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Wv r. SandkicRi publisher
September, 7, 1000
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(lilt! wwiviimm I 1M1I1V1 III- U'HTIIA 11
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What Republicanism Has Done
for the Farmers of Nebraska.
How Prices for Farm Products Have
Increased the Lust Four Years
Important Facts Ilcnrlng On Loral Affairs
In Cowurctlon With tho I'oyuUT
Administration.
Omrrtin, Sept. U.-Hlovvly jot mircly
public Bcntlinctit In Js'vuniHka Ib crys
tallizing agultiHt Ilryanlstn. Hard
times mid low prions under Democrat
ic rule arc ho firmly Impressed on the
memory of the voters that the attempt
of Urytin to divert attention, through
tho lnatruiiKJutMllty of vulnerable uml
fullacloiiH doctrines, lms fallen flat.
Tho people of Nebraska aro too In
telligent itml too discerning to bo de
ceived ly the mocklng-blnls of Democ
racy on the question of "militarism"
uml "luuMirlnllsm," and they have only
to take their pencil and paper and do
.u llttlo quiet figuring to determine
ivhat Republican victory really means
lov thorn.
Tnll-Tnlo Figures.
The following figures will show tho
real difference between applied Demo
cratic and Republican principles, tho
first column showing the prices under
Democratic rule In 381)0, and the sec
ond tho prices prevailing now under
Republican rule:
18011 1000
Wheat He 02c
Corn l-!o 28c
Ryo 20c 80c
VJIllH OL lit
Hogs $2.00 '$'l.fi0
Labor $1.00 $1.75
Horses $2!.00 $05.00
Cattle (fat) $3.85 $4.85
Cattle (feeders) $8.10 $4.15
8heep , 00c $2.15
This moans that the Nebraska farm
er tilling 100 acres of land, and that
Is not considered a large farm la Ne
braska, will receive at least $800 more
for tho mime amount of stock and
rnln'in 1000 than he received In 1800.
There are thousands of 100-acro
farms and thousands of farmers In Ne
braska, ho it can be seen at once that
this increase In prices In tho uggregate
amounts to n large sum.
Thcso figures are unanswerable.
They deal staggering blows to Democ
racy and they at tho same time attest
the wisdom and reveal the substantial
benellts of Republicanism. It can bo
seen by this that Republican prosper
ity has In four years Increased tho
vulue of every cow, steer, sheep, horse,
and overy bushel of grain in Nebraska
more than 80 per cent. It has In
creased the valtie of every acre of farm
land, and, aside from household effects,
has In many instances doubled the
value of all the personal property on
Nebraska farms.
Tho Republicans In Nebraska pin
their fa I tli to this record. They aro
willing to stand on It, confident In tho
Intelligence and judgment of nil tho
people.
Under such conditions Is It possible
that Hryan and the Democratic cam
paign orators can mislead tho people
Into deposing the Republican party and
voting the Democracy back Into pow
er? Is It possible that the voters of
Nebraska can, by the seductive and al
luring strains of the political siren,
bo duped Into, voting for Urytui and a
return of the depression and distress
of four years ngoV A vote for Rrynn
means thnt and nothing else. Nor is
this any more true of Nebraska than
of the rest of the agricultural states.
The report of the bureau of statistics
of tho agricultural department Just Is
sued shows to what extent the fann
ers have profited In the last four years
on live stock values alone. Here ure
the figures:
Jon. 1, 1800 Jan. 1, 1000
Horses $500,140,1S(J $008,000,412
Mules' $108,20-1,457 $111,117,002
Milch cows. .$808,055,515 $514,812,100
Other cattle.. $508,028,410 $080,480,200
Sheep $05,107,785 $122,005,018
They have a right to an explanation
ns to why lie has permitted officials to
transgress the law without even so
much as a public protest or reprimand.
Within the last few weeks reports of
olllclul corruption have been published
-charges upon which prompt Inquiry
vhoulri be nindeyct Governor I'oynter
lias refiiM.il to act, and has majle no
apparent effort to stop these abuses.
The gravest charges have not even
commanded olllclul attention, yet these
charges tire of such a nature us to be
of the utmost Importance to tax pay
ers, Involving as they do a reckless
dlHulpatlon of the public funds. With
wholesale pilfering going on In many
of the state Institutions It is no wonder
that n large deficiency, conservatively
estimated at $100,000, is staring the
Foynter administration uml the people
of Nebraska In the face.
Kor this, and for demoralizing tho
management of the public Institutions
by the appointment of political adher
ents Irrespective of fitness. Governor
I'oynter will be held to answer.
Proper management of public Institu
tions Is not a partisan question. All
political parties profess to favor It.
What shall be said or done with a
party or ofllclal who proves recreant
to this trust? That Is tho problem be
fore tho voters of Nebraska, and that
Is the charge upon which Governor
I'oynter uml his party must stand
trial k the high court of public opin
ion. Economy In tho administration
of public affnlrs Ib n matter of dollars
and cents to overy tax payer, and the
fact that, with gencrul appropriations
approximating more than $2,000,000,
there Is an apparent shortugo of $100,
000. of Itself proves that Governor
I'oynter has not practiced It.
Other OfflrlnU KxtritvHgiuit.
Governor I'oynter Is not the only fu
sion ofllclal who has fallen eltort of
party promises and public expecta
tions. The names of State Treasurer
Moscrve. Attorney General Smyth and
Land Commissioner Wolf muy also bo
added.
It Is no Kccrot thnt a portion nt least
of the state school funds has been
farmed out to favorite patrons. There
is nt least $200,000 of school funds
upon which the state Is receiving no
Interest, and which is no doubt depos
ited with such concerns as are
"friendly" to tho administration. Dill
gent Inquiry has thus far failed to dls
closo where this money Is, or why tho
state Is not drawing Interest on it.
This alone represents a clean loss to
the state of $4,000 per year.
In regard to tho attorney gcncral'i
department, the records show that
that department has not alone been ex
travagant, but has made excessive de
mands on the treasury.
The constitution expressly provides
that the attorney general shnll receive
a salary of $2,000 a year and no more.
It declares further, that nothing shall
be allowed that department for depu
ties or clerk hire. The records show
how openly this has been disregarded.
The following figures show to what
extent the treasury has been milked
during tho present term of two years:
Attorney general $4,000
W. D. Oldham 8,000
Assistant attorney 2,400
Stenographer 2,000
Printing briefs 80-)
Postage, telegraph, tclephone.etc. 000
Traveling expenses 000
Though this Is n much larger amount
than was ever before required by the
attorney general's department, It,
oven, wiib not sufllclcnt. Tho records
show that tho $5,000 "prosecution
fund" placed at tho disposal of the
governor law been attacked and of
this amount nearly $4,000 has been
used, n portion of It as follows:
C, J. Smyth $017.08
W. D. Oldham 55.20
Ed P. Smith 025.00
G. V. Corcoran 287. SO
Other allowances have been made in
addition to this, so that upon tho whole
this department under the present ad
ministration has been the most extrav
agant and expensive In the state's his
tory. More or less odium Is attached to the
land commissioner's department. The
manner In which building contracts
have been awarded and executed al
most approaches a public scnndal.
Certnln contractors have been award
ed contracts and have signally failed
to properly fulfill them, yet after hav
ing failed at one place the board has
turned right around and awarded
them contracts at another. In some
Instances the bondsmen of the con
tractors have been required to com
plete tho work and In each and all In
Rtnuccs the state has sustained pecu
niary loss.
Contracts for groceries and provisions
sponsible for this, as the former Is
chalrmnti of tlie board of public land
and buildings nnd the latter chalnnnn
of the state board of purchase ntid sup
plies, boards that have direct chargo
of these matters.
It may bo claimed by the state liniiT
ofllrlaK in Justification of their acts,
that the stato Is getting Its grocer'es
and supplies cheaper on this account.
Nothing could be farther from the
truth. In the llrst place, the way
business Is tnnifnged, prices become a
nceondury Issue. The principal Issue
now Is thnt of weight and quality.
There Is scarcely an Institution thnt
haB a weighing scale, and there Is
scnrcely nn ofllclal at nny of the In
stitutions competent to judgo ns to
quality.
tfotul ...$1,5-11,800,880 $2,012,810,813
This shows a net Increase In values
a clear and clean profit to the farm
ers and stock owners of $501,414,474.
Adding to this the Increase In tho
vnlue of swine and farm cereals, which
Is even a greater amount, and It is nro now largely awarded to Lincoln
found that the entire gain amounts to, parties, attending which action Is elr-
the enormous sum of more than $1,000..
000,000.
Have u ltlght to Know,
Tho people of Nebraska have a right
to deuuiud of Sovvrnor I'oynter an
cumstantlnl evidence of rank fovorlt
Ism. These contracts have been ma
nipulated In the Interest of the friends
of the stato house ring at Lincoln, and
ngalnst tho Interest of the business
W""" WILLIAM STUEFER,
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WILLIAM K. FOWLER. ..
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All otii farmer midfis sin ulil tttkn
advantage of the tiiipt et-t-il nlt-ii club
bing i.lTer we this ear u .ke, winch
included with this iii(iei 'I lie luun
Homestead, Its Special Fat mei n' IiihII
tute editions, 'I he Poult tj Fintiu i. and
The Faiuierb' Mutual liibiiiiuice Jour
nal, These four publications are tho
best of their class and should be in
every farm luimi1. To them we add
for local. count. ud ueueia) in ws our
own paper and make the pi if e ti i ilm
live for one year $1.35. N vi IiHoih
was so nnicli superior rending niiitter
ottered for so small an i.tnmiiit uf
money. The four papers iiiiinul w hii li
we club with our ov u are well known
throughout the' west mid (omuieiid
themselves to tie tender's l'nvoihhlt
attention upon mere mention. The
Homestead Is the great agricultninl
and live Block paper of the west, Thf
Poultry Fanner is the most practiial
poultry paper for the funnel published
in tho country; The Farmers' Mutual
n sura nee Journal is the special advo
cate ol farmers' en-opcrnttve asMeiii
lions, and the Speeia' Funnels' Ii.ttt
tule editions aro the most pr.U'th a
publications for the piomnlion of good
farming evei published Take hdvui-t
age of this meat otter.
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'inir jour's supplv of leading innttp
call and uel om climbing inles "1 1
follow inu ure some ot our coiiiliiiii-
uiition:
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The Advertiser aril the Uoin ln-id ,
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The Adveitlser and the Iowa limn'
Stead, Poultry Fiurner and ltiMinnu f
Journal all one jer for Si. 85
Tlie Advertiser and tlie !?'. l.i.uis
Globe Dmuoui'.'iI both one yeni lur
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