A V s V VOL. V. ALL THIS IN AMERICA! It baa long been the boast of Inde pendence Day orators that this is the land where all ard free, the land where there are no kings, no princes, no privi leged character!, no slaves. And too long we have believed this Action. The usurer class is the only class that is in dependent in America today. There Is not a consumer in the land who does not pay a direct or indirect usury (rent, netproflt, or interest) tax. Between the producers and consumers we have an all powerful ruling class who fix the prices of labor and the prices of goods, the producers being compelled to ac cept vastly lees for the sum total of their product than the consumers muBt pay for it. These men who stand be tween with despotic power are not the common merchants (they, to the extent that they serve the public, are produ cers), b'Jt the monopolists, those who have 'added bouse to house and joined field o field', and united mine to mine and' factory to factory and railroad to railroad and the money fiat to gold only, till for millions and millions and mil lions of people there are no places left "where they can independently work, where they can live and be free. Under the present system of produc tion and distribution all who work for others must earn their wages and a profit in addition for the employer class. And all who borrow mutt pay back for land, money, transportation, or other monopolized energies, in the aggregate an enormous sum each year more in value than they borrow. This makes it possible for the lending, monopolist class to draw into their hands every decade or two about all the money which stands for the goods in the market, money which they have no use for; and ao, with the people who produced and need the goods stripped of the money which in equity should have been in their hands, paid for the goods, there is no way to get rid of the goods, and prices fall and the wealth makers are thrown out of employment by the wealth takers, and millions of people suffer, and thousands starve and suicide. All this occurring in ''free America." And this is but one side of the picture, For the millions of willing workers wb suffer want and who at this time are forced to accept charity or die, there are correlated thousands who live in all the costly magnificence and luxury of royalty, who need but to express a wish or utter a command, and all the workers of the world stoop to obey and sweat to serve them. For their incomes they give no equivalent. And as their ac cumulations in money begin to approach in the recurring usury cycle the value of the goods in the market, tne market Incomes dull, the demand falls of, i. becomes unsafe to produce with tailing prices, money can neither be safely loaded nor borrowed, and with credit collapsed millioqf are thrown out of work. Thus the usurers, the monopolists of every sort who draw money in tribute from the wealth producers, we clearly see have caused the fearful, indescriba ble sufferings following tho stoppage of worn everywhere during the past year. Those who accumulate without work at the top, have CHUftcd all the crushing, grinding and suffering at tho bottom. Some weeks ago we gave a descrip tion of the luxurious appointment of a railroad magnate's New York paht'-p, and it-printed from tho New York Tri bune adrces affair in which America' rial rulers, wearing crowns and tiara of diamonds, toured. From the mmo ppr we lava been clipping from diiy to day the charity column nowi, ami give below, In the Tribune reporter's own language, taUaeU from the sumo, lie member, it is iecauao the producing r ! out of worn or working fir too low w$i In the taetory town and llk t aunvl buy freely, that by dlaia Liu J il mu I udue the prUti of wheat and all farm !- ueU, And with farm products r4uc4an4 kepi don a In prt j this agricultural c!t rati nut buy the mr.wfm lured product whkk pmt ld uu' i iiynu-r, t fr tt. city ,t kou R -tmm ivr, ih ra re ai ;il tri ms' o b4oiiI by the trvlUloiis p-r vt t'li vitfa Lot lis that! . i r la tYt ei ty at lf0 b ginning of I'm' Iniff out of aork and In tufcrlPi,' i mvn witU th'f hnl'U, whkh wuuU wtean abuist a half tulliloa In tll.ut.s ta that city. New York being a larger city "UBt have contained a greater number, and the other cities and factory towns and mining regions a number in en forced idleness and want in similar pro portion to the population. But all cases of need given below are taken from New York city reports. THE WEALTH MAKERS' TENEMENTS One who has not made a personal visit to the tenement-bouse districts on the East Bide cannot know how great is the suffering there. It is doubtful even if the casual visitor would be able to sound the depths of distress. It Is certain that no pen picture can adequately por tray the wretchedness which exists there. Not until one nas bad at least three of his senses sight, smell and hearing appealed to by It can he re& llzo what extreme poverty in a great city means. Whole families, compris ing seven, eigat, nine or ten members, and perhaps a boarder or two, are hud dled together in two or three small rooms. Une of the rooms contains a stove, a table, a few cooking utensils and a small sink, about eighteen inches long by twelve inches wide, into which water is forced by a pump The drain is frequently leany, aad is never pro vided with a trap or any contrlvancj to prevent bad odors and disease germs from entering tne apartment. A broken chair or two, a bed in the back room, which Is almost invariably dark, com plcte the furnishings. The tenement looked better a few months ago, but some pawn tickets on the thelf tall why it is so bare now. The family were com paratively happy Too stroBg an ex pression. In this sort of a home, such as millions are forced to live in all the time, it is at best, in the times when there is work, a wretched, joyless ex istence. Editor Wealth Makers a few months ago, too. The father then bad work, iod the mother added some thing each week to their income. But both father and mother have now been idle for months. Their small savings have disappeared, their clothes, except the poorest and thinnest, are in pawn; even the wedding ring and the child ren's clothes have gone tho way of the other articles. Now there is nothing more to sell. It is beg, steal or starve. The condition of the unemployed is briefly this. They have ben idle for months. Tbey have got along thus far by spendlner their savings, pusnlng their small credit to the utmost, and by the help of their neighbors who have been a little more fortunate. Now their money is gone, their credit has failed, their friends are aW' out of work, or are working at reduced pay, their re sources are exhausted. They are ap proaching the desperation point. Many of them have reached it already. They will reach It in great masses in a few weeks. Th,en there will bo appalling scenes, unless charity, In preat force, comes to their aid. This is the forecast of those who have worked among tbem for years, and who know whereof they spenk. The cases given below are from those relieved temporarily by the charity dispensed by The Tribune, one of the political dailies which helps mightily in making laws which favor the rich and oppress the poor. SAD cases among the applicants. The first name called yesterday wa that of an old woman who would have starved several weeks ago if her neigh bors had not aided her. She is a widow with three Bm-ill children. Tho ehil dren have the whooping cough and she is juht recovering from a ecvero attack of pneumonia. She can get three halt dtV work a week when she is well fnoMgb p li vf on thn top (lour In a tenement houae and her rett is over due. 'I be next name v.- that of a lonely woman who is so bnAy alllicted with rheumatism tint she van scarcely walk She lts In ac v !y her wa-htub and anages to em u a llttlo oiurthlg ev ry week. One Utile boy attracted attention by pointing toapaU' of thix. ami suylng: l wish I could gt those for Willie ." Ha had ctiiin) lo got tho portion of charity allotted lo a woman whom! hiu bind uiwi from typhoid fever a few wvuls ago, Hn ww obliged to big Hum' from her frW-mU to get th body burled. aul w ab'.u to ihh-( d only alter flv days (fort. 80 ha ttvo little children. Wttilo ! one of thsnu There was one old soldier In the Uii, and hi Rgcd wife camo with htm to help him rarry the lu-ka. lid 1 teventy two jears old. and plek up a l'W evnU oeeUnUy l y iwttg wood !!? wur a U. A It. hat (without th braid and tulila'). la tei of vrur and InilrMil'T, he bad a Waring In whleb, oim-llilnif of the soldier rvmalurd. ll U itt'erljf tlfntUiit at d ut. m ,rt, I4 fur hltum If d t?o. UU mite crippWd, n4 ha W era I no her kn?v it hr !. to do In r work, THY H tlaS "MKTfKK IHVS I S r re ti'vrl a(plteiU of It.s ti lht "had t n M!iw r t!j " Jtu founl by woritt rt amomf tlu .ir V!it IU Pio-t dtdidt m.:w u hi4 Ve ars thtfwt wtta Him ntnA trtarl'y l lu) mhv an a!)(leiiiut f vt wt fe b' tvf t t ol'iintf tho LINCOLN, NEB., THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1894. iesoflife and in bcarinsr privation. Tho people who are usually well-to do are last to give up the search for work, but they are the first to succumb to poverty wnen tnclr ordinary means 01 liveli hood are taken away. There are five or six cases of seam stresses whose eyes have given out. STARVATION WAGES FOB THE WOMEN. "Our greatest sufferers" say the charity dispensers, "are not those who always beg, but thoso who never ask for reliof. The hard-working washer women, scrubwomen, sewers on undnr wear, etc., work for starvation wages at best. These are examples of wages paid to tbem: Ssventy-five cents a day for sewing wrappers: forfy cents a day for sewing children's underwear; fifty cents a day for sewing men s gingham shirts; eighty cents a day for sewing cnlhiren s calico dresses, hven these small earnings are now almost entirely cut oil. And all the Tribune asks to have done politically Is to let the tariff alone, and perpetuate the above starvation wages. Tho tariff has. nothing to do with it. It Is usury, rent, net profits, unjust wages. THOSE WHO HIDE THEIR NEED. After wandering through the crowded streets and avenues of the thickly pop- uiaiea uuwnto n east siae in tne lore noon of yesterday a Tribune reporter found himself at last in the neighbor nood oi lompalns bquare. Groups of people were standing at different corn ers. If one drew near, one could see that they shivered and were despond- ent looklng. A few of them were ques tioned, but without answering a word tbey turned and walked away. "iou insulted those people," said one of the active workers in charity, who came up j ust then. "You probably i poke to tnem aoout tne poor and tne unem ployed?" "Exactly. . " "And that is exactly why they went away," he returned. "These men are themselves in want, but tbey do not Jikeittobe known. Of all classes of our fellow-citizens who are at this mo ment in dire need, these are the most ta be pitied and the hardest to reach. Curses deep and terrible God pro nounces on the land and money monop olists who reduce such people to starva tion. ' Mrs. Frederic Vanderbilt, wife of one of the monopolists, is in charge of one of the chanry dispensaries, but when plunderers offer gifts to keep the plun dered from starving the whole thing Is aa abomination in the sightof heaven. "NO HELIGION IN BUSINESS." In the same street aoother family was visited. The tenement was ou the second floor. Its general appearance was tike tne otner. A young man lived there with his wife and two babies. "I have been out of work for two months,'" ho said. ' I am a tailor. In good times I made $12, $14 and tlG a week. I was making 112 a week two months ago. Then a mn went to my employer and said, "I will do Morgeusltin's work for $,' then you will save $7. My employer came to me aad said, "Morgenstein, I shall not want you any more." "Why not." I said. "You never found any fault with my work." "No!" he said: "But Bluraenstlol is going to do your work for $5 a week." "You will not turn me off:'" I said. "I must save $7 a week," said he. "I thought you was a great man in the synagogue said I. "There is no religion in business," was what he said, and he turned mo off. "lowetlOfor rent, and must bave this tenement if 1 do not pay it by Saturday, The landlord has warned mo." This case above shows bow the chas es on top are benefited by having people in great need of employment. The greater the nuraboroutof work the hirer irajrs eai It rroadtd dutm Bnd a larger skre Is thus given to employer ami capitalists. Tho prweent stoppage of work Is lifting tho rich higher, Into more absolute power, aul crowding millions deeper down Into slavery. The riuh find soup houses In Mich tluu t n theso a g'M-d financial Investment. kiiow t.vti um: smam. section. The nil dUcouraging report .y fur rw-i lved U Irotu tho ties? nth Prec'wt, whleh bieliKl" t'heiry, Hamilton ami M.'uivo it. Of a population of IQ.Ihhi, t Oti are u-snlly employed, ami of this number 3 .'I0 artt uo out of employ. ruoM. In tho Twvaty-fourih IWinct, ol wrer, 1,.'JOO are out of tm pbn men!. Ori ol t'.rt ihiIUvm autsloi reporu-4 at tho iUloii hou4 that a Woumn w Urng A tUltor km IttunediaMy Mut to hir. H w f niioi u h.U ii 4!r sh iU d. tool ku t Uiu'a )er olj, wlot id that ho b us lien without ofk for sl'w muntl, Tb lory whieh thejf toul found t tm trw. I'Uiy hal ttot bl anything to tut fkr veril Uys, and haj Mi in fir fitr rc-k. Tt' nolhHie !, when allrd a out tl Wuh an, ' H', 1 iolrli ho hat tut tta-.Hi'tt tt rt hilt had lothlug ixut, hron.t and 'otTv for weeks and weeks.' Temporary assistance was given to the woman by tne visitor, fthe bad recovered sum clcotly yesterday to go to the mis ion house fur the groceries, and she kissed Miss Brown's hands to express her gratitude. A MOTHER 8 DESPERATE STRUGGLE. It is surprising sometimes to find now nard and long the women will work to sopport their children. One woman who came with a basket for groceries nas six bnlldrcn and a husband who Is Incompetent to work. She is ianitress of a house, and besides taking general care or it attends to the furnaces, lie' sides this she takes In sewing. On days when she Is not too much Interrupted bv cans upon tier as jamtress or too nouso. working from so clock In the morning to 2 o'clock next moruing, she is able to make, two dozen thlrts, for which she is prid J cents a dozen If I forget the cause of the. poor, if I pre- fer not Justice for tiem above my chief jop; then let my right hand forget her cunning, ami let my tongue cleaee to the roof of my mouth. So help me God. Not long ago the Youth's Companion publishers started a great movementto inculcate patriotism in the school chil dren of America; and the national flag was hoisted upon tho public school hou-es everywhere. Now think of our citizens having to send their children to school without their breakfast to be taught patriotism, reverence for the flag which stands for what? How much is liberty to starve worth? What s the Hag worth to those who when they work must accept the terms and prices of monopolists, and when thrown out of work must beg or starve? Read this report of New York teachers: THE SCHOOL CHILDREN STARVING. "It is surprising," 'said one of the teachers, "to see how ingenious some of the mothers are in using a few shreds and patches of cloth to make garments for their children. Some of them will get up pretty fair looking coats and dresses and trousers out of almost noth ing. "The children suffer in these bard times as well as the parents, Of course they do not have the worry that the older people bave, and many of the fathers and mothers sacrlQce a great deal for tbem. But there are few wb ) attend this school who do not know what it is to be hungry and cold, and to cry in vatn for food and fire. We have children come here every day without breakfast. We give tbem bread when we know they have had nothing to eat any morning. It Is pathetic to see the little ones eating the dry bread as if it was a hne feast. If anyone reading this about the chil- 'Ji-eais overcome with the desire to curse bitterly the monopolists of Ameri ca, who have brought all this to pass, we believe God must pass a light sent ence upon such use of hia name. But it is better to do something in the way of voting than to swear. The Home Industrial School, at Fifth avenue, and Thirty -second street, where one of the dlsttibutlons took place, has an average attendance of 135 children every scnoolday. AH of them come from poor homes, and a largo propor lion haye frequently known what it meant to go to bed supporlessand to go to school in the morning fain', with hunger. In addition to the luncheon of bread which is always given to tht little ouus, it has been found necessary this winter to provide bread for break fast la order to keep the pathotia spect ttcla of 8utT ring children outwldo tho HoUonlhouMe doors. A milkman In th neighborhood of the school Is now giv ing mlilc each day to the children, and mo.t of the pupils have bread and milk lufcchoon every day. Brides this awnit twenty loaves of bread are ctrried home to the most needy fuml' Iks every day by the cnildrtn. TL' te additional cliarltablc me isua-s have been found to bo abolutly eoe amy In some ca to prevent staiva-! ttort. Yet even theho measures have; not bveu suUidunt to prevent grvatdis inss, mid th U-achers of tho aehool wtleoim d a elianct) to provide touiMi rarlly for fifty vun worthy famine timniif u The I'rlbuae Fund. Tho home, of nil tht'Mt po.lo wttre vtvlted by tho i. ..... j t.t tfiicio t. n.iiuu oi tno oor laiuiu - I...? Ihm-b known to 'hem mi visited, lor )i ar. I'll KKii IV THK CHUM MS T tt Mrs Konitaa told a Trlbunu rejKirtor tlut la lnr many yvai xii U-iu-n with tho h)- had never known d!trt lo bo to great at now, "Mny children" le 14, "ioi to eh"tl veiy toora 'tig hungry, Thf y a ill aK to U a m the 'liKilnm an I ill I'm i at down UiN Iwto tte MU;h"o 4 pit k up thti tT'""" " lll- lt M. lu Mtu tt k ! cutting tit loavtt. I j -ti.. .f ..t n.i.. .... ... ,.i -...w I V.t i i. of h Ottrt h'U'ilr. d lamlili f wtu received groeot lv tMUyt Ma fj,'a Ur !! f ,i.j.utt at the j ri.nt illfc Ml M.SV r' At ta it At NT MK" j Tltw btry fa- e ,.f trt.a hl't'rv ti haunt me," said MUs Stevens. "I hoar many stories ea .h day that would affect tne hardest heart. Ther are true. know, for I bave personally Investigate eo me cases.' The distribution at the school in Mott strett was lo charge of Miss II. F. Stevens, the principal, and Mrs. Mary Shepherd. The school is attended by about 40 children, all but twelve of whom are Italians. The building was given to the Children's Aid Society by me mto jonn jacon Astor as a memor ial ior nis wire. "The distress amomr the Italians in this district, "said Mts Stevens, is something dreadful. That bright little girl In the front seat is tho oldest of six children. Herfather used to drive a wagon, but he has been out of work since last fall. She brought her btbysUterto school barefooted until we gave it some shoes. "There Is no work: to do," she said, "and we have been trusting till we can get trusted no more, and the tears rolled down her c iceks." CCCLP NOT EAT WITHOUT TliK CHIL DHKN. One mother who is dying with cow sumption, came to the school for her groceries with only a thin calico drees on. tae ma mat ner nusband could only get one or two days' work a week. for wnicb he was paid the very smallest wages. They bad only bad 5 cents worth of coal in the bouse for two days and notning to eat. J he father used al wavs to have nlentv of work, and is a man who would do the utmost lor his - . r - - - - - - . family. "Une day," said Mrs. Alleyn, "I kept two oi nis cniidren alter sciiool lor mis behavior He came to the school house and asked me if they could not come home. 'I'll tell you, Mrs. Alley n,' he said, 'I cannot tit down to eat without my children. " Another woman who is soon to be come a mother fainted In the school when she came to tell the principal that ner five small cniidren were starv ing. "The great trouble," said Mrs. Alleyn, "is that there is do work. All of the fifty families who received gro ceries today belong to the self-support ing class." In a basement in the rear of Thlrd-st a family was found without food or fire. The older children in this family haye brought the younger children to school this winter barefooted. When their mother took the groceries tears came to her eyes, and the kissed the hands of those who gave tbem out. Perhaps the must pitiful case there was that of a family whose mother die d yesterday morning. The father has oeen out of work for a long time, and none of the children can earn any money. Tho oldest girl came to the school crying altterly. She said; "My mother has died, but can I not get the food? We need it so bally." No district of this city, perhaps, is so well-known as the abode of poverty and wretchedness as that between Broad way and the Bowery, beginning a few blocks above the City Hall and extend lsg a considerable clstance uptown. The mere mention of Baxier-st., Mott st and Mulburry-st. calls up visions of f ul tenement hou s densely populat ed, and sireeti and alleys swarming with men, women and children. It ?s in this district that most of tbe worst cases of destitution are to be found, and these cases are simply ap palling both in the intensity and the extent of tbe suffering. Ihc!ps County Has Adopted theO&a vaxHing Plan. LoOMI. Neb., March 10th, '94 Editor Wealth Makers: Dear Sir: As Secretary of Phelps County Independent Central Com mittee I wtlto you that the rh!p County Central Committed adopted the plan for 'county caovawing work printed in your paper, at our last meet ing. Our chairman, Mr. J. C. Gilbert, of Hayden W a live worker. You will please send as many sample copies to Hut following naoes: You will please Md to these parties any ether uteratuio mat you c&n. A you nay, now is the time to work and work wlthtmt reiu'ng. Your for the right. K. H.rAVNK. If yoanti anything in the llnw of gard ;t!d you arn tery particular If fou i' j't Unit It denorlbed i a the large adv tlseinent of The Alllanca Smni Co. on 1. It jwnk for luwlf, ThU U a rwilaUIe company ti you cut gt j4t a hit tbey sdn'rll) by writing tat-rati 'Jag where oa have their j ..fcJ(', ''Vlr pri,-, , i vouU t. , 1 Not e- lb') H(W r lUVt-rlU BUml of A. MUntk A Ci . o' l N !r t Ptll vkijthl, I'eun. If y nl don't e what ;yui ftot H thl "ttd"' writ ths-m, for ! . V . - , I - I ., . . , i thoy hav every Ihl'jg ta sttvk. riubxrl'w fttr Tim WnAl.Ttl MtNKlis - NO. 89- ' Take notice exchanges, advertisers,'; subscribers, everybody. This is our first issue under our t.ew name. This paper, hitherto known as The Alliance-Independent, if to ba called in the future The Wealth Makers. Please address letters and all communi cations In future to Tbe Wealth Makers Publishing Company, Lincoln, Neb. Bays the Paper la Gaining Ground Rapidly, WAUA8H, Neb., March 4, '94.. Editor Wealth Makers: Have just finished reading your last week's paper. It makes good Sunday reading. Your paper is gaining ground rapidly la this county, and so is our cause. Your editorials are masterly, clear cut and convincing. I am justly prou i of our paper. You are doing a noble work, Brother Gibson. Ga right forward, hew to the line, let the chips fall where they may. Your editorial on "Proposed Politi cal Prostitution" rings tho ball, and ought to forever settle that question all loyal Independents. We bave some William V. Allen men in our county who bave always been ready and willing to mix parties and politics just so long as Democracy leads. In other words are Independents for what there is in It for Democracy. But we tblnk if Messrs. Bryan, Broady, Cal houn & Co, expect or are counting on any aid or comfort from the Indepen dent party this year of our Lord, they will be left holding the sack. The little Wilson bill and income tax that it was understood Grover was to veto if passed will not carry W. J. Bryan through an other campaign. When does my sub scription a expire? I have some Jiore names to send lo toon. Yours for the right, Joseph McCaio. Glad we are to Change the Name. Delta, Neb., March 9, 1804. Editor Alliance-Independent: I am glad you are about to change tbe came of our State paper. The present name is a poor exponent of tbe contents of the paper, and it is also unpopular in towns and cities. Tbe name has a tendency to prejudice town and city people against it. Give it a name that will embrace the burning question of the day, and that is "Money." Call our State paper, Tho Western Financial Reformer. The name proposed in February 22nd num ber "The Light of Freedom" is a beautiful and attractive name; but the knowledge of money is tho key that opens the door to that Light and Free dom. When the people shall acquire this knowledge they will rote in their own interest. Then the door is wide open, and we shall peacefully walk in and take possession, upset the present plutocratic reig", sd ra the govern ment for 'he general welfare. Fraternally Yours, James Livingston. He Is Very Well Pleased With the Paper. Madison, Neb., March 2, '91. Editor Wealth Makers: I received word that my subscription has expired, and am so well pleaded with tho issues of your paper that I don't see how I could got along without t, and will send you a club of subscrib er for vcir paper. Hoping you will continue tho good work on through each and every Kuo of your paper, and wishing you unbounded suecets, I re ini!n. Yours fraternally, It. M. UlTON. ,V t nl.jue Name and ilir. Ktlltur Ai.Wance-Inpeprsukht; I wouM suggoit a a num for your l(Kr, The Tripod, suroiimnted fcy a Itivtpl, with a fU-ld gla on top. The Trip. 4 lnJiin'Ug a foot standing on eat U of the three plank i f our plat form. Tre Isvtl ai.4 Cl to Indl cate a l-vel hea4 aot a searching ey Uvlt.fuUy, C. CI.4RV. KadlcuytU.. Fb.S., 11. Tt Hot lij-ri-e. Ark., and retuvn IMvlA thtf Mlt.tlrJ .!ie ro5o Fob ll h CV.lu i I' it. tJ.aUS. r I' X V. A. P.VI i tiv IJaMir. N -a. Call IKk. Ntttertnan ' ... I r t'rilts, waguot, biader, ..id mI farm lin4otMl, We'll yta rlit. I r: j f