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September 30, 197.
THE NERBASKA INDEPENDENT
NEW ZEALAND LAWS.
GOVERNMENTS CONDUCTED IN THE
INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE.
yatnail of Taiatlon-rubllo Ownarshlp
of
Railway Talftgraph aud Tflrphoni
Tha I'DopI IlmmflUil, Bud Only ,Munoi
ollati ara lilasatUflrid,
Tlio government of the Australasian
colonies, and especially Now Zealand,
are gradually nationalizing, or, if yon
please, socializing, what In Canada or
. tho United Btates woulil bo considered
Individual or corporuto business utlll
tie. Legislative measures in Australia
) proper uro not qui to so fur advanced am
in Now Zouiiuia, nut an tm Australian
oolutiloM will speedily follow tho OXI1IU
pie of Now Zealand. New Bonlh Wulos
bus Just closed 114 iirst (successful)
financial your under a policy of free
trade and a direct lund tux on unim
proved value '
Usually when Australian- or New
Zealand legislation 1 referred to in tho
Canadian or American press it in said
to be sociallsMo, unurohlstln, wildcat,
xperimeutul or trial legislation, uud
the people look in vain for explanations.
A perusal of tho following brief refer
enoe to some of tho mousures will assist
the reader incoming to a correct 0011
ol union aa to whether tho Now Zealand
lawi ara In tho interests of tbo whole
people or in tho interests of a fow prlv
lleged individual.
Flnt Tho land and inoomo tax as
essment act now In force In New Zea
land imvotm a tax upon incomes and an
ordinary tax upon land and mortgages
the amount of which is fixed annual
ly by a rating act There is also an ad
dltionol graduated tax upon the wilm
proved value of land held In largo blocks
of from ono-olghth or a peuny to two
pence In the pound. Improvement jy
no taxes. The inoomo tax Is payable up
on incomes derivod from employment
and from bnsiness, Including invent
tuonts othor than those in mortgage on
land upon which tho , ordinary laud tax
ia levied. An exemption of 800 in al
lowed to every poraon domiciled in
New Zealand
Hooond. Advances are mode by the
government to actual settlors in fact,
any furnier may borrow on the security
of his furm aud improvement an
amount ranging from M to 11,000 at
0 per cent interest per annum aud re
pay tho principal on very cany term
On this account oxiNting mortgage in
favor of private parties or corporate
oonipnnina which are Muring high ratei
of interest are being paid off. It in be
llevod that thin system will soon be ex
tended ao tiiut tiio artlsun cluss nitty
take advantage of it
Third. The schools are national and
free.
Fourth. Over tl, 000,000 ha al
ready been expended by the government
of New Zealand In establishing tech
nicai schools.
Fifth. The government control the
postofllco and poHtofflce saving bank,
and tho postage between any two point
In New Zealand i a ienny, and the
deposits in tho government saving
bank are always available with interim!
when required
Hixtb. The government control and
operate the telegraph system in con
necttou with the jMMtal service, and a
ten word message cost only eixticnoo.
Heveutb. The government control
and operate tho telephone system, and
the charges are about two-thirds tbe
tiHiitil Canadian or American charged,
hiiiI tho profits go to government and
consequently to the whole itepiilo.
Kighth. Tho government gives state
or national life insurances, mid tho pre
uiin tn rates are lower than tho averuge
rutr- charged by private companion,
l.very policy holder feels t hut ho bus the
wholo iiutiou as a guuruntee Imhlud bis
risk.
Ninth. The governmeut is now per
fecting pluns iu regard to national lire
insurance.
Tenth. The government ha practi
cally established a state or national
bank. South AuMtralla was flrnt to
move in tbe establishing of a nntionul
governinont bunk which is managed in
the interests of tho pooplo. There is no
objoct in tho governmeut forcing citl
aens Into bankruptcy In time of depres
sion. Eleventh. The government oontrols
and is responsible for tho administra
tion of all estatea, for which service a
very nominal fee is charged and the
widows and orphans are proton tod from
It.-al troubles.
Twelfth. Tbe government charges a
graduated succession tax of from il per
cent to 10 per cent acoordlug to the value
of tho estate.
Thirteenth. Tho government owns
and operates all tho railroads excepting
one short line, which will also soon be
nationalized. The freight and passenger
rates on the governmeut mud are such
as give about 0) per ceut interest ou
tbe capital invented. Tho rates do not
discriminate, neither are they deferen
tial or preferential, nor do (he people
pay freight aud passenger rates neces
sary to provide interval upon watered
stork.
fourteen tli. Women vote at all tdeo
tlou In New Zeulutid and also in Houth
Australia, which tuts undoubtedly hud
a very htutctlcUt Inllueui e.
t'lfUHniik Klghl hours iHiimiUutit a
legal day s Work, for wbit h fair living
wage are (mid. Thl gives the Worker
Hum time for inuiul improvement,
recrttnttoii, beulth liulbllug, t-U, Uh is
con.uiirnl worth Iiviuh ami dlmii.r
hour N r dsy aUi (HmHiiautu to ome
at Ml I r the Iom of IiiUt chum.4 y
the geiu ral uh of mm hlm ry
HutiHiitU -The btrgi rtule, prliel.
pally aeuirt ly uutti lui lmnid
llieir luddlUits tally in the but. ry of
Nw JC.'ttUiU'i, and ftMrwhU h lililu r
Uolhlug wa pttid, are Uig im lmM
f the govenuui el for the iiellt t f
lust n Ulna llml It the Ulea sie aa.
eMvl (i taidtloit pitrpom al the oui
valuation, lin!v'Uinuuiti rv
tui th right M take vvwf the lund (wi-
cepting a homcKtcnd, if re(ioired) at tho
owner's valuation, pins 10 per cent, if
the owner's raluution is counidered too
low.
Hevcntcenth. A conciliatory Ixmrd
has been establishral in every town or
city where any dlfllculty is likely to
arise between capital and labor, lliene
boards are coiriprlHed of three represent
ative buHiues men, three representa
tives from the trudi s tmlotis and a dis
trict Judge, A striko is impossible In
New Zenland.
Eighteenth. Public libraries, muse
um, parks and gardens luive been es
tablished in every lly and town. 1'ubllc
bulbs iti'o also found in many places.
Nineteenth, (Jonslderablo of ' tho
land adjoining the cities uud towns if
held as publio domain and for small
homesteads tar the artisan class,
Twentieth, Wednesday nfleniisui is
the usual half holiday during each
Week.
I do not know of any country where
there are s few very rich mid so few
very poor as iu New Zealand. Tho law
tend toward providing an eiial opHr
tunlty to all and to check tho overreach
ing of those possessed (it wolfish pro
pensities. It is quito true flint party
politics still prevail and that the gov
ernment opposition in New Zealand i
dissatisfied, also the money lending and
land monopolizing classes, likewise
those who have hud or who wish to
have special privileges, and their cuusi
Is championed by a financially strong
wing of the press.
The writer spent over eight month
in the Australasian colonies and nevct
met a man who could give gissl or val
id reasons why tho so called radical
law should be regaled. On the con
trary, the general opinion is that an
honest administration of tho laws will
secure for the siople of New Zealand
unprecedented contentment and pros
perity, T. J. Mclliide iu Twentieth
Century.
The Labor Movamant,
Tho labor movement in It broadest
term is tho effort of men to live the
lives of men. It is a systematic, organ
ized struggle of the masse to obtain
primarily more leisure und larger eco
nomic resources, but that is not by any
means all, because tho end and pur
pose of it all is a richer esisteuco for
the tollers, and that with resjstct tc
mind, soul and body. Half consclom.
though it may be, tho lalsir movement
is a force pushing toward tho attain
ment of the purpose of humanity; in
other words, the end of tho growth of
mankind namely, the full aud harmo
nious development in each individual
of all human faculties the faculties of
working, perceiving, knowing, loving;
the development, in short, of whatever
capabilities of good there may bo in
man.
The true significance of tho labor
movement is this: it is an attempt to
bring to pass tho idea of human develop
niont which has animated sages, proph
ets aud pisits of all ages; the idea that
a time must come when warfare of all
kinds must cease and when a peaceful
organization of society shall find 1
place wherein it framework is for th
best growth of each, personality, which
ono but subserves another's gains. Nor
should it excite surprise to divert the
movement front Its true path into de
structive byway False guides are ever
found combating true leaders, and there
is backward motion as well a advance,
Dut f refluent whlrlmiol and innumer
able eddies do not prevent the onward
flow of tho mighty system. Professor
li. P. Ely.
Uuxntlnn and Answar.
Domnorutlu and Republican politi
clans huvu loii saving tho country foi
00 years on the tail IT plan, iu tin
meantime labor every year is worse
paid, our fanners get jMHircr every year,
our merchants fail in larger number
eucli year, while bankers, trust mug
nates and stock gamblers pllo up prince
ly fortunes. How long will it take the
workers to scu that what wo cull govern
ment is but a vast machine for trans
ferring the wealth created by labor in
to the hands of a privileged few? No
man, however skillful, industrious 01
thrifty, could honestly eurn ono year'
income of John D Rockefeller iu 1,000
years Then bow ao be and UOU oilier
millionaires get their money? The an
swer can bo read in tho pinched facet
of 8,000 starving miners, in the shabby
clothes of 10,000 toiling mechanics, in
the sallow cheek of 10,000 factory
girls and boys and iu the mortgages ou
1,000,000 farms and homos. "How
long, O Lord, how long," will being'
in tho image of their Maker consent tc
tie blind dusis aud slaves? Nashville
Jourual of Iubor
Ohio Murtcag.
While we are look in if at the briuht
sido of thiugs let us lisik at the secre
tary of state's mortuuuu statistics for
Ohio, There were 71, 60S mortgage
given lust year, culling for , 744,008,
While ouly Ol.U'JU were ciiueelou, secur
iuu ritl.itaa.im. Iu other words, th
rich state of Ohio is covered by U0.000
more iiiiirtguifes loan a year ago, snow
ing $JU, 000,000 more of debt t ban at
that time. Notwithstanding this iu-
crousu of debt, ttvery shei itf 111 Ohio ha
been busy fnr loiug mortgage uud
thoiimtuda of Hoplo linvn Un-ii disHW
stwstHl. If this is pi'oKpcrliy, let us haw
1 Hi tin ivlviioiiv or diversity for a
change. Tulvslo Union
Siln Ctta,
Old fcolon t'liiise of Maine du lin s
that llii nioiit v oini.tbm I now iii-c
Olid VlU I'.' at ttlett y tllM ptvplu bi b-ic
ny t-t t r liitt ts sci iiaisiy iitult itli
Tim tnt ttihiiiL-u iif ll r." auva Hi,
lull t'lutsit, "is not all of thtMuomy
quaatlou I v any imnus, but U u it.iu h
the ivfi'l-i utM ialv fit Tbe i;tnl
cat rvutlvti nil t it u to dou't lite n:t
stlcii In gnat laife'M Junks the sllvir
ueKtimi is lli Mi uk siil tu lite li iid
lib is' iaiuHil and la the spot vum
e llet k liili-l l-v lomli A flir trie
the
iHa.v.i..f tlu r the Kigiuvf ettui vtll
tuaik out the way "
MONEY THAT JiURNS.
6PORTINQ MEN EASILY GET RID Of
THE WEALTH THEY WIN.
What ('nniM tn Tlirm Through (liir ;aui
OH Awsy l-'rmii Tlirm f inllicr,
Oii of tli ( I km Who Say City Sioria
Arm thm l;lt of t'.twt Slsrss.
"If 1 wi re looking for am iisy mark,"
snld a New Yorker who is not uu easy
murk himself, hut sometimes finds use
in his business for easy marks, "1
would hunt for him among the sporting
men, particularly if I were in a hurry.
Talk uhotit sporting men being shrewd!
Why, I hey can't get rid of their money
quick enough to suit tl.em. That is es
pecially true of sporting men in New
York. Hportlng men iu the country
hayseeds, you'd cull them have hardel
heads till they come to New York and
their beads get swelled and softened
like the others.
"I suppose It comes of bundling
money in big sums and lots of it. I've
noticed the same thing about bunkers
nd bunk clerks, They get uccuslomed
to handle money Just us carelessly us u
dynamite maker handles the explosive,
Hoc the story of ull defalcations und
embezzlements, It's pretty much u mut
ter of taking the trouble to cart away
the stuff from the Mink, The banks get
in the rut of expecting you to rob them
in certain ways, and if you Just go
about it. in some new, simple wuy, why,
everything' thrown open to you, It's
the sumo way with the sporting men,
They get to thinking that nobody but
one of themselves know enough to put
tip a Job, Mighty few know enough to
alt away their money,
"Another thing they don't know
enough to do is to stick to ono thing
and get rich, A man may bo a mighty
fine poker player. If he's a gambler and
yon want his money, all you have to do
is to match pennies or play old maid or
tome otiier game that you can beat him
at. The chance are that be won't know
enough to stick to hi own ganio and
will buck up against what he thinks ii
your luck till hi lust cent's gone, Why
do yon see so many broken down faro
dealer walking about looking for tho
price of a meal? Hers use they can't
help blowing in at policy or some otiier
skin game the money they make at their
business. They might all bo well off if
they knew as much as the business men
they look upon us chumps,
"If funny, the round tho money
makes. Tho business man earn it and
blow it in at faro, und tho faro dealer
blow it in at policy, uud tho policy
dealer leave it in Wall street or real
estate, und so I suppose tho business
man get it again, Home of the money
may stick to the business man, but none
to the others. They don't know enough
to keep it, There's a man in this city
who has made $1,000,000, easy, I sup
pose, at gambling, lie' always been
interested in one of the biggest and
best gambling house in this city.
"The game goes right along, re
formed police or uu reformed police.
Money flow into it steadily. Now, for
95 year thi man ha been watching
what infernal fool men make of them
selves, Yon would
uld suppose be would
in that time, wouldn t
learn some sense
Jour Well, often his bunk roll is so
ow that a run of luck a little out of
the ordinary would close the house,
Mumble? Not be I Ho think he know
too much for that. No; he Just put hi
money into gruin or wildcat mining
Stock. Either will do the business
quicker than gambling, and he'll be
lucky if he leaves money to bury him
decently, although his gambling house
brings him in thousands.
"It seem as though they hud to get
rid of their money somehow or bust.
There's another man who kept a gam
bling house, Un bud a flue fumily end
maintained them iu luxury. He wouldn't
gamble or speculate either, but he hud
the money, and ho had to spend it
somehow, lie got interested in a church
und spent so much money on it that one
day when the game went against him
he hadn't money enough to put up, und
so ids snap busted. When I saw him
lust, he was getting 35 a week as a
sheet writer for a bookmaker and ftlad
to get it.
"A man roust have good sound sense
to be able to pick tho winner day after
day in horse races. I know a man who
is a genius that way. lie never was a
pluuucr, but was content to win a
couple of small bets every day or so.
Ho must have cleared money at the
rate of $10,000 a year at it during the
periods when he gave his attention to
it. Well, lie would suvu so much, say a
couple of thousand dollars, aud then ho
would stop pluying the horses and put
tho wholo amount on a prizefight or an
election or something of the kind and
would lose every cent
"That's the way with all of thi-u. I
don't believe they really know any
more about the value and the nature of
money than a child. It is simply some
thing that ehuuges hand. It's true with
tlieiu that the next Js-st thing In win
ning at cards is losing. You hear lot
about come cos who get robbed all
over the country. If you dou't hear so
much about sporting mi 11 who get
robbed, It's simply because they don't
so,ut -al. " New York Htiti.
Ilia 1'iwt ami Iba Itrautj,
tine of liie finest houses In southern
England Is l'i nhuist 1'htie, the biilh
pluee of Mr I'lulip Mdney, Tndt r III"
tri es of Its pin k Kdmumi Wulli r paid
his addle to the hau'hiy l.mly
J ii-ii'tl.t u, win 111 he ei-li.l rli d as hie li
arlua. Hut lh In url i f Iwely Isiroiln .i
Helm y- -w l.ii wii lb most bemitifn!
woman i f lu r time -Mas tiiitouehnl I V
Wallrr's iiuuiorr me, mid she ri ju t
tn the js I In fuver .f the Hurl tf hull
di 1 hunt ,M 0 y )ijir itforwai l Hin
enuiils mi l U ulli r milt, i iiiHulli S
blui elliiii uUlly 1 f lbs old Uaya al
l'i iihui.i, ii-lii i bun win 11 be toould
HU.nn wtiie vi it ais'iil her. "When,
nudum," s.ii.i 1 bo p m null ly, "yea
tn m yiaitig and us luiuiUiine you
viete Iheu,"
FREE COINAGE OF SILVER.
Ielf Mark of Ohio i lalms It Is I(wg
tilned hjr th Law as It Is TimUj,
I propose to show that tho present
law relating to silver coinage is a free
Coinage luw. 1 base the claim Ofi-lho
act of MH entitled "Au net to author-
io the coinage of the standard silver
dollar mill to restore lis legal tender
eJjuracter. " That Is its tltlo. The test
reads, "Them shall Isi coined sil
ver ooiiars of the weight, etc, a
provided in the act of .lull. IH, IHH1, 011
which, " ctr When this interpretation
of the act was iirgued hcfirro the Judici
ary committee of the house of represent
atives, it was objected that the $2,000,.
000 purchase chuiwi following the
words 1 have quoted by common under
standing and by fair implication re
strleled coinage to the silver so pur
Cliuseo anil bad I He suine cnect as
though It had said in express terms, "and
there shall be no oilier or further coin
age under this act than of the silver so
purchuscd. "
All but a small minority of that com
mittee held that the purchase provision
was limitary so intended and so com
monly understood. In vain was it urged
that what was "intended or commonly
understood" ha1 no standing with a
court iu the Judicial interpretation of a
statute, but tho "general understand
ing" end tbe long practice of tbe de
partment overcame what seemed to me
a plain interpretation of tho statute,
Hut we have got past that trouble
now. The (wo million purchase clause
was rcs-ulod and thoHherman purchase
was substituted, and now tho Hhennon
purchase luw is res ulmt With that re
peal, of course, fell all it implication
of limitation. There was uo other lim
itation or qualification to the "there
hall bo coined standard silver dollars
as provided In the act of 18117" than
wa inferred from the purchase provi
sions. Now they are repealed the lim
itation has no leg to stand 011, not even
tbe artificial one of implication, Tito
ouly qualification of the word "there
ball be coined" is the clause "as pro
vided iu the act of 18U7." Aud What
docs that provide? Hoctlon SO of that
act provides for the delivery of coin to
depositor of bullion in the order of pri
ority of dcjsmlt, uud section 14 provides
that silver bullion shall bo received and
coined for the lsocflt of (he depositor,
What, then, shall we say of an admin-,
lstratlon which thus s-rsislently refuses
to tho citizen his plain statutory right
to free coinage of his silver? Tho im
peachment by which that right may 1st
recovered must come from the oplu
when they come to a realization of their
legal rights and will elect a president
who has the courage of a Jackson to de
fy the plutocracy uud will open tho
mint under the law as now in force,
Judge E. U. Mtark.
A Cmntu tti Opposition.
At lust it is tsmslble to arrive at some
thing definite regarding tho influences
at work in tho United Hlates senate in
opposition to government ownership of
railroads. The following figures show
approximately the sums invested by the
senators uumod In shares of such oorpo-
FnHnfitt aa tint Pniini.vtvnfiliL ta!1fiuf
ths bMnwrt ml Ohio railroad, the
New Vork CcutrB, rilliroal and the
various I'aciflo railroads!
Owns tor Pun roan, Pennsylvania,,.,,,,,,,! iDn.wo
Htmntor (uy, Pennsylvania,
Monator I'latt, Maw York ...,,. ,
gnnator Wot mora, liliisla Island,.,,,,,,, tn,t
Hanator Falrbnnks, Indiana.,..,,,,,,,,, ItUMi)
Hutmtor fliiwli'r, Coniicwllout ,,,,,,,, ,)
Mnoator Himmi, Olilo.,,,. ti),tU
Honator Pomkiir, Ohm .,,,., im,
Honator Morrill, Vermont. ,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, IMMIM
Ounator Hoar, Masaanliusutta., ,,...,., 'tflMU
It is not to be wondered at, in the
face of figures like these, that the sen
ate of the United Htates bus set its face
in stern opposition to government own
ership of railroads. To be sure, these
senators might bo very largo owners of
railroad stock and still look upon the
question of govern incut ownership with
impartial minds, but tho probability is,
in view of what is known of senators,
that they are Minded by their financial
interests to the merit of tho question.
They may not think so themselves, tbut
tney are not tne uesi juages. Twen
tieth Century.
A Lasson la Klnauoa.
A banker sauntering home for his din
ner saw a $10 bill lying ou the curb
stone. Of course bo picked it up aud
took the number in order to find the
owner, While at home bis wife remark
ed that tho butcher had sent in a bill
for meat amounting to $10. Tho only
money be had with him was the bill he
had found, which he gave to iter, and
she paid the butcher Tbe butcher paid
it to the farmer for a calf, and tho
farmer jstid it to tho merchant, who in
turu paid it to the washerwoman, and
she, owiug the banker a note of $10,
went to tho banker aud paid her note,
The banker recognized the bill as the
one be bad found, aud which up to that
time had settled 1'iOof debt On a more
careful examination be found the bill
was counterfeit. Now will some of our
financial friends tell us what hod been
lost in this tiiiiisuctloii and by whom, if
mythlng',' Alhlu (la.) Union.
Law Waaat la Ilia t tilled SlaU.
I ills r ('ommissloiicr- Wright Isquoted
t saying that "the uveiaun wugi s r
year paid Iu the United hlates
and the average pnslm t of null In bur
r In valued el fl.SHH This leaves ib.i
Ameru au biborer but 11 r cent of bis
product In Italy the laborer im Uu
40 in cent and In Ureal Hi Haiti be r
w ives fill s r c lilof Hluil tin pimluetis.
ll is time to slop talking Hbuit (lie well
paid Anna 11 mi Miakman Tim only n a
sun be ever Kit high Kays upparelilly
U UsniiMi 'in ill's iih. in work, end,
iiniund I V what he ptmluci , Im gels
lea tliiiu Dim I null-biiiiiii ami nol iiutf
a nun h a, thu Italian This envious
for Annie mi muiuitacturi r u 1 1 , s 1 . Jl
illg fulllHIe ls 111 their own Iniuklt f. r
the tail Wjuti Ibit m but sit lie f
lilous 'U Iba (vliMiiin r has In n,
13 iHr cutfur ili.iiibuiitai and piollll
'lypigrttpbiettl Journal
roriJLlSTIC KEL1EF.
PARTY PRINCIPLES EXPOUNDED 0Y
ex-8ENATOH pmzn.
Ou This rial ..no :ry ? "A' ho Its
llavaa In Justfua, Honor Truth and
lir Ills Country Should I'nlla
tract from Spaai'li at t Moln,
l'opullsts tslii've that every child
bom into fliti world has a right to live
hero, that he is col li led to n place to
live, that he is ciitiflou equally with
bis fellow men to the use of all the
natural resources of subsistence and
that ho may rightfully claim a place 011
vacant lauds to cam a livelihood and
make a home for himself, Populists bo
lleve that what a man honestly earns is
bis, that tho workman aud his em
ployer ought to have fair play and an
equal showing in all disputes about
wages and (hut no man or company
should ever be allowed to iuoiiopoli
laud or franchises to the exclusion of
the common rights of the people or the
detriment of society, populists believe
that tho rights of all are paramount to
tho rights of a few id of one. i'opullsls
believe (but the railroad of the coun
try, the canals as well as tho lakes and
navigable rivers ought to belong to the
people, to the end that tho cost of trans
portuthrti may be minimized and charge
made uniform throughout tho country,
They believe that money, like ships and
railway cars, is an instrument of com
merce; that tho people ought wit to 1st
objected to iuofdivenlouoe or tosa from
a xnrcity of money any more than they
should bo hiiKleyud In tlielr work or
tbelr business by reason of bortoge
in tbo supply of wagons, cars or bistts,
and that thcrefiyre the pwple them
selves, acting through governmeut
agencliis, slwiild supply all the money
required for a prom jit and easy trans
action of business; that in addition to
silver and gold coin, government paper,
and that only, ought to be issued; that
it should be full legal tender, and that
00 discrimination in favor of or against
anything which is allowed to circulate
as money 'Might to m permitted.
l'opulists are byol mca They Uu
tbelr country and tiicy venerate its flag.
Devoted to tho objects for which the
constitution of the United Htatos was
ordulied, tiicy would form a more per
fect union by cultivating a national
sentiment among the jssiple; they would
insure domestic; tmuqnllilty by secur
lug to all men and women what they
eunii they would establish Jiistico by
procuring un wjultablo distribution of
tbo wiAni'M and profit (it bilsr; tlwy
would provide tut the common defense
by inN-rest lng every citicu in the own
ership of his home; they would promote
tbe general welfare by slsdlshlng class
legislation and limiting tho government
to its proper functions, and they would
ocuro tho blessings of liberty to our
selves and our posterity by protecting
tho pmluclng musses against tbo power
of landlords and usurers.
l'opullsts regard the land question as
of very great importance. Iirge nam
ts-r of tho people are losing their
homes. We are fust becoming a nation
of ron Nts, Aud wo have 1,000,000 or
so unemployed men and women all tbo
time, some of whom at least oonld earn
a giNsl living on tho publio land if
they could get there with ineaiia to
start.
I'oirulisle Uxik upon the bilor qucs
tlon as involving tho future of tbe re
public Tbcy bolmve tbe general gov
eminent and tbo state grmirnmenM
ought to take bold of this subject and
get tbo pooplo to work. l'opullsts would
prevent strikes ou railroads and in coal
mines and-in great manufacturing es
tablishments by enforcing Just rales and
regulat ions for tho management of those
great institutions and if need lo by tak
ing possession of them for publio use
and conducting them for tho publio
good, keeping the men on duty at pay
according to their earning, i'opulist
would provide employment for tho idle
on useful publio works, when private
sources are exhausted, and thus bring
bread to tho mouths of the hungry and
sunshine to tho dwellings of the poor.
Bo too, l'opulists believe that tbe
capitalization and management of our
great railway system are a standing
menace to the commercial peaco of the
country and that final government own
ership and management are the only safe
and certain cure for embarrassments at
tending tho present methods of handling
the business of these great corporations.
The buslnesa furnished to carrier by
tho people of the United States i be
yond the comprehension of an ordinary
mind. Any one of our great road car
ri more freight than all of Britain'
merchant shitst Tho aggregate of freight
carried by all our railroads, canals,
river boats and coasting vessels exceeds
tbo combined foreign commerce of all
the nations of Kurope, Aud tbo patron
of these great laud highways bave to
pay lolls mi them to maintain a cap!
tali'Mttlon equal to two or three time
their actual value. And half a dmum
railway manager have more Influence
iu (Mirigroa ami U fme state legislature
and court than all of our 6,000,000
farmers with their 0,000,000 votes.
W. A. I'elfer
lit (inir Soiaiiiia,
The Irniinisii'tiii Imi problem i rapidly
sol vim Itself 'i hit obhs lions funnel Iv
urgml agniut govt ruiiieiit owmrsliip
pave l-eeii largely nncrm by Hie rsll
road cnisii'alliiii tbeiusi'lvia Tim w mi
Millie Went "III IHilitlcs" ilill'IOJ I be
last cioiipiiiii a never Is fum Tbeli
etactbiiii nii l-iuiuiux inure I yi oiiiii 11I
and uti Iu mI im li 1l.1v and thu ouldio ls
gill l see Hint itiiVl l'UUiellt OMIH rlllp
I tbo only auiilui, -I be I'lmpm I n
Is.r
H iin'I ai,i, 1 ha liaoililwr,
Ifb.iiiULd lit, 1.1 iteiv i Ii.iim III ajiiiiti
luesstitjo Ire llii iiu i,ii strluui ucy, but
liudt r our u m iiI lliiiiiii lul ytm 11
will imt innVent the sluk uauibbr
fmui iiuikiiig mint her strlnueiiey when
they find It will U prellUbl to them
In ih m llipilty
r A THRILLING RESCUE,
A Young Lifo Saved in a Remarka
ble Manner.
riorM a MlMrriUsnf, ut 'm tirOidslon f.
(T)iid, t d Vtnin hh $ I filloialf
7 l'salhlfr l'arantt Saw lift If mil'
U J roii J'rdl-ifit hut Vfrra
llalplrsa to A Id Ht- Mm
ttT9 4 Slia was IU ud, '
Ifrum "Oa tli St. I.kafsncs," ), H, ft
Among (he thousand islands is one
culled Grindstone, It Is seven mile long
end Hire mile wide. The inhabltaote
of this island are a well informed eluas of
iteople who devote their energies to frm
dig and quarrying for a livelihood, in
the boms of one of tiimie Islander re
sides I'loreuee i, rUurdlvanf, the four'
year old daughter of Mr, end Mrs. Wil
liam Hturdlvant. In February, iHW
she was taken sick with scarlet bvsr,and
after the usual run of (lie femr, sh was
left with weak back and gradually be
gan to lose strength, until finally, oW
nt me imi snorts of puysicians ner me
nmg in tbe balanes. It was at this cri
sis, when all neemed darkest, that aa
eugl of health appeared on ihimm
aud released little Florence from taln
and suffering and restored her to strsegtb
and hsalth. Tblo remarkable oetrurrtaee
is best told In tbe words of tbe father,
riAHtlHKM I. TtlNMVANT.
Mr.' Hturdlvant Midi "Florsnosiwae
taken sick with aesrlet fsver and we In
mediately eallsd a oliyslclao, lie ore-
eribed for ber and we followed bis diree
lions closely, giving our tittle patient
(be best of care. After two weeks the
(ever subsided but Florence was left with
a very wsak bock. Havers pains were
constantly in tbe beck and stomach.
We did all that possibly could be done
to relieve oar little offerer, but to no
avail, Tbe difficulty sesmsd to baffle
tit efforts of tbe physician.
Finally at tbe sod of four months of
treatment, we found our patient com
bletely iroetrated. At tbh time we
called an smiaeot physician, who agreed
wim th diagnosis of our physician ana
aid tbat tbe trouble resulted from tbe
scarlet fever. He prescribed course of
treatment ana we louowea 11 mitniuiiy
for three months, but InsUad of improv
ing, Florence failed, Ilesldss the treat
meat of physicians we used many pro
prietarv remedies but without benefit.
Mrs. Hturdlvant and myself were com-
pletely discouraged, A brother of my
wife, wbo resided in Canada, bat wo
visitlug us, advised us to use Dr. Wil
liam's i'lok Fills for I'ale I'eople, and I
purchased a bog of tbe pill and gar
thaio to Florence, Tbls was in Oct.
Him, .After using tbe pill a abort time
we toold see an improvement. Her
trsngtb began to return aed be woeld
It op in bed. Jler appetite woe rea
torsd and abe at heartily. We also
noticed a gradual brightness in ber eyes,
Wben ene bad taken ono bos tbe pain
in the back and stomach ceased and her
recovery asemed certain,
Ws Miprly porehassd a second box of
tbe pill and watched with delight tbo
change for tbs better tbat was being
wrought dally. From tittlng op in bed
at times during tbe day aud standing
on ber fuet, Florence finally becamestrong
enough to walk a little. Hbo gained In
strsngth and flesh rapidly and tbe pnina
gradually left bsr, liy the time sh bad
used three boxes of tbe mils she was vt
dently well, We continued the treat
merit using another box, the fourth, to
prevent the possibility of a recurrence
of th difficulty.
we nennot praise too Dirtily tne value
of Dr. Willlam.s I'lnk Fills. I am posi
tive that without their use our child
would bave been to-day In tbe same sad
condition of ber early sick ness aeon-
firmed Invalid if Indeed she bad bad tbe
strength to withstand so long tbe ills of
ber affliction."
(Higned) WII.LUM BTVUDIViHT.
Hubscribed and sworn to before mo
tbls sixtb day of April 1897
II. W. Moiisr, Notary Public.
Dr. William 's 1'mk Fills for I'ale I'eo
ple are sold by all dealers, or will be sent
post paid ou rtcelpt of price, CO eenta a
box or lx boxae for $3.60 (Ibey are
nsvsr old In bolk. or by tbe 100) by
addressing I, Williaro'e Medicine Co.,
Hcbsusctody, N. Y,
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