SOME GOODS WE ARE CLOSING OUT! OQp —will buy good men's White \A/^ill Shirt Linen Besoms. There Wa " ' aper. the best you can get for the money. The i mprov ing season is 45c —*"! buy jnirs good launder- here. We have a larger stock ed \\ lute shirts. Here s a bar- Panel* than ever Could not gain you won t get every day. * 1 / , c%UI * V ol J K 1 l ,lul fll , * get any for lc a roll, but have 25c iitsT 81iirts, ,n goodEquality ami '!V Gilt Paper for 10c a double up-to-date style. " roll—numerous styles. $ 4 Dry Goods and have about 50 suits left yet. Notions. <£ 1 —will buy 20 yards of Muslin. A good material getting pressed by a We have an extra large large stock: must l.ave the room it takes. gtock< whU . h is cro wding our $1 ~ wi " b ";' a R all ' °, f bidics" line S p a ce, so that we must get various,r d 0 artlCl ° Borne Of them away in order to , * , , , get room to move around. Al 30C ;ya-vs of. specialties and cial prices on better grades, as we are the lom est pIICGS on all kinds closing them out. of goods. "ATTLTTA other popular shapes also. J. V_/. i3_L,Jl\..l\ THE KRI.I.MRB HMIIK —are the only high-grade and strictly first-class Pianos sold direct from the factory to the final buyer. They are the only pianos on which you can save the dealers' profits and enormous expenses, agents' salaries and music teachers' commissions. Our Pianos are recom mended by leading musicians for richness and beauty. Kellmer Grands and Uprights, $175 Up. Our Pianos are guaranteed first-class and warranted for ten years. We have no stores or agents to support or protect, and sell from our factory warerooms, cor ner Church and Chestnut streets, Hazleton, at the actual first factory cost. Open daily till (1 o'clock, Saturday evenings from 7 to 10. KELLMER PIANO CO. lb feta Institute (j Harrisburg, X^a. FOR THE CURE OF Alcoholism, Narcotic Addictions, The Tobacco Habit. None hut genuine Keeley remedies are used. No restraint. No risk. 'J he treatment abso lutely removes all desire for alcoholic stimu lants and drugs. 14?" Literature free. Correspondence confl deutial. W. S. THOMAS. Mgr., P. O. Box 594, Ilarrisburg. Harness! Hai 'liess! Light Carriage Harness, $5.50, $7, $9 and $lO 50. Heavy Express Harness. $16.50, sl9, S2O and $22. Heavy Team Harness, double, $25, S2B and S3O. GEO.: WISE, Jeddo and Freeland, Pa. LIVE QUESTIONS! "Trusts and Monopolies,"(No. 2 by Byron W. Holt, Of New York City. Monday Next, - - May 4. GEORGE FISHER, dealer in FRESH BEEF, PORK, VEAL, MUTTON, BOLOGNA, SMOKED MEATS, ETC., ETC. Call at. No. fi Walnut street, Freeland, or wait for the delivery wagons. VERY LOWEST PRICES. LIBOR WINTER, IREST'./i-'CriR./VibTT OYSTER SALOON. No. 13 Front Street, Freeland. The finest Honors and cigars served at the counter. Cool beer and porter on tap. RAILROAD TIMETABLES ' I UIE DELAWARE, SUSQUEHANNA ANI X SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD. Time table in effect December 15,1805. Trains leave 1 M il ton for Jeddo, Eekley, Hazle Brook, Stockton, Beaver Meadow Koad, ltoan and lluzleton Junction at 5 30, 600 a m, 4 15 p m, daily except Sunday; and 7 03 a in, 2 38 p in, Sunday. Trains leave Drifton for Harwood, Cranberry, Toinhicken and Deringer at 5 30 a m, p in, daiiy except Sunday; and 7 03 a 3B 3B p m, Sun day. Trains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction, Ilarwood Itoad, ilumboklt ltoad, Oneida and | Sheppton at 0 00 a in, 4 15 p m, daily except Sun day; and 7 Oil a ui, 2 38 p m, Sunday. Trains leaveHazleton Junction for Hurwood, Cranberry, Toinhicken and Deringer at 035 a m, daily except Sunday; and 8 53 a ui, 4 22 p m, Sunday. Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida Junction, Harwood Koad, Humboldt Koad, Oneida and Sheppton at 0 20, 11 10 am, 4 Hi p in, daily except Sunday; and 7 37 a m, 308 pin, Sunday. Trains leave Deringer for Toinhicken, Cran berry, Harwood, Hazleton Junction, ltoan, I Beaver Meadow Road. Stockton, Hazle Brook, j Kckley, Jeddo and Drifton at 2 25, 5 40 p m, : dally except Sunday; and 0 37 a in, 507 p in, Sunday. Trains leave Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt ltoad, Harwood ltoad, Oneida Junction, Hazle ton Junction and ltoan at 7 11 am, 1240, 525 | p in, daily except Sunday; and 800 u m, 3 44 p in, Sunday. Trains leave Sheppton for Beaver Meadow Koad, Stockton, Hazle Brook, Kckley, Jeddo and Drilton at 5 25 p m, daily, except Sunday; and 8 00 a in, 3 44 p m, Sunday. Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Beaver Meadow ltoad, Stockton, Hazle Brook, Kckley, Jeddo and Drifton at 3 00, 5 47, 620 p m, daily, except Sunday; and 10 08 a in, 5 38 p m, Sunday. All trains connect at Hazleton Junction with electric cars for Hazleton, Jeanesville, Audon ried anil other points oil the Traction Com pany's line. Trains leaving Drifton at 000 a m, Hazleton I Junction at 0 20 a til, and Sheppton at 7 11 a in, j connect at Oneida.l unction with Lehigh Valley ! trains east and west. Train leaving Drifton at 5 30 a in makes con nection at Deringer with I*. B. K. train for NVilkesbarre, Sunbury, Ilarrisburg and points west. For the accommodation of passengers at way stations between Hazleton Junction anil Der inger, an extra train will leave the former point at 3 50 p m, daily, except Sunday, arriv ing at Deringer at 5 00 p m. 1.1 I LIEK C. SMITH. Superintendent. Ell Kill VALLEY RAILROAD. November 17, 18U5. Anthracite coal used exclusively, insuring cleanliness and comfort. ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENOER TRAINS. LEAVE FREELAND. 0 05, 8 25, 0 33. 10 41 a in, 1 35, 2 27, 8 15. 4 J4, 0 12, 0 58, 8 05, 8 57 p m, for Drifton, Jeddo, Lum ber Yard, Stockton and Hazleton. 0 05, 8 25, 033 a in, 1 35, 3 15, 4 31 p m, for Mauch Chunk, Allcntown, Bethlehem, Philu., Kaston and New York. 0 05, 9 33, 10 41 aiii, 2 27, 4 25, 058 pm, for Mahauoy City, Shenandoah ami Pottavillc. 7 20, 9 10. 10 50 a m, 11 51, 4:W p in, (via High land Branch) for White Haven, Glen Summit, Wilkes-Barre, Pitts ton and L. and B. Junction. SUNDAY TRAINS. 11 40 a in and 3 24 p m for Drifton, Jeddo, Lum ber Yard and Hazleton. 324 p m for Delano, Malianoy City, Shenan i doah. New York and Philadelphia. ARRIVE AT FREELAND. 7 26, 9 27, 10 50, 11 54 a m, 12 58, 2 13, 4 34, 5 33, 0 58, 847 p m, from Hazleton, Stockton, Lum ber Yard, Jeddo and Drifton. 7 20, 9 27, 10 50 am, 2 13, 4 34, 0 58 p in, from Delano, Mahunoy City and Shenandoah (via New Boston Branch). 12 58, 5 33, 8 47 p m, from New York, Easton, Philadelphia, Bethlehem, Allcntown and Mauch Chunk. 9 27, 10 50 a m, 12 58, 5 33, 0 58, 8 47 p m, from Kaston, Philu., Bethlehem and Munch < hunk. 9 33, 10 41 a in, 2 27,0 58 pin t rom White Haven. Glen Summit, Wilkes-Barre, Pittston and L. am B. Junction (via Highland Branch). SUNDAY TRAINS. , I 11 31 a m and 310p m, from Hazleton, Lum- I her Yard, Jeddo and Drifton. | 11 31 ain from Delano, Hazleton, Philadelphia and Kaston. 3 10 p in from Delano and Mahanoy region. > j For further information inquire of Ticket Agents. CHAB. S. LEE, GenU Pass. Agent, Philu., Pa. KOLLIN 11. WILBUR, Gen. Supt East. Div. A. W. NUN N KM ALU KB, Ass'tO. P. A., South Bet hlehem, Pa. 8 Watch the date on your paper. PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITIES. ' A PROMINENT DEMOCRAT. A PROMINENT REPUBLICAN. FREELAND TRIBUNE. PUBLISHED EVEUY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. THOS. A. BUCKLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.50 Six Months 75 Four Months 50 Two Months 25 Subscribers are requested to observe the tlguros following the name on the labels of their papers. By reference to these they can ascertain to what date their subscriptions arc paid. For instance: Grover Cleveland 28June9G means thutGrover is paid up"to Juno 28,1800. Keep the figures iu advance of the present < date. Report promptly to thisolfiee whenever you do not receive your paper. All arrear ages must he paid when paper is discontinued. FREELAND, PA., APRIL 27, IHHO. j Last summer when Quay was being fought for state chairman of the Re- i publican party tin 1 local big guns were against him as a "matter of principle," i so they claimed. His record, it was alleged (and very truthfully too), was of a character that compelled them to try and defeat him. They could not afford to see their party defiled by the lea dership of a man who had been guilty of every crime in the decalogue. It was all a "matter of principle" then, but to know that the average Republican's principle is not oven skin deep it is only necessary to watch these same local big gnus whooping it up for the boss of the (J. (). P., who last week was endorsed for the Republican nomination for presi dent. If these lackeys ever turn their eyes inward what abject slaves they must sec. Byron W. Holt's article in an adjoin ing column on "Trusts and Monopolies'* is suggestive in many ways. Trust ex tortions are costing the people of the United Slates 81,000,000,000 more each year for what they consume than they should pay. This Is an excess tax of sl4 per capita, or S7O for each family. This amount would give a college education in every four years to 4.000,000 pupils, or one-sixteenth of the population, allow ing $250 a year for each student, or it would pay for 1,000.000 homes at SI,OOO each year, and the vast impetus that this would give to trade and industry would leave no man idle. The most important question now before the councilinen of Freeland bor ough is to procure lire protection for the residents of Birvauton. This largo sec lion of the town is growing year by year and is getting too valuable to be given over to the mercy of the Haines. Something should be done this summer to place the people there on an equal footing with the rest of us, and those who live where they can have the bene fit of fire protection shoulcl agitate the matter and help their loss fortunate brethren on the Hill. It is claimed that more petitions have been sent to congress during the present session for the passage of some bill which will restrict immigration than for any measure over before congress. Not withstanding these appeals, it may he safely asserted that the lobbyist of the smallest railroad corporation in America would be given more personal attention than all the petitions sent to Wash ington. A signature on a petition carries weight with but few congress men; they prefer to have it on a check. It is not too early to think of the street sprinkler. There are at least five long months of warm weather coming, and from the experience of past years tiie. business men know the annoyance and loss to which they are subjected by not having Centre and other streets sprinkled. There is not much hope that council will afford any relief in the matter, and on this account there seems to he a magnificent opportunity for pri vate enterprise. That it would pay the projectors cannot be doubted. There arc some banks carrying state money that would be unable to pay on demand, if called for tomorrow. This lias been known for years, but the fact that they pay the interest to some one with a pull prevents the removal of the deposits and the exposure of the banks. What an injury and injustice to the tax payers is the political pull.— Wilkesbarrc Newsdealer. Freoland's Board of Health will finish a creditable year's work tomorrow. LIVE QUESTIONS. A Series of Articles Contributed to These Coluuius by Advanced Thinkers. TRUSTS AND MONOPOLIES. L The uamo trust first came iuto use after tlie formation of tho Standard Oil trust in 1882. It comes from the fact that trusteos xeccivod and held in trust the stocks of various competing corpora tions. As used today the word trust means any capitalistic combination of competitors tho object of which is to in crease profits. Such combination may consist of a looso agreement or "under standing, " or it may mold many cor porations into ono or moro groat corpo rations. It is easy to stop competition in some industries, but diillcult to do so in others. There aro two ways of increasing profits: First.—By advancing the pricos of i finished products. Second.—By diminishing cost of pro ! ductiou. Both of these ends are aimed at by trusts. Restricted production is the usual 11VI10N w. HOLT. | means for causing pricos to advance. Production can be restricted only when there is a complete or partial monopoly of sources of supply or machinery ol production. Monopolies are of two kinds —natural and artificial. Natural depend i upon the limitations of nature; artificial, ! upon tho limitations or restrictions oi j legislation. Mines, railroads and tele graphs are natural monopolies. Patents and copyrights produce artificial 1110 i uopolics. Natural monopolies, however, aro often strengthened by tariff and oth er trade restricting laws. Cost of production may bo lowered: First. By reducing tho cost of selling I a product. Second.—By moro economic dist-ribn . I tion. I Third.—By working only tho best 01 most favorably located plants. , ! Fourth.—By adoption of tho best ma i chiuery and mothods previously in use in any of the plants. Fifth.—By a better utilization of ma terials anil the saving of waste products. Sixth.—By reducing wages. Sovonlh.—By reducing prices paid foi raw materials. The power of trusts to advance prices of products and to reduce wages and j cost, of raw material is very great. The exercise of such power is considered harmful and is unlawful. The power of I trusts to reduce cost of production iu any j of tho first five ways mentioned is alsc ■ j very groat, and its exercise is considered ' | beneficial to mankind. Therefore trusts ■ j are potentially both good and bad. Is it i possible to get rid of tho bad and to save i | the good iu them? If not, should we destroy them? , ; In tho modern sense of the word . | trusts first appeared between 1860 and j 1870, though some feeble efforts at com : biuation were made 200 years before. . They, however, attracted but little at . | tention until about 1882. Since then ! their growth has been remarkablo. Out j of 401 trusts, formed previous to 1804, , i 7 wore formed between 1860 and 1870 (mostly railroad, telegraph and express pools), 80 between 1870 and 1880, 827 ; between 1882 anil 1800, and 178 between 1 1800 and 1804. Olio hundred and twen -1 ty were formed in 1880 and 1800. This 5 list is incomplete, especially for latei years, but it indicates a rupid growth, 1 j and that trusts are usually successful in increasing profits. The nominal capital of the Leathei 1 trust is |126,000,000j Beof, SIOO,OOO, i 000; Standard Oil, $07,000,000; Sugar, - | $75,000,000; Rubber, $40,000,000 ; Cot- I 1 tonseed Oil, $88,000,000; Load, $30,- ■ 000,000. These soven trusts have a nom , | inal capital of over $500,000,000. None I of these trusts depends mainly upon nat . Ural monopolies. The Anthracite Coal trust now represents railroad and min j ing interests valued at over $1,000,000,- 000, and tho Joint Traffic association , I represents railroads with a capitalization of nearly $2,000,000,000. According to | the census of 1890, the'truo value of out steam and street railways was $8,685,- 407,823; mines, quarries, eto., $1,291,- 291,579. Other natural monopolies— telegraphs, telephones, gas and electric light plants, canals, docks, etc.—will bring this total to about $12,000,000,- 000. Fully two-thirds of the capital in i vested iu these natural monopolies is in pools or some other form of trust. The other third is not actively competing with itself, for there never was nor never will be full competition in any of these industries. Perhaps one-half of tho $6, - 139,397,785 capital employed in manu factures in 1890 was anil is in some form of trust. It is probable, therefore, that about $15,000,000,000 of our capi tal is not competing with other capital. But this is about half of our total capital employed in productive industries. Nearly all of tho remaining half, $lB,- 279,202,649, is employed in agriculture. Iu all agricultural industries there is se i vere competition. The farmer sells at i competitive pricos; he buys at uoucom i petitive prices, or prices fixed by trusts and monopolies. So literally true is this j statement that it is difficult to think of any article sold from store or mill the price of which is not fixed to some ex ! tout by some one or more trusts. Often a dozen trusts aro concealed in a single article. Suppose he buys a carriage. It | may fir may not be a trust product, but its oost of production depends largely upon tho cost of its different parts. The bolts, nuts, tucks, glass, hardware, nails, leather, wheels anil springs in it were probably made by trusts. The materials for the varnish and paint used were also trust products. Going a step farther back, we find that tho saws, axes, fllss, hammers, etc., used iu making tho car riage and in shaping the raw materials aro trust products. His carriage was j shipped over a trust railroad made of trust rails, on which run trust locomo tives, the wheels of which aro encircled by trust tires. The combined result of all these trusts adds $5, or it may be SSO, to the price of his carriage, depend ing upon tho kind and quality, where it was made and where it was finally sold. Ordinarily the prices of trust articles are not much higher because of trusts. Iu many cases, however, the trusts in crease prices by 25 to 100 per cont. Steel rails sold for about S2O per ton two years ago, when the trust was dis organized and waiting to see that the duty was not all taken off of rails. A duty of $7.84 was left, and for more tlinu one year prices have been hold firmly at S2B at Pittsburg and $29 at Chicago, though tho Illinois Steel com pany is reported to have this year sold 10,000 tons of rails to Japan at $21.26, delivered at seaboard. Prices of struc tural iron and steel fell from S7O to about S3O when the trust temporarily broke in 1892. Prices of tacks were ad vanced from 1890 to 189-1 by from 100 to 800 per cent. Prices have since been sustained by tho trusts. A Cartridge trust was formed in 1883. Since that time tho prices of cartridges have aver aged moro than 100 per cent abovo what they wero early in 1888. Tho Paris Green trust, just before the potato bug season in 1893, raised prices from about 10'j to 21 cents por pound. Wire nails aro soiling at $2.40 per keg today; cut nails at $2.15. Fifteen mouths ago prices were 90 and 85 cents respectively liore and over $2 in Canada, where there was a tariff protected trust. Our manu facturers "got togothor" and made the change. A dozen trusts could be named that together extort at least $100,000,009 to $200,000,000 a year from American consumers. Probably $500,000,000 is about tho present cost of trusts to us; $500,000,000 moro can bo added as our annual tribute to steam anil street car, telegraph, tolcphoue, mining, gas and j water monopolies. Is it any wonder : that we have produced 5,000 million aires since 1860, or that wealth is so un evenly divided? BYRON W. HOLT. New York, March, 1896. MISSION RECIPROCITY. Most people are interested in missions of ono kind or another, because iu its larger sense every enterprise pushed out i , sido of its present limits is a mission. However, missions have not been satis factory in foreign fields and should not be expected to be so, as mission boards have been slow to adopt modern moth i uds. It is interesting to noto tho idea of ■ | reciprocity that seems to be springing ) up between tho great historic religions. : ! This is not the result of an agreement, 1 but ono of thoso providential movements t that overreach the limitations of men. . Within the last two years Mohammed Webb has opened a Moslem mission in 1 New York and has received consiiler i able attention. The world's congress of t religions was a demonstration of the j new method. Since then a Buddhist i mission has been opened iu Now York under tho leadership of H. Dharmepala. 1 Ho represents the Naha-Bohdi socioty of 1 Calcutta. These movements will be re ceived gladly by all fair minded men as j giving us an opportunity to study theso ! religions at first hand, as much of our ) i secondhand information is untrust- I , worthy. Another curious illustration of tho 1 , action and reaction in missions is found - iu one of our largest western cities. Re- I cently a number of orthodox clergymen i I otgauized a Jewish mission and are anxious to convert the children of Abra • ham to Christianity. While this move i ment was being put on foot tho leading , rabbi of tho same city was approached i by a number of Christians and asked if they could take membership in his i church and on what conditions. Ho called a meeting of his church board, , and after duo deliberation tlicy deoidod to accept all applicants who would ex j press a bolief in God. ! At the present time there are more ! Christians bolougiug to and joining Jewish churches than Jows joining I Christian churches. This state of affairs is a very interesting study for the stu dent and gives another factor iu tho i vexed problem of comparative religions. ' | The "Twentieth Century" shoe is the ladies'favorite. At the Wear Well only. THE UNIVERSAL 30 E. Broad street, 29-31 E. Mine street, Hazleton. Millinery In this department we are now showing the choic- tev. est things of the season. An entirely new stock, including all the recent novelties in Hats, novel ties in Flowers, novelties in Trimmings, in fact every up-to-clate novelty. We shall be pleased to have you call and sec for yourself. Shirt Waists We will open the fifth shipment of the season this week. lou already have an idea of what we have been doing in Shirt Waists. This shipment, including 13 6 dozen of the choicest Waists seen this season, will eclipse anything and everything ever offered in this or any other city in extent of up-to-date styles, and the prices—well, we have some price surprises in store for you. Don't fail to be on time. X Lace Curtains Entirely new stock of Lace Curtains, including many new choice designs of 1806. Prices will be found very moderate. Ladies' Capes We have many bargains in Ladies' Cloth Capes, having made sweeping reductions in all grades. Very seasonabte pretty capes can now be had from us at 7 oc, 08c, $1.25 and upwards. ANDREW J. HAIBE. WHEELS! WHEELS! Bicycles for Everybody! High Grade and Low Grade! High Price and Low Price! Wheels for Men! Wheels for W omen! Wheels for Boys! - Wheels for Girls! THE LATEST AND BEST! A large assortment of Wheels of the best make constantly on hand. We are pre pared to do the largest Bicycle busi ness in Freeland in 1896. Wev'e got the best Wheels and the best terms. We give you both. Can you get as much anywhere else? A HANDSOME NEW '96 WHEEL, CHANGEABLE SPROCKET ATTACHMENT, Y " —at the lowest figure you can possibly be asked to pay for a high grade wheel. Repairs of All Kinds In Stock. C. D. ROHRBACH, HARDWARE DEALER, Centre Street, Below Luzerne, Freeland V _