tandCurr hut BM of h lndepif d nt Loagaa llr. Eililor: In my former article I took exception to the formation by tho Cn favor of true reform of such organ iza Vion as the "Iridependfiit League," as urged by the provisional officers of said M ... . .1 J society. My opposition was not iounuu on the avowed final objects of ths society - ' l. a. T 1- i. : 1 T .loim r . U I t n VITV IIHNIH k HI m ir I ID as, ll estabiisnea, wouia renaer iu ur dared objects of thesociety unattainable. The only condition of membership is signing the following pledge. "I, the undersigned, a qualified elector of the state of do hereby subscribe myself a member of the National Inde pendent League, and promise, and pledge myself to the membership thereof, and to the National Provisional Committee of said League, that I will neither support nor vote for any candidate for congress who will not pledge himself in writing to -the committee of said League that it elected to congress, he will faithfully sup port and actively aid in the enactment of the Land Currency Bill which has been endorsed and recommended by the Na tional Provisional Committee of said League." And the same pledge is made to apply to congressmen at large and to members of the state legislature. Let us then briefly examine the provi sions of this bill for if they are weak, or vicious the League must partake of the tame character and tendency. Section 1, of the bill provides that any person having possession and ownership in fee simple of any improved real estate by a clear, obvious, and perfect title and who is competent to convey the same shall, upon the conditions hereinafter prescribed, be entitled to receive from the United States treasury an issue of Na tional Currency, &e. Section 4, provides tnat said issue snail not exceed the assessed value of the land. Let us see who this arrangement would benefit. Sections 1 and 3 make it clear that those, and those only, who have an unincumbered and clearly recorded title , to land can recpive any of such issue of currency, and that such issue shall be made on demand to any one on all the land thus held, provided it is improved. An Irish lord by the name of Scully is said to own in the United States 1,000. 000 acres of land, a large part of which is improved. Other aliens are said to own sufficient to make up the aggregate alien owner ship to over 20,000,000 acres. Now, assuming that this land is assessed at an average of five dollars per acre, (and this is a low estimate for much of the land is valued at $100.00 per acre), and thin bill would authorize this issue of $100,000, 000 of said currency to aliens. Again, in one of the eastern counties of this state which I visited recently I was (informed on good authority that a National banker residing at the county seat owned 100 improved farms in the county. Assuming the farms to average 160 acres each and to be assessed at $8.00 per acre, (which estimates I think "would below), and Banker Jones would twbe entitled to $128,000.00 on complying T with the conditions of the bill. This would doubtless more than double his banking capital, while not one of his hundred renters who work his land would be directly benefited by the bill. Assuming that one thousand bankers in the United States are as well fixed as Banker Jones, they would be entitled, under the terms of the bill, to an issue of $180,000,000 while their one hundred thousand renters would be entitled to 1 none. Again, land that is heavily mortgaged cannot be said to be held by a clear title, and all those practical farmers whose farms are mortgaged would be un able to comply with the conditions and could receive none of the money. It is safe to estimate that nine-tenths of the the money which could be obtained un der such a law could and would be taken by capitalists and money loaners, while three-fourths of the people could obtain no money under its provisions. Another result would be that, as under the requirements of section 6, defaults in ,V and interest payment rendered the prop- erty liable to foreclosure, poor working- men would be continually losing their lands. The rich would be in danger of no such results, and thus it would only the more rapidly concentrate the owner ship of land in the hands of the few. And further, as men of moderate means could not borrow more than they would actu ally need and three-fourths of the people do not own any unincumbered real estate it would make all that class depend on the bankers ond loan companies for all a the ! Sow the money they need to borrow, as at present is the case. Again, by section '& the management the currency is put into the hands ot one commissioner lor eacn county to oe appointed by the president, thus putting the control oi the nnanciai system oi trie country entirely out of the hands of the people. d There are other objectionable features in the bill, but enough have been shown u. to prove on how meager a foundation of reform it is proposed to build up a great national organization, and thus further divide the people and renderthem power less to concentrate their efforts to obtain the enactment of such laws and the es tablishment of such systems as shall pro tect the people in the control of the pro ducts of their industry and shall ensure to all the people equal r ights before the law. J. H. Powers. An Open Letter to John M. Thurston Verdon, Neb., Jan. 25, 1894. Dear John: My only excuse for ad dressing you is your very able speech w. made before the Nebraska legislature v after yourelection to the honorable posi tion of United States senator. You speak eloquently and pathetically about the toilers. You say you think this nation owes a great debt to the toilers of the land, those whom you term the wealth producers; but in spite of me I cannot get it out of my mind that there is a very large class of toilers who till the soil whom you did not havein mind whenyou were speaking. If so, and we (a nation) kowe them a debt, is it not about time we Iwero paying it? Do you know that while the per capita wealth of the nation a little more than doubled from 1860 to 1890 (it increased from 114 fo tl,o:M), tht agricultural wealth did not im-rnae one dollar per capita in all that time. Hers are the figures as taken from the cpiieu: la IHiiO our agricultural wealth in cluding farms, stock and implements was $7,9Hll.49.'l,03; the number of people 81,443,321. In 18!0 the same items were worth $15,982,2C7,689; the nunv' ber of inhabitants was P2,G22,250f wealth per capita in 18(50 $254.70; ir 1890 $255 20. So there was an increase of bat 50 cents. ! Again, in 1890 the value of all farm products raised on all the farms in the United States was $2,460,107,454. What I want to call attention to is that when we get the table of occupations complete you wfll find it took about 9, 000,000 people over the age oi i to prj duce this. The expense of the government is about $500,000,000 per annum, or one-flith of the value of all the farm products raised in the year 1889; or, it takes all the pro ducts of 1,800,000 people to run this government. Is not this a little steep, especially when we remember that it takes as much more to run the states, etc? There is another idea that it would b. well to examine. In 1870 the value o farm products (after reducing to gold basis) was over $50 per capita. In 1 890 after twenty years of high tariff to build up a home market they were less than $40, or there was a decrease in the valuo of farm products of fully $1 1 for every man, woman and child in the U. S. One idea more and I am done for this time. You speak very highly of the Mo Kinley tariff. The last national Republi can platform declares for a tariff equal to the difference in wages here and in competing countries. Why. is not thin right, and if it is, why not create a com petent commission to ascertain the differ ence and make that the la w? ' Although I am a genuine "calamity howler" (with a pedigree way back), 1 assure you that if you do as well as we might be led to expect from your speech you will have no more loyal constituent than myself. I am at present very truly your friend and well wisher. Geo. Watkins. "Please Publish These Facts" Franklin, Neb., Jan. 20, 1895. Editor Wealth Makers: I write to you in behalf of the poor here in this county. There are hundreds of poor people here who did not raise a handful of anything to eat or feed, and they have been waiting on the action of a lot of proud-spirited supervisors. There is but little store credit allowed, and that is for the favored few. It makes matters serious to think of feed and seed to buy and groceries and clothing to get, with not a dollar in sight and but little of anything to obtain credit, to borrow with. What are we to do? still wait on a trifling lot of supervisors to ask aid for us? I say this is a down right shame. Here they have relief committees to solicit aid and the committees just as well hunt for a needle in a large straw stack, as to hunt aid whpre it hasn't tbeen raised, or Some resource to draw from. The poor are heartily disgusted to hear of the help coming from our native homes in the east and stopping at Lincoln and Omaha where the people have been blessed witt our upper tens here seem to think they are holding the credit of the county above par by holding out the aid. Our town supervisor is a loaning agent and ii now reaping his harvest while holding out the aid supplies. Can you do some thina for the people here who are strand ed on starving limits? If so it would be cladlv received by hundreds who are stealing wood to burn to get through the winter. To illustrate what is done in here, I will say, John Shunamon was appointed chairman of the county for relief, and James Dimmick told him in my presence to order a car of provisions for the poor, and what did he do? He ordered 1,000 pounds of flour, 500 pounds of meat, 300 pounds of beans. A team can pull twice that amount on one wagon, and yet one car would hardly give temporary relief. Such men with a heart so small dole it out like they had to give it all direct from their own labor. But his order was not filled from some cause. Now if you can get relief for the people and have it sent to me or J. T. Uodsey, beorge liucK, Sam Sutton, or some trust-worthy far mer who will see that it is properly divi ded. Do what you can in this matter. Respectfully. Bennett Travis. A Farmers' Trust Motion Editor Wealth Makers: Will you be so kind as to publish these few words: I move that G. E. Bentley of Beatrice, Neb., be made chairman of the State Board of Farmers' Commerce, and that Mr. J. E. Spencer be made secretary of the State Board, and that Hr.Li. liongn ner be made treasurer of said Board. This, the State Board, to have full power to recommend prices to the county Boards. The next ereat wave over this country is the Farmers' Trust. We must fight our enemies with the same kind of a weapon they use on us. D. The Idiocies of Arrested Develop ment Editor Wealth Makers: While meandering around among the people, we frequently hear this statement "I am a born Democrat," or "a born Republican," ad infinitum. When one is born they know nothing, and all one has to do to be in good standing in the twin parties is to con tinue to know nothing. I pity the honest rank and file of the golden party. They are helpless and speechless when the Omaha platform is presented. If I stood on a platform that I could not "sass back" from I would crawl off, onto one that I could. I have no inclination to throw dirt at the twins. It is not neces sary, tbey are now covered witb garbage and they did it themselves. The grand old parties have sold themselves to the devil for naught. A. B. Flack. If onr advertisers do not treat yon right let us know. We want no "fakes" in The Wealth Makers. Isn't there something in our "Three Cent Column" that will profit you? Mating of ll'form tUlltora The notic for the meeting of the He form Press Association at Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 22, 1895, has already been published. The headquarters will be at theCentropolis hotel, Fifth and Grand Avenue, where reduced rates have been secured. As the meeting will be one ot unusual interest it is urged that all editors and publishers of Populist papers be present. The following is a partial program for the meeting: PROGRAM. How can we pet reliable telepraph news independent of the monopoly plutocratic press association? Paper by Hon. H. E. I'aubeneck. Shall we have a National Reform Press bureau in Washington? Discussion. The power of the press for good or evil. Paper by Hon. J. H. McDowell. How unity of action with the reform press may best be secured in advocating and defendingour platform of principles? Paper by Gen. J. B. Weaver. How to increase circulation and sus tain our reform papers? Paper by Paul J. Dixon. How to secure advertising in reform papers? Paper by H. A. Heath. The reform press its possibilities. Paper by Prof. C. Vincent. Illustrations and cartoons. Hon. F. E. Richey. The ideal country newspaper. Paper by Hon. Lyman Naugle. Special features of a newspaper. Henry Vincent. State press association. 0. F. Dorn Paragraphing. L. A. Stockwell. Ready prints and plates. W. S. Mor gan. The Reform Press Association what are we here for? Discussion. Make-up of a newspaper. A. Rozelle. After 12th of February address all letters to W. S. Morgan, secretary-treasurer, Centropolis hotel, Kansas City, Mo. J. H. McDowell, W. S. Morgan, President. Sec.-Treas. Meeting of Horticulturists Hastings, Neb., Jan. 25, 1895. The first session of the twenty-sixth annual winter meeting of the Nebraska State Horticultural Society was held in room 15, Nebraska Hall, State Univer sity. About 100 fruit growers and others interested in the subject were present. About 500 plates of apples were shown, a choice collection of palms from W.J. Ilesser, and the florists of Lincoln kept up a choice display of cut flowers. The Secretary, F. W. Taylor, has adopted the policy of makingeach report a substantial volume, telling as concise ly as possible the best the society knows of topics in hand. The 1 894 report was devoted to the apple. The 1895 report will be devoted specially to the grape, plum and cherry, and the papers were chosen with refer ence thereto. The first paper of the series was pre sented by Prof. Charles Bessey, on the "Botany of the Grape." In this Profes sor Bessey noted the thirty to forty species of the grape in the world, of which North America had one-half. The River side, growing over the northwest and common in Nebraska, is the most valu able. The roots are practically pro-of against the Phylloxera, which works on roots of grapes of European origin. Professor Bessey gave a table showing the origin of the most common varieties. Professor Bruner followed with a valu able paper on the insects which prey on grapes and the remedies therefor. Both papers are very valuable and should be in the hands of each planter. G. A. Marshall of Arlington explained the different methods of propagating grapes by cuttings and from layers. Fa vored use of three-bud cuttings. Prof. F. W. Card, head of horticultural work in the university on the college farm, presented a very carefully prepared and interesting pa per on "Vineyard Man agement," pruning and the different methods of training. Favored sub-soiling, planting ten inches deep, and favored winter protection for Nebraska. J. W.Walker of Crete presented a paper on "Packing and Marketing Grapes." The principle points were careful hand ling, grading in three grades, and being careful to hold trade with fruit fully ripe and in fine condition. For commercial purposes Moore's Early Worden and Concord were commended, the first bring ing the highest price, but not yielding so much. Wednesday morning President Ste phens gave the annual address, review ing briefly the past year in its effects up on horticulture, showing that fruit rais ing had not suffered so severely as other branches of farming, and urging buI soilinur and frequent surface culture. At 11 a. m. the annual election of of ficers resulted us follows: President, E. F. Stephens, Crete; First Vice President, G. A. Marshall, Arling ton; Second Vice President, D. 0. Mosher, Lincoln; Secretary, D. U. Reed, Blue Springs; Treasurer, Peter Young, jr., Geneva; Directors, J. L. Russell, Wy more; G. A. Slay ton, Salem; E.C.Erfling, Omaha. Wednesday afternoon was devoted to the Plum, with papers on varieties of plums for profit by E. T. Hartley of Lin coln, who had, in 1894, secured $150 an acre; "Propagation of the Plum," by A. J. Brown, Geneva. Other papers were presented by well known fruit growers Thursday forenoon was devoted to the cherry, with papers on best market sorts by P. Young, naming Dye House, Early Richmond, Montmorency, Ostheim, Eng lish Morello and Wragg, ripening from June 15th to August 1st. Creamery Package Mn'fg Company, DEPT. E, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. We Carry the Largest Engines and Boilers, from 2 to 76 horse-power, Feed Cookers, of any desired capacity. Greenery Supplies, Etc &fj Qf "f or every I J KJEW ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE m!xetj 1 snd Special quotations Free of charge ajgTJagLg'S!" Holler. upon application "Eureka" Fee C her Wben Writing to tins Advertiser, floats sajr job saw toelr A4 u la this Paper. ' Blood Poison THE BANE OF HUMAN LIFE, Driven Out ot the System by the Use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla . "For five years, I was a great sufferer from a most persistent blood disease, none of the various medicines I took being of any help whatever. Hoping that change of climate would oenetit me, I went to Cuba, to Florida, and then to Saratoga Springs, where I remained Rome time drinking the waters. But all was no use. At last, being advised by several friends to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla, I began taking it, and very soon favorable results were manifest. To-day I con sider myself a perfectly healthy man, with a good appetite and not the least trace ot my former complaint. To all my friends, and especially young men like myself, I recommend Ayer's Sar sanarilla, if in need of a perfectly reliable blood-purilier.' Jose A. Escon.xn, proprietor Hotel 'Victoria. Key West, Fla.; resi I deuce, 302 W. 10th St., New York. ' Ayer's :.y Sarsaparilla Admitted tor Exhibition o AT THE WORLD'S FAIR SI ooooooooooooooooooooooooj In experience with varieties from a commercial standpoint the 1'resuient had found Early Richmond and English Morello most prontanle. The bnri.v Richmond planted in 1875 had yielded as much as three and one-half bushels on a single tree in 1884, and in 1894 yet had 100 quarts on single trees. All agreed that the cherry should be frequently replanted, as it seldom con tinues vigorous and productive more thau fifteen to eighteen years. Thursday afternoon was given to scale of points for judging fruit, revision of premium lists, and the discussion and re vision of the list of recommended varie ties for planting. The report will be out in Aprifand may be had by sending 15 cents to cover post age and packing to Prof. F. W. Taylor, Lincoln, Nebraska. Those interested should cut this out, and, at the proper time, forward postage and ask foracopy. E. F. Stephens. WAR IN COLOMBIA. Revolution In Progress In That South American l epoblio. Colon, Colombia, Jan. 30. A revo iution ha broken out in the depart ments of Cauca, Bolivar, Magdalena and Antioqua. - The inhabitants are depending upon American protection. The United States cruiser Atlanta is coaling here and the United States cruiser New York is expected. AGAINST SUNDAY BASEBALL. Missouri House 1 ae a Bill Making It a Misdemeanor on tbe Sabbath. Jefferson City, Mo., Jan., 30. When the house committee on crimin al jurisprudence presented to-day ma jority and minority reports on the bill to make Sunday base ball a mis demeanor punishable by a fine of 850, it precipitated a debate that was as, long drawn out as the morning hour. The majority report was against the bill, while the minority recommended its passage. On tbe roll call the minority report was adopted. Eighty nine voted tor it , A Meeting; of New York Bankers. New York, Jan. 2 8. The clearing honse committee met last night and discussed the recent withdrawals of gold from the United States subtreas ury. The opinion was general that the government should at once issue bonds. That the subtreasury is for tifying itself against all demands for gold was shown by the big ex press wagons that are unloading their precious freight at the vault doors of Uncle Samuel daily. As sistant Treasurer Jordan, however, says there-is no significance to be at tached to these movements. Small Howard for Express Bobbers. St. Louis, Ma, Jan. 28. The authorities of the Cotton Belt railway and the Pacific Express company have offered jointly a reward of $400 for the capture of the robbers who held up and robbed an express car on that road in Arkansas Wednesday night. Wheat Below Fifty Cents. CniCAGo, Jan. 28. The cash price of wheat in Chicago dropped under fifty cents to-day and the May price got below fifty-three cents. Headache biU Get Dr. Miles' Pain Ptlla. Stock in the Wert of description. St I'lo 4 In GET A HOME IN LINCOLN! A CHOICE RESIDENCE three miles from postofflce for sale. It is Just outildi the city limit of Lincoln, iu the shadow pf two colleges, between them and the city: two blocks from street car line, and in splendid neighborhood which enjoys all the luxuries of a city without its tax, noise and dust 1 1 is a good gar den farm, new bouse, barn, windmill, best well of water, with water connections in bath room and kitchen. A complete system of irrigation. Fifty cherry twenty, five apple and other fruit trees, also 10,000 strawberry plants, planted In 1884 enough native firewood for cooking stove. Here is the prettiest and most valuable holding in real estate about the Capitol. If yon desire to invest where large re turns cannot fail to come your way, investigate this offer. The colleges afford an excellent market for garden, poultry or dairy products. The owner wants to sell and change occupation. No mortgages. II too want this offer address, J. II. DOBSOir, 110 XI St, Lincoln, Kck. I. S. This tract consists of ten acres. J. W. Caere. Pits. 1. P. Boras, Tlca-Pree. u. i usee, The Farmers' Mntoal Ipsiirance CJompany of Nebraska. The Largest, Beat and Cheapest Farm Mutual Insurance Company in ths Stats. 14.000,000 X. on hand. Insurance f p(S ft ) Thirtytwo Now in " g5 LoM" " Effect... r Pa'd Losses Paid If ore Promptly than Any Old Line Company Dolns; Bnslnesw. Insures against rife and LlRhtntnfr. Wind and Tornado, at One Per Cent. Bae ran Three yeare without any Assessment. Farnlsbee Insnranee to the Farmers at Aetna! Coat. All Losses U . M I- Vail mnA n rf.Kta at.-illn- .mI.U th tflAmitmnv. Home Office: 245 So. 11th St , PURELY ii , " y 5 oe o o 3 NEBRASKA MUTUAL FIRE, LIGHTNING CYCLONE INBURANCB OOhtPAWT. Over half million Insured. Have paid over 1600.00 in losses. Have had bat one Mseiment, 10c per 1100.00. J. Y. M. Swioabt. Secretary. Lincoln, Neb. 0T Agent wanted. Irrigated Farm Lands -IN FERTttE SAN LUIS VALLEY, COLORADO. T THE BAN LUIS VALLEY, COLORADO, is a stretch of level plain about as large as the State of Connecticut, lying between surrounding ranges of lofty mountains and watered by the Rio Grande River and a score or more of small tributary streams. It was tbe bottom of a great sea, wbose da posits have made a fertile soil on an average more than ten feet deep. The mountains are covered with great deposits of snow, which melt and furnish the irrigating canals with water for the farmers' crops. ' The Climate is Unrivaled. Almost perpetual sunshine, and the elevation of about 7,000 feet dispels all malaria, nor are such pests as chinch bugs, weevil, etc., found there. FLOwnie artesian wells are secured at a depth, on an average, of about 100 feet, and at a cost of about f 25.00 each. Such is the flow that they are being utilized for irrigating the yards, garden and vegetable crops. The pressure is sufficient to carry the water, which is pure, all through the farmers' dwellings. Irrigation. (l Already several thousand miles of large and small Irrigating canals have been built and several hundred thousand acres of lands made available for farming operations. Irrigation is an insurance against failure of crops, because suc cess is a question only of the proper application of water to them. The loss of a single corn or wheat crop in Nebraska, for instance, would more than equal the cost of irrigating canals to cover the entire state, so important is the cer tainty of a full crop return to any agricultural state. Tbe San Luis Yalley will grow Spring wheat oats, barley, peas, hops, beans, potatoes, vegetables and all kinds of small fruits and many of the hardier varieties of apples, pears and all kinds of cherries. In the yield of all these products rr has hiykb been svbtame t ait othxb SECTION ON THE CONTINENT. Forty Acres Enough Land. . Foktt acres is ENOUGH LAND for the farmer of ordinary means and help. Be sides the certainty of return, the yield, under the conditions of proper irriga tion, will average far more than the 160-aore farms in the Mississippi and Missouri Valleys, and the outlay for machinery, farming stock, purchase money, taxes, etc., are proportionately less. There are a hundred thousand acres of such lands located in the very heart of the San Luis Valley, all within six miles of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, convenient markets and shipping stations, for sale at $15.00 per acre. Most of these lands are fenced and have been nnder cultivation and in many instances have wells and some bnildings, everything ready to proceed at once to begin farming. A biiall cash payment only is required where the purchaser immediately occupies the premises, and long time at seven per cent, interest is granted for the deferred payments. A Specially Low Homeseekers Rate will be made you, your family and friends. Should yon settle on these lands the amount yon paid lor railroad fare will be credited to you on your pay ments; and bemembeb the land is perfectly and thoroughly ibbioated, and the land and pebpetuel wateb rights are sold you for less than other sec tions ask for simply the water rights without the land. No bettbb lands exist anywhere on eabth. For further particulars, prices of laad, railroad fare, and all other information call on or address, F1. I-j. MIRTT, (Mention this paper.) Manager Colorado Land i Immigrant Co., BS0WHELL BL00 LTJOOUr, 3TEB- We want yon to notice erery new "ad" In our columns. They are put there es pecially for your benefit. A careful record of an orchard in Fill, more county, planted in 1874, shows that the 40 trees ot Ren Davis have, n to date, yielded 2180 bushels, worth more than Twelve Hundred Dollrrs the product of one-half acre. Trees were furnished by Crete Nurseries." a. QuaiAMTiB, Trass. bum Agmu in 1894 . . LINCOLN, NEB. MUTUAL WINGER'S STEEL WIND MILL Hai bo 9quftl ftr iMranfth or rim plkitjr, Awudra htdal and Dip loma at Workf. Fair. AlMCaU mnlred Steel Tanks, Ctilr and RevulaWA. B. B. WTNOBB. Ml Ieawa4lTrrM.tktaaella That laiae Baea can ne eeweet wltk Or. Miles' KHYE PLASTER. Only 8Sc W. B. Lines, Bee'j. rV i n 11 1 v s