The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-03-31
PACKER7ON NOTES AND OPINIONS.
Timely Topics Interestingly Told BY a Live.
lv Scribe.


Easter services by the Packerton Mission Of
4 81 Marks church will be held ia the schoo
mousse here, Sunday afternoon at 1880. Supt. w
H. Butler will conduct the exercises CAROLS re-
= sponses and addresses will be the order. All
! are cordially invited to be present.
The sad death of young Beaver Of Weiss.
port, as result Of attempting to iump on 4,
moving coal train ought to be a warning to all
boys, yet II seems TO be unheeded by too many
IN spite of the commands Of parents, the warn
ngs Of friends, they persist in this hazardous
practice. Hardly town along the line of any
railroad but has one or more cripples as a re-
suit.
1t is evident from the tone OF some of the
leading Republican journals that the attempt TO
prevent the consideration of tariff reform does
notmeet their approval. Kelley Reed and that
class are obstructonists only; whether tariif re-
form comes in the shape of the Mills or Ran
dall DILL come it must The country demands
reform and our legislators will be wise If they
need the demand of I'VE the people,"
| -lhe hrst general movement of coal from the
| inherent divisions commenced on Tuesday-lust
one week after the "Greeley blizzard embargo.
Although the restrictions are not entirely re-
| moved, yet the movement of coal is brisk The
entire Lehigh region is now IN full operation.
IL Is possible that McGarvey will not resume for
some timo as Father McCloskey, of Hazeton.
opposes his management of labors' interests.
Whether the alleged interview with Arch
bishop Carrigan be true or not, yet the views
there presented will be accepted by the average |
reader as sound The trouble with the organiz- |
alton is that 1t is not governed, simply as an as
semby, acting as individuals in the correction |
OF any real or supposed wrong, hence the failure
to accomplish any real good. The great trouble
Is a want of broad bouaef taf
Thousands of men joined the X. of L. with no
thought above self; political preferment, bust
ness advancement and social standing were
some of the incentives to membership
The question of tariff reform is in a measure
halted on account of the illness of Chairman
Mills; we trust speedy recovery of the chair
man, that the bill may be presented and the bat
lie begun. From present appearances the Mills
bill viii pass with some modification. If the
protectionists wise they will not obstruct the
passage. There must be tariff reform; if DELAYED
too long there will be such revolt finally that
the whole system of protection may be over
thrown. The Democratic party is pledged to
tariff reform and will fight it out, we hope, hon
estly and practically.
Mayor Hewitt of New York City, is deter
mined that no other but the AmeRcan flag shall
wave over the public buildings of that city. This
may hou Se NHdt Is leIlneu gOOu pOllucS-yet II
is good patriotism-good American sense. The
stars and stripes are an emblem of our nation
ality-of freedom. The foreigner who comes to
our shores for citizenship ought to be thoroughly
Amerlcanized, no matter what flag he served
under before, he is now an American, under the
protecting folds of the American flag. There can
be no objection rendered should citizen of for
eign birth desire to honor the name of any good
and wise fellow countryman. There must be a
limit, and Mayor Hewitt notes.-the sentiment of
every good citizen of this land We need lessons
of this kind, too many of us are lo0sing our
Americanism. We need not make our ideas OBJ.
noXious, but rather make them acceptable TO
every foreigner by being earnestly patriotic