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.
<tOO —will buv a Bed Room Suite.
solid oak, eight pieces. Avery LrOCerieS.
raro bargain.
<R4 -will buy a ]taby Carriage. We Y ' lU all kno * to get
have 7:' i ilitTercnl styles in stork; SOlUC'thnig good to eat—at Der
ail first-class make. ner's, of course, where you al
t£so —will buy a G5 Parlor Suit, ways find fresh goods. We
Numerous other bargains in thank you for past favors; try
our Furniture department. us again.
<t| —will buy a fine Hat. We have
the latest styles in Plug Ilats; T OI ? IJ> "ATTLTTA
other popular shapes also. J. V_/. i3_L,Jl\..l\
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Very seasonabte pretty capes can now be had
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