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About The Wealth makers of the world. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1894-1896 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1894)
VOL. V. LET US EX0HA5OE VIEWS. (In tbe time lntorvenlng between now and tbe law of the People' Independent State (invention this and succeeding columns will . open to the PopullaUof the Htateto pro lrtft candidate for the ticket of 'W4. and for Unlo-d Btatee Henator, anl to show reason for Individual preferences. We Bhall not have space for aoythlnf more than name and brief rsavri for the choice wade, becau we wloti Ik if at flora a great many. Lkt wo maw HKBB PKOFOBBD rOROrrlCB WHOttBCHABAOTBB AM W-l.t. A JBTELLEOTOAf. QCAIJFIOATIOHS THI WKITIR WIU. HOT PBKBQSIAI.LT VOITOH row. If any candidate seem to be leading whom our reader cannot conncleBtloumy mip port, by ail mean let u know why thy are HtrenuouHly objected to. Hut let u reupccton another' view, avoid aoythlng tending to dlHhartnony If It be possible without sacrifice of principles, and hear willingly thoee who dif fer wlih um. "In a multitude of counselor there I afety." But with mny lo bmr from each taunt be brlef.-Edltor Wbai.th MAKSim. Wants Power. Gaflla and Other. J i ROM FIELD, Neb., May 21, 1804, Editor Wealth Makers : It seems a certain sign for victory tbla fall, to not only see so many PopulliU join in bringing to the front tbelr choice for candidates, but to see them all name the "finest of the wheat" all honest, good and able men. , I 'Jeane permit me to name a few as my choice; For governor, Hon. John li. Powers; lieutenant governor, Hon, J. N. Gaffin; treasurer, Hon. Valentine Horn, of Hamilton county; U.S. senator, jJon, W. 1. Green, of Beatrice. W. L. Stark of Aurora will be the next congressman from the 5th district. Yours for justice, Dan Burkey. In support or Congressman Item. Shermak CocN'ir, May 19, 1884. 1 am not of that class who worship at the shrine of individual excellence, but there are times in our history when the right men for the exigencies of the oc casion are providentially chosen as ..leaders and prove eminently successful. No man ever gained a more signal vic tory than the Hon. O. M. Kem in the big Third and afterwards in the Sixth congressional district. A man of the people, without wealth, but with a fieart beating in sympathy with the toiling wealth producers, whom he has faithfully represented in. his congres sional career, his name will live in the memory of his constituency for all time to come. I do not claim that there are not ' other men in the Sixth district who would represent us as ably and faithfully a Mr. Kem; but I do claim there is not a man in the district that will meet with a more enthusiastic greeting from the People's partyt and more cordial hatred from the twin rellos of i corruption and maladministration than Omer M. Kem. Ills uatrlotlsm and fidelity to our cause has called forth the vilest sland ers a press utterly prostituted to tbe service of plutocracy and the devil could invent, and for this reason, if for no other, I am In favor of his renomln atlon. To mv mind there Is no surer way of stifling these emissaries of Satan who attempt to blast tbe reputation of honorable men, than by placing them ajaln at the front. Fraternally yours, . C. II. KING. X Platte County Man's Ticket. Humphrey, Neb., May 21, 1S!1. F.dltor Wealth Makers: As per your request to announce can did ate tor stato oMje, I wUh to add my preference and those of a stoat many I have Interviewed cn the subject. Fifteen favored (Ufiln for governor, four for Weir and one for Billy Hryao Each one gave a reason for the fHh there was in him. My own preference is Gaflla for governor; Mayor Weir for UeuUsnaot governor; Honest John II Tower, treasurer; and lion. Warwick Saunders of the Piatt County Argus for st retary of tat. We elect, d Mr. Powers oihhs as gov ernor, but the Republican at.d I'orou- crU Counted tho ballet, and we as I party had nothing to say, Homo t your correspondent want ti nominate. men fir their ura'ortcal ability, and others U eu aathSr. fan b sld against them. I'ul l seems to me that lru and tried hhty and tr!lrif In i4iT tit shimld U cmKiwd far Rwra thtit t imuenlUy, of t ra'urUml atilllty, UnoM th a'Uvitt ft orat-ry t!l? la lh ha'si n th IhiII m-ar. 1 by tha Utaatta lta f May lih' that they pri(WM u rl M.J.tMi,tM annually tut the heuelit tf Uaard, and )ul King Unnafd's 4 ttiala a, tttU c ixf Js t hlr fre Awerloaa Utar, The part In tha hm ftUi is tha wor t "U44a ' ' N ) ae4 apply Iio Uaf will this llaU of thlsfs continue before wa have such disturb ances as the Pennsylvania coke riots? We must nominate and elect a? Mi who are unalterably opposed to such things on principle, and have the man hood and backbone, to sy so; ana just such a man we will And in Mr. Haund ers. He Is a hard workwr; Has edlttd a reform paper since tfye jicepiion of the movement, and h4 struck as many hard blows in favor oJ .MbeYty and Jus tice as any man In : Nebraska. He is favorably known all over thi state, and is right in the middle ' 'of the public highway. No fusion or tie-up with Democracy, Yours for the best, A. W. MoitOAi. John Itebblna Warmly KndorsesMr Ouatin. SheltoN, Neb., May IS, 191. Editor Wealth Makkks: We are very glad to e the name of A. J Guitln mectioaed for tbe portion of state auditor. ' v Since the campaign of 181)0 wo have known that Buffalo county could reap honor for Itself and do the state a great service by pushing the name of Mr. Gustln for the position above men tioned. , X '"' Mr. Gustin is known here as an htV. ;st, energetic, capable business loan, nd bis nomination would please tin rank and file of the party In this county. Men who are acquainted with the campaign work done by Mr. Gustin ia 1800 (when tbe party had very few workers) believe he can conduct a cam palgn among the business men of the state that will add to the vote of the party. . Probably there isn't a man In the state and very few in the nation outside the general freight offices who under stands the transportation question as well as Mr.' Gustin. For years Mr. Gustin has made the railroad question a study from a business man's point of view, and in a campaign he can show the business men of tbe state that their interests and the inter ests of their customers are Identical on the freight rate question ss advocated by the Populist party. We have seen J. . Gaffin in trying positions and know the people will not make a mistake when they nominate him for governor. Where men have been tried and found true we do not believe they should be dropped for any uncertainty and we believe the farmers ought to be very careful about dropping farmers out of positions they have hoaorsbly flllsdtoput lawyers in their places Where changes are made we should demand the strongest pledges of fidelity to party measures and principles. In the Sixth district we favor the re nomination of Mr. Kem, In voting for him the people do not take auy ohaaues. We know that in him we have honesty, ability and a tenacity of purpose that ay we will "fight it out on this line if It takes all summer " John Stebuuss, A Wheeler County Man'a Opinion Enicso.v, Sob., May 17, 191 Editor Wealth Makehs: I read with pleasure the many inter eating letter and able editorials in your valuable paper. will simply tell your many readers that Wheeler county is allvo to the real Issues confronting Pio American piople and elected a full county ticket tat! fait, except one torn io!loner and the county oierk; and these two relic of tHe two old pattlos will toa be wtpt-d wt. liar UlMeadettU?uuty omoers are filling their reicUv !'!' la a way Ihtt reflect Junior on theni.'lra and tMr party, Oor tniuoty lroturee, i'fik P, Huston would t splendid lualerlal for tt treasurer if he was mur widely known tor th tt rWelttf -ih'gll"it regardiatf atnitla attorn far stat fPiJes, I niaka tha fat luwittf , Ulltag this would tui our tit,t tU;aet'-and w tuust tnak no miataa this fail Iwf. at tw wnt f'f years. le-ry min the will I -a rvdxemci ri oorrupvU e; a (titc u t hoiteel sttUf w.H t H la as Ut tut4 fitf pU'tlaj th reins if laUi h hand f th w'i Uly Mrayd their trul I s-get for gtnraor Mf W. lr, I bPv h is tm to lh oofa ad wH draw support m othff una if our LINCOLN, NEB., THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1894. I POOR Al OBBED Tb Friends of tbe Poor are Bandcufied " and Dragged to Prison. THE 1I0H OYEBIIDE THE LAW. Tbe Rapid Absorption of Our Lands and Liberties by Conscfousless and Insatiable Corporations, A Sample Corporation 8tea,l. It will b a sad day for the rich when the masses of the people become awar that there Is one law for tbe rloh and another for the poor that railroads can steal the people's land and play forever the modern highwayman act without punishment, but that the homeless, the and Ions, the hungry and moneyless work-sockcrs, cannot fake a free ride on the highwaymen's iron horses for a day or two without receiving swift gal retribution In the shape of months of imprisonment. Judge Klner has just sentenced A company of Commonweal eas (whom the r'allrtfad will not suffer to ride for eitlwr ; love pr money) to suffer four niffntbs .Irimrisonment for teallog rld ,io fit here food p.nd work could be soured, i '.,. Mr. Coxey who tfts eveti jBoocent of tbe contemptlblw triwt' for which he was prosecuted, vU ' that be had car ried a 2 z 6 inch banner of peace and trodden on the grass, was by the testl mony of perjured policeman convicted, I sentenced to Imprisonment in tbe district work bouse, handcuffed, and with twelve white and colored every day work-house convicts (who were not handcuffed) was carried off to jail bis real offense bting that he wished to (peacefully) speak in behalf of the un employed and against bondage to the Haylock power. This nation Is no longer a democracy, a government of equally free and Inde pendent citizens, but a government of tbe corporations, landlords, capitalists and money . loauers. They own Con gresj, the legislatures, the courts and the laws. , The great body of the laws are for them, to protect them in enforcing and enjoying usury. ' A few hundred peOplts have under sanction of the laws, spread titles of absolute ownership over the authraclte 0 ml deooslts which Providence placed o tbe subterranean fields of Pennsyl vania for the common ownership and use of the people of the continent of North America. They are robbers whose hands reach Into the pockets of almost every man who works. The stockholders of vhe railroads have also secured title deeds to almost all the blturtlaous coal fields of America, and demand tribute from the millions of tbe peopl whom i'rovldence did not care for "? whea tbe coal was made. The Standard Oil company has legally stolen th stores of oil which the Creator plao d in the deeps below for all His children. The lumber kings have got all the poop!,' lumoer. The iron kings have got bold of all tU best of our Iron ore, and the same or others of all af our copper and lead and silver and gold, And a few have got absolute titles to moat of the land on which tha elth s hay to grow. And a few people own all the privilege and means of trans portation, and have power to rob pro- oucer and consumer "all the tiefilo will bear." And a few own tha machtu ery which Is nievary to tnak ua of the fret) and tlrtdes natural enarglea which belong by divine Inheritance equally to all, an! iako ojprel us ot thustt iokn energies waka God gav also to tha . And U has come lo pais ttal tbe robbers are eothione-J.and tha defraud vA grind la thu prin housa f U 11 U thv l'otied Stat'S hrw were, ac Uttif Hi tha !l e-hius, I2.i 0,1' ttmt ilea, C Jff ll.U iiumHer ner ha t are trttanU-ttt lct Oiurva ,' and ne arly third part tf tha rtuaUdr hava llulr la'te and flty hn. tttiit garf d. And tins peroa'atfe of the tasd It i4 h 'an l U laervaig at a ut a!aru!P4 rata. Figure lrs'lty rtaVrs want fcotUWa UtU l u, aid tie HitprU eamtot bi ea r e t l, but U. farm t- aut fsmUlea of ii ae wro4 figure had ! raado up la -airh- r shewed aa istirras d( this das of 0 per aat. la tha dresda, and (ami lire tft tb sams itatal who twad t i farms, in the same period Increased but I per cent. The landless in the cities , Ithout doubt Increased faster in num bers 11 not In per cent, actually If not relatively. And besides, 30 percent, of those owning farms have thern mort gaged an average of 11,130 each, and 2!) par cent, of the families owning city horn 's are under mortgage averaging 11,139 each. Corporations are fast gathering in ill the wealth and natural resources of ib people railroad corporations, bank ing corporations, mining corporations, fnanufacturing corporations, street rail Way and electric corporation, the (Standard Oil corporation and numer ous glgantio trusts, milling corpora tions, stock-buying and slaughtering corporations, land syndicates, &c. tin der cover of the law, usually, these powerful combinations of capitalists are ilemandlng for their comparatively few Stockholders who produce nothing a large slice of tbe product of each and overy wealth producer In the nation. Aisd so great is .this tribute beyond what the profit gatherers use, even In tbtlr princely style of living, tbat they are able to go on buying up more and ever more of the natural resources, and the masses of the people are thns being reduced to ft state of dependence upon capitalists and landlords which amounts to virtual slavery. Their birthright to the earth is denied, and they are the slaves of usurers, who are the rulers over all. Tbe insatiable greed of the corpora tions and their disregard of the natural rights of men is being exemplified by the Illinois Central Kallroad Company In Us gigantic steal ol the lake front aroiod tbe city of Chicago. The story tf this enormous robbery we clip from the Chicago Times of May Pith, as fol lows; Having already robbed the people of Cnlcago of the lake front between lian dolph and Htate streets, the Illinois Central rul roaa is ex tending us steal ings from iwelltn street to Jackson parte, it stole a mile of lake shore without snama or penalty. Now it will steal six. Wh- n the mile was stolen the people stood by helpless. As the theft of the six miles will be effected by exactly the sarao methods as was that of tbe od j mile the sovereign people may bo ex pected to statul oy en btroro. . , First fig to out the value of the plunder to bo gained by this gigantic crime, inking tbe lowest valuation as btutls of calculation, so tbat no Iujuh- ilco may bo done the thief, the stealings will bring a clar profit of $'00 :101 800. Perhaps, for the soke of a clearer com- prheKslon, It may be put tuus: one nunurea minion, inreo nunarea and s xty-one thousand, two hundred nnd fifty dollars. Aou the thief is tne Illinois ucntrai railroad. To throttle the law, to spit In the face of juetlce, to rob tbe nation, the state, and tbe city, to subvert the decrees of courts and of legislatures. all tbls that corporal I u will uo ana U doln la con- iaortlon or tne sura oi f iuo,jtii,swi. SCHEME IS HAflULY I'UwUHO. Already the scheme bus bden put In practical oiniration. Dally tho Illinois Coutral railroad is driving tbe waters bitck aud tkioir for ii own tiso lue. land it makes in vllatloa of tho laws-of the nation and in this face of decrees from I s btith'St court. From Twilfth tr-t Ui Jckson uark is six miles. For a railroad to build land out from tbe lakrt . shore for a dUtanoo of one t m th of a mils is ea' lerethan one might imagine, lo uo tut is to create a strlu of laud con IkIdUk an acva ot one and one half o am sutlea. To tha Illinois Central railruad ttvt ry foot ot ground tbus stol en fiom tbe water ol Lake Michigan I wurlti almoKt iu weight In gold. This ualtla a the crime tha la and Uio p to. At let in the judgment wMu t il i dr It ! ror iiHtnihs tha UUnoU cvntral was idanalba tills thioir. d already a W tfloalug h it 's tuada UaUy toes ui ou tuus oi earth ar dumped Idta tla lasn aud tn water r:w l. Th ra I road no a i3..mrl very footof tha lka hor trm Tullth irt to Jai'k t ara. tinni I winirid tf Iha riarlo Uht svtea.Ud o-ljr ti Ihlrtt atuth tUv-t, lt a tha hor Una ws twugrtt u rtti nrt sn-'tv At that poUt Hia iraik tf thalUtwis I vuiral ta k tr th la rvui tMty Crt to Jaia.oa pak ttterw was ao e Wbiv reUeuo UUtrlct llog h-tae a the ra lro.! J thu la, t hi ri tliM ii rt at d tl strvat Uter e ltf t tbu IKInoi IVntral iHHihl mMt if ll.l tt has b.meht thu tl i Iwefttf -thrva Uel uf S'a'U wklvh Utiu.Ut'ii d tr(cto tha eaat. ILHiyht It ery lly a4 UO'HUaa tuml u bw sure, hut very prverlaj iy. A f.i ).lat l. tinuU la the baa's ef p'ltata o'a, it fwS Motwtur ihrip ore raly uudetwaf and ill H ennicu ud tw'. Morli tga'a httiiut oatrt l l alt uf lake frtutai waa not tha ultimate ta t vf these purchases. Onoe having the orig inal lake shore under its control it would not be dllTcult for this corpora tion to extend the shore line into the limit of navigable water. Not difficult tnougn quite contrarv to the laws maae and provided by the United States gov ernment. To nod a dumping ground for the vast amount ot ashes and other refus Incident to the running of soma hundreds of trains daily has always been a problem with the Illinois Central railroad. By dumping these accumula ttons along the lake shore not only would they be cheaply and conveniently disposed of, but two square miles of land, worth at the loweat possible esti mate 1100,361, 25li. would be created. That it would be done in direct viola tion of tbe law was the least of the company's worries. In extending spurs, building side tracks, and repairing roadbeds It always happens that hun dreds of car loads of. earth buvo been drawn away, Tho c inpany figured tbat tbls could be utilized as top dress ing to the ashes whbh were to form the subsoil, the foundations of tbe tract It would create, The plans were matured long ago, Beginnings were made long ago, The completion of the job is In sight. It is all being done very quietly, very skillfully, The Way Out of the Woods, Blair, Neb., May 18, 180. Editor Wealth Makers: Somebody Is la the woods and don't know the way put. It may be myself; I don t know. Possibly it ii the other fellows, ; I want you for, I know no other man more capable than yourself to snow me tne way out. if it is tne other fellows who ara in tbe woods, then I propose to show them tbe way out. Possibly we are all blind and will tumble in tha ditch together. I stand on tha first sixteen words of the land plank of tbe Omaha platform Here they are; "Tho land, Including all the natural resources of wealth, is tha heritage of all the people. . ' Now , it Is an admitted fact tbat the great mass of tbo people have been rob bed, cheated and swindled out of this tbelr rightful heritage, Monopoly in land has robbed them. And you would just as well try to make a hickory shad climb a persimmon tree tall foremost as to expect peace, contentment aid pros parity among the masses until each has restored to him his Inalienable right to a spot of earth on which to live. The masses not excepting Coxey and all his lieutenants have not opened their eyes to tbe fact that the distresses arising: from enforced idlenn-e are caused by ignoring and denying to each individual bis natural, Inalienable, im prescriptible, God-given right to a spot of earth on which to earn a living. Tbe denial of tbls right forces the landlcn classes to bid against each other for the opportunity to work to keep from starv ing- There is but one way out ot the woods, namely, mort of the ptoplt must tarn their Ifoinn by cultieating thi toil. Tha main question to bo decided Is this: Shall these tillers of the soil be tenants living in huts and giving half of their earnings to the landlords for tho 'priv ilege ot working to keep from starving, or bhall they hold a porpetual leae from tho government for a limited amount ot land for which they shall pay into tbe puutlo treasury say one par cent per annum of what his holding cost the government? To show bow this scheme may he In augurated, lot me give as illustration: town a farm In Hurt county that 1 would not sail and vacate fur ten th"u at d di liars. 1 would sell that farm to tbe government for one thousand and take the pa la greenbacks, prold-d the government will give me a leaaa ot tha same, I paying hue not leas than one nor tnorv than threw per cent, p r annum on thti amount he paid ma for the land. And I will biud uslf and mv heirs to pay all taxr, keep th premises ta good repair and not lt a cue klit burr oor a sunuower go to sed tin tha t!ao. Now suppa all tha land owaor tf Hurt couaty should da the ro lulnf Muutle tha amount that any a maa should Teas ft tha goveraufat ti noi mora man iu at m, who would t lejured y pnsl ur'f It M!fl that vh olisn of the t'ulld tilaU would bar ait Interest la ail th land In Mjru4oty, a tauch i a tho who, o ouj t; hu the twmt at would r tritatU tit th other or th taturet thy had la It l eki.tMi j it a tnr-4!r a twa ny theory I u"V fatty ! frtH. I hav J i.t ha4 wwrat tnoutatd priatsj for a ult-Hi dt trtbutio.t. If a thenre a tel farth la tha wlWuUr, ta not tha H t PCM ble, waut ym tu a 't U tter t la th iiiiuma m Til a Vl.tlt MKia u potatout It a, (et-; tbett I IU tuia wif atteattoa i tha f coinage t th !,, aoruieat oairhlptt ra h ad, A , .V lour t r th rljfM. Jai Oki'K, (Vir B ekaelrJ!af Isp ta'eJ it this lu. A' a UvtU rir rv-ler In aiwlU l1,ttv Wastitt MAKktti) NO. 512 mm FAVORITISM Tha Populist Part Demands Money For AH Borrowsrs at Cost, OREGON SOW L0ASS ON LAUD. How Bankers Chow Rich, and Farmers v Woik Ha d and Gain Nothing. Interesting Census Figures Regarding Wealth. Ooverninent fans, dovernor Penuoyer of Oron mad a not a hi fopulut speech ta about I0,U)Q people la I'orUand rarsniljr, from wbtoli we iuta be tow.-Kdltur vrsiam Makiud, The government now loans money only to the national banker. When he wants money ne goes to the go ve en nui tit and pawns his bondsat sine tenth their face value. He receives his money and leaves Ms bonds in paw. The Populist party demand that this exclusive favoritism shall cease. They demand that every person having good ' security shall be placed on an equality with the national banker, If the gov ernment should follow tbe example of tbe stat of Oregon, which loam its IV 500,000 of school money upon Improved farm property In amounts not toes ed f. 000 to any one person and at one third of the appraised valua of tbe property, there could be no safer loan possible, and tbe effect would bo both far-reaching and beneficial. - It la not an experiment. The practicability anf, usefulness of tha schema have been most fully demonstrated here In this state, And something cf this kind must be done swn, or th money-loan-eri will own tha' whole land and all other classes will beoonao their tenants and slaves, liven monarchical Russia was compelled to adopt this plan to save . Kb peasantry farmers from ruin. Frank G. Carpenter, the noted syndi cate writer, In an article which appeared IV 'Vhe Oregoalan, October 20, ISUZ said; "The government (Russia) has ft land bank which loans money to the peasants In order that they may pur chase latid. This bank was opened about ton years ago, and It makes loans to both Individuals and to villages. Tbe government puts about 12,500,000 into it every year, and since its organi zation it has made ovtr 500,000 loans to more than 200,000 families. In addi tion to this there are various ways ct loaning money to farmers, and the gov ernment of Russia makes advances on grain stored la warehouses or delivered to otMals of the several railroads In the country. . . , This system of loans has been going on now for more than four years. It is very popular, and a great many of the peasants take advantage of It. It Is no wonder that they do so, lux 'he charges are much lest than those ot the usurers, who abound In every district of Russia, and who are sucking the life blood out ot tbe people," I. li indeed somewhat humiliating toour pride, who olalm to be the most enlightened people of the earth, that we are compelled to goto Australia for a perfect system of voting, to Switzerland for a just system of making laws, to Austria lor a needed system ot government depositories, and to Rula tor ft most arc try system ot loaning money to (he pop!r. Let the government accede to the demand of the people and loau money, as in Oregon and tluMta, on landed properly at a rate not exceeding I per cent, and In llmtud amount ta each person, and establish government dt piltorl4 a la Austria, pay leg notestovedtag g per e&t. interest on deilla, and a peffeet (laaa rial system wilt U) Ubithed that will bath prutevt the borroaer and th ds puttur, acd jleU a princely revenue to tha governttuHtt, which, toa j great iteat, would reflate the eop! frvot UiaiUa (or Its support, wad which would arrest IN ft aiful tendaavy In tht wastry ta th eom-aolraltoa of wealth tn the bauds it a few, Avrd' g to tha vhsus reports U lft', V) psr . l the paotde had VI ir !t. f tha wvaltb. wL'.'a i pat ha,l th reRtalblag H r . at , leading ml twre ttiam i in t vxtit i (h is. t'he tu of h) thoa that W fc'f tfaat art U tug fiww ad t nu..th, I no Ua Iy a t(ra, while 10 i-'t e. own 1 pf Cat. tt tha w)U Tm S"u ftiteat tariff legUlaUaa hat rvp.nlo.'e itHiHiw4 a -a tt,