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MESSAGE BY If KINLEY
Executive Asks Discretionary
Power to Intervene
S NOT CALL CUBA FREE
lie Opposes Recognition of the Present
Government
EXHAUSriYE REVIEW OF FACTS
Whole Perplexing Situation Is Laid
Before Congress
President Asks Authority to Take
Measures for the Termination of
Hostilities in Cuba Would Use
Army and Navy If Necessary Only
Hope of Kelief from a Condition
Which Can No Longer Be Endured
Is Unforced Pacification of the Island
Maine Disaster Showed that Spain
Cannot Protect Neutrals in Her Own
PoiftH
President McKinley on Monday sent Irs
Cuban message to Congress He favors
intervention to terminate hostilities in the
islaud and asks discretionary authority
but opposes recognition of present Cuban
government The full text of the
-sage follows
j IObedient to that precept of the constitu
tion which commands the President to
give from time to time the Congress in
formation of the state of the Union and
to recommend to their consideration such
measures as he shall judge necessary and
expedient it becomes my duty now to ad
dress your body with regard to the grave
crisis that has arisen in the relations of
the United States to Spain by reason of
the warfare that for more than three
yearshas raged in the neighboring island
of Cuba 1 do so because of the intimate
connection of the Cuban question with the
tate of -our own Union and the grave
relation the course which it is now incum
bent upon the nation to adopt must needs
bear to the traditional policy of our Gov
ernment if it is lo accord with the pre
cepts laid down by the founders of the
republic and religiously observed by suc
ceeding administrations to the present
day
The present revolution is but the suc
cessor of other similar insurrections which
have occurred in Cuba against the domin
ion of Spain extending over a period of
nearly half a century each oFwlriCh dur
ing its progress hasubjected the United
Statos to great effort anil expense in en-
forcing its neutrality laws caused enor
mous losses to American trade and
commerce caused irritation annoyance
and disturbance among our citizens and
by the exercise of cruel barbarous and
uncivilized practices -of warfare shocked
the sensibilities and offended the humane
sympathies of our people
Ravaged by Fire and Sword
Since the present revolution began in
February 1S95 this country has seen the
fertile domain at our threshold ravaged by
tire and sword in the course of a struggle
unequaled in the history of the island and
rarely paralleled -as to the number of the
combatants and the bitterness of the con
test by any revolution of modern times
where a dependent people striving to be
free have been opposed by the power of
the sovereign state Our people have be
held a ouceprosperous community reduc
ed to comparative want its commerce vir
tually paralyzed its exceptional produc
tiveness diminished its fields laid waste
its mills in ruins and its people perishing
by tons - of thousands from hunger and
destitution We have found ourselves
eonertcained in the observance of that
strict neutrality which our laws enjoin
and which the law of nations commands
to police our own waters and watch our
own seaports in prevention of any unlaw
ful act in aid of the Cubans Our trade
has suffered the capital invested by our
citizens in Cuba has been largely lost and
the temper and forbearance of our pop
ple have been so -sorely tried asto beget
a perilous unrest among our Dvn citi J
zeus which has inevitably found its ex
pression from time to time in the national
legislature so that issues wholly external
to our own body politic engross attention
and stand in the way of that close devo
tion to domestic advancement that be
comes a self contented commonwealth
whose primal maxim has been the avoid
ance of all foreign entanglements A11
this must needs awaken and has indeed
aroused flieaitmost concern on the part of
this Government as well during my prede
cessors term as my own
Evils of Reconcentration
In April 1S9G the eyjls from which our
country suffered through the Cuban war
became go onerous that my predecessor
made effort to brin about a peace
through the mediation of this Government
u any way that cjight tend to an honor
able adjustment of the contest between
Spain and her revolted colony on the
basis of some effectiye scheme of
jor Cuba under the flag and1
sovereignty of 8paii It failed through
the refusal of the Spanish Government
then in power to consider any form of
mediation or indeed any pjau of settle
ment which did not begin with tjie actual
mibmissionof the insurgents to the mother
country and then only on such terms as
Spitt herself might see fit to grant
The war continued unabated The re
sistance of the insurgents was in no wise
diminished The effoKs of Spain were
increased loth by tho dispatch of fresh
jeyjps to Cuba and by the addition to the
iorrQtvj of the strife o a ntw and inhu
pian piia happily unprecf tinted in the
moderu ijtojy pi civilized Christian peo
ples The poiicf pf devastation and con
centration inaugurated PJ P captain
jgrwrnls bando of Oct 21 W in the
proving of Piuar del Rio was thpnpp
extendeJ fo pmbrace all of the island
vuicii the pwps pf tiie Spanish arms was
able to reach by OGeupfitjpn or by military
operations The peasahtryiuchidjnjj all
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dwelling in the open agricultural interior
were driven into the garrison towns or
isolated places held by the troops The
raising and movement of provisions of all
kinds were interdicted The fields were
laid waste dwellings unroofed and fired
mills destroyed and in short everything
that could desolate the land and render it
unfit for human habitation or support was
commanded bjr one or the other of the
contending parties and executed by all
the powers at their disposal
Herded in the Towns
By the time the present administration
took ollice a year ago reconcentration so
called had been made effective over the
better part of the four central and west
ern provinces Santa Clara Matanzas
Havana and Pinar del llio The agricul
tural population to the estimated num
ber of 300000 or more was herded with
in the towns and their immediate vicin
age deprived of the means of support
rendered destitute of shelter left poorly
clad and exposed to the most unsanitary
conditions
As the scarcity of food increased with
the devastation of the depopulated areas
of production destitution and want be
came misery and starvation Month by
mouth the death rate increased in an
alarming ratio By March 1897 accord
ing to conservative estimates from offi
cial Spanish sources the mortality among
the reconcentrados from starvation and
the disease thereto incident exceeded 50
per centum of their total number Xo
practical relief was accorded to the des
titute The overburdened towns already
suffering from the general dearth could
give no aid So called zones of cultiva
tion established within the immediate
area of effective military control about
the cities and fortified camps proved illus
ory as a remedy for tlib suffering The
unfortunates being for the most part
women and children with aged and help
less men enfeebled by disease and hun
ger could not have tilled the soil without
tools seed or shelter for their own sup
port or for the supply of the cities Re
concentration adopted avowedly as a wyar
measure in order to cut off the resources
of the insurgents worked its predestined
result As Psaid in nfy message of last
December it was not civilized warfare it
was extermination The only peace it
could begot was that of the wilderness
and the grave
Meanwhile the military situation in the
island had undergone a noticeable change
The extraordinary activity that charac
terized the second year of the war when
the insurgents invaded even the hitherto
unharmed fields of Pinar del Rio and
carried havoc and destitution up to the
walls of the city of Ilavana itself had
relapsed into a dogged struggle in the
central and eastern provinces The Span
ish arms regained a measure of control
in Tinar del Rio and parts of Havana but
under the existing conditions of the rural
country without immediate improvement
of their productive situation Even thus
partially restricted the revolutionists held
their own and their submission put for
ward by Spain as the essential and sole
basis of peace seemed as far distant as
at the outset- i
Promise of Autonomy
In this state of affairs my administra
tion found itself confronted with the
grave problem- of its fluty My message
of last December reviewed the situation
and detailed the steps taken with a view
of relieving ifs acuteness and opening the
way to some form of honorable settle
ment Che assassination -of the prime
minister Canovas led to a change of gov
ernment in Spnin Tho former almi2is
trutjon pledged to subjugation without
concession gave place to that of a more
liberal party committed long in advance
to a policy of reform involving the wider
principle of home rule for Cubfrand Pu
erto Rico The overtures of this gov
ernment made through its new envoy
General TVoodfordnhd looking to an im
mediate and effective amelioration of the
condition of the island although not ac-
ceptea to tne extent ot aannttey media
tion in any shape were met by assurances
that home rule in an advanced phase
would be forthwith offered to Cuba with
out waiting for the war to end and that
more humane methods should thenceforth
prevail in the conduct of hostilities In
cidentally with these- declarations tho
new government of Spain continued and
completed the policy already begun by its
predecessor of testifying friendly regard
for this natiou by releasing American
citizens held under one charge or an
other connected with the insurrection so
that by the end of November not a single
person entitled in any way to our national
protection remained in a Spanish prison
Vhilo -these negotiations were in prog
ress the increasing destitution pf the un
fortunate nnd the alarm
ing mortality among them claimed ear
nest1ttention The success which had
attended the limited measure of relief
among them by the judicious expenditure
through the consular agencies of the
money appropriated expressly for their
succor by the -joint resolution approved
May 24 1S97 prompted the humane ex
tension of a similar scheme of aid to the
great body of sufferers A suggestion to
this epd was acquiesced ip by the Span
ish authorities
On the 24th of December last I caused
to be issued an appeal to the American
people inviting contributions in money or
in kind for the succor of the starving suf
ferers in Cuba following this -on the 8th
of January by a similar public announce
ment of the formation of a central Cuban
relief committee with headquarters in
New York pity composed of three mem
bers representing the American National
Red Cross andthQreligiousand business
elements of the trbftunmiity The1 efforts
of that committee have been untiring and
accomplished much Arrangements for
free transportation to Cufca haYegroatiy
aided the charitable work The president
of the American Red Gross and represent
atives of otlier contributory organizations
have generously visited Cuba and co-operated
with the Gonsul General and the
local authorities to make effective distri
bution of the relief collected through the
efforts of the central committee Nearly
200000 in money and supplies has al
ready reached the sufferers and mqre is
forthcoming The supplies are admitted
duty free and transportatipn to tho jn
teifor has bepniyiuged so that jthe rgr
lief at first necessarily confined to Ha
vana and the larger pities is ajqw px
tended through most if uqt al of tho
iuns iiyre suuefing exists
of iivpa have already been saved
Reconcentratfo Order Revoked
The necessity for a change in the condi
tion of the reconcentrados is recognized
by the Spanish government Within a
few days past the orders of General
ler have been revoked the reconcentrados
are it is said to be permitted to return to
their homes and aided to resume the self
supporting pursuits of peace public works
have been ordered to give them employ
ment and a sum of 000000 has been
appropriated for their relief
The war in Cuba is of such a nature
that short of subjugation or extermina
tion a final military victory for either side
seems impracticable The alternative lies
m the physical exhaustipn of tlie one or
Pip otlier party or perhaps of both a
condition winch in effect ended the ten
years war by thp trucp of Zaujon The
prospect of such a protraction arid con
clusion of the present strife is
gent hardly to be contemplated with
equanimity by the civilized world and
least of all by the United States affected
and injured as we are deeply and inti
mately by its very existence
Realizing this it appeared to be my
duty in a spirit of true friendliness no
less to Spain than to the Cubans who
have so much to lose by the prolongation
of the struggle to seek to bring about an
immediate termination of the war To
this end 1 submitted on the 27th ultimo
as a result of much representation and
Correspondence through the United
States minister at Madrid propositions to
the Spanish government looking to an
armistice until Oct 1 for the negotiation
of peace with the good offices of the Pres
ident
In addition I asked the immediate revo
cation of the order of reconcentration so
as to permit the people to return to their
farms and the needy to be relieved with
provisions and supplies from the United
States co operating with the Spanish
authorities so as to afford full relief
The reply of the Spanish cabinet was
received on the night of the 31st ultimo
It offers -as the means to bring about
peace in Cuba to confide the preparation
thereof to the insular department inas
much as the concurrence of that body
would be necessary to reach a final result
it being however understood that the
powers reserved by the constitution to
the central government are not lessened
or diminished As the Cuban parliament
does not meet until the 4th of May next
the Spanish government would not object
for its part to accept at once a suspen
sion of hostilities if asked for by the in
surgents from the general in chief to
whom it would pertain in such case to
determine the duration and conditions of
the armistice
The propositions submitted by General
Woodford and the reply of the Spanish
government were both in the form of
brief memoranda the texts of which are
before me and are substantially in the
language above given The function of
the Cuban parliament in the matter of
preparing peace and the manner of its
doing so are not expressed in the Span
ish memorandum but from General
Woodfords explanatory reports of pre
liminary discussions preceding the final
conference it is understood that the Span
ish government stands ready to give the
insular congress full powers to settle the
terms of peace with the insurgents
whether by direct negotiation or indirect
ly by means of legislation does not ap
pear
With this last overture in the direction
of immediate peace and its disappointing
reception by Spain the executive was
brought to the end of his effort
Three Measures Left
In my annual message of December
last I said
Of the untried measures three remain
Recognition of the insurgents as belliger
ents recognition of the independence of
Cuba neutral intervention to end the war
by imposing a rational compromise be
tween the contestants and intervention in
favor of one or the other party I speak
not of forcible annexation f6r that can
not be thought of That by our code of
morality would be criminal aggression
Thereupon I reviewed- these alterna
tives in the light of President Grants
measured words uttered in 1S75 when
after seven years of sanguinary destruct
ive and cruel barbarities in Cuba he
reached the conclusion -that -the recogni
tion of the independence of Cuba was im
practicable and indefensible and that the
recognition of belligerence was not war
ranted by the facts according to the tests
of pubjic law I commented especially
upon the latter aspect of the question
pointing out the inconveniences and posi
tive dangers of a recognition of belliger
ency which while- adding to the already
onerous burdens of neutrality within our
own jurisdictidn could not in any way
extend our influence or effective offices in
the territory of hostilities
Nothing Jms since occurred to change
my view in this regard aud I recognize
as fully now as then that thp issue of a
proclamation of neutrality by which
process the so called recognition of bel
ligerence is published could of itself and
unattended by other action accomplish
nothing toward the one end for which we
labor the instant pacification of Cuba
and the cessation of the misery that af
flicts the island
-Jackson on Recognition
Turning to the question of recognizing at
this time the Independence of the present
insurgent government in Cuba wefind safe
precedents in our history from hil early
day They are well summed up In President
Jacksons message to Congress Dec jl Ijg
on tho subject of the recognition of the inde
pendence of Texas He said in all the
contests that liavp arisen ant of the revolu
tions of France qut qf the disputes relating
to the crews of Portugal and Spain out of
tho teparation of the American possessions
of both from the European governments and
out of the numerous and constantly occur
ring struggles for dominion hj Spanish Amer
ica so wisely consistent with our just prin
ciples has been the action of mil1 aovmi
input that we have under tho most critical
circumstances avoided nil Censure and en
euuntered uo other evil than that produced
by a transient estrangement of coori win i
those against whom we have been by force
of evidence compelled to decide
It has thus made known to the world that
the uniform policy and practice of the Uni
ted States is to avoid all interference In dis
putes which merely relate to the Internal
government of other nations and eventually
to recognize the authority of the prevailing
party without reference to our particular in
terests anfl views as to the merits of the
original controversy
But on this as on every otlier trving
occasion safety is fo be found in a rigid ad
herence to principle
In the contest between Snain and Hip re
volted colonies we stood aloof and waited
not only until the ability of the new States
to protect themselves was fully established
but until thp danger of their being attain
subjugated had entirely passed away Then
and not until then were they recognized
Such was our course in regard to Mexico her
self
Case of Texas
It I true that with regard to Texas the
civil authority of Mexico has been expelled
its invading army defeated the chief of the
republic himself captured and all present
power to control the newly organized gov
ernment annihilated within its confines
But on the other hand there is in appear
ance at least an immense disparity of physi
cal force on the side of Texas The -Mexican
republic under anqther executive is rally
ing its forces under a new leader and men
acing a fresh invasion to recover Us lost do
minion
Upon the issue of this threatened invasion
the independence of Texas may he consid
ered as suspended and ere there uothin
npcullar in the situation of the United States
ind TeJ ast our acknowledgment of its inde
pendence at such a crisis epuid acaTeelv he
regarded a consistent with that prudent re
spryo with which wo have hitherto held our
selves bound to treat all similar questions
Thereupon Andrew Jackson proceeded to
consider the risk that there might be im
puted to the United States motives of selfish
Interest In view of the former claim on our
part to the territory of Texas and of the
avowed purpose of the Texans in seeking re
ognitiou of independence as an incident to
the incorporation of Texas in the Union rnn
eluding thus
Prudence therefore seems tn ii tof iA
we should still stand aloof and maintain ftp
present attitude if not until Mexico ltsftlf
or one of the great foreign powers shall
rec
ognize the Independence of the new over
inent at least until the lapse of timeor tbo
course of evenrs shall have proved horn
cavil or dispute the ability of the peoile of
that country tt maintain their senaS L
ereignty and to uphdld the government
sfitifted by them Neither of thp contending
parties can justly C6nipin of thh
course
By pursuing it we are but carrying out
longtablished policy 9f ftuTnffit
policy wliich has secured
ty us respect Inn
abroa aP4 UwtfWfl SSmJ
These are the words of the resolute and
patriotic Jackson They are evidence that
the United Statea In addition to the test Im
posed by public law as the condition of the
lecognitlou of independence by a neutral
state to wit that the revolted states shall
constitute In fact a body politic having a
government In substance as well as In name
possessed of the elements ofstablllty and
formiug de facto If left to Itself a state
among the nations reasonably capable of
discharging the duties of state has im
posed for Its own grievance In dealing with
cases like these the further condition that
recognition of Independent statehood Is not
due to a revolted dependency until the dan
ger of Its being again subjugated by the
parent state has entirely passed away This
extreme test was in fact applied in the case
of Texas The Congress to whom President
Jackson referred the question as one prob
ably leading to war and therefore a proper
subject for a previous understanding with
that ody by whom war can alone be de
clared and by whom all the provisions for
sustaining its perils must be furnished left
the matter of the recognition of Texas to the
discretion of the executive providing mere
ly for the sending of a diplomatic agent
when the President should be satisfied that
the republic of Texas had become an inde
pendent state
It was so recognized by President Van
Buren who commissioned a charge daf
faires March 7 1837 after Mexico had aban
doned an attempt to reconquer the Texan
territory end when there was at the time
no bona fide contest going on between tho
Insurgent province and Its former sovereign
Recognition Not Necessary
I said In my message of December last
It Is to be seriously considered whether
the Cuban insurrection possesses beyond dis
pute the attributes of statehood which alone
can demand the recognition of belligerency
in its favor The same requirement must
certainly be no less seriously considered
when the graver issue of recognizing inde
pendence is In question for no less positive
test can be applied to the greater act than
to the lesser while on the other hand the
influence and consequences of the struggle
upon the internal policy of the recognizing
state which form important factors when
the recognition of belligerency is concerned
are secondary If not rightly eliinlnable fac
tors when the real question Is whether the
community claiming recognition Is or Is not
independent beyond peradventure
Nor from the standpoint of expediency do
I think it would be wise or prudent for this
government to recognize at the present time
the Independence of the so called Cuban re
public Such recognition Is not necessary in
order to enable the United States to inter
vene and pacify the Island To commit this
country now to recognition of any partic
ular government in Cuba might subject us
to embarrassing conditions of International
obligation toward the organization so rec
ognized In case of intervention our con
duct would be subject to the approval or
disapproval of such governments we would
be required to submit to its direction and
to assume to it the mere relation of a friend
ly ally When It shall appear hereafter that
there is within the island a government capa
t hie of performing the duties and discharging
the functions of a separate nation and hav
ing as a matter of fact the proper forms and
attributes of nationality juch government
can be promptly and readily recognized and
the relations and interests of the United
States with such nations adjusted
There remain the alternative forms of In
tervention to end the war either as an Im
partial neutral by Imposing a rational com
promise between the contestants or as the
active ally of the one party or the other
As to the first it is not to lie forgotten that
during the last few months the relations
of the United States have virtually been one
of friendly intervention in many ways each
not of itself conclusive but all tending to the
exertion of a potential Influence toward an
ultimate pacific result just and honorable
to all interests concerned The spirit of all
our acts hitherto has been an earnest un
selfish desire for peace and prosperity In
Cuba untarnished by differences between
us and Spain and unstained by the blood of
American citizens
Grounds for Interventibn
The forcible intervention of tho United
States as a neutral to stop tho Avar accord
ing to the large dictates of humanity and
following many historical precedents where
neighboring states have Interfered to check
the hopeless sacrifice of life bv Internecine
conflicts beyond their borders is justifiable
on rational grounds It Involves however
hostile constraint upoa both the parties to
the contest as well to enforce a truce as to
guide tho eventful settlement
The ground for such Intervention may be
briefly summarized as follows
1 In the cause of humanity and to nut an
end to the barbarities bloodshed starva
tion and horrible miseries nov existing
there and which the partSos to the conflict
are euuer unauie or unwilling to stop or
mitigate It is no answer to say this is all
in another country belonging to another
nation and Is therefore none of our busi
ness It is specially our duty for It Is riht
at our door
1 We owe It to our pttiaono in rsin
afford them that protection and Indemnity
for life and property which no government
there can or wJU afford and to that end to
terminate the conditions that depWve them
of legal protection
3 The right to intervene may be justified
by the very serious Injury to the commerce
trade and business of our people and by the
wanton destruction of property and devasta
tion of the island
fourth- And which Is of the utmost im
portance The present condition of affairs
in Cuba ia a constant menace to our people
and entaUaupon this government an enor
mous expense With such a conflict waged
for years in an island so neat us and with
which our people have such trade and busi
ness relations when the live d liberty of
our citizens are in constant danger and
their property destroyed and themselves
ruined where our tralng vessels are liable
to seizure and ar seized at our very door by
war ships o a foreign nation the expedi
tions of fiUnustering that we are powerless
to prevent altogether and the irritating
questions and entanglements thus arising
all those and others that I need not men
tion with tho resulting strained relations
are a constant menace to our jvsae o and com
pel us to keep on a semj war footing with
a nation with which w are at peace
Destruction of the Maine
Ill non nlniMl J1 1 1 - m
aiiuac uiuuiuuis ur uanger ana uisoruer SI I
ready pointed out have been strikingly
tratetl by a tragic event which hast deeply
mm juuy moveu tne ameiiQan jveopie i
have already transmitted to Congress the
report of the naval cftu cf inquiry on the
destruction of th fcatth ahln Maine In tho
harbor of Havuuu during the night of the
loth of February The destruction of that
noble YPsse1 has filled the national heart with
inexpressible- horror Two hundred arid nfty
eight bravo sailors and marines and two
otilcers of our navy reposing In th fancied
security of a friendly bpor have been
hurled to death grh and want brought ta
their homes and wrrow to the nation
The nava court of inquiry woAeh it Is
needless to say commands unqualified
confidence of thp government was unani
mous in Its conclusion thai the destruction
or the Mnlne was Cuaed py an exterior ex
plosion that of a submarine mine did not
assume to pjae the respoAslUUUy That re
mains to be fixed
In any eyent the destruction of the Maine
by whatever exterior cause Is a patent
and impressive proof of a atate of things
in Cuba that Is intolerable That condition
Is thus shown to be such that the Spanish
government cannot assure safety and se
curity to a vessel of the American navy in
the harbor of Havana on a mission of peace
and rightfully there
Further referring In this connection to re
cent diplomatic correspondence a dlsjtch
from our minister to Spain of the 2QtU ultimo
contained the statement that Xi Spanish
minister for foreign affairs alaured him pos
itively that Spain will d all that the highest
honor and justice require In the matter of
tne Maine xue piy aoove rererreu to oX
the 31st ultimo also contained an expression
of the readiness of Spain to subiur to an
arbitration of all the differpnees which can
arise in this matter whfeh s subsequently
explained by the npte of- he Spanish minis
ter al Washington o tit 10th lnsf as fol
lows
As tp to question of fact which springs
from diversity of views hebveen the re
port of the American and Sfpauish boards
Spain proposes that i ract be ascertained
by an hupartia investigation by experts
which declstfln Spain accepts in advance
To this 5 buy e made no replT
The original copy of the Declaration of
Independence in Jeffersons own hand
writing has just been found among the
archives of the American rhilosophical
Society in Philadelphia
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Qherry Qounty Bank
Valentine Nebraska
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Every facility extended customers consistent wth conservative banking
Exchange bought and sold Loans upon good security solicited at reasonablf
rates County depository
E SPARKS President CHARLES SPAEKS Cashier
Notary Public
W E HALEY
Real Estate
ABSTEACTER
Valentine Nebraska
1000000 Bond Filed
ISA
ivy tujF HI f 11 BR fy
South of Court House
QUB CRAND OFFER
To keep our creat factory
ousy ana introduce early our splen
did 98 models we have concluded to
make a marvelous offer direct to the rider
For 3o days we will sell samples of our
swell 98 bicycles at net cost to manufac
ture and will ship C O D on approval
to any address on receipt of the nominal
sum Of 100 if west of Denver K TTiic
100
deposit is merely to show good faith on purchasers
part if you dont want to send money in advance send
your express agents guaranty for charges one way and
we will pay them the other if you dont want the wheel
TRPfflN Eighest grade embodying every lata improY
KXhmJL ment of valne Hi inch imported tubing flash
joints improved two piece cranke arch crown largo detachable
sprockets handsomest finish and decorations Morgan Wright
quick repair tires sinele or donhla tnhn hiirh mria osinr
ment Special price on sample 29 00
COSSACK A8plendid machine equal to any for service and easyrnnning BeetlH inch
seamless tubing two piece cranks arch crown detachable sprockets finely
finished and decorated Morgan Wright quick repair tires single or double tube
high grade equipment Onrspecial sample price 21 V
KWNQTFtE Beat msdinm grade for 1893 inch tubing striped and decorated arch
J4 L crown dust proof bearings ball retainers best Indiana or New
Brunswick tires standard equipment 8pecial price on sample - 1900
NOTE Choice of Color Style Height of Frame Gear etc Fully Guaranteed
MT BnrS at to appearance and qnality of these wheels Don wait order
gnceswillbe mncn higher soon You can make Ble Money
S AgSftBelllDfor WJ S6 oar nVi cho of casn the free uoi ubdS
wheel orsrift of a wheel according to work done ao ut P
Do You Want Cheap Wheels
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We have numbers of 1896 and 1897 model wheels of various makes and
styles some a little shop worn but all new 1200 0 1600
Wheels Slightly Used Modern Types - - 800 to 1200
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