Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-10-18

They yindicaHe Him Of Various
Charges. Esut Admit That &se Pays
T'hem in store Orders.

They yindicaEe Him OF Various
Charges. Hut Adult That &se Pays
Theni in store orders.
| The following communication, which
was sent to .GAzETTE & JOURNAL explains
itself. 1t IL only necessary to add, in
osse there are any errors In the names ap-
pended, that some of them were 80
illegibly written as to make it matter Of
difficulty to deeipher them. Care was
taken, however, to copy them as ac-
ourately 90 possible. The oommunica-
ton states:
The undersigned, employees Of Mr. Charles
ID. Treat ct his factories and store In
| Georgetown, desire to denounce as false
and base the chnrges made under the cap
ton OF Mr.. Treats Traits" over the sigma
ture ga Laborlng Man. In the EVERY
EVENING OF Wednesday, Ootobar 10th, to
which our attention has been called, and
we unite In asking the paper which gave
publicity to those false statements to insert
| this protest from true laboring men.
We believe that those charges were made
| for political effect and as true men, repre-
senting both political parties, large ma
iority of us being Democrats, we feel that
we should do cur employeran injustice and
ourselves greater injustice and wrong did
we not denounce them as false--campaign
lies put forth to ipjure man for political
purpose.
This statement Is made by us voluntarily,
without the knowledge of Mr.. Treat and In
! his absence,
Flrst-Mr. Treats order system Is per-
fecty satisfactory to us, as through 1t we
receive our pay regularly every weok and
by It as many OF US as have wished have
been able to furnish our homes on the in
stalment plan, and that without cents
additional cost for the credit given. Part
OF our pay is received In cash and part In
orders on the store, but there Ia not a man
among US who has. not received OF Mr..
Trent cash on his orders when he has re-
| quested 1t. As matter OF fact there are
those among us who have left other en-
| ployment, notably the railroad, for Mr..
! Treats factory, because under his system It
has been to the advantage Of such to do 80.
Second-We say that the claim that more
is charged employees for goods than is
charged other people Ia false, and his clerks
Ia his store testify to the baseness Of that
declaration by signing this protest.
Thlrd-This charge is base, unmitigated
| lie, like the others. We have known Mr..
Treat, when disappointed In resolving an
invoice OF expected and needed goods. to
go to the other merchants In town and pur-
chase Of them In order to accommodate his
employees and other customers.
Fourth-The tenor of this charge Is abso-
lutely false. Mr. Treats orders are never
offered in this town upon such terms, and
only q man who would pawn his coat or
shoes to finish ''a glorious drunk" would
discount Mr.. Treats orders In any such
way.
Fiith-.rhe reply to the fourth is full
Sixth-It is false that Hr. Treat has dis
charged, for political reasons, workman
lately in his employ. This workman was
not employed by Mr.. Treat, but by one Of
his foremen on contract work, and this
Same workman has, to our knowledge, de-
clared his intention TO leave the factory
several times, and has done go recently
looking for a job elsewhere, and, moreover,
he iB understood to have been very In
efficient workman In his position.
Seyenth-This charge Is, II possible, more
base than the others. Instead of the work.
man referred to above as being dis
charged because :, he persisted in
voting the Democratic ticket, we under
stand that said workman had declared his
intention of voting for Mr. Treat. The
charge that Mr.. Treat has personally So
licited us to vote for him ls basely false. He
has not spoken one word to us about politi-
cal matters or voting for or against any
man.
Elghth-The only "foreigners" Mr.. Treat
has In his employ are American citizens,
possessed of the right of suffrage. The
only men In tho factory guilty OF the high
crime OF having been born outside this
county, and consequently dubbed "for-
eigners," are and have been Democratic
voters. 1t is false, basely SO, that any per-
sons ever employed In these factories '..came
directly from CASTLE Garden"
Ntnth-We understand the ladies OF the
Benevolent Society have completely and
satisfactorily answered the basest charge of
all, and their Just Indignation should put "a
Laboring Man" TO shame.
A. b. Banghart, superintendent for eight
years; Edwin Balfour, ii years; o. L.
Lsathers, 10 years; G. W. Coffin, two years
John b. Lathbury, William P. Murphy,
George e. MCGEE, John q. Hudson, W. W.
Simpler, John T. Calhoun, Frank Kitchens,
Il Il. Pride, d. ]. Mitchell, O. M Foreaker,
William Tyre, three years Robert Reynolds,
four years; j. II. Mitchell, q. O. Kitchens,
d. W. Lynch, Jim Ed McCrea, George
Franklin, John Willin, George Mitchell,
William Vickers, Alfred Haynes, II. III.
Swain, W. N. Swilley, Henry T. Mumtord,
David ]. Ewell, Samuel Fl. Marshall, A. s.
Gibson, b. @. Robbins, j. B. Hickman,
James Griffin, ]. G. Oorkson, William Quig-
ley, John Fl. Grant, John @. Green, Borden
Simmons, Ezekiel Magee, Eugene Wateon,
Samuel Oookson, Samuel A. Swyer. George
Green, N. u, Robinson. e. W. Carmine,
Frank Tyre, B. d. Watson, Hans Gross, L..
Fl. Dsrrickson ten years A. s. Gibson, John
O. Short, Hiram Eleneswarth, Charles
Bstherds, Ed. Carpenter, Geofga Kitchens,
Phillip B. Cannon, John CLARK, L. G. Helm
zer, eight years; william Tomey, eight
years; p. O. Mcdonald, eight years.
Store clerks--James A. Tunnell, seven
years; Willard 8. Abbott, two years; Joseph