Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-08-18

cipate and prevent any misstatemen
of facts. We believe that the affair
of our employers are conducted OF
strictly business principles, and tha
political considerations in no way al
feet them. Both political parties ar,
represented among our employers
also among us, their employees, ant
the former have in no way interferet
with our political actions, or attempt
ed to influence or to control them.
In their business relations with III
they have always been fair and Just
and all differences between them ant
us have been adjusted in spirit o.
fairness. In justice not only to Gen
eral Beaver, but also to all our EN-
ployers, We voluntarily sign the an
nexed statements of facts known tc
us personally as employees of the said
firm. In case an attempt should bt
made to drag this matter into the
political campaign you are at full lib
erty to make such use thereof as YOU
may deem proper to correct any false
impression that designing persons
may attempt to create by circulating
reports differing from the fact herein
stated.
1. The wages paid us by the Bell.
efonte Iron and Nail Company, Linn
tied, have been uniformly of the
highest paid in the Eastern District.
2. These wages are settled with
us monthly and paid in cash.
3. Whilst our employers have a
store in connection with their works,
none of us have ever received or been
offered orders on said store in paw
ment of wages.
4. All of our dealings with the
said store have been voluntary on
our part and our trade has never even
been solicited by our employers. The
amount of our dealings in said store
has been regulated entirely at our
own option, and some of our number
receiving the highest wages, as a
matter of choice, have dealt little or
none at the store and have always
received our full wages in cash. Our
employmentis is in no way conditioned
upon our trading at the store, and
the main reason why we have dealt
there was because we found it to our
interest to do so, as We
could there secure supplies as good
in quality and as cheap in price as at
any store in Bellefonte and at less in
to ourselves, as the store
is located at the works and the goods
delivered at our residences.
5. The system adopted in said
store is that known as '.Hoyt's Trade
Coupon System, copyrighted by f.
W. Hoyt of Birmingham, Conn. We
consider it far preferable to dealing
on the pass book or credit system, as
t is practically on a cash basis. This
'ystem is plain and simple, and is
substantially as follows: Any en-
,loye who desires to trade at the |
tore can secure from the office a
oupon book for such amounts as
nay be due him at any time, and as
uppiies are purchased make payment
d coupons for the exact amount of
ach purchase Unused coupons can
e returned at any time, and credit
btained therefor so as to be payed
/ cash on monthly pay days. This
ystem saves all necessity for either
uyer or seller keeping extended
ook accounts.
6. Representing, as We do, the
arious branches of organized labor,
e cheerfully proclaim that our re-
tions as employees with the said
ellefonte Iron and Nail Company,
limited, of which Gen. Beaver is
lairman, are most satisfactory and
,rdial.
MI