Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-02-10

eating Democratic Opinion Regard
ing Questions of the Day.
That contractor who purchased his
iron at $40 ton cheaper by pretending
he wanted to ship it to England, than
he could by letting it be known he
wanted it for use in this country, must
be an anarchist. Surely nobody but
an anarchist would deliver such blow
to a Republican law as that-Poca-
tello (Idaho) Advance.
Even the best Republicans are be-
ginning to wonder how these protected
Industries can afford to go unprotected
into the European market and under
sell the European competitor. They
do it just the same. Of course, they
make money by the transaction. And
the man whose labor is taxed to help
support these industries at home be-
comes restive on learning that the
laborer across the sea can purchase
American goods cheaper than himself.
Fairfield QllD Sun.
That impudent, barefaced, unblush-
ing scheme, the subsidy grab, is to
come up in the next congress; and
Hanna, Frye and others, who wish to
extract millions from the treasury for
the benefit of a few ship-owners, are
planning a vigorous campaign. The
people must be on their guard or they
will find that the persistent grabbers
will get the treasury door pried open
by their iniquitous subsidy so that it
cannot be closed in forty years. If
ever gigantic scheme Of plumber was
devised the subsidy bill is that scheme.
If ever a man in the senate could do a
good service to his country the killing
of that bill is such a service. Madison
(Wis.) Democrat.
The adoption of the constitutional
amendments by the people Of Pennsyl
vania at the recent election is a grand
triumph in the direction of reform. II
any voters had doubts in regard to the
necessity of such amendments to the
constitution, when they came to cast
their ballots the result of the vote in
Philadelphia should remove all such
doubts from their minds. The adoption
of those amendments and the enact
ment of suitable legislation to carry
them into effect, sounds the death knell
of the notorious machine that under
the present laws, utterly disregards
and defines the voice and will of the
honest people Of the commonwealth
Pennsylvania Farmer.
Either ex-Recorder Brown and Mr..
Thomas s. Bigelow, of Pittsburg, are
liars and defamers or William A. Stone
is an unfit man for the honored posi-
tion he holds as governor Of Pennsyl-
vania. 1t is due to Messrs. Brown and
Bigelow to say that their reputation
for veracity is unchallenged among
those who know them best This adds
to the weight OF their censure. Gov
ernor Stone is therefore called on to
vindicate himself by furnishing the
men who, if they have belied him,
have as well struck at the dignity and
honor of the commonwealth. Stones
defense has hitherto been the parrot
cry of yellow journalism" But these
men are not identified with journalism,
yeilOW OT any OlHeT hluu, anu are DeSI
known at the bar and as Republican
leaders-Philadelph Record.
Anarchy grows out Of conditions.
Italy seems to be the mother of anar-
chy at present, and according to sta
tistics 100000 people go mad in that
country every year from hunger alone,
and thousands upon thousands are so
poor that their principal food is acorns
boiled in broth of clay Anarchy pre-
walls in the other countries of Europe
in exact proportion to the unjust con-
ditions that exist and to the drastic
character of the measures that have
been adopted by government to sup.
press it. If the eternal presence of the
police, the dungeon, the suppression of
newspapers, the denial of the right of
assembly and of free speech were a
remedy for anarchy, there would be no
anarchy in the Old World but we find
that instead Of suppressing it these
measures and agencies actually pro-
duce anarchy. Wherever you find con-
ditions of injustice there you will find
the soil in which anarchy grows. The
real authors of anarchy in this world
are the men who despoil their fellow
men, and it does not matter how this
is done-Hon. John p. Altgeld.