national affairs. This is a matter j
thnt should receive the attention of
the next Congress.
EIGHTY-SEVEN of the 441 bills passed
by the Legislature were vetoed by
Governor Pattison. Thus it is seen
that 20 per cent, of the work done at
Harrisburg was not considered wor-!
thy to come before the people, and,
from the commendation received for
placing his seal of disapproval upon
obnoxious legislation, the Governor
may well feel proud of his work. He !
has so far proven worthy of the con
fidence placed in him by Pennsylvania
last November.
POSTMASTER-GENERAL WANAMAKER is j
a great advertiser, yet he cannot feel
elated over the notoriety he is receiv-!
ing through his connection with the !
Keystone Bank robbery investigation.
His explanations do not explain, bnt
it wouldn't be safe to say so in Phila
delphia where Pious John is a little
idol. Wanamaker came out of tho 'BB
campaign with a smirched reputation
and recent developments have shat
tered his mask of hypocrisy.
HALF a dozen sales agents have
been in New York fixing upon the
annual rate for skinning the public
who must use coal. According to
one of the sales agentß the secret
agreements to maintain high prices
for coal are "none of the public's busi
ness." We shall see about that. A
coal monopoly is like a blood tax; re- 1
pugnnut to every instinct of human
justice. The public will eventually |
make it their business to prevent
legalized robbery by these anthracite
cormorants. — Record. The single tax
would soon cure that evil.
THE constitutional convention call,
to be voted upon in November, is not
receiving the attention it should. It
is likely tho call will be carried, and
as delegates are to be elected at the
same time, both parties should nomi
nate men who possess ability to reme
dy the defects in the present constitu
tion. The convention will cost the
taxpayers half a million dollars at the
lowest estimate, and the power of the
delegates being unrestricted, it be
hooves the voters to defent the nu
merous demogogues and henchmen
who have announced their candidacy.
IN the death of Thomas Fitzgerald,
proprietor of the Philadelphia Eren
ini/ Item, organized labor of that city
loses one of its bitterest and most un
scrupulous enemies. This man spent
the best years of his life antagonizing
Typographical Union No. 2, anil glo
ried in the ignominious distinction of
paying to his printers the lowest
wages in Philadelphia. The Item
and the Press —both shouters for pro- i
tection to American labor—are the
only dailies, out of twenty-one in that
city, which refuse to pay the union
scale. Colonel Fitzgerald is dead,
but the union he tried BO hard to des
troy is stronger than ever.
FREQUENT comment is made upon
the enormous amount of money spent
by Germany upon its standing army,
hut the New York Jleruld of Tuesday
shows that the amount expended by
the United States for pensions iH far
greater. The Herald states: The
expenditures for pensions in the fiscal
year ending to day, as now officially
stated, amounted to $124,108,728,111.
In the fiscal year ending June 30,
1890, we paid $109,357,534, while in
tho year before that we paid $87,044,-
779.11. In the past ten years our
pension payments have amounted to
$770,282,100.07. The cost of the
German army is for this year estimat
ed at $80,979,733.
TUE demaud for the nomination of
Cleveland does not grow less common
as 1892 approaches. His popularity
knows no abatement, but seems to
flow right on to his candidacy. The
Boston Herald recently asked the edi
tors of the principal Democratic news
papers of the South and West wheth
er Mr. Cleveland would have the sup
port of the several State delegations.
Replies were received from Maryland,
Virginia, West Virginia, Alabama,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Ken
tucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Missouri,
Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, lowa and Kansas.
With the exception of the replies
from Georgia, Arkansas, Mississippi
and Kansas, all were favorable to the
making of Mr. Cleveland the Demo
cratic standard LelWfc^.
About American Tin.
; The tin-plate question is the one at
i trading most attention from the political
j organs of the country just at present.
To the average man who has been read
ing the papers of both parties during the
past two months it is apparent that some
| extraordinary tall lying is being done by
| one side or the other. The readers of
j the Philadelphia Press and New York
j Tribune have been treated to such copious
| doses of "Tin, Tin, American Tin," that
one is inclined to believe the United
j States is covered with mammoth estab
lishments for the manufacture of this
important article in trade. Then the
j free trade journals are constantly ex
! plod ing every new plant claimed to be
I erected and with abundant proof they
show that American tin so far exists
\ only in the imagination of high tariff
j devotees. The following editorial, from
' one of the best and most consistent Re
publican papers in the country, the
| Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, is consi
dered a true and unbiased statement of
j the situation. To Democrats and Re
| publicans alike it affords instructive in
| formation:
If anybody has the eccentric desire to
: get his intellect into such a condition of
I inextricable confusion as to render it
absolutely impossible for him ever to get
it quite clear again, his way of succeed
ing lies wide open to him in the direction
I of reading attentively what the McKin
j ley tariff organs, of the one part, and
what the anti McKinley organs, of the
other part, say daily regarding the tin
plate question. Roth these most res
pectable authorities may have believed
that their statements were quite correct;
: but as they were quite as far apart as
i the poles, and as they differed even as
i day differs from night, nothing can be
' more evident than that one of them was
I most conspicuously inexact. The St.
Louis Republic, free trade to the core,
having read in one of its estimable eon
| temporaries of the high duties sort, of
the great force of men and the extensive
plant and the vast output of the Ameri
can Tin Works of Mr. Niedringbaus, sent
a reliable reporter to visit the establish
ment and to make faithful report of its
! extent, its employes, and its production.
I The reporter went, saw, and reported.
The works he found to be a slied, the
employes one Welshman and two small
I but grimy boys, the output some dozens
I of bright, shining tin cups, made, or
alleged to have been made, of American
tin. .Mr. Niedringhaus had admitted
the absolute correctness of this report.
The Evening Post of New York, which iB
not an admirer of the McKinley bill,
j having heard of the many important
: manufactories of tin-plate which were
already in operation, and having doubts
| of their entire accuracy, offered to buy,
for spot cash, 5,00(1 boxes of American
1 tin-plates at a much higher price than
j the very best foreign ones were offered
for sale in the open market. The Port,
curiously enough, has not received a
proffer of either 5,000 boxes, or one box,
or of one tin-plate of American manu
facture. The St. Louis Republic and the
New York Post fairly present—the one
by its exposure of the Neidringhauß
factory, employes and output, and the
, other" by its unanswered offer to buy
American tin-plate above the market
price—the anti-McKinley side of the
; argument.
The McKinley organs, however, are
not dismayed, or disturbed even, by
such little contradictions as these. The
New York Tribune, for instance, stated
[ editorially on one day that, in conse
quence of the already heavy production
of American tin-plate, the Welsh Tin
| l'late Trust, which controls the manu
facture of the article in England and
I Wales, had been compelled to suspend
j operations. Later the Tribune recanted,
said it was mistaken, and made a hand
! somely worded apology to its readers for
misleading them. But since then the
' McKinley organs have made much more
I extravagant statements with regard to
the manufacture, and the proposed
manufacture, of tin-plate in many parts
j of the country, and, among others, in
! this city. One of them has stated that
i the most extensive works, plants, vast
capital, and large numbers of men, were
already employed or about tobeemploy
jed in the tin industry. The names of
the works, or of the capitalists who are
engaged in the manufacture, are un
! fortunately not mentioned, it is to be
assumed upon the ground that these
public spirited citizens who propose to
introduce a new American industry are
too modest to let their tin so sparkle that
it may be seen of all men or of any man.
The entire tin-plate question has been
shrouded in the depths of obscurity by
the contradictory statements which the
friends and opponents of the McKinley
bill have made about it. All and every
thing that any body really knows about
it is that the iluty on till has been more
than doubled by the new tariff, and
that, in consequence, the United States
will have to pay about eight million
dollars a year more for the tin they use
than they did before the duty was in
creased. As for the statements of the
McKinley or the anti-McKinley organs,
they are absolutely unreliable, and not
the slightest confidence is to be placed
in them. But, at last, the contention
has attracted the attention of some of
the manufacturers' own trade journals.
One of them, the Tradesman, published
| at Chattanooga, one of the seats of the
organs' alleged manufacture of tin-plates,
having carefully reviewed the conten
tion iiH it has been carried on by the
opposing journals, and having carefully
examined the entire field of alleged pro
duction, says:
There was never even serious talk of a tin
plnte Industry in the United Stutcs until the
lust twelve months. We import fully 300,000
tons of tin-plate law year from Wales, which Is,
in the matter of bulk, quite equal to 400,000 tons
of pig iron, and its value cloße upon $2.',000,000.
The Industry in tho United States, if it becomes
such, must necessarily lie of slow growth. The
Welsh makers of tin-plate are firmly estab
lished, have enormous capital in the business,
and will not surrender their colossal business
in this country, even if they are forced to pay a
duty or 3 2-lOc. a pound Imposed by the McKin
ley tariff. They arc certain to try to save that
amount by reducing wages, cheapening their
raw material, lowering their freights, and put.
ting up with narrower profits. If there Is nny
serious Intention nmong American iron capital
ists to throw down the gage of battlo to tho
Welshman for the control of the American tin
plate supply, there will be a long and hard con
test. that will go on for many years, just as the
light for our steel, finished iron, and correla
tive supplies. It has required thirty years of
toil and the loss of millions under the protec
tion of exemplary duties for our Irou makers
to attain the control of their home market, and
we still Import a good deal of steel, some ruw
iron, and large quantities of wire, cutlery, ete.
The Chattanooga Tradesman, the organ
of the iron and steel industry, of all
metal workers, and a high protection
journal, knows of no establishments for
the manufacture of tin-plates in its
region.
Another high-class and most care-tak
ing protection trade journal, Bradstreet's,
devutes a broad column and a half of its
editorial space this present week to the
tin-plate discussion. Bradstreet's does not
seem to think that anti-McKinley or Mc-
Kinley organs are "responsible" or reli
able, as it concludes its extended review
of the question as follows:
We know of no responsible Journal or person
who claims to-day that American tin-plate fac
tories are supplying, or arc at this time capable
of supplying, the American demand for tin
plates, either of American rolled plates, dipped
in American tin; of American plates dipped in
imported tlti; or of foreign tin-plate's redippod
in either American or foreign tin. If any such I
claims are being made, it would be of interest ;
to know who is making them.
BradstrecV* further says:
There are elements of uncertainty which con- 1
front won id-be tin-plate makers in this conn- 1
try, the most striking being the possible modi
fication or repeal of the duty imposed on
the article on July 1. The plants neces
sary to make $22,000,01)0 of plates cannot be cre
ated even in one or two or possibly three years.
Yet the law says that it one-third of
the entire amount of tin-plates consum
ed in this country should not be made
in it in any year the entire duty on tin
plates is to be repealed and tin-plate put
on the free list. That is another ele
ment of uncertainty. Mr. Neidringhaus,
the employer of the one Welshman and
two boys, says, in a letter just published,
that if the tin-plate industry is to be j
made successful in the United States the
duty must be again increased to not less
than 3 2-10 cents per pound. But this j
would imply a tax to be paid by con
sumers of tin on tinware of $12,000, 000 a
year.
The Watcltiuan on the Tower.
—
Governor Pattison, in disapproving
eighty-seven bills and resolutions, or I
more than 20 per cent, of the whole
number passed at the recent session, has i
once more commended himself to the !
people of the State. He has done his !
duty faithfully and well. No measure j
of any conseijuenee, which was in proper |
shape and tit to go upon the statute
books, has been disapproved. The sift- I
ing process has left over 300 new laws,
and doubtless many of these might have j
been dispensed with. One of the evils \
of the times is too much legislation. We
do not need more laws so much as the
faithful and efficient execution of those
already on the statute books.— Phila.
Telegraph (lie]).).
Si*teeners' Annual Reunion.
The eleventh annual reunion of the
graduates of the different soldiers' or
phans' schools will taken place at Read
ing, August 18, 19 and 20. These re
unions are very enjoyable affairs, are are
looked forward to with delight by six
teeners, both male and female, all over
the State. The different committees are
hard at work and have mapped out a
very enjoyable programme. They ex
pect to make this reunion the grandest
of them all. Full information can be
had of Jacob A. Gramm, box 547, Har
risburg, or of the Local Committee, Isaac
W. Hull, Chairman, 217 Oley Street,
Reading.
Africa Remembered.
The fact that Governor Pattison has
appointed a colored man on the World's
Fair Commission ought not to escape the
attention of the negroes of the State.
The black man is seldom recognized in
Republican Pennsylvania save in Repub
lican platforms.— Harrisburg Star.
Drunkenness, or the Liquor llabit, Posi
tively Cured by admiiiHtcriiig Dr.
Haines' (iolilen Specific.
It is manufactured as powder, which can bo
given in a glass of beer, a cup of coffee or tea,
or in food, without the knowledge of the pa
tient. It is absolutely hurmless, ami will effect
a iK'rmancnt and speedy cure, whether the pa
tient is a moderate drinker or an alcoholic
wreck. It has been given in thousunds of cases
and in every instance a perfect cure has fol
lowed. It never Fails. The system once im
pregnated with the s|ecific, it becomes an utter
impossibility for the liquor appetite to exist.
Cures guaranteed.
48 page book of particulars l i te. Address
GOLDEN SPECIFIC CO., 185 Race St.,
Cincinnati, O.
FOR SERVICE.-a Jersey bred Dull. For
particulars apply to JOHN SCHNEE,
South Heberton.
rnWO LOTS FOR SALE, SITUATED ON
1_ Washington Street, Five Points, Freeland.
For terms apply to PATRICK MCFADDEN,
Eckley, Pa.
CMJR SALE.—One lot on Chestnut Street,
Jj South Heberton, size OOxloO. For terms
apply to T. A. IIUCKLEY,
Freeland, Pa.
riTO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.-This is to
_L certify that 1 have this day bought at
constable aule the following property: Two
horses, one cow, four wagons, sleighs and three
set of harness, together with a lot of goods and
have loaned the same to (leo. Kromincs, of
Foster Township, lor his own use and benefit,
and caution ull parties from interfering with
the same. Geo. A. Klinger, Butler Township.
June 2,181 H.
TJX)R SALE.—One lot 48 feet,9 inches front by
J? 150 feet deep, containing one large double
block of buildings and out-houses 28x82 feet,
also one house on rear of lot 14x24 feet ana
stable 14x14 feet, all in good condition and
fenced, situated on lower Main street, near the
Cottage Hotel. The property of Frank Mo-
Shea, a good title guaranteed. For further par
ticulars and terms upply to T. A. RUCK LEV,
Freeland. Pa. Hirkbeek Brick.
PENSION^
THE DISABILITY BILL IS A LAW.
Soldiers Disabled Since the War are Entitled
Depondent widows and parents now dependent
whose sons died from effects of army service
are included. If you wish your claim speedily
and successfully prosecuted,
address J A MES TANNER.
Late Com. ol' Pensions, Washington, I). C.
Washington House,
11 Walnut Street, above Centre.
A. Goeppert, Prop.
The best of Whiskies, Wines, Gin and Cigars.
Good stabling attached.
ARNOLD & KRELL'S
Beer and Porter Always on Tap.
DANIEL J. KENNEDY,
DEALER IN
FINE CIGARS AND TOBAC
-00, TEMPERANCE
DRINK, CONFEC
TIONARY,
ETC.
Centre Street, Freeland, Pa.
Where to Find Him!
Patrick Carey has removed from the Ameri
can hotel to John MeSheu's block, l)f> and iff
Centre Street, where he can be found witli a
full line of Medical Wines, Gin, Ilramließ, Rum,
Old Rye and llorbon Whiskey. Any person
who is dry and wants a cold, fresh large
schooner of beer will be satisfied by calling tit
Carey's.
Good Accommodation For All.
SIX DIFFERENT KINDS OF MEEK ON TAP.
JOHN SCHNEE,
CARPET WEAVER,
SOUTH HEBERTON.
All kinds of carpet, double
and single, manufactured at
short notice and at lowest
rates
Subscribe for
the "Tribune."
jlMil Ready Pay.
A GOOD THING.
That's What
the People Say.
I have a special drive in chil
dren's hose. 4 pair black hose
25cts. Children's seamless hose
3 pair 25cts. Ladies' silk brad
ed wraps reduced from $4.50 to
$2.50. Ladies summer vests 3
pair for 25 cts. I would like
:to tell you more about notions 1
j but can't in here. Did you see
Our Ladies' Kid Button Shoe
for qsi.co
[ and others cheaper than any
where. I am positive I have
i the best and cheapest stock of
! shoes in town.
Wall paper is the worst of
| all; can't keep up with the de
mand. 8 cts double roll, etc.
We are selling anything and
everything in tinware. Wash
boilers 75 cts, etc. In carpets
we are bothered a good deal in
matching but get them daily
just the same; 17 cts a yard to
any price you want. Furni
ture seems good property when
they get G chairs for $3.00.
Cane Seated Chairs $4.50 for 6
I have cherry bedroom suits
8 pieces, for $lB.
Oil cloths and rugs, ham
! mocks and easy chairs.
Did I mention dry goods.
It's hardly necessary. You
know, and so does everybody,
that I can save you money.
Cliallies, fast colors, 5c a yard;
good prints 5c a yard; muslin
■ I 4 to 8c a yard.
Straw hats for boys, girls and
' the old man 4c up to just your
; choice.
GROCERIES.
Well there are fresh, as I
j have 4 horses hauling them
■: out daily. No wonder; just
j see: 4 pounds of currants 25c;
■ j 4 pounds of raisins 25 cts; 4
I pounds of lima beans 25 cts; 4
pounds of starch 25c; G pieces
jof soap 25c; 5 pounds of rice
i 25c; 5 pounds of barley 25c;
bologna G.Jc per pound; shoul
ders 7c per pound; California
hams 8c per pound; flour $2.75.
All goods guaranteed and
i delivered free within a radius
, of 5 miles. Try our system,
! spot cash, and you will join
. the rest and say the only way
; to keep house is to buy from
I the
Ready PAY
J. C. BERNER, Proprietor.
wh^S^lE
—BUT—
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
m wsis
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.
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.,
Fieeland, Pa.
Advertise in
tlie "Tribune."
1 EARTH Miff BOVESf
And so do all kinds of
Rendy-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 NEUBURGEH S BRICK STORE,
lE^RIEIEID^IIsriD,
GOODS MUST SELL
At the prices we make to all that deal with us.
WE BUY FOB CASH ONLY
And we are therefore enabled to get large discounts for
the benefit of our patrons. To sell for cash is no
mystery, but 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, 12A. I
3 yard wide Cashmeres, 12.1.
Velvet and Velveteens from 40
cents per yard upwards.
Taped lace curtains, SI.OO per
pair and upwards.
CALL All EXAMIiE 01 STOCK EEF3IE BIYI ELSEWHERE.
JOS. NEUBURGER,
BRICK RBT ORB,
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!
HUG-PI
Corner Centre and Walnut Sts., Freeland.
FOR
h : ''c
... |
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 have the
choicest line of miners' goods in Freeland. Our mining oil,
selling at 20, 25 and 30 cents per gallon, cannot be surpasssed.
Samples sent to anyone on application.
Fishing Tackle and
Sporting Goods.
BIRKBECK'S,
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.
Some people
are
of the
opinion
that
advertisements
are
never read.
To
prove
that this
is not
so
we are giving
an
illustration
in
this column.
If you
did not look
at
the advertising
columns
you would not
see
this "ad."
It
is conceded
by the
leading business
men of
the country
that
advertising
made
them what they
are.
Give it a
trial.
It will pay you.
I