The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-18

Building ana structural iron work. J2I IS
Iron fences und railinEs. ana. ...... iI0.0l
Agricultural implements, ......... 5l2 80
Tinwarc, ........ a.. e.. .......... . 3is ~
Paving brick. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 3Tl.H
IIuilding brick. Observation-Disclosures. 3I5jj
liirc brick. ..........,.......,!...... d2S ~
Slate roofing, etc. .................... 3G9 IL
Slate roofing squares, ................. $40 lG
Tho respondents will further show that
the average wages paid miners aud Ia.
horcrs IN the btuminous coal field are
not in excess Of those paid TO tho anthra-
cite miners. under the same conditions,
and will also prove that the conditions In
the bituminous region are less favorable
for the miner than In the anthracite
region. aud the respondents will further
show that after the strike of May. 1902,
large number of anthracite miners left
the hard tonl region. and found employ
mcnt at mining In the bituminous Goa!
fields. and elsewhere, but mat they re-
turned to the anthracite region, imme-
diately upon the announcement that tho
strike was over and work would be re-
s,imed. If the conditions had been moro
favorable they would have remained. The
respondents will show that the miner in
the anthracite region works less hours
t,,ar In the bituminotis region, and is
earning more for the hours of labor per-
formed
Educational Facilities.
That in no part of the state. outside of
the large cities, are better educational
facilities afforded than is offered to min.
ers' children in these regions. The cm-
ployees of the coal companies assess the
coal lands levy the taxes, generally to
the full limit allowed by law. and ex-
pend the money in building up school
houses and equipping them better than
In any other part of the country. They
have greater number of months
schooling per annum, and pay their
teachers about double the amount paid in
the agricultural districts of the country.
For instance, it will be shown that in
Schuylkill county, the total school and
building taxes for 1901. were s3S9.o:O.36. of
which the coal companies paid slG2 III.
and the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron company paid $S0.059.2o and that
these taxes We're nearly all assessed and
paid in that portion of the county in
which the coal lands are situate; that in
these townships, the companies paid from
- to 99T per cent. of the school and build
ing taxes.
That in northumberland county. the
coal land is located principally in three
townships, Coal, Mount Carmel and Ter
he. In Coal township. the total schccl
and building taxes levied for 1891 were
SO.363.SG, of which the coal companies
paid S2S.442.9o. and the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron company, slA,-
5000 In Mount Carmel, the total amount
Of school and building taxes levied for
1H0l. was $li219.G1. of which the coal conf
panes, paid $l2,3So.93. and of which the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
company paid $630i.31. In Coal town.
ship. the full limit Of twenty-six mills.
thirteen mills for school and thirteen
mills for building purposes. were levied.
and in Mount Carmel township, fifteen
mills were levied. thirteen for school and
Two mills for building purposes. The
schools We're kept open ten months in the