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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-19
"Rap's" Hot Shot.

Let labor compel the capitalists to
prove their profession of friendship to
American labor by having laws passed
restricting immigration. No "protec-
ZIONIST" would agree to this, however.
They all want protection for themselves,
and it gives them still further protection
to have free trade in labor.
If the people of this country knew how
much tariff they pay, and the profits
they pay the middleman on that tariff,
and the higher prices paid on articles of
home manufacture by reason of protec-
ton, there would be another "tea party"
and on a much larger scale than the one
in Boston harbor, in mighty short order.
Foreign pauper labor comes in duty
free, and yet there are People who pro-
fess to believe that high tariff ON
manufactured goods protects American
labor. Capitalists encourage foreign
pauper labor to come to this country
holding out the inducement of high
wages and steady employment. These
laborers come to this country at the rate
of 800, 900 year, overcrowding the labor
market and running down wages.
If a man tells you that protection in
creases wages, ask him to explain why it
is that old England pays higher wages
today than during the days Of her pro,
tective policy. Ask him why it is that
she pays higher wages than any of the
other old countries which have protec-
ton. Ask him why it is that right here
in this country, where the tariff is the
same in every part, wages are higher il
the west than in the east, and higher il
the north than in the south.-Chicagc
Free Trader.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-19
The Law Not Enforced.

Last February the council, influenced
by complaints which had been made Of
the insanitary condition of most of the
little workshops in this city where ready
made clothing Is manufactured, passed
an ordinance for the licensing Of all
houses or rooms in which wearing
apparel is manufactured, altered or re-
paired. No person can run such q
workshop unless he takes out May !.
of each year license costing him 81.
When an application is made, it is to be
handed over to the commissioner of
health to see that the premises are in SAN
itary condition. 1t is made his duty also
to close any workshop (which is not kept
in cleanly condition and free from
vermin and every matter Of an infectious
or contagious nature" The violation of
any of the provisions of the ordinance is
punishable by fine of from $40 to $10C
dollars for each offense.
Thus far only one person out of the
500 who are affected by the ordinance
has taken out license. 1t is not likely
that many others will do so unless they
are driven to it. The license fee Is nom.
inal, and no one can say that it is hard
ship for him to pay it. The object is tc
have the whereabouts of all these places
known, SO that the health department
can keep q closer watch on them, and sc
that by the threat Of the revocation of 6
license and the consequent stoppage oi
business the commissioner can force the
proprietor of shop to keep his premises
in decent condition.
1t is for the city authorities to decide
whether the ordinance shall be enforced
or allowed to die because there is nt
longer any stir made about sweaters and
their shops. 1t is their duty to notify the
proprietors of these workshops, through
the police, to appear and be licensed. L
they fail to obey at once, then the law de
partment should begin suits against
them.
There is no doubt that many of the
places where ready made clothing Ii
manufactured are in bad sanitary con
dition, that clothing is handled some
times in rooms occupied by persons sicl
with scarlet fever and similar diseases
and it Is natural that such diseases
should under the circumstances be dis
tributed widely.-Chicago Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-19
Arel loN.
The Louisville Convention of the G. o. T..
Was Silent on the Tariff.

The Louisville Convention of the G.. o. l..
Was Silent ON the Tariff.
While Governor Mckinley is being
nominated for president in 1896 by the
Home Market club of Boston, and while
he is holding aloft the banner of PRO
lection and Reciprocity" and telling the
rich manufacturers at the banquet that
"the Republican party requires neither
apology nor eulogy. 1t follows its prin-
ciples no more in victory than in defeat.
The defeat of 1892 has not made those
principles less true or less enduring, nor
our faith in their ultimate triumph less
firm," the most representative gathering
that ever met on republican soil-as the
New York Press calls the meeting of the
Republican national committee and 9TH
er Republican organizations at Louis
vile in conjunction with thatSf the Re
publican National league-was prepar-
ing to make one of the greatest flank
movements ever made by any party anx-
ious to get away from the principles
which had caused its defeat.
The truth is that a majority of those
present at Louisville recognized what
will be more apparent to the great tin
plate prophet, Major Mckinley, before
the end of this century, the fact that
protection" is doomed and with 1t any
party that will again dare to advocate
the Mckinley brand of protection" 1t
has been six months since the November
election, and the wide awake young Re
publicans who have had their ears to the
ground have heard ominous rumblings
that have not reached the ears of some of
the mossbacks, partially deafened by
prejudice in favor of policy "deeply
imbedded in the hearts of the party and
interviewer with its spirit, its history and
its life," as Mckinley puts it,
Hence the great representative body
of Republicans who shouted protection
and reciprocity" louder last fall than
any other words never whispered the
words at Louisville. They made plat
form which neither mentions these
words nor the words ''silver" or ''force
bill" Instead it discusses woman suf-
frage, Hawaii, the Pinkerton system and
"a general law for the safety of life and
limb of railway employees" These were
| WGdh bllChS Oub VI NHlNIi W u DliI
form, but any kind of timber was con
sidered better than that in the old plat
form, upon which it was not safe tc
stand another day.
OF course such a conspicuous omission
evasion, shifting and substitution is dis
pleasing to those who are Republicans
and protectionists for business reasons
or on moral grounds, and who are not in
politics mainly for party spoils. 1t is
some of this class of Republicans who
are strewing thorns along the new route
laid out by the Louisville convention of
| Republican clubs The New York Com
mercial Advertiser thinks the conven-
ton event too far" that it was not au-
thorized to frame a PLATFORM" that ''it
mistook it's function and wasted Its
time," and that 1.-THE Republican cam
paign Of 1896 should not be inaugurated
by stupid blunders."
The "G. o. P" Of protection and rec
iprocity" is sinking rapidly. The rat
have deserted it. Those who remain Oh
board do so at the peril of their lives.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-19
End of the Fifth Year.

With this issue the TRIBUNE ends It's
fifth year, and the publisher is pleased
to state that at no time since the paper
was started has it been in better conJi-
ton to continue its work than at present
The aim of the TRIBUNE has been to give
all the local news truthfully and without
color, to express its honest convictions
openly upon all public questions, and to
aid Freeland in its onward march in
every possible manner.
That our efforts to do this were appre-
ciated is proven by the success and en-
couragement so far received, and the
people of this community can rest as
sured that in the future, as in the past,
the TRIBUNE will be found their friend
at all times and will endeavor, before
the end of the present volume, to give
them a still better paper.
To those who assisted us by their
support and patronage we offer our
sincere thanks, and also feel grateful to
our exchanges who have so kindly noted
every improvement and advance made
by the TRIBUNE.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-19
Cheaper Coal For New England.

The professors of McKinleyism in New
England who have persistently declared
that the coal of Nova Scotia was Of poor
quality and would not find market in
this country even if the duty should be
removed must be surprised by the con-
tinued manifestations of desire on the
part of New England capitalists to put
their money into Nova Scotia mines and
unworked coal areas. The Dominion
Coal company was the first of the large
corporations by which New England
capital was invested in the mines of
Cape Breton island, and now there are
four more American syndicates seeking
charters like that which this company
obtained.
The most formidable of these is a
group of capitalists who are interested
in manufactures in New Bedford, Fall
River, Pawtucket, Providence and Bos-
ton, and these gentlemen have obtained
control of coalfelds ON the western side
of Cape Breton in which there are said
to be 100000, 600 tons. These fields have
not been worked because harbor and
railway facilities were lacking. The
mines and undeveloped deposits Of the
Dominion company are on the eastern
side of the island. The removal of the
duty on bituminous coal will doubtless
be followed by large importation from
this region for the use Of New England
manufacturers. s.-New York Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-19

The objectors to compulsory arbitra-
ton have sometimes said that 1t would
result in slavery for the workingman.
The advocates make light of this, but
really and seriously is it not slavery when
man who wants So per day for his labor
can be compelled at the point of the bay
onet to work for $1.e0 per day? There
would be no fear, it seems to me, of capi.
tai going out of the state CT out of the
country under the regime Of compulsory
arbitration in industrial affairs, for il
would gladly seize upon the results OF
such regime to compel rise in prices
to secure combination which the law
insisted upon.-Carroll D. Wright in
Forum,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-19
FREELAND, PA, JUNE 10, 1898.

Ex-senator Saunders, of Nebra> ka,
who is the father-in-law Of that high
flying young man, once known to the
metropolis as "Prince Harrison" now
plain Russell Harrison, in compliance
with request, has resigned his mem
bership on the Utah commission, and
H. G. Lett, who was prominent can
didate for governor of the territory.
has been appointed in his place
This makes the commission stand
three Democrats and two Republi
cans, and, in view of the expectation
that the territory will be admitted tc
statehood at the coming session Of
congress, it is not expected that any
further changes will be made.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-19
HelpIng the Unemployed.

The Salvation Army. through its San
Francisco agency, known as the "Life-
boat" has obtained employment during
the past four months for between 50t
and 600 men who were unable to secure
anv tlzind Of work in the city. These
= pre- sent out of the city to work on
r, .-es and farms. In every case the
Army provided the means to pay railroad
fares and other necessary expenses, and
in no case was fee to be deducted from
subsequent earnings. Say what you will
about the peculiar methods employed by
the Army in propagating its religious
views, it is undoubtedly friend Of the
poor.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-19
OUTRAGEOUS AND pAMNABLE.



such Immigrant Inspector Conkling De-
eIares the Padrone System TO BE.
Immigrant Inspector Ccnkling, in an
official report made to the treasury de-
partment as to the violation Of the alien
contract labor law, among other strong
statements says:
1.-THE padrone system is the most
damnable, outrageous and injurious to
American workingmen of any system
that was ever practiced in the United
States, and there is no denying the fact
that it exists in almost every city of this
country where there is an Italian col
ony." The report details how Italian
laborers are brought into this country,
coached and instructed on the journey
over, 90 that when they arrive by false
swearing they evade the inspectors.
"They have no conscientious scruples
about perjuring themselves and will
swear to anything necessary to accom-
plish their discharge incase they are de-
tained," says the report.
Mr.. Conkling says that the railroad
contractor need not be SO closely watched
in future in regard to the violation of the
alien contract labor law as the Italian
banker and padrone. The former, in
partnership with the padrone, furnishes
the money, and newly arrived Italians
are supplied in hundreds to work on
American railroads to the exclusion of
American workmen. The padrone usu-
ally makes contract with the railroad
contractor to feed the hands. A shanty
costs him 800 or SO, and he clears his
original investment from the first
months receipts, the balance for many
months being nearly all profit. The bank
er thus gets the money he HAD advanced
to the padrone.
"These Aliens" Inspector Conkling
says, "are of the very worst element
vicious and hard to control, dangerous
to the community in which they reside
and are semibrutish in their manners
and habits" They work for small wages
live in manner that American laborers
regard as barbarous, and rs q conse
quence Mr.. Conkling finds they are driv'
ing out laborers of other nationalities In
railroad building. The report was called
forth by instructions issued by Assistant
Secretary Spaulding last March to lool
into the illegal landing of 10 Italian la
borers at Ellis island. AS O result of two
months labor Inspector Conkling has
arrested Philippe Catone, padrone, OF
whose perjured affidavit the 10 Italians
were landed. The case is an important
one and will be tried in the New Yorl
state courts.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-19

While President Cleveland and
Secretary Carlisle believe that the
Sherman silver law is responsible for
the present unsettled financial status
and that its repeal is absolutely
necessary for the welfare and pros
perity of the country, and that the
failure of the extra session of congress,
to be held in September, to repeal it
promptly will precipitate general
financial panic, they are not doing the
slightest thing to force any senator OIL
representative to vote for its repeal
against his honest opinion, nor will
they; but they do ask that every man
congressman and private individual
shall study this question anew, no
from the point of view of last year OIL
the year before, but from the point o.
view of today, with all the attendant
circumstances in the industrial, busi
ness and financial world, believing
that such intelligent study of the
question cannot fail to result in {
practically unanimous vote for it,
repeal. The practical operation o
the Sherman law has shown it to bt
a bad law.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-19

1t is evident to even the most care
less observer that President Cleveland
is a much better politician now than
he was eight years ago. There is no
denying the fact that Democrats were
little nervous over the distribution
of the New York federal officers,
owing to the threatening attitude
which Tammany and anti -Tamany
Democrats have occupied toward
each other. 1t was feared that any
positive recognition of either side by
the administration would precipitate
a faction fight in New York that
that would endanger, if it did not
actually lose, the state. There is no
longer any such fear. President
Cleveland has proven by his recent
selection of postmaster for New
York city that he knows how to select
men who will be equally acceptable
and satisfactory to Tammany and
anti -Tammanyites. President Cleve-
land has been invited to speak at the
Fourth of July celebration by Tam.
many Hall, which shows how little
truth there is in the newspaper talk
about Tammany's not liking the presi
dent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-19

The pension laws are to be admin
istered with strictness. No patriot
can object to this. Subordinate off
cials who administer the law are sub
iect to human imperfectiona and
errors. On one side there is class
of red tapists who are very apt to
strain a gnat and swallow a camel
On the other hand the good natured,
large minded, generous with the
public money! souls who practically
believe in giving every claimant a
pension err. Recent exposures in
Virginia and in the far west of the
criminal practices Of the thievish for
gers strengthens suspicious that the
treasury is being plundered. One
good preventive would be the publ
cation in every neighborhood of the
names OF pension claimants and also
pensioners. The pension roll is an
honor to the name justly found upon
it, but every bounty jumper, hospital
hummer, and lying cheat whose
name has been wrongfully put upon
it detracts from its glory and threat
ems its future lustre. Veterans
should not be put in a false position
but should heartily support every
reasonable proposition to defeat
trsud.-Nasticohe NeacS.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-19

A PPLICATION for annexation to the bor-
"a ough Of Freeland.-N Notice is hereby given
that an application will be made to the court
of quarter sessions of LuZerne county, on July
|, A. d., 1888, and to the grand jury of said
county, which meets on September o, 1913, by
number of the owners and residents of adjoin-
ing.property for the annexation OF certain lots,
outlots, etc, to the borough of Freeland now
situated in the township of Foster, described
as follows
LIST. All that portion of the Woodside adduio
bounded by the alley east of Adams stree kln
the east the right of way of the Lehigh Va 6y
Railroad Company on the south; the alleyNYt
of Ridge street, and part of the alley west of
Centre street, on the west, and by the southern
boundary Of the borough of Freeland on the
north.
2nd. All that tract of land known us "rhe
Park" situated east of the borough of Free
land.
3rd. All that portion of Burton's Hill bound
ed north by lands of the Aaron Howey estate;
east by the borough of Freeland; south by
lands of the Cross Creek Coal Company, and
west by land of Tench Coke estate.
John ID. Hayes, Solicitor.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-19
Ever since the organization of IL

Ever since the organization of the
national banking system, one of its
important laws has been construed in
favor of the stockholders, but here
after this law will be construed in
favor of the depositors and other
creditors of these banks. Tho law in
question is that which provides for
the levying of an assessment, up to
100 per cent of the face Of stock held,
on the stockholders of banks, to make
good any losses. 1t has been Gus
tomary to wait until all the other
assets Of a broken bank had been
realized on before making this assess
ment; hereafter it will be made as
soon after bank closes its doors as
possible.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-19
What the Twentieth Century VIII Bri

What the Twentieth Century VIII Bring.
With the single exception of the cru
cifxion of Christ, the event commemo-
rated by the opening Of the Worlds
fair is the most important in history.
1t is impossible to do more than vaguely
suspect its meaning, SO great has been
its influence on the human race and so
vast are the possibilities Of its influence
in the future. Eighty-six years hence,
in 1879, the world will celebrate the cen
tennial of an infinitely greater event
than that of the landing of Columbus on
the shores of the new world. The
world will celebrate the publication of
the immortal work Progress and Pow
erty," the book that will never die.
Long before that time the truth which
it enunciates will be universally ac-
cepted and applied. The worldwide ap-
plication Of the single tax will have
greater and more beneficial effect on the
human race than if a score of Christie
pher Columbuses had discovered score
Of new worlds.
For what would we gain even though
this planet was ten times its present
size so long as few may own the land
upon which all must live? Under those
conditions there must be injustic, in
equality, misery, poverty, pestilence and
sin.
With the year 1879 begins the Geor-
gian epoch. The man who evolved the
idea and gaye it to the world of applying
economic rent to public purposes by the
simple plan of single tax on the value Of
land will divide honors with those of
our nameless primitive ancestors who
first put sounds together to form words
and rubbed sticks together or struck
fints to make fire. He will be the CEN
trail figure of all history.
Even though this ever-changing sphere
should last for four million years the
name Henry George will never die. 1t
is a name that will 60 laundering down
the corridors of time, resounding through
the ages. No man will dispute with
him his foremost place in history until Il
greater than Brown Sequard shall have
discovered the real elixir of life.
The time will come, thanks to this
book, Progress and Poverty" when
the fatherhood of God and the brother
hood of man will be SO universally
recognized that it will be difficult for
people to conceive of time when their
tacestors competed desperately for pre-
carious existence as they have done up to
the present, when the history of the
world up to our time will cease to be
generally taught and the merciful man.
tie of oblivion will be thrown around
the miserable, unnatural and bloody
period preceding the twentieth century.
st. Louis Republic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-19

The Walter l.. Mains circus showed
to full house last evening, the man.
moth tent being packed with people,
We do not exaggerate when we say the
show was equal to that of any circus
performance ever given here and great
deal better than the majority of them.
Every feature introduced was of that
character which stamps it as tirst-class
upon first appearance. The perform
ance was given in three rings and at
times there were other features going on
outside of them. The aerial feats were
daring and skillfully performed as were
many other acts of daring.
The Roman hippodrome part of the
entertainment was not only interesting
but exciting. 1t consisted of chariot
races, barrel and obstacle races, Roman
standing races, cowboy and pony races,
lady riders and many other features too
numerous to mention. There were plen-
ty of horses and no show can have finer
ones, while the menagerie was splen-
did exhibit of the animal kingdom.
1t was also a noticeable feature that
there were no fakes nor robbing schemes
permitted on the grounds, while the en-
tire show was clear cut and of high
standard throughout. Everything going
to make up the show is entirely new,
while the performers were selected from
the upper ranks of professional people
and they stand second to none. To dc
still bigger business this show only needs
to play return dates,-Ecenia9 Star, SteS
6enCiILe, o.
Will exhibit at Freeand June %.