FREELAND TRIBUNE. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THUKSDAV. TliOS. A. BUCKLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year $1 50 Six MontiB 75 Four Months 60 Two Months - • Subscribers are requested to watch the date following the name on the labels of their I papers. By referring to this they can tell at a I glance how they stand on the books in this office. For instance: Grover Cleveland 28JunciO means that Grover is paid up to June 28,1HK1. By keeping the figures in advance of the pres ent date subscribers will save both themselves and the publisher much trouble ami annoy ance. Subscribers who allow themselves to fall in arrears will 1m? called upon or notified twice, and, if payment does not follow within one month thereafter, collection will be made in the manner provided by luw. FREELAND, FEBRUARY 10, 1893. WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, D. C. Feb. 14, 1893. An early extra session of the fifty third congress now appears more certain than at any time since congress met. Ex-Gov. Campbell, of Ohio, one of the prominent Democrats who were in Washington this week, who is believed to enjoy the confidence of President elect Cleveland, said while here: "Yes, I think the chances of an extra session are good, if not almost certain. The sil ver law should he repealed, and as it will not be done at the present session, Judging from lats week's attempt and failure, it must be done by an extra ses sion. The Democratic platform demands such a repeal; a general sentiment in this direction prevades the Democratic party; the silver question was one of the main issues of the last campaign; the party stands pledged to its repeal and it will keep its pledees." The investigation of the money spent in the United States by the agents of the Panama Canal Company, now being conducted by a house committee, has just gone far enough to create a general demand for more information. It has brought out the fact that a great deal more mopey was spent in this country than the public has any idea of, and that it was largely paid for secret ser vices of some sort, the receiver giving no voucher for what he received. It is to be regretted that this investigation was not started earlier in the session, as it is feared that there may not be time be tween this and the fourth of March, beyond which date the committee will have no existence, to ascertain the names of those who received this money. Representatives Fithian, of Indiana, Baker, of Kansas, and Lawson, of Geor gia, have united in a sharp minority-re port against the bill providing for a per manent census bureau, which has been favorably reported by the house census committee, of which they are members. It says, among other things, that the present census bureau is divided into twenty-five divisions, all but seven of which should be eliminated; that many of the statistics taken under the last cen sus are merely duplications of reports made by other bureaus cf the govern ment; that the census bureau has been enlarged from time to time more to cre ate offices and salaries than for legiti mate purposes; that consequently the census has become a jumble of figures and irrelevant inquiries tilling volumes, which make their appearance so late that they are only useful for waste paper; and lastly, that the maintenance j of a permanent census bureau would he I at least treble the amount estimated — f 1200,000 a year. If the amendments to the pension laws, which have been approved by a majority of the house appropriation com mittee, become laws the pension office will be transferred to the war depart ment and be under the control of detail ed army officers, and the payment of pensions will be stopped to those having an income of as much as S6OO a year; to widows who married soldiers since 1870, and, except in cases of total disability, to alien non-residents. A Worthy Candidate. Flection day is fast approaching and it is therefore appropriate that the j Democrats exercise vigilance in the can vass now on for the poor directorship. The Democratic candidate, Mr. Joseph I'. McDonald, is one of the foremost business men of Freeland. lie is a self made man, having by his own energies worked upward from a breaker boy to the front rank in the business interests of Freeeland. Mr. McDonald's Democracy could never be questioned. He at all timeß voted his party ticket, and frequently left his business to advance the interests 1 of the candidates. This was particularly I true in the canvass last November. Being an upright, intelligeut citizen, one who believes that public office is a public trust, and being honored by a unanimous nomination, be has a right to expect and receive the vote of every Democrat and citizen who believes in ! placing the administration of public af fairs in honest, capable h&mls.—Jfuzkloi, j Standard. Short of absolute nationalization of ] the coal fields there is but one remedy for the evils of the monopoly of coal, and that is taxing all coal lands up to their full value for use. This will make it impossible for monopolists to bold the lands out use, and so render their mon opolizing schemes impracticable.— K. of 1.. Journal. When Baby waa atck, we gave her Castorla.' When she waa a Child, Bhe cried for Castoria. When ahe became Miss, she clung to Caatoria. When she bad Children, she gave thorn Caatoria NAVV VARD LABOR. tVtint Secretary Tracy Claims for His New System of Employment. The circular just issued by Secretary Tracy in regard to navy yard appoint ments accords with the general system established by liira 011 this subject, which has had results so remarkable. Mr. Tracy has officially declared that of all the changes in organization 110 has made during the last four years the most important is the one relating to labor in the navy yards. The accuracy of adjustment needed in putting the parts together is of tho high est importance. Mr. Tracy found that the only course was to introduce a new system of labor, and in the spring of last year he accordingly declared vacant all foremanships at all the yards. At tho same time ho appointed a board of offi cers, three of whom had long experience in directing shop work, to examino ap plicants for places. Of course the pre vious incumbents were welcome to ap ply for selection with the rest. One feature was that of refusing to go into examinations on general school learning, but to make the test purely practical, having reference to the man's knowledge of his own trade and his fit ness for tho place. Absolutely no gen eral educational qualification was ex acted except ability to make tho reports, estimates and calculations needed for his particular business. In his recent review of tho results thus obtained by appointing in every instance the man rectfhnnended by the board as best fitted for tho place, Mr. Tracy shows that the work has steadily improved at tho yards. The captain of the yard and two officers of technical departments register and classify all applications for work, and when men are required the applications aro taken up in the order of their regis try. There is a law relating to priority for war veterans and also a fixed rule of pri ority for men who have already had navy yard experience. But even in these two , classes the order of registration is fol lowed, and no man can be taken up out lof turn for political or other reasons. When the workman at the top of tho waiting list is notified and reports, the head of the department to which he is assigned is compelled to give him a fair *yid impartial trial and grade him ac cording to his skill. If found incompe tent, the officer must, in rejecting him, notify the board and state tho reasons for rejection, which thus become a matter of record. Then the board supplies the next name on the list, and 60 on. Commodore Erben, in reporting on the working of the system at the Brooklyn navy yard, finds the only objectionable point to be that it is sometimes difficult to reach registered men by postal card without delays, owing to changes of res idence. But that is a minor matter, and the navy yard does not want to encour age men to hang about, wasting their time for days, weeks or months till their turn may come. As to the advan tages, he testifies that in the first place there is now no favoritism whatever in hiring men. If an incompetent man ap plies, his unfitness will show itself on trial, and then another man is called for, and so on until a first class workman is secured. The foremen aro no longer bothered by outsiders to give places to friends, as it is known that they have 110 such power, and hence they are more in dependent of their men and can main tain better discipline. As for the men themselves, when once permanently passed on their merits they go about their work without anxiety, knowing that their places are secure while the job lasts, and that they have a chance for advancement. Finally the cost of all work done in the yard during the year is said to have been reduced by the system about 25 per cent. These new rules have now been in op eration, it apiwars, for fifteen months, covering a presidential canvass, "the first within tho memory of the present gen eration in which the yards havo not been used as a political machine." The law requiring that no extra workmen should be taken on within Bixty days of the election was carried out in spirit and in letter, and not a workman was employed beyond the normal number. The pres ent circular continues the principle of getting good men and holding on to them when they are secured, by allow ing good foremen and quartermen to drop a grade if practicable, rather than be subjected to full discharge where a reduction of the working forco has been ordered. Mr. Tracy has suggested that the sys tem should to made permanent by suit able legislation, but in any case it is likely enough to be continued by admin istrative authority on its intrinsic merits. Man versus Machine. I For some time there have been Blight 1 differences existing between Welsh j workers in the American tin plate fac tory and the company at Elwood, Ind. Recently a conference was held between Manager W. B. Leeds and the men. The result of this conference was that the men refused to work unless the company acceded to certain conditions. It Beems that a certain patent machine j has been introdued into the tinning de- I partment which does away with the ! work of one man, and the company want : to operate this with an unskilled laborer j and pay him less than a skilled laborer commands. The Welshmen demand that skilled labor only shall to employed, as they fear that otherwise unskilled j labor will take away their jobs. The Apprentice Question. A resolution asking for one apprentice I for the shop and one apprentice for every j eight journeymen molders employed in j tho shop has already been adopted by a | number of machinery molders' unions, | and is now being considered by other j unions in tho trade, on the ground that i there ure too many poor mechanics that cannot do justico to tho trade. j Organized labor in Buffalo is engaged j in an endeavor to have the city ordinance | which makes eight hours a day's work on municipal work enforced. The au j thorities of Buffalo are famous respect ers of law—sometimes. WORKINGMEN PEERS. Labor's Representative* In the Upper House of New Zealand. The government of New Zealand lias vastly surprised the colony and tho whole British empire and created consterna tion among the squatter aristocracy and the conservative pseudo-patrician and snob element of tho empire at large by the remarkable democratic proceeding of creating four workingmen 4 'peers" of the colony by calling them direct from their workshops to seats in the upper chamber of the legislature, to bo councilors to his excellency the governor. One of tho new "peers" is a boiler maker, another a store keeper in a large warehouse, and the two others are compositors. This action marks tho acquisition by the colonists of a much greater measure of direct control in their own alfairs of government, as distinct from govern ment by tho colonial office in London, through its direct appointees, and is a long step on the road to a much larger in - dependence, which is generally desired. Tho upper chamber has hitherto been held sacred primarily to the blue blood of tho colony. Occasionally, however, powerful squatters, tho largo land own ers, or other men of great wealth or large influence, have been suffered to sit in its hallowed precincts as a mark of especial favor and condescension. Its members were styled "peers," and were doubtless as much so regarded in colonial society as are the members of the other upper house at Westminster. They were ap pointed or "nominated" by the crown through the governor. Eight of the twelve new "peers" cre ated by the government are of tho usual class, and therefore unobjectionable. Bat the house and the empire stand aghast at the contemplation of the re maining four. The Hon. J. E. Jenkin son, a boiler maker in the government railway workshops, was inside a boiler hammering rivets when tho call to the upper house reached him in the form of a telegram asking permission for his name to be sent to tho governor as one of the new "peers." The messenger boy poked the telegram through one of the rivet holes to Mr. Jenkinson. Tho latter at first regarded tho matter us a hoax, but was finally induced to send an af firmative answer to the message. He did so and then went on hammering riv ets without another word. The Hon. John Rigg was sticking typo in the gov ernment printing office when the call reached him. Tho Hon. William Bolt, of Dunedin, was tending the stores in his employers' warehouse, and the Hon. W. Jennings was bossing the comps. in the office of the Auckland Evening Star But it is pleasing to note that the par allel with Cincinnatus and Israel Put nam does not end here. All the four "labor peers" are said to bo especially able men, although entirely inexperi enced in politics. Mr. Jenkinson is spoken of as a man of real worth and grit. He has been president of the Du nedin Boiler Makers' union, the Christ church Boiler Makers' union and rice president of the Canterbury Trades and Labor council. Mr. Rigg was at one time president of the Wellington Trades and Labor council. The other two new ' representatives of labor among the pa tricians are educated, well informed men of marked ability. There is said to be a widespread feel ing that while workingmen would doubt less perform good work in the house of representatives a mistake has been made j in appointing them to the upper house. | The appointment is for seven years, and there is an honorarium of £l5O a year 1 for the expenses incurred in attending parliament.—New York Sim. Problem of tlie I'ncuiployed. Economists, statesmen and philan thropists in England aro wrestling with the problem of alleviating tho condition of the unemployed who are swarming in the large cities of the country. John Bunts has given considerable attention to the subject, and his expressions com mand more than ordinary attention. He believes that the government in all large communities should give simple employ ment in works of public utility to the class which is mainly influenced by de pression, the unskilled class, and that in these ways temporary relief can always be reached. It is better, in his opinion, to spend $.">,000,000 on useful labor than $10,000,000 in charity, and he instances a great many cases in which judicious ex penditures for the public relief of the unemployed have-been made iu this way with excellent results. Another important point which he presses with great force is that in the present arrangements of labor we need to deal with this whole question on a dif ferent basis. He urges the adoptiou of the eight hour day, and instances a great many cases whero largo sums of money are paid for work overtime which might bo given to relays of men, and thus eu ablo a great many who ure out of em ployment to secure a respectable living. The Other Side of Immigration. Whenever a serious investigation of the immigration question is made 1 trust an effort will be made to find out the re lationship of certain Italian bankers and contractors to tho great mass of Italian immigration. I know that a majority of the Italian immigrants are brought here without knowledge on their part of what their occupation is to be, and little or no idea as to how or where they are to live. If they knew before leaving homo that they would be huddled together in badly ventilated and ill smelling tene ment houses, they would prefer to remain at home living on their own farms. They j would prefer almost any kind of work in Italy to being slaves in American mines or on American railroads, getting no rnoro to eat than is given a canary bird in Italy. Stopping immigration for a stated time will in the end do no good, but if tho United States government will carefully investigate the causes of immi gration, and will cause the truth in re gurd to tho avenues of employment, ' wages paid to laborers here, etc.. to he known all over Europe, I believe there will be a great decline in the volume of immigration and an improvement in the character of that which comes.— Joseph j Pascal Fina in New York World. TjiLEcttON NOTlCE.—Notice Is hereby given I J thut at the election to lo held it the third Tuesday of February, 1892, being the 21st day of the mouth, th 3 following officers of the inld dle ooal field poor district are to be'elccted, to One person for director, to serve three years, from April 1, IHICi, whose residence must be in that portion of the district known us the Lu zerne portion of the district. One person for poor auditor, to serve three years from April 1.1893, whose residence must be in that portion of the district known as the Weather]y or middle district. A. S. Monroe, I A. M. Neumiller, Directors. Samuel Harleman,) A. W. WASHBURN, Builder of Light and Heavy Wagons. REPAIRING OF EVER* DESCRIPTION. I'INE AND JOHNSON STS., FIIEELAND. C. P. GERITZ, PLUMBER, Gas and Steam Fitter, i Main street, below Centre. Machine repairing of all kinds done. GUN and LOCKSMITH IN<> A SPECIALTY. Per sonal supervison of all work contracted for. STAHL & CO., agents for Lebanon Brewing Co. Finent and Bent Beer in the Country. Satisfaction GUARANTEED. Hurtles wishing to try this excellent beer will please call on Stahl & Co., 137 Centre Street. WEIDER & ZANG, Tailor^. We arc located above Meyer's Jewelry store and have on Imml a tine line of a Is, which will bo done up 111 the latest styles at a very inodci'utc price. Ouruim is to satisfy and WE ASK FOR A TRIAL. Repairing Promptly Executed. 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