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"""J ' - 1 1 ... I ALLIANCE DIRECTORY NATIONAL ALLIANCE, Presideat, X Burrows, Filler, Neb. Vice Presldlut, H. L. Loucks, Clear Creek, Dakota. ? Secretary, August Post, Moulton, Iowaj Treasurer, Hon. J. J. FuTlong, Austin Minn. Lecturer, A. D. Chase, Watertown, Dak. NEBRASKA STATE ALLIANCE. . President, Jhn H. Powers, Cornell. Vice President, James Clark, Wabash. -eoeretary.Treasurer, J. M. Thompson, Lincoln Lecturer, Mf M. Case, Creighton. Executive Committee: J. Burrows Filley; B. F. Allen, , Wabash; Allen Boot, Omaha; Lv Henry, Hansen; W. M. Gray, North Loup. v Post Omt at Lincoln, Nbb., June 18, 1889. I hereby certify that The Alliance, a week ly newspaper published at this place, has been determined by the Third Assistant Post Mas ter General to be a publication entitled to admission in the mails at the pound rate of postage, and entry of it as such iJrdingly made upoatbe books of this office. Valid while the character of the publication re mains unchanged. Albebt Watkinr, ? ": ' Postmaster. COUSTX ORGANIZERS. The following is a list of the later appointed county organizers. Adams County, A. C. Tompkins, Hansen. Antelope t Jas. A. Butler, Ewing. Banner Wm. Clark, Banner. John A. Hogg, Shelton. Henry C. Keister, St. Edwards E. G. Cooley, Weeping Water. O. W. Norman, Lamar. L. McReynolds, Fairfield. J. W. Hartley, West Union P. J. Reese, Lexington. C. J.Mecham, Cambridge. W. J. Holley, Cambridge. J. C. Hetherington, Beatrice. E. A. Hadley, Scotia. H. 6. Miller, Cambridge. L. Henry, Hansen. L.C. Floyd, Bromfleld. Buffalo Boone Cass Chase Clay Custer Dawson Frontier Furnas Gage Greeley Gosper, Hall . a. Hamilton"' Harlan " . Hayes Holt " v Howard 44 Hitchcock" Lincoln " " Logan, " Loup " l Madison " i Nance " , Nuckolls." Perkins " V Pierce " Platte Polk . " .. Bed Willow 'J Sherman ? Webster " York Sherman Stevenson.Alma. E. D. Glaze, Galena. Rob't Gray, . T. C. Porter, J. D. Stockton, F. J. Frederic!, Inman. St. Paul. Trenton. North Platte. Gandy. Tayler. W. A. Mansfield, Wm. Evans,' Warren Forsalth. Thomas Sinclair, Geo. W.Felton, E. M. Harrison, . S. J, Plymeaser, Henry Guiles, Jas. Miller, J. F. Black, B. A. Draper, O. B. Pitney, J. F. Harrison, Madison. Fullerton. Angus. Venango. Foster. St. Edwards Silver Creek Indlanola. Litchfield. " Inavale. York. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. This department is conducted by the Secre tary of the State Alliance to whom all com munications in relation to Alliance work, short articles upon various subjects of inter est to the Allience etc., should be addressed. Write plain and only on one side of the paper. Sign wnat you choose to your articles but send us your: name always. Reply to Mr. Petersen. Editor Alliance: In The Alli ance of August 28th, is a very able ar ticle from thevpen of Mr. T. B. Petersen. Prom it I cjip the following: "Some one may ask how can we ever freeze these giant 'rusts out of existence?" Mr. Petersen answers this question as fol lows: "Give the old world a chance to compete with our own manufacturers by taking thy duties off of all the neces saries of life for a time, and every trust would vanish." The salt trust was organized with a capital of $5,000,000. Three millions of this capita was supplied by English capitalists. English capitalists are buy ing a majority of the .tanneries of the United States, thus securing a con trolling interest in the leather produc tion of ourf nation. English capital is being largely invested in the flouring mills of thef country. Soon Englishmen propose to control the output of Ameri can flour. The Chicago Inter-Ocean says nearly every American trust is backed by i English capital. In short, English capitalists, united with a few of our Tory millionaires, propose to crush our small manufacturing enterprises propose to.;.kill all competition and set the price oil every article consumed by this great American people. Does any one suppose that foreign capital infested in the United States will ever onie in direct competition with foreign capital invested at home? No, sir, never. English capital is al ways united', and in f avorjof cheap labor and high priced necessaries for the con sumer. It does not matter whether that capital is Invested at home, in India, Turkey, or the United States. .Should we admit the necessaries of life duty free as Mr. Petersen suggests, the result would be, that the price on these same necessaries would be set by trusts located in England, and our Tory capitalists would unite in part they are already united with the foreign trusts to reduce our laborers to a level with the labor element of Turkey and India. With a protective tariff a trust to set prices on our necessaries of life must be located among us, and every trust located in pur nation we can reach and control with national laws. We think the American ! producers are getting ready to take these American trusts by the throat and shake the life out of them. With a low tariff American consumers would be at the mercy of foreign trusts without a weapon of defense. No rloubj! our tariff laws are manipu lated by eastern capitalists so that it is to the advantage of large manufactur ing enterprises to locate in the east. Of course such manipulation is detrimen tal to the growth and prosperity of the west. To illustrate: In 1872 the duty on jute, mitnilla and sisal fibre was re- ; duced to a low figure. Prior to this re duction manufactories were located in Missouri and Iowa to work up the flax fibre of the-west, and this manufactured flax fibre was taking the place of for lorn fihrf thus lienefitinc thf wpstprn farmer. In 1872 here was a young and growing western industry asking for protection. V"-We were answered by the east with the admission of the foreign fibre almostf duty free. This admission of the foreign fibre closed the flax man ufactories of the west and made the binder twine trust of last season possi ble. . ' With a proper adjustment of the tar iff, the ropecoarse bagging, and binder twine used in the west would be made here, out of flax fibre now rotting on the prairies,; and for much less money than we are now paying. With a proper duty on sugar and proper government, Nebraska would soon furnish the whole country with "beet sugar at five cents per pound, and Kansas might send her cane sugar tp the London strikers. When the Nebraska and Kansas sugar industry is once established the present sugar trust Ttill vanish, and a Kansas or Nebraska iarmer raising corn for 15 cents a bushel will be a thing of the past. John Stebbins, C. Shelton, Neb. Pleasant Valley Alliance reports the appointment of J. M. Wilson as pur chasing agent, and a large increase in membership' Omaha's Defence of John M. Thurston. Omaha, Neb., Oct 6 1889. Mr. Editob: We think that you and your correspondent S. E. G. do not fully appreciate the brilliant efforts of our ton John M. Thurston. : You call in question the truth of his statement that the farmers of Iowa and Nebraska are creating wealth faster than any people ever did now or before. This is God's truth. Never was the whole land so covered with an abundance of cereal wealth. Valley and hill rolling upon one another like waves of the sea millions of bushels in each suc cessive wave, every bushel adding; $ wealth to the world, and two-thirds of that for every bushel "of oats. Now John sees this clearl v. He is built on the . broad gauge. . He knows that three-fourths ofthis vast wealth will soon roll into his client's pocket, out of which be takes a princely salary, and our John is happy. Why not? Now our son John is not to blame for hav ing these surroundings. It is you, Mr. Editor, S. E. G., and over 50,000,000 others, who are built on the narrow gauge and only see a little way, and permit these conditions to exist and continue so . that your correspondent,;' and others have to part with oats at one-' iounn ineir vaiue, cis a uuBiiei, ior : which he pays cash rent to an English ..-.. II.-! 1 1 i '.1 t t A . landlord $2.60 an acre, $1 for thresh ing, 35 cts for twine $3.85 leaving 15 cts an acre for his work, on which his family must liye, on which his own beloved covernment charges him 40 per cent taxes on the average. This is ; witn tne amnty to purcnase "J"1 the way that John's wealth rapidly ac-JUVb fTX' XeAwls raThey laS 1 SSKdiiSj abilitto by. pov ferned to other lands, i ne largest ertyand distress must result. Now, it portion of all stocks and bonds are ig eJvident that whatever tends to un owned by aliens. We are skimming ir the ability of men to gratify their our rich lands to pay the interestinnu- eeds must interfere with demand, ally. There is where the money goes. and therefore lessen consumption, and The other day when Manager Stoue tend toward the accumulation of an un was dismissed from the Atchison & , used surplus. A hailstorm or tornado, Santa Fe and Manvel put in his place ; which destroys the farmer's crop before it was at the command of alien bonds it is garnered, is an incident of this de and stock. The management of Stone scription. was not sufficiently prompt in payment A. we will suppose, intended last ef interest or dividends on alien bonds fall to build a barn, but a storm or and stocks. Look out. urotner &. x. G. will be compelled to live on less than 15c an acre next year. So last Thursday when August Belmont wanted $100,000,000 or $150,000,OCO of t.h sino-ie standard to close up a loan .7, ?...ii. t Donnhiin nI14 , O -w i 1 uuui1 wun a ooutu "" idle. The lumber dealer does not need bind them as slaves, be committed the replenish his stock it not bei de same acts of usurious plunder upon leteg b A conseqUently the vessel Wall street, and wrung out of his vie- bringing the lumber from the mills lies timslOprctfromFridaytoMonday,that;withfurledsails. and the Saws at the he has been practicing upon the tarm- mis cease their whirr. The hardware ers of the west for the last ten years, dealer, deprived of his expected profit, Now the fools in the west can grin at denies his wife a new dress, diminishing the fools in the east, while the aliens the manufacturer's per cent and lessen- laugh as they plunder you both, and ing the weaver's pay. The carpenter, our Jonn won t care, a cem. ahu. . there are lots of Johns. A. R. Curtis, Neb., Oct. 1, 1889. Editor Alliance: Frontier Coun innia mftfat. SfnrVviiiA RAnt 2fi i.x j mu v.- I ' acting disastrously upon supply. Any with a good attendance. The subject j other& cause thalf would fuce the of a more thorough organization of the same effect upon A would produce the county was considered, followed by a j same reflex upon society, i i t. t t ! Is there any other cause which is of statement from Bro. F. M. Rathbun of more universJal application than the one the plan and workings of the Farmers' supposed? Let us see. Alliance Business Association of Cam- evident that whatever would di . rrv.: v mimsh the purchasing power of 'AV bndge. This is a joint stock company j crop say on.half woid be the same as and is doing a good business. All practically destroying one.half of it as seemed hopeful of great results from far as paying debts or procuring sup tha A llianr. mrwpmpnt A dinnrnpd Phes s concerned. The great questions j to meet second Tuesday in December. . H. Fitch, Sec. Fairfield Alliance held a picnic last Saturday, Oct. 5th, in President J. W. McReynolds' grove. J. M. San ford deliyered an oration to a large and appreciative audience. The old war horse handled the subjects of cor porations, trusts, rings and combina tions without gloves. Other speakers were in attendance and addressed the people. Had a pleasant day, a sumptu ous dinner, and our Alliance greatly strengthened and encouraged. Yours fraternally, Logan McReynolds, Sec'y. Elwood, Neb. Sept. 30, 1889. Dear Sir and Bro: At last we are able to report our Alliance which was formed some two weeks ago, up and at work. Every member is full of en thusiasm, and all have joined with the intention of working might and main for the success of the Alliance. Six members joined at our last meeting, and we expect many more before long. Long live the Alliance. , D. H. Major, Sec. Phillips, Neb., Oct. 5, 1889. Sec. Thompson, Dear Sir: I en close you a list of vearly subscribers for the best paper in the state. Will ; send some more next week. Our bus-! iness association is dointr nicelv and we are bound to win. E. II. Ball, Agt. 1T 4 . - rr J every Alliance man in the county to be present. W. O. Rand, Sec'y County Alliance. Laws' Unsavory Record in the McCook Land Office. The Bee of Friday last contains a let ter from R. H. Stewart, of Sutton, Neb., giving a detailed statement of frauds perpetrated by G. M. Laws, while reg ister of the McCook land office, by which Stewart was cheated out of a quarter section of land on which he had made a homestead entry. The citations from the records and the logical state ments made by Mr. Stewart leave no doubt as to the truth of his statement. When Mr. Laws changed his vote on the question of reducing rates he com mitted a vile fraud on the people of Nebraska, and proved himself the pliant tool of the B. & M. Will the people of the Second district reward hin by nom- bating him ,o the responsible position J iv aiiuu, x yet. t , looy. through the invention of improved ma Saunders County Alliance will meet j chinery and the application of steam Saturday, Oct. 19th, afternoon and j a.nd electricity, in the power of produc- mn, . -r v , .I,- 0 TX Ition. j. hese two causes have produced evening at Marble Alhance-S. II. ia reiative decrease of money and in- Moss School House. It is the duty of j crease of products a continual disturb- wm icyicaeuiituve. MONEY. Does Contraction of the Currency Low - er Prices? J. BURROWS IN FARMERS' VOICE. FIRST ARTICLE. Low prices for farm products are uni versal. Distress injree trade England, is as great as in protected Germany and United States; and it seems necessary to find some cause which is of universal application. The wiseacres say we are suffering from overproduction. As the universal distress seems to be on the increase, they are reduced to the anomalous prop osition that " the more wealth we pro duce the poorer we become." We re gret this idea as untenable. We cannot convince the farmers of Western Nebraska that there is an over production of coal, when they are com pelled to stop trains and take possession of it to prevent their families from freezing; nor that there is an overpro duction of woolen cloth while 'their children are cempelled to wear jeans. The cause of low prices must evidently be sought in some economic law which ap peals more forcibly to our reason than the heresy of over-production. The political economists say that the laws of siirml v a nd demand make nrines. - L'mJ. - . . F we may safely concede this to be true, with the reservation that there may be some economic conditions wnicn maKe or affect the laws of supply and de mand. Demand, to be effective, must com bine the need for food, clothing, etc., drouth, or both occur,- and he finds him self with insufficient means, and the barn is not built. Trace the influence of this upon demand through the social fabric. The lumber remains in the yard, the uaiuwaie hi me swre, me carpenter is 1 !. il.. -i il. -. iuie, consumes nis iormer earnings while his clothes grow threadbare and the fallacy of over-production brings no roses to the cheek of his wife. Thus on and on may this influence be traced through increasinglv radiating circles, every mierrupuo r firipa on inane are, does an inadequate supply of mon ey do this? And is the present supply inadequate? It is a financial axiom that prices of products bear a certain relation to the volume of money in circulation. If money was a product of labor, its sup ply would bear a just relation to the amount of labor available for its pro duction, stimulated by the natural de mand for it, like any other product. But money being a creation of law, designed for a medium to exchange pro ducts, and its volume not controlled by labor, its value bears a certain relation to the products to be exchanged, detex mined at all times by the relative quan tities. Understand, it is the relative quan tities that determine this relative val ue. An increase in the quantity of pro ducts to be exchanged would have pre cisely the same effect as a decrease of the medium of exchange. It would di minish prices. An increase in the quantity of the me dium of exchange would have precisely the same effect as a decrease of the pro ducts to be exchanged. It would in crease prices. This law holds good without any ref ence to the kind of money used, pro vided it is the kind furnished by law, and accepted as the legal currency. Now, have any processes been going on for the past ten years which have tended to continually change these rela tive quantities of products and money, and have the processes been co-extensive with the universal depression of the agricultural interest? I think both questions may be answered in the af hmative. First, throughout all the countries which have adopted "England's system of finance, the effort has been and is be- 1 insr made, to rflake crold the onlv stand- ard of value and the basis of all paper money. consequently the tendency has been to diminish the volume of cur rency to correspond with the volume of gold available to redeem it. Second, throughout these same coun- 1 v o iiii o lino kjviriA ii uicai mi l vtvc ance of relative quantities, all the time against the producer. Third, this disturbance this relative decrease of money and increase of pro ducts resulting in the depression of ag ricultural interests, has taken place uni versally in those countries wijich have already adopted, or are making strenu ous efforts to adopt the single gold standard. The two great causes named arc ex actly alike in their effects in these coun tries, though their systems of govern ment, land tenure and taxation radical ly differ from each other. In part of them we have free trade, in part high protection, in part tariff for revenue only. In some we have an almost despotic empire, in some constitutional mon archy, in some a free republic. Some of them maintain great standing ar mies, some have no army to speaK of. In some the land is monopolized by an aristocracy, in some it is free to all alike. But in all the lands where coin is the basis of money, and where the gold bugs have been laying, their eggs, the pro nd thTl tZtto me earth. iv. c. t. u. coLumn. Edited by Mitt Vravces B. TOwmwt, of Fairfield, Neb., of the Nebraska Woman's Christian Temperance Union. . , , .: f The editor of Th Aixiahck places the re sponsibility of this column In the care of the above editor. Owing to the W. C. T. U. Convention at Norfolk occupying the attention of our editor, this department is not filled this week. We do not expect further omissions to occur. There IsJIo Death. There is no death! The stars go down To rise upon some; fairer shore; And bright in heaven's jeweled crown They shine forevermore. There is no death! The dust we tread Shall change beneath the summer showers To golden grain or mellow fruit Or rainbow-tinted flowers. The granite rocks disorganize To feed the hungry moss they boar; The forest leaves drink daily life From out the viewless air. . There is no death' The leaves may fall, . The flowers fade and pass away They only wait through wintry hours The coming-of the May. There is no death ! An angel form Walks o'er the earth with silent tread; He bears our best beloved things away. And then we cam-them "dead." He leaves our hearts all desolate; He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers Transplanted into bliss they now Adorn immortal bowers. " The birdlike voice, whose joyous tones Made glad this scene of sin and strife. Sings now her everlasting song Amid the Tree of Life. And when He sees a smile too bright Or heart too pure for taint of vice; He bears it to that world of light, To dwell in Paradise. t Born into that undying life. They leave us but to come again; With joy we welcome them tbe same, Except in sin and pain. And ever near us, though unseen, The dear, immortal spirits tread ; For all the boundless universe Is Life there are no Dead ! THE DEEP HARBOR CONVENTION. The inter-state deep harbor conven tion was held at Topeka, Kansas, last week. This is a subject of much greater interest to - the people of the west than is generally thought. We append some striking statistics on the general sub ject, dividing the country by the Miss issippi river into east and west. The total area west of the river is 1,840,595 square miles. East of the riv er the area is 1,187, 859 square miles. The total appropriations for public buildings, rivers and harbors, roads, canals, light-houses, forts, arsenals and armories from 1789 to 1886, was $426, 794, 810. Of this there was expended in the east $392,357,775. In 1888 we produced 1,987,790,000 bushels of corn, of which the west pro duced 978,550,000 bushels. The total tonnage of the surplus corn product of the west amounts to 16,065, 000 tons. ! Of the 415,869,000 bu. of wheat for 1888 the states west of the river pro duced 208,762,000 bu. The west's sur plus of breadstuffs amounts to 20,227, 860 tons. The mutton, pork and beef supply comes mainly from the west. Cotton, sugar cane and tobacco are also princi pally from those states. Jan. 1st, 1889, those states had nearly two-thirds of the cattle of the U. S., ex clusive of milch cows. The total surplus of beef of the west is 3,207,375 tons.and the surplus of sheep is 500,000 tons. ' The total surplus of meats of the west for 1888 was 24,935,235 tons. In addi tion to that is the cotton, wooletc, not computed. In considering the cost of export the difference in distance in favor of the gulf over New York from twenty states ana territories, is 13,035 miles, averag ing 651 miles from each. Averaging the cost of rail carriage at jc. per ton per mile, the saving in trans portation in favor of the gulf is $4.88 per ton. This would make a savins for the farmers west of the river on the crop of 1888, on transportation alone, of $121, 683,946.80. It is estimated that $10,000,000 would make a deep-water harbor on the gulf. Figures for the import trade and for manufacturers make also a respectable showing. THURST0NI1NIA. John M. Thtjbston staid away from the league meeting long enough to send an address for Brad Slaughter to read. In it he speaks of "this great west, whose existence and develop ment are largely due to the republican party." Well, well! Didn't the re publican party make the flood, or Bran dreth's pills, or Barnum's woolly horse? We've always had a crude sort of a notion that the republican party owed its existence mostly to the west. He also says: "The organization of the active members of the party in every state into republican clubs is the beginning of a new political era in which the power of management no longer rests with a few self-styled leaders; but remains with the rank and file of the party." It did rest with the leaders before the clubs, did it, John? It is strange how opinions differ. To a man i.p a tree the formation of polit ical clubs under the leadership of such men as Brad Slaughter and John M. T. has the suspicious twang of a political trust, where power will not remain with the rank and file. The following is just funny, when you associate it with Brad Slaughter, who read it: "It is certain to put an end to many of those political practices which have made the term politician obnoxious by distributing a just measure of respon sibility among all those individuals who rally to the support of republican priciples." It will no doubt just suit Brad and John to distribute "responsibility" and keep the plunder; but how will it suit the rank and file? It isn't that sort of thing that has made Clarkson famous. He assumed the responsibility and dis tributed the postoffices. 4 .; : further on he says: ' Neyer again will that party which exists as a men ace of individual prosperity and liberty be permitted to administer the affairs of stite." "'That party " must mean the demo cratic. Well, John M., we don't ad mire it any more than you do. But "prosperity?" That's what we're all waiting for. Hurry up the wagon. Allianee Ticket In Custer County. The County Alliance of Custer coun ty has placed a full ticket in the field for the county offices to be filled this fall. While we think the same result might have been accomplished, with out any constitutional questions aris ing, by calling a people's convention instead of the Alliance directly mak ing the nominations, we sincerely hope the Alliance ticket will be elected. Partisan politics is one of the worst perils the Alliance has to encounter, as the experience of the past few weeks in Custer county proves. We hope every Alliance man in Cus ter county will now, in behalf of . the future unity of the Alliance, throw aside party feeling and all bitterness that may have been engendered, and make it his business to see that the Al liance ticket is triumphantly elected. It will no doubt require some magnani mity, on the part of some to do this; but the exercise of such qualities is al ways ennobling. We have no doubt the Alliance ticket represents the farmers of Custer county better than any other; and if this is true it alone is sufficient reason why it should be elected. -" ' " EVICTIONS IN MINNESOTA. The settlers who went upon what is known as the Northern Pacific second indemnity belt, under the . order open ing it to settlement, are being ruthless ly evicted. The settlers acted in good faith and complied with all the repuire ments of the law, and made improve ments. They built snug houses, cleared lands and planted crops. Xast fall the people lost sight of the land question and allowed themselves to be divided up between the protection and free trade theories. The result was that the attorney general had no hesitancy in deciding that the railroad owned the land, and now the settlers are evicted and driven away. A correspondent of the Chicago Tri bune, describing the scene, says: "So roughly were these evictions forced that many neatly built homes even to-day contain household furni ture", children's garments and rude toys, hastily abandoned. . Over a long stretch of miles can be found these si lent tokens of over 100 deserted, half stripped cabin homes." The circumstances under which these lands were taken under the homestead law considered, these evictions consti tute a great national crime, and will make the names of the officials and legis lators who made them possible, infa mous for all coming time. . These venal mis-representatives of the people have deliberately permitted the railroads ,to absorb an empire. In the days of its purity it was the declared doctrine of the republican par ty that "our public lands should be held as a- sacred legacy, to be given in small quantities, without cost, to actu al settlers only." With these pledges this party came into power in 3860. How it has kept its faith with the peo ple, 200.000,000 acres of land given to railroads, and millions of acres more in the hands of alien capitalists, must answer. And to cap the climax of this perfi dy they established a financial policy wmcu Dy maKing money scarce com penea farmers to saddle their homes with interest-bearing mortcracres. which must eventually transfer the cultivated lands to the money-lending classes. Mil lions or iarmers todav. ostensibly own ing their farms, are but tenants at will, under the money-lending syndicates. But we are not so unfair as to charge an inese wrongs to the republican par ty. The contraction policy adopted im mediately after the war received the al most unanimous endorsement of the democrats in congress; and Mr. Cleve land's administration rigidly adhered to the same suicidal policy. The lesson taught by past experience is that we cannot trust office-seeking politicians of any party. The people must educate themselves to understand what they want and then enforce that demand. When the masses are thus educated and united, the politicians of all parties will become their humble servants, ready to do their bidding. Industrial Age. Official Notice to Alliances. All Subordinate or Countv Allianees wanting coal the coming season from the state agency should send in the number of cars wanted, the grade of coal used, arid be sure to state what railroad they are tributary to. This matter must be attended to at once and reports sent in promptly to the secretary of the State Alliance. Orders for coal must be sent in dur ing September to insure the price and certainty or having orders nued. v an .uyke, w yoming, coal, $1.75 per ton. Nut or egg coal $1. Freight on any lines of U. P. in Nebraska S4.25 ner ton; on B. & M. $4.65 per ton. Cham berlain plows, good as made, shipped from Omaha, 14 and 16 inch, $14. Bv one-half car lots, $12.25. Champion self -dump steel wheel horse rake $21.00 uentervilie, lowa, coal, at the mine, $1.25 per ton. Can be shipped direct to all points on the Rock Island R. R. at regular tariff rates. Points on U. P. add $1.60 to Omaha' rates; by St. Joe $1 to regular rate. Tnis is one of the best Iowa mines. State Agent's Notice. . It is very desirable and will save some expense, and be better in every way, if the Alliances will bulk their orders so one shipment will do for many parties. It is found that little or nothing can be saved on groceries at retail. If orders are in unbroken packages can be had at jobbers' rates. Price lists are of little account only in a general way. The price on sugar changed three cents in one week not long since. Many other things the same. Allen Root, State Agent. SUBSCRIBE THE FABUEBS' Offl PAPER. ; agnificent Premium Offer! . oo In order to compensate our friends for their aid in extending the circulation of The Alliance we make the following UNPKECEDENTKDLY LIBERAL OFFERS of Premium: History of the Johnstown Flood. Illustrated. 450 pages. Cloth binding, elegant print. RETAIL PRICE tl,50. We will send The Alliance one Year and this book, post-paid, for 91,76. Or, we will send the book tor Seven new names for one year at one dollar. , DIagner's Farmers' Encyclopedia- Profusely Illustrated. Beautifully bound in muslin and gilt. 639 pages. This Is awn. Known Standard work. It embraces a full compendium of veterinary knowledge In all branches of farm husbandry, and a vast amount of information which should be in every farmers' family. RETAIL PRICE $2,75. We will send this book, post-paid, and The Alliance One Year for $2,60. Or, we will send the book for twelve new names at one dollar. Stanley's Wonderful Adventures in Africa. Prof usely Illustrated. Beautiful muslin and gilt binding. 687 pages. This Is a book of absorbing interest, and no one will regret its purchase even at much more than our price. RETAIL PRICE $2,75. We will send this book, post-paid, and The Alliance one year for $2,75. Or, we will send the book for twelve new names at one dollar. We are enabled to make these unparalleled offers because of wholesale contracts made with jobbers. Address, Alliance Publishing Co. . Lincoln, Neb. AUBOBA, KANE CO., 111., IMPORTER AND BREEDER OP " Cleveland and Shire Hor s e s . 300 YOUNG AND VIGOROUS STALLIONS AND MARES, : OP CHOICEST BREEDING NOW ON HAND. LARGE IMPORTATION RECENTLY ARRIVED. . I will make special prices and liberal terms to parties buying before winter. . 200 High-Bred Holstein-Friesian Cattle. When answering Advertisements mention The Alliance. (Cm OBTAIN CHICAGO PRODTJGE ps The way to do this is to ship yourButter, Eggs, Poultry, Veal. Hay, Grain, Wool. Hides, fteans. Broom Corn, Green and Dried Fruits, Vegetables, or anything you have, tons. The ract that you may have been selling these urticles at home for years is no reason that you hould continue to do so if vou can find a better it"rkct. We make a specialty of receiving shipments direct from FARMERS AND PRODUCERS, and probably have the larpest trade in Ms way of any house in this market. Whilst you are looking: around for the cheapest mar ket in which to buy your Roods and thus economizirg' in that; way, it will certainly pay you to arive some attention to the best and most profitable wc of disposing of your produce. We invite correspondence from INDIVIDUALS, ALLIANCES, CLUBS, and alt organizations who desire to ship their produce to this market. If requested, we will send you free of 2harg-e our daily market repoi-t, shipping' directions and such information as will be of ser vice to you if you contemplate shipping-. Let us hear from you. SUMMERS, MORRISON & CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 1 74 S. WATER, ST., CHICAGO. REFERENCE: Metropolitan Nation Bank, Chicago. Mention The Alliauc NOTICE to mm For Sale or Rent, A Roller Flouring mill with water power, one mile from Lincoln. , ' A. T. SAWYER. 1 Stock shipped to Allen Root, care of Bell, Collins & McCoy, Omaha, by members of the Alliance, will realize from $4 to $5 more per car for their stock. Give the agent notice when shipped. Mr. Root is state agent for the Alliance, w. It. .Bennett & Co. will sell groceries, etc., to the Alii A -m ances as joDDer s rates, sena all or ders to Allen Root. Shipments of vegetables, fruits or poultry, should be billed to Mr. Hoot, care of Bowman, w imams & Howe's, umalia. Frlce List of Oils to Alliances. 150 test, medium white coal oil, UVt cents. 150 " prime " " 10V4 ' 175 " Y.L. " " 13 " 74 stve gasoline " 11 These oils in barrel lots. The best harness oil in either one or five gallon cans, 70 cents per gallon. Pure Neat's foot oil in one to five gallon cans, 60 cents per gallon. In barrel lots, 50 cents per gallon. Axle grease, thirty six boxes in case, $1.85. Allen Root, State Agent. Never allow dirt to accumulate on the horse collars. Wash it off with Q lather of Castile soap, and when the leather is partly dry rub in vaseline enough to keep the collar soft and pliable. The first point in making cheap pork is to get the hog to market in the shortest possible time. The same food makes more pork in early fall than in midwinter, for less of the food is used to produce animal heat. Soak newspapers and knead them into a pulp. Dip the pulp into a strong solution of oxalic acid, and stuff the rat holes with this. They will not did long in that without get ting sore toes and noses, and will leave in disgust. "More sheep and lambs are killed in New York than in any other city in the world, over 2,000,000 head being slaughtered annually, and, with the increasing demand tor mut ton and lamb, the chances are that she will continue to hold first place for some time to come." . - - ', Old wells in the fields should never be boarded over, but filled up. They often cause injury to the stock when boarded, as the boards rot and un expectedly fall in. A large number of animals are annually lost by old wells or sinks in the fields, eSb S 5 m) for : JUiLDJL oo Deep Milking Strains at Low Prices. PRICES FOR YOUR W. D. NICHOLS GENERAL DEALER IN BEATRICE, NEB. Have some Fine Bargains In Improved Farms. Lots For Sale in Every Addition in the Clty. OFFICE, 505 COURT ST. TELE. 83. lUtf. CftEAT.WESTCTN-FEED-STEAMBtn ft Great Western Feed Steamer AND TANK HEATER . Cooks one to three barrels feed at one flllinr. Fire box surrounded with water on top and sides. Any kind of fuel. Easily managed and cleaned as a box stove. Hend for Circulars. Ajrents wanted. BOVEE If. M. CO.. 3ml6 Tama. Iowa. J. C. McBRIDE. II. S. BELL. M c B R I D E & BELL DEALERS IN Real Estate, Loan and InsnrcLxioo A.Gt-E2TTS Office, 107 S. 11th St., Basement, lincoln, - - nebraska. Agents for M. K. & Trust Co. Houses Built on ten years time. Debt cancelled in case of Death. Anything to trade let us know of It. J. M. ROBINSON, Kenesaw, Adams . County, Nkiju. Breeder and Shipper ef Recorded Poland China Hogs. Choice Breeding Stock for sale. Write for wants. Mention The Alliance Ad Imported Shire Stallion lor sale. Six years old, perfect temper, first class pedigree registered in tbe English Shire Herd Book. Can show as good colts as in the State. Owner baring to leave the farm, will sell or exchange for desirable property. Carriage and new harness wanted. Inquire at The Alliance office. H. C. STOLL, BREEDER OF The Most Improved Urecds of Poland China, Chester White, Small Yorkshire and Essex Hogs. Satisfaction guaranteed In all cases. P. O. Address. BEATRICE. Neb Tfc J. THORP & Co.. Manufacturers of Rubber Stamps, Seals, Stencils, Badges and Baggage Checks or Kvci v Description. 'Aii 8. ilth St., Established lsso. L1NCOLN. NKli. FOR INSURANCE. see or address Swigart & Bush. Mead, Neb., Special Agents Far mers Union (Mutual) Ins. Co., Grand Island- f LARGE J . I FIRE-BOX, I r;J I 3 FEET LONG (1 3 I ENTIRELY rTfrJU J.M C J Nebraska. : - -X K1 L v