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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-09-17

The experience of this sum-
mer should convince the most
sceptical that the coal trade is
not to be depended upon, and,
even when at it's best, the
work has become so poor and
degenerated that it has lost its
charms for the native element.
An organized effort by the
business men, and real estate
owners who have large tracts
of land to sell for building pur-
poses, to INDUCE manufacturers
of some sort to locate here is
Freeland's greatest need at
present. There is nothing to
prevent them from so doing.
In the effort they have every
thing to gain and nothing to
lose. To have Freeland be-
come the town that it should
be, employment other than
mining must be found for
it's residents or in a few years
the earnings of the men fol-
lowing that occupation will re-
vert to the company stores.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-09-17


However, should it continue
for another season, as it un-
doubtedly will, something will
have to be done to give greater
opportunities for work to this
large and increasing popula-
ton, for the vital elements of
every town are comprised in
it's industries, and in this es-
sential point Freeland is lack
ing. The mining industry is
at present the sole support of
the town excepting the shops
at Drifton) and the one upon
which it's residents must de-
pend. One industry is not
enough and the sooner the
business men and citizens in
general awaken to this fact
the better it will be for the
town and the people who call
it their home. The uncertain
ty of the coal trade is widely
known, and perhaps there is
no class of men who know this
so well as the merchants, for
when the coal trade is dull
business in the town is almost
paralyzed.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-09-17

Still selling Lancaster gingham at sc
at McDonald's.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-09-17

Picnics supplied with ice cream, cakes,
candy, ETC., at low prices by Laubach.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-09-17
SEPTEMBER II, 1s9
THE COAL TRADE.

Lengthy Article Which Blames Over
production for the Depression.
From the Philadelphia Press.
The anthracite coal trade has not been
in such demoralized state for years at
this season of the year as it is at the
present time. Though the fall demand
should be felt and the distribution of
coal active there is no demand, prices
are at lower point than for a long
period and there is little hope of an i'm
provement which will enable the trade
to take advantage of the fall season. A
year ago in the month of August the
average price of stove coal, the most i'm
portant size in New York, was $4 10 per
ton; in August of this year the average
price was S3.42 per ton. More recently
leading company has sold stoye coal at
1920 in New York, SO that the average
price this month is likely to be lower
than in August. The official or circular
price of stove coal in New York is $4.l5
so that the cut is 50 cents per ton, which
if continued for a year would mean
loss of S45 ,000, 600 per year to the trade.
The cause which has brought the
lower prices is overproduction. Not
withstanding the low prices the great
companies go on mining coal from
month to month at greater rate than
the market will take. In this respect
the management of the trade is as bad
as it can be. 1t is almost inconceivable
that the managers of the great produc-
ing companies and the carriers of coal
should continue to send coal to market
without any relation to the demand.
There is not any easier great business
problem than adjusting the produc-
ton of anthracite coal to the demand,
but such is the greed of some of the car
rying companies and the necessities of
others that the market is constantly
overstocked and the profits of coal min.
ing are narrowed and sometimes lost.
There is, however, pretense of man.
aging the trade. Month after month the
representatives of the leading companies
meet, and after comparing notes as to
the requirements of the public agree on
tonnage. But the agreement is constant
ly broken, and not a man among those
who make it believes that it will be
kept. Just at this time there is no
basis for an agreement as to tonnage
The old allotment of percentages of ton
mage to the carrying comapnies, which
was made in 1886, was as follows:
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-09-17

TO start a movement for the
advancement of the interests
of the town is always the
drawback in Freeland. Every
person has a dread of becom-
ing too prominent, but in
movements of this kind there
is no necessity for becoming
prominent. Make an organiz-
ed effort and then what little
prominence it will give will
be well deserved. Everything
is favorable in this undertak-
ing. The location is good,
fuel and everything necessary
is here in abundance to carry
on a manufacturing business
as successfully as in any other
part of the state and at less
cost than it can be had for in
many places. Other towns can
get manufacturing establish
ments to locate in their midst
when they offer inducements
and Freeland is just as pro-
gressive as they. SAUNTERER.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-09-17
Corner Front and Centre Streets.

NOTICE.-The Freeland Water Company
IN hereby notifies consumers of water to
cease using the same for washing vehicles,
sidewalks, and in, gardens and to use it as
sparingly as possible. Patrons are requested
to prevent any waste of water about their
premises BY order of the president.
NOTICE is hereby given that an application
IN will be made to the governor of Pennsyl-
vania, on Monday, the first day of October, a.
D., 1894, by Thomas English, j. j. Robbins, II.
7. Long, Geo. II. Butler and e. B. Long, under
the act of assembly entitled, IAN act to provide
for the incorporation and regulation of certain
corporations approved April 20, 1874, and the
supplements thereto and amendments thereof
for the charter of an intended corporation to
be called the "Cambpelrs Ledge Water Sunniv
Company" the character and object of which
is Tor the storage, transportation and furnish
ing of water into the district comprisng tho
Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys in IIizerne
county, by the storage, transportation and fur.
nishing of the same under section two, clause
xviii, act approved April 20, 1874, and the
supplements thereto and amendments thereof
land not having for its object the sipplvinv Of
any village, borough or city with water i'm said
district, other than to water companies desiring
the same), and for these purposes to have,
possess and enjoy all the rights, benefits and
privileges OF said act of assembly and the
supplements thereto and amendments thereof
Alexander Farnham,
Geo. II. Butler, solicitors.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-09-17

A Lengthy Article Which Blames Over
production for the Depression.
From the PHILADELPHIA Press
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-09
what's the Matter?

The secrecy IN which the news brought
from Honolulu by the Corwin Is kept by
AF. CLEVELAND would be tomfoolery OF the
most absurd sort. IL 1t were not keeping
from Congress and the people. by q despotlo
zee. OF power. Information which ought of
right TO be free for them and for all men.
It 10 not merely secrecy as to the official
Dispatches which Mr.. WILLIS sent by the
Corwin. but secrecy as to the occurrences
at Honolulu which were within the private
knowledge OF every officer and every sailor
81 the vessel when she left that port.
All these men are gagged by Mr. CLEvE-
LAND. Under pain of punishment they are
forbidden to tell what they saw with their
exp eyes and heard with their own ears.
Ne proceeds as IL they were spies whom he
had sent into an enemy's camp and whose
Information was to be for himself alone.
Let by revealing II to anybody else they
aheuld embarrass a strategic situation and
kinder the successful progress OF our arms.
,sEyen IL We we're at actual war with Ha-
wall. and 10 was great and powerful enemy
against which We needed to take every
measure Of preeaution. instead OF a small
eommunity which Mr.. CLEVELAND has tried
10 bulldoze. the islands are too far away TO
gain anything by the publicity OF intell-
genee brought thence after . long voyage.
Even II they lay near our coast. or were
within tslsgraphlo communication with us.
10 harm could come to any honest interest
here by the publication OF what was hap
psaing there. Mr. CLEVELAND Is keeping
nothlhg iron the Hawailans. He Is simply
keeping from the American people and
niouopolizlng for himself information which
belongs to everybody.
Here Is a ship which comes from port
fEom which all the people and their Repre-
ssntAtiVes are eager TO get certain facts.
Every man aboard her knows OF these facts.
They we're common property In Honolulu
when she left there. but when she gets TO
San Francisco they are locked up and re-
served for Mr.. CLEVELAND and his Secre-
tary Of State alone. The officers and crew
are confined TO the vessel. aud terrOrlzed
into keeping their mouths shut. They dare
not tell what they know Of happenings In
HOnolulu, there known to all men. They
are pressed into the secret service. and de-
prfSed OF the right Of speech.
Il Is childish piece OF business through
eaf. but 1t Is also syhptomstie OF the usur-
pztlOn Of authority which has marked the
Sasols Of the infamous policy Of Mr.. CLEyE-
EzzD In ~ Hawaiian outrage. What is
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-09
What Shall the FIXTURE peY

What IL the future OF the Democratic
party TO be- VIII IL become Republican as
Indicated by the WILSON bill. or Populist as
Indicated by the income tax schemeH Or
viii II kick away the lie and humbug that
ssek TO mako II Republican. and the other
lie and humbuR that seek to make 1t Popu-
ustic and sociallstlc, and become Demo-
cratic AGAIN.
This ls the most serious emergency that
has come upon the Democracy for thirty
years. Its honor and Its future are both
ct stake. Has 1t the courage to retrace lts
steps. to rlght-about-face again to the line
on which 1t stood at Chicago. and from
which It has been led by towards and
traitors? It is easy to make an honest tariff
for revenue only. tariff that shall not rob
the great majority OF the American people.
and shall produce revenue enough without
twice robbing persons possessed OF an In
come Of more than "a, 900 year.
1t ls not yet certain whether the Democ-
racy can avoid defeat next fall or In 1895;
but IL can at least prevent itself from being
put into hole for ten or twenty years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-09
Ye.,ItI. Grammatical.

To TuE En- TuR OF TuE srS-''r' In recent Issue %
your paper there appeared editorial Rrr.r regard
inS Hawaiian mattsrs In which occurred the sentence
tisat the friends al America zlone that have Tsa
to regret Bl"uurs visit" Se wiI you kindly saY n
the sentence Is gTammaIIcIl' Your ~r,l kpaNn re
gard for the Of correct FnElish has established
your editorial page the hearts Of thousands read
srs as guide, aud II the above Is uugrAmraIiSal
presume you ~ u he glad ~ hsys u pointed out,
~ BaOAu@Ar. Jan ii HM.T
II Is grammatical idlomatic. and sound.
One OF the recognized uses o; the pTououn in
is In constructions like that which Is quoted.
The pronoun is used without reference to az :
snteeedent, and. therefore. need not gree In
number with any verb In the sentence except
It's own verb. l..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-09
Not an Agreeable Quandary.

The theory OF Mr.. CLEvELAND's distressed
defenders In the Hawaiian business now
seems to be that Minister WILLIS must
have blundered. He should have chung des-
perately to the chance Of escape from
dilemma. which the Queens original refusal
Of Mr.. CLEvELAND's conditions had opened.
When she took 1t all back, and accepted the
conditions. he should have told her that 1t
was too late. and that. she had already 'let
out Mr.. CLEVELAND. as NoRpHoFF phrased
It. Instead Of that he allowed her to re-
tract. as the current news goes. and then
eminent to abdicate,
But after all. say the defenders. there Is
no ground for worry. Mr.. CLEvELAND's
language to Hawaii should be taken purely
IN Pickwicklan sense When through Mr..
WILLIS he invited the Queen to be restored.
the gallant proposal was subject to the APP
prevail OF the Provisional Government. And
when he requested that Government to step
down and out. 1t was only perfunctory dis
charge OF duty under an acute sense OF moral
responsibility. and not intended to lead to
spything serious.
This consoling theory. therefore. infers
that. since Mr.. WILLIS was required only
20 make fool OF himself, he has probably
done nothing more. in spite Of his suspected
bh5pder Mr.. CLEvELASD's plan. as now
Interpreted by his hackers. has. at worst
eply mado the Government of the United
States contemplate alike In the eyes OF the
depossd Queen ant! her enemies. by exciting
In the former hopes that 1t did not expect
60 fulfil and by making upon the latter de-
nands that 1t never intended TO enforce.
This gratifying prospect. however. Is
marred by some forebodings. In spite Of
tie secrecy with which the Corwln's news
has been guarded. the words OF one sailor
that there Is " Q big row on" In Hawaii have
produced manifest disquiot. Has Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND hoodwinked Congress? Have his
instructions to Mr.. WILLIS plunged Hawaii
into war; Between tho alternatives Of
the outrage involved In setting up tho dis
earded throne In the islands. and the pltiful
spectacle OF having the requests of the
Government Of the United States rejected
with scorn by the Government OF Hawaii.
,1r. CLEvELASDs friends can only walt and
hope that the latter IL the reality.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-09

There Is a good deal OF complaint against
the quality OF liquor sold from behind Can't
TnLMAN's Palmetto bar South Catolnians
aver that the Palmetto preparations are other
weak or Wild and calculated to leave long
ing unsatianed or to etch the outlet with fire
unspsakable. Bat Capt Ben may reply that
nobody has TO drink that doesn't want to
that the more water dispensed in his
disrensary liquors the moro money In
the till and the more health in the customers
and that to complain Of the weakness Of his
Palmetto brands and at the same time to ac.
cuse them of keen and biting edge is too
thin. Is the poison weak Then virtue and
temperance are promoted. Is 1t hot2 Then 1t
10 Just the thing for fire. eaters
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-09

people a. unat for the table By reason Of its
SUPPOSED infsriority to the ordinary white
bread.
After praising the genuine Graham bread.
"Dorcas" suggests that It Is the thing to give
10 the poor people who are objects OF charity In
these times OF scarcity. "Dorcss" says;
"Ths,s poor are half starved upon light bakers
bread alt starch. Perhaps they would scorn any
other. Let US have n test. Let US serve out good,
brown loaves with no nonsense about them, but
with double the amount OF nourishment Those who
refuse them can't he suffering, and those who take
them will be all the better"
We have nothing to say about this sugges-
ton, but we believe that II well-otf people
knew the merits OF this kind OF bread, and
used It. there would soon 90 very large de-
mand for It by the community. The hrgu-
ments In the Rev Mr.. GRaHAM's treatise on
Bread" arc sound and scientific.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-09

voters, involved tex upon credulity too
heavy to be paid offhaud. We preferred TO
believe that our correspondent in Orange
must have misunderstood DIR. ENGLISH.
Now. however. we find In print the sub
Joined document, purporting TO be letter
written by Congressman ENGLISH 90 one OF
his constituents In Newark:
"Your communication IL scknoWisdged. YOU are IN
In saying that the Democratic party pledged 70
tsrn for revenue only The woct 'an'g to.' ~" ot'r
n ne patCHr II you siY read Between a tariH for
revenue only. and atsr!h for revenue there Is this
distinction, that tarn for revenue only taxes all
materials as revenue source tarin for revenue.
however. which has been the doctrine OF the Demo.
cratic party ,ncs the days Of JlHEs X Potr AVID even
before affords TO the Language Of Mr. CAT in ls4f.
Incidental protection to natural industries II
10 Just such tnrG this that the wItsoS bill. when
perfected further by amendment. IS It will be before
It passes both Houses, Is Intended to produce"
Congressman ENGLIsu's clear perception
OF the fact that. under u tariff for revenue
only. raw materials cannot be let in free,
and his recognition of the protectionist
nature OF the proposed WILSON tariff, only
serve to increase our amazement at his un-
qualified assertion about what lie In the
platform. Ho squarely admits that IL the
platform required tariff for revenue only.
the WILSON bill would not meet the re-
Qulroment: he squarely admits that tho
WILSON tariff Is not a tariff for revenue
only. but tariff for incidental protection ;
and then he asserts. just as squarely. and
with every appearance OF perfect sincerity
and profound conviction. that the words
tariff for revenue only" do not occur In
the platform. He even challenges any
doubtor to examine the platform In order
that he may convince himself that the sig
niflcant word only Is not there.
What does this mean? Other Democrats
who are preparing treason to the pledge Of
the Democracy's platform, either try to
push that pledge out Of sight, or defend
their recreancy. as Chairman WILSON does.
by the plea Of expediency. Congressman
ENGLISH. alone in his party. stakes every
thing. the logic Of his position. the ortho-
doxy OF his Democracy. the good faith and
honesty Of his vote In the House OF Repre-
sentatives. upon the distinct, positive. and
unqualified assevcration that tho words
tariff for revenue only" are not ~ 10
found In the platform.
Upon what copy or version Of tho Chi
cago platform does he base this astonishing
statement? There is some bedevilment or
strange mystification here. and IL behooves
Congressman ENGLISH and his friends to
clear 1t up without delay.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-09

Since 10 ABBOTT OF Texas got an appro-
priation for tower and clock on tho public
building at Dallas. every Texas town Is max
ing some Texas Congressman weary with
howls for public building with q tower and a
clock. DAVE CULBERsoS is trying to get n
tower and clock for Paris. and 80 the passion
for architecture and chronology shoots
through the Lone Star State The Texans want
the tower merely for ornament They are
much too sensible to climb tower for the puT-
pose OF viewing the landscape DER. and they
need no clock. hubble or private. to tell when
tits cocktail mathis or nones. But they want
the beautiful every time. and II the Govern
ment Is passing around towers and clocks.
they can to he at the distribution.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-09

We greet with u glad heart the star OF the
West. the Wild man OF the mountains the Hon.
THOMAS HENRY CARTER OF Montana and the
National Republican Committee When ho
fares on his trlumphan Eastward progress
O train OF zephyrs are his pages and
hold respectfully for him those beauteous
chlnners. such as the fairest goat on
the blue SiciliAn hills would JOY to wear
they hold them while he wags his fateful chin.
conversing as pleasantly with reporters and
statesmen as II he were not the maker OF Pres
idsnts. a WARWICK OF flossy wool To tho Hon.
THOMAS HENRY CARTER health and good voice I:
and we advise Republicans. pining to be nomi-
mated for President In 1875, to lie at those
stark Montana feet and to rest upon that con-
tinental bosom.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-09

Tho reports from the savings banks are
interesting. We suppose that, in these hard
times for the wage earners who are out OF
work. there must be a good many OF those
with steady work who think OF the advantage
of laying by some part. any part. Of their earn
inCs for use In case OF necessity. Many OF the
workers who earn So or 81 or less day could
save ct least u couple OF dollars a week II they
made an effort to do It.. So little as So week
runs up to over 500 In n year; and man Ia
apt to feel good deal better when he has that
much money than when he has not a dollar to
his name Money grows pretty fast when 1t
gets good start and Is properly nursed
and watched by its owner. Even few dol
lars OF yearly interest on a deposit in q
savings bank may come In very handy about
Christmas time or some other time. work
ingman. or any other man. can DO more inde-
pendent when he has little money upon
which he can draw; and 1t Is the nature Of an
American worknGman to be as Independent
as circumstances will allow and to be free to
do as he likes.
We guess that a good many OF the wage
earners have recently come to realize more
keenly than ever the usefulness OF savings
bank account. II is useful at all times. and
particularly cheering in hard times II u good
many are thinking this war now, they had
better keep on thinking the same way when
better times come.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-09
IN WEsrmISsrsn AsnEr,s JUNK sHor.
Ii.Es Of . Monster Chsiu that We. Stretched
Across the Hudson In 1TTs.

At West Point. and in several historical col
iectlons In the State, there are exhibited links
OF the chain which was stretched across the
Hudson from West Point TO Constitution Island
in 1778. Several months ago a Front street
odds and ends dealer. Westminster Abbey by
name. bid in lot Of old iron sold nt auction
by the Government in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
In the lot were several pieces OF chain. each
link Of which weighs 300 pounds and IL three
feet long. The buyer did not know exactly
what he would do with his junk but. eonsld-
erng It worth what he had paid for 1t as old
iron. was satisfied with his purchase.
Some time after collector Tor the libby
Prison Museum. Mr. Gunther, called on Mr.
Abbey aud offered to buy scction OF the old
chain. lie bought 5000 pounds paid Ave
C ents pound for II. and then explained that
It was n part OF the chain placed across tho
Hudson at West Point In 177S lie said he
had an authentic history Of the chain down to
the time It was piled mp in the brooklyn Navy
street dealer.
Secretary q the Navy Herbert was applied to
for Information but could not give n history OF
the chain further bnck than for the fifty years
1t rad boen In the NQvy Yard.
,Abram :. Hewitt became interested in the
discovery. as he ~ tn" present owner OF tho
iron mine near tho sterling mines from which
the ore came which went INTO the chain At
male Mr.. Hewitt wanted Tie chain. but ho
and the dealer have not agreed upon terms.
according to letter signed by Mr.. Hewitt.
which the dealer yesterday showed TO q SUN
renOrtcr.
The dealer still has three sections o. eIgh-
teen links each. aud two detached linke. lie
describes the metal OF the chnin as silver
steel" which may not I've accurate, but Ia
pleasing. The burs OF which the links are
formed are three inches In diameter. Tho
narrow space between the sides OF the links
10 four inches across. and tue space between
the ends. inside the oblong, Is thirty inches
. 1t appears that the chain was not passed by
the enemy, as was the one stretched across
from Fort Montgomery and Anthony's Nose in
1TTl That was swept away twice by the river
currents. and q third one was destroyed by tho
British in l7I7 who went then rs far up the
river as Kingston. The West Point chain was
much heavier than the one used at Fort Mont
pumarv