FREELAND TRIBUNE. . Established 1883. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY 11Y THE TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY, Limited. OFFICE: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE. LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.50 Six Months 75 Four Months 50 Two Months 25 1 FREELAND, PA., JUNE 12, 1899. Day of IteckonlDg Needed. It has been stated on several occa sions that the corporations of Pennsyl vania owe the state a large amount of unpaid taxes. These taxes have been accumulating since ex-Governor l'attison's term ex pired, and the amount is estimated by the Wellsboro Republican Advocate at from 80,000,000 to 812,000,000. The law provides that when corpora tion taxes are not paid within a spcei ed time aftor they become due that the f auditor general and the state treasurer j , shall certify the facts to the attorney | general, who shall immediately enforce i collection. There are corporations in Pennsyl- I vania which positively refuse to pay one cent of taxes. I The auditor general and state treas- I urer, being puppets of the corporations' I friend, Matt Quay, will not certify the c fact to the attorney general, who would not enforce collection if they did, and v the man who is officially over all these f tools, Governor Stone, dare not compel a them to do their duty to the state, L because, like them, he is a part of the 11 horde of ofliee-holding slaves which, through Quay, is owned body and soul ( by these law-defying corporations. t It is no wonder the governor had to cut down the appropriation given to help the schools. Nor need any one wonder why Matt ' Quay is so anxious to have another of j his croaturcs installed as state treasurer. , In the treasurer's office lie the secrets of the corruption, discrimination and all-round rottenness of this common wealth, and until that ollico is given in charge of a man who will defy Quay and throw open the books to public inspection the people of the state will continue to groan beneath the load which that eminent Republican, Matt Quay, has placed upon them. There will be an election next Novem ber for state treasurer. Worthy of Comment. The following is from the New York Copy Hook , a trade paper published in the interests of journalism: The following newspapers are worthy specimens of the country press, the actual moulders of public opinion and true Americanism. Since the advent of yellow journalism most of the large city dailies have lost their individuality and have allowed their advertising columns to control not only the reading, but to a large extent the editorial (if such they can be called) columns. Thus it is to the country press that we look for the proper educating of our youth, truthful drift of thought, and protection of our liberties. We extend to the country press, and especially the following representative sheets, our most distinguished consider ation: Among the representatives of the couutry press named by the Copy Hook in the list which followed, as worthy of comment and distinguished considera tion, is the FIIKELAND TRIBUNE. Praise from such sources is certainly gratifying to the publishers of news papers who refuse to permit their edi torial or their news columns to be con trolled by political or advertising . patronage, and the TRIBUNE takes a pardonable pride in being classed by an expert newspaper critic as one of the too few journals in the country which are considered worthy of a place in the Copy Hook a list. Increase the Miners' WHKN. The steady increase in the price of anthracite coal at tidewater points ought to soon show its effects on mine workers' wages. Coal is selling now considerably higher than it did six months ago, but tho wages of the Lehigh region men remain tho same. Tho operators are not in tho business for the purpose of making millionaires out of miners, yet it would indicate at least honesty if they would grant a small percentage of their increased profits to those who risk their lives for them underground. Wages have been voluntarily Increas ed in the iron, steel and other branches of labor. Surely, from the nature of the work, the anthracite miner should not be for gotten by his employer, whose product, has appreciated as much as that of any other capitalist. OUR CAPITAL LETTER. MR. M'KINLEY'S CHANGE OF MIND AGAIN IN EVIDENCE. lie Appears to Believe Kvery Fairy That Is Sent From the Philippines. What the Next Democratic Platform Ought to Contain- Speakership Contest. Washington, June 9, 1899. Mr. McKinley has given the country another exhibition of a lightning change of mind. After allowing those who talked with him during several days to get the impression that he was about to call for volunteers for the Philippines, he suddenly changed his mind and annouueed that the cabinet had decided not to call for volunteers, hut to replace the volunteers now in the Philippines with regulars, and to authorize General Otis to enlist natives, it is believed that the princi[al factor in bringing about this lightning change, was a cablegram from Professor Schur man, president of the Philippine com- I mission, containing a fairy story an- ' nouncing the early surrender of { Aguinaldo. Similar fairy stories by the j same author were the basis of the hope i of early peace indulged in by the ad ministration, some weeks ago. The 1 I rainy season, which lasts three months, is on in the Philippines, making it im possible for General Otis to worry ( Aguinaldo much for that length of time. That's why no early surrender is at al probable. xx X f Hon. A. J. Warner, president of the ' Bimetallic League, is in Washington. f He said of the probablo Democratic i platform of next year: "The Demo- \ cratic party will stand by the Chicago platform. The money plank will be. ] made as full and as strong as if there j were no other issues. 1 would be in favor also of making a declaration against trusts, as if they were tho only issue; and the same witli our declaration j against imperialism and the Philippine { war. Neither question can be said to \ obscure or take precedence of the other. 1 but all combine to make an issue that I believe the people will support." XX X , Representative Gordon, of Ohio, who is visiting Washington, talks interest ingly of the political situation In his 1 state. He said; "Whoever thinks the Republicans are invincible in Ohio, this . year, will be badly fooled. There never was a time when the party was so badly i split by factional dissensions, as now, i and if the Democrats aro awake to their opportunity, they will beat Senator Hanna's candidate for governor. 1 have no idea who will be named as the , Democratic candidate, but we have plenty of good material to draw from. Ohio is naturally Republican, but the people do take kindly to political bosses, and they are going to show their resent ment at the polls this year." tit In Austria, a process for making arti ficial cotton out of the fibre of the fit tree lias been discovered, and reported to the stato department, by the United States consul, at Reichenberg. He quotes a description of the process, con cluding as follows: "Artificial cotton can be produced so cheaply that the I genuine article can hardly compete witli it, and one cannot say that it is a sham, for it is composed, exactly as the 1 natural cotton, of pure cellulose." The I consul says himself: "In a country such as this, where forests of iir trees t abound and are made perennial, by con stant replanting as tho large trees are ' cut down, and where all the cotton used in the numerous factories must lie brought from far India and the United !* States, such a devise should be proli:- able." This is decidedly interesting, j but it need not alarm cotton growers until it is known to have been put into practical use. It may be like the chemical process by which real dia monds can be made, which works nil r ' right, but the made diamond costs more than tho natural diamond of tho same f size sells for, which renders the process useless to the commercial world. X X X v The friends of Representative Sher man, of New York, are claiming that he was buncoed by the Henderson-Sher man speakership combine, into which ' he entered a short time ago, and there £ appears to be foundation for the claim. 1 The combine has already made Honder -1 son the only Western candidate for speaker and given him an apparent walk-over for the speakership. It is In -1 timated^ that it was formed to do that 13 very thing, and that the administration was a party to It, having decided that Sherman's friendship for Reed, and Reed's inlluence over him, made him f undesirable speakership timber. There may, of course, be a slip up in the pro ' gram, but it is the general impression in Washington that Ilendorson already has the speakership clinched, and pre y dictions are freely made that Sherman ' will find it advisable to withdraw in ;i Henderson's favor, long before congress meets, in order to get Payne's place, at the head of the ways and means com mittee, which carries with it the lloor j leadership of the party. , x Land which would be suitable for a r j public building site in Wllkesbarre is r held so high that the government can not afford to buy tho necessary ground. If Wilkesbarre assessors are attending s to business these days they are making notes of tho valuations which the owners of these plots place upon tho ground and should assess them accordingly. , That would soon smash the land trust. y Help along the movement to celebrate the Fourth of July. A REMARKABLE FAMILY. "PawV' Effort to Giro His Roys a Good Start lu Llfo. The lad was only about four feot hlgb, but bo bad u coonskln cap and a pair of rawbide boots wbieh looked as ll they bad been made to order for a giant. The IUUU who was touring through that neighborhood, on govern ment busluess bent, stopped his horse at the log house to make some Inquir ies as to the roads. He introduced the conversation with the patronizing in quiry: What Is your name, my little man?" The boy looked up at him with stern gravity t/.swered: "Doctor Hawkins." "Why—how long have you been a doi %>r?" "About fourteen years." "Are you the head of the family?" ! "No. I reeon you'd call General j Hawkins the head of the family. He keeps store down In the gap. Though j Huron Ha whins—he's the brother bet- i ween general and uie—helps a lot. He's mighty good to maw, imrou is." "Are there any more distinguished people In your family?" said the aston ished stranger. "Well I dunno as they're so 'nation distinguished. But there's Admiral Huwkius and I'erfessor Hawkins in the house uow." "They—thoy arc spending a little ! time at home are they?" "Yep. They've got to. They nin't big enough to go to work yet. Admiral's only four years old and Perfess Is just cuttln' his teeth." "What's your fathers name?" "Paw? His name's Jim. You see, he 'lowed he wasn't golu' to let his hoys go through life without ttie advant ages he'd been deprived of blsself. Hut at the same dine he w'au't gotn' to give up no money to the colleges. Wo he took time by the forelock, and give us our names when we was baptized, Which I reeon is about as hindiu' ami lawful as anything you could tix up. Paw's about the most prudentest man lu the whole country, pawls, " II Wasn't Her Hnliy. The street car conductor was not in , good humor. Someone had passed a | had quarter upon him, and that ac- j counted for tits sturttug the ear before the three women and a child were fairly uhonrd. One of the women was mad at being dumped without warning into a seat: the conductor saw that as he started to collect their fare, hut he was mad, too. "Madam," he said as she tendered her fare, "this child that is with you will have to be paid for as well." "I haven't the slightest idea of pay its fare," snapped the woman. "Then I shall put It off." answered the conductor, reaching for the bell rope. "You don't dare," flashed the wo man. Ting! The conductor brought the ' car to a stop, picked up the child and deposited it upon the street and rang to go ahead. "Madum," he said grimly, "you will fiud your child hack there on the cor ner." | "My child?" snapped the woman. "It isn't my child." ' Whose is it then?" gasped the eon duet or. "I haven't the slightest Idea," she answered coolly. Then the child's mother, who had been engaged in an exciting discus sion with a friend over the merits of a new gown, awoke to the fact that her child was missing, and then the UreworUs that played around the un fortunate conductor's head reminded him of a Fourth of July display.—De troit Free Press. Indifferent HI to the Hind. He was a fragile youth and didn £ dance all the dunces. "Let's sit it out," he said to his pretty partner. "Where?" she asked. "On the stairH." So they went up a little way and sat down. "Wh-why, what's the matter, Mr. Stnckpole?" cried the fair girl. For the young man had hastily risen and was gasping for breath, lie could not reply. His face was livid, his eyes were rolled up, and wltli one shaking baud he clawed feebly at the skirts of j his Tuxedo. "What kind of an attack is it?" she gasped. At this question his voice came back to him. "What difference does lint make?" j he harshly growled. Then, without I a word of apology, be dashed up the I stairs and flung himself Into the nieu's j controom. And how was she to know that It was an ordinary carpet tact that the man who canvassed the stairs had 1 carelessly left standing on its head? Not Ilr Fault. Mistress—Bridget I can't have my kitchen erowded with your company all the time. Bridget—Sure, an' It's your fnult, mum! Yez should have engaged a plainer person than meself. A Dliitlnctlon "Isn't that new neighbor of yours rather eccentric?" inquired the com mercial traveler. "No," answered one of the village's prominent citizeus. "He ain't rich i enough to tic called 'eccentric.' He's Just n plain crank."—Washington ' Star. Too Bliort IntormliiNlnttn. .Jr. Hayseed (arriving at city hotel) r —I suppose I km hear the gong here when it rings foe dinner, can't I?" ' Clerk—We have no gong. We have s breakfast from