Nebraska Newspapers

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LETTER FROM DEBS.
SAYS THAT TACCINU IS DE
GRADING TO LABOR.
Neit WUl tonic the Itrantlln? Iron He
l'ronounet't the Synteui an Invaaloa of
the liberties of American Keduced
to the Level of Cuttle.
Chicago Daily Press: From time to
time plutocratic employers of laboring
men spring the question of the advis
ability of tagging their employes as
Western ranchmen brand. their steers.
These plutocrats claim that the em
ployment of vast herds of human cattle
makes it necessary to tag and number
them, that their business may be con
ducted more satisfactorily to them
selves; and with an impudence that de
fies exaggeration they "round up" their
cattle and submit to them the propriety
of substituting tags and numbers for
names. One of the strange features of
this scheme of degradation i3 seen in
the fact that the men whom tho pluto
cratic employers propose to tag and
number as if they were penitentiary
convicts deem it prudent to discuss the
subject as if it were a business proposi
tion rather than a shrewdly devised
scheme to ignore their manhood, destroy
their individuality as men and citizens,
and make labor unspeakably odious.
That this is the case, advices from Mil
waukee, Juliet and Chicago lully estab
lish. In these localities, where corpora
tions are engaged in iron and steel
manufacturing enterprises, and a large
number of workmen are employed, the
proprietors have unblushngly proposed
to tagthe men, and the men are discuss
ing tho proposition; but so confident are
the plutocrats that the men will con
sent to their own degradation that the
tags have been ordered and aro ready
for use.
It is difficult to grasp the ineffable in
famy of this degrading scheme.
If it were devised for couvictB, gal
ley slaves, criminals transported to
penal colonies, it might be regarded as
prudent; but that plutocratic employers
should suggest the infamous practice
for American workmen is to emulate
the policy of the Russian despot, who
tags and numbers the victims of his
wrath whom he consigns to torture and
to death in his Siberian mine.
The scheme of tagging and rj umber
ing workingmeu proposal by the Il
linois Steel company and kindred cor
jiorations leaves little more to be done
to reach the lowest depths of wage
slave degradation in the United State3,
The tagging and numbering infamy ac
complished, the branding iron and the
iron collar will be in order.
Will American workingmen quietly
submit to be tagged and numbered?
Indeed, will they accept the degradation
wider any possible circumstances or
conditions?
Confronted by propositions and prep
arations to degrade workingmen to the
level of beasts of burden, to the level
nt "dumb driven cattle," is it not time
for American workingmen to protest
and resist to the death, if required, to
maintain their liberty and their man
hood, to rescue their home from being
numbered as stalls for cattle, their
wives from the degrading designation
of "dams," and their children as the
progeny of some sire known only by his
tag and nuinbt .'
If American workingmen have not
abdicated their manhood, if the fires of
liberty and high aspirations are not
totally extinguished, they will give cor
porations to understand that at any and
every pare 1 flee they will resist this last
and most Infamous Invasion of their
rights and liberties, and that with their
wives and children they will go down
to honored graves rather than live the
tagged and numbered slaves of corpora
tions. EUGENE V. DEBS.
Aiisriftii Fi-uikN Ity An Kye Wltne.
People's Party Paper: I was in
Augusta on the 2d of October and saw
some of the damnable work that was
done by Mr. Black's friends to defe.it
Mr. Watson. The twt nty-one-year-old
ne?,roes were divided into squads with a
t ouple or more "heelers" in charge who
would vole the scions of Democracy In
one ward, and then take them to an
other, vote them under another name;
then move on to the next ward and con
tinue the work Indefinitely. For fear
u mistake would be made, young Demo
crats stood near the polls with polling
lists and th:? heeler would approacii
1 with his nirm: be given a name anil vote
li h'ru. The g nig of twenty-one-year-old
negroes, im.e.id of leaving the polls
would kdiiat around and wait for the
aqusid to be moved to the next ward.
' Klcetrle carj were used to transport
l;eri rs and their men from ward to
ward. Win n voting lagged at any pre
viju't, good Denioi'iat would bring
word lint m and so must report Im- j
iiii'illatl at the Flit. Second or wit h j
ward hh vva' lK,;ltiK, While the r'gU-
tritlon list wan adhered lo. any man j
r!ih half a bruin timid that a few 1
V'iior;T.t in ,r (!(. were mrd to poll Mr.
Kini'k'r. riiaj n H v, I odiNe that Mr.
Watsjti i-oiifKt lite tlectii.n and do mi
!i i if oi tuly . iiiiJitjIf. Slnct-tfl) ,
JOHN A. FIHI.Kv!
A ft.al i"',.'fiinii nill h ""niUifd
ti Ki'uene V l1- neut month at Chi
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THE MEN AND
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HARVEY 1 dedicate my book to tho cause of tha American people
of this generation and of generations yet to como.
SHERMAN 1 ded' my book to myself that my pocketbook may
be well filled.
THE PEOPLE'S CANDlOATES.
Tlie Only AdvoiatcH of Ilinipst I.egMa
tion for the I'roil.
In the absence of any argument they
can offer against the Coxey bills, an
occasional Republican or Democrat will
say: "I'd be ashamed to vote for a
hobo, horse jockey, a man with wheels
in his head, etc." Gen. Coxey does own
a stock farm where he raises fine blood
ed horses; he did conduct an army of
poor men down to Washington to fur
nish congress with an object lesson,
showing to what end their legislation
was tending, (filling the country with
tramps and pauperizing the farming
and labor interests); he does believe
that the poor people of this land have
some rights that should be sacred even
to congress, and that they should bo
furnished with steady employment at
fair wages, and that they be exempt
from paying further usury to the Shy
locks who have already reduced them
to a state of slavish beggary. Is there
anything In all this to be ashamed of?
We are ashamed of some things, how
ever. We are ashamed that we have
given so many of our votes in the past
to perpetuate in office such men as
John Sherman, who has become a multi
millionaire by repeatedly selling his
vote in the senate to the Wall street
sharks in order that their pet schemes
for controlling the currency, as well as
the government itself, might be perpet
uated. Certain it is, he has not become
so wealthy on a fG.OOO salary, and that
he voted for the sharks he does not
deny, as the congressional record stands
out against him too plainly.
The whole country Is ashamed of
Grover Cleveland and his administra
tion, and yet the financial views of that
gentleman are in perfect harmony with
the golden calf Idol (Sherman) set up
and worshipped by the Republican
party.
And who is it ttIio is not ashamed of
Cal Price, Mr. Coxey's opponent for
the governorship of Ohio. In the meth
ods by which he i3 conducting tho cam
paign? No, we are not ashamed of Mr. Coxey
and are not afraid to compire his ree
ord with any of the gold bugs. He
stands today the only advocate of hon
est legislation for the people of the
three candidates for governor of Ohio,
and should have the support of every
poor man In the state. Press-Review,
Payne, O.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC OUT OF IT.
Huntington .1 nnimin'e th.it lloail
Will
right Only for l'rote tiin,
C. P. Huntington says thut t South
ern Pacific railroad Is out of politlis,
hut "If any candidate announces- that
lit intetiiiH to cinch tne road, we will i
tight h In and try to defeat hlai, but we
will do It opmly."
Concerning the artion of the rtilroa I
coininUhldiifi in rilii'liig loftil rates,
llimlliiLioii (In l.irm his purp'Hr to test
the b'it'ie in the courts, lie sa,m:
"An arbitrary re lin i Inn In rales In an
llegal iiHuatili on nil I rot I property
fchlih the rouru tan net it'll will no'
pernill. I will iriisi io ih .imru tor ;
protection, and UiroM.'.hmt' my Lfe
lllVl relied I! purt Ihe fold. Imrmiin si j
Injustice of nor tmiiiit te inh yti
lent liirtt 1 h ne aluj trie 1 1 impre . j
llp'n pei pi" the rreal lee. ot hifeil).
gi til. Ittii'i i.l men fur Hie Jndit l.iry,"
Fiom hi flryt tt.it'iii itt It nuv be j
ftlily lnfeire. th.it ihe riixitliern Pa
rill ' hu be n ' In pollili ." ni.d fiir-j
iher 1li.it It h.m h'TMulor IMwotk I
ni'i rtl)'. Sir, it ileal of pa ne. rel
otk li.l lueti ripimett, howeker. ,'
(If neire, lite i ii.ii U a ill tjot a't jf.iiui r-t li
-ny ill' h t""v Orttlal a Ihe r 4il I n l"f Ihe- i
loirinil-i'oiii-f ti Inirtf. re al'h lii ,
ratea of .1 liiigVv t'oiipui) lint piya'ef p ';
Well fe il-'iliiiMn ut Itt tor ( ' l.nnr ;i
The An.1l.1l11 I'le. it iiiilrh frm j I . ' .
h!eh e .) to'e, m .ike M r 1 1 ir ' ir g' .m r t ...
my tti:it he (' dU.lt 4 e,,e I l.piri !
' ItiJ'ia' 1 " nf Ihe eo ir I pre.iiuie ! lie! k
Ifi.tl il;U wort la i a!1p on C. i( ut . (!'; ' s
the rr; er' er or p.ime t in-t :. t'..' I 1 1 . . . t
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THEIR BOOKS.
The idea of a man who has pur
chased as many court decisions as C,
P. Huntington advising the people to
elect an honest judiciary.
ECKELS IN ENGLAND.
Conferring Willi l.onrlnn Money Cant
blem Teaching Finance.
Eckels, Grover's comptroller of the
treasury, better known as Grover's
monkoy, is over In Europe.
He doubtless received a free steam
ship pass from Wall street.
The Britishers are certainly galnlr.L
valuable Information from young
Eckels.
The latest cable brings the news that
Eckels is letting his light shiue on the
blarsted llenglish.
He is reported as devoting much of
his time telling the money gamblers of
London how financial matters are con
ducted in the United States.
Eckels ought to know, if he is capa
ble of retaining aa impression, that he
is telling these English bankers some
thing about which they know a sight
more than he does.
These men whom Kt kels is enlight
ening upon American finance are tho
persons who evolved the present finan
cial system and forced our congress and
president to adopt it.
These English money lords know
more about American financial affairs
than our young comptroller. They
know all about It. They originated it,
brought it over here and planted it upon
these shores. The Idea of Eckels ex
plaining to the money gamblers of
England the American system of
finances is too ridiculous for considera
tion. These money sharks will doubt
less use Eckels for all there Is in him.
They will conclude a country that will
accept Eckels as a financier Is easily
buncoed, and will proceed to rob ns of
everything left. Southern Mercury.
Senator Allen on the Silver I'iirlr.
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, speaking
at Butte, Mont., on Labor day, said:
"I think that the disposition to put a
sfrictly silver party In Ihe field is con
fined to the mining states, and I am
very doubtful of the wisdom of tho
movement. Those who are urging It
are making a great mistake. There are
many silver men who believe the Pop
ulist parly is Pimply a temporary
growth and that P wil: soon disappear
with slightly change .1 conditions.
Therefore there are many who urge the
organization of a straight rilver parly,
but thi'y aro making a great mistake,
in my Judgment. Th" Populist party
is as well founded, and for its iiunibers,
an well oiganld. and an tl. tenuined
a any nthr poliiirnl party, and it ha I
com to 'ny. We ut no', in- nbuorbeit
bv any other political pare , and we ex
pect to open our iit.iii s k m :i r.ily nM"
to a, Imi: all lione t :i:rn v 1m aiiii? to
nee a reform in our vivi rnnient. There
U no doiilit lli.it there All' ha an over
hvtM'nr of the Oiiuha p' t' fei in to Homo
fxte if, but In r.it-dimil .in Ipl. will
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GOLD STANDARD" PAY.
A COMPARISON OF WAGES IN
VARIOUS COUNTRIES.
In Many Trade Wage Are Higher In
Mirer Countrlen Uiao In All the Gold
Standard t'ounlrlra of Kurope
Figurea Dereptlve.
One of the arguments, or rather as
sertions, upon which the advocates of
tho gold standard lay peculiar stress is
the alleged low rate of wages in silver
countries as compared with those of
gold countries. We have often noticed
that whilo this assertion is mndo with
a great deal of emphasis, tho relative
rates of wages in the two classes of
countries are never actually stated and
contrasted. We know now why they aro
not. It is because they do not bear out
tho claim of the gold standard orators.
We have before us tho very tables so
often referred to, but never qtioted, by
the gold monometallists, which show
the weekly wagds paid to the general
trades In countries whose currencies are
on the gold and those whose currencies
are on the silver basis. We observe in
these tables that such gold standard
countries as Egypt anil Turkey are
omitted from the tables, doubtless be
cause their wages were entirely too low
to show up to advantage In a gold
standard argument. Nevertheless, espe
cially prepared aa these tables were for
a campaign of gold monometallism,
they are utterly destructive of the argu
ment based on tho comparative wage
rates. While these tables show that In
a number of the general trades wages
are higher In tho gold standard than
they aro In the silver standard coun
tries, they also show that In a number
of others the wageB in the latter coun
tries are higher than they are In nearly
all the gold standard countries of
Europe,, and that they compare favor
ably even with the wages paid in Eng
land and France. Thus the tables show
that in Mexico, bricklayers receive f 10
per week, while In Germany they re
ceive 11.21 per week, in Relglum $4.58
per week. In Holland $1.89, in Italy
$4.20, in Spain $3.80, in France $5.71.
In Mexico masons get $10.80, and in
Peru, also on a silver standard, they
get $14.76 per week. The same class of
laborers In England get $7.G8 per week,
in France $5.33, in Germany $4.67, In
Belgium $3.22, in Holland $4.80, in Italy
$3, in Spain $3.30, In Switzerland $5.27.
In Mexico the wages of a carpenter
range from $1.50 to $4.73 per day. In
Peru they are $9 per week, and in Vene
zuela, which was on the silver standard
when the table was prepared, they are
$9.84. In Germany carpenters get $1.11
per week, in Belgium $4.07, in Holland
$1.80, in Italy $4, in Spain $3.90. Prass
founders in Mexico get $10 per week, in
Germany they get $1.38, in Holland $4,
in Italy $1, in Denmark $4.82. In
Mexico the wages of a cabinetmaker are
$10 per week, la Peru they are $11.73
per week and in Venezuela they are
$14.45, both of these latter countries be
ing classed in the table as silver coun
tries. In Germany a cabinetmaker gets
$4.25 per week, in Denmark $4.58, In
Relglum $5, in Holland $4.80, in Italy
$3.40, in France $6.14. Tinsmiths get
$7.50 per week in Mexico and $14 per
week in Venezuela. In Germany they
get $3.55, in Holland $4, in Spain $3. in
Belgium $1.40. In France $5.5(, In Eng
land $6.50. Tailors get $7.11 per week
in Mexico and $12.50 per week In Vene
zuela. In Germany they get $3.11 per
week, In Italy $4. In Spain $4.90, in Hol
land $3, In France $3.62. What Is
there in these figures to justify the
claim that high w ages go with the gold
standard and low wages go with the
silver standard? Reduce these wages
all to their gold value, and It still ap
pears that the earnings of the work
ingnian in these despised silver coun
tries are higher than they are in nearly
all the great and enlightened gold
standard countries of Europe. When
among the "great enlightened" nations
of Europe, despite the blessings of a
gold standard, you find laborers work
ing for from 20 to 30 cents per day, as
the reports accompanying these tallies
diow to be the case in Italy and Switz
erland, when "skilled labor" can be had
in the German textile industries for 4s
rents per day, what excuse Is there for
all this howl about low wages in silver
eoiinl lies'.' Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
Oetthig Klelt Without Work.
If oii held the ilrl'i t, ten thou-iind
Hires of Kod I'ltld, lOllMn't JOll get
rich without wot k?
If yon rosiM Lcrrow r..oi.-,v ftt.ai foe
povrrnnient :n 1 per tent :i:i.l loan it
to I'.i.' funniM In torn cu'ioty at 10
tr real, nml l.rt iii K- t ii --'h without
uoik?
If you happened lt be horn tl.-'i. hm!
plenty of mom y. litt-.l in u itminrj !
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AFTER THE CAMPAIGN.
Vet Kennlta of th Special Klec-tlon ir
(ienrgla.
1. Mr. Black holds his two counties
and we hold our nine. Considering
that In each county a majority
of the registrars were Democrats
mid that in most of the coun
ties their conduct was strongly
partisau, our holding of the nine coun
ties demonstrates that our lines cannot
be broken.
2. To hold his two counties Mr.
Black had to register at least 1,200 fie
titious and illegal voters in Richmond,
and had to throw out at least 1,500 of
our legal voters in Hancock. Jefferson,
Columbia and Wilkinson.
The committee of Democrats headed
by Jesse Thompson ought to bo good
authority on Illegal registration In Au
gusta, and they filed a list of 1,200 with
the registrars.
3. Mr. Black now stands elected by
an Illegal majority ot about 1,500,
whereas last November it was upwards
of 7,000. Therefore our task on a con
test Is much lighter now than It was
then.
4. The registration law gives us b
record to go by; heretofore we haii
none.
C. We can get up the proofs of 18J5
much more fully than wo could have
done those of 1894; for the reason that
all the frauds of 1894 were committed
upon 0110 day, in tho hurly-burly ol an
exciting election, while tho frauds of
1S95 were committed from day to day
during the term of one month.
And they were committed under tho
eyes of men whom we had engaged to
watch them. Our proofs are, therefore,
ready.
0. We can get to congress just aa
quickly with this contest as we could
have done with that of 1894;and get
It decided just as early. Wo have lost
absolutely nothing by giving Mr. Black
another tilt nor have our people lost
anything.
7. By holding this special election
we have familiarized ourselves with the
workings of the registration law; and
when tho grand battle of 1S9C opens
we will be veterans Instead of raw re
emits. We have had somo valuable
experience with the law, and we will
use it In 189C.
8. Wo have demonstrated beyond all
disputo that tho purpose of tho Dem
ocratic party In Georgia is to get rid ot
the vote of the poor white man and
the negro. This fact will not strength
en tho Democrats.
9. We have, demons! rated that the
nine Populist counties belong to us of
right, because after all tho efforts of
the Democratic registrars to cut down
our lists to a minority standpoint, we
stilt held our ground.
These are the net results of the elec
tion as we see them. All the advan
tages are with us, and we are in bet
ter trim for ihe contest before con
gress and In better trim for the great
fight of 1896 than we were after the
November election of 1891. T. E. W.
THE PEOPLE'S TICKET OF 1S28
An Interesting Hello l'lekeil t'p In t'o-
IlllllllllK.
Sound Money: Mr. FIshback, chair
man of the People's party ot Franklin
county, presented the office of Sound
Money a photograph of the ticket used
In the presidential election of 1S28, In
Ohio, the original of which Is owned
by Mr. David Herr, East Seventh street,
Columbus, O. Strange as It may ap
pear to our latter day Democratic lead
ers, It did r.ot boar the name of "Dem
ocrat." but was known as the People's
ticket. The following is an exact copy
of the ticket, together with the names
of. the electors:
lilt: TKOl'M'K TIfKKT.
For President.
ANDREW JACKSON.
Gratitude, Glory, Patriotism.
For Vice President:
JOHN C. CALHOl'N.
Electors for Ohio:
Robert Lewis, Pike Counly.
Benjamin Jones, Wayne.
William Plait. Hamilton.
Joseph Hough, Butler.
John Devor, Darke.
Thomas Gillespie, Greene.
Robert Morrison. Adams.
Valentine Keffer. Pickaway,
Joseph Barker, Washington.
John McEivaln. Franklin.
George Trout, Perry.
George Sharp, Belmont.
John Patterson, Jefferson.
George Mi-Cook, Columbiana.
William Raven, Trumbull.
Hn?h Mi Fee, Richland.
A fnc simile or the original i! tip-p-nr
In our net v:; ck's iitsiin. The
Democrat:; of n.iir.t have been tinc
tured wl"!i pnpiil'nm to have nlopied
the liiiiilo: ' Gratitude, G'orv. Ililrlo:-
Mai." P. I.-i In tiMiki'tg roturxU wl'.h
their lillU!ttof Gold. CireJ ,;n, 'ht:o...
racy, for I '.
The upward tenilu'tv of the uuirlr!
for ,,lvr I a'trn'ti'in H.i-e r.u. Mirt,
both here and Iti I'limpr, The he.id
rjn.trn r ' of he pet illation in !Ur I
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tl'ietii 'ti hn i('iui' t biiirim upon ln
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X HORRIBLE OUTRAGE
LESS THAN 1.500.000 PEOPLB
PAY $13,000,000 TAXES.
A Call to Anna Great Kteltement
i lvll War rrohablei Arm) Armt sad
Defend Your Hlghta Who WUl Vol
unteer? We heard tho other day of a nation to
which the foregoing figures fully apply.
Less than 1,500,000 people, men, women
and children, are taxed far $13,000,000
annually, and no one can tell what they
get In return!
It must be Russia! Can we stand
Idly by and see our fellow beings, even
though they know no more of English
than John Norrlsh does of French, rob
bed, plundered, impoverished in thai
terrible fashion? . They are human and,
after their own way, Christians. It U
our duty to defend them. Recruiting
quarters will be opened In the office ot
The Representative, and volunteers en
rolled to march on Moscow and put aa
end to this tyrnnny.
"Hold on, Mr. Donnelly," cried our
foreman, "you have got the wrong pig
by the ear. It isn't Russia at all. It la
true that Russia collects her taxes with
the eat-o'-nlne tails, applied to thesolca
of the farmers' bare feet; and we have
not quite got to that yet; but we're
getting there! Now we eimply taku
away the farm for one-tenth Its value."
''Well, what country is it? I cer
tainly saw those statistics somewhere."
"Certainly; you saw them in our state
auditor's report. Tho country referred
to Is Minnesota Only thirty of forty
years ago Immigrants swarmed over
our fat fields, lying broad and open, th
magnificent gift of God; and they took
:hem as a free gift; and now three
fourths of them are mortgaged, and the
value of their products has decreased
one-half; and In the midst of an unet
ampled abundance, which neither bia
nor cellar nor crib can hold, the people
are In sore straits of sorrow, excepting
tho money-lenders and the few who are
out ot debt. They have tried every
thing. They tried tho Republican party
for thirty years, and the Dcmocratlu
party for eight years; and they followed
the Howling Dervishes tho dancing
Judascs Into the mud of the Dismal
Swamp, and they can't go nny further
in that direction!"
"Well, foreman," said a typo, "will
we print that call for volunteers?"
"Call for volunteers! The very men
you are trying to help would be the
first to hang you. The theory ot this
Republic is: 'Every man for himself and
the devil take the hindmost!' . And the
devil seems to have toralled the whole
nation."
No; no: they will gather around tne
shores of the Dismal Swamp and howl
for the macadamized highway that
ought to eros3 Its dreadful depths:
howl for promises, howl for lies, howl
for disappointments, howl for destruc
tion, howl for shame and poverty ami
misery." Representative.
QUESTION OF LANDLORDISM.
Tim l.iiml gueatlou la au IitiKrtanl
One.
Lord Scully, who owns 100,000 acres
of Illinois land, a whole county In Kan
sas, besides other large tracts In Kansas
nnd Nebraska (42,000 acres In Nuckobt
county and 30,000 in Gage), lias decided
to become a citizen of this country ami
will settle in New York city. He does
this because of the tendency In sev
eral states (where Populists are num
erous) to deal with alien landlords. He
will thus, through citizenship, retain
hia lordly tribute nnd secure protection.
If rent to foreigners, tribute to an alien
power, is a lad thing, a dangerous
thing, which might lead gradually to
complete subjection to foreign owner
ship of tho whole country, what better
is it to support landlords at home?
That Is what 5i! per cent of our own
people are now doing. Fifty-two per
rent of our people are renters, accord
ing to the census of 1890, and no doubt
tms of thousands of families have lost
their homes through mortgage fore-
elosures since then.
If rent is all right, a good thing.
Scully, the rack renter. Is all right, Ire
land Is all right, and America under tho
present and Increasing tribute to land
lords is and will be all right.
Scully never did a day's work In
America. He bought his Illinois land
tt $1.25 per acre and paid for much ot
it in soldiers' land warrants, so that it
out LI in not to exceed ."0 and 73 cent
an acre. Without putting on anv Im.
piovements he has rented It for an In
ere.ming hum tiicl now gets $:! to Jl an
in re hi evess o( taxm. Ratters build
their on hovels and live like dogs lit
kennel. J11 Nrbrneka and K:inia the
n.me feaeral plan 1 pursued. He
I .ought his land of ta (eirrruint;:t and
I tld for It In strip. Wild land he first
itfit' d out f ir a aerie of yr.iM. i tiurg-
111; the lent'r Ihe first year the taxe.4.
the aivoiiil year llie t.ie and ;.-, rent
,in n. rr, the thirl year th taxe and 5'l
re tm un tine. At. it that hU agent
mailt htti h (erftia lie tonlil. lit aft
t.tMi-a irri'.'t-a. Iidte to ni.lWe their Ostu
lutjii uveni t,n. k Jib !i they run talt
iitt.iv !iu them or hill 10 rint-ra a hi
t ir e ll.rir pl.1. e. I if t uni e only th
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