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Sept 3, 1896.
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
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AM ECONOMIST'S VIEWS.
. Benjamin Andrew is the president
of one of our greatest colleges and an
economist whose work are standard
Vt books in all the universities of this
I ntry and to some degree in Europe.
Recently wrote a letter to Rev. Henry
nam, pastor of the First Baptist
charcfi at Denver, in answer to some
questions about the free coinage of silver
in which he says:
. "After a possible first shock our credit
would improve after free coinage. It is
our present course which must speedly
lower our credit. How long could a man
or a firm continue to have credit who
borrowed ea"h year to pay a large por
tion of his running expenses? Yet ou a
gold "basis this course is inevitable, and
that is at this moment the reason why
foreign lenders are sby of our securities.
There must be a change if we would
avoid" bankruptcy. With free coinage
eyery industry would look up, and even
i tJyelost our gold our prosperity would
incite English capital, just as Japan's
prosperity now causes it to rush, there.
Never since slavery days has the press in
the parts of the country familiar to me
displayed such disregard for truth and
such stubborn obtusenness to the most
obivious considerations as it does at
present on the silver question. This
i menus that the money power seated in
don, but with representatives in
York, Philadelphia and Chicago, is
etermined to continue the appreciation
gold, and determined, therefore, that
facte shall not be known. Thebauk-
ind the press are almost entirely un
its influence. I think the money
nation at the present time the greatest
uestion of civilization.
1:
E. Benjamin Andrews,"
The dispatches say that the republican
national committee is now sending over
25,000 copies of the New York Mail and
Express daily to Wyoming voters. They
don't tell us how many they are sending
to Nebraska and other states. Now,
here is this paper. How would it do for
the silver authorities to send a few copies
of it to do missionary work. It is filled
with the best silver news, facts and argu
ments. The harmonious nomination o Judge
Broady for the office of congressman
leans bis triumphant election. Judge
Ffcoady is no stranger to the people of
9 country. He has been before them
the past, and the confidence reposed
him resulting in his election to the
udicial bench, is acknowledged to have
beeji-'-worthily bestowed. His judicial
career waft a clear and clean one, to
which he and his friends can point with
prideand which will have no little effect
in ttyfrcoming campaign. He is one of
the most able jurists in the west, and
backed by abroad intellect and possessed
- of a superabundance of general informa
tion, he is well fitted to reflect the senti-
.ments of our people in congress. ' In ad-.
fdition Judge Broady is a thorough
advocate of bimetallism, believing that
yby and through this measure will come
peace and prosperity to the common
1 people. That be will be elected there is
not a shadow of doubt. Fall City News.
WAS IT DIABOLISM.
5tft is with pleasure that space is given
Vthe following article, but we must in
h that the writer is wholly mistaken,
ywas the writer in the Epworth Her-
ria wnen ene asserts tnai -ivery one
knows that this country is burdened
with a class of people too lazy to work
and who would not work if they could
get work to do.",
If our fair correspondent will read the
I reports of the slum workers, the reports
of those in charge of the Pingree city lot
farming, and of many other workers in
the field of practical Christian work,
instead of relying on gold standard
daily papers for information, she will
learn that there is no such class of
1 American citizens.
I There are a few such persons, as there
I", ' s alwais been and always will be.
ftows the 3,000,000 now out of
nrpV'thnt bind. It ia ridirnlnna
lay W lawyers, preuchers and doc
U pre f to tramp rather than follow
ybir pr essions. and to advocate send
I ing thf " . men to jail because the people
i are too poor to pay for their services, is
, diabolism. So is also Bishop Newman's
denunciation of more than half of the
citizens of this otate as anarchists. A
I large number of men whose money,
work and prayers have built up the M.
; E. church are of the same opinion as this
; paper.
; The letter is as follows:
1 Lincoln Neb., Aug. 31, 1896. To the
I i Editor: In an issue of your paper of re-
-7 ae wa8 an ec"tor'a' entitled "Dia
Ziism," which would lead one to think
Jat the editor or his assistants must
V-nave been very hard up for something to
write auuuh n j u euuur ui any
paper should take an editorial from the
Epworth Herald and entirely miscon
strue its meaning, is impossible to com
prehend unless it is that he is actuated
by a spirit of prejudice. It seems to me
that no gentleman would use the term
"diabolism" in connection with a paper
which represents an organization whose
motto is "Look up, and lift up," and
which exists solely for the purpose of
lifting men to higher and purer living.
Everyone knows that this country is
burdened with a class of people too lazy
to work, and who would not work if they
could get the work to do. They represent
most all trades and professions as well
well r Wose who have no trade of pro-
fews i'hey shirk work and responsi-
ibilit.lf every kind, and are content
to livf 'upon the charity of the public.
lit w to this class of vagrants that the
i article alluded to in the Herald has refer-
ence and not to the honest, sincere man
who desires employment and cannot get
it.
One of the aims of the Epworth League
is to "lift up" those who areuufortunate
and hundreds of unemployed men have
been clothed and given work by the or
ganization whose official publication you
so readily condemn. n ben a man under
takes to cast a slur upon the Epworth
Herald, be also casts a slnr upon the
society it represents. 1 am glad to say
that the members of the Methodist
Lchurch of all other parts of the country
as well as "this part 01 the country"
believe in Christianity an not in "diabol
ism. Respectfully yours.
An Epworth Leaguer.
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ENGLAND VS. AMERICA.
To the Editor: The financial policy
of England is as antagonistic to Amer
ica as her civil policy is repulsive and
inimical to our own, yet English polity
such as it is, is a thousand times less in
jurious to the "greatest number" of her
subjects than her financial policy. Her
money oligarchy alone are beautified by
her gold standard. All her productive
interests are being ground to powder by
it. This is so flagrantly offensive to the
better elements of English society that
many of her statesmen and heads of
universities are emphasiziug the bitter
cry of her suffering people against it.
This is also true of Germany and every
other country affected by this poverty
breeding goldito policy. Bad for us that
this country furnishes a "tory ally" to
this crushing condition. But such is the
case and hence the blighting touch of
this monstrous system of confiscation.
The condition of our people was never so
desperate. With oats 7 cents, .corn 20
cents in Chicago and wheat 32 cents in
the country, cereals far belqw the cost of
production, how can it be expected that
anything but a pittance of money can
come into the country. These are strict
ly prices regulated from the "gold prices
of Liverpool" where the gold craze has
got in its legitimate work. ,
"Who are these allies?" say you.
Answer The republican party and the
Grover faction of the democratic party.
The purpose of gold bimetallism was
to reduce the legal tender monej to gold
only; and that done silver could not be
brought to aid or even compete with
gold in maintaining prices of commodi
ties of which America was and is a heavy
exporter. The question now arises: "Is
there no relief from this unequal and
ruiuous system?" This great question
is one for solution in the great campaign
now being waged by the freemen of this
country. This decimating policy is
meeting an onset of the greatest vigor
and determination which was ever in
used into apolitical campaign before.
Alas! we have the friends of English co
horts to antagonize in our own baili
wick and in our own households!
Partisan madness threatens to jeopar
dize even the equality of citizenship, and
arrays capital against the producers of
the country.
According to the motto of Mr. Harri
son, "We should protect the property of
the rich and make the poor contented."
This status it will be hard to maintain,
when it is better known that the pover
ty of the masses is a direct result of op
pressive legislation in behalf of the mil
lionaire and against the people. To the
wise, the lines are fairly drawn. These
contending forces are represented by W
J. Bryan for equal rights on the one side
and British American allies on the other.
Do you see the secret of the awaiting
thousands at every station which Mr.
Bryan passes? The oppression of the
people has exasperated them and they
recognize in Mr. Bryan, the earnest and
enthusiastic champion of their constitu
tional rights. Therefore, they are boil
ing over with hope and joy. No wonder
they brush aside the police and rush over
every obstable that delays the sight and
touch of the expectant deliverer! The
attempted deception of Sherman, For
aker and McKinley is heart sickening!
They glory in the policy that is threat
ening and injuring every industry in the
country, and by advocating of tariff
tax upon the people, practically say in
the language of Rehoboam, "Whereas
my father (Grover) put a heavy yoke
upon you, I will put more to your yoke;
he chastized you with whips, I will chas
tize yon with scorpions." This last is
clearly threatened in the declaration,
"The gold standard policy will be con
tinued," substantially.
As under this financial policy the peo
ple have rapidly declined in prosperity;
under its continuation the lowering con
dition will be acclerated and not re
tarded. S. M. Benedict.
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A WORD TO THE FARMERS.
There has never been a year in the his
tory of this state when . there was such
an enormous growth of grass over the
entire state as there is this year. On
several years it has been' necessary to
have large quantities of baled hay im
ported from neighboring states. This
is a direct loss to the people of this state.
It takes money out for a product that
should be one of our important exports.
The Independent would suggest that
the farmers of this state put up the en
tire product of grass for hay; put it up
in good shape under sheds or well cov
ered with long grass in such a manner
that it will keep for several years; then,
if by chance we should have another dry
year there would be plenty of feed for
stock, without importing it, and the
people of the state weuld have on hand
a product that could be converted into
cash at any time. We are all in favor of
standing up for Nebraska and one of
the best, ways to do this is to gather the
products of her soil and preserve tbem
iu such a manner as to yield the great
est returns. -
THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER.
This is the first issue of the paper in
the month of September and many of
those who promised 1 to send us their
back subscriptions sometime during the
summer harvest, have failed to do so.
Some have paid, but the great majority
have not. It is no pleasure to write this
kind of an editorial and perhaps it is less
pleasure for you to read it; but so long
as our patrons neglect to send in their
cash we are compelled to keep extending
the invitation. Let us hear from you as
soon as possible with a remittance as
large as you can make. Do not put qff
until tomorrow what you can do today.
MINISTERIAL PLUTOCRATS.
Our friend Harry Deans has made an
original and striking discovery in con
nection with the appreciation of the dol
lar as it has grown more "honest" from
year to year. Said he the other day:
"Dollars have been growing bigger until
now Methodist ministers who used to be
the poorest paid persons in the com
munities where they lived, are really
better off than anyone. The little salary
of $400 or $500 a year .is so much
larger than the church members are able
to make in any occupation, that the
ministers are becoming the monied men
of the neighborhood, and many of them
right here in northwest Nebraska are
buying cattle which they are putting out
on shares or getting members of their
churches to take charge of." Chadron
Signal.
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122 M St. Lincoln, Neb
THE PENSIONER.
mi. 1 .1 1 i t a-.
i ue piea maae 10 tne 01 a soldier is
from the standpoint of the money lender
who makes it, that is, pure, unadulter
ated selfishdess. He seems to think the
old soldier is the same kind of a man
that he himself is. He imagines that
the veteran who risked his life
to save bis country is as perfectly
indifierent to the prosperity of the coun
try as coupon clippers, that he has no
heart to feel for the suffering he sees all
around him, and if he can only get big
dollars in pension money, that is all he
cares for. That is not the sort of a man
11.. 1 J- I TW .
me um noiuier is. ue is just a much a
patriot now as he was 'when he took
"Lincoln shin plasters" for pay without
a word of protest. And the coupon clip
per is the same sort of a man be was
when he forced gold to $2.50 and bought
bonds with greenbacks which he after
wards bought congresses to agree to
pay in coin, and now wants paid in gold.
The old so'dier will not vote to make his
children serfs and slaves simnlv tn
double the purchasing power of his eight
dollar pension.
THE BEST DOLLAR.
John Sherman said in his speecb:"that
dollar is the beet dollar that buys the
largest quantity of food and clothing,"
Well, suppose we get down to Chinese
wages, say 3 cents a day for working
men. then a dollar will represent the
food and clothing it will take one man
thirty-three days to make. That is the
kind of dollar that will buy the most,
Sherman, who has accumulated milions
on a $5,000 sallary wants his money to
buy lots of food and clothing. He never
sells food or clothing he draws a salary
and deals in his country's honor on a
percentage. 'Rah for Sherman and
Hanna and McKinley.
" Wolowski, the great economist, writing
n 1868, when he foresaw that the money
power would demonetize silver, said
when these sort of times came upon us,
the cause of our destinies would be at
tributed to everything but the right
thing, the contraction of the volume of
money.
A""""""i" A few hundred 1
PPLE BUYERS. a&SS
A few hundred bunh-
A P-
le In
com mono picking the last half o( Hi-ptcniber.
Prefer to well In wagon load lots, Prices ten
cent and np. Locution eight miles south find
sixteen west of Lincoln. UHl VnilUO
and one west of Palmyra
hivi. luunu.
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paper this week is the date at which
your subscription expires. Please remit
accordingly.
Mark Hanna, we take it, is about as
well prepared as any man to tell the
American people which way the wind &
blowing and this is the first instance
during the present struggle when be has
been quoted as saying other than that
McKinley could not be beaten. He be
lieves in keeping op a bold front and all
that sort of thing as long as he dares,
but when the cold hard facts stare him
in the face, as they certainly are now
doing, he is compelled to come off his
high horse and admit that it looks
"mighty shady" for the republican idol
and that desperate measures are neces
sary in order to save the day, if at all.
This is a mark of political sagacity for
which Mr, Hanua should be eiven due
credit, for, had hedelnyed longer in mak
ing this open confession the result might
have been more disastrous evn than It
Is bound to be for the republican nomi
nee. Is it any wonder that J. Sterling Mor
ton refutes to be considered as presi-
ential timber for the gold bug democ
racy at their Indianapolis convention.
Here is what he wrote a prominent of
ficial in bis department a day or two
ago:
"In claiming Nebraska for McKinley
the eastern papers are all right in a po
litical sense but as a matter of fact Bry
an will get the electoral vote of Nebras
ka, and in my judgment will carrv everv
other state west of the Mississippi river."
J. (sterling has sized up the situation
correctly as far as it goes but he should
inculde a host of states east of the Mis-
sippi and in the south where Bryan sen
timent is steadily gaining every dav and
where the electoral vote is already as
good as assured.
Now, my friends, you know the crime
of being a young man Is one that, while
yon can grow out of it you can never de
fend it. But I want our opponents to
understand right now that the fact that
I am young man does not mean that
there is going to be any child's play in
this campaign. (Cheers.) We have
cause and are prepared to defend it, and
we expect to wage an unceasing warfare
against .every man who declares either
for a gold standard or foreign domina
tion in domestic affairs. W. J. Bryan.
Thurston has brought a new charge
against Bryan. He says he knows of
his own personal knowledge that the
law firm of which Mr. Bryan is a member
was at one time retained by the Missouri
Pacific road, which is one of the Gould
properties. Does Mr. Thurston take the
stand that because a lawyer appears in
court in defense of a thief that any di
credit attaches to him? Even as great a
thief as Gould is entitled to the services
of an attorney.
The only reason now that the irold
bugs urge against the free coinage of
silver at 16 to 1 is Mat 16 ounces of
silver is not worth as much as one ounce
of gold. When they stopped the coinage
oi silver, 16 ounces of it was worth more
than one ounce of gold. For what rea
son did they stop coinage? Please an
swer, Mr. Gold Bug.
"How are you going to ret your
money in circulation?" asks the gold
bug, and then in the next breath de
clares that the country will be flooded
with cheap money. , Queer creatures, are
these same gold bugs:
If the silver dollar is going to be worth
only 5.1 cents under free coinage, bow
will the miner be any better off than he
is now?
Yon cannot drive the tariff question
into this campaign with a pile driver.
W.J. Bryan.
The St. Louis corn market reached
the lowest point on record on Tuesday
1('X cents. ' - "
GETTING READY
Getting ready for the Fall Campaign. Getting ready for
the heaviest business ever known in the history of this store.
Getting ready to display the greatest values in Fall and
Winter wearables that mankind has ever seen. Getting ready
to prepare evidence, to show proof, and to present facts that
will convince the clothing buyer of these parts that it pays
to trade at THE NEBRASKA, and that for honest "up-and-up"
bargains "The Nebraska" will beat all records this
Fall. Don't make any mistake. We won't try to get your
trade by talk alone. We won't try to stampede you by elo
quence. We may not use as many big words in the papers
as some will, but in the store, in our windows, on our coun
ters and on your back we will show you what "The Nebras
ka" means by saying that it is getting ready to display the
greatest values in Fall and Winter wearables that mankind
has ever seen. Keep your eyes open. And your ears. In a '
few days you will hear some news clothing news.
Our Fall Catalogue is ready. Send for it.
A MOST MIA M Enj L THIG.
Never in the history of the world has a
man in the position of McKinley ad
dressed the whole penple and nttered
such shameless falsehoods as are to be
found in his letter of acceptance. It is a
disgrace to the age in which we live.
Take this:
"The silver anestinn ia tint t.h nnlv
issue affectinar our monev in the nondino-
contest. Not content with ursine? the
free coinage of silver, its strongest cham
pions demand flint
shall be issued directly by the govern
ment of the United States, This is the
Chicago democrat!.' declaration.
i nest. Louis people s declaration is
that 'OUr national mnnn ah a II ha ia.
sued by the general government only,
without the intervention of banks of
Issue, be full legal tender for the pay-
men i oi an dents, public and private,
and be distributed direct to the people,
and throuch lawful diahnpanmanta nt fha
government.'
thus, in addition to the free coinage
of the world's silver, we are asked to en
ter UDOn an era nf nnlimitail iiraifoam
able paper currency."
Mr. McKinley knows that no party in
this country ever advocated either in
platform or in any other way "an un
limited issue of paper money."
Is a man who will write and publish a
falsehood like that fit to be president of '
the United Stated? In any other conn-
try such audacity would exclude him
Irom association with gentlemen.
But this is not the worst falsehood to
be found in his letter. His estimate of
the volume of money in circulation is
six or seven hundred million greater
than that of the director of the mint or
the secretary of the treasury. The most
brazen Wall street champion has
not not had the effrontrv to
print such barefaced falsehoods. We
printed his letter in full, tor it is a good
free silver document to pat into the
hands of intelligent men. It was written
to hold in the ranks of the goldite party
the ignorant. It is to ignorance and
prejudice that it appeals, not to reason.
A SLANDER ON HUTLOCK.
To call these gold standard advocates
Shylocks is very unfair to Shylock. He
only demanded the fulfillment of the
written contract. He wanted ouly what
was specified in the bond. The bond of
the gold standard advocate says pay
able in "COIN of the standard value of
the United States on said July 14, 1870.'
Those words are printed on the face of
every bond. When we say we will pay
the bond in "coin," we will abide by the
written contract, the gold standard ad
vocate replies: "You're a repudiator,"
"you're an anarchist." "The bonds
must be paid in gold."
Shylock only demanded what was
written in the bond. These men want
two pounds of flesh where the bonds says
one. It is a slander on Sholock to call
them by his name.
SILVER AND O. A. R.
Every day men come into this office
wearing free silver buttons, and Grand
Army badges side by side on their
breasts, and it is a pleasure to believe
that in this great battle for struggling
humanity, the veterans of the union
army will not be blinded by gilt-edged
rhetoric, by appeals to the war spirit of
former days, or, what is infinitely worse
than either, by anruments addressed
to
their selfish instincts. National Bimetal
list. '
John Sherman Bays that free coinage
will reduce us to the level of the Chinese.
We suppose that as soon as Bryan is
elected John will wear his shirt outside
his pants, grow a pig tail and his diet
will consist of stewed rat and boiled rice
The talk of any financial nolicv ha vino-
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power to reduce the United States to thn
conditions of Mexico and China is to in
sult the intelligence of the people and to
discredit our whole scheme of civilisation.
Archbishop Walsh's pamphlet on bi
metallism is being reprinted. It is one
of the most scholarly economic works of
recent years. We suppose that the reolv
to it will be that the Dubliu bishop is in
the pay of the mine owners. -